HPA Awards opens call for submissions in creative categories

The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) and the HPA Awards Committee has announced that submissions for the 2024 HPA Awards are now open. 

Celebrating its 19^th year, the HPA Awards celebrate creative and technical artistry within the global entertainment community. These prestigious awards honour the individuals and companies at work behind-the-scenes, including the colorists, editors, visual effects artists, and sound professionals, who are integral to the existence and success of entertainment content. Judged by panels of top tier experts and artists, the HPA Awards highlight the most compelling and beautifully executed work from around the world in a variety of categories.

Submissions are now being accepted in the following competitive categories:

• Outstanding Colour Grading – Live Action Theatrical Feature
• Outstanding Colour Grading – Animated Theatrical Feature
• Outstanding Colour Grading – Live Action Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature
• Outstanding Colour Grading – Animated Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature
• Outstanding Colour Grading – Documentary
• Outstanding Colour Grading – Commercial
• Outstanding Editing – Theatrical Feature
• Outstanding Editing – Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature (30 Minutes and Under)
• Outstanding Editing – Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature (Over 30 minutes)
• Outstanding Editing – Documentary
• Outstanding Sound (Design, Editing, Mixing) – Theatrical Feature
• Outstanding Sound (Design, Editing, Mixing) – Episode or Non-Theatrical Feature
• Outstanding Sound (Design, Editing, Mixing) – Documentary
• Outstanding Visual Effects – Live Action Feature
• Outstanding Visual Effects – Animated Feature
• Outstanding Visual Effects – Live Action Episode or Series Season
• Outstanding Visual Effects – Animated Episode or Series Season
• Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects – Episode or Series Season
• Outstanding Achievement in Restoration

Eligible work must have debuted domestically and/or internationally between September 5, 2023, and September 3, 2024. Membership in the Hollywood Professional Association is not required for submission, and work from outside of the United States is encouraged.

The HPA Engineering Excellence Award, honouring products and processes representing outstanding technical and creative ingenuity in media, content production, finishing, distribution, and archive, opened for submissions last month and will be accepted until June 14, 2024.  

The HPA Awards gala is set for November 7^th, returning to the Wolf Theatre at the Television Academy in North Hollywood, CA. Ticket sales will open in August. The HPA Awards are made possible through the generous sponsorship of Avid, Blackmagic Design, Dolby and Sohonet. 

Entries will be accepted until July 26, 2024.