Applications are open for Xposure International Photography & Film Awards 2021. A free to enter International Photography & Film Awards with great prizes across several genres. Photographers of all ages, backgrounds, and experience are eligible to enter the Xposure International Awards. We have also included a category for filmmakers. The panel of judges are looking to award an Overall Winner from the photography categories and additionally a winner and runner-up from each category including moving image & short-films. The Jury is looking for unique, exceptional and high-quality images.

Categories

Xposure International Photography & Film Awards has the following categories

• Architectural Photography
• Drone Photography
• Junior Category
• Landscape Photography
• Photojournalism
• Portraiture
• Short Film & Moving Image
• Travel Photography
• Wildlife Photography

Prizes & Benefits

Xposure International Photography & Film Awards has the following benefits

• Overall Winner: $3,000 (USD) / digital imaging equipment / Flights and accommodation to the Awards Ceremony in Sharjah UAE / Included in the Xposure festival exhibition / Publication in the Xposure Year Book
• Category Winners: $1,500 (USD) / digital imaging equipment / Flights and accommodation to the Awards Ceremony in Sharjah UAE / Included in the Xposure festival exhibition / Publication in the Xposure Year Book
• Category Runner-up: $750 (USD) / Included in the Xposure festival exhibition / Flights and accommodation to the Awards Ceremony in Sharjah UAE /Publication in the Xposure Year Book
• Nominees: Online Exhibition / displayed during the Xposure Festival
• Junior Category for under 18: UAE Residents. This is a restricted “Junior” category for residents of the United Arab Emirates who are under 18. (Alternate prizes apply – see below)
• In addition to the main prizes of best overall entry, all winning and shortlisted photographers of each category will be included in the publication of the Xposure Year Book and featured in a gallery at Xposure. In each category, there shall be awarded:
• Junior Category under 18 ‘Winner’: Photo equipment and included in the Xposure festival exhibition / Publication in the Xposure Year Book / Invitation to the Awards Ceremony.
• Junior Category under 18 ‘Runner-up’: Included in the Xposure festival exhibition / Invitation to the Awards Ceremony.

Who may enter?

• This competition is FREE to enter and open to all nationalities over the age of 18. There is a Junior Category for under 18’s residents in the UAE.
• Employees of Sharjah Government Media Bureau, and each of their affiliates, subsidiaries, and agents, are not eligible to enter or win a prize in the main categories, however, there is a restricted category for Sharjah Government employees.

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