Air Canada's enRoute Film Festival Now Open for Entries

Air Canada is inviting Canadian film students and emerging filmmakers to enter its seventh annual enRoute short film festival.

Each year, a celebrity jury selects the best short films and broadcasts them to a large international audience on Air Canada's enRoute inflight entertainment system.

The winner of Best Short Film will receive a $5,000 cash prize courtesy of presenting sponsor Cineplex Entertainment. Other awards include Achievement in Direction, Achievement in Cinematography, Achievement in Animation and the second annual People's Choice Award. All winners will receive a new destination prize to a major international film festival courtesy of Air Canada.

Winning films are selected by a jury, which will be announced this summer.

Past jury members have included Jean-Marc Vallée, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill, Atom Egoyan, Denis Villeneuve, Donald Sutherland, Molly Parker, Rémy Girard, Alan Cumming and Don Carmody, among many others.

Selected films will be broadcast on Air Canada's personal seatback entertainment system. A free public screening and awards celebration will be held in Toronto at the end of the year to honour the winners. Additional screenings will take place in Vancouver and Montreal showcasing the selected films.

Interested filmmakers should download an entry form and view full contest rules and regulations. Submissions will be accepted until Friday, 31 May 2013.