PlanetOut Short Movie Awards 2009

The 10th Anniversary of the world-renowned PlanetOut Short Movie Awards is quickly approaching, so aspiring filmmakers, take note!

In addition to being recognized as one of the largest and most prestigious online filmmaking competitions anywhere, the PlanetOut Short Movie Awards produce stars.

Director Angela Robinson's career took off after her film "D.E.B.S." took home the PlanetOut Short Movie Awards Grand Prize in 2003. Not only was the film produced as a full-length feature starring Jordana Brewster, but Robinson went on to direct Lindsay Lohan in "Herbie Fully Loaded" and has directed several episodes of "The L Word."

Since nabbing the 2002 PlanetOut Short Movie Award for her short film "Stuck," Jamie Babbitt has gone on to become one of the most successful indie directors in Hollywood. In addition to directing the critically acclaimed comedy "But I'm a Cheerleader!," Babbitt has directed episodes of TV's "Alias," "Malcolm in the Middle," "Gilmore Girls," "Nip/Tuck" and numerous others.

Robinson and Babbitt are just two of the many PlanetOut Short Movie Awards winners who've gone on to major success in Hollywood -- and now it could be your turn.

Beginning this summer, any aspiring filmmaker can submit his or her short film into the competition, and this time around, we're doing it differently.  All short films will be uploaded to the brand-new PlanetOut.com Web site, where tens of thousands of our readers will be able to watch and vote on them.  The Grand Prize winner will get $10,000...

If this has caught your attention, stay tuned to PlanetOut.com this May for full details on how to enter your film to the 2009 PlanetOut Short Movie Awards!