Clapperboard Slate Film Festival Certificate

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A landscape film festival award certificate drawn as a clapperboard slate, with the prize, jury signatures, honours and a QR code in its ruled fields.

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A4 and US Letter, composed for each
Your logo, colours and wording
A QR code on every copy that proves it is real
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Updated 8 November 2026 · Designed by the Hyperstack studio

What is on it

A complete record, not just a name

You write once

The same for everyone. Keep the template’s words or change them.

Title: Winner
Statement: A line of thanks or achievement, written for this topic
Skills: Direction, Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing and Sound Design
Details: section, prize and screening
Signatures: Festival Director and Jury President

Filled in for each person

Hyperstack fills these from your list when you send.

Recipient name
Program or award name
Issue date
Credential ID
QR code to the verification page

Specifications

Sizes, fonts and colours

Sizes

A4: 297 × 210 mm · 11.69 × 8.27 in
US Letter: 11 × 8.5 in · 279 × 216 mm

Fonts

Bodoni Moda: Title, Recipient name
Barlow: Text
Barlow Condensed: Labels
Mrs Saint Delafield: Signatures

Google Fonts, free for commercial use.

Colours

Paper#f7f4ec
Ink#18171b
Accent#8f6c2c
Second accent#c29b4c
Muted text#5e5a54

Change any colour in the studio.

Design notes

This wide design is a clapperboard slate. Striped sticks run across the top, the upper one lifted at a gilt hinge in the second before the clap, and the board below is ruled into labelled fields like the slate on a set. The header holds the presenter, section, prize and screening; the big middle field is the title card with WINNER, the filmmaker's name, the festival and the jury's citation. Below are the honours, the date, the credential ID, signatures for the festival director and the jury president, and a QR code. It suits a festival that wants its winners to frame the award.

About

Film Festival Certificate Template, Clapperboard Slate

When the jury of a short film festival reads out the winners on closing night, the director and crew want something to hold up for the cameras and to quote on the film's poster for the rest of its run. Festivals, film school showcases, film clubs and company film challenges give an award certificate for Best Short Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Audience Award and the other prizes in each competition section.

Wording on the template“Winner of Best Short Film, chosen by the festival jury from the official competition for the strength of its direction, its screenplay and its cinematography, and screened again for the festival audience on closing night.”

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Words that go with it

The email and the post, written for you

Email to send with it

Subject: Congratulations, name: your film festival award is here

Hi name,

Congratulations again on your win. The jury watched every film in competition, and yours stayed with us long after the lights came up.

Your award certificate is ready. Open it to see it, download a copy to print for the wall, and share it on LinkedIn or with your film's posts so everyone who worked on it can celebrate too.

Thank you for bringing your film to the festival. We hope to see your next one.

Hyperstack fills in each person’s name and link when it sends.

Post for the recipient to share

Our short film won Best Short Film at this year's festival. It was made on weekends with a tiny crew and a borrowed camera, and I am so proud of every person who gave their time to it. Thank you to the jury and to everyone who came to the screening. On to the next one. #FilmFestival #ShortFilm #Filmmaking

Recipients share it with one click from their credential page, with the badge attached.

Printing

Printing it well

Print at actual size

Choose “Actual size” or 100% in the print dialog, not “Fit to page”, so the margins and the QR code keep their size.

Use card, not paper

A matte or silk card of 200–300 gsm (about 80–110 lb cover) feels like an award and does not curl in a frame.

Frame it

A4 fits a standard 21 × 29.7 cm frame; US Letter fits an 8.5 × 11 in frame, or an 11 × 14 in frame with a mat. Hang it on its side, as designed.

Mind the edges

Most home printers leave a thin white border. For a design that runs to the edge, use a print shop or your printer’s borderless setting.

Certificate or badge?

Send both. They do different jobs.

Certificate

A full record: name, statement, skills, dates and signatures
Printed and framed, or kept as a PDF
Opens to a page anyone can verify

Digital badge

A small image people put on LinkedIn and in email signatures
Carries the verified details inside it (Open Badges 2.0)
One click shows who earned it and who issued it

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How to send it

From template to everyone’s inbox

01
Make it yours
Open the template, add your logo and change any colour or word.
02
Add your people
Upload a spreadsheet, or connect your LMS, HR tool or form.
03
Send it
Each person gets an email and their own credential page, in one go.
04
They share it
Recipients add it to LinkedIn; anyone can verify it from the QR code.