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| Film Festivals
Welcome to The Director in the Classroom Film Festival Resource.
Here is our ever growing list of student film festivals, sorted by region, with contact info, guidelines and links to each festival page. It's by no means an exhaustive list as new festivals are being created all the time, so if you know of a student film festival in the world that should be on here, or if any of our information needs updating, please just let us know with this handy submission form!
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| Hot Shots High School Film Festival |
| Canada |
| June |
| Deadline: May 19th 2006 |
| Hot Shots is now accepting entries from High School students in 5 cateogories:
Short Films: 3 to 6 minutes
Action Sport Shorts: 3 mins or less
AADAC "Smoke Free TV Ads: 30 secs. (Alberta students only)
Out Of Province Smoke Free Ads: 30 secs.
Milk Super Shorts: Under 3 minutes. |
| tp://www.hsfilmfest.com/ |
| Contact: [ info@hsfilmfest.com] |
| Entry Fee: $5.00-20.00 |
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| Reel Youth Film Festival |
| Vancouer BC |
| Touring Oct - Nov 2007 |
| Deadline: June 2, 2007 |
| The Reel Youth Film Festival is a youth juried festival of films touring 14 locations in Canada and three countries internationally. 25% of the content at each location is chosen from local film submissions and all of the prizes are based on audience votes. |
| http://www.reelyouth.ca |
| Contact: Mark Vonesch [ info@reelyouth.ca] |
| Entry Fee: $$20 (scholarships available) |
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| WILDsound Monthly FEEDBACK Film Festival |
| Toronto Ontario |
| 3rd Tuesday of every month |
| Deadline: Ongoing |
| WILDsound FEEDBACK Film Festival
http://www.wildsound-filmmaking-feedback-events.com/
-Monthly Toronto Festival for filmmakers from around the world showcasing their short films to industry people. |
| http://www.wildsound-filmmaking-feedback-events.com/ |
| Contact: Matthew Toffolo [ wildcardpictures@sympatico.ca] |
| Entry Fee: $15 |
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| Youth By Youth Cinema Competition |
| Calgary Alberta |
| June 24, 2009 |
| Deadline: Friday July 31, 2009 |
| The Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) screens exceptional films from around the world to Calgarians. With the YYC Competition, we take the film-viewing experience to a new level by celebrating the best of youth filmmaking. |
| http://www.calgaryfilm.com/ |
| Contact: Juan Delgado [ juan@calgaryfilm.com] |
| Entry Fee: $free! |
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| Everyday Heroes Film Competition |
| Toronto and others All |
| April 17 - 25, 2010 |
| Deadline: March 15, 2010 |
| Student filmmakers are invited to submit 90-second silent videos to the Every Day Heroes Film Competition.
Enthusiastic. Remarkable. Inspiring. These are just a few words that describe the individuals and groups across Canada that are doing amazing things to reduce their impact on the environment in large and small ways. They’ve taken the three R’s and made it a way of life. They’re every day heroes whose stories need to be told.
Finalists will have their videos screened in Ivanhoe Cambridge Shopping Malls across Canada, on the Onestop Network of 270 monitors on the subway platforms of the Toronto Transit Commission, as well as hosted on Earth Day Canada’s website and YouTube channel.
Inspire Canada this Earth Day. Tell the story of your every day environmental hero and their dedication to support of a healthier environment through the power of film. |
| http://www.earthday.ca |
| Contact: Reid Bodley [ reid@earthday.ca ] |
| Entry Fee: $No entry fee |
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| YoungCuts Film Festival |
| Montreal Quebec |
| September 27-29, 2012 |
| Deadline: June 15, 2012 |
| Established in 2001, the YoungCuts Film Festival features great short films by the world's best young filmmakers 25 or under.
We accept films of any genre or style. We do feature short documentaries and award a prize in the category if there are enough qualified films to present an award.
We will review films of any length, but we prefer short films 25 minutes or less and we like films 10 minutes or less even better!
For more information:
http://www.youngcuts.com/youngcuts_film_festival_2012 |
| http://www.youngcuts.com/static/youngcuts_film_festival_2012 |
| Contact: Michael Ryan [ mike@youngcuts.com] |
| Entry Fee: $ |
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| Okanagan International Film Festival |
| Kelowna British Columbia |
| April 16th to 20th 2008 |
| Deadline: Janaury 31, 2008 |
| Open to all filmmakers world wide, including students of film and visual arts programs in the Okanagan Valley.
Standard Entry Fee: $25 to$55 cdn depending on category. Check http://www.withoutabox.com/login/5663 for great early bird and discounts. |
| http://www.okanaganfilmfestival.com |
| Contact: David Woodford [ jason.woodford@gmail.com] |
| Entry Fee: $ |
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| International Teen Movie Festival |
| Concord Ontario |
| August |
| Deadline: July |
| ITMF is a worldwide movie festival for budding filmmakers ages 1-19. Shocases over 500 movies. Yearly festival held one week during the fall. |
| http://www.hiltz2.com/itmf.htm |
| Contact: Jonathan Hiltz [ jon@hiltz2.com] |
| Entry Fee: $5.00-55.00 CAD |
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| Toronto Student Film Festival |
| Toronto Ontario |
| March 30-31, 2007 |
| Deadline: Feb. 7 th |
| TORONTO STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2007 DATES
Festival celebrates filmmaking achievements of high school students
TORONTO, ON --- November 1, 2006 --- Today organizers announced that the second annual TORONTO STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL (TSFF) will be held on March 30 and 31, 2007. This festival is unique in its focus on the media arts accomplishments of secondary school students and is open to all high school students who have written, directed, edited or produced a short film (10 minutes or less) during their high school years. These films may have been created as part of a media arts class, film club, or independently.
All films created during the high school years are eligible, even if the participants have since graduated; this will allow students and teachers to submit works completed towards the end of the prior school year. There is no charge to submit a film; full details are available at HYPERLINK "http://www.tsff.ca" www.tsff.ca
TSFF premiered in Spring, 2006, playing to sell-out crowds and gaining widespread support from the educational community. Some of Canada’s leading arts organizations provided judges or prizes, including CitizenShift/National Film Board, CTV, YTV/Corus Entertainment, the Worldwide Short Film festival (Canadian Film Centre), Partners’ Film Company, Epitome Pictures, and Cinematique/Toronto International Film Festival.
Based on its sell-outs in 2006, the 2007 TSFF will again be over two nights, Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31. The first night will feature a NOMINEE SHOWCASE of the top 25 short films submitted, and the awards will be presented on the second night. Both nights will also feature special film screenings of particular interest to youth; program details are still pending, and the web site will be updated as film screenings are confirmed. Crescent School has again donated its state-of-the-art theatre and atrium areas in the Centre for Creative Learning, conveniently located on Bayview Ave. in Toronto.
Inspired by former Crescent media arts students under the direction of Arts Head, Jamie MacRae, the TORONTO STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL (TSFF) provides young filmmakers a unique opportunity to screen their work in front of live audiences and interact with industry professionals. “This festival gives budding filmmakers a real voice and a chance to tell their stories,” explained Mr. MacRae. “Our goal is to recognize this tremendous creative energy and provide a forum to showcase their talents.”
Animation, drama, documentary, comedy and the popular “mockumentary” genres are all welcome. Films will be professionally judged, with the top 25 chosen recognized with “TSFF Nominee Certificates.” Specially-crafted TSFF acrylic awards and prizes will be awarded to the top six winners for achievement in: overall film production (1st, 2nd and 3rd place), editing, direction and screenplay on Saturday night. As in 2006, the judging panel will consist of professionals from the industry. In 2006, the top two winners received opportunities to work on a project directly with professionals at CTV and Corus Entertainment, and other prizes included cash, editing software and passes to a film industry symposium.
TSFF tickets go on sale in December, 2006. Submissions are invited effective immediately.
FESTIVAL DETAILS: HYPERLINK "http://www.tsff.ca" www.tsff.ca FESTIVAL HOTLINE 416-449-2556, ext. 426
MEDIA/PARTNERS:
Pat Macdonald, TSFF EXECUTIVE PRODUCER 416-481-0918 HYPERLINK "mailto:patmacdonald@rogers.com" patmacdonald@rogers.com
TEACHERS: Jamie MacRae, TSFF DIRECTOR HYPERLINK "mailto:jmacrae@crescentschool.org" jmacrae@crescentschool.org
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| www.tsff.ca |
| Contact: Jamie MacRae [ tsff@crescentschool.org] |
| Entry Fee: $none |
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| Holy Trinity Film Festival |
| Simcoe Ontario |
| May 30, 2007 |
| Deadline: May 17, 2007 |
| Presenting the fourth annual...
Holy Trinity Film Festival
"Celebrating young filmmakers and their films"
Aspiring filmmakers are invited to create short films to win cash.
* Prizes include: $500 for first, $300 for second and $100 for third and more...
* All two- to five-minute films welcomed: fiction, documentary, animation
* Open to all elementary and secondary students in Ontario
Festival Date: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 6:30 PM at Holy Trinity Catholic High School, Simcoe
There will also be an art show and sale along with refreshments. Admission is free although we are accepting donations to the local food bank.
All information can be found at http://filmfestival.trinitycatholic.ca |
| http://filmfestival.trinitycatholic.ca |
| Contact: Caroline Freibauer [ filmfestival-media@trinitycatholic.ca] |
| Entry Fee: $free |
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| Holy Trinity Film Festival |
| Simcoe Ontario |
| May 2009 |
| Deadline: May 2009 |
| Presenting the sixth annual Holy Trinity Film Festival
"Celebrating young filmmakers and their films"
Aspiring filmmakers are invited to create short films to win cash.
* Prizes include: $500 for first, $300 for second and $100 for third and more...
* All two- to five-minute films welcomed: fiction, documentary, animation
* Open to all secondary students in Ontario. There will also be an art show and sale along with refreshments. |
| http://filmfestival.trinitycatholic.ca |
| Contact: Caroline Freibauer [ ] |
| Entry Fee: $0 |
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| Cine Golden Eagle Film and Video Competition |
| Washington, DC |
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| Deadline: August |
| Held annually in Washington DC. Has a student/amateur category. |
| http://www.cine.org |
| Contact: [ info@cine.org] |
| Entry Fee: $ |
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| World Population Film and Video Festival |
| International |
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| Deadline: June |
| Annual event open to secondary and college students. Films must address the festival's inter-related themes: world population, resource consumption, the environment, and sustainable future. |
| http://www.wpfvf.com/ |
| Contact: [ info@wpfvf.com] |
| Entry Fee: $ |
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| YoungCuts Film Festival |
| Toronto Ontario |
| August 23 -27 |
| Deadline: April 30th |
| The YoungCuts Film Festival is one of the world's most important film festivals for filmmakers under the age of 25 and is for student film makers and non- student film makers alike. It's important because we not only evaluate young filmmakers' short films and feature films for our own Festival competition, but we can also evaluate your film with an eye to establishing its market potential.
This years festival begins on Wednesday August 23 with an opening gala party (held last year at the Drake Hotel) and climaxes at an awards ceremony on Saturday evening August 27. Between these two celebrations, Over 60 of the best short films, feature films, student films and non- student films made by young directors will be screened in Toronto.
For more information please go to our website at www.youngcuts.com or email us at info@youngcuts.com |
| http://www.youngcuts.com |
| Contact: Peter Bailey [ info@youngcuts.com] |
| Entry Fee: $60.00 - 90.00 |
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| Pune International Film Festival |
| Pune Maharashtra |
| 11th - 19th January 2007 |
| Deadline: 15th November 2006 |
| This is a Competition section of our festival and the Entrants have to be students studying film making. Entries have to be Video form on BETA or DVD.
Whistling Woods Academy Awards: Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Director. |
| www.puneinternationalfilmfestival.com |
| Contact: Moti Irani [ piff@vsnl.net] |
| Entry Fee: $10 |
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| ADOBE FILM SWEEPSTAKES |
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| Deadline: July 31st |
| Hello!
Adobe is sponsoring a photo/video contest that some of you may be interested in competing in.
Entrants must submit a one-minute slide show or video created with either Adobe Premiere® Elements or Adobe Photoshop® software that demonstrates why their Dad, Graduate or Family Member is a "star". The Judges will use the following criteria to judge the eligible submissions: (a) connection to the subject matter; (b) creativity; (c) originality; and (d) use of the Adobe software (the "Criteria").
There is no entry free for submission, nor is software purchase required to participate. Trial versions of the software are available for download from the contest site.
There will be two Grand Prize Winners: one for the Adobe Photoshop® Elements Slideshow category and one for the Adobe Premiere® Elements Video/Slideshow category. Each winner will receive:
- A VIP trip to Hollywood for two including: Round-trip airfare, Hotel accommodations, Ground transportation, a VIP tour of the Warner Bros. Studios, Admittance to a taping of a Warner Bros. show and a Makeover by a Warner Bros. Studio stylist
- A 40" HDTV-Ready Projection TV
- Adobe Photoshop CS2 software
- An Adobe hat
- An Adobe duffle bag
- 10 DVDs from Warner Home Video
Complete rules and entry forms are available at: http://www2.warnerbros.com/web/adobe/enter.jsp?sid=adobe_contest&show=SWEEPSTAKES The contest ends July 31st so time is of the essence. |
| http://www2.warnerbros.com/web/adobe/enter.jsp?sid=adobe_contest&show=SWEEPSTAKES |
| Contact: [ ] |
| Entry Fee: $0 |
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| International Students Divali |
| Guangzhou Estern Guang |
| 21 October |
| Deadline: 15 October |
| Students studying in medical universities in china celebrate divali festival in Guangzhou on 21 october. All the students studying in medical schools in china are eligible to gather. |
| http://www.medicalschoolsinchina.com |
| Contact: Administrator - China Medical Colleges [ info@medicalschoolsinchina.com] |
| Entry Fee: $0 |
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| Isavo Film Festival |
| Mumbai Maharashtra |
| 22-24 February |
| Deadline: 31 January |
| A festival that is open to anyone from students to professionals to submit short films, feature films, etc. |
| http://www.isavo.com |
| Contact: savio dsilva [ saviodsilva@rediffmail.com] |
| Entry Fee: $ |
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| Toronto Student Film Festival |
| Toronto Ontario |
| March 30-31, 2007 |
| Deadline: March 15, 2007 |
| Celebrates the filmmaking accomplishments of students under 21. This not-for-profit two day event was a sell-out in its inaugural year in 2006 and attracted support from the film and arts communities. Festival also features special screenings of short films dealing with issues of interest to young adults. Top 25 films will be shown in a Nominee Showcase on March 30, with winners in 6 categories (overall, directing, screenwriting, etc.) annnounced March 31. Winners receive TSFF acrylic awards and great prizes include a chance to work along CTV professionals. All genres welcome. Films must be under 10 minutes. FREE to enter; deadline for submission is March 15. Festival tickets now on sale; 2 day Festival Passes just $10. Full details at www.tsff.ca. |
| http://www.tsff.ca |
| Contact: Pat Macdonald [ patmacdonald@rogers.com] |
| Entry Fee: $Free |
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| The Santa Monica Teen Film Festival |
| Santa Monica California |
| June 16 & 17, 2007 |
| Deadline: May 4th, 2007 |
| The Santa Monica Teen Film Festival accepts films from teens 12-18 or currently enrolled in High School. Films can be any genre 1-30 mins in length. Prizes include trophies and meetings with industry professionals. |
| http://www.smteenfilmfest.org |
| Contact: Justin Yoffe [ justin.yoffe@smgov.net] |
| Entry Fee: $FREE! |
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| The Shortie Awards: Student Film and News Festival |
| Falls Church VA |
| June 1, 2008 |
| Deadline: March 21, 2008 |
| Established in 2001, The Shortie Awards: Student News and Film Festival recognizes original digital media productions created by student filmmakers, ages 7-18, and their teachers. The Shortie Awards focuses on nurturing imagination and choice making in students. |
| http://www.mhznetworks.org/eat |
| Contact: Shortie [ shortie@mhznetworks.org] |
| Entry Fee: $Free! |
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| Toofy Film Fest |
| Boulder CO |
| Sept. 12-14, 2008 |
| Deadline: May 20, 2008 |
| For more information, please visit:
http://www.toofy.com
The Toofy Film Fest takes place in beautiful Boulder, Colorado and exposes the raw untapped talent that exists in the independent world of cinema, fashion, art and music. Toofy provides audiences with the freshest independent content available.
Exposure for filmmakers goes above and beyond the Toofy Film Fest. The Fest reaches a broad audience of over 50 million people annually via nationally televised programming on TV, RSN, and Altitude Sports and Entertainment.
Toofy Film Fest also helps filmmakers distribute their short film by compiling DVD collections of the best films that have played at Toofy. Filmmakers receive a percentage of sales.
The Toofy Film Fest 2008 will be taking place from Sept. 12-14, 2008. |
| http://www.toofy.com |
| Contact: [ ] |
| Entry Fee: $ |
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| National Film Festival for Talented Youth |
| Seattle WA |
| April 24-26, 2009 |
| Deadline: Jan. 30, 2009 |
| The National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY—pronounced “nifty”) was formed in 2007 with the goal to become the most influential youth-oriented film festival in America. The festival showcases films by filmmakers (22 and under) from across the country and hosts a number of panel discussions, workshops and other year-round filmmaking activities in Seattle, WA. |
| http://www.nffty.org |
| Contact: Jesse Harris [ jesse@nffty.org] |
| Entry Fee: $15 |
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| Renaissance Kids Student Film Festival |
| Poughkeepsie New York |
| March 13 & 14, 2009 |
| Deadline: January 31, 2009 |
| Accepting entries of short movies from students in grades 6-12. Cash prizes will be awarded and winning entries screened on March 14, 2009. Further information is at www.renkids.org or telephone (845) 452-4225 |
| http://renkids.org |
| Contact: Carol Padron [ info@renkids.org] |
| Entry Fee: $25.00 |
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| NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL |
| Newport Beach CA |
| April 23-30, 2009 |
| Deadline: December 19 |
| The Newport Beach Film Festival will be celebrating its 10th anniversary with an action-packed line up of independent and studio films from around the globe. From premieres of contemporary cinema, to live fashion shows, and tastes of Newport Beach’s finest culinary creations, we are offering filmmakers the ultimate Festival experience.
The Festival features nightly special events including: red carpet galas, filmmaker receptions, compelling filmmaker Q & A sessions, international spotlights, industry seminars and retrospectives. In addition, the Festival hosts numerous opportunities to connect with enthusiastic new audiences, fellow filmmakers, film industry professionals and the media in a beautiful seaside location in Orange County, California (only 55 miles south of Hollywood).
Scheduled to take place from April 23-30, 2009, the Festival will screen over 350 films, including feature-length narrative, documentary, short, animated and student films. Films will screen at the historic Regency Lido Theater, the Big Newport and Edwards Island Cinemas in Fashion Island.
The Newport Beach Film Festival is currently accepting film submissions in all genres and categories from professional and student filmmakers from around the world.
Please submit your film, through the following link www.NewportBeachFilmFest.com
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| http://www.newportbeachfilmfest.com |
| Contact: [ info@newportbeachfilmfest.com] |
| Entry Fee: $ |
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| KANZA Film Festival |
| Atchison Kansas |
| April 4, 2009 |
| Deadline: March 30, 2009 |
| The Kanza Film Festival encourages, supports and promotes student artists and other aspiring filmmakers through hosting an annual film festival. The festival strives to garner recognition for student filmmakers by means of judging their films and providing scholarships, cash prizes, and a distribution package that will pay artists royalties from sales of “The Best of the KANZA” DVD. The KANZA offers students an opportunity to learn, grow, and exhibit their films.
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| http://www.kanzafest.org |
| Contact: Elizabeth Sullivan, Tom Pike [ kanzafest@yahoo.com] |
| Entry Fee: $10 |
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| John Paul II International Film Festival |
| Miami Florida |
| October 30th-November 1st 2009 |
| Deadline: July 31st |
| Student Films:
*Filmmakers must be between the ages of 13-24
*Must follow the general criteria of the John Paul II International Film Festival™
(Please check website for official rules)
The John Paul II International Film Festival ™ is modeled after the views and ideals of the late pope, whom we affectionately refer to as JP2. The festival will feature films that celebrate life by acknowledging the strengths, struggles, and triumphs we experience when striving to give meaning to our existence. The filmmakers showcased in our festival are filmmakers that have slipped under the radar, filmmakers who are using their talent to give back to the Ultimate Creator. We want to foster and encourage art that brings the Word of God to life. Our festival will give exposure to talented filmmakers from all faiths, united to give the festival’s audience an opportunity to experience the filmmakers’ ultimate expression of their religious beliefs; therefore becoming a part of JP 2’s call for a new evangelization.
The festival will be an annual event where families, couples, singles, people of all ages and cultures can experience the power of God through film, music, and communion. The weekend film festival will showcase the latest in faith-based films, and other artistic expressions that support the values and virtues that made JP2 so loved in the world by Catholics and non-Catholics alike.
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| http://www.jp2filmfestival.com/ |
| Contact: Frank Brennan [ Frank.Brennan@jp2filmfestival.com] |
| Entry Fee: $10 |
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| "Intervideo Talent Award" |
| Wiesbaden Germany |
| 15.11.2009 |
| Deadline: 31.08.2009 |
| Tomorrow, we will see
Realities, Visions, Utopias
Crisis is the word of the present day. We talk about financial crisis, about climate change, about the threatening collapse of complex systems. Today, no-one can realistically estimate the driving force of piled-up energies. That goes for economic systems in the same way as for climate models, populations and social models.
It has taken us less than 200 years to burn most of the world’s oil reserves and pollute the atmosphere in doing so. The influences of human actions accumulate in a historically unique way. The world population is growing so strongly that it can no longer be fed without energy-intensive food manufacturing. Poverty, famines, social rejections threaten. Yet, there have always been apocalyptic predictions, just like unexpected ways out. But what then? What will the world look like after it has all been overcome?
Tomorrow we will see, the day after tomorrow, beyond uncertainty, inevitable processes, the world will look different. Visions, utopias, projections show how life can look after everything has been overcome. Contemplations, projections from the present to the future.
What seems realistic, what would be desirable? Living, cohabiting, surviving under conditions that we can barely forecast today. Or a world without man (maybe he was just an evolutionary slip-up?).
Films can be submitted in three categories:
1. Documentary style. The compilations of current expert interviews is not what is meant (there are enough of them), but the formal rendition with elements of the documentary film: Interview, watching real scenes, commentary. As we are looking far into the future, a mixture of fiction and non-fiction is allowed. Yet, this is not a must. Observations of the present can throw light on the life of tomorrow. In the same way, fictitious scenes of the future can imply what preceded. Therefore, reports about the present day are just as possible as fictitious documentaries, reports, interviews “afterwards”.
2. Fiction / short film. The contents and storyline can also be freely designed here. The story can take place in the present, in the past or in the future. It is important that there is a recognizable dramaturgy, a storyline that is carried by dialogues or drama. The number of roles, the way the camera works, music and production design can be freely selected.
3. Free choice / animations / graphics: We are looking for ways of free artistic dealing with realities, visions, utopias. Collages, musical films, animations or combinations are imaginable. There are no limits to form and aesthetics. It is important that the theme remains coherent. That means no art as an end in itself but a recognizable approach to the theme of the competition.
The competition is open
for students, apprentices and graduates from sectors like, e.g. TV, film
and media production, media design, animation and multimedia
as well as media technology may participate. The competition is also
aimed at young professionals and job starters with work experience of up
to 2 years. |
| http://www.intervideo-nachwuchspreis.de |
| Contact: Sascha Jost [ kontakt@intervideo-nachwuchspreis.de] |
| Entry Fee: $0 |
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| Toronto Student Film FEstival |
| Toronto Ontario |
| Saturday April 24, 2010 |
| Deadline: March 22, 2010 for all submiss |
| We are writing to give you the details for the 5th annual 2010 Toronto Student Film Festival, to be held on one night only ---- Saturday, April 24.This student-inspired festival, again hosted by Crescent School, provides a venue for young filmmakers to tell their stories and have their voices heard --- on a wide range of topics and issues important to them. Students may submit completed curriculum-based projects on an individual or group basis, and personal media works are also encouraged. Since its inception in 2006, the TSFF has earned a reputation as one of North America’s top youth film festivals, and it has gained the support of the Canadian Film Center, the National Film Board, CTV, the City of Toronto Film Office, and many other leaders in the arts and film industry. Our judging panel consists of professionals from many of these organizations, as well as established Canadian filmmakers.
The Toronto Student Film Festival is all about youth achievement in media arts, providing a simple and FREE way for youth under age 21 to show their work and have it evaluated. Over the past four festivals, we have received hundreds of submissions from youth around the world, and we are increasingly linking the TSFF to other similar youth film festivals. By submitting their films, your students will have a unique opportunity to compete with other youth on an international basis. It is easy to enter and there is absolutely no charge. Short films of 1-6 minutes are encouraged and all films must be 6 minutes or less. It is very likely that your students who are taking/have taken a film or multi media course already have films which could be submitted.
The 2010 TSFF submission deadline is March 22. Full details about the festival and submission forms are available at the festival web site: www.tsff.com. Past winners have received opportunities to work on “internship” projects directly with professionals at CTV and Corus Entertainment, with other prizes including cash, tuition to a week long filmmaking workshop at the New York Film Academy, film editing software, and passes to industry symposiums. In addition, those films with a message of “social significance” have been featured on Canada’s own on-line media for social change--- CitizenShift at www.citizen.nfb.ca .
For 2010, the top 25 films will again be featured in the TSFF NOMINEE SHOWCASE, and these winners will all receive personalized certificates of recognition. Specially-crafted TSFF acrylic awards (our version of the Oscar) will be awarded to the winners for achievement in: overall film excellence (1st, 2nd and 3rd place), editing, direction, screenplay, best documentary, “CitizenShift Film with Impact,” and the People’s Choice Award, chosen by the audience. Note: Prize categories on website for the latest additions.
Please encourage your students or teachers to submit work by the festival deadline of March 22, 2010. |
| http://www.tsff.ca |
| Contact: Jamie MacRae [ tsff@live.ca] |
| Entry Fee: $no fee |
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| NFFTY / National Film Festival for Talented Youth |
| Seattle Washington |
| April 29 - May 2, 2010 |
| Deadline: Jan 15, 2010 |
| NFFTY is the largest youth film festival in the US. It features 100+ films, filmmaking panels, a gala opening night, and opportunities for filmmakers to network with industry professionals, film fans, and each other.
NFFTY accepts films from anyone 22 and younger, with the youngest NFFTY filmmaker to date being 7 years old. Submission categories include: feature, short, documentary, animation, music video, and experimental. Filmmakers, educators, and industry professionals increasingly recognize NFFTY as an inspiring, innovative, and not-to-be-missed event. NFFTY’s goal is to become THE festival where the film and television industry seeks out new talent. Festival attendance for NFFTY 2010 is projected at 6,000, plus introduction of website streaming of films and the festival.
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| http://nffty.org |
| Contact: Jesse Harris [ filmmakers@nffty.org] |
| Entry Fee: $10 - 35 |
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| sehsüchte - International Student Film Festival |
| Potsdam |
| 20 - 25 April. 2010 |
| Deadline: |
| sehsüchte is the biggest International Student Film Festival in Europe.
sehsüchte is being organized by students in the audio-visual media Master’s programme at the Film and Television Academy "Konrad Wolf". In addition, the team is being supported by students in other programmes of study at the academy. |
| http://sehsuechte.de |
| Contact: moritz [ info@sehsuechte.de] |
| Entry Fee: $ |
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| Lark Theater Youth Film Festival |
| Larkspur California |
| April 25, 2010 |
| Deadline: March 3, 2010 |
| 5th Annual Lark Theater Film Festival!
Age Categories 10-13 & 14-18
Film Categories: Narrative, Documentary, Music & Green Theme
Time Limit: under 11 minutes
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| www.larktheater.net |
| Contact: Zoe Miner [ zoe@larktheater.net] |
| Entry Fee: $$10 |
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| SPEAK UP! International Student Film Festival |
| Mississauga Ontario |
| June 11-12 2010 |
| Deadline: May 14th 2010 |
| 2 Day Festival that caters to Student short films (20 minutes and under)-Shorts. All genres accepted i.e. Documentary's, Animation, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Drama, Experimental. This Festival includes an Opening Gala, Industry Workshops, 2 screenings of various student films, Awards and Prizes!
Festival Location; Living Arts Centre-Mississauga. |
| http://www.speakupfilmfest.com |
| Contact: Giselle Tulipano [ info@speakupfilmfest.com] |
| Entry Fee: $FREE!!! |
|
|
| Two-Minute Travel Tales Competition |
| |
| Touring Exhibition - Starting |
| Deadline: June 1, 2010, 6pm EST |
| Has seeing the world changed your life?
Verge Magazine is currently accepting entries for our new Two-Minute Travel Tales multimedia contest. Using video, photography or writing, tell us how meaningful travel has changed your life.
Inspire us. Surprise us. Make us laugh or cry.
Entries must be SHORT! Stories up to 500 words; photos accompanied by up to 200 words; videos less than two minutes long.
The grand prize for the best overall entry is $1000 and the winner of each category will receive $200. The top submissions will also be displayed on
Verge's website and be part of a travelling exhibition.
The deadline for entries is June 1, 2010, 6pm EST.
For full contest rules and to enter, visit
www.vergemagazine.com/2-minute-tales |
| http://www.vergemagazine.com/2-minute-tales |
| Contact: Erin Tandy [ erin.tandy@vergemagazine.com] |
| Entry Fee: $Free for Canadian residents an |
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| Cowichan Aboriginal Film Festival |
| Duncan BC |
| April 13 - 19, 2011 |
| Deadline: Feb 15, 2011 |
| Three full days of Youth FX Workshops & Awards and five nights of film screenings and perfomrances. Multiple youth categories for Indigenous filmmakers (60% of youth must be indigenous) plus a themed category open to all local youth (Vancouver Island). Check the website for this year's theme. Awards ~ |
| www.aff.cowichan.net/youth |
| Contact: Michelle [ michelle.staples@cowichan.net] |
| Entry Fee: $free |
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|
| Reel Teens Festival |
| Hunter New York |
| October |
| Deadline: June 30 |
| The film or video entered must be made by a teenager.
Submissions can be up to 20 minutes in length.
Submissions may be entered in any of ten (10) categories: Fiction, Short Fiction (10 minutes or less), Documentary, Short Documentary (10 minutes or less ), Video Diary, Animation, News Magazine, Visual Arts, Music Video and Public Service Announcement (PSA). |
| www.reelteens.org |
| Contact: Barry Kerr [ reelteens@webjogger.net] |
| Entry Fee: $0 |
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| GREEK STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL |
| MELBOURNE, Australia VICTORIA |
| OCTOBER 24, 2010 |
| Deadline: SEPTEMBER 17, 2010 |
| Students are to submit a film up to 4 minutes long relevant to different aspects of the Greek culture.
There are four entry groups:
a. Early years (3-6)
b. Middle years (7-9)
c. Later years (10-12)
d. Tertiary Educ.
All entries must be in Greek.
Prizes will be awarded to winning entries.
|
| http://eduoff-melbourne.world.sch.gr |
| Contact: Mr. Manos Tzimpragos [ tzimpragos.emmanouil.e@edumail.vic.gov.au, manusos1@gmail.com] |
| Entry Fee: $NA |
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| 2.Intervideo Talend Award |
| Wiesbaden Germany |
| 12.11.2011 |
| Deadline: 31.08.2011 |
| FINAL CALL for entries -31.08.2011-
Sustainability Films Wanted!
The Intervideo Talent Award “Morgen sehen wir weiter”(“Tomorrow we will see”) starts second round.
For the second time since its successful debut in 2009, Intervideo Filmproduktion GmbH is announcing its Intervideo Talent Award which started March 1, 2011.
Giving new young media talent a boost worked so well in its first run that Intervideo itself received a prize for the idea: the “German Culture Promotion Prize” (Deutscher Kulturförderpreis).
Students or trainees and those just starting on a media career who wish to address the competition theme in film are eligible to take part. Participants may not be older than 30 when submitting their entry.
Under the heading of “THE FUTURE AS A BRAND – Sustainability as a value and
product,” this year’s competition is about the almost inflationary use of the term “sustainability.”
Is the “produce, consume, recycle” blueprint a workable or illusory model for modern industrialized society?
Doesn’t sustainability in the strictest sense turn our entire economic system and how we co-exist on its head?
Or does the term takes its place in the long series of communication catastrophes and cureall mantras in the advertising industry?
Is sustainability possibly only a decoy designed to trigger people to consume and actually stand in the way of sustainability?
In our Web-savvy age, words decay rapidly. How sustainable will the expression sustainability be?
We are interested in films which address the topic of sustainability dispassionately, critically and/or artistically.
Films which look at the issue from a wide range of perspectives investigate it or make it intelligible in emotional terms. The films themselves may somehow even be sustainable, or serve as models of sustainability.
This year, the Intervideo Talent Award will be awarded in four film categories –
“Documentaries,” “Fiction/Short films,” “Animations” and “Freestyle.”
This year too, after the entry period closes, an independent jury will select the winning entries.
Cash awards amounting to a total of €2,000 are on offer to the winners, as well as various non-cash prizes.
The prizes will be presented at the film festival “exground” in Wiesbaden in
November.
Deadline for submission of entries is August 31, 2011.
Further information and all
documentation concerning the competition is available at:
http://www.intervideo-nachwuchspreis.de
http://www.intervideo-filmproduktion.de
We look forward to receiving your entries and films!
Contact:
Intervideo Filmproduktion GmbH
“Intervideo Talent Award”
Sascha Jost
Robert-Koch-Straße 11
55129 Mainz, Germany
Phone:+49 (0) 6131-250830
Fax: +49 (0) 6131-2508325
E-mail: kontakt@intervideo-nachwuchspreis.de
Web: http://www.intervideo-nachwuchspreis.de |
| http://www.intervideo-nachwuchspreis.de/index.php/en.html |
| Contact: Sascha Jost [ kontakt@intervideo-nachwuchspreis.de] |
| Entry Fee: $no fee |
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| CWA Preferred Filmmaker Directory |
| Los Angeles California |
| April 25, 2011 |
| Deadline: May 15, 2011 |
| This year CWA is introducing a special project with university filmmakers and CWA writers in mind, the CWA Preferred Filmmaker Directory. The CWA Preferred Filmmaker Directory pairs the nation’s up-and-coming student filmmakers with winning screenwriters from CWA's annual competition for the sole purpose of encouraging collaboration that leads to getting top quality projects produced. CWA selects the top screenwriters from our annual competition, however, all participating student directors selected to be in the Directory will be included at no charge. This opportunity is ideal not only for CWA writers looking to see their scripts produced, but student directors in need of first-rate material. Additionally, the Directory will be later promoted to several other companies we work with who are always on the lookout for new talent (LionsGate/Mandate, Icon Entertainment, Greenestreet, Inferno Entertainment, etc.).
How to apply: University filmmakers should send a brief letter of interest, bio or resume, and a link where we can view a sample of their work. Please submit to: Heather Waters, CWA, Co-founder heather@creativeworldawards.com. Once we've screened all the applicants, the Top 100 applicants will be invited to join the Directory along with the Top 100 winning screenwriters selected from our Creative World Short Film Awards in August 2011. University filmmakers and CWA writers will also receive the CWA Preferred Filmmaker Directory at no charge once the contest results are announced in December 2011.
Deadline: All application materials must be received by May 15th.
Purpose: To foster collaboration among the nation's most promising screenwriters and student filmmakers.
Attached is a flier with more details. Shoot me an email (corbin@creativeworldawards.com) if you have any further questions. We've worked with some of the top university film programs in the country, but we're quite enthused to hear from all passionate film students with a desire to share their creative voice.
Best regards,
Corbin Craft
Contest Coordinator
Creative World Awards |
| http://www.creativeworldawards.com |
| Contact: Heather Waters [ heather@creativeworldawards.com] |
| Entry Fee: $FREE |
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|
| THIMUN Qatar Film Festival |
| Doha Qatar |
| 2012 |
| Deadline: 31st January 2012 |
| Open to all international students. Students who have their films nominated for best picture, best story, best sound, best editing, or best cinematography will be flown out to Doha with flights and accommodation costs all covered by the foundation.
The winner from each criterion will receive an award and money, and the grand prize (best picture) will receive a total of 2500 euros. |
| http://www.thimunqatarfilmfestival.org/ |
| Contact: Setareh Gerashi [ thimunqatarfilmfestival@gmail.com] |
| Entry Fee: $No entry fee! |
|
|
| U.Frame |
| |
|
| Deadline: |
| U.FRAME is an International Academic Video Festival that is organized by the University of Oporto, in Portugal in collaboration with the University of Coruña, in Spain, the University of Texas at Austin, the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and the Universidade Metodista of S. Paulo in Brasil and it exists since 2008.
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| http://www.uframe.org |
| Contact: sara costa [ uframe.festival@gmail.com] |
| Entry Fee: $ |
|
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| U.Frame |
| |
|
| Deadline: |
| U.FRAME is an International Academic Video Festival that is organized by the University of Oporto, in Portugal in collaboration with the University of Coruña, in Spain, the University of Texas at Austin, the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and the Universidade Metodista of S. Paulo in Brasil and it exists since 2008.
|
| http://www.uframe.org |
| Contact: sara costa [ uframe.festival@gmail.com] |
| Entry Fee: $ |
|
|
| Toronto Student Film Festival 2012 |
| Toronto Ontario |
| May 12th 2012 |
| Deadline: March 25th 2012 |
| Free to submit. Student film festival. Celebrating youth creativity and storytelling through the medium of short films (6 mins or less). Any genre. Any country. Special awards for Canadian submissions |
| http://www.tsff.ca |
| Contact: Director [ director@tsff.ca] |
| Entry Fee: $Free to submit |
|
|
| Seattle True Independent Film Festival (Student Film Block) |
| Seattle WA |
| May 3 - May 12 , 2012 |
| Deadline: February 1st |
| The Student Film Block (Student Block) is a program designed to help Student Filmmakers age 16-22 showcase and promote their latest films. Part of Seattle True Independent Film Festival filmmakers who gets accepted into the Student Block, will automatically have the opportunity of allowing their film to be distributed on a limited One-Hundred DVD run. |
| http://www.studentblock.org |
| Contact: Daniel Hoyos [ daniel@studentblock.org] |
| Entry Fee: $30 - 50 |
|
|
| Frames Film Festival |
| Nerul, Navi Mumbai Maharashtra |
| 19th - 21st January 2012 |
| Deadline: 9th january 2012 |
| All these years, Frames has been a BMM-centric event with only minority participation by others. This year, that changes. The non-BMM category has seen some extraordinary entries which compel Frames to open competition to all.
Amateur filmmakers don’t have the best resources. But with the little that they have, Frames has seen their talent really shine. We hope to continue this legacy of brilliance this year.
And of course, the theme!
2012 is the year several philosophers and prophets and even scientists have predicted a probable armageddon/end-of-the-world/apocalypse – call it what you like. Your days on this planet are numbered. The world as you know it will change forever. |
| http://www.framesfilmfestival.com |
| Contact: Archana Iyer [ s.archana.iyer@gmail.com] |
| Entry Fee: $No Fee |
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| From Page to Screen |
| Bridport UK |
| 11-15 April 2012 |
| Deadline: 23 March 2012 |
| Flash Film competition invites entrants to adapt 250 word 'flash fiction' stories into 60 second films.
There is an open category and a category for under 18s. The winning films and up to four shortlisted films in each category will be shown on the big screen, and filmmakers will be invited to talk about their work at a special Flash Film event, as part of the From Page to Screen Festival (11-15 April 2011). |
| http://www.frompagetoscreen.org.uk/index.php/flashfilm/ |
| Contact: [ office@frompagetoscreen.org.uk] |
| Entry Fee: $5 GBP |
|
|
| TEEN TRUTH Film Festival |
| Across the United States Across the United States |
| April - May 2012 |
| Deadline: February 24, 2012 |
| The TEEN TRUTH (TT) FILM FESTIVAL was developed to provide more youth the opportunity to be heard in order for audiences across the nation to be challenged by the filmmakers' voice and empowered by their message. Using the same core principals that made TT successful, the TT: FILM FESTIVAL is focused on furthering the positive TT movement by featuring the artistic voices of the best student filmmakers from across the country. |
| http://teentruthlive.com/filmfest/ |
| Contact: Shane Williamson [ shane@teentruthlive.com] |
| Entry Fee: $15 to 24 |
|
|
| River Valley Student Film Festival |
| New Brunswick |
|
| Deadline: March 31 |
| The River Valley Festival is a project of River Valley Middle School, Saint John High School and Our Lady of Peace School in co-operation with the Network of Innovative Schools. The aim of the River Valley Festival is to promote the use of Information and Communications Technology in Canadian schools and to celebrate students’ exploration of creative uses of video. The festival is open to all Network of Innovative Schools K-12 schools. |
| http://rvms.nbed.nb.ca/rvsvf/index.htm |
| Contact: [ LeRoy.Vincent@nbed.nb.ca] |
| Entry Fee: $ |
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|
| OPEN SAINT-PETERSBURG STUDENTS FILM FESTIVAL |
| Saint-Petersburg |
| 25-30 September, 2008 |
| Deadline: August 1, 2008 |
| International competition of student films: fiction, documentary, animation, experimental, social advertising videos |
| http://www.festival-nachalo.ru |
| Contact: Darya Nikitina - festival coordinator [ darya.nikitina@gmal.com] |
| Entry Fee: $None |
|
|
| Open St.Petersburg Student Film Festival Beginning |
| St.Petersburg |
| September, 22-27, 2009 |
| Deadline: July, 15 |
| Founded by St.Petersburg Filmmaker’s Union festival is held with the assistance of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, St.Petersburg Government and Committee of Culture of St. Petersburg.
Festival program includes
1.Main competition
(fiction, documentary and animation films).
Nominations:
Grand-Prix
Best Fiction Film
Best Director’s Work
Best Script
Best Camera Work
Best Sound Supervisor
Best Documentary Film
Best Animation Film
2.Special 5-minute-length Fiction Film Competition.
|
| http://www.festival-nachalo.ru |
| Contact: Tatarsky E.M. [ darya.nikitina@gmail.com; tatarsky_souz@list.ru] |
| Entry Fee: $free |
|
|
| Open St.Petersburg Student Film Festival Beginning |
| St.Petersburg |
| 01-06.10.2010 |
| Deadline: 15.07.2010 |
| International competition of fiction, documentary, animation and experimental student films.Festival program includes also two special competitions - competition of fiction films less than 5 minutes and Social Commercial competition. |
| http://www.festival-nachalo.ru |
| Contact: [ darya.nikitina@gmail.com, mail@festival-nachalo.ru] |
| Entry Fee: $free |
|
|
| Open St.Petersburg Student Film Festival Beginning |
| St.Petersburg |
| 08-13.09.2011 |
| Deadline: 01.07.2011 |
| Founded by St.Petersburg Filmmaker’s Union festival is held annually at the Cinema House with the assistance of the Committee of Culture of St. Petersburg Government.
Festival program includes:
• competition program – short student fiction, documentary and animation films
• special competition programs
• master-classes
• round tables
• presentation programs of film schools and international student film festivals
• retrospective program of student films
• art exhibitions |
| http://www.festival-nachalo.ru |
| Contact: [ darya.nikitina@gmail.com, mail@festival-nachalo.ru] |
| Entry Fee: $none |
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|
| Chicago International Children's Film Festival |
| Chicago Illinois |
| June |
| Deadline: April |
| Annual event for youth filmmakers in the US
scholarships available for those who qualify.
|
| http://www.cicff.org |
| Contact: Charlotte King [ cking@chicagofilmfestival.com] |
| Entry Fee: $5.00 |
|
|
| deadCenter Film Festival |
| Edmond Oklahoma |
|
| Deadline: |
| Annual festival held in the fall. Has a youth film section for films produced by filmmakers 18 years and younger. |
| http://www.deadcenterfilm.up.to/ |
| Contact: Jayson Floyd [ djfloyd@cpn-net.com] |
| Entry Fee: $ |
|
|
| SOFA |
| Wilsonville Oregon |
|
| Deadline: May |
| International Student Original Film Art Festival. Sofa is a worldwide touring festival featuring the work of student and independent filmmakers. Open to students worldwide. |
| http://www.sofanet.org |
| Contact: [ info@www.sofanet.org] |
| Entry Fee: $0 |
|
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| iDidaMovie |
| Anchorge Alaska |
| Feb-March |
| Deadline: Jan |
| Really great festival.
Categories include:
make Me laugh, teach Me Something, Environmental/ Cultural |
| http://www.aste.org |
| Contact: Robin Johnson [ Ididamovie@aste.org] |
| Entry Fee: $None |
|
|
| HatcH Audiovisual Arts Festival |
| Bozeman Montana |
| October 4-9, 2005 |
| Deadline: August 1, 2005 annually |
| About the HATCH Audiovisual Arts Festival:
HATCH is a non-profit organization dedicated to mentorship of the arts through year round creative workshops and hosts the HATCH Audiovisual Arts Festival. The 2nd annual festival is taking place October 4 – 9, in Bozeman, MT. 10 groundbreaking student films from across the globe will be screened, along with 10 feature films, 10 panels, 20 musical acts, numerous workshops, a Native American Showcase and a star-studded award ceremony honoring student and independent filmmakers and musicians.
Additional information about HATCH’s mission is available at Hatchfest.com. A full schedule of this year’s festival, guests, jury, and volunteering opportunities will be available by September 1st. For questions regarding the festival, email info@hatchfest.com or call 406.586.2635.
/ Media contact: Heather McGuire of B|W|R Public Relations at 310.550.7776 or pressrelations@hatchfest.com /
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| http://www.hatchfest.com |
| Contact: Emma Lynn, Student Services Coordinator [ emma@hatchfest.com] |
| Entry Fee: $25.00 - 45.00 |
|
|
| Scene First Student Film Festival |
| Wilmington North Carolina |
| June 14-16, 2007 |
| Deadline: |
| The 3-day national film competition will provide student filmmakers with an opportunity to show their films, network with industry professionals, and learn from academic and industry leaders—all in a relaxed social environment. |
| http://www.scenefirstfestival.com |
| Contact: Sam Connelly [ samc@campusentertainment.net] |
| Entry Fee: $ |
|
|
| KANZA Video and Computer Arts Festival |
| Atchison Kansas |
| May 26-27,2007 |
| Deadline: May 1, 2007 |
| A festival targeted to student film makers. The KANZA also has categories for animatiion and graphic arts. In addition to cash and prizes. winners are offered a distribution package that pays royalties to the artist. |
| http://kanzafest.org |
| Contact: Tom Pike [ Pikeproductions@everestkc.net] |
| Entry Fee: $10 - 20 |
|
|
| RED ROCK FILM FESTIVAL of Zion Canyon |
| Utah |
| OCTOBER 19 & 20 in St. George |
| Deadline: |
| Several film festivals mix into one at this annual film festival held in two sections: St. George and Springdale, Utah. Held beneath the majestic red mountains of Zion National Park, this motion picture arts festival will show over 50 movie premieres plus new shorts and features. Come for the films and stay for the Q&A sessions will the directors and actors of the films. The St. George section will feature HorrorFest, the St. George Guerrilla Film Competition, the Senior Screen, Dive-In Movie, and the Zion Independent Movie Camp of young filmmakers. The Springdale section will feature Zion Flix, Zion Film Festival, Shorts Competition, Feature Competition, special screenings, events and private parties. The are nine venues throughout Southern Utah. The main venue location in St. George is at the St. George Opera House (212 N. Main. St.,) and the main venue location in Springdale is at the Canyon Community Arts Center (126 N Lion. Blvd.) For tickets and information call 435-705.5555 or visit www.redrockfilmfestival.com. |
| http://www.redrockfilmfestival.com |
| Contact: Matt Marxteyn [ redpress@ophilia.com] |
| Entry Fee: $ |
|
|
| Eerie Horror Film Festival & Screenplay Competition |
| Erie Pennsylvania |
| 10/10/07 - 10/14/07 |
| Deadline: 09/01/07 |
| Annual competition based event held each October in Erie, Pa. (USA). Five days of horror, sci-fi and suspense films from around the world featuring celebrity guests, visiting filmmakers and thousands of fans. Special student discounts for young filmmakers and screenwriters ages 10 - 17! |
| http://www.eeriehorrorfest.com |
| Contact: Greg Ropp [ info@eeriehorrorfest.com] |
| Entry Fee: $varies |
|
|
| KANZA Video and Computer Arts Festival |
| Atchsion Kansas |
| May 25, 2007 |
| Deadline: May 1, 2007 |
| For student and aspiring film makers.
Motion computer arts, such as animation are also welcome. Cash
prizes and, at the artists choice, a
distribution package that pays the
artist royalties for every sale. |
| kanzafest.org |
| Contact: tom pike [ info@kanzafest.org] |
| Entry Fee: $from 5 to 20 US |
|
|
| Inland Empire Student Film Festival |
| Victorville California |
| May 18 - 30, 2007 |
| Deadline: May 1, 2007 |
| The Inland Empire Student Film Festival provides direct links to film industry work in California's San Bernardino and Riverside counties for students and schools that participate. |
| http://www.iestudentfilmfest.com |
| Contact: Jake Borowski [ info@iesff.com] |
| Entry Fee: $5 |
|
|
| Scene First Student Film Festival |
| Wilmington North Carolina |
| March 27-29, 2008 |
| Deadline: February 15, 2008 |
| The 2nd annual SCENE FIRST STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL is open to high school and college students. Prizes are awarded in 9 categories. Presented by the University of North Carolina Wilmington and Screen Gems Studios. |
| http://www.scenefirstfestival.com |
| Contact: Katie Boucher [ katieb@campusentertainment.net] |
| Entry Fee: $$20 |
|
|
| Scene First Student Film Festival |
| Wilmington North Carolina |
| March 27-29, 2008 |
| Deadline: February 15, 2008 |
| Join us for three days of networking, education, fun and film in Wilmington, NC, one of the premiere film production locations in the country located minutes from the beach on the gorgeous North Carolina coast.
Scene First is a presented by Campus Entertainment in partnership with the Film Studies Department at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and Screen Gems Studios.
Industry guests in 2007 included producer Alan Blomquist, Director Gary Winick, Production Designer Rick Butler, Director Joshua Seftel, and Screen Gems Studios President Frank Capra, Jr.
|
| http://www.scenefirstfestival.com |
| Contact: Katie Boucher [ katieb@campusentertainment.net] |
| Entry Fee: $ |
|
|
| Boys & Girls Club Aspiring Filmmakers Festival |
| Baton Rouge Louisiana |
| April 20, 2008 |
| Deadline: February 1, 2008 |
| The Boys & Girls Club Aspiring Filmmakers Festival (BGCAFF), was created to showcase films by young filmmakers (21 and under) from across the country. The festival is designed to promote the making of films by youth, especially youth who traditionally do not have the resources to explore filmmaking.
The Mission of BGCAFF
• BGCAFF is committed to helping youth learn and develop their talent in filmmaking and allow their voice to be expressed in film.
What BGCAFF will do
1. The festival will showcase young filmmakers from across the country. This juried festival will allow young filmmakers the opportunity to gain insight and feedback about their films.
2. The festival will also provide programs and workshops on filmmaking so that young filmmakers may learn from professionals in the industry.
The connection to the Red Stick Animation Festival
Red Stick Animation Festival has been instrumental in helping BGCAFF. All youth animated films will also be showcased within the Red Stick Animation Festival. Red Stick and BGCAFF are coordinating schedules and events. BGCAFF will be held Sunday, April 20, 2008, following the Red Stick Animation Festival (April 16-19).
The creativity and voices of our young filmmakers should be nurtured, honored and heard. Their stories can inspire and challenge us to change our communities and ourselves.
Call for 2008 Entry
The deadline for the 2008 Film Festival is February 1, 2008. Please check out the criteria and shipping information at www.brclubs.org
|
| http://www.brclubs.org |
| Contact: Pat Van Burkleo [ pat@brclubs.org] |
| Entry Fee: $20.00 |
|
|
| Boys & Girls Club Aspiring Filmmakers Festival |
| Baton Rouge Louisiana |
| April 20, 2008 |
| Deadline: February 1, 2008 |
| About Boys & Girls Club Aspiring Filmmakers Festival
The Boys & Girls Club Aspiring Filmmakers Festival (BGCAFF), was created to showcase films by young filmmakers (21 and under) from across the country. The festival is designed to promote the making of films by youth, especially youth who traditionally do not have the resources to explore filmmaking.
The Mission of BGCAFF
• BGCAFF is committed to helping youth learn and develop their talent in filmmaking and allow their voice to be expressed in film.
What BGCAFF will do
1. The festival will showcase young filmmakers from across the country. This juried festival will allow young filmmakers the opportunity to gain insight and feedback about their films.
2. The festival will also provide programs and workshops on filmmaking so that young filmmakers may learn from professionals in the industry.
The connection to the Red Stick Animation Festival
Red Stick Animation Festival has been instrumental in helping BGCAFF. All youth animated films will also be showcased within the Red Stick Animation Festival. Red Stick and BGCAFF are coordinating schedules and events. BGCAFF will be held Sunday, April 20, 2008, following the Red Stick Animation Festival (April 16-19).
The creativity and voices of our young filmmakers should be nurtured, honored and heard. Their stories can inspire and challenge us to change our communities and ourselves.
Call for 2008 Entry
The deadline for the 2008 Film Festival is February 1, 2008. Please check out the criteria and shipping information at www.bgcaff.org
|
| http://www.bgcaff.org |
| Contact: Pat Van Burkleo [ pat@brclubs.org] |
| Entry Fee: $20 |
|
|
| Renaissance Kids Student Film Festival |
| Poughkeepsie New York |
| March 1, 2008 |
| Deadline: February 7, 2008 |
| Call for entries from students in Grades six - twelve. |
| http://renkids.org |
| Contact: Carol Padron [ info@renkids.org] |
| Entry Fee: $25.00 |
|
|
| CineYouth Festival |
| Chicago Illinois |
| June 20-21, 2008 |
| Deadline: April 1, 2008 |
| Contact:
Charlotte King
Director, CineYouth Festival
30 East Adams
Suite 800
Chicago, IL 60603
(312) 683-0121 x 117
www.chicagofilmfestival.com
cineyouth@chicagofilmfestival.com
The CineYouth Festival In Chicago Invites Young Filmmakers To Submit Their Work
Chicago, IL – February 1, 2008 – The CineYouth Festival (formerly known as the Future Filmmakers Festival) announces it's nationwide call for entries for the 2008 Festival. Currently, the Festival is seeking submissions for films and videos of any genre from filmmakers who are 20 years old or younger. More information, including general guidelines and submission forms can be found on our website at www.chicagofilmfestival.com.
This year's Festival will be a two-day event to be held June 20th – 21st, 2008, at the Columbia College campus in Chicago, IL. Filmmakers whose work is accepted into the festival will be invited to attend the Festival and watch their films with an audience as well as attend exciting workshops, meet in-the-know film professionals, and hang out with other young filmmakers from all over the country. The CineYouth Festival will conclude with an Awards Ceremony highlighting the winners from each category along with a Best of the Festival film selection. The 2008 Festival will award over $1,000 in prize money along with multiple non-cash prizes to films screened at the Festival. Film screenings, workshops and other events will be open to the general public.
Cinema/Chicago, the presenting organization of the Chicago International Film Festival, organizes and facilitates this event annually, encouraging young filmmakers to express themselves and explore the endless possibilities of film-making.
In response to the growth of the event, Festival Administrator Charlotte King concludes "The submissions we saw last year from young filmmakers were exciting, innovative and on par with many short films I've seen from seasoned professionals. Youth Media is rapidly growing as the technology gets easier to use and cheaper to access. We are looking forward to seeing more moving image work by young people from all across the country."
The postmark deadline for entering the Festival is April 1st, 2008.
Sponsors for the 2008 Festival include Columbia College Chicago, Giordano's Pizza.
For information: www.chicagofilmfestival.com or
Contact: cineyouth@chicagofilmfestival.com
Phone: (312) 683-0121 x 117
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| www.chicagofilmfestival.com |
| Contact: Charlotte King [ cineyouth@chicagofilmfestival.com] |
| Entry Fee: $10.00 |
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| Rocket City Short Film Festival |
| Huntsville Alabama |
| Oct 18, 2008 |
| Deadline: Oct 1, 2008 |
| Open to all amateur/student filmmakers
less than 15 min including titles/credits
Student/Youth Category with Audience Award
Application available on-line
Parent/Guardian signature required for youth entries |
| http://www.filmcoop.org |
| Contact: DonTingle [ DonJTingle@aol.com] |
| Entry Fee: $10.00 |
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| 3DayFilm Festival |
| Columbia South Carolina |
| August 7 - 10, 2008 |
| Deadline: August 7 |
| 3DayFilm, a film festival sponsored by the South Carolina Arts Commission, Columbia Museum of Art, and IndieReels Festival for High School Filmmakers, will kick off at 3 p.m. on August 7, 2008. From that point, SC middle- and high-school filmmakers who enter will have 72 hours to create and submit a short drama, comedy, documentary, or new media/animation that includes three requirements (to be announced at kick off). The event will culminate on August 10 at 6 p.m. with a screening of entries at the museum. |
| http://www.southcarolinaarts.com/mediacenter/3day/ |
| Contact: Zan Silverstein [ 3dayfilm@gmail.com] |
| Entry Fee: $10.00 |
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| Reality Bytes NIU Student Film Festival |
| DeKalb IL |
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| Deadline: March 1, 2009 |
| The festival is currently in its
eighth year under the directorship of Dr. Laura Vazquez and is continuing to grow. The event prides itself on being open only to students and being
affordable with only a $20 entry fee.
The submission deadline for students is March 1, 2009 and the film must be under 20 minutes length. Any style or genre of film will be accepted. Application forms can be viewed and printed as a PDF file on the official website
http://www2.comm.niu.edu/~realitybytes/index.html
The screenings will be held on April 1, 2, and 4, 2009 and cash prizes will be awarded. The best of festival winner will receive $300 and Avid video editing
software, second place will receive $200 and third place will receive $100.
Submission details: Each entry must include a copy of the student's ID card and must be accompanied by an
entry form and check or money order. Films must have been produced within the last 2 years. Films previously
submitted to Reality Bytes will NOT be accepted.
All video submitted to the festival must be in NTSC format. Submissions must be submitted on a DVD-R disc.
Send entries to:
The Department of Communication
c/o Dr. Laura Vazquez
Watson Hall 213
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
USA
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| http://www2.comm.niu.edu/~realitybytes/index.html |
| Contact: [ ] |
| Entry Fee: $20 |
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| Boys & Girls Aspiring Filmmakers Festival |
| Baton Rouge Louisiana |
| April 26, 2009 |
| Deadline: February 6, 2009 |
| The Second Annual Boys & Girls Club Aspirng Filmmakers Festival will be held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on April 26th, 2009. Students under the age of 21 are welcome to apply, and entries will be accepted until 5 p.m. on Friday, February 6th. |
| http://www.bgcaff.org |
| Contact: Fairleigh [ fairleigh@brclubs.org] |
| Entry Fee: $ |
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| RooftopComedy College Funny Film Competition |
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| June 11-14th, 2009 |
| Deadline: February 28, 2009 |
| RooftopComedy is looking for the funniest college filmmakers in the country! The National College Funny Film Competition is a nationwide search for the most cutting-edge and hilarious student films out there.
This year, we're opening up the Funny Film Competition to all college students. As long as students are enrolled in at least one class at any U.S. college in 2009, they can enter the competition! The Final 8 will be flown to screen their films at the 2009 Aspen RooftopComedy Festival in June.
Submissions are being accepted NOW until February 28, 2009.
All formats are accepted.
Comedy films only.
Films must be under 5 minutes.
Submit as many as you want - it's FREE!
For more information or to submit a film, check out www.RooftopComedy.com/college/funnyfilm.
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| http://www.rooftopcomedy.com/college/funnyfilm |
| Contact: Monica Davis [ monica@rooftopcomedy.com] |
| Entry Fee: $free |
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| Seattle International Film Festival: FutureWave Shorts Program |
| Seattle Washington |
| May/June annually |
| Deadline: March 2, 2009 |
| A presentation of original short films created by youth aged 18 and under at the time of submission. Entries must be no longer than 10 minutes (including end titles).
The juried FutureWave award winner receives a $500 cash prize! |
| http://www.siff.net |
| Contact: Dustin Kaspar [ dustin.kaspar@siff.net] |
| Entry Fee: $20 |
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| Student Sustainability Film Festival |
| Portland,OR |
| May 7, 2009 |
| Deadline: April 30, 2009 |
| This spring, the Northwest Institute for Social Change is hosting its first annual Student Sustainability Film Festival. We are looking for submissions from around the country. The idea is that students produce short documentaries about "local solutions" that their schools or communities have put forward towards environmental issues. We have a great judge's panel (including the likes of Curt Ellis, producer of "King Corn," Fiona Otway, Academy Award-nominated documentary editor) and are awarding $1000 for the top prize. |
| www.nwisc.com/festival_2009/ |
| Contact: Phil Busse [ pwbusse@yahoo.com] |
| Entry Fee: $ |
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| CineYouth Film Festival 2009 |
| Chicago Illinois |
| June 19th - June 20th |
| Deadline: |
| The CineYouth Festival produced by Cinema/Chicago, the presenting organization of the 45th Chicago International Film Festival, will kick-off with an Opening Night Celebration on Friday June 19th, 2009 at 6PM. Festivities will feature a showcase of short films by filmmakers Vince Singleton (The Porter), Hannah Dallman (Small Comforts), Sean J.S. Jourdan (An Open Door) and Jack Newell (Andre: Portrait of A Capoeirista). Following the screenings, a panel discussion will be moderated by Ron Falzone, Film Professor and Directing Area Coordinator at Columbia College. The night will wrap up with a reception where the audience gets a chance to speak one-on-one with the featured filmmakers.
Free food! Free movies! Networking with fellow filmmakers!
Admission is free and open to the general public with RSVP to cineyouth@chicagofilmfestival.com. Seating will be on a first come, first served basis and is limited to theater capacity.
Awards Ceremony - June 20th, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. at Film Row Cinema (Columbia College Chicago) - The winning films will be recognized with awards and prizes. Come support the filmmakers and their award-winning work!
The two-day CineYouth Festival showcases work from filmmakers under the age of 20 and from across the country. This year’s Festival features 95 films, with screenings and workshops held on June 19th and 20th at Film Row Cinema at Columbia College Chicago (1104 South Wabash). The screenings will run from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. both days and this year's workshops include:
How to Get Into, Pay For, and Navigate Film School (Friday, 3PM-4PM) Join our opening night filmmakers as they discuss the process of finding the right academic program, searching for financing, and choosing a schedule that best fits your talent.
Scriptwriting 101 (Saturday, 11AM-NOON): Led by Ron Falzone, this workshop will discuss the basics of writing a solid screenplay. Conflict, motivation, tragedy, comedy, drama! How to make the words work for you.
Bach or Beyonce? Choosing a Soundtrack for Your Film (Saturday, 1PM-2PM) Led by Hannah Dalman, this workshop will examine how different music can change the meaning of scene, and how a score can add-or subtract-from a film.
Am I Gonna Get Sued? How to Make Your Film 100% Legal (Saturday, 2PM-3PM) From parking permits to “borrowing” footage for your film, there are legal issues in movie making. Join Columbia College Chicago’s Film and Video Department Producing Concentration Coordinator, Kevin Cooper as he advises how to make a film, and not get sued in the process.
All workshops and panel are free to the public. Please RSVP to cineyouth@chicagofilmfestival.com
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| http://chicagofilmfestival.com |
| Contact: Rebecca Fons [ cineyouth2009@gmail.com] |
| Entry Fee: $FREE FREE FREE FREE |
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| The Creative Spirit Awards |
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| 1-1-10 |
| Deadline: 7-1-10 |
| [b]Announcing the 2010 Creative Spirit Awards!™
Honoring the Best in Books, Film, and Music![/b]
You are invited to submit today!
[url]http://www.creativespiritawards.com[/url]
Competition Begins January 1st, 2010
Early Bird Deadline March 1st, 2010
Regular Deadline May 1st, 2010
Late Deadline July 1st, 2010
The Creative Spirit Awards™ is the first and only competition to recognize and honor all aspects of creative achievements in filmmaking, writing, and music! The competition honors its winners with Platinum, Gold, or Silver Awards. The 2010 competition is open to works that have been completed after July 1st, 2008, or will be completed by no later than January 1st, 2011. With 77 categories in Film/Video, 58 categories in Music, and 33 categories in Books, there is a category to fit every artist no matter where in your career you may be.
The competition is open to Independent Films, Studio Films, Corporate Films, Independent/Local Musicians, Musicians signed with large or small record labels, Self-Published Authors, Authors signed with a large or small publishing company, or any artist who has created a film, music or book project.
Benefits of submitting include:
• Affordable Entry Fee: The entry fee is the lowest of any other competition, and therefore fits everyone’s budget.
• Student Film Categories: 23 film categories have been created especially for film students.
• Prestige: Displaying a Creative Spirit Award™ Statue in your trophy case, studio or office tells your prospective fan base, buyers, clients, as well as future publishers, production companies, and agents that your talents and work are worthy of their attention, and can be invaluable in securing your next big deal.
• Increased Sales: Award-winning books have a higher sell-through rate at the bookstores, award-winning CDs will have increased sales online, at record stores, and at gigs, and award-winning films will not only see increased sales and rentals, but makes all the difference when it comes time to attract a distributor.
• The Creative Spirit Awards™ Ad-Share Program: Unique to the competition, the Ad-Share program enables Platinum and Gold winners to advertise their work in full-page ads in national trade magazines at a fraction of the cost thus greatly increasing sales and awareness of your work.
The 2010 Competition began January 1st!
For more information and to submit your work, visit
[url]http://www.creativespiritawards.com[/url] |
| http://www.creativespiritawards.com |
| Contact: [ info@creativespiritawards.com ] |
| Entry Fee: $ |
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| Mill Valley Film Festival |
| Mill Valley California |
| October 7-17,2010 |
| Deadline: June 30 |
| Youth films ages 13 - 18 under 10 minutes |
| http://www.cafilm.org |
| Contact: Melanie Nichols [ mnichols@cafilm.org] |
| Entry Fee: $TBD |
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| CineYouth Festival |
| Chicago IL |
| May 5-7, 2011 |
| Deadline: March 15, 2011 |
| The CineYouth Festival is the Chicago International Film Festival's youth film festival, honoring the work of filmmakers under the age of 20. These young visionaries let their voices be heard at CineYouth, held each spring. Celebrating its seventh year May 5-7, 2011, CineYouth Festival screens over 100 films, holds numerous filmmaking workshops, and invites filmmakers from all ages from around the country to come together, share their work, learn from each other and be inspired. CineYouth is held at Columbia College Chicago, home of the biggest film school in the country.
Original films of any Festival genre that have not been submitted to CineYouth in the past can be entered into the Festival. Filmmakers must have been 20 years old or younger when they completed their project. If the film was a group project, it is eligible as long as the average age of the group is under 20 years old or younger.
The project length of all films and videos submitted must be 10 minutes or under. Projects that go over this limit will not be viewed or considered for screening or competition. If you have questions regarding this regulation, please email cineyouth@chicagofilmfestival.com
There is a submission fee of $10 for each entry (please make your check or money order out to Cinema/Chicago). Individuals or groups may submit more than one project to the festival, but a completed entry form must accompany each entry and each submission must be on one DVD (no compilation discs please).
1 entry: $10
2-3 entries: $15
4-6 entries: $20
7-10 entries: $25
11 or more entries: $30 |
| http://www.cinemachicago.org/cineyouth/ |
| Contact: Rebecca Fons [ rfons@chicagofilmfestival.com] |
| Entry Fee: $10.00 |
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| 7th Annual Youth Film Festival |
| Larkspur California |
| April 29, 2012 |
| Deadline: March 9, 2012 |
| Call for Entries for the 7th Annual Youth Film Festival at the Lark Theater! Submissions are juried by industry professionals and prizes are awarded at the festival to be held on April 29, 2012. Age categories 10-13 & 14-18. Maximum running time: 11 minutes.
Submit your short film (under 11 minutes) in the categories of Narrative, Documentary, Music or Green Theme. Age categories: 10-13 & 14-18. Deadline for submissions: March 9, 2012. Festival date: April 29, 2012. Entry fee is $10 per film. Get your official entry forms online at www.larktheater.net |
| http://www.larktheater.net/special-events/youth-film-festival |
| Contact: Zoe Miner [ zoe@larktheater.net] |
| Entry Fee: $$10 |
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| x2VOL Video Contest |
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| Sept. 1, 2011 |
| Deadline: midnight Sept. 30, 2011 |
| High school students can win a $1,000 scholarship for creating a short video explaining why community service is important. The x2VOL Video Contest, sponsored by intelliVOL, runs through September 30, 2011. A $1,000 and two $500 scholarships will be awarded to students who best convey volunteerism’s importance.
Requirements: Submit a video of 2 minutes or less explaining why community service is important. Add title page with x2VOL Video Contest somewhere on the page, name it “x2VOL Video Contest” and post to YouTube. Post to a link to your Facebook page and you are officially entered! Final entries due by midnight on Friday, Sept. 30, 2011. More on the simple guidelines here intellivol.com/videocontest.
Eligibility: Any U.S. high school student (during the academic year 2011-2012). Any student from a public, private, charter, alternative or home school is eligible.
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| http://x2vol.com/videocontest/ |
| Contact: Michele Pitman [ mpitman@intelliVOL.com] |
| Entry Fee: $none |
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| Arnold Sports Film Festival |
| Columbus Ohio |
| March 2-4, 2012 |
| Deadline: January 15, 2012 |
| The Arnold Sports Film Festival seeks narrative, documentary, experimental and animated films 15 minutes in length and under. Films should explore the lives and efforts, inspirations and hopes of people striving for achievement in individual athletic pursuits. We encourage both traditional and alternative stories and storytelling, wedding creativity and excellence in cinema with the drama of athletes determined to be the very best. |
| http://www.arnoldsportsfilmfestival.com/ASFF_2012.html |
| Contact: Jim Hern [ Arnold Sports Film Festival] |
| Entry Fee: $FREE for high school students |
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| Colorado Environmental Film Festival |
| Golden Colorado |
| Feb. 23-25, 2012 |
| Deadline: past for this year |
| The Colorado Environmental Film Festival (CEFF) is an exciting, inspiring, and energizing event that includes world-class environmental films with representatives from local and national organizations and companies, topical forums and discussions, and films for youth.
True to the spirit of Colorado, this event is supported and attended by people who value the natural world and share a passion for the power and beauty of film. |
| http://www.ceff.net/ |
| Contact: Rocky Thompson [ gaiavideo@mac.com] |
| Entry Fee: $25.00 |
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| TEEN TRUTH Film Festival |
| San Diego CA |
| May 2012 |
| Deadline: February 24, 2012 |
| The TEEN TRUTH (TT) FILM FESTIVAL was developed to provide more youth the opportunity to be heard in order for audiences across the nation to be challenged by the filmmakers' voice and empowered by their message. Using the same core principals that made TT successful, the TT: FILM FESTIVAL is focused on furthering the positive TT movement by featuring the artistic voices of the best student filmmakers from across the country.
Held in several states across the country and judged by both youth and industry professionals, it promises to be an inspiring celebration of student created content. Please hurry and submit at www.withoutabox.com
Submission Dates
February 10, 2012 - Deadline
February 24, 2012 - Late Deadline |
| http://teentruthlive.com/filmfest/ |
| Contact: Shane [ shane@teentruthlive.com] |
| Entry Fee: $15 - 20 |
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| California Student Media and Multimedia Festival |
| California |
| June |
| Deadline: April |
| If your students (or you) are using video making or multimedia in your classroom, this festival is here to honor your efforts. |
| http://www.mediafestival.org |
| Contact: Hall Davidson [ hall@cccd.edu] |
| Entry Fee: $0 |
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| Frost Film Festival |
| Culver City California |
| March |
| Deadline: February |
| Open to all high school students. |
| http://www.avpa.org |
| Contact: [ info@avpa.org] |
| Entry Fee: $ |
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| Student Educational Video Awards (SEVAs) |
| Sacramento California |
| May |
| Deadline: March |
| Students of all ages who are involved in producing video or multimedia are encouraged to share their vision about educational topics and issues in their daily lives. |
| http://www.secctv.org/for_students.html |
| Contact: [ ] |
| Entry Fee: $ |
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| Shriekfest |
| Hollywood California |
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| Deadline: August |
| Horror/science fiction film festival and screenplay competition. Has an 18 and under category. |
| http://www.shriekfest.com |
| Contact: [ email@shriekfest.com] |
| Entry Fee: $25.00-55.00 |
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| International Student Media Festival |
| Anaheim CA |
| Oct. |
| Deadline: June 4 |
| Since 1974, the International Student Media Festival has recognized the very best student-produced media creations. From the days when "Super-8" film defined the state-of-the-art, ISMF has promoted student-produced media as an effective manner of integrating technology throughout the curriculum while encouraging creativity and technical expertise in students of all ages. |
| http://www.ismf.net/ |
| Contact: John Connelly [ jconnelly@ismf.net] |
| Entry Fee: $20 |
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| Slick Rock Film |
| Visalia California |
| May |
| Deadline: April |
| The mission of the Slick Rock Student Film Festival is to encourage and honor
student film-makers in the San Joaquin Valley of California, USA. |
| http://www.slickrockfestival.com |
| Contact: Jim Sill [ jsill@visalia.k12.ca.us] |
| Entry Fee: $none |
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| San Joaquin Film Festival |
| Stockton California |
| June 4 - 8, 2008 |
| Deadline: February 14, 2008 |
| The Short Films Competition of The First San Joaquin Film Festival, open to residents aged 14 years or old - of California counties of San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Fresno, and Sacramento. Categories include Action, Comedy, Drama, Animation, Children and Family, Documentary, Commercial and Music Video. Information and registration available via our official website. |
| http://www.sjccm.org |
| Contact: Sophoan Sorn [ sjccmedia@gmail.com] |
| Entry Fee: $15.00 |
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| 41st Humboldt Film Festival |
| Arcata California |
| March 24-30, 2008 |
| Deadline: Last entry deadline-February 1 |
| The longest running student-run film festival in the country, the Humboldt Film Festival showcases excellent cinema from around the world. Categories include Narrative, Documentary, Animation, Experimental. Awards will be given in these and other categories. See website for details. |
| http://www.humboldt.edu/~filmfest/ |
| Contact: Aimee [ filmfest@humboldt.edu] |
| Entry Fee: $10-30 depending on time and lo |
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| Humboldt Film Festival |
| Arcata CA |
| late March, early April |
| Deadline: January |
| http://The Humboldt Film Fest is the oldest student-run film festival in the world, showcasing innovative cinema since 1967, the Summer of Love. We celebrate films that express fresh ideas and test cinematic boundaries. Films that show heart and purpose hold a greater value to this festival than attributes related to production value. The Humboldt Film Fest exists so that excellent independent films are seen and filmmakers are supported in their art, so as to perpetuate the creation of more exceptional films. |
| http://www.humboldt.edu/~filmfest |
| Contact: [ filmfest@humboldt.edu] |
| Entry Fee: $10 - $30 |
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| Newport Beach Film Festival |
| Newport Beach California |
| April 22, 2010 - April 29, 201 |
| Deadline: February 2, 2010 |
| 2010 NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES CALL FOR STUDENT FILM ENTRIES
The Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) is proud to announce Call for Entries for its 2010 Youth Film Showcase presented by Volcom. The Festival is currently accepting film submissions from student filmmakers for its annual spring youth cinema celebration. Celebrating its sixth year, the Youth Film Showcase presented by Volcom will spotlight films produced by filmmakers 18 years old and younger. Through the exhibition of youth produced media, the free event will provide young people a forum for creativity and freedom of expression.
The event is sponsored by Volcom, one of Orange County’s hottest action sports brands and maker of cutting edge surf, skate and snow clothing, accessories, music and films. As presenters of the showcase, Volcom will present filmmaker awards recognizing artistic excellence in filmmaking. “We are stoked to be a part of this event and look forward to that special night when the young filmmakers get to present their work. It’s always a pleasure to sit back and enjoy the creativity and passion that has been put into these films” stated Volcom’s Chairman and CEO Richard Woolcott.
The competition is open to U.S. and international filmmakers 18 years and younger. Filmmakers can submit live action or animated short films of all genres, including drama, romance, comedy, documentary, action sports, experimental, musical and science fiction. Individual filmmakers, film groups or school classes may enter their films. Filmmakers can submit through www.withoutabox.com or by downloading an entry form on the Festival’s web site. Deadline for youth entries is February 2, 2010.
Films will screen at Edwards Island Cinema in Fashion Island in Newport Beach. The free event will feature a Volcom Awards ceremony, a question and answer session with student filmmakers. The 2010 Newport Beach Film Festival will run April 22 through April 29, 2010 and will spotlight over 400 films from around the world. Visit www.NewportBeachFilmFest.com for information. |
| www.newportbeachfilmfest.com |
| Contact: Newport [ newportforums@gmail.com] |
| Entry Fee: $25 |
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| Students' Short Film Competition- Santa Barbara Jewish Film Festival |
| Santa Barbara California |
| April 2011 |
| Deadline: January 15, 2011 |
| Theme: Healing the World
(social justice, equality, peace, freedom, restoration of the environment.
Length of film: 1-10 minutes plus credits
Categories: drama, documentary, animation, comedy
Prizes:
$300-1st
$200 -2nd
$100- 3rd
See web site for application form and complete rules |
| http://www.sbjff.org |
| Contact: Linda Schwartz [ LESatTLW@aol.com] |
| Entry Fee: $FREE |
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| Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival |
| Fort Lauderdale Florida |
| October-November |
| Deadline: September |
| Annual event that has several student categories. |
| http://fliff.com |
| Contact: [ info@fliff.com] |
| Entry Fee: $25.00 |
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| John Paul II International Film Festival |
| Miami Florida |
| October 30th-November 1st 2009 |
| Deadline: June 30th |
| Student Films:
*Filmmakers must be between the ages of 13-24
*Must follow the general criteria of the John Paul II International Film Festival™
(Please check website for official rules)
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| http://www.jp2filmfestival.com |
| Contact: Frank Brennan [ Frank.Brennan@jp2filmfestival.com] |
| Entry Fee: $free |
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| Maine Student Film and Video Festival |
| Waterville Maine |
| July |
| Deadline: June |
| Annual event open to Maine residents 6-18. |
| http://www.msfvf.com |
| Contact: Huey [ huey@msfvf.com] |
| Entry Fee: $ |
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| East Lansing Children's Film Festival |
| East Lansing MI |
| March |
| Deadline: |
| The festival accepts submissions of both shorts and features-animation, live action and docs for children. While the festival is not a "student" film festival, they do select quite a few student films for inclusion. They also have a youth film competition for Michigan residents in grades K-12. |
| http://www.elcff.com |
| Contact: [ info@elcff.com] |
| Entry Fee: $ |
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