student film contests and resources
All American High School Film Competition: There is a category for just middle school entries. Films can be submitted from Nov-April and should be five minutes or less.
One Earth Film Festival: $200 cash prize and $200 matching grant. Each film submission should choose one or several of the following topics on which to focus the theme of the film:
– Water
– Waste
– Food
– Transportation
– Energy
– Open Space and Ecosystems
Deadline January 2019. Free to enter.
– Water
– Waste
– Food
– Transportation
– Energy
– Open Space and Ecosystems
Deadline January 2019. Free to enter.
Zshorts Three Minute Film Festival: Films must be under four minutes total in length. Genres accepted are many. Monetary awards given.
Genres accepted:
Action, Animation, Art & Design, Comedy, Dance, Documentary, Experimental, Fashion, History, Horror, Magic/Illusion, Music, Narrative, Nature, Poetry, Science Fiction, Sport, Story Telling, Travel, Triumph, War, Western
Genres accepted:
Action, Animation, Art & Design, Comedy, Dance, Documentary, Experimental, Fashion, History, Horror, Magic/Illusion, Music, Narrative, Nature, Poetry, Science Fiction, Sport, Story Telling, Travel, Triumph, War, Western