The Chicago International Film Festival celebrates the best that cinema has to offer. Showcasing films from established masters and emerging storytellers, the Festival welcomes films from around the world. Offering an impressive selection of competitive and non-competitive programming, the Chicago International Film Festival brings films both domestic and international to silver screens in Chicago.

Open to all Michigan's K-12 filmmakers, the Michigan Student Film Festival is unique in the nation for providing a public venue for the work of students as well as giving recognition and significant awards to young media artists. DAFT is proud to present The Michigan Student Film Festival, now in its 54th year.

The Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) celebrates innovation, music and the many voices of the human spirit through the art of film. Originally founded in 1969, the Nashville Film Festival is one of the longest-running film festivals in the United States and the first in the South. NashFilm discovers, elevates, and honors filmmakers, screenwriters and music makers from around the world while engaging, connecting and strengthening the community.

The Student Academy Awards (SAA) recognizes and honors student filmmakers who demonstrate excellence in the creation of motion pictures. By awarding these outstanding achievements, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences strives to support and inspire emerging filmmakers and to foster growth and education in the art and science of motion pictures.

The Oscar-qualifying New Orleans Film Festival is one of the largest film festivals in the American Southeast, serving audiences numbering upwards of 30,000, hosting as many as 500 filmmakers, and providing cash awards and prizes valued at over $150,000. In 2022, the festival plans to take place in-person across venues in New Orleans + films will be available to stream via a virtual cinema.

Filmmaking schools, departments and programs—submit your institution's three strongest films to the 31st UFVF/KODAK Student Filmmaking and Cinematography Grants. Winning students receive cash grants and motion picture product, and will be announced at the 2022 University Film and Video Association Annual Conference.

Austin Film Festival will be October 27- November 3! At Austin Film Festival, it is our ongoing mission to champion the work of writers and filmmakers, and this goal has never felt as urgent as it does today. Our film competition has grown year after year and so have our efforts to serve as an avenue into the ever-evolving entertainment industry.

Zoom International Student Film Festival has proudly been hosted by Earl Haig Secondary School students and the students of Claude Watson Film Arts in Toronto for 26 years. Since its launch in 1996, the festival has provided students with opportunities to showcase their work on an international scale. Shortlisted films will premiere on YouTube, followed by a live Zoom meet in which film and television industry professionals will award the winners. The festival will take place on Wednesday, April 20th @ 7 PM (Toronto time). View our promotional video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svW4i3pM5_k

LA Shorts International Film Festival ranks among the most prestigious and largest international short film festivals in the world.

There are many categories that you can submit your student work to (i.e. news stories, PSAs, etc.). We have a very special announcement: #LOVELECTRIC is back for a second year! SDG&E wants students from ALL age groups to submit a video exploring the world of Electric Vehicles and all the reasons to #LOVELECTRIC!

Students can submit entries in various categories and age groups. The submissions will be judged by industry professionals and festival alumni. Nominations will be given for up to 5 films in each category. In addition there are overall age group awards and film crafts awards. The award-winning films will be screened at the festival itself, and the awards will be presented at the festival gala.

The After Hours Film Society invites all students to participate in "anim8," our 19th annual student film festival. In order to make this year’s fest exceptionally challenging, we are asking entrants to create an animated or experimental film with a running time of 8 minutes or less for our consideration. All submissions will be judged by film professionals and educators who have a knowledge of and respect for creativity, originality, ambition and determination. Winning entries will be screened and generous cash prizes will be awarded at the After Hours Student Film Festival tentatively scheduled for October 2022. Again the entry deadline is Saturday, June 15, 2022.

HollyShorts is an organization devoted to showcasing the best and brightest short films from around the globe, advancing the careers of filmmakers through screenings, networking events, and various panel and forums. The Academy Qualifying HollyShorts Film festival showcases the top short films produced 40- minutes or less.

The Golden Lion Awards is a student film festival for youth in grades 3-12. It is based in Cincinnati and open to youth in the 12 Midwest states (Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin) as well as areas within 500 miles of Cincinnati, including parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Deleware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

This is a film festival competition FOR high school students BY high school students. The winner and runner-up for each category will receive an awesome piece of film equipment for their prize.

From October 12th to 22nd, Portland won't just be the city of roses—it'll be the city of film. All for the love of film, our weeklong event is jam-packed with networking, workshops, guest speakers, film premieres, financing talks, director Q&As and more. There's a reason Portland is different. Come be a part of what MovieMaker Magazine calls, "one of the coolest film festivals in the world."

STIFF festival accepts films of all genres and themes, however special attention will be given to the films corresponding to the festival topic which is "Play". Through this topic we aim to explore human activities that are not rooted in pragmatism. We are looking at the act of playing as a spontaneous and freeing activity. A world of possibility that has yet its own set of rules.

The Oklahoma Student Film Challenge is a FREE Filmmaking Contest for all Oklahoma students, presented by Clean Shorts Film Festival. OSFC includes categories for Elementary, Middle School, High School, and College/Career Tech students across the state of Oklahoma.

Student Cuts film festival is aimed at young authors in the early stages of their film careers. Their independence lets them work on unconventional, creative, energetic and subtle ideas. Such films are an important insight into the local environments and everyday themes seen from a different perspective. By joining Student Cuts network the authors not only gain access to the big screen, but a network of audiences all over Europe, contacts with experts and simply gain exposure. In the end, films are made to be watched.

The Festival aims to support young producers on their path of film production, attract the attention of film lovers, make contributions to the expansion of the cinema industry, and ensure the recognition of cinema and producers on national and international platforms. In this direction, the festival rewards documentary and fiction short films made by university students, every year.

The Guerrilla Student Film Festival (filling the gap of the now defunct Biola Film Festival) is an annual film festival and awards ceremony run by and for Biola University students. Every year, the festival seeks to recognize and reward all of the outstanding films and projects created by students of every year through fun and fellowship. Our events span a weekend full of screenings and gatherings.

Most of the festivals have a student category to submit, lots of them have student special fees and waivers. But we think this is not enough. This is why we created a festival dedicated to the student artists. Because it's a special time in your lives that you need to build on. The film schools, the education the youngsters have, the society of images we live in today pushed a whole new generation to another level of creativity. Young directors and student crews today are using different technologies than Peter Jackson or Steven Spielberg when they were kids, and maybe they are making different movies. But what students shoot today, most of the time is pretty astonishing. They break the ceiling of what the « student » expectations are. To get that, you just need to attend some screenings, and to pay attention to certain festivals that screen a selection of student films or films made by students. But the Student World Awards is 100% dedicated to students. Clear and simple.

The Little Muddy Student Showcase of Media arts is a juried one-off celebration of student work from the School of Media Arts at SIUC. The event takes place at the Guyon Auditorium, SIUC campus, April 13, 2022. Entries are only accepted from current graduate and undergraduate students in the School of Media Arts at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

In short – we’re a Festival and Awards Show that’s dedicated to curating the best student films and filmmakers on planet earth. We field through many submissions per year in search for extraordinary stories told by students in the form of film and video, and nominate/shortlist them for a Student Film Award to curate our SFA Festival.

FIRST! (PERVIY!) International Student Short Film Competition 2022Sixth Open Festival of Film, Science and Contemporary Art «Gagarin.doc» (Saratov) takes place in Saratov in the year of the 65th anniversary of the first artificial Earth satellite launching. We are open to receive the films for the competition of student short films "FIRST!" (PERVIY!)The national program competition is dedicated to the only theme - "COSMOS" in all varieties of its interpretations. The international program is held in three categories: "Space", "Science" and "Technologies" (films about events related to space exploration, about scientific discoveries and inventions; portraits of people conquering space and creating technologies for the future; cinematic fantasies, flight of imagination, experiments in the field of film language). Short documentaries and fiction films can be submitted to the competition (20 minutes or less). To participate one can be a student from the institutes of general, secondary, higher and additional education. At the time of working on the competition work, its author must be a pupil or a student. The submission deadline is March 25th, 2022. To participate in the national competition program, an application, a film itself and a scanned certificate from the place of study should be sent to the address of the festival gagarin.doc.fest@gmail.com. Applications for the International program are accepted via the festival page at Filmfreeway platform as well as by sending the film to gagarin.doc.fest@gmail.com.

The Center for Arts in Natick is pleased to present the MetroWest Student Film Festival, featuring the work of talented students from the cities and towns of Boston MetroWest.We would like to thank our Festival Sponsor - Jay Harrington for his generosity in underwriting the festival for 2022.

We are an affiliate festival of the LA FILM FESTIVALS organization that has the dual emphasis of discovering great talent with the purpose of promoting their work to both the LA public and the entertainment industry, as well as showcasing the work of seasoned professionals and well known stars.

Our festival will give audiences around the United Kingdom a chance to see the wide variety of fantastic short films that are being produced by film students around the world. We accept any genre from drama to action to horror to documentary to comedy to animation and we prize originality above all. We also offer awards for the individual talents that go into making a successful film such as directing, script-writing, acting and production values. We have accumulated a database of production companies and talent agencies who will be receiving free invitations to the festival to scout for upcoming talent.

Through the Student Lens is looking for documentaries, short films, animated films, personal narratives, experimental work, and any combination of these. There is no restriction on content and we are open to any form of self-expression.

The Hellbender Student Film Festival returns to the campus of Lindenwood University (St. Charles, MO) in November 2021. Our mission is to highlight the best student film and video work from Missouri, the US, and the world - high school, undergraduate, and graduate. All screenings are open to the public so we look forward to seeing you there.

We are Fentress Films (a small female founded and Black founded film company), and we are SO excited to be hosting this festival! We also founded the Fentress Film Fest, our larger annual film festival, which focuses on professional filmmakers and films. Submissions for Fentress Film Fest are now open as well, so feel free to submit if you wish! But back to this festival... we created the Fentress Student Film Fest to highlight incredible student filmmakers from around the world and to give students a fair shot at getting festival recognition and winning awards.

In partnership with the American Federation of Teachers and the Tribeca Festival, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights created the annual Speak Truth to Power Video Contest, encouraging middle and high school students to use film as a tool to discuss human rights issues that resonate with them. In creating these short three- to - five minute videos, whether they be documentaries, narrative films or experimental, students not only learn about human rights, but also become champions of change and social justice. Students from all backgrounds can participate in the contest without needing expensive equipment or prior video editing skills. This year, special awards will be presented to filmmakers who use only an iPhone to create their videos.

AIMAFF is a monthly film festival. Every month a film wins the award of the current month. At the end of the year, the 12 monthly winners compete for the annual award of BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR.

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 to promote films, and be another step up in the young filmmakers’ careers. We support new and student filmmakers, who are just beginning their careers with a supportive and enthusiastic audience for their creative efforts and giving them access to film industry professionals who can offer guidance and other forms of career assistance. The Festival giving them the space to live their dream of seeing their films on the big screen. SLAFA features live screenings and awarding ceremony in the heart of Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA.

We started the 1 World Student Film Festival in order to showcase young and/or aspiring filmmakers taking their first steps in the world of short film creation. In our festival we will screen the most innovative new films from film students around the world in all different genres including drama, comedy, documentary, experimental, horror, animation and more. All we require is that films are made with conviction, a quest for originality and will involve an audience. This season we will screen our festivals in Phnom Penh, the Paris of the East, one of the most beautiful and vibrant cities in south east Asia with a fascinating and dramatic history.

AISFF is an event for fledgling filmmakers from around the world to show and grow their craft. AISFF will also be a great event for networking and exchanging ideas. There will be a lot of parties, workshops and speakers.