Student Film and Video Festivals

This is a list of festivals of likely interest to students. There are hundreds of other festivals not listed here that may be perfect for your video. To find them, consult the on-line festival databases at the bottom of the page.

See also Withoutabox for online entry to many festivals.

 


• Deadline 30 April -- Young Cuts Film Festival (Montreal)
• Deadline 30 April -- Toronto Youth Shorts Film Festival
• Deadline 30 April -- Reelshow International (online)
   
  
  
• Deadline 31 May -- enRoute Film Festival (Air Canada)
   
  
  
• Deadline 31 May -- Cultural Crossroads (Radio Canada International)
• Deadline 1 June -- Angelus Student Film Festival (Los Angeles)
   
  
  
• Deadline 3 June -- Canadian Student Film Festival (Montreal)
• Deadline 15 June -- Action/Cut Short Film Festival (Los Angeles)
• Deadline 1 October -- Next Frame: UFVA Student Film and Video Festival (Philadelphia)
   
  
  
• Deadline 14 November -- Images Festival student category (Toronto)
   
  
  
• Deadline 31 December -- Ivy Film Festival (Brown University, Rhode Island)
• Deadline 10 January -- Living Skies Student Film Festival (Regina)
• Deadline 26 January -- Canadian Society of Cinematographers Student Awards (contact your instructor)
• Deadline 31 January -- Yorkton Film Festival (student category)
• Deadline 20 February -- Imago Short Film Festival (Illinois)
   
  
  
• Deadline 27 February -- TVO Doc Studio Contest (online or DVD)
   
  
  
• Deadline 2 March -- Exposure Arts Festival (Queen's)
• Deadline 4 March -- University of Toronto Film Festival
   
  
  
• Deadline 20 March -- stuFF Student Film Festival (online)
  
• Deadline 25 March -- Toronto Student Film Festival
   
  

• Continuing Online -- ShortsNonStop
• Continuing Online -- Filmaka.com
• Continuing Online -- One World One Minute (1-minute festivals)
• Continuing Monthly -- WildSound Film Festival (Toronto)
   
  
  
• Deadline 1 June -- Regent Park Film Festival (Toronto)
• Deadline 11 May -- Antimatter Film Festival (Victoria)
• Deadline 18 May -- Ottawa International Animation Festival
• Deadline 31 May -- Breast Fest Film Festival (Toronto)
• Deadline 1 June -- Rhode Island International Film Festival
• Deadline 15 July -- Toronto Urban Film Festival (1-minute films, Toronto Transit Commission)
   
  
  
• Deadline 31 July -- Cabbagetown Short Film & Video Festival (Toronto)
• Deadline 31 July -- Global Visions Film Festival (Edmonton)
• Deadline 31 August -- London Short Film Showcase
• Deadline 30 September -- Reelout (Kingston)
• Deadline 30 September -- Carolina International Film & Video Festival
   
  
  
• Deadline 8 November -- NSI Online Short Film Festival
   
  
  
• Deadline 11 November -- Dawson City International Short Film Festival
• Deadline 3 December -- Rochester International Film Festival
• Deadline 5 December -- Reel World Film Festival (Toronto)
• Deadline 3 February -- Worldwide Short Film Festival (Canadian Film Centre, Toronto)
   
  
  
• Deadline 3 February -- Kingston Canadian Film Festival -- Local Shorts
• Deadline 3 February -- Niagara Indie Film Fest (St. Catharines)

• FilmFestivalWorld.com
• Festivals at MovieMaker magazine.
• Festivals at DocumentaryFilms.net.
• FilmFestivals.com
• Telefilm Canada Festivals Database
• Film Festival Source

Please let us know about changes in the sites listed here, or about other sites you think we should include on the list.

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