Film Festivals

Bresee Youth Film Festival
The Bresee Youth Film Festival's mission is to inspire high school students to think critically about important issues impacting their community, to mentor them to produce lifechanging media around those issues and to provide a stepping-stone for careers in media.
http://www.bresee.org/afilmfestival/2008/index.php

CINE
CINE is renowned for the Golden Eagles it awards for excellence in the production of film, television, video and new media. Founded in 1957 by a consortium representing business, education, and government to depict American life and thought realistically for a global audience, CINE continues to recognize and foster the highest quality of non-theatrical film and video production through its semi-annual competitions.
http://www.cine.org/index.php

Christian Youth Film Festival
The Christian Youth Film Festival is a showcase of movies created by junior high and high school youth ministries and teen organizataions.
http://www.christianyouthfilmfestival.org/

Doc It!
Hot Docs is pleased to present Doc It!, a 90-minute showcase of young people’s films reflecting their interests, perspectives, and artistic choices as they explore their world through non-fiction filmmaking.
http://www.hotdocs.ca/index.php/audience/youth/docit/

EPFC Youth Film Fest
The EPFC Youth Film Fest is an annual event that seeks to present a diverse and eclectic array of youth-produced documentary, experimental and animated films from around the world, bring together young filmmakers and dedicated youth arts educators to share images, ideas and knowledge and provide a forum for young filmmakers to use the power of cinema in order to tell their stories and change the world.
http://www.echoparkfilmcenter.org/festivals/youth-film-fest.htm

FYTA Film Festival
Inspired by the need to fight against young minds being numbed by stereotypes, conventions and trashy entertainment, this festival aims to reignite the passion in young filmmakers. It aims to encourage them to speak their minds and join the movement realizing that while escapism is great, when it outweighs and white-washes all reason it becomes dangerous. FYTA Films also enables young filmmakers to tell their own stories. There are voices outside of Hollywood and FYTA is there to help uncover them amongst the true free spirits of society- the youth!
http://www.fytafilms.org

Film Your Issue
We want to know what issues burn in the hearts and minds of young global citizens — the next generation of leaders. We want to encourage young adults to contribute to the public dialogue on pressing issues — and even influence policy. Submit your film. Millions are watching. You can help change things.
http://www.filmyourissue.com/index.shtml

Flicks
Each year the Flicks International Film Festival for Young People (Flicks), presents a three-day festival in the Broadway district of Saskatoon, complete with excellent films from across Canada and around the world. Along with the screenings, we also offer great workshops for children and youth exploring various aspects of filmmaking and new for 2007, the inaugural Flicks Film Forum.
http://www.flicksfilmfest.org/

Insight Youth Online Film Festival
We're looking for films that bring insight or incite positive change. We want your stories about struggles and joys, world-changing and mind-blowing ideas. Stories that can make a difference. Your film can be a drama, documentary, interview, animation...anything you can imagine.
http://insightfilmfest.org

Kodak Film School Competition
Kodak invites submissions from around the world for its ninth annual Kodak Filmschool Competition. The competition is open to current students and recent graduates who earned their degree within the last 12 months. Submissions must be shot on film, be 30 minutes or less in duration, and entirely produced by a student crew.
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/about/news/comp08.jhtml?id=0.1.4.5.14&lc=en

Moondance International Film Festival
Moondance International Film Festival’s primary goal is to present films and scripts which have the power to raise awareness about vital social issues, educating writers and filmmakers, as well as our film festival audiences, and inspiring them to take positive action.
http://www.moondancefilmfestival.com/index.html

National Film Festival for Talented Youth
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 (21 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/

New York International Children's Film Festival
NYICFF was founded in 1997 to promote intelligent, passionate, provocative cinematic works for ages 3-18 and to help define a more compelling film for kids. Since its launch, the event has grown to become the largest festival for children and teens in North America, with a paid audience of over 20,000 attending the most recent event. Since 2000, all screenings have sold out in advance.
http://www.gkids.com

Newport Beach Film Festival
The Youth Film Showcase presented by Volcom will showcase a unique selection of short films produced by filmmakers 18 years and younger. The Festival is thrilled to celebrate the artistic works and visions of young people from around the world.
http://www.newportbeachfilmfest.com/youth.php

Nordic Youth Film Festival
Based at the youth Culture House TVIBIT in Tromsø, Northern Norway, NUFF has already a five year success-story. Started by the wish to support young local filmmakers and to get an idea how our neighbours making film and telling stories discovered NUFF the world of the Youth Cinema. The quality of the films increases, the incredible atmosphere of the workshops and the growing network of filmmakers, partners and projects is making NUFF to a unique summer event behind the polar circle under the overwhelming midnight sun.
http://www.nuff.no

Reel Youth
The Reel Youth Film Festival is a celebration of short films made by people 19 years and under. Insightful and entertaining, the RYFF collects films from across Canada, the US and abroad to put together an incredible evening of some of the best youth filmmaking today.
http://www.reelyouth.ca/

Reel to Real International Film Festival for Youth
The Reel to Real: A Celebration of Moving Images for Youth Society is a non-profit registered charity dedicated to showing the best in culturally diverse, authentic programming for youth. Real to Real presents an annual film festival, the Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth, and media arts programming year-round.
http://www.r2rfestival.org

Saint Petersburg International Youth Film Festival
Our film festival is organized to discover and showcase the young filmmaking talents from all over the world. The festival will provide the next generation of filmmakers an opportunity to gain exposure and recognition by presenting their works to a wide audience of professionals and cinema aficionados.
http://www.iyfest.org/e_about.html

Santa Monica Teen Film Festival
The Santa Monica Teen Film Festival is a film festival open to teens from 12 to 18 years old, or in 7-12 grade.
http://www.smgov.net/smtff/

SikhNet Youth Online Film Festival
The young filmmaker's competition for Sikh Youth is designed to encourage and inspire our youth to get involved in media and film and use their creativity to produce interesting and educational pieces designed to spread the spirit of Sikhi. Most people in the world don't know who Sikhs are or what we are all about, so we conceived this event to publicize the experience of Sikhi and Sikh identity and give people insight into our spirit, values and culture.
http://fateh.sikhnet.com/s/filmfestival

Studentfilms.com
Studentfilms.com's mission is to be the ultimate filmmaking resource for film students. Showcase your student short film on the site and receive valuable feedback from your peers. The site's discussion forums is perfect for advice on shooting that perfect film, getting into Film School, finding a composer, and much much more.
http://www.studentfilms.com/

Urban Visionaries Youth Film Festival
Urban Visionaries Youth Film Festival is New York City’s longest running film festival produced, promoted and presented by youth. This year, Urban Visionaries is going international! The festival will feature amazing youth media from New York City, across the United States, and around the world.
http://www.urbanvisionaries.org

Video 24-7
DIY Video Summit will bring together the many communities that have evolved around do-it-yourself (DIY) video.
http://www.video24-7.org

WILDsound
Wildsound is a filmmaking resources that combines movie reviews, weekly columnists, and competitions with monthly film festivals.
http://www.wildsound-filmmaking-feedback-events.com/

Westport Youth Film Festival
The Westport Youth Film Festival is a student run film festival featuring the work of High School filmmakers. WYFF is largest festival of its kind, and growing every year. WYFF has grown immensely, gaining a huge following with attendants from all over the area.
http://www.westportyouthfilmfest.org/

Woodstock Film Festival
Since its inception as an educational not-for-profit organization, the Woodstock Film Festival has been committed to youth and education as a means to positive development, conflict resolution and growth opportunity. In addition to providing classes and internships for local schools, the Woodstock Film Festival has presented special workshops and seminars designed to stimulate and to provide resources not readily available in the local area.
http://www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/programs/youthinitiative.htm

Youth Media Video Slam
Based on the "poetry slam", a video slam is a competitive event where youth-made films are slammed before a live audience. A youth jury will determine the top three winning films. There's also a Best-in-Slam Audience Award.
http://listenup.org/events/slam/