Student Film Festival Directory

This is a list of festivals and competitions of interest to students. They are listed by entry deadline. There are hundreds of other festivals not listed here that may be perfect for your video. To find them, consult the online festival databases at the bottom of the page.

Student Film Festivals:

Deadline 15 June -- Canadian International Annual Film/Video Festival (Hamilton)

Deadline 15 July -- Amnesty International Student Film Competition (Vancouver)

Deadline 1 September -- Moonrock Student Film & Video Festival

Deadline September -- CineStud The International Student Film Festival (Amsterdam)

Deadline 20 January -- Poitiers International Film Schools Festival France)

Deadline 1 February -- Ivy Film Festival (Brown University, Rhode Island)

Deadline 15 February -- Reality Bytes Student Documentary Festival (Illinois)

Deadline 1 March -- Montreal Jewish Student Film Festival

Deadline 16 April -- National Student Film and Video Festival (Regina)

Deadline 21 May -- Space Monkey Movie Festival (Toronto)

Deadline 31 May -- Next Frame: UFVA Student Film and Video Festival (Philadelphia)

Deadline 1 June -- Student Shorts (Toronto)

Deadline 1 June -- First Take International Student Festival (Toronto)

Deadline 2 June -- Montreal Student Film and Video Festival

General Festivals that accept short videos:

Deadline 31 May -- Canadian Filmmakers' Festival (Toronto)

Deadline June -- Montreal International Festival of New Cinema and New Media

Deadline June -- Atlantic Film Festival (Halifax)

Deadline June -- Rhode Island International Film Festival

Deadline June -- InfEST (Nanaim0, BC)

Deadline July -- Vancouver Island Film, Video & New Media Festival

Deadline 30 September -- One Minute Film Festival (Toronto)

Deadline 17 October -- Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival

Deadline 7 November -- Images Festival of Independent Film & Video (Toronto)

Deadline 14 November -- FilmExchange Canadian Film Festival

Deadline 5 December -- Reel World Film Festival (Toronto)

Deadline December -- Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival

Deadline 21 February -- Kingston Canadian Film Festival -- Local Shorts

Deadline 7 March -- Worldwide Short Film Festival (Canadian Film Centre, Toronto)

Deadline 16 April -- Niagara Indie FilmFest (St. Catharines)

Deadline 24 April -- Antimatter Festival of Underground Short Film & Video (Victoria, BC)

Deadline 25 April -- Toronto International Film Festival

Deadline 30 April -- Just for Laughs - Eat my Shorts (Montreal)

Film and Video Festival Databases:

Telefilm database -- over 250 festivals listed. Telefilm Canada's Festivals Bureau also provides assistance to Canadian filmmakers entering international festivals.

Film Festival Source -- Good collection of links. Some surprises.

Netribution Festivals List -- good but outdated database.

List compiled by Derek Redmond at Queen's University.

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