Young Filmmakers: Montclair Film Festival Opens 2016 Competition

If you’re a budding filmmaker seeking to make a name for yourself, the Montclair Film Festival wants to hear from you.

Earlier this month, festival organizers announced that they are accepting submissions for the Montclair Film Festival’s 2016 Emerging Filmmaker Competition until March 1, 2016.

The competition – formerly known as the “Kidz Shortz” – is open internationally to students in grades 4 to 12.

Awards will be given in the following categories:

• Narrative– a story of connected events, real or imaginary. May contain elements of humor, narration, non-fiction, etc.
• Documentary– a non-fiction film intended to instruct, inform the audience or maintain an historical record.
• Animation– a film that uses stop-motion, flipbook, paper cutouts, puppets, Flash, etc. to tell a story
• Experimental– a film that explores alternatives to traditional narratives

In addition, an inaugural Special Humanitarian Awards will be given for young filmmakers who “engage with social issues in their work,” festival organizers stated.

See the full contest rules and submission requirements online here.

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