15 Minutes of Fame

*****ENTRY FEE IS ONLY $5*****

Our festival is for short films that are 15 minutes or less, produced anywhere in the world. We accept Documentaries, Narratives, Animation, Commercials, PSAs. , Web Series, and Trailers. (Sorry, no music videos). Award certificates are presented in 15 categories. This is our 17th year, and our 27th festival. We are an IMDB qualifying festival, and usually show around 20-25 films.

Our film festival will be presented two ways. The films will be presented at our no-frills "live" program at the Satellite Beach Public Library, and online for a period of 2 weeks. The online version will enable you, and all of your guests, to watch the festival FREE from the comfort of your own home. Our local "live" show typically only has a handful of local film buffs in the audience. So if you'd like to come in person, we'd love to have you, but be warned that you may be the only filmmaker in the audience. LOL. That's why the online show was created. (which has quite a LARGE audience). Also, we invite you to send us a 1-minute video intro to your film for both the "in-person" and online audiences to enjoy.

We are able to keep our entry fee low, and offer FREE ADMISSION to our audience by conducting a bare bones, “no frills” festival. There are no seminars or parties. We simply set up a few chairs, turn on the projector, and watch some great films. Our small, but appreciative library audience is always impressed by the films that our judges have selected.

We are a small festival, but we take our selection process very seriously. We have a panel of five judges who grade each entry on a point system, scoring its technical merits, acting, script, and audience appeal. Equal and fair consideration is given to each entry regardless of where you live or the size of your budget. Films with solid stories and good audio have the best chance of being selected. Films with the highest scores become our "Official Selections", and will be shown “live” at the library, and online. The online show can be viewed on our website FREE for 2 weeks, anytime 24/7, by all filmmakers and their guests. You can also share the viewing links on your facebook page. (Your followers watch FREE as well.) Of course you retain all rights to your film, and we will only show it in our festival. All films will be deleted from our video servers immediately after the festival.

Your film MUST be available for both the "live/in person" fest at the library AND the 2-week online version. If you have a problem with us showing your film online, please do NOT enter your film.