This film Festival is ONLY for South Florida Middle and High School Filmmakers. Films from other US States or countries will be disqualified automatically.

The Broward Student Film Festival is a single-evening cultural event celebrating the artistic and technical achievements of young (13-18) filmmakers from South Florida's schools. The event consists of an evening of short film screenings and filmmaker Q&As, an opportunity for young filmmakers to network.

In addition to acknowledging and celebrating South Florida's up-and-coming cinematic talent, the event aims to connect the arts community and the local industry with the plethora of talented youth artists to create mentorship and development opportunities for young filmmakers interested in pursuing a career in the film industry. The event also aims to develop a network of young filmmakers with a passion and desire to create artistic cinema at a variety of levels, nurturing young filmmakers to follow this path and grow together across the county and showing parents the importance of community involvement and partnership in the development of their young artists.

Awards & Prizes

Projects chosen for "Official Selection" will be placed in categories for Directing, Cinematography, Edition, Production, and so on, with awards for notable performance in each category. The Festival Selection Committee will choose the films that will receive these outstanding awars, which will be announced at the end of the event.

Rules & Terms

This film Festival is ONLY for South Florida Middle and High School Filmmakers. Films from other US States or countries will be disqualified automatically.

The Festival will only allow filmmakers between the ages of 13 and 18 from South Florida's Schools to submit for consideration to the festival. The Festival will also exclusively consider short films produced during the 2025-26 school year for "Official Selection” and screening. A select panel of local cinema programmers, notable filmmakers, and industry professionals will be added to a “Festival Selection Committee" and tasked with selecting the most noteworthy submissions to be included in the evening's program.

Participants should share a downloadable link without a password.

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  • Nicole Pineros

    I am so glad I was able to attend the ASFI Broward Student Film Festival this year, not just to see my film screened alongside my peers, but because the hosts were incredibly engaging and crafted an atmosphere welcoming to all creatives. I loved being able to meet and connect with fellow filmmakers and highly recommend all Broward filmmakers to submit in the future!

    July 2025
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  • Riley W. Walsh

    This is a great festival for South Florida - specifically Broward - student filmmakers. It's an amazing networking opportunity for students and teachers alike, and a great way to see the emerging talent in Florida. Would for sure attend again.

    June 2025
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