The Little Muddy Student Showcase of Media Arts is a juried one-off celebration of student work from the School of Media Arts at SIUC. The event takes place at the Guyon Auditorium, SIUC campus, April 12, 2022.

Entries are only accepted from current graduate and undergraduate students in the School of Media Arts at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

ALL OTHER ENTRIES ARE INELIGIBLE

Students may submit any completed work recorded or documented on video. Videos can include narration, documentary, experimental and hybrid genres. You may also submit sound work, sound art, original-produced music files, music videos, still images, documentation of performances or installations, or any other form you are interested in!

Awards & Prizes

Entries are accepted from School of Media Art students at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Rules & Terms

Entries are only accepted from School of Media Art students at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.Entries should have been made since January 2021.
They can be in any genre: documentaries, narratives, experimental and hybrid films, as well as sound work, sound art, original-produced music files, music videos, still images, documentation of performances or installations, or any other form you are interested in, as long as it is documented in video. To include as many works as possible, we advise keeping entries shorter than 15 minutes.

Accepted formats for submission include video exported in H264 as .mov or .mp4, and audio files as mp3. We suggest uploading to VIMEO first and linking to Film Freeway from there. Or you can upload directly to Film Freeway. You will need to make free accounts.
When submitting- you will need to enter the password - write slewison@siu.edu or check the email or flyer that you have received.

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  • doug Lehmann

    It was a great experience screening at Big Muddy FF. Great people who care about film!

    March 2022
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  • Louis Reifenauer

    A Great Varsity Cinema, a superb Big muddy Festival, I was more than happy to have my shortfilm screened there in Carbondale.
    To receive the experimental jury prize was like a cherry on top of the cake !!!! All the Best to the Big muddy Crew !!!!!

    March 2022
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  • Cat Dale

    Very professionally run festival with a passionate team behind it. Absolutely love that my film was able to play at this historic festival. Thank you for having WILDCAT!

    March 2022
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  • Big Joan

    A festival that truly champions diverse perspectives and world cinema. Thank you to the Big Muddy Team for screening our short BUGS.

    March 2022
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  • Jonathan Fisher

    A unique student-run festival, warm and welcoming. All filmmakers with a social justice mission should add BMFF to their list!

    March 2022
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