Central Illinois Feminist Film Festival
Short Film Festival

Eastern Illinois University

Call for Submissions: January 23, 2025

Deadline: February 6, 2025
Festival: March 25, 2025

SPECIFICATIONS:

The CIFFF Committee and the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Program at Eastern Illinois University are looking for short student films of high artistic quality that SATISFY AT LEAST TWO (2) OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:

* Films created with an emphasis on topics about women and underrepresented topics
* Films that link local and global issues
* K-12 Student films or equivalent
* Films created by women or others underrepresented in the media field
* Films made by people from the Central Illinois area.

** IMPORTANT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES **
* Films should be short: under 11 minutes in length.
* In your synopsis, you MUST explain how the filmmaker or film fits the criteria listed above and include two to three sentences about your film.

Awards & Prizes

We will provide laurels and a screening at our festival for the top fictional and documentary films, and a student winner, in each category. We CANNOT give cash awards.

Rules & Terms

Include a letter telling us how your high artistic quality film of no more than 11 minutes satisfies at least two of the following criteria:
1. Films created with an emphasis on women or underrepresented topics
2. Films that link local and global issues
3. Films created by women or others underrepresented in the media field
4. Films made by people from the Central Illinois area
5. K-12 Student films or equivalent

** IMPORTANT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES **
* Films should be short: under 11 minutes in length.
* In your synopsis, you MUST explain how the filmmaker or film fits the criteria listed above and include two to three sentences about your film.

Please include your name, address, email, film title, student status if relevant and synopsis.