The FOURTH ANNUAL Cayuga Film Festival is open for submissions for our 2024 season!
π₯ FILMS MUST HAVE BEEN MADE IN NEW YORK OR BY NEW YORK RESIDENTS! π₯
Whether itβs your first festival, or your 30th, thereβs something really special about having your work screened and celebrated in a community excited about film.
Films must have been completed between July 2023-July-2024. β¨
β¨MAIN CATEGORIESβ¨
High School: Filmmakers currently in high school.
College: Filmmakers currently enrolled in a college or university.
Emerging: Filmmakers out of college and under 30. (aka baby seasoned filmmakers)
Open category: Filmmakers over the age of 30 (aka seasoned filmmakers)
In association with Cayuga Community College and Auburn Public Theater, CFF provides a space for narrative, documentary, experimental and animated short films to be screened and seen by filmmakers of all ages
Winners + Award of Distinction recipients receive plaques, a certificate and a swag bag and have their work screened at the event. Honorable Mentions will receive a certificate and a swag bag.
All films accepted will be provided with festival laurels.
AWARDS AND PRIZES:
- Audience Choice Award
- Best Open Documentary (both categories), Animation, Narrative and Experimental
- Best Emerging Documentary (both categories), Animation, Narrative and Experimental
- Best College Documentary (both categories), Animation, Narrative and Experimental
- Best High School Documentary (both categories), Animation, Narrative and Experimental
Films that specialize in areas of human rights will be considered for the Human Rights Award!