Democracy 2024 Youth Film Challenge

Open to anyone under 25, The Challenge is a unique film competition produced by the Civic Life Project. It invites students to generate civics-oriented videos that ultimately create a groundbreaking movement for young adults to get engaged in the ideals of Democracy and to vote. The Challenge brings young people together as a community and provides a digital platform for them to be heard.

Format:

Short documentaries under 8 min
Documentaries (up to 8 minutes in length)
Please submit films that will address issues that you believe should be addressed by the 2024 presidential elections. Your submissions should motivate future generations of citizens to engage in national elections.

Social Media works in under 2 min
We challenge you to produce shorter videos whose specific aim is to increase youth registration and vote in the 2024 election. You can use animation, documentary, interviews, testimonials, or drama. Create your video for your favorite social media platform. Include a link through which your viewers pledge to vote. The video that gets the most vote pledges wins the award for best social media clip. Make it funny or make it poignant, make it sad or hopeful, but make it count!

Content: Our objective is to generate compelling videos that will encourage young Americans to be engaged in the 2024 elections.

Timeline: The Challenge will accept submissions and award cash and other prizes. The winning videos will be featured in a culminating national screening and award ceremony in September 2024.


First prize for a US documentary short $1,000
First prize for best international documentary short $1,000
First prize for social media work (voting) $ 500
First prize for Civic Life Project school documentary $ 500
People’s Choice for documentary short $ 250
People’s Choice social media work $ 250

Note: Civic Life Project school documentaries are eligible for the first prize for UA documentary short.

https://civiclifeproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DEMOCRACY-2022-YOUTH-FILM-CHALLENGE-RULES.pdf

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  • ईmotion films

    I really admire this festival . Great ..!

    November 2022
  • WPAA TV

    The festival 2022 winners do set the bar for prospective future participants. The connection to voting and a movement is a stretch but the connection to what matters to youth is not. Encouraging and uplifting youth voices is a worthy effort. To be able to submit without a fee eliminated barriers. Thanks for the opportunity this provided to our local voices.

    September 2022