Fair Housing Film Festival

Join the Baltimore City Office of Equity and Civil Rights for this year's Civil Rights Week, celebrated with our first annual Fair Housing Film Festival, featuring a Student Film contest!

We want you to tell us about your ideas of home in a 3-10 minute short film.

What do you love about your neighborhood or Baltimore City? What would you like to change about your neighborhood? Why is it important to be able to live wherever you want? Where do you want to live? What’s your dream home? What does housing security mean for you? How does life change when you feel safe and secure in your home? What does it mean to have everything you need in terms of housing?

First time and novice filmmakers are encouraged to submit. All films that comply with the rules and terms will be accepted into the festival. Films will be shown online August 24th-August 27th. The film with the highest number views in each category by August 27th at noon will win a $250 cash prize.

More Inspiration:
• Police and Housing: What does it mean to live in an overpoliced neighborhood? Do police make you feel safe or unsafe in your neighborhood or home? What can it feel like to have police enter your home? What changes would you like to see in policing in your neighborhood?
• Wage and Housing: What happens to your housing situation when you don’t get paid a living wage or lose your job? How do housing situations change when people are paid fairly? Why is it important to have good jobs accessible to your neighborhood? How does a neighborhood change when its connected to opportunities for well-paying jobs?
• Housing Discrimination: What are some ways that discrimination in housing happens in Baltimore? How are young people affected by discrimination in housing? What happens when people get to choose where they live? What would the City look like if there were no barriers, and people could live anywhere they chose?
• Disability Rights and Housing: What is it like to look for housing when you have a disability? What would an accessible neighborhood look like, and how would it change the community? How does life change for a person with disabilities when they move in to accessible housing? Why is it important for people with disabilities to choose where they want to live and make housing accessible to them?
• Equity and Housing: Who gets to choose the best housing for themselves and who doesn’t? What would the City look like if that changed to allow everyone to choose the best housing? What could housing equity mean for your neighborhood or Baltimore City? How does equity in housing make people healthier, safer and happier?