The First Peak Film Festival is now accepting submissions!
First Peak Film Festival is a student-run film festival, first launched in 2022 by Muhlenberg students and faculty. The festival focuses on highlighting student films with diverse stories and voices, experimentation, community, thought-provoking, and visually rich. This year’s edition will take place from April 26-28th 2024 at The Civic Theatre in Allentown, PA. We are looking for student films made between 2021 and 2024. Films submitted should highlight diverse stories and voices, experimentation, community, thought-provoking, and visually rich.
Submissions are open for higher education students who currently or have attended the following institutions in the past 2 years. Muhlenberg College, Lehigh University, Lafayette College, Moravian University, or college students in the greater Lehigh Valley area with a passion for filmmaking will be eligible to enter! Films must be under 60 minutes to be considered. We will begin accepting submissions on November 28th on Film Freeway. Films that are submitted by the earlybird deadline of December 22, 2023, may receive feedback and also may have the chance to resubmit to the Regular deadline on January 23rd, 2024. The festival will stop accepting submissions on March 9th, 2024 at 11:59 pm.
We at the First Peak Film Festival are excited to see what everyone brings to this year's edition of the festival. Good luck and if there are any questions or concerns please feel free to contact us at: firstpeakfilmfestival@gmail.com. The First Peak Film Festival is supported by Muhlenberg College’s Media & Communication and Film Studies Department. In the first edition of the festival, we had over 200 participants and expect this year to be even more successful.
Winners of each category will receive prizes which include a variety of film and media equipment. This may include analog, digital, and film accessories.