The Northampton Youth Cinema Festival is a relaunch of the Noho Kid's Best Fest, Northampton's youth film festival. The festival ran for 17 years prior to it being stopped by COVID-19. Now, the festival is being relaunched by two Northampton High School filmmakers in collaboration with the Northampton Arts Council, as well as Northampton Open Media.

The festival will be held on April 27th, 2025, at the center for the arts building, 33 Hawley st.

Rules & Terms

- All films must be made by a person aged 21 or younger. The entire crew does not have to be under 21, only the principal creator/submitter (ie, director, cinematographer, editor, etc.) The submitter can be over 21 if the film was created when the submitter was under 21.

- All films must be under 30 minutes (including credits) to be considered. Please keep in mind that films above 20 minutes are less likely to be accepted due to time constraints.

- Films created for an educational assignment are ELIGIBLE for submission

- Films that have been released on any distribution services are ineligible for submission

- Films must be submitted in English or have English subtitles