By students, for students...

Mission Statement: Northern California Student Film Festival hopes to ease the stress and academic pressure of students and turn it into creative and inspirational content. NCSFF was founded with the idea that all students should be able to show their films and actors should be appreciated in a collaborative environment. Many students are incredibly talented, but may not have the ability to show their films in a large, advertised setting. We hope to provide that safe space for students to show their films and win awards for their work.

Sponsored by Tiny Whale Productions and Madelberg Media.

All winners and nominees will receive a laurel and winners will receive a trophy
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iOgrapher Cases and Lenses
Filmstro Licenses
Cash Prizes at $25, $50, $100
Misc. Lenses, Microphones, and Tripods
Professional Royalty-Free Scores
AMC Movie Tickets
Professional Slate

**Submission Requirements**

To submit to NCSFF, the filmmaker must adhere to all of the following guidelines:

• Be a resident in one of the following Northern Californian counties:
Alameda
Alpine
Amador
Butte
Calaveras
Colusa
Contra Costa
Del Norte
​El Dorado
Fresno
Glenn
Humboldt
Inyo
Kings
Lake
Lassen
​Mader​a
Marin
Mariposa
Mendocino
Merced
Modoc
Mono
Monterey
Napa
Nevada
Placer
Plumas
Sacramento
San Benito
San Francisco
​San Joaquin
​San Mateo
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz
Shasta
Sierra
Siskiyou
Solano
Sonoma
Stanislaus
Sutter
Tehama
Trinity
Tulare
Tuolumne
Yolo
​Yuba

• Be enrolled in a middle school, high school, college or university for the 2016-2017 school year. School photo identification verification is required for entry.

• Must own all rights over their work including relevent licenses for music and stock footage and take all responsibility for such.

• ​All films must have been made in or after 2013.​

• Films must be less than 60 minutes in length including titles and credits.

• Films should be submitted as a Vimeo or YouTube link. Other formats may be accepted if an exception is needed.

• Films must be submitted through filmfreeway.com.​

• Films must be submitted by 11:59 PM PT on March 31, 2017.

**Terms of Submission**

• Narrative, animation, documentary, experimental, and any other genre is acceptable, however we maintain the right to exclude films based on content that is found unsuitable.
Questions on this can be sent to info@norcalsff.org.

• By submitting, the filmmaker allows Northern California Student Film Festival to create a page for their film without infringing copyright of any kind of form. Any violations of that agreement will result in immediate disqualification from the festival.

• When a film is selected to take part in the festival, the filmmaker must provide NCSFF with a copy of their film in a readable format (.mov or .mp4). This should be mailed in a DVD or USB format or made downloadable on Vimeo or Dropbox.

• Nominated directors, crew members, and actors will be invited to the live film festival in the South San Francisco Bay Area in Spring of 2017 to receive their trophy.​

• Nominated films will receive laurels.