Sonoma County Library Teen Film Festival

The filmmaker/director must be a resident of Sonoma County.

All short films must be written, directed, and edited by teens in grades 7-12. All entries must be teen-produced, and may be either a group project or individual work. Adult guidance and instruction are permissible, but the planning and production must reflect teen effort. Note, however, that adults may act in and assist with your film. Films may be on any topic, but must be G, PG, or PG-13 in language and subject matter, as defined by the Motion Pictures Association, or they will be disqualified. Title pages and credits should be included in your film. Unless relevant to the plot, please do not include bloopers in your submitted film. Films may be no more than 6 minutes in length including credits. Each filmmaker may submit up to two, and no more than, two films.

Use of sound or video clips from other films, television shows, music videos, etc. within your submitted work is not permitted unless those clips are in the public domain or you have received written permission from the copyright holder. This includes the use of trademarked products or characters. Filmmakers can also use their own original music. Additionally, copyright-free, public domain, trade-friendly or creative commons copyright music can be used.

Copyright-free music can be found here:
incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

Royalty-free images can be found here:
unsplash.com
shutterstock.com/explore/royalty-free-images