Atlanta High School Film Festival

Please read all the rules and requirements before submitting your project:

1. The film’s director(s) must graduate in or after 2024. If having graduated in 2023, the film's director(s) must have been a high school student when the film was made.

2. The film's director(s) must have resided in one of the following states in the southern United States when the film was made: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, District of Columbia.

3. You may submit as many submissions as you would like, but films submitted before the priority deadline will be considered for screening first.

4. There are no limits on how many people can work on the film. Please list all contributors to your film on your FilmFreeway project page.

5. All copyrighted material used in your submission, including but not limited to music, images, titles, and footage, MUST be properly licensed. You must have permission and/or the proper rights to all content submitted. Please contact us if you are unsure.

6. Movies that contain nudity, gratuitous violence, excessive profanity, and/or derogatory and offensive intent will not be considered.

7. If you choose to submit with a YouTube link, we may request a downloadable link for your film if selected. You must send this link in order for your film to be screened in person at the festival.

8. Please keep film files to 4GB or under.

9. The time limit (or page limit) for all submissions is 30 minutes (or 30 pages), but excerpts of longer films are permitted.