YIPS stands for Young, Independent, People, Seattle. It is an international festival focusing on just that, films made by those 18 years or younger, outside of a school program.

While a relatively new festival, we've expanded tremendously and plan to make this year a full day event at the NorthWest Film Forum.

Please read rules and terms before submitting.

We will have an audience choice award.

-All key crew members must've been 18 or under when the film was completed
-Films must be made no earlier than March 1st, 2016.
-Films must be under 15 minutes long
-Films must be in English or English subtitled

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  • Kino Prod

    Thank's a lot for the selection. Good luck for the next edition.

    August 2017
  • Jess O'Brien

    We entered our film this year and the festival responded to us clearly and quickly at all stages. I would recommend any filmmmaker under 18 to enter this growing festival. A superb event.

    July 2017