The Youth Council’s Sixth Annual Young Director’s Film Festival invites high school students from across the Tampa Bay Area to create and submit their films for the opportunity to be showcased at the Tampa Museum of Art and on the Tampa Bay Arts and Education Network (TBAE): Tampa’s local source for culture, education, and the arts. The Young Directors’ Film Festival is open to all genres of films including but not limited to documentaries, short films, and animations.

Rules & Terms

FOR DIRECTORS
-Films must be submitted by Young Directors/Student Filmmakers.
-Films must be produced by teens in grades 9-12 attending public, charter, private or home-school in the Tampa Bay Area, including Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando, Polk, and Manatee counties.
-Multiple students may be involved in the production of one film but only one student may submit the final version of that film.
-Young Directors must be present at the Young Directors Film Festival on Saturday, February 19th to be eligible for awards.
FOR FILMS
-Films will be accepted via FilmFreeway.
-Films must include credits and introduction.
-Total run time of each film must be under 15 minutes, including credits and introduction.
-Adults may perform as talent for films but may not take on any duties in the writing, directing, filming, editing, or production of the films.
-Films must be appropriate for general audiences. Films that contain excessive violence or obscene content will not be accepted.
-Films must be original works and Young Directors must have the rights to submit their film for consideration.
-Films with copyrighted materials without permission or fair use argument will be disqualified. Find out more about fair use at https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/more-info.html
RELEASES
-By submitting their films, Young Directors give the Tampa Museum of Art and its sponsors permission to use their films, stills, and other materials. This use includes screening during the Young Directors film festival and other Museum events; reproduction for purposes of promotion and fundraising of the Young Directors Film Festival and similar events by the Museum; inclusion of the work and printed and digital programs and catalogs of entries; and inclusion on the Museum's website.
-Young Directors also agree that accepted films will be screened on the Tampa Bay Arts Network. This will require additional waivers to be completed by students and parents/guardians before films are screened during the Young Directors's Film Festival.
-By digitally signing their name, the Young Director and/or parent/guardian indicates that s/he holds the necessary rights for the submission and screening of the film. S/he also grants the Tampa Museum of Art to share in those rights for the purpose listed above.