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Calling all high school and college filmmakers! The LMCFilms Student Film Festival brings the best student films to the big screen at Georgia Tech. From thought-provoking documentaries to compelling narrative shorts, this is your opportunity to showcase your talent, build your reel, and gain recognition alongside fellow emerging filmmakers.

Congratulations to the 2026 LMCFilms Student Film Fest finalists and festival winners:

⭐️⭐️Finalists:

Midnight Snack

A Sense of Place

Don’t Fence Me In

The Doll Boy

Shooting for Tomorrow, Missing Yesterday

Die with a Smile

Inside NIL with Eli Devir

Berggeist

Winners

🏆You Have 10 Minutes

🏆Offering

🏆In universe 907

🏆Blume

🏆Man of her dreams

🏆🏆Unforgiven

🏆🏆We were here, once

🏆🏆🏆ScratchThat!

🏆A Sense of Place

🏆After the Tone

Awards & Prizes

Students can win awards in the following categories:

Note: Members of the live viewing audience will select the "Audience's Choice" award.

HS Student Documentary Awards
Best Director - Documentary
Best Editing - Documentary
Best Overall - Documentary

HS Student Narrative Awards
Best Director - Documentary
Best Editing - Documentary
Best Overall - Documentary

College Student Documentary Awards
Best Cinematography - Documentary
Best Editing - Documentary
Best Sound Design - Documentary
Best Director - Documentary
Best Overall - Documentary

College Student Narrative Awards
Best Cinematography - Narrative Short
Best Sound Design- Narrative Short
Best Editing - Narrative Short
Best Actor - Narrative Short
Best Actress - Narrative Short
Best Director - Narrative Short
Best Overall - Narrative Short

College Student Experimental Award
Best Overall Experimental Film

College Student Screenwriting Award
Best Original Screenplay Short (max 30 pages)
Best Original Screenplay Feature (max 90 pages)

Rules & Terms

ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible for consideration:


1. Student Status: You must be a current university student or a recent graduate (within 2 years of graduation).

2. Compliance: You must fully comply with these Entry Rules & Regulations, including all deadlines, film length, entry materials, and other requirements.

3. Subtitles: Non-English language works MUST include English subtitles at the time of submission.

4. Original Work: All films must be the original work of the filmmakers, and all filmmakers must hold the necessary rights for the content submitted.

5. Film Length: We only accept short films with a runtime under 12 minutes.

6. Production Date: Films must have been completed after January 1, 2026

7. Only Entries with a complete FilmFreeway Profile (Crew Credits, Cast Credits, Director's Statement, Movie Poster, and a Downloadable video link will advance to the judging stage.

8. Please upload your movie file to Film Freeway. Submissions that contain a link to YouTube or Dropbox will not be considered for the festival.

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  • Layla Khan-Hickman

    I wasn’t able to attend the festival, but my project won an award and the programmers helped me get it from afar! They were very communicative and kind, and I hope I can attend in person next time. Thank you!!

    April 2026
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  • Joshua Dietzenbach

    Well put together event with a great appreciation for student short films. It was an honor to be a part of it and to receive an award.

    April 2026
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  • Dylan Miller

    A wonderful festival and a real honor to be part of it. I especially appreciated the festival’s celebration of student-made films and emerging storytellers, and I was very grateful that Unforgiven received Best Narrative Short.

    April 2026
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  • Doron Neeman


    I'm truly grateful to the LMCFilms Student Film Fest for the honor of being part of it with my film, The Tragedy of the Lady. Doron Neeman

    March 2025
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  • Rod Sáez Chávez

    We are honored to be part of this event.
    Congraulations and thank you very much for everything.

    March 2025
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