Outsiders Film Festival is a high school and middle school film competition honoring networking in the Bexar County, Texas Film Community.

IMPORTANT: We will ONLY consider films produced by middle and high school students from the San Antonio/Bexar County/Central Texas area. All other entries will be automatically disqualified. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR FILM IF YOU DO NOT MEET THESE 2 CRITERIA.

The Outsiders Film Festival began in 2009 as a collaboration between the Cinema program at North East School of the Arts and other educational film programs in San Antonio. The purpose of the festival is to promote networking among young filmmakers (under 18) from the San Antonio area, as well as to showcase their work.

More Outsiders Info (date, time, etc...) is on our instagram! @nesacinema

Awards & Prizes

Best Animation: Certificate and prize
Best Narrative Short: Certificate and prize
Best Documentary Short: Certificate and prize
Best Experimental Short: Certificate and prize
Best Cinematography: Certificate and prize
Best Acting Performance: Certificate and prize
Best Middle School Project: Certificate and prize

Rules & Terms

Submitting filmmakers MUST be 18 and UNDER, or 18 years old when the film was completed. This is a student-only film festival. The birthdate of the submitting filmmaker must be included in the submission to verify this.

Submitting filmmakers MUST be from Bexar County, Texas. The submitter's address must be included in the submission to verify this.

Submitted films MUST include a logline or short synopsis of the film, and a short bio of the filmmaker(s).

Submitted films may not contain any copyrighted materials such as music or graphics for which the filmmaker(s) do not have permission.

Electronic submissions only, through FilmFreeway; films can be linked to YouTube or Vimeo for submission. Filmmakers who are selected for screening at the Festival will be asked to send us a digital file suitable for projection (if not already available to download through FilmFreeway).

ACCEPTANCE OF RULES:
Your signed entry form constitutes full acceptance of the entry requirements. The producer(s) listed warrant that they are the owners of the film, including the copyright therein. They further warrant that they have obtained all required authorizations, consents, and releases from others, including but not limited to those appearing or rendering services in connection with the film. Failure to comply with these rules will render the entry ineligible. We reserve the right to request proof of copyright on questionable material.