Rochester Teen Film Festival

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WXXI Public Broadcasting Council and the Little Theatre are proud to sponsor the 2020 Rochester Teen Film Festival, a collaborative, juried media competition for youth (13-18 years old) in the Rochester region.

The virtual film festival is set for Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 5:30 p.m

The finalists' films will be shown as a virtual film festival. 

GUIDELINES FOR THE FILM SUBMISSIONS

• Films and videos are created by high school teens
• All genres are welcome
• Videos must be appropriate for school-based audiences
• Videos cannot exceed 10 minutes

The purpose of the festival is to honor the work of urban, suburban and rural teen filmmakers and give young people an authentic opportunity to participate in a real film festival. All submissions are judged by a jury and finalists have been elected to have their films shown at the Little Theatre.

This year, young filmmakers will again have a chance to earn the Philip Seymour Hoffman Award, which honors the life and legacy of the late Academy Award-winning actor and Fairport, N.Y. native. The annual award is given to the teen whose film is chosen by the judges as “Best of Fest” and was established in association with the Hoffman family.