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2016 Film Festival Open for High School Submissions

by Sharon Aron Baron October 2, 2015

by Sharon Aron Baron October 2, 2015 13 views

2015 Awward show at Lynn University with host, Frank Licari and one of the presenters, Rob Van Winkle.

By: Sharon Aron Baron

Calling all aspiring film students in Coral Springs and Parkland. The time has come once again to celebrate student filmmaking in Florida with the Palm Beach International Film Festival’s Student Showcase of Films. The competition is now open for submissions and the deadline is set for January 12, 2016.

The Annual Student Showcase of Films is open to students enrolled in Florida high schools and colleges. The juried competition recognizes outstanding film students by presenting more than $11,500 in scholarships and awards in the following categories: Feature/Shorts, Documentary, Animation, Commercial/PSA, Environmental PSA, Music Video, Screenwriting, Poster Design, Mental Health Awareness (NEW), and an Audience Award. Honoring the legacy of Burt Reynolds, the festival also awards a scholarship bearing his name and a Sara Fuller Scholarship through Film Florida. Winning student films will also be screened in their entirety on the “big screen” at the students’ own premiere during PBIFF.

“Each year is more exciting than the next. The level of entries by these students is simply incredible and they never cease to amaze. There is so much talent in the state of Florida and these scholarships and award show are looked forward to by all each year,” stated Michelle Hillery, Deputy Film Commissioner & Film Florida President.

Competition finalists are honored and presented with cash awards and prizes at a high profile, one-of-a-kind red carpet award show that will take place at the Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University in Boca Raton, FL on Friday, March 11, 2016 at 10 a.m.

As a special addition to the award show this year, we will celebrate the winner of the first ever G-Star Studios Cell Phone Film Festival, opening in October for all 6th, 7th and 8th grade students with a desire for making a horror movie on a studio set!

The Student Showcase of Films has an innovative submission process with FilmFreeway.com that is more convenient than ever. To enter through the online application program, view the awards breakdown and official rules and regulations, visit pbfilm.com or Facebook.com/StudentShowcaseOfFilms.

This program is funded by the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, the Palm Beach County’s Office of Economic Sustainability, the PBIFF and the Palm Beach County Film & Television Commission. Our generous sponsors include: Lynn University, Film Florida, Michael Chasin, Keep Palm Beach County Beautiful, Inc. and the Information Television Network.

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Sharon Aron Baron

Editor of Talk Media and writer for Coral Springs Talk. CST was created in 2012 to provide News, Views, and Entertainment for the residents of Coral Springs and the rest of South Florida.