Do you enjoy filmmaking, journalism, or storytelling?
Are you passionate about local government or North Carolina history and innovation?
Are you a middle school, a high school, or an undergrad college student?
If so, then this festival is for you! Create a film up to fifteen minutes following our submission guidelines and festival prompt. Submit your film beginning in August 2024 to be considered for the festival.
For more information about the festival and submission guidelines please email 100strong@ncacc.org
FILM PROMPT :
We are looking for stories that uplift North Carolina counties and local governments.
What does this prompt mean?
Here are some examples:
Ask to spend a day with a county employee (e.g., county Finance Department, Parks & Recreation Department, EMS Department, and more)
Interview a county commissioner or local government leader.
Attend a local Board of County Commissioners meeting.
Attend a local government event. Check for event listings on county websites. For example, in Wake County, there are organized nature hikes, county library events and a variety of board meetings listed on the website calendar.
Check out the NCACC County Lines video series for more inside county government inspiration. You can also run any ideas by the100 Strong Productions team by sending an email to 100strong@ncacc.org
REMINDER: Please be respectful when attending local government meetings and events and be sure to ask the meeting / event coordinator for permission to record for the purposes of the film.
We can't wait to see your film!
ELIGIBILITY & OVERVIEW
-Any genre will be considered, including but not limited to, short narrative films, animation, documentaries, music videos, news programs, and experimental films.
-Films can be 1-15 minutes in length.
-Films must be created in North Carolina.
-Films must be created by middle school, high school, or undergraduate college students in North Carolina. Filmmaking crews must be made up entirely of students.
- We are looking for stories that uplift counties & North Carolina local governments for our inaugural student film festival.
SUBMISSION RULES
By submitting your film, you give 100 Strong Productions permission to screen your film at the festival if accepted. By submitting your film, you agree that you own all aspects of your film. Films including copyrighted or trademarked materials, including but not limited to imagery, music, and locations are not permitted to submit.
To submit a film, applicants must submit their film through FilmFreeway. Films must include English subtitles if the original language is not English. Films up to 15 minutes will be watched in entirety by the festival programming team. By submitting a film, selected filmmakers consent to 100 Strong Productions Student Film Festival permission to share clips and images from the film on social media and other marketing materials for advertisement purposes.
Submission Timeline:
-Aug 31 EARLY ($10)
-Sep 30 REGULAR 1 ($15)
-Oct 31 REGULAR 2 ($18)
-Jan 15 LATE ($20)
SELECTION PROCESS
100 Strong Productions reserves the right to disqualify or reject any submission that it determines, in its sole discretion, would not be in its best interest to include in the student film festival, including, but not limited to, any film that is not in compliance, in whole or in part, with the submission guidelines, theme or prompt of the festival. The North Carolina Association of County Commissioners is a non-partisan organization and film submissions should also be non-partisan in nature. Film content should be appropriate for all audiences.
Filmmakers will be notified through email about the results of submissions on March 7, 2025.
Filmmaking teams that have a selected film are encouraged to attend the festival on Saturday, May 3, 2025.
AWARDS
A prize package valued up to $1,000 will be granted to the winning filmmaker. The prize package may include filmmaking opportunities, film production equipment, etc.
ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS
Fees are non-refundable. By submitting, I am consenting to the rules and regulations as a student who is 18 years or older. If younger than 18, a guardian or teacher must submit the student’s film through FilmFreeway and email 100strongproductions@ncacc.org to consent to these rules and regulations.
“By submitting a film, I am giving consent on behalf of the filmmaking team, including but not limited to, the producer, editor, and cinematographer. By submitting a film, I consent that I own all aspects of my film. I agree and understand all rules and regulations and give 100 Strong Productions Student Film Festival permission to show my film at the festival if selected.”
