I recently read an interesting report, written by the folks at the Academy for Educational Development's Youth Media Reporter. While we all at The Shortie Awards knew the importance of giving young...

NFFTY (National Film Festival for Talented Youth) is now accepting films for 2010 from any filmmaker 22 years old and younger from around the world in the categories of narrative, documentary,...

This is hopefully the first of many blog entries. I'm thrilled to be part of an amazing community of film makers, film festival organizers and film lovers! My name is Shortie. I am very...

VAFI is a new animation Festival for children and youth up to 18 years. You are all welcome to submit your films and if you make the competiton visit our beutiful city and enjoy for three days. The...

We are please to announce that the New York Film Academy has re-confirmed its support for the 2010 Festival. Be sure to check out their web site at www.nyfa.com

We are currently looking for established artists to be part of the jury of the first edition, please contact our festival programmer to submit your candidature, we are looking for recognized artists...

For aspiring filmmakers ages 7 - 18, you can now submit your films for the Shortie Film Festival. The deadline is August 9th. You can get more information at our website: www.shortie.org!...

Celebrating its fifth year in 2010, the Hillside Film Festival is calling for entries from Victoria, Australia’s most promising young filmmakers. The festival gives emerging filmmakers the...

The CineYouth Festival produced by Cinema/Chicago, the presenting organization of the 45th Chicago International Film Festival, will kick-off with an Opening Night Celebration on Friday June 19th,...