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The Flint Youth Film Festival (FYFF) is an annual event which celebrates young filmmakers, actors and other creatives in the Flint Michigan area. It brings together aspiring and established film, television and digital media makers for workshops, screenings and networking events throughout the year. FYFF also provides awards to filmmakers whose work stands out from their peers.

Entries are open to any filmmaker between the ages of 10 and 24 from the Greater Flint Area (Genesee County), and all US States. All entries must be made by amateur filmmakers and must not have had prior distribution or broadcast outside of FYFF competition screenings.

Submission fees for FYFF vary depending on the category of entry that you are submitting your project under. However, there are numerous scholarship opportunities available as well as waivers that can be requested prior to submission if needed.

Projects must be submitted via FilmFreeway or Withoutabox in order to be accepted into competition at the FYFF. You will need to register an account with either one of these platforms, fill out an application form, upload your film/video file along with accompanying stills or web links and submit your entry payment where applicable.

Submitted projects must fall within various genres such as narrative fiction short films; documentaries, music videos; animation; educational/informative videos and experimental works etc., not exceed 20 minutes in length (including end credits), have been completed no earlier than 2018 and meet all required criteria set out in our official guidelines before being considered for entry into competition at FYFF 2020.

Various awards will be presented at FYFF including Best Drama Short, Best Documentary Short, Best Comedy Short, Best Animated Short, Best Music Video Short and more! There are also additional Awards of Excellence awarded at each screening ceremony which honor exemplary achievement in filmmaking craft categories such as cinematography or sound design if applicable.

If selected for entry into competition at FYFF 2020 your film will first go through a judging process by our panel of industry professionals who will score it according to criteria established in our official rules & regulations document. The highest-scoring films in each category may then progress through to become finalists where they could potentially win an award on opening night at our premiere event!

Yes — Permission letters are required for any copyrighted material used in your project — this includes sound effects/music/scores that were sourced from internet libraries or royalty free sources for example — once accepted into competition these documents should be sent via email alongside your finished project when sending it off for final judging purposes before opening night of FTVF 2020 so that we can ensure complete authenticity upon review!