Student Short Film Fest — Cinema-Worcester

2025 Cinema Worcester Student Short Film Fest

Cinema Worcester is pleased to announce the first annual 2025 Student Short Film Fest on Sunday April 27, 2025 at Worcester State University’s Eager Auditorium (located in the Sullivan Academic Center). Cinema Worcester, the city’s only independent cinema showing first run independent and foreign films regularly at WCUW’s FrontRoom, seeks to showcase the works of students from campuses across our great city and beyond. We endeavor to promote students’ creative and original projects, and to highlight the importance of the cinematic arts.

Guidelines for Student Filmmakers:

Students must be enrolled at one of the colleges within Worcester County, or have graduated within the past 2 years.
Films must be under 40 minutes in length.

Submissions must be student projects, with minimal if any assistance from professional filmmakers or production companies.
Films can be of any genre.
Film submissions must include a brief film summary, a log line, and an image or poster art that can be used in festival promotion.
The student filmmakers must be present for their screenings, and available to introduce their films.

The Cinema Worcester steering committee will preview and select the films to be shown at the festival. The festival will be free and open to the general public.

Best short film and Audience Favorite films will be awarded.

How to Submit your film:

Contact Cinema Worcester with your intention to submit a film at cinemaworcester@gmail.com. The film should be transmitted via link, such as Google Drive, Dropbox, or WeTransfer.

Key dates:

· Film submission due date: Monday, March 17

· Steering Committee selections announced: Monday, April 7

Questions? Email cinemaworcester@gmail.com