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  Palm Beach International Film Festival’s
2009 Student Showcase of Films

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$25,000 IN CASH
AWARDS AVAILABLE
Submission Deadline
January 21, 2009

The Palm Beach International Film Festival, in collaboration with the Palm Beach County Film & Television Commission, is pleased to announce the official Call for Entries for the 2009 Student Showcase of Films. Film students enrolled in Florida high schools and colleges are encouraged to submit their entries no later than Wednesday, January 21, 2009. Submissions are available on-line through pbfilm.com and at withoutabox.com. For further assistance or questions please call 561.233.1000 or email Alex Marquez at amarquez@pbfilm.com.

The Student Showcase of Films (SSOF) is the largest statewide competition for Florida student filmmakers. The juried competition recognizes outstanding high school and college students by presenting over $25,000 in cash awards, prizes and scholarships in five film categories: Feature/Shorts and Documentaries, Animation, PSA/Commercial, Music Video, and Audience Award. The competition also includes awarding a $5,000 Burt Reynolds scholarship to two Palm Beach County high school seniors, a screenwriting competition and a $1,000 poster competition open to middle and high schools. Winning student films will be screened in their entirety at the students’ own premier during the film festival.

The professionally produced live Student Showcase of Films awards ceremony, a much anticipated signature event of the Palm Beach International Film Festival (PBIFF), will showcase the finest student works. Entries are judged by industry professionals from around the US. The awards ceremony will be held on April 28, 2009 in Palm Beach County, FL, at Palm Beach Community College’s Lake Worth Campus, Duncan Theatre.
 

AWARDS / COMPETITIONS & SCHOLARSHIPS
 

 Feature/Shorts and Documentaries: Open to Florida High School and College Students. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards are given in two academic levels. Funds will be awarded to the submitting school.
 

  High School  College
  First Place             $2,000
Second Place      $1,500 
Third Place          $1,000   
First Place             $2,000    
Second Place       $1,500
Third Place           $ 1,000 

   

Additional Film Categories: Open to Florida High School and College Students.  Funds will be awarded to the submitting school.

  Commercial/PSA Animation Music Video  
   $750 $750 $750  
Special Audience Award: Open to Florida High School and College students submitting in all film Categories.  Submissions will be judged and voted by the public through on-line voting. (Films chosen for voting will be at the discretion of the SSOF programmers.) Funds will be awarded to the submitting school.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            $2,000
Screenwriting: Open to Florida High School and College Students.                                                                                                                                             $750   
Two $5,000 Burt Reynolds’ Scholarships: Open to Palm Beach County High School Seniors Only.
$1,000 award for the winning PBIFF Student Showcase of Films’ 2009 Poster:  Open to Palm Beach County Middle and High School Students Only.                                     


POSTER APPLICATIONS ONLY, CLICK HERE
 

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"AUDIENCE AWARD" VOTING
(Coming March 2009)

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The 14th Annual PBIFF will be held April 23-30, 2009. The PBIFF is an exciting cultural event for the community and an excellent opportunity to introduce filmmakers to our area’s resources. Visitors are given the opportunity to view independent films during an eight-day celebration that includes celebrity appearances, countywide events, and industry workshops and seminars.

The PBIFF is one of the few film festivals in the world whose proceeds are channeled into film education. To date approximately one million dollars has been awarded in the form of cash awards, prizes and scholarships to individual students and schools. This program is funded by the PBIFF, the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, the Palm Beach County Economic Development Office and the Palm Beach County Film & Television Commission. For more information about the PBIFF please visit:   
www.pbifilmfest.org.


 

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