Film Festival

Event Description

The Gateway (IL) Chapter is pleased to host our first film festival for young people in the St. Louis Metro area. The festival will provide opportunities to share their creative work that tell stories about their community, its events and issues for the benefit of their peers, family and the public.

Theme: Let’s Shout it Out! My Voice, My Choice

Entry Requirements:

• Ages 13-25
• Residence: STL City/County, St. Charles City/County, Metro East St. Louis, IL
• Storyline: 100% original and entrant by entrant in 13-25 age group
• Film Length: 3-5 minutes long, excluding credits
• Parental Approval: Entrants under 18
• Production Date: 2024-2025

Rules & Terms

PLAGIARISM DETECTION:

• The use of copy-written material of any kind (music, video, images, logos, drawings, trademarks, or other third-materials) without the express written consent by owner is not allowed without permission and/ or the proper rights to all content submitted.

OFFENSIVE LANUAGE

• The following qualities are prohibited (unless inclusion promotes a positive position or stand):
• Obscene, profane, lewd, defamatory content, data, images
• Gratuitous violence, guns or other imagery or gestures of weapons
• Illegal drug or alcohol use of abuse of product images

FILM CREDITS:

• Attribution to staff involved in production.

SCREENPLAY: a written work-A brief outline of action, dialogue and movement of characters.

FILM CRITICS: Subjective analysis and evaluation of the film.

JUDGES: Assess based on set criteria

How to Submit

Submit a YouTube video link to filmfestgateway@gmail.com. Include in the subject line “first name, last name and film title. Scripts and/or screen play must be attached to the submission email. Entrants under the age of 18, must also email the completed parental approval form.

Download Film Fest Parent Approval Form

Submission Dates & Deadlines:

• Film Festival Announcement: February 18, 2025
• Deadline date for submission: Friday, April 18, 2025
• Event Date: Friday, May 2, 2025 6:00pm

Venue Location:

Awards: First Place Winner $250.00
Other cash prizes will be awarded

About The Links, Incorporated

The Links, Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit corporation, established in 1946. It is one of the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer service organizations of women who are committed to enriching, and sustaining, the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry. The Gateway (IL) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated is one of 299 chapters located in forty-one states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and the United Kingdom. For more than 36 years, members of the Gateway (IL) Chapter have provided programming and services focused on helping the youth in our communities.