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Five College Student Film & Video Festival

The Five College Student Film & Video Festival is an annual event featuring original films and videos by Five College students. Founded in 1994, the festival has become an important venue for film students to meet, collaborate, and share their productions with their peers and with the college film community.

Students from each of the Five Colleges organize the festival with the assistance of a Student Director from the host college and a faculty advisor. The festival, which is sponsored by the Five College Film Council, is a competitive event held at the end of the spring semester. Submissions are evaluated by a jury of students and film faculty from each of the Five Colleges. Selected works are shown at the festival and awards are given for the best works in designated categories.

2012 Five College Student Film & Video Festival entry deadline and event information

The deadline for submitting entries for the Five College Student Film & Video Festival is Thursday, February 16, 2012 by 3:00 p.m. Submissions may be turned in at specific locations at each of the five colleges. Download the entry form, which has much more detail.

Entry categories include documentary, experimental, narrative,
animation, dance on camera and a separate graduate category.

Cash prizes will be awarded to the top ranked entries for:
- each category
- the winner from each of the Five Colleges
- the Grand Prize Winner of the Festival

The festival will be held and awards given on Friday, February 24 in
Stoddard Hall at Smith College.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS (Please Read Carefully):

-Submissions can only be made by students currently enrolled in one of
the Five Colleges. Works completed by students who graduated in 2011
are also eligible for awards in all five categories.
-Entries must be submitted by 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 16.
-Works must be submitted on DVD or miniDV.
-Works must be accompanied by a completed submission form (attached
here).
- application fee per entry. Only cash is accepted. No checks.
Please put the cash in the envelope with your submission. Submissions
will only be considered if the cash fee is in the envelope.
-Students may submit up to 2 works, but must include an extra for the
2nd submission.
-Length: The festival is not able to screen works longer than 20
minutes. You can submit a longer video, but, if it is selected, only an
excerpt will be screened at the festival. Cue your tape up to the
excerpt you would like the jury to view, or mark the DVD case with the
chapter/timecode.
-Works must be clearly labeled with title, filmmaker name, and running
time in minutes and seconds.

DROP-OFF LOCATIONS:
Each school will have application forms and a collection box for your
labeled work, fee, and completed entry form, in the following locations:

Mt. Holyoke College:
Art Department Office, Art Building Room 201

Amherst College:
Academic Technology Services (ATS), Seeley Mudd 110

Hampshire College
Film/Photo equipment booth, Jerome Liebling Center

Smith College:
Center for Media Production

UMass:
Interdepartmental Program in Film Studies Office, 129 Herter Annex

Please check at each location for available drop-off hours.

Questions? Contact Student Festival Director, Sonia Brand-Fisher:
5collegefilmfest@gmail.com

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The 2011 festival screening and award ceremony took place at 7:00 pm Friday, February 25, 2011 in the Main Lecture Hall at Hampshire College.

The 2010 festival screening and award ceremony took place at 7:00 p.m. Friday, February 26, 2010 at Stirn Auditorium, Amherst College. View the winners (including clips) of the 2010 film & video festival and also view the trailer for the 2010 festival.

The 2009 festival screening and award ceremony took place Friday, February 27, 2009, 7-10 p.m., at Thompson Hall 104, UMass Amherst.View a list of winning entries from the 2009 Festival.

The 2008 festival screening and award ceremony took place on February 29 in Stoddard Hall Auditorium at Smith College. View a list of winners, including clips of some of the work from the 2008 festival.

The 2007 festival screening and award ceremony took place on May 11 in Stirn Auditorium at Smith College. View a list of winners, including clips of some of the work from the 2007 festival.

Click here to view the program from the 2007 Festival

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