Independent Film Festivals

8th ANNUAL MOONLIGHT FILM CONTEST FOR YOUTH

DEADLINE: Wednesday, August 27 9PM


If you are a filmmaker between the ages of 12 and 22 and want to enter the Contest, dust off your camera and start filming. Come to the Benicia Public Library to pick up an entry form or download one from our website at the bottom of our teen events page. Read ahead for more information about the Contest and the Festival.

Whether a novice or expert, anyone between the ages of 12 and 22 can create a film for the contest as long as it fits a few criteria:

  1. The films must be appropriate for all ages
  2. The key members of the crew must be between the ages of 12 &22 years old
  3. The films must be submitted in DVD format

Although there is no actual time limit for the films, the Library suggests that the time remain under 20 minutes. (Most films range between five and ten minutes long, but there have been films as short as one minute.) The Library reserves the right to edit films to fit time constraints.

The categories for films are beginner and advanced. The filmmakers are placed into the category dependent upon the amount of experience he or she has had, including:

  1. The number of films made
  2. Film classes or workshops attended
  3. Past film festivals entered & awards received

The sky is the limit when it comes to the genres of the films. Filmmakers have entered documentaries, mock-umentaries, music videos, satires, horror, comedy, romance, science fiction, adventure, animation, claymation and many more original ideas.


8th ANNUAL MOONLIGHT FILM FESTIVAL

Friday & Saturday, September 5 & 6 starting at 7PM


Come see what Benicia’s teen filmmakers have been working on since last year! Sit back and relax as the Moonlight Film Festival entertains us for two evenings with the winners of this year’s Moonlight Film Contest for Youth! Filmmakers from 12 -22 compete for awards such as Best Actor or Actress and Audience Favorite. The awards ceremony will take place on Saturday after the Festival.


48-HOUR FILM CONTEST

This was Benicia Public Library's first 48-Hour Film Contest! The contest was open to all ages and everyone had just 48 hours to create, shoot, edit and turn in their films! Every film had to have three required elements:

  • PROP: a birthday cake to represent the Benicia Public Library's 15th birthday.
  • LINE: May the force be with you.
  • LOCATION: the fountain at the Benicia Public Library

For those of you who missed the 48-HOUR MINI FILM FESTIVAL, here are all of the films!

1st Place Winner

"May the Cake Be With You"

~Jeff, David, Michael and Ryan

 

2nd Place Winner

"Hidden Truth"

~Sherry, Florenza, Annie and Judy

 

Honorable Mention

"Out of Luck"

~Blake and Rob

Coming soon...

Honorable Mention

"Piece of Cake"

~Liam, Philip, Sean and Chris