Film
UIL STATE FILM FESTIVAL 2025
1A-3A & 4A February 26, 2025 • 5A & 6A February 27, 2025
NEW location for 2025!
Hogg Auditorium • UT Austin campus • Parking INFO
2300 Whitis Avenue • Austin, Texas 78705
Doors open 12:30 PM • Free Admission
Session 1: 1 PM - 3:15 PM Digital Animation & Documentary
Session 2: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Narrative & Traditional Animation
Awards follow
2025 STATE PROGRAM • T-shirts (available to order only until 3/5/25)
2025 Results
STATE FINALISTS
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Portal INSTRUCTIONS • CONTEST ENTRY PORTAL (OPENS January 1, 2025)
- 2024-2025 UIL FILM HANDBOOK (Word doc) Contest Rules, Deadlines and FAQ's
- Description of Film CATEGORIES updated 8/31/2023
- Constitution and Contest RULES - Section 1036 - Film
- GETTING STARTED with the UIL Film Festival Presentation by Heidi Whitus
- Film TECHNOLOGY FOR ALL BUDGETS Presentation by Heidi Whitus
- How to Use the Google Doc “Screenplay Formatter” Add-On
- Understanding the TABULATION SYSTEM for Film
Contest FORMS
- Intent to Participate FORM - Form closes Dec 1, 2024 Please note: this form is not required, but it is helpful to UIL for contest planning
- STUDENT Photographic Consent and Release Form (Needed by UIL at the State Level)
- COACH Photographic Consent and Release Certification Form (Needed by UIL at the State Level)
- COMMUNITY STANDARDS and Compliance form
- Film MEDIA LOG to be kept on file on home campus
The NOBELITY SOCIAL IMPACT Award
The Nobelity Project is excited to announce the Nobelity Social Impact Award, celebrating student films promoting social change. Given during the UIL Young Filmmaker's Festival, this award honors short films which inform and inspire audiences about issues that the teams care about.
Resources for the BEGINNING FILMMAKER
Studiobinder.com for pre-production document templates, & terrific videos about film basics such as types of shots
Save the Cat is a method for developing solid story structure in screenplays; the website includes lots of examples of existing films with breakdowns of their story structure. savethecat.com
Learn about film is packed with information and advice to help you make short films or videos learnaboutfilm.com
How to Obtain Permission ( U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress document)
PUBLIC DOMAIN Resources
MET MUSEUM Public Domain IMAGES
Harry Ransom Center (HRC) DIGITAL COLLECTIONS (includes public domain content)
NASA IMAGE Gallery // NASA VIDEO Gallery // NASA IMAGE USE Guidelines
Past RESULTS
2024 Finalists & Results
2023 Finalists & Results • 2023 State PROGRAM
2022 Finalists & Results
2021 Finalists & Results
2020 Finalists & Results
2019 Finalists & Results
2018 Finalists & Results
2017 Finalists & Results
2016 Finalists & Results
2015 Finalists & Results
2014 Finalists & Results