UIL State Film Festival Information

Date: Feb 24, 2025
Category: Academics

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AUSTIN, TX — The 2025 UIL Young Filmmakers Festival will take place February 26-27 at the Hogg Auditorium on the campus of The University of Texas.

Students at UIL member schools submitted original works of film within four categories: Digital Animation, Documentary, Narrative, and Traditional Animation. Films were scored by a panel of judges based on originality, cinematic storytelling, and technical execution.

 

SCHEDULE: (Wednesday, February 26)

SESSION 1 • 1 PM-3:15 PM  •   Doors open 12:45 PM

Combined Conference (1A-3A) Digital Animation

Lemon-Aid-Holliday

The Last Letter-Forestburg

Don’t Make Me Go Alone-Wall

Flights of a Love Story-Sabine Pass

Snakes-Lytle

Tick-Bushland

4A Digital Animation

Pug Love-Sulphur Springs

I Remember-Snyder

The Kelp Caper Conundrum-Lindale

We’re Rooting For You-Lindale

Dreamin’-Lindale

Trip Trouble-Center

Combined Conference (1A-3A) Documentary

Unveiling the Curtains-Abbott

Sing Out-Pottsboro

Driven-Hallettsville

Voice of the Ocean-Sabine Pass

He will Continue to Serve-Lytle

Best Mayor-Lytle

4A Documentary

The Hollywood Bomber: A Sleeping Giant-Northwest Steele Early College

Tatum Tough-Canyon Randall

Road to Recovery-Texarkana Pleasant Grove

Just Five Beers-Lindale

Mercy Ship: A Mission of Hope and Healing-Lindale

The Circle of the Storm: The Dustin Garrison Story-Houston Yates

 

SESSION 2 • 3:30 PM-5:30 PM

Combined Conference (1A-3A) Narrative

IRIS-Atlanta

Breathe-Mount Vernon

Bruises-San Antonio Cole

Breaking Point-Atlanta

Game of Heists-Nocona

Almost to 100-Sabine Pass

4A Narrative

Remember-Salado

Smile, Smile, Smile-Sulphur Springs

Taking Time-Sanger

Timeless Teddy-Texarkana Pleasant Grove

A Narrative Nightmare-Lindale

Switchin Classes-Houston Yates

Combined Conference (1A-3A) Traditional Animation

Vietnam-Vernon

Fade to Black-Vanderbilt Industrial

A Flicker of Courage-Sabine Pass

Galactic to Breakout-Holliday

Buzz and Bolt-Mount Enterprise

Under the Plastic Sea-Gladewater Sabine

4A Traditional Animation

I’ll Always Be There-Longview Pine Tree

Project 54-Celina

A Walk in the Woods-Lindale

The Key of Elmswood-Salado

The Choices We Make-Lindale

DinoCop-Lindale

**Awards Ceremony: 5:45 PM-6:15 PM  •  Combined Conference (1A-3A) & 4A Awards

 

SCHEDULE: (Thursday, February 27)

SESSION 1 • 1 PM-3:15 PM  •   Doors open 12:45 PM

5A Digital Animation

Forest Feud-Carrollton Turner

Cyclic Escapism-Liberty Hill

My Final Year-Nederland

A Mother’s Love-Granbury

Limbo-Midlothian Heritage

Vengeance Competition Cut-Austin LASA

6A Digital Animation

Ghost Town-Allen

Double Trouble-Katy Seven Lakes

Beetle Days-Allen

Upswing-Allen

Saving Grace-Humble Atascocita

Last Night-Cypress Ridge

5A  Documentary

Pikachu: Beyond Labels-Anna

Silent Solider-PSJA North

Conquista-PSJA Southwest

Suenos Olympicos-PSJA Southwest

Johnny Joe-PSJA Southwest

Ms. Robinson’s Remission-Frisco Heritage

6A Documentary

Agarital-San Antonio East Central

Houston: The Wrong Number One-Jersey Village

The Legacy of the Paramount Theater-Austin

A Nobody with Two Faces-Houston Stratford

ISAAC-Prosper

Drop In-Cypress Creek

SESSION 2 • 3:30 PM-5:30 PM

5A Narrative

A Step Away-Harlingen South

JULIET?-Mission Sharyland

Echos of Silence-PSJA North

Sidelined-Laredo Nixon

Dawn of the Night-Mount Pleasant

Big Lemon-College Station A&M Consolidated

6A Narrative

Fragments-Waller

Please Rewind-El Paso Montwood

A Secret MSG-Plano West

What Happened to Us?-Prosper

It’s Tradition-League City Clear Creek

What Happened to Trust-Waxahachie

5A Traditional Animation

“Baked with Love”-Boerne Champion

Bob the Blob-Prosper Walnut Grove

And for What?-Lake Belton

Whiskers in the Void-New Braunfels

Sonata-PSJA North

The Hoodie-Del Valle

6A Traditional Animation

Gary Wants to be Abducted-Waller

5 Stages of Sandwich-Prosper

Race of Warriors-La Joya

Clay-Dallas Skyline

ASTAROTH-Prosper

DIY-Humble Atascocita

 

**Awards Ceremony: 5:45 PM-6:15 PM  •  Conference 5A & 6A Awards

Admission to the festival is FREE. Parking information for the event can be found HERE.

More information can be found here: https://www.uiltexas.org/film

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