Sierra Canyon Film Festival

DO NOT SUBMIT UNLESS YOU MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS: - You attend(ed) a Los Angeles County High School (plus Simi Valley) - Your film was completed after March 2020 - Your high school graduating class is 2019-2020 or later The 2021 Sierra Canyon Film Festival is presented by Sierra Canyon School in Chatsworth, California, 20 miles from the heart of Hollywood. While our festival is sponsored and promoted by Sierra Canyon School, the festival typically takes place in a screening room on the backlot of a major Hollywood studio. In 2020-2021, the pandemic has majorly affected students and student filmmakers across the globe. Despite this massive hurdle, many filmmakers have overcome this challenge to produce extraordinary films under extraordinary circumstances, and it is our goal to highlight these talented artists this year. Sierra Canyon School is an independent, college preparatory school that maintains an exceptional performing arts program with a wide variety of film courses. The Sierra Canyon School Film Festival is focused on short films in any genre produced by student filmmakers and provides a forum for young filmmakers to display their work, network with other young filmmakers, and to learn more about the world of filmmaking from our industry guest speaker. The Sierra Canyon Film Festival is typically held at a major Los Angeles area film studio in the spring of each calendar year. Past festivals have been sponsored by Final Draft, The New York Film Academy, Avid, T&T Capital, and Tanner Films. However, this year the festival will operate as a drive-in experience alongside a streaming simulcast. The location has yet to be announced but will take place in the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. Each year, we welcome an industry guest speaker to kick off the festival and to conduct a private 30 minute Q&A session with the filmmakers. Past speakers have included producer and director Jon Turtletaub (National Treasure), Allison Abbate (Corpse Bride, Frankenweenie, The Lego Movie), Ruth Vitale (Founder and Co-President of Paramount Classics and President of Fine Line Features), and Tom Nunan (Bullseye Entertainment). Our mission at the Sierra Canyon Film Festival is to showcase and promote student filmmakers from around Los Angeles. Learn more about our festival at https://www.sierracanyonschool.org/page/arts/scs-film-festival