StarLite Film Festival

The StarLite Film Festival is a juried exhibition for micro budget narrative features and student shorts that take a closer look at untold stories, investigate fresh perspectives, and magnify unfamiliar faces. Completion budgets for features cannot exceed the equivalent of $200,000 USD or $10,000 for student shorts. The StarLite Film Festival endeavors to become the number one global destination for micro budget filmmakers, a networking hub for the international community of cinema artists and enthusiasts who wish to develop and support micro budget features, and a platform for educating the next generation of entrepreneurial filmmakers. Situated around the historic Garden Theatre in picturesque downtown Winter Garden, Florida, the StarLite Film Festival welcomes global innovation with small-town charm and hospitality. Our festival is filmmaker-centered and focused on offering a prominent platform to unique voices. Some festival are more interested in partying with celebrities than with with helping new filmmakers reach a larger audience. We treat every director like a celebrity and strive to offer every film the largest audience possible.