AETN Student Selects 2013

Call for Film Entries – Deadline April 5, 2013
Open Call for Entries Extends All Year

The Arkansas Educational Television Network (AETN) annually presents a special student initiative, now in its seventh year, designed to showcase the diverse works of the many talented young filmmakers in Arkansas.

AETN is now accepting film projects from Arkansas K-12 students. Categories include Documentary, Narrative (short or full-length fiction film or sitcom, etc.), Animation (hand-drawn, claymation, Flash, stop-motion, etc.) and~Music Videos, but what you submit is only limited to your creativity and imagination. Chosen submissions will be highlighted in a statewide broadcast, online streaming and screenings at the annual Little Rock Film Festival. AETN encourages all types of submissions! The main stipulation is that in all of the submissions students play key roles in the development and production of the project.

THEA Foundation Young Filmmaker Scholarships

Call for Film Entries – Deadline April 5, 2013

AETN’s Student Selects 2013 project has again partnered with the THEA Foundation to award four $2,500 Young Filmmaker Scholarships to those who enter and qualify. Categories are screenwriting, directing, cinematography and editing. More information and entry forms are at aetn.org/studentselects/scholarships.

Little Rock Film Festival YOUTH! Program

Another exciting component of the Student Selects 2013 project will take place at the 2013 Little Rock Film Festival. Arkansas students are invited to participate in hands-on filmmaking workshops with industry professionals and attend film screenings. All Student Selects 2013 and THEA Foundation Scholarship entrants are also invited to attend a celebratory event during the festival. Little Rock Film Festival dates are May 15 – 19. Youth workshops dates TBD.

The Student Selects Toolkit for Educators is an easy way for you to share this information with your teachers and students. Included in this toolkit: Promotional Poster; Promotional Flyer; Sample feature story for your school newspaper; Ads for your school newspaper; Email blast to send to your teachers and students.