The Arkansas Educational Television Network's Student Selects: A Young Filmmakers Showcase is a program for kindergarten through 12th grade students, created to highlight the bright future of Arkansas's youngest filmmakers.

We encourage all types of submissions! Some 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.

• Documentary
• Narrative (Short or full-length fiction film or sitcom, etc.)
• Animation (Hand-drawn, Claymation, Macromedia Flash, etc.)
• Short Form Video Diaries
• QuickTime Internet Shorts
• Music Videos

Our main stipulation is that in all of the submissions students played key roles in the development and production of each project.

The program, now in its sixth year, premieres chosen films on AETN and on AETN.org to extend the life of the films and allow people from across the state and beyond to access the work. AETN will also host a youth filmmaking event at the 2012 Little Rock Film Festival on June 2-3.
More information about the LRFF YOUTH! events can be found here.

Entries must be postmarked by April 6th, 2012!

Click here to view previous student entries.

If you know a student or are a student whose media project meets these criteria please submit it for consideration! For more information please contact Project Director Casey Sanders at 501-682-4190 or csanders@aetn.org. You can also contact Assistant Project Director Joseph Rowland at 501-682-2568 or jrowland@aetn.org

Click here for information on Young Filmmakers Scholarships.

You can join our Student Selects group on Facebook to stay informed about youth film events, discussions and opportunities!

2008 Little Rock Film Festival video filmed and edited by volunteer Joseph Birdsong

How To Submit Films

The Student Selects 2012 Form is available by clicking HERE

If you are submitting a music video, the Music Video Form is available HERE