The 5th Annual Miami 4 Social Change Youth Film Festival is a media empowerment and social change media platform to showcase and elevate the voices of today's youth through film, and inspire young people to create change using the art of cinema and filmmaking.
The festival will accept short video submissions featuring youth as key agents for social change by addressing issues that they care about. This festival is a part of the 5th annual Florida Youth Economic Development Conference(Urgent Inc's Youth Careers Conference) which is hosted by Miami Dade College. The mission of the festival is to provide an outlet for aspiring youth filmmakers to develop and screen short films using the art of filmmaking as a means to harness their creativity so our youth may inspire others while being entertained, educated, and engaged to explore pertinent social issues in our global society.
Our festival enhances Urgent Inc's mission to empower young minds to transform their communities. The transformational power of combining individual skill building. education and the arts provides youth the opportunity to learn and demonstrate new competencies while positively engaging in their community. Moreover, youth are motivated and encouraged to learn and gain the information shared throughout the festival, raise awareness around community issues and then share it with a broad audience of their peers.
Throughout the festival's offering of interactive master classes, exclusive seminars and the official youth screening , our youth and festival goers are inspired and empowered to continue to create positive change in their communities.
Official Event Date: Saturday, July 25th!!!
Time: 9AM – 3PM
Location Site: Miami Dade College - North Campus - William and Joan Lehman Theater
Address: 11380 NW 27th Ave, Miami, FL 33167
Location: Miami Dade College - Homestead Campus (DATE TBD)
The festival is free to the public. Please RSVP at www.urgentinc.org for the Florida Youth Economic Development Conference.
All final and official selections will be notified by June 2020.
Our industry professional judges help us determine various awards in categories such as narrative short film, documentary, public service announcement, and music video. All official selections are automatically considered as nominations, and the official award selections are honored and announced at the festival during the award show. In addition we sometimes have scholarship awards to various film-making programs. All award selection filmmakers receive trophies during the award show of the two-day festival.
2020 FESTIVAL SEASON - AWARD CATEGORIES
- Best Short Film
- Best Short Documentary
- Best Public Service Announcement(PSA)
- Best Music Video
- Community Impact Award
- Rising Youth Filmmaker Award
- Audience Choice Award
- Grand Jury Prize Award