Presented by the Johns Hopkins University and the Baltimore School for the Arts, the Saul Zaentz High School Film Festival seeks to discover and honor the best in high school filmmaking! Accepted filmmakers are invited to come to Baltimore to screen their films in competition for $3,500 in cash prizes, as well as to participate in a three-day festival experience. The festival runs from June 18-20, 2020, at multiple venues in Baltimore, MD. We offer free master classes with industry professionals on the art of directing, producing, and screenwriting, and plenty of networking opportunities. A full schedule is available at www.szfest.org.
Generously sponsored by the Saul Zaentz Foundation, there are no submission fees nor attendance fees.
Filmmakers must attend the festival for their films to screen in competition. Full travel and accommodation scholarships are available for those who qualify with financial need.
$3,500 TOTAL IN CASH PRIZES!
We are a national festival that also wishes to support the film community here in Baltimore. There are special prizes reserved for Maryland filmmakers.
ALL CATEGORIES:
Best of Festival: $500
Audience Choice: $300
NATIONAL
Best Narrative Short: $300
Best Documentary Short: $300
Best Animated Short: $300
Best Experimental Short: $300
Best Film Under $250: $300
MD
Best Narrative Short: $300
Best Documentary Short: $300
Best Animated Short: $300
Best Advocacy Film: $300
The Mix (everything else): $300