Watching Howard County MD students excel in the art of film.
Watching Howard County MD students excel in the art of film.
2.22.08: The (mandatory) Creative Release is now up! Please be sure to submit a release for all works related to your film!
12.24.07: All dates on the site are now current for the 2008 Film Festival! Start filming!
11.29.07: The site is being refreshed with new information and dates so please bear with us as we perform the updates! Thanks!
Thank you everyone for coming out to this year's film festival and making it the great success that it was! For anyone who is interested, AFI ScreenNation is holding a competition for anyone between the ages of 13 and 18 to showcase their work for some marvelous prizes. Those interested in competing should see Ms. Sasser (information located on the contact page). For more information, visit the AFI ScreenNation challenge located here!
Come join us on Friday, April 8th at 7:30PM at the Kossaikoff Center to appreciate 27 excellent films produced by students across the county. Admission will be FREE and will be complimented with ice cream, numerous door prizes, and some really fun times to share with friends and family. Mark your calendars! For more information, click here.
-->The Ho Co Student Film Festival, now in its fourth-year, is a student conceived and executed organization, developed through the HCPSS Gifted and Talented Program. The festival aims to expose and promote high school talent in film production. A juried competition, centered on the idea of giving student submitters concrete feedback and suggestions to ensure their rapid development as filmmakers. It is open to all Howard County private and public high school students. Based out of River Hill High School, the festival is an intra-county effort, with active executive committee members from 5 area high schools including a private school.
This year the festival received 27 film submissions from students around the county, a 33% increase from just last year.~ Creating a film takes a student approximately 12 hours per minute therefore the typical 10 minute film often requires over 120 hours to create. Schools represented include Centennial, Atholton, Wilde Lake, Howard, Mount Hebron, Marriotts Ridge, Reservoir, Glenelg, Glenelg Country, Oakland Mills, and River Hill high schools. This year's preliminary judges hailed from 7 area high schools, including Glenelg Country School. In short, 10/12 of the area public schools were represented and 1/2 of the HoCo private schools were represented in terms of submissions. Final round judges are from the local professional film community. Pixel Workshop, American Film Institute, Maryland Film Society has all been on the final judging panel.
If you have any questions, please e-mail us at hocofilmfestival@gmail.com.