Regular Deadline July 15

Our REGULAR DEADLINE is July 15th! Tell every high school and middle school filmmaker you know!

Grand Prize - a FULL TUITION scholarship to the Digital Video Program at the University of Advancing Technology.

Our categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fan Films, Science & Technology, Animation, Visual Effects, Innovator (for non-students) and Students & Alumni (for UAT folks not eligible for the Grand Prize).

Future deadlines will be September 16 (Late), and October 1 (Extended).

The festival runs October 30th, 2013 on the UAT campus in Tempe, Arizona, as well as streaming online.

Submit today!

https://www.withoutabox.com/03film/03t_fin/03t_fin_fest_01over.php?festival_id=10097

Profile of 2012 Winner Gwyneth Christoffel

The Grand Prize winner of last year's UAT Digital Video Festival, Gwyneth Christoffel, was profiled recently by Canada's Chronicle Herald for her winning film "Recipe for Love" as well as her recent follow up "A Purrfect Pair."

Check it out here!

2013 Call for Entries Now Open!

Our 2013 Call for Entries is NOW OPEN! Tell every high school and middle school filmmaker you know!

Grand Prize - a FULL TUITION scholarship to the Digital Video Program at the University of Advancing Technology.

Our categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fan Films, Science & Technology, Animation, Visual Effects, Innovator (for non-students) and Students & Alumni (for UAT folks not eligible for the Grand Prize).

Deadlines will be May 15 (Earlybird), July 15 (Regular), September 16 (Late), and October 1 (Extended).

The festival runs October 30th, 2013 on the UAT campus in Tempe, Arizona, as well as streaming online.

Submit today!

https://www.withoutabox.com/03film/03t_fin/03t_fin_fest_01over.php?festival_id=10097

2012 Awards Announced!

The University of Advancing Technology is proud to congratulate filmmaker Gwyneth Christoffel and her film "Recipe for Love" as the inaugural winner of the Grand Prize at the UAT Digital Video Festival! The Grand Prize comes with a full tuition scholarship to study at the award-winning Digital Video Program at  UAT, and we look forward to having this talented young filmmaker join us when she completes high school!

Furthemore, Gwyneth's film "Recipe for Love" also won the Audience Award, which was decided by a poll of both our in-theatre and online audiences. "Recipe for Love" was the clear favorite among our viewers! The Audience Award comes with a custom-designed trophy which itself was the result of a student contest. 3D Modeling students at the University of Advancing Technology competed for a $1,000 scholarship prize and the bragging rights to having designed the DV Festival's inaugural trophy. Student Mario Castaneda won the design competition for this entry, a sleek, sci-fi inspired icon that sums up both the film roots of the DV Program and its technology-infused future. The trophy will be printed using UAT's 3D rapid protoyper, and painted with a metallic finish by our resident prop-making expert Professor Paul DeNigris. This will be a truly one-of-a-kind piece!

UAT DV Festival is Tonight!

The inaugural edition of the University of Advancing Technology Digital Video Festival is tonight at 6pm in the UAT Theatre (2625 W. Baseline Road, Tempe AZ 85283).

If you're unable to attend in person, the event will be STREAMED LIVE! The streaming link will be posted here as well as on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/uatdvfestival, and you will also be able to vote for our AUDIENCE AWARD on Facebook as well!

The final program for tonight's show:

Scholarship Competition Official Selections:

"CardBoard of Duty" (7 minutes, USA)
directed by DJ Charewicz
Get ready for the most action-packed, special-effects filled short film yet to hit the big screen. 'CardBoard of Duty' takes you into the world of video games... and the world of Hacking! Join two players as they use every code they know to beat each other!

"Recipe for Love" (3 minutes, Canada)
directed by Gwyneth Christoffel 
A lonely cupcake sees other couples in the kitchen enjoying each others company, and decides that she needs a friend. With no other options, she chooses to make one for herself!

UAT DV Showcase Shorts:

"Flight of the Melvin"
(7 minutes, directed by Professor Paul DeNigris)

"Concealed Chronicle"
(4 minutes, directed by Jared Oppie)

"Wildcard"
(4 minutes, directed by Annie Winn)

"Screaming in Silence"
(4 minutes, directed by Neil Sparks)

"Covet"
(5 minutes, directed by Professor Paul DeNigris)

"Parallax"
(22 minutes, directed by Professor Paul DeNigris)

"Red Sand"
(14 minutes, directed by Caleb Evans)

Official Selections Announced!

It is our pleasure to announce the initial slate of films for our upcoming inaugural edition of the University of Advancing Technology Digital Video Festival!

"CardBoard of Duty" (7 minutes, USA)
directed by DJ Charewicz
Get ready for the most action-packed, special-effects filled short film yet to hit the big screen. 'CardBoard of Duty' takes you into the world of video games... and the world of Hacking! Join two players as they use every code they know to beat each other! It All Ends Here

 "ROTFL" (5 minutes, USA)
directed by Tara-Nicole Azarian
Electronic communication is both a blessing and a curse. According to the CDC, suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death among young people, resulting in about 4,400 deaths per year. For every suicide, there are at least 100 attempts.

"Recipe for Love" (3 minutes, Canada)
directed by Gwyneth Christoffel 
A lonely cupcake sees other couples in the kitchen enjoying each others company, and decides that she needs a friend. With no other options, she chooses to make one. She encounters a number of challenges in her work, but manages to overcome them with innovation and style. The result is a 'happily ever after' ending. 

"Still Falls the Rain" (7 minutes, UK)
directed by Miguel  Santana
Set against the backdrop of war-torn 1940s London, Stanley (Ben Walker, the Golden Compass), a homeless boy, discovers how far he must go to survive in a hostile world. But just how far will he go? After getting caught by a merciless Police Officer stealing food from a bombed house - in a time when looting could mean the death penalty, Stanley is forced to make a gut wrenching decision that will affect the rest of his life.

Congratulations to these talented student filmmakers!

Additional films, selected from the UAT Digital Video Program's output over the last year or so, will also be screened as part of the DV Festival. Future announcements will list which films will be screened.

The UAT Digital Video Festival will be held on Thursday, November 1st from 6pm until 9pm at the University of Advancing Technology, 2625 W. Baseline Road, Tempe, Arizona 85283. The event will also be livestreamed via the Internet; details to follow.

Short Delay On Notifications

We apologize for the delay in sending out notifications. Filmmakers will receive notifications of their acceptance status next week!