1. Any film medium or genre is accepted. Be creative! You can create anything from an animation to a documentary. Find something you would enjoy creating a film about and run with it!
2. Content Restrictions: Do not promote discrimination, harm, or violence towards any individual or group. Be all-age appropriate (G-PG). For more information on things to avoid, see here.
3. Time Requirement: The film should be 5 minutes or less.
4. Originality: All work must be your own or your group’s. You may use others’ music or songs, but they must be credited. AI is only permitted to help with ideas or to generate your music (but must be credited if used). The script must be entirely written by you or your group. You may adapt the script from a book, movie, series, short story, poem, myth/legend, etc., but it must be in your own words.
5. Credits: Include credits in your final film submission. Name all participants and their role in the creation of the film. If unoriginal content (such as music) was used, it must be included in the credits.

The Digital Media Club has the right to exclude films from judging if they violate the above guidelines.

Film submissions will open March 1, 2025. Information on how to submit your film will be posted on this page then.

All films must be submitted no later than April 7, 2025 to be considered for prize money.

A version of each film without credits will be submitted to the judge to restrict biases.
Once all films are submitted, the judges will assign each film a score out of 20 points based on the topics below. The film’s final score will be the total of each judge’s score (out of 60). Ties are broken by the judges’ vote. The judges are three MBA faculty and staff: Dr. Farhoumand, Mr. McAlister, and Mr. Markham.

Originality/Creativity: 0-8 points
Storytelling/Plot: 0-8 points
Technical (Editing, Audio): 0-4 points

We are looking for thoughtful films with a unique and interesting plot. The guidelines are intentionally left open-ended: we want to see what you come up with!

Prize money will be given to the top three highest scoring films.

First Place - $300
Second Place - $200
Third Place - $100

Students will be contacted about their film’s standing on April 21, 2025 and how to pick up prize money if their film ranked in the top three.

Due to recent changes, we will not be able to host filmmaking workshops over the weekend. MBA students should check the daily announcements for workshops during breaks.