Call for Submissions

Highbridge Film Festival Now Accepting Film Submissions for 2024

WILMORE, Ky. (February 9, 2024) - We are now accepting film submissions for the 2024 Highbridge Film Festival, April 12-13. Our online submission process is ready for your 2024 film entries.

To enter the Festival, Asbury student filmmakers, and high school filmmaker in the region, can visit the submission section of the Highbridge website for instructions and the link to the online form.

  • To prepare your film submission, please read the file specification and upload instructions (PDF) posted on the website
  • Then complete the online submission process (access requires you to login with your Asbury user ID and password).
  • High school filmmakers can visit the high school submission section of the website for film upload instructions and a submission form to be e-mailed to us.
  • The entry fee is $15 for all films submitted.

The university student submission deadline is Friday, March 29, 2024.

The high school submissions deadline is Monday, March 25, 2024.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Festival Director, Todd Wold via email (todd.wold@asbury.edu).

New for this year’s high School submissions: In partnership with the Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (the Emmy Award organization), the best high school film award includes submission to the Student Production Awards competition. The best high school film award also includes a $1000 scholarship for Asbury University.

SAVE THE DATE: The Highbridge Film Festival showcase event is planned for April 13, 2024, at 7 p.m. in Hughes Auditorium on the Asbury University Campus in Wilmore Kentucky. Information on programming for the festival and ticket sales coming soon.

We look forward to seeing your films!

About Highbridge Film Festival

The Highbridge Film Festival began nearly two decades ago as a vehicle for Asbury University’s School of Communication Arts to showcase student films and encourage visual storytelling. Each year the festival selects about a dozen student films and provides a venue for special presentations from Communication Arts and a panel of judges drawn from the film and television industry. The film festival is entirely produced and promoted through the combined efforts of the School of Communication Arts’ Special Events class and student volunteers. 2024 marks the 20th edition of the festival, which has grown into a nationally recognized collegiate film festival delighting audiences and attracting wide-ranging interest from the film industry.