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100% of your contribution will be awarded to our winning filmmakers and make an impact in their lives.
Now Accepting Entries!
2024 ANIM8 Student Film Festival
The After Hours Film Society invites all students to participate in "ANIM8," our 21st annual student film festival. To comply, entrants must be students and must submit completed animation or experimental films with running times of 8 minutes or less for our consideration. All submissions will be judged by film professionals and educators who have a knowledge of and respect for creativity, originality, ambition, and determination. Winning entries will be presented in a virtual program in October 2024. Generous cash prizes will be awarded to the Best of Show, Awards of Excellence, and Merit award recipients.
Eligible entries by be submitted electronically by visiting
Entry deadline: June 15, 2024
Late deadline: July 13, 2024
No applications accepted after August 2, 2022
Late deadline: July 13, 2024
No applications accepted after August 2, 2022
After Hours Film Society's
Anim8 Student Film Festival
After Hours Film Society presents Anim8, its 20th annual student film festival. The virtual program not only to ensures your safety, but also enables access to everyone who wants to see this exciting compilation of films.
Sixty-four students from 14 countries competed for awards this year and the entries were stellar! The top nineteen submissions, as selected by the judges, are at the heart of the festival. What you’ll see are the efforts of students of all ages – what you’ll get is an insightful and intimate look at the issues they are facing: themes like discovering love, finding acceptance, overcoming fear, and dealing with loss – it is all here!
Click the link above to watch the award-winning films in the After Hours Film Society's 2023 Anim8 Student Film Festival. We hope you will enjoy the show!
Sixty-four students from 14 countries competed for awards this year and the entries were stellar! The top nineteen submissions, as selected by the judges, are at the heart of the festival. What you’ll see are the efforts of students of all ages – what you’ll get is an insightful and intimate look at the issues they are facing: themes like discovering love, finding acceptance, overcoming fear, and dealing with loss – it is all here!
Click the link above to watch the award-winning films in the After Hours Film Society's 2023 Anim8 Student Film Festival. We hope you will enjoy the show!