SUNY Niagara Film & Animation Festival

Also known as: NCCC Film & Animation Festival

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2019

The SUNY Niagara Film & Animation Festival, formerly the NCCC Film & Animation Festival, has run since 1998 on the Sanborn, New York campus of SUNY Niagara, the former Niagara County Community College. Its international competition is open to students, amateurs and professionals, with films of up to 20 minutes judged in seven categories: animation, comedy, documentary, drama, experimental, horror and music video.

Separate "716" awards are reserved for Western New York filmmakers: Best High School Student Film, Best College Student Film and Best of the Festival, together with scholarships for the best regional high school student film and animation. The festival is sponsored by the college's Digital Media and Animation departments, its Digital Filmmakers Club and the Office of Student Life, and the day also includes free workshops and a keynote talk. The dates for the 2025 edition are 3 May 2025, 11:00 to 17:00.

Country

United States (USA)

Focus

Animation, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Experimental, Horror, Music

Awards and prizes

International competition: a $200 first prize in each of seven categories - Animation, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Experimental, Horror and Music Video. 716 awards for Western New York filmmakers: Best High School Student Film, Best College Student Film and Best of the Festival, $100 each, plus two $2,000 scholarships for the best Western New York high school student film and animation.

Festival rules

The festival is open to students, amateurs and professionals. Films are submitted through FilmFreeway. Films must be original productions made within the past three years, and entrants confirm that they hold the rights to all material used. Entrants may submit up to two films in each of the seven competition categories: documentary, comedy, drama, music video, experimental, animation and horror. Films run a maximum of 20 minutes; longer films are judged on the first 20 minutes. Films are judged on creativity, originality, production aesthetics and overall quality. A film that won at a previous edition cannot be submitted again.

Contacts

sunyniagara.edu
filmfreeway.com — Film submissions on FilmFreeway