[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"festival-about-8864":3},{"festival":4,"years":21,"news":24,"about":25},{"entryId":5,"urlTitle":6,"status":7,"name":8,"originalName":9,"alsoKnownAs":10,"logo":11,"logoAppearance":12,"logoOg":18,"about":19,"isManaged":20},8864,"scad-savannah-film-festival-united-states-usa","open","SCAD Savannah Film Festival","",[],"https:\u002F\u002Fimg.r.vurchel.com\u002Ffestivals\u002F_th600\u002Fodd7ntku.webp?v=e657a671",{"mode":13,"edge":14,"edgeLight":15,"plateLight":16,"plateDark":16,"crop":17,"og":17},"mono-light","#ffffff",true,"none",null,"\u002Fimg\u002F_og\u002F7720.jpg?v=e657a671","University theaters and film production spaces form the setting for the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, presented by the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia. Its competition brings together independently produced fiction and documentary features, live-action and animated shorts, and student films. The wider program includes studio premieres, gala and special screenings, conversations, panels, workshops, and tributes to filmmakers and performers. Trustees Theater and Lucas Theatre for the Arts serve as principal screening venues, with additional events at the SCAD Museum of Art, Gutstein Gallery, and other university spaces. Selected competition filmmakers receive festival passes, and industry professionals judge the competitive awards. The 2026 edition runs from 24 to 31 October 2026.",false,[22],{"year":23,"hasAwards":20,"hasSelection":15},"2018",[],{"aboutHtml":26,"countries":27,"focus":29,"categories":30,"nextDates":17,"awardsPrizes":36,"rules":37,"website":38,"contacts":39,"editDate":61},"\u003Cp>University theaters and film production spaces form the setting for the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, presented by the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia. Its competition brings together independently produced fiction and documentary features, live-action and animated shorts, and student films. The wider program includes studio premieres, gala and special screenings, conversations, panels, workshops, and tributes to filmmakers and performers.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Trustees Theater and Lucas Theatre for the Arts serve as principal screening venues, with additional events at the SCAD Museum of Art, Gutstein Gallery, and other university spaces. Selected competition filmmakers receive festival passes, and industry professionals judge the competitive awards. The 2026 edition runs from 24 to 31 October 2026.\u003C\u002Fp>",[28],"United States (USA)",[],[31,32,33,34,35],"Animation","Documentary","Feature","Short","Student","The festival presents best-of awards in its competition categories, with cash prizes in various categories. A jury of film industry professionals selects the competition awards, announced at the awards brunch during the festival's closing weekend.\n\nThe Katie Spikes Legacy Scholarship is a jury-awarded cash prize of more than US$7,500 for a SCAD student documentary short. The program also includes audience awards and juried honors for professional, student, animated, Global Shorts Forum, and Shorts Spotlight films.","2026 submission rules\n\nEntries for the 2026 edition are closed. These conditions apply to that edition.\n\nEligibility and distribution\n\nFilms must be completed after 1 August 2025, subject to the specific SCAD documentary scholarship conditions below. Earlier festival screenings and films in the process of obtaining distribution are considered. Competition films must not have a theatrical release, digital downloads, or public streaming before the end of the 2026 festival.\n\nScreeners and submissions\n\nSubmit an online screener in English or with English subtitles. Closed captions are appreciated. Passwords must be correct and remain usable: the festival notifies applicants of a failed password, and a film is not considered if an updated password is not received within the allotted time. Third-party submitters must provide the filmmaker's contact details, including a telephone number; selected filmmakers are contacted directly.\n\nWorks in progress are considered, but films should be submitted in their most complete state. A second and final screener may be supplied only once after the initial submission, only at the festival's request, and by 31 July. Accepted competition films must provide a direct, password-protected Vimeo link for judging.\n\nCategories\n\nNarrative Features: independently produced narrative features, considered for storytelling, writing, direction, acting, cinematography, and editing.\n\nDocumentary Features: nonfiction features considered on their individual merits, including films addressing current events, environmental issues, and other subjects.\n\nNarrative Shorts: professionally produced narrative shorts of no more than 40 minutes. Films completed for a university or film-school program belong in a student category. Senior programmers may place films in themed shorts blocks.\n\nDocumentary Shorts: professionally produced documentary shorts of no more than 40 minutes. Films made for a degree program belong in a student category. Senior programmers may place films in themed shorts blocks.\n\nAnimated Shorts: professional animation, including hand-drawn, stop-motion, and digital techniques. Student animation and projects completed for a degree program are excluded from this category. Films may be considered for themed shorts blocks.\n\nStudent Shorts: live-action narrative or documentary shorts directed and produced by students for university or film-school degree requirements. SCAD student narrative shorts and documentary shorts by students at other institutions must enter this category. Films may also be considered for themed shorts blocks.\n\nStudent Animated Shorts: animation directed and produced by students for university or film-school degree requirements; films may also be considered for themed shorts blocks.\n\nSCAD Student Film — Katie Spikes Scholarship: live-action documentary shorts directed and produced by current SCAD students for their degree program. Projects must be completed between 1 August 2025 and 30 June 2026 and directed by a SCAD student. Submit a current SCAD student ID, a short statement about the project's origins, a detailed expense budget, shooting timeline, and additional supporting documentation as a PDF to sbolda@scad.edu, with “Spikes Scholarship” in the email subject. Works in progress may be considered, but final versions must be complete by 15 July; no extensions or exceptions are granted.\n\nDeadlines, fees, and waivers\n\nThe 2026 FilmFreeway submission calendar opens on 5 January; its deadlines are 30 March (early bird), 1 June (regular), 30 June (late), and 17 July (extended). Screeners must be uploaded by the selected deadline; late uploads are disqualified and require submission at the appropriate fee.\n\nFees below are in US dollars, ordered early bird \u002F regular \u002F late \u002F extended. Narrative Features and Documentary Features: standard $20 \u002F $25 \u002F $30 \u002F $40; FilmFreeway Gold $15 \u002F $17.50 \u002F $20 \u002F $30. Documentary Shorts and Animated Shorts: standard $20 \u002F $25 \u002F $30 \u002F $40; Gold $15 \u002F $20 \u002F $25 \u002F $30. Narrative Shorts: standard $20 \u002F $25 \u002F $30 \u002F $40; Gold $15 \u002F $20 \u002F $25 \u002F $33.50. Student Shorts and Student Animated Shorts: standard $15 \u002F $20 \u002F $25 \u002F $35; Gold $10 \u002F $12.50 \u002F $17.50 \u002F $22.50. The SCAD Student Film — Katie Spikes Scholarship category is free at every deadline.\n\nWaivers are by invitation only; unsolicited waiver requests are not accepted. SCAD students, SCAD alumni, and festival alumni must request a waiver code from sbolda@scad.edu before submitting through FilmFreeway. Submission fees are nonrefundable.\n\nExhibition and judging\n\nAll competition films must be supplied as DCPs, regardless of their original format. No other exhibition format is accepted. Subtitles must be embedded in the film file. Filmmakers supply their own DCP by uploading it to the festival's secure server. Presentation scheduling is at the festival's discretion and may change.\n\nA panel of active industry professionals judges the competition. Awards are at the judges' sole discretion; a committee appointed by the festival director makes any necessary rulings. Awards are announced at the awards brunch during the closing weekend.\n\nThe rules give filmmaker notification as on or around 14 September 2026, subject to change, while the platform's calendar lists 15 September. Applicants are asked not to contact organizers for a status update before 14 September. Requests contingent on premiere status are considered as far as possible.","https:\u002F\u002Ffilmfest.scad.edu\u002F",[40,44,47,50,54,57],{"type":41,"value":42,"note":43},"Email","mweichma@scad.edu","Meg Weichman, artistic manager; programming inquiries",{"type":41,"value":45,"note":46},"crouthier@scad.edu","Christina Routhier, senior executive director",{"type":41,"value":48,"note":49},"sbolda@scad.edu","Sheila Bolda, competition programmer; SCAD and festival alumni waiver codes; Katie Spikes Scholarship",{"type":51,"value":52,"note":53},"Website","https:\u002F\u002Ffilmfest.scad.edu\u002Ffestival\u002Fsubmit-your-film","Competition information and submission guidelines",{"type":51,"value":55,"note":56},"https:\u002F\u002Ffilmfreeway.com\u002FSCADSavannahFilmFestival","Official submission platform and full rules",{"type":58,"value":59,"note":60},"Address","216 E. Broughton St., Savannah, Georgia 31401, United States","Festival office, as listed on the official submission platform",1792504536]