Directing Change Student Film Scholarship
Scholarship Sponsored by Directing Change
To participate, you must be a youth or young adult in the following categories:
HIGH SCHOOL or YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT
To enter as a High School Student or Youth and Young Adult ages 12-25 you must meet one of these two requirements:
A) Be associated with a high school located in California and be in grades 9-12. Any high school in California is eligible, including but not limited to: public, private, charter, alternative, and home schools OR
B) Be between the ages of 12 and 25 and associated with a college, university, club, community-based organization (e.g. a chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention or NAMI), or other agency or program in California. If you are 12-14 and in middle school, you must submit as a middle school student.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
To enter as a Middle School Student, you must meet all these requirements:
A) You may only submit to the Walk in Our Shoes or Hope & Justice categories
B) You must be in middle school and your middle school must be located in California
C) You must have an adult advisor, such as a principal, teacher, or counselor
Note: If you are an organization (not a school) that works with middle-school-aged youth, contact us to discuss how you can participate.
Submission Deadline – Midnight PST on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 – For every submission category, EXCEPT non-60 second film submissions in the Hope & Justice category.
60-second films in the Hope & Justice category must also be submitted by midnight on March 1, 2022 to be eligible to compete with all other statewide submissions in that category.