Join Us for the Second Annual
WashU Film Festival
2nd Annual Festival
Sponsored by the WashU Film Club, with support from WashU’s Program in Film and Media Studies, the WashU Film Festival seeks to highlight the best in collegiate filmmaking from across the country.
Hosted at Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
Categories for Submission:
NARRATIVE SHORT
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
UNDER FIVE MINUTES
WASHU STUDENT FILM
SUBMIT TODAY
WashU Film Festival is currently accepting submissions through FilmFreeway until August 1st, 2025.
All submitted films will be eligible for the Festival’s Grand Prize, the Golden Bunny, named after WashU’s infamous “Thinker Bunny” statue.
Please visit us on FilmFreeway to submit your film(s) and view our eligibility guidelines. Current WashU students may submit films free of charge.
Films will be selected for inclusion in the festival by a board of student programmers and film majors. Entrants will be notified by August 16th, 2025 of their selection in the festival. During the festival weekend, category winners will be voted on by a panel of film and media professors and community film professionals. Regardless of acceptance, all entrants are invited to attend the festival, hosted on campus at Washington University in St. Louis.
2025 Festival Committee
FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
LEAD PROGRAMMER
OUTREACH COORDINATOR
Abigail Brinkmeyer
Progga Ahmed
Luc Neacy
FILMMAKER INTERFACE
FUNDRAISING
Noah Schechter
Merritt Crumpton
Sanjna Pandit
PROGRAMMING TEAM
Jared Berger, Dania Backal, Danny Graziano, Claire Redick, Marielle Morrow, Cole Bernstein
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Judging Process
Meet the Judges
Additional Judges to be announced soon!
