UIL Young Filmmakers Festival

The UIL Young Filmmakers Festival is the University Interscholastic League's statewide film contest for academically eligible high school students at UIL member schools. Student teams make films with no set theme in four categories: narrative, documentary, digital animation and traditional animation, with time limits of three to seven minutes for live action and up to three minutes for animation. Each school may enter three films per category, and teachers may advise but not write, shoot or edit. Entries are judged in rounds, and state finalists are screened and ranked first through sixth at the state festival in Austin. Entry is free. For 2026–27, films are due January 9, 2027, and state awards are tentatively set for February 24–25, 2027.

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