Young Filmmaker

Introduction

The Young Filmmaker Competition is organised and promoted by Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (Rotary GB&I).

There are three stages to the competition, each designed to support and encourage the development of filmmaking skills. Some stages may have more than one round.

Aims and Objectives

The competition aims to encourage young people to:

• experiment with filmmaking
• use digital and/or traditional methods of filmmaking
• demonstrate interpretation of the topic
• express ideas through filmmaking

Who can take part?

The competition is open to all schools and college communities and those who are home educated, along with any other young peoples’ community organisations, for example, community RotaKids, community Interact, Scout Groups, Girl Guides.

There are three age groups:

• Junior   7 to 10 years old
• Intermediate 11 to 13 years old
• Senior 14 to 17 years old

Entrants must not exceed the upper age parameter for each group on 31 August 2023. 

With the age qualifying date of 31st August 2022, it should be noted that some junior entrants may be 11, intermediate entrants may be 14 and some senior entrants may be 18 at the time of some or all the stage competitions i.e. a competitor who may be 17 on 31st August but turns 18 on 1st September is allowed to enter. Competitors must include their age on the application form.

For further information, download the Poster , the complete Information Pack   here  

and the Entry Form