Attention young filmmakers, the libraries of Bruce and Grey counties want your films for the return of the Grey Bruce Youth Film Festival. Submission deadline is May 13 with a screening of the selected films at the Owen Sound Galaxy Cinemas in June.

Enter for a chance to have your film included in this year’s Grey Bruce Youth Film Festival screening, and to win cash prizes. Selected films will be screened at a festival event at the Galaxy Cinema in Owen Sound (COVID-permitting), in June.  Winners will be selected by a panel of judges and announced after the screening. Films from the Grey Bruce Youth Film Festival will air on Wightman TV Channel 6 in southern Bruce and Grey Counties and may also be selected for inclusion at the Meaford International Film Festival.

Short animated or live action films of a maximum of 10 minutes in length from students in grades 7 through 12, living in Grey or Bruce County are eligible.  Application forms can be found at all participating public libraries or downloaded from www.owensound.library.on.ca. Deadline for submissions is Friday, May 13, 2022. 

For more information about the Grey Bruce Youth Film Festival, please contact Nadia Danyluk, Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library Deputy Chief Librarian at 519-376-6623 ext. 5210 or [email protected].

The 2022 Grey Bruce Youth Film Festival is organized by the Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library, with the participation and sponsorship of Galaxy Cinemas, The United Way of Bruce Grey, Richard Thomas Communications, Wightman, the Meaford International Film Festival, Bruce County Public Library, Grey Highlands Public Library, Hanover Public Library, Meaford Public Library, Southgate Public Library and West Grey Public Library.

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