FILM
Submit your film to the Square Lake Film & Music FestivalSubmission Deadlines
Early Bird Deadline: December 17, 2018
Regular Deadline: February 18, 2019
Late Deadline: May 20, 2019
Notification Date: July 1, 2019
Square Lake Film & Music Festival: August 10th, 2019
Submissions for the 2019 Square Lake Film & Music Festival are now CLOSED.
We no longer accepting submissions for the 2019 festival. Cash prizes will be awarded for the winning films based on feedback from our jury. We screen animation, comedic shorts, short documentary, experimental film, live action shorts, dramatic films, beautiful bizarre genre-bending concepts and more. Click on the 2017 Films link below for a sense of the films that we select for our program.
2016 Square Lake Film & Music Festival Winners
1st Place: “The Sparrow’s Flight” by Tom Schroeder
2nd Place: “Eurytus” by Leo Winstead
3rd Place: “Free Associates” by John Akre
International Prize: “Stems” by Ainslie Henderson
2014 Square Lake Film & Music Festival Winners
1st Place: “Sermon of the Serpent” by Mark Brown
2nd Place: “Totem” by Caleb Wood
3rd Place: “Kathy’s Live Bait” by Allison Herrera and Colin Kloecker
2012 Square Lake Film & Music Festival Winners
1st Place: Tom Schroeder’s “Marcel”
2nd Place: Rickshaw Films’ “Canyon of the Caves”
3rd Place: Emily Fritze’s “Frigid”
2015 Square Lake Film & Music Festival Winners
1st Place: “Sharkey” by Mark Brown
2nd Place: “Not Done Loving” by Jeff Brandt
3rd Place: “Newfound View” by Emily Fritze
International Prize: “Ideas That Are Grande” by Quique Rivera
2013 Square Lake Film & Music Festival Winners
1st place: Emily Fritze‘s “Ship of Fools”
2nd place: ($300) Caleb Wood’s “Bird Shit”
3rd place: ($200) Eric Grove’s “Keepsake, Forever More”
Honorable Mention: John Akre’s “Sheepdog Wanted”
2011 Square Lake Film & Music Festival Winners
1st Place: Tom Schroeder’s “Bike Race”
2nd Place: John Akre’s “Deer Diary”
3rd Place: Sean Skinner’s “Ellen’s Handler”
