Shorties U is back for 2025!
Filmmaking workshop for kids in grades 5-8
Application Link and Workshop info is below.
Shorties-U Filmmaking Workshop for Kids
Shorties U is an engaging four-week filmmaking workshop for youth in grades 5-8. Led by area film experts, this creative learning experience takes students through the steps of creating their own short films – including how to develop a story, write a script, shoot on a budget and film editing. By the end of the workshop, students will have created a short film (under 8 min.) that will premier at our Shorties U film screening. Our classes will run the four Saturdays of February from 9 am-Noon (Feb. 1, 8, 15, 22, 2025)-The workshop fee is $110.
STEPS FOR REGISTRATION:
Complete the online APPLICATION FORM (<-Link)
Your application will be reviewed by our mentor committee, by Jan. 10th you
will be notified if you are accepted to the workshop or placed on a waitlist.
If accepted to the workshop, you will be linked to the class registration and payment website.
Here is a link to previous Shorties U workshop videos (and our Tree City Film Festival films)
Our refund policy
Tree City Film Festival
November 2, 2024
Nederhouser Hall, Olander Park -Mingle at 6 wih pizza and local brews, movies at 7
Tickets are $8 available at the door!
or sold through 3common
The 50 Hr Film Challenge films premiered at the Tree City Film Festival on Nov. 2, 2024 at Nederhouser Hall in Olander Park. Eight local talented and creative filmmakers produced fun, exciting, creative and thoughtful films that the audience were thrilled to view. The teams were celebrated along with several films produced during this years Jr. Shorties U filmmaking class.
Congratulations to the winners and all the of the teams for the great artistic contributions to the film festival. AWARDS for our 2024 Film Festival are…
The Arch Award, “You’re Not Seeing Things”
Spirit of Sylvania Award, “Golden Days”
Audience Choice and Second Place Award, “MAQ”
First Place Award, “Fist Full of Pearls”
You can see all of the films and our archived films on youtube.
Thank you to our Tree City Film Festival Sponsors!
Please support our sponsors, they make all the difference in what we can do for the arts in Sylvania!
The 13th Annual Tree City Film Festival-50 Hour Film Challenge-2025
The 13th annual Tree City Film Festival’s 50-hour Challenge is an exciting and intense weekend that invited teams of professional, student, non-professional, and even “armchair” filmmakers to write, shoot, edit, and premiere their own short films in just 50 hours.
Teams start the challenge at the kickoff meeting on the evening of September 12th, where they receive a series of elements that must be incorporated into their film – things like a particular genre, prop, line of dialogue, character name, and shooting location. After the allotted 50 hours of the weekend are over and the films accepted, they are juried by a guest panel of judges.
Registration will open in July/August
Film making rules are found at the link below.
Join us for the film screening on November 8th at the Tree City Film Festival 6pm at Nederhouser Hall at Olander Park in Sylvania. Pizza, popcorn, local brews and the best local films in Sylvania. Awards will be given for first place ($500), second place ($250), and audience choice ($100).
Tickets for the Film Festival will be on sale near the event time.
Until then you can see ALL the films made for our film related programming by clicking here - enjoy these movies made by and for people in our community!
TEAMS: If you are on a film team, you can find the rules using the button below. Remember to use the hashtag #treecityfilmfestival2025 and tag us on social media so we can follow your filmmaking fun on filming weekend!
