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🎬 Submit Your Film to The Newbie Film Festival
We invite filmmakers from around the world — especially first-time and emerging creators — to submit their films to The Newbie Film Festival, where new voices are seen, heard, and celebrated.
Our mission is to spotlight powerful storytelling that inspires, challenges, and connects communities through film.
Whether this is your first project or your next breakthrough, we welcome your vision.
Why Submit to The Newbie Film Festival
✔ Built specifically for first-time and emerging filmmakers
✔ Faith-friendly and purpose-driven storytelling welcomed
✔ Awards & recognition
✔ Panel exposure and education
✔ Networking with industry professionals
✔ Pathway into The Newbie Film Academy ecosystem
Selected filmmakers receive exclusive opportunities to connect with The Newbie Film Academy for training, mentorship, and distribution pathways.
We welcome submissions from:
• First-time filmmakers
• Independent creators
• Student filmmakers
• Faith-based and purpose-driven storytellers
• International filmmakers
• Underrepresented voices
If your film has heart, meaning, and a story worth telling — we want to see it.
🏆Best Experimental / Creative
🏆 Best First-Time Filmmaker
🏆 Best Faith-Based Short Film
🏆 Best Documentary
🏆 Best Narrative Film
🏆 Best Youth Film
🏆 Audience Choice Award
• Films must be completed within the last 3 years
• Submissions must be original work
• English subtitles required for non-English films
• Digital submissions only
• Trailers encouraged
• One submission per entry
Members receive guided sessions, downloadable resources, and l feedback from industry mentors.