general info
ASDFF awards each selected film with a Certificate of Acceptance.  Supporting Festival Sponsors provide door prizes which passed on to student and teacher participants. Select prizes are awarded to filmmakers and teachers depending on donations and outside support.

Past prizes have included scholarships for film camps and high end technology trainings. Other prizes given away in the past include Apple iPods, Apple iPod shuffles, a Dell multipurpose printer, mini DV digital tapes, memory sticks, and t-shirts.

The Texas Student Union Theatre on the University of Texas at Austin campus is the host venue for the 2008 ASDFF.

  • DIVISIONS
Elementary/Middle School Division and High School Division

  • SUGGESTED SUBMISSION CATEGORIES
  • Documentary (Biographies, Historical Events, News, News Features, Mini-Documentaries)
  • Abstract / Experimental (include Music Videos, Non-Narrative)
  • Animation / Multimedia (especially for Computer Generated Video animation)
  • Short Narratives (Tells a story, can be a Mini-Drama)
  • Educational (teaches an educational concept)
  • Other (commercials, foreign language films, public service announcements)
  • ELIGIBILITY
Event participation is open to all students and teachers throughout Texas. Entries must be free of profanity and the topics should be appropriate for all ages.

Entries must not be more than two years old. Entries can be up to 5 minutes in length. Participants wanting to submit pieces longer than 5 minutes must contact ASDFF prior to submission. Pieces longer than 10 will not be accepted.

All students who wish to submit a film must have an adult sponsor from their campus. Sponsors can be teachers, administrators or parents with a valid email address.