ASDFF awards each selected film with a Certificate of Acceptance. Supporting Festival Sponsors provide prizes which are 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 was the host venue for the 2008 ASDFF. The last festival, ASDFF 2009, was held at the theater at Reagan High School. This year the festival is exclusively online, with online submission and judging.
  • DIVISIONS
Elementary/Middle School Division, High School Division and, new this year, Teacher 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 videos longer than 5 minutes must contact ASDFF prior to submission. Videos longer than 10 minutes will not be accepted.

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