The 2023 Hope Film Challenge supports student filmmakers in producing short film content (30-90 seconds) to practice their craft and further develop their storytelling capabilities in telling stories featuring hope and resilience.
To qualify, you must be enrolled in high school or middle school, work with a mentor at your school, and submit a video.
The mentor can be a teacher, counselor, administrator, or coach.
The Hope Film Grant Winner will receive $2,000 to be split between the Student ($1,000) and their Mentor ($1,000).
The Hope Givers Storytelling Award Winner will receive $1,000 to be split between the Student ($500) and their Mentor ($500).
Winner will receive a copy of Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve Software. DaVinci Resolve is a color grading, color correction, visual effects, and audio post-production video editing application for macOS, Windows, and Linux, developed by Blackmagic Design.
What are we looking for?
Short answer is everything!
- Anxiety
- Body Image
- War
- Rural Stories
- Depression
- Self-care
- Disability Inclusion
- Substance Misuse & Recovery
- Athletes / Mental Health
- Gun Violence
- Grief & Loss
EXAMPLES OF WINNING FILMS
SAMPLE FILMS: These student films below appear in our Hope Givers Season 2 Youth Across America segments
Example 1: Hope Givers S2, Episode 1: Levi Waters, (Disability is Not Inability)
Example 2: Hope Givers S1, Episode 3: Mabelen Bonafacio (Better Late Than Never)
Example 3: Hope Givers S2, Episode 3: Giselle Corona (Escaping Reality)
Example 4 : Hope Givers S2, Episode 2: Trey Stakland (Music)
2023 Hope Film Challenge Timeline:
Submissions open: November 2023
Submissions close: March 2024
Finalists: May 1, 2024
Awards Ceremony : Summer 2024 (Location TBD)
