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Media Fest Entry Form

Welcome Back! The 2021 Media Fest is Friday, May 14th, 2021 at 6pm online.
Submissions Due: Tusday May 4th, by 5pm.

Cal State San Marcos Student Media Festival Entry Form

We are now accepting entries for the 2021 Media Fest. The deadline for submissions is 5:00 PM Tuesday,  May 4th, 2021. Students have until 11:00 PM on Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 to upload their files.  Please submit and upload your entry early due to the time it takes to upload and to avoid any technical issues.

Regulations & Eligibility:

  1. All CSUSM student work, from every university department, may be submitted for review and for the potential for Official Selection in the festival which may include cash and gift awards. 
  2. Work may include projects made at CSUSM over the last two (20-21 and 19-20) academic years.
  3. Fill out the form below. Please double check that you have filled in every question.
  4. Upon correct completion of the entry form, you will be emailed directions on now to send your media file digitally; no DVD's or tapes will be accepted.
  5. Maximum length of films is 15 minutes. 
  6. No entries will be accepted after the deadline on 5:00 PM Tuesday, May 4th, 2021. 
  7. Students have until 11:00 PM on Wednesday, May 5th, 2021 to upload their files. 
  8. The jury shall consist of distinguished students, alumni, teachers, community leaders, and members of the media (jury to be announced).
  9. We encourage early entry into the festival; getting your work to programmers early can be a good strategy for acceptance into this (and other) festivals.
  10. Students can submit multiple entries.
  11. If your work is chosen for the festival, you must attend. Make plans now to make May 14th, 6 – 10pm free.

The CSUSM Student Media Festival brings together hundreds of students, families, faculty, the community, and professional media makers in a powerful celebration that presents, celebrates, publicizes, shares, and archives the innovative media projects being produced by students at CSUSM. Students have landed work as a result of their exposure at the festival and gone onto careers in media and media-related fields.

Awards and prizes compete in categories which may include:

  • Best Interactive Media
  • Best Social Justice Project
  • Best Fiction Narrative
  • Best Documentary
  • Best Experimental Film
  • Best Editing
  • Best Sound Design
  • Audience Award

For further information contact:  mediafestival@csusm.edu

Over the years, the  Media Festival has received support from the School of Arts, the CHABBS Dean's Office, IITS, the Communication Department, Film Studies, the History Department, Literature and Writing, the Instructionally Related Activities Fund, the Media Makers Program, and Mr. Taco 2.

Check out the 2020 FINALISTS!

To enter, please fill out the form below and click "SUBMIT FORM". You will receive further instructions after your submission is appoved.

One submission per entry form please.

Only entries using campus email (username@cougars.csusm.edu) will be accepted.

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