The 2011 Student Horror Film Festival is on

The 6th Annual Student Horror Film Festival is a student exclusive competition whereby teams throughout the Lehigh Valley and beyond compete for cash and prizes to have their 6-minute film selected to be shown at the Emmaus Theater in front of a live audience. Students register on October 13th, 2011 at 6:00 pm for the festival, and are given a 2-hour educational seminar on studio tips and tricks such as lighting, sound and editing by professional in the industry. After the seminar the team leaders are asked to come forward to receive a copy of the rules, regulations and script outlines. The students then have 96-hours to conceptualize, write, shoot and edit their final films. If you cannot make this kickoff the rules are posted on our site.

The goals and objectives of this project are to provide students an outlet to compete against one another in a creative and fast paced atmosphere. With so much technology available, the students/children are given an outlet to express their creative individuality, receive pier recognition and promote teamwork within a project environment.

Final films are then judged and shown in the Emmaus theater on October 30th at 2:00 pm with an award cermony following.

Categories are Best Middle School and Best High School Division. Go to http://www.emmausarts.org/ for more ino.

The 2009 Lehigh Valley Student Horror Film Festival is over!

Judging has taken place and congratulations to all the students who participated. The finalists will be posted on Monday, October 19th. The final films will be shown on October 24th at 2:00 pm at Eyer Middle School in Macungie.

This year, schools from the Lehigh Valley and beyond competed and the most dominating school district was East Penn School District. EPSD had the most entries of any school in the Lehigh Valley! We're disappointed more districts didn't get behind this great event for their kids. We utilized social networks, press releases, sent out flyers and post cards to all the schools in the Lehigh Valley.

This is an open event for all High School and Middle Schools to compete in a film festival for cash and prizes, who wouldn't want to be in such an event? This provides students the opportunity to express themselves creatively, work together to meet deadlines and promotes teamwork. Teachers should be jumping at this opportunity to promote their schools and their students!

We really need to understand why there is a disconnect with all the teachers in the Lehigh Valley with the Student Horror Film Festival. If we can’t get more teachers and schools to jump at this opportunity after 5 years of this event -- then only a few kids benefit from the experience instead of the hundreds who should.

Each and every year we get the same responses from both parents and students “This was a great event, my child had a great time, they had sleepovers and really enjoyed doing this assignment.” http://www.emmausarts.org/

October 8th is the Scariest Day of the Year

Well the day is upon us when high school and middle school students compete for cash and prizes creating the best horror film for our 5th Annual event. The event is 96-hours and only the strong will survive. BAVT will be defending their 1st place finish along with Lower Macungie Middle School; can another school surface and dethrone the champions? I would like to thank all the special donations we received from Altered Nightmares, Fangoria magazine, Metromix, Moviemaker magazine, Just Born, and our major sponsors. If you know of any high school or middle school that would like to participate go to www.emmausarts.org for more info.