STANFORD UNIVERSITY'S
SANDBOX FILM FEST
April 22 - 24th, 2022
STANFORD UNIVERSITY'S
SANDBOX FILM FEST
April 22 - 24th, 2022
HOW
IT
WORKS
PREPARATION & KICKOFF
Before the film fest, you can form your team of four or sign up to be matched with others. At the kickoff, your team will randomly pick prompts from a set of three categories. You have to use at least two of them in your film.
WRITING, SHOOTING, & EDITING
After kickoff, you have 48 hours to write, shoot, and edit your film. Your team members must be the main contributors to the creation of the film, though you may recruit household members to help out. All participants must follow social distancing protocols and Covid safety guidelines.
SCREENING & AWARDS
The collection of films will be premiered in-person the day after the submission deadline, and the audience will vote on awards immediately after. Winners will be announced once the short voting period is over.
SPRING 2022
Kickoff: 6:00PM - 7:00PM PST, April 22nd
Deadline: 6:00PM PST, April 24th
Screening + Awards: 6:00PM - 8:00PM PST, April 24th
Registration is now open! Sign up as an individual or as a team. You will also be asked to provide prompts for the festival as well.
SIGN UPSPRING
AWARDS
CLASSIC AWARDS
Sand d'Or, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Cinematography
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The Sandbox Film Fest was started in 2018 with the goal of empowering people to engage in collaborative creativity. With participation from over 50 students, both new and experienced, the festival has produced 19 short films over four events.
Winston Liao
Winston is a designer, engineer, and filmmaker based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is currently studying mechatronics at Stanford University with the goal of developing technologies that facilitate joyful interactions and meaningful connections.
Portfolio ↗Robert Muni
Robert is a senior studying Film with a concentration in screenwriting. His favorite genres to watch and write are dark comedy and magical realism.
Vimeo ↗Jack Virnich
Jack is an experimental filmmaker from Denver, Colorado and a graduate of the Film & Media studies department at Stanford. Jack loves horror movies and the Japanese new wave. His favorite movie is Under the Skin.
YouTube ↗Jason McRuer
Jason has been writing, directing, shooting, and editing short films since 2012. Having learned most of his skills by messing around on projects, he has loved the rapid growth that has come from these intense, adrenaline-packed weekends of filmmaking.
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