10 Day Film Challenge - The #1 high school film festival in the nation

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'Love at Second Sight' - Southern Reg HS
Wins NATION'S BEST FILM for 2017
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'Love at Second Sight' - Southern Reg HS
Wins BEST FILM in NJ for 2017

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'Dearest Anonymous' - Hauppauge HS
Wins BEST FILM in NY for 2017
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'Run' - North Penn High School
Wins BEST FILM in PA for 2017
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'The Ultimate A Team' - Clear Springs TX
Wins BEST FILM in 'Multi-State' 2017
See all the Multi-State Award Winners

What is the 10 Day? Watch our 1-min video

Where do I sign up to be a part of the 2016 Challenge?
Any school from any state can sign up. 100% free.

2017 registration ends January 31, 2017

2017 Sponsors and Partners

NYFA emphasizes coursework based around students actually going out and shooting films as part of their coursework. Students write, produce, direct, and edit their own original films while also serving as crew on their fellow classmates’ films to gain extensive on-set experience. 2-yr, 4yr, Masters, Summer Camps all available at NYFA.

SOCAPA is one of the premier visual and performing arts programs and summer film camps for young people in the world. Based out of NY, and with summer programs in VT, they can be a great choice for continuing your filmmaking dreams each and every summer.

ROWAN
UNIVERSITY
College of Communications
and Creative Arts located in New Jersey supports the 10 Day in 2017. An area leader in Film & Video Production.

DREXEL
UNIVERSITY
College of Media Arts & Design is a proud sponsor. For careers in Film & Video production, Drexel University, in Philadelphia PA, is a great place to start.

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
THEATRE, FILM AND MEDIA ARTS DEPARTMENT
One of the top film schools in the nation, located in Phila PA, proudly supports the 10 Day Film Challenge.

UPENN Cinema Studies and the Kinoki Senior Society proudly support our non-profit Arts Equality, Inc.

The 2016 National Finals Ceremony

The 2016 National Finals were held June 12, 2016 in Philadelphia

New York 2017 Participants: Statewide Challenge

White Plains High School; Ossining High School; Westlake High School; Tottenville High School; Dobbs Ferry High School; Academy for Careers in Television and Film; Arlington High School*; Forest Hills High School; Hauppauge High School; Beacon High School, Huntington High School, Ellenville High School; Talent Unlimited High School; Information Technology High School; Red Hook High School; East Hampton High School; Islip High School; Orange-Ulster BOCES High School; Wilson Tech - Western Suffolk BOCES; New Paltz High School; General Douglas MacArthur High School; Saugerties High School

Pennsylvania 2017 Participants: Statewide Challenge

Spring-Ford High School, Perkiomen Valley High School; Maritime Academy; Central Bucks South High School; Conrad Weiser High School; Esperanza Academy Charter High School; Pennsbury High School; Conestoga High School; Northeast High School; Springfield Township High School; William Tennent High School; Parkland High School; Science Leadership Academy; Phoenixville High School; West Philadelphia High School; Samuel Fels High School; Creative and Performing Arts High School; Garnet Valley High School; North Penn High School; Pottstown High School; Harry S. Truman High School; Wissahickon High School; Thomas Edison High School; Middle Bucks Institute of Technology*; Kennett High School, Methacton High School; Norristown High School; Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, Central Bucks High School East; Germantown Academy; Upper Moreland High School; Roxborough High School

New Jersey 2017 Participants: Statewide Challenge

Lenape High School, Piscataway High School; Absegami High School; Seneca High School, Northern Burlington County Regional High School; Hammonton High School; Gloucester County Institute of Technology High School; Delran High School; Wall High School; Cherokee High School; Pascack Valley High School; Cinnaminson High School; Raritan High School; St. Joseph's High School; Woodstown High School, Monroe Township High School; Henry Hudson High School; Warren Hills High School; Hunterdon Central High School; Oakcrest High School; New Brunswick High School; Cape May County Technical High School; Southern Regional High School*, Rancocas Valley High School; Camden County Technical High School; West Orange High School, Camden County Technical High School - Pennsauken Campus; Schalick High School; Egg Harbor Township High School; Essex County - Bloomfield Tech; Collingswood High School; Atlantic County Institute of Technology; Timber Creek High School, Allentown High School; Clearview Regional High School; Mahwah High School

Multi-State 2017 Participants: Multi-State Challenge

Alabama ~ Lee High School;
Arizona ~ Prescott High School; South Mountain High School; Metro Tech High School
California ~ Royal High School;
Connecticut ~ Middletown High School;
Delaware ~ Cab Calloway School of the Arts
Florida ~ Mainland High School; New Smyrna Beach High School; Countryside High School;
Clearwater High School; Osceola Fundamental HIgh School
Indiana ~ Porter County Career Center; Jasper High School
Iowa ~ Okoboji High School
Kansas ~ Great Bend High School; Atchison High School
Maine ~ Hancock County Technical Center, Forest CTE Center; Mid-Maine Technical Center
Massachusetts ~ Quincy High School, Plymouth High School; Barnstable High School; Waltham High School
Michigan ~ Groves High School; Lakeland High School
New Hampshire ~ Salem High School; Nashua Technology Center - Nashua High School South
Ohio ~ Perry High School; Hoover High School; Hilliard Innovative Learning Center; Fort Hayes Career Center
Rhode Island ~ Barrington High School;
South Carolina ~ Bluffton High School, River Bluff High School;
South Dakota ~ Beresford High School;
Texas ~ Hendrickson High School; Clear Brook High School; Galena Park High School; Clear Falls High School; Manvel High School; Clear Springs High School; Clear Lake High School; Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Senior High School; Glenda Dawson High School
Utah - Murray High School;
Vermont ~ Southwest Vermont Career Development Center*, Stafford Technical Center
Virginia ~ West Potomac Academy;
Wisconsin ~ Milton High School;

* denotes defending Challenge Champion

Click on the map to find your state's 10 Day Film Challenge

New Jersey 2016 Participants: Statewide Challenge

Mahwah High School, St. Joseph's High School, Cherokee High School, Northern Burlington High School, Southern Regional High School*, Raritan High School, Absegami High School, Timber Creek High School, Lenape High School, Oakcrest High School, Warren Hills High School, Woodstown High School, Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Cinnaminson High School, Hammonton High School, Cape May County Tech, Essex County - Bloomfield Tech, Rancocas Valley High School, Camden County Tech High School, Monroe Township High School, Delsea Regional High School, Delran High School, GCIT High School, New Brunswick High School, Clearview Regional High School, Lenape High School, Collingwood High School, Allentown High School, Vineland High School, Piscataway High School, Hopewell Valley High School, West Orange High School, Henry Hudson Regional High School, Egg Harbor Township High School, Highland High School, Wall High School

Pennsylvania 2016 Participants: Statewide Challenge

Springfield Township High School, Conestoga High School, Perkiomen Valley High School, Spring-Ford High School, Parkland High School, Central Bucks High School, Middle Bucks Institute of Technology*, William Tenent High School, Harry S. Truman High School, High School for Creative and Performing Arts, Conrad Weiser High School, Norristown High School, Kennett High School, Northeast High School, Thomas Edison High School, Garnet Valley High School, North Penn High School, Esperanza Academy Charter High School, New Foundations Charter School, Parkland High School, Maritime Academy, Phoenixville High School, Roxborough High School, Germantown Academy, Science Leadership Academy, Samuel Fels High School

New York 2016 Participants: Statewide Challenge

New Paltz High School, Huntington High School, Westlake High School, Forest Hills High School, Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School, New Paltz, Wilson Tech -Western Suffolk High School, Dobbs Ferry High School, Academy for Careers in TV and Film, Hauppauge High School, Arlington High School*, Beacon High School, Tottenville High School, Humanities and the Arts High School, Ossining High School, Ulster High School, Information Technology High School, Red Hook High School, East Hampton High School, Eastchester High School, Rye Neck High School, Talent Unlimited High School, Ellenville High School

Multi-State 2016 Participants: Multi-State Challenge

Alabama ~ Lee High School
Alabama ~ Jacksonville High School
California ~ California High School
California ~ Royal High School
Connecticut ~ Middletown High School
Florida - Countryside High School
Florida ~ Mainland High School
Florida ~ New Smyrna Beach High School
Florida ~ Osceola Fundamental HIgh School
Florida ~ Spruce Creek High School
Georgia ~ Griffin High School
Illinois ~ Barrington High School
Indiana ~ Porter County Technical High School
Iowa ~ Okoboji High School
Kansas ~ Great Bend High School
Kansas ~ Atchison High School
Maryland ~ Aberdeen High School
Massachusetts ~ Plymouth South High School
Massachusetts - Quincy High School
Massachusetts - Waltham High School
Minnesota - Hopkins High School
Ohio ~ Little Miami High School
Ohio ~ Perry High School
Ohio ~ Tulles Tech @ Dublin Coffman High School
Rhode Island ~ Barrington High School
South Carolina - Bluffton High School
South Dakota ~ Beresford High School
Texas ~ Clear Brook High School
Texas ~ Clear Falls High School
Texas ~ Carl Wunsche Senior High School
Texas ~ Galena Park High School
Texas - Hendrickson High School
Utah - Murray High School
Vermont ~ Southwest Vermont Career Development Center*
Virginia ~ Monroe Technology Center
Wisconsin ~ Milton High School