Submission Guidelines:
-Submissions are welcome from anyone at UVU: students, faculty, and staff.
-Films should be "philosophical" broadly construed. Possible ideas and topics that
films might explore include (but are not limited to): personal identity, free will,
the nature of reality, ethics, faith, God's existence or non-existence, gender and
sexual identity, political philosophy, and human nature.
-Films must be 10 minutes or less. No exceptions. Any length under 10 minutes is fine.
-No nudity or gratuitous sexual content.
-No AI use, or minimal. If you want to use something like an AI-created short special
effect for a particular scene, and provided that it does not look jarring and weird
next to the normal footage, that is acceptable. But no extensive use of AI. This should
be something that you shot and edited. Art is for humans.
-No gratuitous blood, gore, or extreme violence. Some violence, blood, and even potentially
gore is fine, provided it plays a meaningful narrative function.
-No hateful political messaging.
The philosophy department will host an event in April of 2026 in which we will screen
the winning films and award prizes. Specific details will be forthcoming on this website
in January.
