Call for student filmmakers! HIFF encourages student filmmakers (K-12th grade) in Hawai'i to submit works from any genre in the Student Showcase category and to submit short narratives/documentaries to the theme of "Hawai'i's Youth Leading By Example" in the Future Filmmakers category (6th-12th grade).

Finalists will have their films presented at HIFF’s Opio Fest in April and will have an opportunity to meet a celebrity youth ambassador at the awards ceremony.