The 2012 Lights. Camera. Help. Film Festival

The Lights. Camera. Help. Film Festival is the first film festival dedicated entirely to nonprofit and cause-driven films.  This three-day event gives films-for-a-cause the attention they deserve by putting them up on the big screen in a theater setting. And awarding over $3,000 to the winning films.

As a nonprofit event, it's free to submit your cause-driven film and all of the proceeds from ticket sales go directly to the winners of our judges prizes.

Click here to read what films we accept in our submission process.

Click here to submit your films online.

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Timeline for  The 2012 Lights. Camera. Help. Film Festival

April 10, 2012 we start taking entires.

June 15th, 2012 free entries are no longer accepted. There is a $25.00 fee to submit your films after this date.

June 30th, 2012 is the final deadline for all entries. No films will be accepted after June 30th.

September 12-14, 2012 the Film Festival is held in Austin, TX at The Spirit of Texas Theater at the

Bob Bullock Texas State history Museum.

The 2011 Lights. Camera. Help. Film Festival

The 2011 Selections and Screenings

The 2011 winners

Our History:

The 2009 Lights. Camera. Help. Nonprofit Film Festival

On July 31st – August 2nd, 2009, Lights. Camera. Help. hosted the first of it’s annual film festival of nonprofit and cause-driven films. The organization began planning the event in January, 2009.

• Submissions opened on April 30th with the Reel-to-Reality event.
• Over 140 documentaries, PSAs and short films were submitted in 2 months.
• 20 finalists were selected for screening.
• Tickets were sold to two screenings and one party.
• 3 Judges selected 1 film to win the Jury Prize.
• The organization that was the subject of the winning film received all the proceeds from the festival, $1,000.

The 2010 Lights. Camera. Help. Nonprofit Film Festival

On July 29th-31st, our 2nd annual film festival reflected significant growth

• The festival reveiced 245 submissions of PSAs, short and feature legnth films from around the world.
• $3,500 in cash and prizes were awarded to the organizations behind the winning films.
• Submissions were narrowed down to the 30 best films and shown over three nights.
• The best PSA, short and feature film we chosen by a panel ov judges to receive the festival's jury awards.
• Winners were announced at the closing party after the matinée screening on Saturday.