Tree City Film Festival
November 8, 2025
Nederhouser Hall, Olander Park -Mingle at 6 wih pizza and local brews, movies at 7
Tickets are just $6, limited seating available at the door!
The 13th annual Tree City Film Festival is a celebration of the work completed by our local film teams who have submitted films from our “50-hour Film Challenge”. This was an exciting and intense weekend that invited teams of professional, student, non-professional, and even “armchair” filmmakers to write, shoot, edit, and submit their own short films in just 50 hours.
The winning films will premiere November 8th, 6 pm at the Tree City Film Festival screening at the Nederhouser Community Hall in the Olander Park, 6930 W. Sylvania, OH 43560. Awards will be given for first place ($500), second place ($250), and audience choice ($100).
Tickets will be available for our gift basket raffles with VIP tickets to the DETROIT RED WINGS GAME ($1000 VALUE), zoo tickets, Inside the Five gift cards and much more! Come enjoy pizza, popcorn, local brews and of course, some of the best local filmmaking Sylvania has to offer. Doors open at 6, movies at 7.
Tickets are $6 or can be purchased at the door. Limited seating available, so get your tickets early!
Shorties U is back for 2026!
Filmmaking workshop for kids in grades 5-8
Application Link and Workshop info is below.
Shorties-U Filmmaking Workshop for Kids-Registration Open!
Complete the application before the end of the year and get $10 off!
Shorties U is an engaging four-week filmmaking workshop for youth in grades 5-8. Led by area film experts, this creative learning experience takes students through the steps of creating their own short films – including how to develop a story, write a script, shoot on a budget and film editing. By the end of the workshop, students will have created a short film (under 8 min.) that will premier at our Shorties U film screening. Our classes will run the four Saturdays of February from 9 am-Noon (Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28- 2026)-The workshop fee is $110. (complete the application before Dec. 31 and receive $10 off the workshop fee)
STEPS FOR REGISTRATION:
Complete the online APPLICATION FORM (<-Link)
Your application will be reviewed by our mentor committee, by Jan. 10th you
will be notified if you are accepted to the workshop or placed on a waitlist.
If accepted to the workshop, you will be linked to the class registration and payment website.
Here is a link to previous Shorties U workshop videos (and our Tree City Film Festival films)
Our refund policy
The TREE CITY FILM FESTIVAL 50 Hour Challenge 2026 is here!
The 13th annual Tree City Film Festival’s 50-hour Challenge is an exciting and intense weekend that invites teams of professional, student, non-professional, and even “armchair” filmmakers to write, shoot, edit, and premiere their own short films in just 50 hours.
Teams start the challenge at the kickoff meeting on the evening of September 12th, where they receive a series of elements that must be incorporated into their film – things like a particular genre, prop, line of dialogue, character name, and shooting location. After the allotted 50 hours (Sept 12-14th) are over and the films are accepted, they are juried by a guest panel of judges and premier at the Tree City Film Festival on November 8, 2025. Prizes from $100-$500 are awarded to the winning films.
Registration is now open, $25/team or $20/Student teams. Registration payment is made here. After you register, you MUST GO TO THE SHOPPING CART TO MAKE THE PAYMENT!
Film Rules are found here.
Drop completed movies here.
The TCFF 2024 EXAMPLE FILM “SpirIT” (Location: downtown Sylvania, Prop: jewelry, Line": “I’ve done this a thousand times”)
You can see all of our archived films on youtube.
Thank you to our Tree City Film Festival Sponsors!
Please support our sponsors, they make all the difference in what we can do for the arts in Sylvania!
The 13th Annual Tree City Film Festival-50 Hour Film Challenge-2025
The 13th annual Tree City Film Festival’s 50-hour Challenge is an exciting and intense weekend that invited teams of professional, student, non-professional, and even “armchair” filmmakers to write, shoot, edit, and premiere their own short films in just 50 hours.
Teams start the challenge at the kickoff meeting on the evening of September 12th, where they receive a series of elements that must be incorporated into their film – things like a particular genre, prop, line of dialogue, character name, and shooting location. After the allotted 50 hours of the weekend are over and the films accepted, they are juried by a guest panel of judges.
Registration will open in July/August
Film making rules are found at the link below.
Join us for the film screening on November 8th at the Tree City Film Festival 6pm at Nederhouser Hall at Olander Park in Sylvania. Pizza, popcorn, local brews and the best local films in Sylvania. Awards will be given for first place ($500), second place ($250), and audience choice ($100).
Tickets for the Film Festival will be on sale near the event time.
Until then you can see ALL the films made for our film related programming by clicking here - enjoy these movies made by and for people in our community!
TEAMS: If you are on a film team, you can find the rules using the button below. Remember to use the hashtag #treecityfilmfestival2025 and tag us on social media so we can follow your filmmaking fun on filming weekend!
