About NextLens
NextLens Online Film Festival 2025
March 3-14, 2025
The NextLens Online Film Festival showcases the talented and innovative aspiring filmmakers from South Carolina. With the minimum age of sixteen, honorees are selected from South Carolina high schools, colleges and universities. The online film festival will be held annually each Spring featuring some of the brightest producers and their creative short films.
2025 Films
Honorees are featured on South Carolina ETV and PBS online platforms which include scetv.org, SCETV App, PBS.org, PBS app and South Carolina ETV's YouTube channel.
Submit Your Film
Are you a filmmaker (age 16 and up) currently attending high school, college or a university?
Stay tuned! Submissions for the NextLens Online Festival 2026 will open Fall 2025.
Check out the guidelines below.
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