Grey Bruce Youth Film Festival 2026 – Call for Submissions! 

Submission Deadline: Friday, May 8, 2026

NEW THIS YEAR! Films may be submitted online using BiblioBoard. Films submitted using BiblioBoard still require a completed submission form.

Enter for a chance to have your film included in this year’s Grey Bruce Youth Film Festival screening and to win cash prizes. Selected films will be screened at a festival event at the Galaxy Cinema in Owen Sound in June.  Winners will be selected by a panel of judges and announced after the screening.

Selected films from the Grey Bruce Youth Film Festival will air on Rogers TV Grey County Channel 53 in Owen Sound and the surrounding area. All films submitted to the Grey Bruce Youth Film Festival will be considered for screening at the Meaford International Film Festival (MIFF) as the opening film ahead of the feature film.

Short animated or live action films of a maximum of 10 minutes in length from students in grades 7 through 12, living in Grey or Bruce County are eligible.  

For more information please contact Katie McLeish, Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library Youth Services Specialist at 519-376-6623 ext. 5218 or kmcleish@library.osngupl.ca.

This event is coordinated by the Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library, and is enabled through the participation and sponsorship of Galaxy Cinemas, the United Way of Bruce Grey, Richard Thomas Communications, Rogers TV Grey County, the Meaford International Film Festival (MIFF), Bruce County Public Library, Grey Highlands Public Library, Hanover Public Library, Meaford Public Library, Southgate Public Library and the West Grey Public Library.