Progeny is a local film festival held every spring at the Lyric Theater in downtown Blacksburg. Progeny gives students from Virginia Tech, Radford, and Hollins the opportunity to screen their work to other filmmakers and the local community. It recognizes excellence in several areas of filmmaking with awards and prizes.
Submission Deadlines
The submission deadline for the 2011 Progeny Film Festival has passed.
We appreciate your interest in Progeny and hope to hear from you next year.
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Submission
The deadline for submitting to the 2011 Progeny Film Festival has passed. For information on submitting the to the 2012 Progeny Film Festival, please check back in September.
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Prizes
A prize award will be granted to Best Picture and a cash award to the Audience Award winner.
Categories for awards include:
Best Picture
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Performance
Judges' Award
Audience Award
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T-Shirts
An announcement for the 2009 T-shirts will be posted once they are available for purchasing. The 2008 design is displayed below.
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Judges
Mike Allen
Roanoke Times
Chris Valuzzo
Horse Archer Productions
Simone Paterson
Virginia Tech Art Professor
Associate Professor - School of Visual Arts
Robin Allnut
Virginia Tech Advanced Instructor
Department of English
John Boyer
Department of Geography
Michael Anthony Williams
Department of Theatre and Cinema
Progeny Film Festival
May 11, 2011
7 p.m.
The Lyric Theatre
Downtown Blacksburg
Submit
View details on how to submit.
Prizes
What's in it for the filmmakers?
Judges
Check out who decides the winners of the festival.