Teen Reels Awards 2025

The Rules

Produce a short film centered around the themes of Giving (Tzedakah), Honor (Kavod), Strength (Koach), or Spirit (Ruach) which is 1 to 15 minutes in length. Submit via Vimeo or other movie-making format by March 31, 2025. Open to all Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas County Middle School and High School Students.

The Winners

The films will be judged by the Tampa Bay Jewish Film Festival Committee and Staff on April 1, 2025. The winning films will be featured at the Community Wide Israel Independence Day Celebration in May 2025.

The Prizes

1st Place:
Individual Creator
$500

2nd Place:
Individual Creator
$250

3rd Place:
Individual Creator
$150

Group Category

A group of five or more (5+) students who collaborated and worked on the project as part of a youth group, school  project, or after school extracurricular activity.

$500

for the group of students

$100

for the implementing school or organization.

The Winners of the 2024 Teen Reels Awards are...

FIRST PLACE

Ava Gonzalez

SECOND PLACE

Brennan Port

THIRD PLACE

Shani Milstein