Pens to Lens Announcements

• Pens to Lens Gala 2025 (7/28/2025) – Thank you to all of the students who submitted scripts for this year’s Pens to Lens! Our filmmakers are hard at work bringing select stories to life, and we hope you will join us for this year’s gala. The 2025 Pens to Lens Gala is Saturday, August 16 at 3:00 pm. Come early to get […]
• Pens to Lens 2025 (12/12/2024) – The Pens to Lens Student Screenwriting and Filmmaking Competitions are returning for a new season in 2025! Kids write scripts which are then submitted to Champaign area filmmakers who pick their favorites to produce as actual short films. The films are presented to the community in a red carpet event to honor the young writers. […]
• Submissions are Open! (8/13/2018) – We are now accepting student screenplay submissions for Pens to Lens 2019! You can get educational resources and submission guidelines here, and when you’re ready to submit, you can find the screenplay submission form here.  Remember — screenplay submissions close February 28th, 2019! We are also accepting student-produced short films for the Student Filmmaking Competition! […]

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