The Hellbender Student Film Festival returns to the campus of Lindenwood University (St. Charles, MO) in November 2021. Our mission is to highlight the best student film and video work from Missouri, the US, and the world - high school, undergraduate, and graduate. All screenings are open to the public so we look forward to seeing you there.
The Climate & the Environment category, in collaboration with the Missouri Conservation Heritage Foundation, is open to narrative, documentary, and animation films dealing with climate change, energy, conservation, wildlife, etc.
For the Dance on Film category, presented with the Lindenwood University Dance Program, submit your film of any genre (narrative, documentary, animated, etc.) which is primarily focused on conveying its message through choreographic storytelling.
Our Partners
Screenings will be held on the campus of Lindenwood University in the Lindenwood Theater of the J. Scheidegger Center For The Arts.
The Hellbender
The Hellbender Student Film Festival draws inspiration, and its name, from the amazing hellbender, one of the largest species of salamanders in the world. The hellbender, also know as the snot otter or devil dog, has unique significance for Missouri which happens to be the only state that is home to both subspecies of the amphibian, the eastern and Ozark varieties. Measuring about two feet in length and surviving up to 25 to 30 years in the wild, this amazing salamander spends its life submerged on the stream bottom only rising to the surface to breath air through its skin. While this impressive creature spends its largely solitary life beneath rocks and logs, we at the Hellbender Student Film Festival encourage everyone to attend our screenings and be a part of the festivities.
Our Hellbender
Contact us
Andrew Millians
Festival Director
home@hellbenderfilmfestival.com
Lindenwood University
209 S. Kingshighway
St. Charles MO 63301