High school students are being invited to exercise their creative talents over the holidays by putting together a short film for submission to the province’s first High School Short Film Festival and Symposium.

Students across the province are being asked to submit their work in a variety of genres including Documentary, Sci Fi/ Horror, Comedy, Drama and Abstract or Experimental.

The maximum length is five minutes and multiple entries are welcome.

The deadline for submissions is January 15th, with a series of online symposiums to help students with the thought process scheduled for Tuesday through Thursday (Dec 7th to the 9th) of the coming week.

$5,000 dollars in prizes will be awarded. Judges for the best in each category include Gerry Rogers, Rick Mercer, Bosede Williams, Veronica Dymond and Pat Condon.

The online film festival will take place from February 21st to the 25th.