Open Submissions for the 9th annual Imagination Lunchbox International Film Fests Still Available

BALTIMORE - June 3, 2025 - PRLog -- The 9th annual "Imagination Lunchbox International Children's Film Festival" (ILICFF) and the "Imagination Lunchbox International Adult's Film Festival" (ILIFF) are now open for submissions at FilmFreeway.com. From September 8 - 14, 2025 Imagination International Children's and Adult's Film Festivals will be held in Baltimore at various venues with virtually access to some activities. The ILIFF and ILICFF are held in partnership with the Eubie Blake Cultural Center and The Baltimore Times Foundation, Times Community Services, Inc.

Shorts are to be no longer than 10 minutes in various categories such as documentary, drama, comedy, animation and more. In the past short films were screened at ILICFF/ILIFF from the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Japan, Russia, Germany, Korea, Spain and many more. Founded by Anthony Michael Hobbs (www.ImaginationLunchbox.com), a SAG/AFTRA multi-award-winning actor (PBS, DreamWorks) and filmmaker (over 20 awards) the festivals are aimed at giving exposure to film projects that need a platform to be seen, especially young filmmakers.

Five awards will be given - "Best Film," "Best Film Made By Youth," "Best Film Made by Adults for Youth," "Best Film Made by Adults for Adults" "Film Festival Choice," and "Most Uplifting Film". Submission deadlines are March 22^nd for early birds; June 7^th regular deadline; August 2^nd for late deadline, with winners' notification by August 2^nd. Aside from the screening and awards (Eubie Blake Center/with virtual access), ILIFF and ILICFF offer a private and public screening and awards event; a filmmaking workshop (Eubie Blake Center/with virtual access) with speakers that include the stuntman director for Fast & Furious and Star Trek films, a Hollywood attorney and producer at BET; an open call auditions (virtually) with filmmakers with projects on BET, Netflix, Hulu, and Tubi, and an open court community basketball game (UA House at Fayette) with head coaches from Morgan State University and Bowie State University.

The "Imagination Lunchbox International Children's Film Festival" was launch in 2016 by Hobbs to give young filmmakers a platform to showcase their films and view other creative projects made for young filmmakers. The "Imagination Lunchbox International Film Festival" for adult films was launched in 2023 to open his platform up to all other filmmakers over the age of 18.

All short film submissions are accepted through Film Freeway. To submit a short film to ILIFF for adult filmmakers log onto www.FilmFreeway.com/ImaginationLunchboxInternationalFilmFestival, and to submit to ILICFF for young filmmakers log onto www.FilmFreeway.com/ImaginationLunchboxInternationalChildrensFilmFestival.