WIFI is dedicated to promoting and celebrating film production, stories from the Midwest, and education at Washburn University, in the Topeka community, and in the state of Kansas. The WIFI film festival is linked to Washburn’s WUmester

 

The 2024 WIFI will take place on April 19-22, 2024. Submissions for the 2024 WIFI film festival opened on June 1, 2023. The earlybird deadline was Feb. 1, 2024. The regular submissions deadline is March 1, 2024 and the late submissions deadline is April 1, 2024.

 
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2024 WIFI Schedule

Date and Time

Event

Location

Saturday, April 20

10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Film Screening The Edge Room, T&SC Public Library
10 – 10:50 a.m. Workshop: Community & Belonging in Film featuring Dennis Etzel Jr. Anton Room, T&SCP Library
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Workshop: TBA Menninger Room, T&SC Public Library
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11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Workshop: Editing in Film featuring Allan Holzman Anton Room, T&SC Public Library
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Workshop: Christian Watkins Menninger Room, T&SC Public Library
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1 – 2:30 p.m. Workshop: Entrepreneurship in Filmmaking featuring Rick LeJeurrne Anton Room, T&SC Public Library
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Workshop: Micah Brown Menninger Room, T&SC Public Library
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3 – 4:30 p.m. Women’s Panel (Sue Vicory moderating): Community & Belonging in Film Learning Center, T&SC Public Library
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5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Filmmaker Talk: hosted by Matt Nyquist and Kristen Grimmer Rita Blitt Gallery, Mulvane Art Museum (Washburn University campus)
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7:45 – 9:30 p.m. Artist Reception Ballroom, Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center (Washburn University campus)

Sunday, April 21

2 p.m. Awards Ceremony Pre-Recorded
 

Date for Submissions

  1. Open submissions immediately
  2. Earlybird deadline is February 1
  3. Regular deadline is March 1
  4. Late deadline is April 1

Notification Date: We will let the filmmakers know which films were selected by April 14

For information on our FREE educational workshops, please go to the Education page.