Streets, Art, SAFE Film Competition
Registration is open!
Competition Details and Resources
2024/25 Competition Schedule
Check back for updates on the schedule - webinars, excursions, and other opportunities will be added.
August 2024
19 August ‘24 - Webinar to launch the 2024/25 season!
19 August ‘24 - Registration opens.
September 2024
23 September ‘24 - Mentoring opens.
October 2024
30 October - Webinar: Making the Best Traffic Safety Art: Getting the Message Across
November 2024
4 November - Webinar: How to Make Award-Winning Public Service Announcements.
18 November - Webinar: From Vision to Impact: Creating Memorable Traffic Safety Art
December 2024
Happy Holidays!
January 2025
6 January ‘25 - Final submissions open.
EXTENDED to 17 January ‘25 - Registration and mentoring closes. (NOTE: This is not the due date for completed submissions - only registration to the competition. Final submissions are due in February.)
February 2025
18 February ‘25 - Final submissions close.
March 2025
24 March ‘25 - Regional Award Winners announced.
24 March ‘25 - Overall Awards Nominees Announced.
May 2025
3 May ‘25 - Red Carpet Awards Ceremony at Los Angeles Center Studios!
Competition Details
Students are tasked with:
Selecting a topic from a list of traffic safety and transportation topics.
Writing a treatment for their PSA and then submitting their registration to the competition.
Researching their chosen topic.
Writing a script and storyboard.
Producing their PSA!
All while making sure they are following the rules and guidelines of the competition
How Many PSAs Can Each School and/or Student Team Submit?
Students are put into teams by their teachers to work on their PSA. Each student team has the option to submit up to 3 PSAs - 1 PSA for each category as follows:
The PSA made based on their chosen street safety/transportation topic.
The 2024/25 Street Racing Kills Special Award
The 2024/25 Pedestrian Safety Award.
Students can only submit their PSA(s) as part of 1 student team, not compete in multiple teams. However, a school can submit as many PSAs as they want based on the amount of student teams they have.
Note: Students can participate as individual filmmakers, but we recommend that they work in teams.
Competition Resources - Mentoring and Opportunities
Educator’s Guide
There is a full Educator’s Guide for film competition participants to walk teachers and students through each step of making a PSA.
Mentoring
Students can take advantage of mentoring from industry professionals on every stage of their work - the script and storyboard and/or the PSA rough edit.
Student Educational Opportunities
We set up optional educational activities throughout the competition season, such as webinars, workshops, and excursions. We call these Student Opportunities.
Awards Categories and Judging Criteria
Awards Categories
There are several categories in which a PSA can win an award. Students should know what they are so they know what awards they are eligible for or, in the case of Special Award Categories, which they want to register for specifically.
Special Awards Categories
The film competition has two Special Awards Categories - both with their own cash prizes:
The Street Racing Kills Special Award, sponsored by Street Racing Kills.
The Pedestrian Safety Special Award, sponsored by The Auto Club of Southern California.
Any school or student team is eligible to submit for these awards. This means that student teams can have up to 3 PSAs submitted if they want:
The PSA made based on their chosen street safety/transportation topic.
The 2024/25 Street Racing Kills Special Award category
The 2024/25 Pedestrian Safety Award category.
Judging Criteria
Judges review student’s final PSAs using specific criteria. Read up on what these are so students take these into account while making them.
Awards and Prizes
Two Stages of the Competition
What Are the Two Stages?
The competition is judged in two stages, with awards given at each stage:
A regional contest, with PSAs judged and awarded by region (usually divided by county) in each category.
All regional winning PSAs are then automatically entered into the main awards festival and judged for the top prizes in each category at the annual Streets, Art, SAFE Red Carpet Awards Ceremony.
How the Awards Work:
Winning PSAs of the regional contests will have their certificates and trophies delivered to and awarded at their schools.
The overall top winners of the competition are awarded at the live red-carpet Streets, Art, SAFE Awards Ceremony (SAS Awards), open to all schools who participated.
Awards, Trophies, Prizes and Acknowledgements
The Grand Prize-winning teams and Special Awards Category-winning teams, including the sponsoring teacher, are acknowledged with a special trophy and grants for the school’s Art Department and/or awards to the student teams.
Technical Awards and Best PSA Awards are acknowledged with trophies.
Students who submitted PSAs for final judging are presented with a certificate acknowledging the accomplishment of their creative endeavor and congratulating them for being a finalist.
Have Questions?
Still have questions? We’re happy to help. Reach out to us at S_A_S@StreetsAreForEveryone.org or call us at (844) 884-7233, extension. 804.