About us

The Living Skies Student Film Festival is an international short film festival based in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada that showcases student work from all over the world.

Now in its 35th edition, the festival celebrates outstanding student filmmaking through programmed screenings, learning opportunities and an awards celebration.

Our festival hopes to inspire creativity in aspiring filmmakers and community members alike through lectures, presentations and workshops from independent filmmakers and industry professionals.

A BRIEF HISTORY

Situated in a vibrant and artistic community in the heart of the prairies, the Department of Film at the University of Regina offers the only BFA Film Production program in Canada between the Great Lakes and the Pacific Ocean.

Film students at the University of Regina have been organizing a film festival since 1988. In 2012 the festival was re-branded as the Living Skies Student Film Festival. The 2024 festival marks the 35th edition of our festival.

The festival has received more than 10,000 submissions from over 90 countries, including an impressive array of Canadian and Saskatchewan short films. As one of the longest-running student film festivals in Canada, we’re excited about what the coming years will bring.

Juror Adrienne (Sunny) Adams, a Saskatchewan filmmaker and artist, helps to blow out the candles on the 30th birthday cake at the festival’s Awards Gala Event. The Living Skies Student Film Festival celebrated 30 years during the 2018 Edition.