Anyone age 12-18 and still attending high school are able to submit!
No! Films submitted in the tri-state region tend to be more heavily considered, but not living near New York City definitiely isn't a dealbreaker.
You can upload any length film no matter how brief or long. Just keep in mind that we try to keep the festival runtime around 2h and 30min, so very long films may not be able to be included.
As long as your film isn't racist, sexist, homophobic, or contains any other sort of bigotry, nope!