Calling all Cape Cod Filmmakers!
Short Film Competition

Film Competition

Are you passionate about local history, preservation, and storytelling?
This is your chance to make a difference — and see your film on the big screen!

October 4th, 2025

Create a 1-3 Minute Film

Tell a powerful story about:

  • A historic home (75+ years old) that was saved, needs saving, or is being restored

  • The preservation/conservation of Cape Cod’s architectural or cultural history

  • A historic house with a surprising or personal story

  • The restoration journey of a beloved structure

  • How preservation links to conservation and sustainability

What you could win

  • Top 3 films will be announced, awarded, and screened at the POP Film Festival October 4, 2025 at Barnstable High School.

Submission details

Deadline: September 20, 2025
Email films to: film@protectourpast.org
Please include:

  • Name

  • Address

  • Phone

  • Email

  • Film Title & Brief Description

Format

  • 1-3 minute short film (existing films up to 10 minutes will be considered)

  • Shot on iPhone or formatted for large screen viewing

  • Black & white or color

  • Must be based on Cape Cod

Who can submit?

Cape Cod filmmakers, students, artists, historians, conservationists - Anyone who loves this place and wants to protect its past for future generations!

Inspiration

Watch our own short films:

  • Life Rings

  • A Love Letter to Cape Cod

  • If Our Walls Could Talk: Discoveries

Available on this website

Together, let’s honor, protect, and tell the stories that shape Cape Cod.
Submit your film. Share your voice. Protect Our Past.

A society is defined not only by what it creates, but what it refuses to destroy.”

— John Sawhill

Fill out the form below to submit your film to the film competition.