The Boca Raton Public Library is launching the Dewey Film Festival, a new short-film program inviting Florida filmmakers to submit work for a public screening in Boca on February 6, 2027. The library's Instagram announcement describes it as the city's first-ever film festival. Submissions open September 15 and close December 1.
The program accepts short films running between three and fifteen minutes. Eligibility extends to Florida-based filmmakers who are 18 or older, with each person permitted up to three submissions. The library's announcement did not specify a screening venue, jury process, selection criteria, or whether a submission fee applies.
The festival name is a direct nod to the Dewey Decimal System, the cataloging framework that has organized library collections for generations — a naming choice that ties the moving-image program to the institution's core identity rather than positioning it as an ancillary community event.
With the submission window opening one week from today, the Dewey Film Festival is in its earliest public-facing phase. The library has not yet announced how many films will be selected, whether the event will include awards, or what venue will host the February screening. Per the library's post, selected works will be "showcased in Boca as part of the city's new local film event."
Filmmakers have until December 1, 2026, to submit. Whether the library intends the Dewey Film Festival as an annual program is not addressed in the announcement.
