The Festival is open to all Middle School (5th-8th grade) and Upper School (9th-12th grade) students currently enrolled in a Friends school or who are of Quaker families who have an affiliation with a Friends Meeting.

The Bridge Film Festival provides a forum for dialog, learning, and exchange of ideas of commonality and diversity. Serving student
filmmakers across an international network of Quaker educational institutions, the festival is committed to nurturing purposeful filmmaking that communicates messages of conscience. Guided by
the Quaker principles of truth, community, equality and peace, the festival gives voice to student expression and recognizes creative achievement.