The eighth annual Bonita Springs Short Film Festival is back. The event and red-carpet gala will be held on Thursday, April 20, 2023 at Prado Stadium 12 Theatre in Bonita Springs, beginning at 6 p.m. The 2023 competition theme “Good Deeds” will encourage filmmakers of all ages, stages, and walks of life, to participate and showcase their talent on the giant silver screen. Filmmakers can pick any genre (comedy, drama, documentary, western, etc.) and tell a story through film. The festival is now accepting footage from any location, particularly from Southwest Florida, though judges like films shot in Bonita Springs and those films will receive additional points.