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Los Angeles Short Film Festival

Los Angeles, CA, United States, North America

13 - 14 Mar, 2021

Category

Short

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Los Angeles Short Film Festival

Los Angeles, CA, United States, North America

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7th

Contact details

Los Angeles, CA 90060 United States

90060

losangelesshortfilmfestival@gmail.com

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About the festival

Welcome to the Los Angeles Short Film Festival. This is an International Film Festival.
We screen local, national and international films.

This is an International Film Festival. Everybody can submit. Film festivals are still the best place to screen independent work and get it noticed. With YouTube and Vimeo so overcrowded, good shorts often drown in a sea of bad. Showing the best of the best is a priority at Los Angeles Short Film Festival. We provide filmmakers an opportunity to share their shorts with an enthusiastic and responsive audience that’s eager to see new films, new faces, and new art. Los Angeles Short Film Festival – where emerging talent finds a place to shine!

BEST OF FESTIVAL, BEST SCREENPLAY and BEST OF AUDIENCE

Officially Selected artists get All Films Pass for two, guaranteed spot for live screening, WINNERS get all mentioned above + Golden Plaque/Trophy.

VOTE for the BEST of AUDIENCE
Audience ballots will be available at the festival.

About

Welcome to the Los Angeles Short Film Festival. This is an International Film Festival.
We screen local, national and international films.

This is an International Film Festival. Everybody can submit. Film festivals are still the best place to screen independent work and get it noticed. With YouTube and Vimeo so overcrowded, good shorts often drown in a sea of bad. Showing the best of the best is a priority at Los Angeles Short Film Festival. We provide filmmakers an opportunity to share their shorts with an enthusiastic and responsive audience that’s eager to see new films, new faces, and new art. Los Angeles Short Film Festival – where emerging talent finds a place to shine!

BEST OF FESTIVAL, BEST SCREENPLAY and BEST OF AUDIENCE

Officially Selected artists get All Films Pass for two, guaranteed spot for live screening, WINNERS get all mentioned above + Golden Plaque/Trophy.

VOTE for the BEST of AUDIENCE
Audience ballots will be available at the festival.

Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

We do not accept "work in progress" versions. No politics, religion agenda content. Make sure your work is finished. No porn content, please. No premiere status required. Film or Script cannot be older than 10 years. Los Angeles Short Film Festival is hereby granted the right to utilize an excerpt from any film submitted and accepted for exhibition at the Festival for promotional purposes. The individual or corporation submitting the film hereby warrants that it is authorized to commit the film for screening (including but not limited to multiple screenings in multiple U.S. and International locations), and understands and accepts these requirements and regulations. The undersigned shall indemnify and hold harmless Los Angeles Short Film Festival from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees, and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss of or damage to the screening videos entered.
Do not send any discs or files to us. Online materials are good enough for now. No porn content. We select and screen around 20-30 films a year. If you are selected we'll ask you for a copy of the film and permission to use 30-60 seconds of it for festival trailer.

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

Short (any genre)
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th April, 2020) $23
Regular (31st July, 2020) $30
Late (31st October, 2020) $30
Description

Short Drama
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th April, 2020) $23
Regular (31st July, 2020) $30
Late (31st October, 2020) $30
Description

60 minutes in length or less

Short Comedy
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th April, 2020) $23
Regular (31st July, 2020) $30
Late (31st October, 2020) $30
Description

60 minutes in length or less

Short Horror
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th April, 2020) $23
Regular (31st July, 2020) $30
Late (31st October, 2020) $30
Description

60 minutes in length or less

Short Sci-Fi
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th April, 2020) $23
Regular (31st July, 2020) $30
Late (31st October, 2020) $30
Description

60 minutes in length or less

Short Animation
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th April, 2020) $23
Regular (31st July, 2020) $30
Late (31st October, 2020) $30
Description

60 minutes in length or less

Short Experimental
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th April, 2020) $23
Regular (31st July, 2020) $30
Late (31st October, 2020) $30
Description

60 minutes in length or less

Music Video
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th April, 2020) $23
Regular (31st July, 2020) $30
Late (31st October, 2020) $30
Description

10 minutes in length or less

Super Short Poverty Story (under 5 min)
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th April, 2020) $0
Regular (31st July, 2020) $0
Late (31st October, 2020) $0
Description

Under 5 min ONLY. Poverty in a subject is a MUST to qualify. MAKE SURE your work is submitted to the right category. Ask festival for how to get a free code.

Short Documentary
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th April, 2020) $23
Regular (31st July, 2020) $30
Late (31st October, 2020) $30
Description

60 minutes in length or less

Fantasy
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th April, 2020) $23
Regular (31st July, 2020) $30
Late (31st October, 2020) $30
Description

60 minutes in length or less

Los Angeles Artists
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th April, 2020) $23
Regular (31st July, 2020) $30
Late (31st October, 2020) $30
Description

Any genre. You need to live in Los Angeles or nearby. 15 miles radius.

Western
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th April, 2020) $23
Regular (31st July, 2020) $30
Late (31st October, 2020) $30
Description

60 minutes in length or less

Short Script / Screenplay
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th April, 2020) $50
Regular (31st July, 2020) $50
Late (31st October, 2020) $52
Description

up to 60 pages, un-filmed, un-produced.

New Media/Web Series
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th April, 2020) $23
Regular (31st July, 2020) $30
Late (31st October, 2020) $30
Description

ONE episode, please. NOT a whole series. Anything under 15 min.

Micro Comedy (10 minutes or less)
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th April, 2020) $20
Regular (31st July, 2020) $20
Late (31st October, 2020) $20
Description

Up to 10 minutes. Comedy ONLY. Not other genres.

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