Los Angeles CineFest (12)



Deadlines

28 Nov 2025
Call for entries

31 Dec 2025
Early deadline

30 Apr 2026
Standard deadline

30 Jun 2026
Late deadline

30 Sep 2026
Extended deadline

9
mths

01 Nov 2026
Notification date

12 Dec 2026
13 Dec 2026

Address

6149 Dalecrest,  91367, Los Angeles, CA, United States


Festival description
Short film festival >1' 60'<
Feature film festival >60' 180'<


Festival requirements
 Film festival
 Fiction
 Documentary
 Animation
 Fantastic
 Terror
 Experimental
 Music Video
 Other
 Any Genre
 Any Theme
 Has submission fees
 International Festival
 Physical Location
 January 2016
 Production countries: Any
 Shooting countries: Any
 Director nationalities: Any
 Debut Films 
 School projects 
 Short Films  >1' 60'<
 Feature Films  >60' 180'<
 AI Tools 
 Languages 
English
 Subtitles 
English
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English


Festival start: 12 December 2026      Festival end: 13 December 2026

Los Angeles CineFest is an international event. We accept local, national and international films and scripts. Film industry specialists watch films and videos, read scripts, give notes and scores.

Once a year we screen selected work at the live event in Los Angeles.

Categories:

Short Film
Short Documentary
Web Episode
Trailer
Feature Film
Feature Documentary
Animation
Student
Film about Cosmos
Music Video
Experimental
Drone Films
Web/New Media
Screenplay (Short Films)
Screenplay (Feature Films)
Television Script
Film Score
Photography (any topic, photo from the set included)
Poster (any poster, film poster included)

1st Place Winner Golden Trophy
Other winners diplomas

1. Only work created after 2016 is acceptable.

2. Our judges have an access to all submitted work and they vote without sharing your work publicly (online).

3. No porn films.

4. All entries should be sent via Festhome. Please don't send discs (CDs, DVDs, BluRays) or any downloadable files to us directly, such as high-resolution posters or other digital media.

5. We do not accept "work in progress" versions. Make sure your work is finished.

6. By submitting to the festival you confirm that you own the rights to the work
submitted.

7. If you submit SONG, it should be a song separated from the movie,. The song only. If it's a foreign language, attach a translation

7. No Premiere status is required.

8. 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 the festival trailer.

9. We DO NOT offer semi-finalists or finalist options. Your work will be SELECTED or NOT SELECTED. Old fashion way.






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