Arizona Underground Film Festival (19)

영화제 시작: 17 9월 2026      영화제 끝: 20 9월 2026

Tucson Edition of the Arizona Underground Film Festival with screenings at The Screening Room and at other venues in Tucson.

Arizona Underground Film Festival is Arizona’s premier genre cult film festival, and one of the most recognized underground film festivals in the country! We make it our sole mission to showcase the work of filmmakers with defiantly independent visions. We are on a quest to represent every genre of independent film from across the world celebrating the artist, and their work.

Its our 19th year (2026) presenting some of the best in films from categories of Narrative, Horror, Documentaries, Experimental, and Animation. Join us in the underground!

WHAT CRITICS ARE SAYING ABOUT AZUFF

“It’s got the vision and confidence of fests that have been around a lot longer.” - Filmmaker Magazine

“Prestigious festival” – The Huffington Post

“Unbeatable!” - Arizona Daily Star

“Truly Amazing” - Tucson Citizen

“AZUFF shed(s) light on the underground network… bringing independent films into the lime-light” - Yahoo News

“A Top-Notch Film Festival” - Trashwire

“A Real Powerhouse of a Festival” - Underground Film Journal

“A Wild Ride to the Edges of Visionary Independent Cinema” - Film Festival Examiner

We will be giving out awards to the Best Feature and Short for:

- Narrative
- Horror
- Experimental
- Animation
- Documentaries
- Exploitation
- Audience Award
- Director’s Award

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

- Foreign language films must be dubbed or subtitled in English.
- You can include press kits or any other materials for your film.
- We have no film premiere requirements or date of completion requirements.
- Over 60 minutes for features and under 60 minutes for shorts.
- The festival selection committee makes all programming decisions.
- If accepted we will notify filmmakers by email by August 28th, most times earlier.