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We pride the festival on being filmmaker friendly. After all, without you the filmmaker, there is no festival.

Our staff will work with you to make your festival experience memorable and exciting. Should the unlikely occurs and something goes wrong you can count on our staff to do everything possible to make it right. We'll gladly help you with announcements and press contacts before and during the festival, answer your questions or just give you the extra boost to keep you excited.

You can count on us giving your movie the best projection possible. Experience true cinema sound, while you watch your film screen on a 45 foot cinema screen at world class locations.
Filmmaker's have been astounded when they are leaving their screening. They heard sounds they never experienced in other festival, they heard the sound they way it was meant to be. It’s the differences a $5 Million dollar sound system makes combined with true cinema projection filling the screen in lifelike beauty.

Add daily seminars and workshops from industry veterans to help you fine tune your craft, plus parties, networking, receptions and the grand awards gala. We do this for you, the filmmaker!

We use the WithoutaBox online submission service. Please click the link below to begin your film submission to the festival.
Award Categories

FAIF Special Recognition Award
Sponsors Choice Honorary Mention Award
Best of Festival
Best Short Film
Best Documentary Short Film
Best Underground Short Film
Best Comedy Short Film
Best Action Short Film
Best Drama Short Film
Best Horror Short Film
Best Foreign Language Short Film
Best Foreign Made Short Film (non US)
Best Student Short Film
Best Animated Short Film
Best Director
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Art Direction
Best Music
Best Visual Effects
Best Costume Design
Best Makeup
Best Sound Editing
Best Special Effects