America's Epic Film Festival dedicated to the ingenuity & creativity of the American independent filmmaker.

This 2 night event is dedicated to American independent filmmakers. Located inside of the historical Warwick Valley Community Center.

Event tickets sales and Cash concession stand and donations can be made to 3 Chicks Flicks a non-profit that helps women and youth to get into the film industry.

More information to come soon...

Awards & Prizes

Laurels for all chosen films, certificates for winners of each category and a trophy for the best overall film & best over all student film. (Must be there to get trophy we don't ship)

Rules & Terms

Must be an American filmmaker of any age or background.
Must be filmed in America.
Films may NOT use AI.
Films must NOT be pornographic.
Films must be in English or subtitled in English.
Films must be under 30 min long for short films, and 5 minutes or under for micro shorts.
Feature Film Submissions must be under 2hrs long.
Films must have access to FilmFreeway
All Student films must be about 90% made by the student

Main Categories:
Best Feature
Best Short
Best Micro
Best Student

All films selected eligible:
Best Film
Audience Award

You must be there to get the trophy for the overall best film & Student Best overall. Only certificates will be emailed to winners.

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  • charles marinaro

    Wonderful film festival with amazing official selections, networking events, panels, and down to earth festival runners. I had a blast at their last event and would definitely recommend other filmmakers submit to this festival. I look forward to submitting future projects to this event.

    May 2026
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you so much. We enjoy our boutique size so that we get to know wonderful filmmakers, just like yourself.

  • Geraldo J. Uscategui

    Dani and Danielle were just awesome. Many of us came from out of town, and we enjoyed every minute of it. Thank you for the honors, as we won Best Film for our feature-film, FLUX, which made it a perfect weekend away with many fellow filmmakers. I highly recommend this festival to creatives all over.

    May 2025
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    Response from festival:

    Loved having you! Hope to see you again.

  • Robert Cunniff

    One of the friendliest and funnest festivals I’ve ever attended.

    May 2025
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    Response from festival:

    Awww... thank you! We loved having you. Hope to see you at our next one.

  • Harry Waldman

    Thanks for selecting “Bay For Blood” into your festival! The Venue was nice, the organizers were friendly and the turnout was great. I had a lot of fun at the event and plan to submit future projects to America’s Epic.

    May 2025
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    Response from festival:

    We can't wait to see what you send us. You are so talented, it was so great to watch Bay For Blood.

  • Kieran Charles

    I thought this was very exciting! For my first time at a film festival , this was an amazing experience and I had a great time!

    October 2024
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you for the kind review we where happy you came.