Food is a powerful force that brings people together, creates community, and offers us connection. Food is not just sustenance, it is nourishment, tradition, celebration, memories, and culture. Food can be nostalgia which transports us to other times, places, and even our childhood.

Our goal is to bring stories about diverse cultures and cuisines as it reflects our community and our shared humanity.

We welcome films that explore what we eat and who we eat with—from behind-the-scenes at farms, kitchens, culinary settings, or through the stories of those who grow, prepare, and share food, devour it, and cherish it. Animated shorts, documentaries, features and short films are welcomed!

Bring your best dish to our inaugural Burien Food Film Festival! Let’s eat!

Awards & Prizes

Best Feature Film
Best Documentary
Best Short Film
Best Animated Short
Best Culinary Feast/Dish Featured in Film

Rules & Terms

Filmmakers who are selected for the Festival will be required to sign a Licensing Agreement. The Agreement will:

1. Allow (but not require) us to show your film without any monetary compensation to you.
2. Require you to agree that you have the right to submit the film, and that you will be solely responsible if someone else claims they have intellectual property rights in the film.
3. Protect your copyrights in the film.

The 2025 Burien Food Film Festival considers short films 45 minutes or less and feature films of 46 minutes or longer. Works in progress are not accepted.

*One entry per submission fee.

*There is no premiere requirement, though it will be taken into consideration.

*Entries must be in English or subtitled/dubbed in English.

*By submitting you agree to grant the festival the right to use film images for promotional purposes.