GRRL HAUS CINEMA is a ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—บ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น, ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ dedicated to showcasing the short film works by ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ป-๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ filmmakers in experimental, low-budget-, and underground cinema.

By promoting creativity and diverse expression through film, we provide a platform for emerging filmmakers and those without easy access to funding, creating a space for underrepresented voices in cinema.

GRRL HAUS is dedicated to inclusivity and celebrates ๐——๐—œ๐—ฌ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, because we think itโ€™s important to share works by diverse filmmakers across various audiences, from international museums to underground clubs.

โฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ & ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
โ€ข Awards for Best of the Year screenings, including the New England Local Filmmaker Award
โ€ข Winner prizes include gift certificates, sponsor gifts, and discounts

โฅ ๐„๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐›๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž
โ€ข Online screenings shared with 1,000+ international subscribers including curators, festival programmers, artists, and cinema professionals
โ€ข GRRL HAUS actively participates in jury processes for various film festivals, offering recommendations from our submission archives

โฅ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  & ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
โ€ข Custom trailers promoting each event with featured filmmaker highlights
โ€ข Permanent listing of film and director credits on our website and social media
โ€ข Select artist interviews featured on our site

โฅ ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ
โ€ข Complimentary passes for filmmaker plus guest to live screenings

๐Ÿ“ฝ๏ธ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž?
GRRL HAUS CINEMA features experimental, low-budget, and underground cinema from women, trans, non-binary, and genderqueer filmmakers. We accept all genres and celebrate diverse works, with an emphasis on DIY spirit!

๐ŸŽฌ ๐–๐ก๐จ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌ?
Films should be directed or written by women, non-binary, genderqueer, or trans individuals (co-credits welcome). Submitters must be the director, producer, or writerโ€”or have their permission. While we accept distributor submissions, we prefer working directly with filmmakers and don't pay distributor fees.

๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ?
All languages are welcome! However, non-English films must have English subtitles.

๐Ÿ“ผ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง?
We accept digital format submissions only.

๐ŸŽž๏ธ ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌ?
Yes!

โ™ป๏ธ ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐ˆ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐๐ฒ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž?
Yup, you may submit films regardless of prior screening status or year of completion.

๐Ÿ”ž ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ?
Not a problem. Please just let us know in the custom form.

ยฉ๏ธ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž?
By submitting your film, you attest that the work is not in breach of any copyright. Make sure you have permission to use all the content in your film before submitting!

๐Ÿ“ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ˆ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง?
At minimum, please include your film title & description, director bio, your location (city/country), and film stills. Make sure to use a long-term email address we can reach you at - avoid temporary ones like school emails.

โฐ ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž?
We accept submissions year-round, but each screening event has its own deadline posted on our website, social media, and FilmFreeway. If you miss one deadline, don't worry - your film will be considered for future events.

๐ŸŽญ ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ?
Unlike traditional film festivals, we host themed screenings throughout the year rather than one big festival, allowing us to showcase a variety of styles featuring a broader range of films and engaging different audiences. Our year culminates in a "Best Of" festival featuring judge-selected films from previous screenings.

โฑ๏ธ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ?
โ€ข โ€œMicro Shortโ€: Up to 4 minutes
โ€ข โ€œRegular Shortโ€: 4-25 minutes
โ€ข โ€œLong Shortโ€: 25 to 45 minutes
โ€ข โ€œDIY Venues: Berlin Local Filmsโ€: Up to 20 minutes; exclusively for Berlin-based filmmakers submitting to our Berlin DIY screenings only. See FAQ below.

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š โ€œ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐˜ ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ: ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง ๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌโ€ ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ?
GRRL HAUS Berlin is a satellite of GRRL HAUS CINEMA with its own DIY screenings. The Berlin Local Films category is a discounted option exclusively for Berlin-based filmmakers who want their work shown in our Berlin-local DIY screenings ONLY. These submissions won't be considered for our larger events.

๐ŸŒŽ ๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌ?
Our screenings take place at several venues, including:
โ€ข The Brattle Theatre (Cambridge, MA, USA)
โ€ข Mobile Kino (Berlin, Germany โ€“ summer screenings)
โ€ข DIY screenings in Berlin and Massachusetts
โ€ข SIFF Film Center (Seattle, WA, USA)
โ€ข WANDER Berkshires (Pittsfield, MA, USA)
โ€ข Other 2025โ€“2026 locations include Los Angeles, Japan, Italy, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ

๐Ÿ™‹ ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ/๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ? ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐ˆ ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ?
Your film will be considered for all our screenings, except Berlin DIY events (which are locals-only). While you can indicate a preferred event, we can't guarantee specific placements - also be sure to check event submission deadlines on our website or FilmFreeway. Note that our end of year "Best Of" screening is selected by a panel of judges from previously screened films and cannot be chosen as a preferred screening option.

๐Ÿ“ ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ (๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง-๐ƒ๐ˆ๐˜). ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ˆ ๐๐จ?
We aim to feature at least 20% local films in our screenings. Please indicate your location (City, Country) in the custom form - this will help us ensure we can get local representation for our events.

๐ŸŽฏ ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ?
While we'd love to show every film, we receive many submissions and can only select a small percentage for our screenings. Submission doesn't guarantee selection, but we review each film carefully!

๐Ÿ“… ๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐›๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐?
We'll let you know about your screening date and time around 2 months ahead. We aim to give you as much time to plan to attend, if you wish, especially for our international screenings.

๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐†๐‘๐‘๐‹ ๐‡๐€๐”๐’ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค?
As well as being featured in our event, your film will be showcased through custom trailers, included in our newsletters, featured across our social media platforms, and receive permanent credits on our website. We'll share your work online with our network of 1,000+ international film industry professionals, including festival programmers and curators. We encourage you to spread the word through your own networks too - get your cast, crew, friends and family involved in celebrating your screening. ๐Ÿฅณ

๐Ÿ“ธ ๐–๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐†๐‘๐‘๐‹ ๐‡๐€๐”๐’ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?
Yes, when you submit, you're giving us permission to use stills and clips to promote your film across our website, social media, and marketing materials. Just make sure you have the rights to all the content in your film before submitting!

๐Ÿ’ฐ ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐ˆ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž?
The submission fee is non-refundable as it supports our evaluation process.

๐Ÿ’Œ ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ! ๐ˆ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž.
Feel free to email us! We love to hear from filmmakers, and weโ€™ll happily answer your questions - though weโ€™re real people and not chatbots, so it may take us a day or two to get back to you! :)

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  • So honored to have had my premiere with this beautiful gem of a festival. To actually have my film on the big screen at the Brattle was a surreal experience. It was a incredible to stand with other incredible filmmakers on that stage. I really felt the warmth and hard work the organizers put into the festival.

    February 2025
  • soore vahe

    Iโ€™m thrilled to announce that my film, Zaxme, won Best Experimental Short Film at your festival! The media coverage from Grrl Haus was fantastic

    January 2025
  • GRRLHAUS really is a community. Every time I go is better than the last.

    January 2025
  • I attend the Best of 2024. Lovely film festival, well selected of film, a place woman and non-bionary people can laugh loud

    January 2025
  • Iโ€™ve shown two films with GRRLHAUS and theyโ€™re THE BEST. They are such an important resource and program for us radical, feminist filmmakers. They live up to their claims โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ

    Only wish I knew whether my submissions were also being considered for screenings in Europe. Mine have shown locally in Boston (which is great!), but Iโ€™m also interested in showing them beyond <3

    May 2024