We are thrilled to announce the first annual Jump Cut Pittsburgh Noir Film Festival happening on September 19th, 2026 at The Parkway Theater & Film Lounge in the seductive, dark and rainy alleyways of Pittsburgh, PA.

The Jump Cut Pittsburgh Noir Film Festival highlights the beloved dark cinematic noir genre and all of its glorious moral ambiguity. We welcome independent filmmakers with short films across every neo-noir sub-genre and encourage inventive interpretations of these classic tones.

Join us for one night only at The Parkway Theater & FIlm Lounge and enjoy a cocktail while consuming the fatalism onscreen!

What to expect:

A full bar and food menu, including specially themed drinks.
Hand picked film noir-style works from local Pittsburgh filmmakers and talented artists from around the world.
Q&A with the filmmakers and opportunity to network and expand your niche audience.

Local filmmakers may qualify for a submission waiver.

Feel free to reach out to the festival programmers:
wwhittick@jumpcuttheater.org
jconniff@jumpcuttheater.org

Jump Cut Theater’s mission is to help preserve and celebrate the independent neighborhood theater experience and provide a community space for diverse and innovative arts

Rules & Terms

• Film Noir Genre: Your film must be considered a *noir or have significant thematic elements of the noir genre, and its style or motifs. We welcome all sub-genres for this category and encourage inventive interpretations.
(*Note: The curators understand this qualifier may be subjective and encourage filmmakers to contact us about their film if they are submitting contingently.)

• All decisions made by judges, programmers and organizers will be final.

• No generative AI is permitted in all films submitted.

• Completion Date: For our first year, we are accepting films completed after 2020.

• Language: Non-English films must include English subtitles.

• Length: Films should not exceed 20 minutes.

• Entrant(s) confirm(s) and warrant(s) required legal authority to submit the entry into the festival and to use all music, images and content in the entry.