LAS PO FILM FEST is back! This year's festival will take place the evening of Sat. MARCH 7th, 2026 in the Mertes Center for the Arts (4000 bldg) at Las Positas College from 6-9pm (opening reception 5:30-6).

Presented by the Film Studies and Photography Programs at Las Positas College in Livermore, CA, Las Po Film Fest welcomes student short films of various types, including narratives, documentaries, experimental, animations, and music videos. We are looking for local community college, high school, and LPC alumni student films for this year's festival.

Tickets for the event will be $10 and can be purchased through the LPC Performing Arts webpage. You are invited!

The event program will include: 5:30pm opening reception with light refreshments, the show starting at 6pm with a family friendly first screening hour, an intermission, a PG13 second screening hour, the Audience Choice award voting, and then the awards ceremony with a brief filmmaker Q and A.

*Refreshments available before the show and during intermission.
*Refreshments will be free or for purchase. No food allowed in main theater.
*Movie poster exhibit in the LPC Art Gallery.
*LPFF25 t-shirts available for a small donation.
*You can use Parking Lots A or B.

Awards & Prizes

We will award filmmaking achievement in the following areas:

*Director
*Comedic Performance
*Dramatic Performance
*Cinematography
*Editing
*Music/Score
*Sound Design
*Production Design
*Story/Screenplay
*Animation/Stop-Motion
*Music Video
*Documentary
*Experimental
*LPC Alumni Film
*Local Middle/High School Narrative Film
*Local Middle/High School Doc, Animation, or Experimental Film
*Movie Poster Award (create your own movie poster!)
***Audience Choice!*** (live voting at the end of the screenings - all officially selected films eligible for this award!)

Note: LPC Alumni films will be considered for one award: Alumni Student Film - any type.
Note: Local middle/high school student films may be considered for two awards: Middle/High School Short Narrative and Middle/High School Short Doc, Animation, or Experimental.

Note: Award categories may vary depending on submissions.

Rules & Terms

1) Run Times: Narrative, Doc, Animation, and Alumni short film submissions may be no longer than 10 minutes (credits included in run time). Music Videos and Experimental films may be no longer than 5 minutes (credits included in run time). Local High School short films (any type) may be no longer than 10 minutes (credits included in run time).

2) Early Bird submissions are due Friday, February 13th, 2026 and the final submission date is Friday, February 20th.

3) Submitting a film does not guarantee acceptance into the screening. All submitting filmmakers will be notified of their status by Sunday, February 22nd, 2026.

4) Submissions may be of/from any genre and must be suitable for a general audience. No extreme gore or sexual content. We will have a family-friendly first set of screenings, and a more "PG-13 to R" second set after an intermission.

5) Submission fee is $5. ***There will be no refunds on submissions fees.***

6) STUDENT submissions only.

The submission must have been created while attending school (college, community college or high school) in the past two years (Jan. 2024 until Feb. 2026). It does not need to have been made for a school assignment. The filmmaker can currently be graduated, as long as the film was created while they were a student.

LPC Alumni films must have been created by a graduate of LPC while they were a student at another school/university in the past two years.

7) Please do not submit any film that was selected for Las Po Film Fest before.

8) Filmmakers can submit up to two projects, but only one film per director will be selected to screen. Projects can share producers, cast, or other crew.

9) Awards for each category will be voted on by our judges prior to the event, except for the Audience Choice award which will be chosen by the festival attendees at the end of the screenings the night of the live event.

10) Optional: Create and send us a poster for the film you submitted (one per filmmaker)! PDF, JPG, or PNG files please; print dimensions will be 16 x 20. Films that are accepted will have their posters shown on campus for a couple of weeks before the event. One poster will be selected for an award! Send file as attachment to ewingbrooks@laspositascollege.edu.
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  • Luke Cedillo

    It was great to connect with a lot of student filmmakers! There were some who were first time filmmakers, and some who are just as experienced or more than myself. I hope to connect with them for future projects. Keep this going for future student filmmakers!

    March 2026
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  • Tristan Mora

    This was my first time at Las Po Film Festival and I really enjoyed it, especially my film “The Closet” won 3 awards, which I was happy about. I would love to enter my next film soon.

    March 2026
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  • Jason Easter

    Had an amazing experience seeing the films and meeting everyone at the event. Thank you for having my team and me from Delta College!

    March 2026
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you, Jason! Glad to hear you enjoyed the event :) You and your team made some really good films. Lots of potential and promise - keep it up!

  • Parker Viale

    Great networking opportunity for students!

    April 2025
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  • Susan A. Bradley

    This is an amazing festival experience. Thank you so much!

    April 2024
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