Have your film screened at the 12th annual Marina del Rey Film Festival and celebrate independent film.

The 2023 Marina del Rey Film Festival will be held June 8th - 14th, 2023. We are currently scheduled to screen films at the Cinemark 18 and XD in Los Angeles as well stream them on the Shorts Daily Roku Channel.

Submissions are Open for shorts and feature narratives and documentaries, as well as screenplays. music videos, and even experimental films.

Marina del Rey is a hotbed of activity for film and technology on the West Side of Los Angeles (aka the Silicon Beach of LA). The festival is accepting films in every genre, on any topic, from every country around the world from features to shorts. Its goals are to promote the spirit of film-making and indie film in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles and throughout the world.
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Kickoff Event Venue and Time TBA
Awards Party and Ceremony Venue and Time TBA

For more information on submissions, visit the website http://marinadelreyfilmfestival.com/

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Awards & Prizes

Prizes to be announced

Rules & Terms

Submitting your film does not guarantee festival acceptance or screening. Acceptance into the festival does not guarantee award or prize. Submission fee's are nonrefundable. Marina del Rey Film Festival reserves the right to change our programming and event party's without notice.

Marina del Rey Film Festival and or vendors, employees contractors or anyone related to the film festival is not responsible for travel related losses, travel costs or any costs associated with attending the festival or any costs or expenses related to changes in programing including change in venue and dates and or change in screening times.
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  • Yuval Shrem

    This festival and the people who run it are a delight.
    The venue is excellent, with terrific quality of sound and picture.

    The festival is very supportive to independent filmmakers, and creates a sense of community.

    Lastly, Peter and Jon who run the festival, are some of the most modest and supportive people you'd find running a film featival anywhere. I feel truly lucky to know them.

    April 2023
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  • Arek Zasowski

    Fantastic platform for Independent filmmakers to showcase their work to the wider audience in Los Angeles. Great film festival in high quality setting at Cinemark 18 & XD. Excellent selection of short and feature length movies. Great atmosphere and positive vibes throughout the festival. Terrific opening and closing presentations and parties. Very experienced and professional management team and organisers and film festival photographer. Strongly recommended. If you have a film that you would like to show to the wider audience the annual Marina del Rey Film Festival is a must submit and attend event.

    April 2023
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  • Jordan Rockwell

    Peter and Jon run a great group of festival and I have not only gained future work colleagues, I've gained new friends! Awesome pictures, awesome parties, I'll always submit my work to them!

    April 2023
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  • Ana Trkulja

    Thank you for screening Bill Murray lost in Berlinale at 18h. That is appreciated. Much appreciated! :D :D :D
    The venue looks amazing.

    January 2023
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  • Shyamala Moorty

    What a warm community of people to be welcomed into for my first two films! It was so fun to meet so many diverse filmmakers and for the slots that Q and As happened it was so interesting to get deeper insight into the film making process.

    October 2022
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