The Obscure Obsidian Film Awards is a festival dedicated to the filmmakers who thrive in the dark corners of creativity—those who work with micro-budgets, underground visions, and defiantly strange ideas. This is the home of outsider auteurs, late-night experimenters, boundary-breakers, and bold storytellers who choose art over convention.
Obscure Obsidian was created to honor the films that major festivals overlook: the raw, the surreal, the abrasive, the fearless, the unheard, and the unapologetically original. Whether your work is lo-fi horror, avant-garde animation, eccentric docu-diaries, experimental narrative, or something completely unclassifiable, this is the place where your vision isn’t just accepted—it’s celebrated.
Rather than a traditional in-person festival, Obscure Obsidian culminates in a fully prerecorded awards show —only stranger, darker, and unapologetically independent. Winners and selected filmmakers are showcased to a global audience in a polished ceremony designed to elevate voices that deserve recognition beyond the underground.
Visibility for the Invisible: Stand out in a space built specifically for unconventional cinema, where your work won’t be overshadowed by big-budget productions.
Prestige Without Gatekeeping: Be honored in a awards show that treats micro-budget filmmakers with respect given to Hollywood talent.
Global Exposure: Winners and featured filmmakers gain a spotlight across online platforms, reaching audiences who appreciate experimental and off-beat creation.
Validation for the Visionaries: Your boldest ideas matter here—this is where your weirdest film might just win big.
For creators who shape worlds from scraps, who dare to color outside every line, and who embrace the beautifully bizarre, Obscure Obsidian is your stage. Step into the shadows—and let your film shine.

All films must have all necessary rights for the materials used with in them.
Films must have a trailer and poster are that can be used in the awards show.
Films not in English must have an English subtitle or caption track.
Winners will be notified before the awards show is recorded and asked if they would like to submit a recorded acceptance speech to be used.
Awards for best director, actor, etc. will be chosen from the films submitted.
Films submitted in any subcategory will also be entered into best feature/ best short
Entrants agree to allow materials from their films and related materials to be used in the awards show, for streaming, physical media, and any other known or unknown means of distribution throughout the universe.
Decisions of the judges are final