Join us July 13th - 18th as we celebrate our "Sweet 16th" edition of the Prescott Film Festival!

We will be screening at the fantastic Yavapai College Performing Arts Center with state of the art projection and sound. This year our interactive sing-a-long is Mary Poppins, on Saturday July 18th!

What else are we screening? That's up to you filmmakers! We can't wait to see your films! Please note that films cannot be streaming on any platform before or during our festival dates. Also, we require a password protected Vimeo link so our Movie Reviewers can view your film.

Join this filmmaker-friendly festival run by amazing volunteers and professionals in the tall pines mountains of Arizona, where the audience is engaged and supportive of independent film!

Awards & Prizes

Best Narrative Short Film
Best Documentary Short Film
Best Narrative Feature Film
Best Documentary Feature Film
Director's Choice

Rules & Terms

1. Screeners must be submitted via secure, password protected Vimeo links.
2. No revised screeners will be accepted once the entry has been made.
3. Films that are commercially available by streaming or on DVD at the time of submission are not eligible.
4. Entry fees are non-refundable.
5. Please read rule 1: Password protected Vimeo links.
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  • Nikita Vyas Hattangady

    Excellent Festival with lots of activities for filmmakers and wonderful films for the audience. Highly recommend!

    July 2026
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  • David Cormican

    ★★★★★

    Something Pointless screened at the sweet 16 edition of the Prescott Film Festival in Arizona — and we were particularly proud to have our Executive Producer Damon Russell (Academy Award winner, Curfew) on hand to represent the film and engage with the audience.

    Prescott is a festival that does exactly what the best regional festivals do: it brings films to an engaged, curious community that genuinely wants to be in the room. The Performing Arts Center is a beautiful setting, and the warmth of the entire team — from Helen Stephenson's vision and care as Founder and Festival Director, to David Peebler's thoughtful marketing work that brought audiences through the door — made this a genuinely memorable stop on the circuit.

    For Damon, whose own Oscar-winning film Curfew has travelled a not dissimilar road, the experience of representing Something Pointless in Prescott was meaningful. A screening that matters is one where the audience is present — and Prescott's audiences are present.

    Since screening here, the campaign has continued to build: Something Pointless has accumulated 19 festival wins and over 50 confirmed selections, with the circuit running into early 2027. We hope to return to Prescott with future projects.

    To Helen, David and the whole PFF team — thank you for sixteen years of championing independent cinema in Arizona. It shows.

    — David Cormican, p.g.a., Producer, Co-Screenwriter, Something Pointless

    July 2026
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  • Joseph Neibich and Joseph Nybyk Pictures

    Great local festival up in beautiful downtown Prescott. Very supportive staff.

    July 2025
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  • Mark Bonn

    Helen and the Folks at Prescott never fail to impress! Was in the 2012 and the 2024 Festival and Every year the Festival gets Better and Better! Awesome Audiences and Excellent venue! Bravo Prescott Film Festival!!!

    July 2024
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  • Miteshkumar Patel

    A really great festival. Excellent venue, audience, volunteers, and organizer.

    October 2023
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