Welcome to the Rose City Film Festival, a vibrant celebration of independent cinema from around the globe! Immerse yourself in a world of creativity and innovation.

Join us in Portland, USA, for an unforgettable experience filled with artistic and brilliant films that push boundaries and captivate audiences.

At Rose City Film Festival, we showcase the extraordinary work of filmmakers who dare to be different, bringing you stories that resonate and inspire.

Awards & Prizes

The festival will feature amazing independent films, concluding with an awards ceremony honoring the best of the best and will be an event in itself. This will be a "super" cinematic gala to say the least!

FILM SUBMISSIONS will be made through our FilmFreeway portal.

We're looking for short films 30 minutes and under as well as original fan film movie trailers 2 minutes or less that are experimental, daring and brilliant themed

All genres are welcome.

Awards will be given for:
Best Experimental Film
Best Animation Film
Best Narrative Film
Best Documentary Film
Best Visual Effects
Best Editing
Best Score
Best Director
Best Writer
Audience Choice Award
Jury Award
Best Trailer
Best Film

Rules & Terms

All official entries must be submitted through FilmFreeway. The Rose City Film Festival does not accept films any other way. All notifications regarding the submitted films will be through the FilmFreeway website. Films must be 30 minutes or less in length. We do not accept feature-length films. All films must have been made less than 2 years prior to the festival screening date. Non-English works are accepted, however, the film must have English subtitles. Any non-English film submitted without subtitles will be disqualified.

The Rose City Film Festival accepts short films of all genres.

SCREENING
Accepted films will be downloaded from FilmFreeway website. They will be screened in the format uploaded to the FilmFreeway website. If your film is accepted as a Rose City Film Festival official selection, you will have an opportunity to provide The Rose City Film Festival with an updated version of the film.
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  • Avery Christmas

    My producer went there (unfortunately I was not able to make it this year) and he said it was great and was really impressed, especially for a first time festival I believe. Even if this wasn't the first film festival of it's kind it's still was great. They even handed out award and prizes. Communication at first was satisfactory but significantly improved and stayed on point. I would recommend them to everyone Networking may not all be there yet, but I'm sure if they keep up the effort it'll get there. :)

    April 2017
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  • Mario Sarich

    A must see festival at the wonderful Academy Theater in Portland, Oregon!

    September 2016
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