About Festival:
Sacramento Independent Film Festival is a quarterly online awards event take place in Sacramento.

Sacramento has a rich history in films and television. Since 1914 it has been featured in movies such as Showboat, Huckleberry Finn, Lucky Numbers and Memoirs of a Geisha. The popular TV show The Mentalist was set and shot here.
Pastoral farms, rivers and streams, industrial parks, vibrant city scenes and small towns are all within a 30 minute drive from downtown.

Sacramento Independent Film Festival is looking for independent projects from all genres and categories, particularly low or no-budget ones. The festival's mission is to celebrate filmmaking from around the world. All of the winners will receive the official laurel and an achievement certificate and offer the option of online screening.

Awards & Prizes

Categories:

Narrative Short
Narrative Feature
Foreign Shorts
Foreign Feature
Documentary Shorts
Documentary Feature
Animation Shorts
New Filmmakers Shorts
Experimental Shorts
Student Shorts
Horror Shorts
Music Videos
Comedy Shorts
Best Producer
Best Female Director
Best Male Director
Best Female Student Director
Best Male Student Director
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Acting Ensemble
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Production Design
Best Sound Design
Best Original Score
Best Screenwriting

Rules & Terms

Rules and regulations:

1- In order to submit a film, you must own the rights or have permission from the owner.
2- All fees are non-refundable.
3- The Festival relationship will exclusively be related to the film submitter.
4- Maximum length allowed for short is 40 minutes.
5- Any Foreign film that is not in English must have English subtitles.
6- Students must present a valid Student ID in order to receive our student discount.
7- Not all the submissions are selected for the Official Competition. Our Judges are free to make their own choices and no answers will be given about not selected films.
8- The festival can consider any film to be disqualified if the festival considers the content inappropriate. If you have any question regarding this decision you might contact us at our email address.
9- A fee is required for the official Submission. For payment structure visit FilmFreeway
10- Submitting your movie, you authorize the festvial to use, distribute and share the film poster, trailer, synopsis and movie stills in our social media.
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  • Beka Jean

    While we could not make it to the event we with JUST ANOTHER DAY are very happy to have places as a SEMI-FINALIST!

    April 2026
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  • Maria Picar

    Thanks to the Sacramento Independent Film Festival for accepting two of my films "Still Life" and "Asian American Artists". The communication was awesome and the opportunity to be promoted to semi-finalists was priceless. We are extremely grateful to allowing to show our work! Thanks again!

    March 2026
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  • Mira Kim

    Thank you sincerely for this honor and for welcoming my film with such warmth. Korea today stands strong in the world, but my childhood Korea lived under war’s scars and harsh poverty. In that darkness, family love and neighborly care became the light that kept us going. I made this film to restore those quiet, human moments that deserve to be remembered. Thank you for letting those memories reach the world again through this festival.

    March 2026
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  • Laura Bondarevsky

    Muy Feliz de ser parte del festival. Gracias por ser de los que defienden el cine en el mundo.

    So happy to be part of the festival. Thank you for being one of those who defend cinema around the world.

    March 2026
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  • David James

    Thank you for supporting The Bard Bites Back, it is an honour.

    March 2026
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