Welcome to Side Door Soiree: An Art Festival created to provide a platform for artists and creatives alike to come together as a community, while adhering to social distance & safety guidelines, and continue to share our work during this crazy pandemic.
We have live screenings of local, national and international films.
Submission categories include Drama, Comedy, Documentary, Animation, Sci-Fi/Horror, Music Video, Student, and LA Filmmaker. Films from all years are invited to submit and there is no premiere requirement.


SIDE DOOR SOIREE welcomes short films with any content and in any style, whether it be live-action, documentary, or animation. Entries must have a total runtime of 20 minutes or less. The year of production does not matter and there is no premiere requirement.

Non-English language films must be subtitled with subtitles in English or contain minimal dialog.

Selected films will be notified by email on SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2020
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A press kit is not required for submission. Upon selection, filmmakers are highly encouraged to provide a high-quality digital stills, and poster from the film if they are not already available via FilmFreeway.

All submission fees must be in U.S. funds. Films submitted without the correct payment will be disqualified.

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