Underdog Film Festival is an annual competitive festival dedicated to the often unheard voices in motion pictures.
Focussed on films that were realised on a low or even micro budget, it is a festival that highlights the projects of filmmakers who are struggling to get their work seen. We are looking for a unique blend of arthouse narrative films and non-fiction projects and want to see courageous and innovative narratives that deserve to be experienced, discussed and promoted.
On that note we would like to kindly ask filmmakers to refrain from submitting experimental films. We simply don't have the capacity to include these (yet).
The festival has an annual structure and will include different types of film competitions as well as additional special events. First, the judges will privately review the submitted materials, then shortlisted films will be screened as part of our live screening schedule. Ultimately, judges will vote on the shortlisted films and the audience gets to vote via on-site ballots. Winners will be announced during our awards ceremony.
But above all the Underdog Film Festival is a place that wants to bring people together and give them a place where they can discuss the things they are passionate about. On that note, we hope to entertain you!
For our 1st year running we made the conscious choice not to have a feature competition, but to focus on the short form instead.
Now in our second year, we have slimmed down the general event, but have added a feature film competition. In the spirit of our mission statement, these have a maximum budget category.
Screenings will be separated into German screening blocks and international screening blocks. The jury will ultimately decide what category your film will be nominated in. This could be several categories, even if you enter your film in one category only.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ENTER YOUR FILM INTO MORE THAN ONE CATEGORY! WE WILL CONSIDER YOUR PROJECT FOR ANY CATEGORY WHERE ALL CRITERIA IS MET.
There will be other crew and cast awards. To keep things simple and affordable we have only listed a small select list of categories here.