The Washington Underground Film Festival (WUFF) is not your average film festival. Nestled in the heart of Woodinville’s buzzing brewery scene, this one-night celebration of cinema is dedicated to the wild, the weird, and the wonderfully low-budget. From gritty horror to mind-bending sci-fi, from experimental shorts to cult classic throwbacks, we’re showcasing the kind of films that don’t always get the spotlight—but damn well deserve it.

And the best part? This is our inaugural year—our first howl into the void—and we’re looking for filmmakers who want to be part of something bold, bizarre, and unapologetically underground.

To honor our roots, films made in the state of Washington can be submitted for free this year. Whether your film was made in 2025 or 1995, we want to see it. Shorts, features, experimental projects, no-budget masterpieces—we’re interested in it all.

Genres we’re obsessed with:

Horror (yes please)

Sci-fi (the stranger the better)

Cult & underground gems

Experimental oddities

DIY masterpieces

Anything weird, wonderful, or uncategorizable

If it’s unique, we want it.
If it’s weird, we need it.

Awards & Prizes

While this fest is mostly about the love of film and a good craft beer buzz, we’ll be handing out awards in categories like:

Best Underground Feature

Best Short Film

Most WTF Moment

Best Washington-Made Film

Audience Favorite

Cult Classic in the Making

And many more…

Get weird. Get recognized.

Rules & Terms

Eligibility: Films from any year are eligible for submission. Made it when you were in high school? Let’s see it

Ownership: Submitters must legally own the rights to the film they are submitting.

Film Length:
Short Films: Must be under 40 minutes.
Feature Films: Must be 40 minutes or longer.

Submission Fees:
Free submission for residents of Washington State. (No more than 2 submissions per filmmaker)
Non-residents may be subject to a submission fee.

Content Restrictions:
Films with excessive nudity are eligible to win but may be censored during live screenings.

Code of Conduct: Don’t be a dick. This applies to both submissions and interactions within the festival community.