The World's Longest Running Traveling Comic Convention Film Festival is back...
GeekFest Film Festivals Year 13!

ONE ENTRY FEE, MULTIPLE TOUR STOPS, MULTIPLE SCREENINGS!

Long Beach Comic Con Sept 5-6 2026 (Long Beach California)
Rose City Comic Con Sept 11-13 2026 (Portland Oregon)
Los Angeles Comic Con Dates- October 30- Nov 1 (Los Angeles California)

The Number One Traveling Geek Genre Film Festival in the world celebrating the best in science fiction, horror, fantasy, action and fan film shorts and web series from across the globe!

One of the World's Top Rated Genre Festivals on FilmFreeway and the only film festival that programs into some of North America's largest Comic Conventions!

Submit your LIVE ACTION and ANIMATED Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Action and Fan Films NOW!!

In 12 years, we've programmed at over 85 comic cons across North America, over 7.5 million con goers have seen the GeekFest Film Fest brand on the Exhibition Floor, tens of thousands have attended GeekFest Screenings and Panels.

GeekFest Film Fests is the ONLY traveling Geek Genre Film Festival, programming high concept genre films into Comic Conventions!

All Official Selections receive complimentary passes to the Comic Cons they are screening, filmmaker panel opportunities at select events, and booth space for your swag and marketing materials!

Filmmakers in past years received Comic Convention passes valued at over $2500.00 per year. GeekFest Booth on the Exhibition Floor at some conventions! Filmmakers are invited to market and promote their films on the Convention Floor at the GeekFest Booth

Exposure- Over 7.5 million comic con attendees combined in our past 12 year of Physical touring! Selections receive social media marketing on multiple social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram with over 10 thousand active fans, and share your trailer to our Youtube channel with over 15 million views and over 11 thousand subscribers.

Celebrity Geek Judges watch your film and help GeekFest decide the selections.
Judges are from TV/Film and the Comic Con and Pop Culture industries, including Lloyd Kaufman, Bo Svenson, Jeff Wadlow, Jackis Dallas, Emma Caulfield, Amy Jo Johnson, Keahu Kahuanui, Gigi Edgely, Erin Cahill, Jessica Cameron, Scott Mantz, Sterling Gates and Chloe Dykstra...just to name a few!

We've programmed across North America in some of the largest conventions including Fan Expo Canada, MegaCon, Rhode Island Comic Con, Los Angeles Comic Con, New York Comic Con and many more...

Imagine your Geek Film Screening at some of the country's largest comic conventions to our growing fanbase and visibility at every convention we program...plus distribution opportunities!

Come for the Film Fest, Stay for the Convention!

Awards & Prizes

Over $120,000 in prizes and perks have been awarded in our 1st 12 years!

Past Prize Sponsors have included Legion M, Sony Software, Boris FX, Fanbase Press, Beachtek, Graphic Lab Tees, Valiant Comics, Top Cow, Coscards, Boom! Studios, American Tourister, Shot Lister App, Top Cow Productions, Zenescope Entertainment, Geek Eyewear, Truffle Cottage, WOWWEE, Boston Metaphysical Society, Alterna Comics and more!

Year 13- For Each Conventions we program a full festival event we award:

*Best Fan Film Short

*Best SciFi Short

*Best Horror Short

*Best Fantasy Short

*Best Animated Short

*Best Trailer

*Best Web Series

*Best of Fest (Grand Prize Winner)

Rules & Terms

All official selections will be notified of acceptance by E-mail. (Make sure your email address is current) Accepted projects cannot be publicly exhibited within a 90 mile radius of the convention area at any time within a one-month period of the event start date either at a film festival or pop culture convention. If this occurs, GeekFest has the right to refuse exhibition at that specific con. After acceptance of projects, the entrant is free to publicize his/her work to any and all media she/he deems necessary. Please notify GeekFest of any media support you receive. The undersigned entrant shall release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless FirstGlance Films, GeekFest and its agents, respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, contractors, partners, sponsors, and volunteers from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including, without limitations, attorneys' fees). The undersigned entrant authorizes GeekFest to promote the entry in part for any marketing or publicity purpose prior to, during, and after the competition. You agree to be bound by these guidelines and the decisions of the judges, which are final and binding in all respects and to waive any right to claim ambiguity in the contest or the rules. The signature of applicant constitutes that the entrants information is true and correct and agrees to all competition rules and guidelines.

REQUIREMENTS- An MP4 compressed file will be required for screening at Pop Culture Conventions and a DCP will be required if GeekFest has a theatrical event in a theater at the end of 2026.

Some Official Selections may be screened multiple times at GeekFest events.

Due to the nature of comic conventions we are not responsible for convention cancellations or last minute changes or events beyond our control that may lead to the cancellation of the convention.

We have no control over comic con scheduling and events, some comic cons change schedules, programming at the last minute. We do our best to negotiate with the conventions ahead of time, so we're able to announce the GeekFest scheduling earlier on our site, it may not show up on the conventions websites until a couple weeks prior to their events.

We do not offer or grant waivers.

Disclaimer: At the Festivals Discretion, if any categories submissions do not receive enough high judge votes needed to warrant an Official Selection, a festival category may be suspended for that season.

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  • DK Greenley

    Enjoyed the wonderful experience of seeing my sci-fi thriller screened at Long Beach and Los Angeles Comic Con 2025, and the audience's reaction watching BLUR play at these two distinct in-person events.

    The cast and I that attended were quite gratified also with winning the Audience Choice Award - Best Sci-Fi at each fan convention, and how fun it was networking with other actors, and independent filmmakers, as well as sitting on the filmmaker /cast/ crew panels discussing our projects in front of comic con attendees.

    GeekFest, much appreciation for making this tour happen, and THE HIGHLIGHT of my film's festival screening circuit of 2025.

    November 2025
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  • Sneaky Pineapple Productions

    I had such a great experience participating in the GeekFest Film Festival at Long Beach Comic Con! I had the joy of being on a filmmaker panel alongside a group of incredibly smart and talented creatives. The conversation was fantastic and the audience questions were really thoughtful.
    The films in my block (the Animation/Comedy Block) were so strong, and the audience’s energy was amazing. They understood our short film in a way that other festival audiences hadn’t yet, which made the whole experience especially rewarding.
    GeekFest is the perfect festival to celebrate the geekier, genre-loving side of filmmaking — fun, well-run, and full of passionate film fans. I’d absolutely recommend it to anyone whose work lives in that wonderfully nerdy space!

    October 2025
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  • Sterling Gates

    GeekFest is an excellent traveling convention!!!! They played our film, JUST THE JANITOR, at several major comic conventions this season, and it was a thrill to see geeky audiences react to it! Bill runs a great fest, highly recommended.

    October 2025
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  • Kevin Croxton

    Our fan film, "Indiana Jones and the Treasure of the Aztecs", was selected to be a part of GeekFest Film Fest Year 11, and we couldn't be more excited! We are looking forward to our film screening at different Comic Cons across the country this year!! What an honor!!

    March 2024
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  • Bella Zoe Martinez

    This was our first ComiCon, and Geekfest made it an amazing experience! Bill was very good with keeping us informed, Jackie Dallas was a very cool person to be the face of the Geekfest booth. Thank you so much! The entire team of Glory & Injustice is humbled and thrilled to have won a Best Short Film and Best of Fest! Bella Zoe even won the cosplay competition for Best in Show as Jinx from the series Arcane. Not sure how we will top this one… Have been to many incredible film festivals, but there has been nothing quite like the energy of being a part of ComiCon, and able to interact with so many different people, fans and not just filmmakers. This one is definitely worth entering.

    July 2023
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