Welcome to the Los Angeles Short Film Festival. This is an International Film Festival.
We screen local, national, and international films. This is a live event, not an online event. You'll enjoy screenings in the theater, and Q&A with filmmakers in Person!

This is an International Film Festival. Everybody can submit. Film festivals are still the best place to screen independent work and get it noticed. With YouTube and Vimeo so overcrowded, good shorts often drown in a sea of bad. Showing the best of the best is a priority at Los Angeles Short Film Festival. We provide filmmakers an opportunity to share their shorts with an enthusiastic and responsive audience that’s eager to see new films, new faces, and new art. Los Angeles Short Film Festival – where emerging talent finds a place to shine!
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Los Angeles Performing Art Conservatory is a school for acting with 100 seats theater.

The winner will get a GOLDEN TROPHY for BEST OF THE FESTIVAL.
Other winners will get Certificates/Diplomas.
All Officially Selected will get All Films Pass for two.

We do not accept "work in progress" versions. No politics, or religious agenda content. Make sure your work is finished. No porn content, please. No premiere status is required. The film or Script cannot be older than 10 years. Los Angeles Short Film Festival is hereby granted the right to utilize an excerpt from any film submitted and accepted for exhibition at the Festival for promotional purposes. The individual or corporation submitting the film hereby warrants that it is authorized to commit the film for screening (including but not limited to multiple screenings in multiple U.S. and International locations), and understands and accepts these requirements and regulations. The undersigned shall indemnify and hold harmless Los Angeles Short Film Festival from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees, and costs of the court) that may be incurred because of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss of or damage to the screening videos entered.
Could you not send any discs or files to us? Online materials are good enough for now—no porn content. We select and screen around 20-30 films a year. If you are selected we'll ask you for a copy of the film and permission to use 30-60 seconds of it for the festival trailer.
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1) Your film or video must be produced after 2015 to qualify.
2) Scripts (produced or not produced). Not older than 10 years.
3) Your script must be never produced.
4) No porn content.
5) Make sure to enter the correct category.
6) Do not send discs. The online screener is good enough.
7) Do not send any discs or files to us. Online materials are good enough for now.
8) We do not accept "work in progress" versions.
9) No premiere status is required.
10) We select and screen around 20-30 films a year. If you are selected we'll ask you for a copy of the film and permission to use 30-60 seconds for the festival trailer.

Overall Rating
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Value
Communication
Hospitality
Networking
  • Sara Hersh

    Great festival! Thank you for screening “Grace”! Lovely communication and folks who put on the festival. Excited to submit future projects here. :)

    April 2026
  • Darren Sullivan

    First fest I have ever made it to and I won. Very exciting and well organized.

    July 2025
  • Seth Swirsky

    This was a wonderful festival. Everyone was really nice and it just had a very warm feeling about it. The audiences were great as were the Q & A's. Thank you for making my making my animated short --"VanTongerloo's Dream"-- a Winner in that category!

    April 2025
  • Lisa Bishop

    An excellent experience with really good and personal communication.

    June 2024
  • Matthew Nevin

    Fantastic! Thank You for all your work!

    May 2024