***Please see Rules & Terms below to obtain free submission fee waivers!***
**KIFF has a K-12 student prize category! See Rules & Terms below for more information**
The Klamath Independent Film Festival is the premier Oregon-centric all-genre film festival, receiving more Oregon film submissions and giving more screen time to Oregon films & filmmakers (and our very northerly California neighbors!) than any other festival.
In 2020 KIFF gained national attention as the only fall film festival able to welcome an in-theater audience during the COVID-19 pandemic, and took it one step further presenting the festival in a hybrid model via the Eventive Virtual Festival platform. Activities at the event were livestreamed, while films were available on-demand with exclusive Q&As with each filmmaker.
In 2021 KIFF was even bigger, once again presenting the event in a hybrid format with improved interactive experiences connecting audiences to films and filmmakers and more Made-in-Oregon films than ever before.
For 2022, KIFF will be celebrating its 10th anniversary, and will be our best film festival yet showcasing the best in film production in the State of Oregon!
KIFF films and award-winners are selected by a three-level multi-person jury consisting of filmmakers, film experts, film fanatics and Klamath residents to ensure a non-biased, balanced exhibition which celebrates films for film's sake in a way even general audiences can appreciate. Real films selected by real people, for real audiences to enjoy!
Celebrating, growing, and bringing attention to filmmakers is our primary purpose. We program and award Northern and Southern films separately in order to give the greatest opportunity for filmmakers to be seen and recognized for their work. We aim to pass our success back to filmmakers through awards and promotion, both of which increase as our success increases.
KIFF2022 will feature $5,000 in prize money!
Southern films: shot predominantly in, or by residents of Oregon (and California counties on the Oregon/California border):
- Jury Grand Prize Feature $1,000
- Jury Grand Prize Short $600
- Jury Runner Up Short $400
- Jury 2nd Runner Up Short $300
- Jury Best K-12 Student Short $200
Northern films: shot predominantly in, or by residents of the remainder of the State of Oregon:
- Jury Grand Prize Feature $1,000
- Jury Grand Prize Short $600
- Jury Runner Up Short $400
- Jury 2nd Runner Up Short $300
- Jury Best K-12 Student Short $200
All submitters, regardless of whether their film is selected for the festival or not, are entitled to two (2) free Weekend Passes (Saturday/Sunday), in order to bring filmmakers together and encourage them to meet/network/see each other's work!
*This pass does not include the Friday opening night gala and feature.