The underdog film festival is back! A new platform, a new format, and most importantly of all, new films from independent film makers around the world. We know it's been a hot minute, but we are back and ready to bring the Thunder in 2024. While we've been away, we've been teaching an old dog some new tricks and now have a brand new website, a comprehensive archive of all films ever featured at Thunderdance and a news desk where you can keep up to date with our latest editorial content.

We will soon be opening submissions for the sixth edition of the festival. Check out all updates pertaining to the latest edition of Thunderdance at:

www.thunderdance.org/festival

The categories are up already, while the event venue, judge allocations and sponsors will be revealed in due course. So be sure to check back for updates including ticket sales for the festival itself which will be made available on our website once the venue is announced.

A physical award will be given to all "Winner" and "Honourable Mention" titles. Some shortlisted work will also be featured on the website alongside the selection from staff picks that felt the need to showcase the work. One film per year will receive the prestigious "Grand" title which bestows the recognition of being the best film at Thunderdance for that particular edition. The complete Thunderdance archive can be found at:

www.thunderdance.org/archive

Every piece of work featured at Thunderdance has it's own page link which includes any judge's feedback and category sponsorship information where applicable. All links to work are permanent and we encourage those featured to use the link as a record for their award win (in addition to any physical awards). Those who achieve "Winner" or "Honourable Mention" will receive laurels to use as they see fit.

Regardless of the time elapsed since being featured at Thunderdance, we feel a commitment to preserve whatever recognition was granted, so please let us know if you have work that was featured at a Thunderdance festival from the past and has not been catalogued in our archive.

By submitting, you are subscribing to our newsletter and giving permission for your work to be hosted on our online platform. Commercial work is not permitted and will be disqualified without refund. The maximum accepted length of submissions is 20 minutes.

If you have any questions please feel free to get in contact:
jamie@thunderdance.org

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  • Ben Hector

    Josh & Ruby are lovely and the quality of films exceeded expectations. Great audience and atmosphere and a pleasure to attend.

    July 2018
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    Response from festival:

    Ben is an extremely talented film maker, with a very exciting future it was lovely to have you at the event!

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  • Silvio Cantoro

    I wish long life at this festival.

    June 2018
  • Oscar Barany

    Really fun night, organisers were so friendly and made sure it was a really welcoming environment.

    December 2017
  • Rafael ValĂ©rio

    It has an honor to have my film CHOICE selected in 2017. Sadly the film didn't made it to finalists, but the communication went great and the selection seemed very good. Hoping this festival will only get bigger and bigger!

    December 2017
  • mohammad poustindouz

    One of The Best festival

    November 2017