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About festival
Long Beach Underground Film Festival
A film festival for visionaries and other weirdos.
Here at LBUFF we wanna take you on a journey - we want to show unique films in non-traditional venues and have a ton of fun doing it! While we don't have the glitz and glamour of the big name festivals, we have a commitment to our community and showing our filmmakers a good time in Long Beach!
Although we aim to specialize in experimental film, any film with indie spirit is welcome to submit. This is also a great festival for first time filmmakers and students.
On top of public screenings we will offer parties, workshops, a filmmaker's lounge and just an overall fun vibe.
Each entry, screened or not, will receive a real person response reviewing your film - not a form email. It's very possible your film is great but just not the right fit for our festival!
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to email us @ LongBeachUndergroundFilmFest@gmail.com - we are a festival for the people and love to chat!
Festival Amenities
Accepted Content
Submission Categories
Experimental Short
A little dose of weird goes a long way. (under 30 minutes)
Experimental Half-movie
Weird length, weird movie. We like it. (between 30 and 60 minutes)
Experimental Feature
Keeping things weird for over an hour is a great parlor trick. (over 60 minutes)
Underground Short
A slice of grittiness goes well with coffee. (under 30 minutes)
Underground Half-movie
Okay, maybe I'll actually have an underground sandwich. (between 30 and 60 minutes)
Underground Feature
Full course midnight movie meal here! (over 60 minutes)
Animation Short
When your idea is too unique for a camera to capture. (under 30 minutes)
Animation Half-movie
I hope you're not drawing these by hand, because your hand would be getting tired. (between 30 and 60 minutes)
Animation Feature
That seems like a lot of work - I expect to see you working for Pixar after our fest! (over 60 minutes)
LGBTQIA+ Short
Give us a small slice of who you are, you fabulous gender-bender! (under 30 minutes)
LGBTQIA+ Half-movie
Gender is a spectrum and your film falls right in the middle...run time. (between 30 and 60 minutes)
LGBTQIA+ Feature
Did you tell us you whole life story? Because that would be awesome! (over 60 minutes)
Horror Short
Just a little taste of terror... (under 30 minutes)
Horror Half-movie
When your fake blood budget runs out, your movie is over. (between 30 and 60 minutes)
Horror Feature
Over an hour worth of horror? Will we be able to sleep tonight? (over 60 minutes)
Music Video
Let's see it and hear it....
Festival Team
Psychoactive Richard
Festival Director/Bearded Weird
Jay
Media Relations/Hand of the King
Ricky Kneeecaps
Assistant Programmer/Tech
Cammie Jones
Progammer/Q&A Moderator
Lisa Tom
Tech
