Arizona Underground Film Festival

Tucson, AZ, United States, North America

11 - 20 Sep, 2020

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Arizona Underground Film Festival

Tucson, AZ, United States, North America

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About the festival

Arizona Underground Film Festival is Arizona’s premier genre cult film festival, and one of the most recognized underground film festivals in the country! We make it our sole mission to showcase the work of filmmakers with defiantly independent visions. We are on a quest to represent every genre of independent film from across the world celebrating the artist, and their work.

Its our 13th year presenting some of the best in films from categories of Narrative, Horror, Documentaries, Experimental, and Animation. Join us in the underground!

WHAT CRITICS ARE SAYING ABOUT AZUFF

“It’s got the vision and confidence of fests that have been around a lot longer.” - Filmmaker Magazine

“Prestigious festival” – The Huffington Post

“Unbeatable!” - Arizona Daily Star

“Truly Amazing” - Tucson Citizen

“AZUFF shed(s) light on the underground network… bringing independent films into the lime-light” - Yahoo News

“A Top-Notch Film Festival” - Trashwire

“A Real Powerhouse of a Festival” - Underground Film Journal

“A Wild Ride to the Edges of Visionary Independent Cinema” - Film Festival Examiner

We will be giving out awards to the Best Feature and Short for
Narrative
Horror
Experimental
Animation
Documentaries
Exploitation
Audience Award
and Director’s Award

About

Arizona Underground Film Festival is Arizona’s premier genre cult film festival, and one of the most recognized underground film festivals in the country! We make it our sole mission to showcase the work of filmmakers with defiantly independent visions. We are on a quest to represent every genre of independent film from across the world celebrating the artist, and their work.

Its our 13th year presenting some of the best in films from categories of Narrative, Horror, Documentaries, Experimental, and Animation. Join us in the underground!

WHAT CRITICS ARE SAYING ABOUT AZUFF

“It’s got the vision and confidence of fests that have been around a lot longer.” - Filmmaker Magazine

“Prestigious festival” – The Huffington Post

“Unbeatable!” - Arizona Daily Star

“Truly Amazing” - Tucson Citizen

“AZUFF shed(s) light on the underground network… bringing independent films into the lime-light” - Yahoo News

“A Top-Notch Film Festival” - Trashwire

“A Real Powerhouse of a Festival” - Underground Film Journal

“A Wild Ride to the Edges of Visionary Independent Cinema” - Film Festival Examiner

We will be giving out awards to the Best Feature and Short for
Narrative
Horror
Experimental
Animation
Documentaries
Exploitation
Audience Award
and Director’s Award

Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Foreign language films must be dubbed or subtitled in English. You can include press kits or any other materials for your film. We have no film premiere requirements or date of completion requirements. Over 60 minutes for features and under 60 minutes for shorts. The festival selection committee makes all programming decisions. If accepted we will notify filmmakers by email by August 28th, most times earlier.

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

Narrative Feature
Early Bird (20th April, 2020) $35
Regular (15th June, 2020) $40
Late (24th July, 2020) $45

Any and all narrative features! There also is NO completion date requirement, so send all films from any year. Narratives are dramas and comedies. More than 60 min

Horror Feature
Early Bird (20th April, 2020) $35
Regular (15th June, 2020) $40
Late (24th July, 2020) $45

Any and all horror films! You know that we at AZUFF loves horror, so send in your best frights! There is NO completion date requirement, so send films from any year. More than 60 min

Documentary Feature
Early Bird (20th April, 2020) $35
Regular (15th June, 2020) $40
Late (24th July, 2020) $45

Any and all documentary films! There also is NO completion date requirement, so send all your documentary films from any year. Documentary films made up a good portion of last year's festival schedule, so we look forward to keeping it that way this year. More than 60 min

Experimental Feature
Early Bird (20th April, 2020) $35
Regular (15th June, 2020) $40
Late (24th July, 2020) $45

Any and all experimental films! AZUFF is one of the only festival in AZ that showcases true experimental cinema. There also is NO completion date requirement, so send all your experimental films from any year. More than 60 min

Animation Feature
Early Bird (20th April, 2020) $35
Regular (15th June, 2020) $40
Late (24th July, 2020) $45

Any and all Animation films! There also is NO completion date requirement, so send all your Animation films from any year. More than 60 min

Exploitation Feature
Early Bird (20th April, 2020) $35
Regular (15th June, 2020) $40
Late (24th July, 2020) $45

We feel that filmmakers that are making exploitation films end up getting their films grouped in other categories that don't do them justice. For this reason, we created a new category so there is an outlet for these films, and the filmmakers that work so hard on creating them. Exploitation films is a type of film that is promoted by "exploiting" often lurid subject matter. So send in your films! More than 60 min

Narrative Short
Early Bird (20th April, 2020) $30
Regular (15th June, 2020) $35
Late (24th July, 2020) $40

Any and all narrative shorts! There also is NO completion date requirement, so send all films from any year. 60 min or less

Horror Short
Early Bird (20th April, 2020) $30
Regular (15th June, 2020) $35
Late (24th July, 2020) $40

Any and all horror films! You know that we at AZUFF loves horror, so send in your best frights! There is NO completion date requirement, so send films from any year. 60 min or less

Documentary Short
Early Bird (20th April, 2020) $30
Regular (15th June, 2020) $35
Late (24th July, 2020) $40

Any and all documentary films! There also is NO completion date requirement, so send all your documentary films from any year. Documentary films made up a good portion of last year's festival schedule, so we look forward to keeping it that way this year. 60 min or less

Experimental Short
Early Bird (20th April, 2020) $30
Regular (15th June, 2020) $35
Late (24th July, 2020) $40

Any and all experimental films! AZUFF is one of the only festival in AZ that showcases true experimental cinema. There also is NO completion date requirement, so send all your experimental films from any year. 60 min or less

Animation Short
Early Bird (20th April, 2020) $30
Regular (15th June, 2020) $35
Late (24th July, 2020) $40

Any and all Animation Shorts! There also is NO completion date requirement, so send all films from any year. 60 min or less

Exploitation Short
Early Bird (20th April, 2020) $30
Regular (15th June, 2020) $35
Late (24th July, 2020) $40

We feel that filmmakers that are making exploitation films end up getting their films grouped in other categories that don't do them justice. For this reason, we created a new category so there is an outlet for these films, and the filmmakers that work so hard on creating them. Exploitation films is a type of film that is promoted by "exploiting" often lurid subject matter. So send in your films! 60 min or less

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