Call for Entries Opens Sept 1st 2019
FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Fest 20
A 4-night event in March 2020 with Live Awards Presentation by FirstGlance Alumni and Director/Actor Raphael Sbarge
$1000 Cash Prize to the Top Judged 1st time US Filmmaker from our partner Papaya Films.
$500 Cash Prize in each category that receives over 200 entries.
FirstGlance Film Fests: One of the TOP RATED Film Festivals on FilmFreeway
Be sure to tweet when you enter your film so we can share your news with our almost 50K Twitter Followers.
ALL Official Selections receive social media marketing unlike any film festival on EARTH!
Accepting Drama, Comedy, Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Action and all genres from filmmakers of all genders, races, color, ethnicity, religions and countries.
FirstGlance is an all inclusive and diverse event for first time filmmakers to Professionals from Los Angeles and across the globe!
We continually champion amazing filmmakers and storytellers from around the world!
Features, Shorts, Documentary, Animation, Live Action, Web Series, Music Videos, Original Concept Trailers, Student Films
The 20th Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival screens local and international professional, first time, and student filmmakers, celebrating the best in indie film making from across the globe and locally produced Los Angeles and West Coast Filmmakers
Screenings, Red Carpet, Live Awards Presentation and Nominations in over 25 categories and Audience Choice in ALL Categories! Over 25 nominating categories for Official Selections, plus Best of Audience awards for each category, and BEST OF FEST award winners.
FirstGlance Film Festivals are the longest running international bi-coastal indie film festivals in the United States. FirstGlance has theatrically screened over 2100 films to over 210,000 attendees and has the most active Short Online Contest, having screened over 725 short films to over 250,000 online viewers and voters over the past 11 years.
FirstGlance Film Fests have a 98% track record with feature films (Narrative and Documentary) acquiring VOD, theatrical and Pay Cable distribution.
FirstGlance has a deal to license science fiction and horror shorts and webseries with our streaming partner, Gunpowder and Sky's Alter and Dust networks an amazing online network, offering filmmakers a non exclusive, cash up front short term licensing deal with amazing exposure potential.
Named 5 times as a Best Film Festival Investment by Moviemaker Magazine
and named by Time Magazine as, "One of the Festivals for the Rest of Us"
And One of FilmFreeway's Top 100 Film Festivals!
Semi-Finalists in our Shorts Categories are invited to take part in our very successful Short Online Contest, that has been running twice yearly for over 12 years alongside our physical festival for the opportunity to win over $2000 in prizes and a place in our next FirstGlance Film Festival.