THE UNDERDOG FILM FESTIVAL
SPONSORED BY
BROUGHT TO YOU BY EZIMAGINATIONS, LLC
ABOUT
TUFF (The Underdog Film Festival) is an event centered around independent filmmakers whom are the true underdogs of the film and entertainment industry. Combining skill, talent and experience we are putting together an event for short-films and fan-films alike!
The main goal of TUFF is to show your hard work and dedication on the big screen to not only your friends, family and/or other filmmakers, but a real audience! TUFF will be a great opportunity for filmmakers of all calipers, venues and visions to come together make connections!
TUFF 2023 will be a four-hour premiere with raffling taking place during intermission, prizes after the films premiere where all proceeds will go towards children with special needs.
Genres will include but not limited to: Horror, Sci-Fi, Fan-Film, Action, Drama, Comedy, Web series, Animation, Documentary, Music Video, Movie Trailers and Show pilots. The end of each screening block will be followed by filmmakers Q&A with any attending filmmakers whose works were accepted and shown.
RULES & TERMS TO SUBMIT A FILM
Maximum Run Time Limit: 30 minutes
Given that this is a short-film festival, longer films are more of a challenge to program in. If your film is within the range of 5-15 minutes we strongly urge you to considering submitting. Longer/shorter films will still be considered, so please don’t feel discouraged!
TUFF is a family friendly festival; you can submit any film that you would like however the content and quality of your work and how it’s perceived by the structuring of the festival will be the main factor in its judging of acceptance or denial into the program. Again, please don’t feel discouraged and submit your film work! We would love to see it and It’s FREE to submit to see if it qualifies for the festival!
Your film doesn’t need to be a premiere, it can already exist online and still be considered for the festival! If your film is in a foreign language; being English is not the primary language, please submit proper subtitles/external subtitle file formats IF your films is accepted after submission/review/acceptance process.
As previously stated, it is FREE OF CHARGE to submit your film product for review into the festival. However; submission does NOT guarantee that your film will be picked/screened at the festival. In the event that your film product is selected to be screened at the TUFF premiere, you will have to pay a one-time acceptance fee. NO REFUNDS.
In the event that you have a film that has yet to be completed but would like to submit a teaser trailer/movie trailer or an advertisement of the same variety we will be offering entry slots for filmmakers to submit their work to play before the selected short-films at a small fee.
Given that we have a genre bracket open for Fan-films, we ask that you please respect the original copyright owners by giving them the proper credit in the film establishing that you are not affiliated with the original franchise and that your film is for non-profit viewing purposes and the content in which you have created is your independent work. All other original content, please make sure that you hold all copyrights to your film and its elements.
If your film is selected to premiere at the Underdog Film Festival, please have promotional material ready to submit so it can be integrated into the TUFF marketing and advertising campaign of the event to the general public.
Upon making final decisions on submitted films, we will design a program where films will be given an unofficial rating allowing attendees to know ahead of time which films will play and at what time so they can better plan in the event families bring their little ones and your film has adult language/situations.
Be sure to check your spam mail to make sure your acceptance email didn’t slip in there.
If you can’t join us/submit your film for the festival and would still like to help the cause, you can make a donation to The Underdog Film Festival at paypal.me/EZImaginations
July 1, 2023 – AUGUST 15, 2023
FREE TO ENTER
$22.00 – if accepted
AUGUST 16, 2023 – SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
FREE TO ENTER
$32.00 – if accepted
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023 – SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
FREE TO ENTER
$42.00 – if accepted
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
This is the deadline where we will make final decisions and let owners of their films know whether or not they’ve been accepted into the film-festival. If you make a film submission some time before this deadline and have yet to hear anything, please reach out and let us know to make sure there was no error in the submission process.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
$12.00
If you have a movie trailer of your project that has yet to be released/completed but would like it advertised prior to the short-films.
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
$35.00-$55.00
If you would like a 30 second static advertisement or simple video commercial/advertisement that recycles on screen before showtime and during intermission you’re welcome to advertise during our festival and help the cause of charity.
FILM SUBMISSIONS CLOSED ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2023. THANK YOU TO ALL APPLICANTS! WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE PREMIERE!
The UNDERDOG FILM FESTIVAL EVENT PHOTOS
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK AND WELCOME MIKE GIORDANO FOR JOINING THE UNDERDOG FILM FESTIVAL!
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK AND WELCOME BORDERLANDS COMICS & GAMES FOR JOINING THE UNDERDOG FILM FESTIVAL!
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK AND WELCOME THE BLOOD CONNECTION FOR JOINING THE UNDERDOG FILM FESTIVAL!
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: AFTER PARTY PLANS
ACCEPTED FILMS
CONGRATULATIONS & WELCOME TO THE UNDERDOG FILM FESTIVAL!
SOCC’EM MOMS
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
LOVESTRUCK
MORENDO
GHOSTBUSTERS: HEIRLOOM
BACKYARD BLACKBIRD
REFLECTED
HONEY, HUSH! HONEY
C’EST LA VIE
THE SHOP
THE PERFECT KILL
THE RUNDOWN
FIGHTING TELEGRAMS, INC
BABY GIRL
