Short Film Festival

2009 A3F International Short Film Festival
The 2nd Annual A3F Short Film Festival kicks-off February 2009. Registration is now open! Send in your short films so you can become Almost Famous!

Submissions
Films 1-60 minutes in length in the genres of Comedy/Drama, Horror/Sci-fi, Animation, Documentary, and Foreign are welcome.

Registration
Please review the submission requirements and download the entry form and mail with your short film. You may pay online below with your PayPal or Credit/Debit card or attach a check with your entry form.

Early entry fee ($25) 09/30/08 | Regular entry fee ($35) 11/30/08 | Late entry fee ($45) 12/15/2008.

Why Enter?
The A3F prides itself in putting the filmmakers first! Please read some comments from filmmakers' experiences at our 2008 festival.

“You are the only festival that has given such a kind and helpful consideration to all of those who have submitted. It is a generous extension of collective appreciation for the art and craft of ﬁlmmaking and we are glad to see a festival that has that feeling again. Others have lost it. You have renewed it.”
-- Benjamin Busch, "Sympathetic Details" and HBO’s “The Wire”

“The A3F is the kind of event that all ﬁlmmakers hope to experience on the ﬁlm fest circuit. Not only is it the type of environment that generously supports ﬁlm viewing, but it also creates the inspiration to make ﬁlms. The A3F is done for ﬁlmmakers by ﬁlmmakers, who keep the true spirit of independent ﬁlmmaking at the forefront of their festival mission. We were proud and honored to screen at the A3F and hope to be a part of its ﬁlm community in the future.”
-- Christopher Leps, Writer/Director, “Ed & Vern’s Rock Store”

“I am writing to thank you from the bottom of my heart: from me, the crew, the cast, supporters and friends of CODE 7 for allowing us to screen at your festival! I will always remember the Almost Famous Film Festival and be sure to keep up with it and spread the word to everyone that I know.”
-- Andrew Hutchings, Writer/Director, CODE 7

2008 A3F International Short Film Festival Recap (Feb. 13-14)

International Excitement
The inaugural A3F Short Film Festival took place over an exciting two days in Phoenix, Arizona. Twenty-six films were screened from over 75 international submissions. Audiences were treated to comedies, dramas, horror/sci-fi's and documentaries -- something for every indie-film enthusiast in attendance.

Highlighting the festival were the Jury Award winning films. These three movies delighted the capacity crowd on the final night and took home several honors for the directors and cast and crew of the films.

Sympathetic Details - Outstanding Cinematography (Evans Brown & David Insley), Outstanding Direction (Benjamin Busch), Outstanding Musical Score (Benjamin Keddy), Outstanding Performance (Domenick Lombardozzi & Clarke Peters)

Code 7 - Outstanding Direction (Andrew Hutchings), Outstanding Editing (Drew Guajardo), Outstanding Performance (Natale Maucelli)

For A Few Marbles More - Outstanding Direction (Jelmar Hufen), Outstanding Story (Jelmar Hufen)

A Festival To Remember!
In addition to watching some truly great films, audiences were treated to Q&A's after several of the movies by the film's directors. Benjamin Busch, from the critically acclaimed HBO series, "The Wire" spoke about his project, "Sympathetic Details" as did Andrew Hutchings and Paul Young from "Code 7."

Also in attendance was Christopher Leps, an accomplished Hollywood actor and stuntman premiering his directorial debut, Ed & Vern's Rock Store. And LA filmmaker, Lisa Thompson, showed her labor of love, "This African Life" and spoke of her experiences making this moving documentary.

Short Film Press
A3F in the East Valley Tribune. Benjamin Busch on News Channel 3.