The Fayetteville Film Fest

The Fayetteville Film Fest attracts films, filmmakers and audiences from all over the world to the gateway of the Ozark Mountains in beautiful Northwest Arkansas. We offer a wide variety of categories, reasonable fees and an experienced staff to manage your submission and help you have a great time at the Festival, October 12-14 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

MISSION & OBJECTIVE

The Fayetteville Film Fest is a cultural leader in our region, bringing world class film to our state, developing meaningful relationships with filmmakers, and nurturing the art of filmmaking by uniting a community of creators and supporters.

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

The Fayetteville Film Fest is committed to expanding and supporting our filmmaker relationships as well as those with sister festivals throughout the state and the region. We strive to connect our audiences with world-class independent cinema in an intimate setting, and provide filmmakers the opportunity to build community and share their passion for the moving image.

We are also deeply committed to encouraging and supporting diversity and inclusion in both our annual festival and our year-round programming. The Micheaux Award and BIPOC Film Labs are designed to support Black, Indigenous and Filmmakers of Color in Arkansas through targeted funding and collaborative workshops throughout the year. We strongly encourage submissions to our annual festival from underrepresented communities including Black, Indigenous and filmmakers of color, along with those from the LGBTQIA community, and from persons with disabilities. We program films from across the state of Arkansas, the United States, and the world.

We are an enthusiastic supporter of the burgeoning film industry in the Natural State, and an advocate for films and filmmakers as they enter the marketplace. Throughout the annual festival there are workshops, panels and other events to compliment the screenings of our films, as well as numerous networking opportunities. (See below for a special discount on submission fees for filmmakers with an Arkansas Connection!).

We also host an annual FFF Film Prize competition during our festival to win $2000 for a film project to be filmed in the state. More information on the pitch competition can be found on our website at feayettevillefilmfest.org

Fayetteville, Arkansas, a highly artistic community, is home to the University of Arkansas and next to the headquarters of the largest retailer in the world including the largest distributor of DVD’s. We also happen to be a wonderful place to visit! Rated one of the top 5 places to live by U.S. News and World Report for several years running!

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