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Art Scene West Film Festival!

Poster for Art Scene West Film Festival 2025 in San Diego, featuring short films, April 25th and 26th, camera image.

Regular Deadline March 9th: $25

Late Deadline April 1st: $40

AWARDS: 

1st Place: $250

2nd Place: $150

3rd: $100

SCREENING DETAILS:

We will be inviting the city of San Diego to come and enjoy this unique event. In the Seaport Village Lighthouse District, we will be screening the films on April 25th, and 26th outside on the entertainment stage. There are a limited number of reserved seats so tickets will be available in advance. We will be offering snacks and drinks for sale. The screenings will be visible for the general public traveling through Seaport Village. 

Friday April 25th:

We will begin with a short live musical performance at around 5:45p.m., followed by screening the films from 7:00p.m. - 9:00p.m, playing each selected film back-to-back with a short intermission at around 8:00p.m.

Saturday April 26th:

We will begin with a short live musical performance at around 5:45p.m., followed by screening the films from 7:00p.m. - 9:00p.m.. At the end of the final film, around 9:15p.m., the awards will be announced.  

RULES AND TERMS TO APPLY

Each film-maker submitting a project to be considered in the Art Scene West Film Festival is in compliance with and agrees to all of the following terms of this Agreement:

  1. The film submitted is an original creation of the submitting filmmaker(s).

  2. The individual submitting the film is at least 18 years of age and has the authority, without breaching any other agreement made by the filmmaker(s), to make the submission.

  3. Each film submitted and selected shall be viewed by the Art Scene West staff at our gallery at 803 W Harbor drive, San Diego CA 9210.  

  4. Filmmakers grant Art Scene West express permission to show each film submitted and selected to the Art Scene West Film Festival during the screening dates (April 25 & 26, 2025), as well as on our in-gallery television during our regular business hours for an undetermined time beyond the Film Festival dates. 

  5. Filmmaker(s) agree that the content submitted to the Art Scene West Film Festival that are selected can be used for promotional purposes leading up to and beyond the screening dates of the Film Festival. Art Scene West may publicize the film, digital photos and film excerpts on our website, social media, and in-gallery television. 

  6. All fees paid by the filmmakers as required by Art Scene West to organize the film festival are non-refundable.

  7. Filmmakers retain all copyright ownership and credit of their films. 

  8. It is the filmmakers responsibility to ensure the format of the video is acceptable and accommodating to the following formats: Apple Intermediate Codec, Apple ProRes, AVCHD, DV, MPEG-4 (MP4), MOV (QuickTime), HEVC, HDV, MPEG-1, and M4V. 

  9. Filmmaker(s) agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Art Scene West LLC from any claim or demand, including attorney’s fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of your breach of these Terms or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.

ABOUT: 

Art Scene West is calling film makers nation-wide to submit for their chance to be part of this first-ever film festival hosted in downtown San Diego’s Seaport Village. For 2 nights we will be screening the featured 10 films selected for this festival. The screenings will be held publicly outside and projected onto a screen in the beautiful courtyard outside our of art gallery. 

CATEGORIES: 

Short Films (Maximum 25 minutes long):

An open call for all cinematography styles under 25 minutes. This open call can be in whichever style you choose, but must be PG-13. So whether it is a documentary, narrative, interview, 1st-person, comedy, drama, montage, romance… we want to review your film for chance to be one of the featured films that we screen to our audience. The accepted films will be projected onto a screen in traditional horizontal (landscape) orientation. Selected films will also play on our in-gallery television throughout our business hours. On Saturday, April 26th, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and runner-up placements will also be announced. They will be reviewed by our panel of judges based on 1.) overall plot 2.) acting and character development 3.) directing and 4.) cinematography. We reserve the right to screen the best overall quality films without consideration to diversifying genres.