Los Angeles Film Critics Festival

About us

The Los Angeles Film Critics Festival is an International Competition with an Online Screening Event held in Los Angeles, celebrating films and filmmakers from all around the world. Our mission is to discover high quality and ambitious films, to promote filmmakers' works and to be the next step in their career. The Los Angeles Film Critics Festival is all about Dreams, and is conceived by Dreamers for Dreamers. Dream Big, always!  

CATEGORIES – All Free During Early Bird Period


Early Bird Deadline: August 30, 2025 – All categories are free

Final Deadline: November 30, 2025 –

  • All short film categories: $5

  • All feature film categories: $10

  • Short scripts: $30

  • Feature and television scripts: $50

  • Best Short Narrative Film (We only accept films up to 40 minutes.)

  • Best Short Doc Film (We only accept films up to 40 minutes.)

  • Best Short Animation Film (We only accept films up to 40 minutes.)

  • Best Short Experimental Film (We only accept films up to 40 minutes.)

  • Best Music Video (We only accept films up to 40 minutes.)

  • Best Feature Film (We only accept films over 40 minutes.)

  • Best Feature Doc (We only accept films over 40 minutes.)

  • Best Feature Animation (We only accept films over 40 minutes.)

  • Best Series – Pilot (We only accept pilot episodes up to 90 minutes.)

  • Best AI Short Film (We only accept films up to 40 minutes.)

  • Best AI Feature Film (We only accept films over 40 minutes.)

  • Best Short Script (We only accept scripts up to 30 pages.)

  • Best Television Script (We only accept scripts over 30 pages.)

  • Best Feature Script (We only accept scripts over 30 pages.)

RULES:
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR: Feature Films, Short Films, Documentaries, TV/Web-Series, Series Pilots, Student Films, Animations, Trailers, Music Videos, Commercials, Experimental Films and Scripts. We accept films of any genre, length and language. Non-English films must have English subtitles. We accept Scripts of any genre, length, and in English, Italian, French and Spanish.


WE DO NOT ACCEPT:

  1. Amateur videos.

  2. Extremist or propaganda content from religious or political organizations.

  3. Pornography.

  4. Films with a poor production standard (bad sound, lack of subtitles/captions for non-English films, video resolution lower than 720p HD).

  5. We don't accept excerpts/scenes from films: you must submit the entire film

DEADLINES

  • Open Date: July 7, 2025

  • Early Bird Deadline: August 30, 2025

  • Final Deadline: November 30, 2025

  • Notification Date: December 10, 2025

  • Event Dates: December 20–23, 2025