🌐 SFS Art Fest 2024

“Arte-Con" Hero is a new forward flip into the world of action and fashion! We want to see scenes stitched together with seamless storylines! Enter your film and share it with our communities!

This is a groundbreaking landing festival that celebrates culture and community by encouraging networking opportunities between both established and emerging filmmakers, videographers, designers, and artists, from all around the world, to collaborate and inspire future projects. We aim to showcase thought-provoking and entertaining films that inspire and challenge the mind. The program features panel discussions and Q&A sessions with influential creators in the industry. Our mission is to provide a platform for talented individuals to share their visions and energize others to pursue their ambitions. Anthony Ortiz will be curating thought-provoking films that explore current issues, unique storytelling, stimulating ideas, and captivating concepts from diverse perspectives.

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"Arte-Con" Hero
Juried Art and Film Exhibition
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Featured and Guest Artists
⭐️ John Castillo - Featured Astrophotographer
2023's "Best of Show" Award Recipient

⭐️ Roger Trivinos - Featured Artist
2023's "People's Choice" Award Recipient

⭐️ DJ Prolifix (Carlos Gallardo) - The Art of Scratching

⭐️ Emiliano Moreno - Guest Professional Fashion Designer

Live Entertainment
🎤 TBA
🎤 TBA

Curators
🎬 Anthony Ortiz - Film Curator
🏅 Pam Korporaal - Jury Director
📸 Roberto Chavez - Photography Curator
💃 Rocio Ponce - Dance Movement Curator
✍️ Tyler Kinnaman & Paul Barrientos - Urban Inking Curators

🚘 Valerie Vargas
“Nuestra Vida” Curator for "Cruisin' - The Art of Lowriding
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Film Entry Fee is $25: Includes one film submittal and one entry pass.
Student film fee waived and one entry pass (contact for more information about how to qualify). ***Whether you are selected or not, your entry pass is still valid for both festival days, so use it to network and see what we're all about***

The Opus Trophy is awarded to the best overall short film and will be presented by our Jury Panel.

SFS FILM FEST RULES AND REGULATIONS

*** Make sure that your email is correct and current. In addition, please check your spam and junk mail, incase our emails have been mistakenly mis-sorted because communication is vital ***

*** Code of conduct - You are responsible for your actions as well as any guest whom you choose to bring, so please be respectful of venue etiquette ***

***Whether you are selected or not, your entry pass is still valid for both festival days, so use it to network and see what we're all about***

1. FILMMAKERS WHO DON’T COMPLETE SUBMISSION DETAILS
A film that is only partly complete will be considered an “Incomplete Submission” and it will not be reviewed since this ties down admin time by chasing after the details. Please fill out the entire form and you will be golden!

2. FILMMAKERS WHO SEND WRONG OR INCORRECT EMAIL AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Review your contact details carefully. Be sure those details are correct.

3. FILMMAKERS WHO ARE FORTHCOMING
If you went through all of the efforts to submit your film, please be reachable within a reasonable time.

4. FILMMAKERS WHO ARE INCESSANT
Please do not contact us to see if we have received the film and what our decision is. We will confirm that your application has been received as soon as it’s entered via electronic submission when we have had a chance to review your submission. We greatly appreciate your patience.

5. FILMMAKERS WHO ARE HAVING AN ALTERCATION WITH THEIR TEAM
We get plenty of films submitted each year which are then withdrawn (or disqualified) because the person who submitted the film didn’t have either the rights or permission from the rest of the cast and crew. This seems like a basic thing to get straight BEFORE you started filming, not when someone on your team hears your film is heading to a festival. Always tie up loose ends and make a bow to deliver the goods.

6. FILMMAKERS WHO HAVEN’T CLEARED MUSIC RIGHTS
We can’t screen your film unless the music rights are cleared.

7. FILMMAKERS WHO SEND BAD PRODUCTION STILLS
The most difficult task we have is finding great production stills from the movie to print in our commemorative program, our website, and social media outlets. We want to show your film off - give us your very best stills so we can brag!

8. FILMMAKERS WITH NO SOCIAL NETWORK
A festival’s objective is to bring a crowd, so a filmmaker who has an established or budding social network is preferable! Alert followers of our upcoming festival screening. At SFS Film Fest - under the decorative umbrella of SFS Art Fest, we welcome and work with filmmakers to pull together a receptive audience!

9. FILMMAKERS WITHOUT A PRESS KIT
The evaluation of each submission is based on the quality of the film. Once a film is selected for the programme, it’s reviewed and a PR campaign strategy for each and every film is created. We want to see you shine!

10. FILMMAKERS WHO ARE DISCOURTEOUS
We work hard to try and make every single screening a success. Sometimes, it becomes an organizational challenge because of unforeseen dilemmas and behind-the-scene situations. It’s part of screening at a festival and we ask for your polite patience.

11. FILMMAKERS WHO DON’T UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF A FESTIVAL
Our job is to try and deliver an engaged audience to appreciate your work. Your job is to deliver an engaging and entertaining film - and if you attend the festival, be available for an interview, along with a Q&A session with an interested panel, after your screening.

12. FILMMAKERS WHO IGNORE RELATIONSHIPS
The film industry is all about relationships and networking. It is also about utilizing your social networks. A camaraderie can spring up, unexpectedly, and if you nurture those relationships - let’s say with people whom you’ve met at this upcoming festival - they are certain to pop up at other festivals too, perhaps even the Oscars, years later!

"It’s better not to know so much about what things mean or how they might be interpreted or you’ll be too afraid to let things keep happening.” - David Lynch.

Overall Rating
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Hospitality
Networking
  • Chandel White

    I was so incredibly pleased with 2022's SFS Film Festival that I entered again in 2023. This year's festival was even more detailed than the last... BIGGER and BETTER! The SFS Film Festival definitely offers filmmakers the opportunity to take part in an experience they will never forget. Thank you for acknowledging "Dolphins In The Shower" as an Honorable Mention. Big Shout outs to the SFS Team for organizing another flawless event!

    May 2023
  • An absolute pleasure to be part of such an incredible event. This festival was SO well organized and communicative. They made each filmmaker feel so welcomed and honored. I loved how interactive it was and the Q&A was amazing. Thank you so much to the organizers for having me!!

    May 2023
  • Lisset Mendoza

    Overall I loved this film festival, it was well produced had some incredible people working behind the scenes making sure everything flowed smoothly and overall I was very happy with my experience. I gave quality a 3 star due to the over all screening, although it was a great venue it was a bit difficult to be fully immersed in the films due to the outside activities. The over all festival was also combined with an art show which was so much fun and incredibly entertaining making me highly recommend the festival to all, they also had some incredible spotlight judges that were very sweet and gave some great commentary about pour projects and lastly all of the media, photos and interviews have been provide to us by the team. With other festivals those tend to get lost in the void, overall I'd give this festival a 9.2, one of my top favorite festivals I've attended, and been apart of.

    May 2023
  • Regan Patterson

    Super fun and engaging festival. They made the filmmakers feel so welcomed and valued. Had an awesome time and would definitely do it again.

    May 2023
  • Thom Kuo

    A really fun festival on beautiful venue. Anthony ran this fest wonderfully. Everyone involved was welcoming and was super supportive to all the films and the filmmakers. I do hope, in the future, that they hold the screenings in a facility that is dedicated to just film screening. The adjacent activity was a little distracting.
    Regardless...WONDERFUL experience! I will definitely recommend AND submit again when I have another project.

    May 2023