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We are now taking submissions for the 2008 Austin Underground Film Festival.

We seek to provide a venue for films that might not otherwise be exhibited for the public, and virtually no genre or concept is excluded from consideration. However, films of a radical, critical, progressive, provocative, confrontational, controversial, subversive, seditious, irreverent, illicit, offensive, obscene, rebellious, profane, pornographic, conspiratorial, corruptive, psychotropic, phantasmagoric, volatile, violent, anarchic, blasphemous or otherwise irresponsible nature are especially encouraged.

Guidelines:

We accept SHORTS ONLY, the maximum length is 40 minutes.

Styles:

• narratives
• freeform
• documentaries
• experimental
• animation
• music videos
• silent
• foreign
• works-in-progress, provided they will be completed by event date

All films in languages other than English must be subtitled or dubbed in English, unless dialogue is nonessential to comprehension and/or appreciation.

Prizes will be provided to the audience’s choice TBA.

Subject matter can be of any rating or maturity level, children’s to adult.

Deadlines and Fees*:

• Early Deadline: August 31st - $15
• Regular Deadline: September 30th - $20
• Late Deadline: TBA

The 2008 festival will take place in November, specific date TBA.

Entry fees listed are for the first film only; for multiple submissions, each additional film is only $10. If you’ve previously submitted a film, your first entry is free.

Formats: NTSC DVD or mini-DV please.

Please include a submission form with each entry.
View/Print submission form.

Mail all submissions to:

Austin Underground Film Festival
1824 S. IH-35 #101
Austin, TX 78704