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San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival

CA, United States

Festival overview

About San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival

Physical film festival in CA, United States with submission categories including Feature Films and Short Films.

Festival is a US government-approved 501(C) (3) tax-exempt non-profit organization. Provide an international platform for all film lovers, professional filmmakers, and film/media students who love filmmaking to stand out.

Discover and select potential talents with new techniques & skills, who demonstrate the original concept and accelerate their development within the film industry. Encourage new filmmakers, especially young and first-time filmmakers, for their new productions.

Encourage and celebrate original and insightful screenwriting and new ideas in the film. Accept films in all categories and subject matter.

Make friends and enhance communication through films. 2026 Festival Schedule: The San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival will be the Virtual Film Festival.

The schedule remains: October 25, 2026------November 1, 2026

Schedule

Important Dates

Call for Entries Opens
Oct 27, 2025
Final Submission Deadline
Sep 25, 2026
Notification Date
Sep 26, 2026
Festival Starts
Oct 26, 2026
Festival Ends
Nov 1, 2026
Eligibility

Rules & Eligibility

General Rules+

  1. Conditions a.Originality b.Theme: Optimistic Creative Proactive c.Genre (Any language with english subtitle is required) - Feature Film (TRT between 60 min to 120 min) - Documentary (TRT between 60 min to 120 min) - Animation(TRT 60 min to 120 min) - Screenwriting For Feature(60 to 120 Pages,PDF format, english or Chinese) - Short narrative movie (TRT under 59 min.) - Short documentary (TRT under 59 min.) - Screenwriting For Shorts(2 to 59 Pages,PDF format, english or Chinese) - Short Animation (2D, 3D) (TRT under 60 min) - Music Video (Maximum 5 min.) - Commercial (Maximum 2 min.) d.Format of Submission_ Digital Link Application deadline: September 25th, 2025 We accept digital submission

  2. Register at the festival’s official website:.

  3. Recommendations by experts and film committee. Filmmakers still need to register online.

  4. Register through related film schools, and submit films online.

  5. Contest system

  6. Committee divisions: Website group, promotion group, works collecting group, accounting group, contest group, judge group.

  7. Film Evaluation

  8. Preliminary evaluation a.Submitted films are divided by categories and being viewed and graded by the primary Judge Group. b.The optional online vote for the public audience for “Audience Award”. c.Expert Judge Committee final review and grading. d.Judges vote per quality of

  9. Story

  10. Performance

  11. Director’s Vision

  12. Cinematography

  13. P

Current Categories, Deadlines & Fees

Category

Feature Films

Feature Film (TRT between 60 min to 120 min) Documentary (TRT between 60 min to 120 min) Animation (TRT 60 min to 120 min) Musical Feature (TRT between 60 min to 120 min) Screenwriting Contest (For a 60 to 120 Min film, PDF format, in English or Chinese)

Current FeeUSD 70.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 120 minutes
Category

Short Films

Short narrative movie (TRT within 59 min.) Short documentary (TRT within 59 min.) Short Screenwriting Contest (2 to 590 Min, PDF format, in English or Chinese) Short Animation (2D, 3D) (TRT within 59 min) MTV-Music Video (Maximum 5 min.) Commercial (Maximum 2 min.)

Current FeeUSD 50.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 59 minutes
Category

Music Video

Music videos in long or short forms are accepted

Current FeeUSD 50.00Early
Category

AI films

AI-produced films in long or short forms are accepted.

Current FeeUSD 50.00Early