Submit Your Film!

We Want to Share Your Film!

The FFF invites amateur and professional filmmakers of all skill sets and fungi-related interests to submit their documentary, animation, narrative, abstract, or genre-less film to this one-of-a-kind fest.

We encourage all filmmakers to be as creative and courageous in their pieces as they like – don't hold back! Submissions can be short (1–10 minutes long), medium length (10–30 minutes), or feature length. The only requirement is that the film features fungi in some way – whatever that means to you!

If selected for the final Festival program, your film will have a chance at winning one of several FFF Awards.

Why wouldn’t you make a film?!

Now Accepting Submissions

Window Closes August 31, 2022

Technical Requirements

  • Duration: 10 minutes maximum for “Short Length” category. Shorter is better, with 3–5 minutes being ideal (shorter films are more likely to be accepted). 30 minute maximum for “Medium Length.” 120 minutes maximum for “Feature Length.”

  • English subtitling if recorded in another language

  • Video format: NTSC

  • Video resolution: 1920 × 1080 (1080p). A 4k version can be delivered, though a 1920 × 1080 version must also be provided

  • Audio resolution: 2.0 Channel Stereo Mix, 48k, 16 bit

  • Frame rate: 24 fps preferred, but 23.98 or 29.97 will also be accepted

  • Encoding: H.264 with 15-30 mbps variable bit rate. 4k versions will need a 100–150mbps bit rate.

  • Container: .MOV or .MP4

    If you are unable to meet these requirements, just let us know. We can likely modify your file to match these specs, but if you can do it from the start, that will make your film look its best!

Selection Criteria

We aim to create a thoughtfully curated cinematic experience where fungi are clearly and consistently celebrated (even if via abstract or highly creative ways), while providing the viewer with a program that is richly engaging. As such, several recurring reasons have been identified over the years as to why a film is not selected for a final FFF program.

Please read the following before submitting your film for consideration:

  • While we welcome and encourage films of all styles and from filmmakers of all backgrounds, in our effort to curate an engaging program, we often must decline films that are too long relative to the idea being presented (i.e. they “drag on”). Be sure to show your film to several people of various backgrounds for feedback on the pacing of your piece before submitting. Many of the films we decline seem to have not been edited for “tightness.” As noted above, a 3–5 minute duration is ideal as shorter films are more likely to be accepted, especially if the content is very abstract.

  • Many films that are not accepted lack a sense of completeness. For narratives and non-fiction films, this implies structure, a sense of conclusion, an arc to the though-story, and/or a message of some sort. For abstract or experimental films, we are looking for consistency and intentionality in the piece, regardless of the creative styling.

  • Films with poor audio quality (i.e. clipping sounds or very muffled dialogue) will likely be declined as audio is equally important to the imagery of a film when creating an entertaining experience.

  • If fungi are only a minor component of a film and not more-or-less central to the overarching narrative or creative intent, the piece will likely not be selected.

  • “Rough cuts” will be considered as they are presented and not based on a proposed or described final version. We will consider a rough cut as-is and base our determinations on the quality of that piece. We strongly recommend sending the final, fully edited version of your film by August 31 to have the best chance of consideration. If selected, you will then have until September 15 to send us a high-resolution file of that piece. Final files that vary notably from their original submission may be removed from the final program.

How to Submit Your Film

Fill out the form below before 11:59 PM PST on August 31. Selected filmmakers will be contacted by September 7. If selected, filmmakers MUST PROVIDE A HIGH-RESOLUTION VERSION OF THEIR FILM AND ASSOCIATED PAPERWORK BY SEPTEMBER 15, 2026.

If you prefer to send a physical DVD or thumb drive, please contact submissions@fungifilmfest.com for mailing instructions.

 

What to expect if your film is selected.

 

If accepted, filmmakers will need to provide a final video file (not a streaming link) matching the technical specifications listed above by September 15, 2026 along with some official paperwork, including a formal agreement for the FFF to screen the selected film(s). The 2026 FFF will premiere in Portland, Oregon in the fall of 2026 (exact dates TBA) and will thereafter be available via an online View-On-Demand Program for a month. It will thereafter be offered for three months to groups wanting to screen the Fest.

All music must be properly licensed. This means the music is either of your own making, was made for your use with permission, is obtained under a Creative Commons license (and has been properly credited in the film), or was licensed from the artist or their label. Written permission from the original music producer or a Music License Agreement must be submitted with your FFF paperwork.

All performers under the age of 18 must provide a Release Form signed by a legal guardian.