Call for Submissions: Austin Underground Film Festival

Austin may be the Live Music Capital of the World, but it’s known for more than just that. For years now, great filmmakers have been poking their heads out of the crowds and displaying a talent for visual storytelling that isn’t often seen this far away from the coasts. Why, we can barely walk down the street without crossing in front of a tiny DV camera and accidentally becoming an extra in somebody’s thesis flick, or some band’s documentary. So the third annual Austin Underground Film Festival’s call for submissions will undoubtedly bring in a lot of local talent.

The Festival, happening sometime in November (dates still TBD, according to the website), has a not too unusual goal: “to provide a venue for films that might not otherwise be exhibited for the public.” What does set the AUFF apart is its openness to films that push the envelope—a LOT. They encourage the crazy, dipping deeply into the Roget’s Thesaurus:

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.

Clearly the rules on content are pretty lax, but they do have a few demands: maximum length of 40 minutes, it must be in English, and most importantly of all, it must be submitted by September 30. Prizes are based on an audience vote, and multiple submissions are allowed, so why not make a film for each adjective listed above? You can’t lose if every film in the festival is yours.

Get more details here.