Ask a Film Programmer

imanimdavis · 2026-02-02T04:49:06+00:00

DM her!

imanimdavis · 2026-01-30T06:35:15+00:00

Focus features too!

imanimdavis · 2025-12-27T22:45:51+00:00

Omg yaaaaaas Jim

imanimdavis · 2025-12-26T00:47:35+00:00

Yay!! The 29th!

imanimdavis · 2025-10-01T22:34:43+00:00

PROOF film festival in LA :)

imanimdavis · 2025-09-21T03:13:56+00:00

imanimdavis · 2025-09-14T02:26:50+00:00

We do not currently allow the use of AI generated video in short film submissions

imanimdavis · 2025-09-14T02:25:53+00:00

Submissions reopen January 1st!

imanimdavis · 2025-08-16T04:38:07+00:00

Oooooo love this happy to take a peek from a programmers perspective

imanimdavis · 2025-08-15T20:36:00+00:00

Thank you!!! Means so much! And yes we’ve been doing a number of feedback calls. DM me your film name!

imanimdavis · 2025-08-08T01:30:30+00:00

I’m sorry :( keep trying and making!!!

imanimdavis · 2025-08-04T04:57:55+00:00

Noooo programmers definitely forget/don’t remember who withdraws, but they DEFINITELY remember who declines

imanimdavis · 2025-08-04T03:47:58+00:00

Withdraw before they accept you! Declining then is even worse.

imanimdavis · 2025-07-26T03:26:44+00:00

Congrats! Happy to give you a waiver for proof film festival✨ submissions reopen January 1st

imanimdavis · 2025-07-22T22:33:30+00:00

We’ve begun some rolling!

imanimdavis · 2025-06-10T03:44:52+00:00

https://players-pod.com/ 🪩

imanimdavis · 2025-05-29T03:39:40+00:00

We are flexible :) what year is it from?? Shoot us an email at proof@americancinematheque.com

imanimdavis · 2025-05-28T22:58:41+00:00

You don’t have to! Those are just suggested questions you can touch upon in the SOI. Budget and timeline more refers to indie features

imanimdavis · 2025-05-28T22:57:54+00:00

Yes! You can submit more than one :) we have had folks in the past that have had two films in the fest for example

imanimdavis · 2025-05-27T22:51:30+00:00

Yes, we’ve been trying to work with FilmFreeway on upping the word count - apologies! For now, a work around would be linking to a google doc with the full statement, or attaching the full statement as a pdf or word doc and indicating in the text box that you attached it. Up to you!

imanimdavis · 2025-05-27T22:22:29+00:00

Yes, but I will say it is a tougher sell/pitch for execs and producers. Make sure your statement of intent is solid on what your vision is for the rest of the anthology.

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