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Red Rock Film Festival
Category
ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS
Dates
16/09/2027 - 26/09/2027
City
Cedar City/St. George, UTAH
Telephone
Email
Website
Edition
20
Final submission deadline
2026-05-20
Submission/Registration Fee
Yes
MISSION & OBJECTIVE
To encourage the production of media in both the independent and professional market that portray the human race in a positive light, and to applaud original works that redefine media through innovation, creativity, and sensitivity that both enlighten and educate audiences from around the world.
The festival considers entries of ALL GENRES from shorts to full-length features, and is held in 'Festival City, USA' right after the Utah Shakespeare Festival in Southern Utah, the other end of the state from Sundance. Within a 20 min. drive is Zion National Park, Cedar Breaks National Monument, Brianhead…
Red Rock Film Festival Call for Entries
Festival call for entries - Currently not open. Submission details will be reported here when announced by the festival.
(Archive)
All genres are considered. Although documentaries have been a predominate focus at the Red Rock Film Festival, festival audience often compliment the variety and diversity of films selected for the festival in Utah. Animation, arts, children, comedy, documentary, drama, experimental, fiction, narrative, romance, sports, student, horror, suspense, mystery, musical, music videos, war themes, women's issues, family, and humanitarian films are all taken into consideration
Allfilms in the Red Grid category must be completed after January 1, 2022
Audience and Grand Jury Awards may include:
Feature Animation
Feature Documentary
Feature Fiction
Featurettes (30 - 59 minutes)
Short Animation (6 - 59 minutes)
Short Documentary (6 - 29 minutes)
Short Experimental (6 - 29 minutes)
Short Fiction (6 - 29 minutes)
Short-Shorts (1 - 5 minutes)
Music Video
ScreenDance/Fashion Film
Virtual Reality Short Content
Utah Filmmaker Film
Collegiate Student Short
- Regulations and submissions via FilmFreeway
- Deadline: 18 February (work-in-progress deadline), 11 March (Early Bird Deadline), 31 March (Regular), 21 April (late), 20 May 2026 (extended)
NB: 2027 Festival Dates are Tentative
Event Dates
- From 16/09/2027 to 26/09/2027
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