PROOF Film Festival

PROOF Film Festival PROOF is a short film festival in Los Angeles dedicated to showcasing the best in proof-of-concepts.

Providing a highly competitive and unique festival experience, PROOF is a one-stop-shop for the newest emerging talent.

Now accepting documentary and non-fiction submissions! Need inspiration? Join filmmaker Miryam Charles at ‘This Is Not a...
04/06/2026

Now accepting documentary and non-fiction submissions! Need inspiration? Join filmmaker Miryam Charles at ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2026’ for a discussion of her own films, with centerpiece screenings of both the short and feature length versions of CETTE MAISON, to discover how a short film can capture the spirit of a non-fiction feature.

Created for exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo, Charles’ ten-minute version of CETTE MAISON was approached with sound in mind, capturing the themes of the feature, grief, exile and familial memory, through the senses.

Get tickets: https://www.americancinematheque.com/now-showing/miryam-charles-shorts-program-cette-maison-4-18-26/

Submit to PROOF: https://filmfreeway.com/PROOFfilmfestival

01/02/2026

New year, new submissions!!! Submissions for the 2026 PROOF Film Festival are now OPEN on film freeway! Visit the link in bio for more information🥳💜 and stay tuned for virtual info sessions!

The PROOF audience PACKED the house for the PROOF Pitch Deck Show & Tell which we’re highlighting today🤩 This event offe...
12/10/2025

The PROOF audience PACKED the house for the PROOF Pitch Deck Show & Tell which we’re highlighting today🤩 This event offers filmmakers and creators the exciting opportunity to present their pitch decks and project ideas to a live audience of peers, industry professionals, and potential collaborators. Missed the pitch session at PROOF? No worries! Its now up on our YouTube!

This year’s selected pitches:
“Bee” from Amy Omar & Pinar Binay
“Cult Like Activity” from Sam Schaefer
“It Revolves Around Tycho” from Zoe Milenkovic & Elias Kyriakidis
“Lucky Lenny” from Jack Campise & Sam Thompson
“Paper Tiger” from Don Ahmad
“Skylight” from Adia Ivey
“The Re-Education of Jane Brown” from MK McGehee - Pitch Deck Show & Tell Winner!
“When I Taste Blood” from Caydon LiRocchi, Jahziel Chu & Anoop Chaganty - Pitch Deck Show & Tell Runner Up!

Hosts and Judges Include: Reagan Yorke & Jillian Smith (Filmmakers and Content Creators, S&Q Films), Elizabeth Archer (Independent Director/Writer and Treatment Designer), Jared Elice (Manager, Northstar), Laverne McKinnon (Founder, Moonshot Mentor LLC), and Constanza Castro (Co-Founder, Director and Producer, 271 Films).

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Television and episodic storytelling is changing rapidly📺👓 This panel brought together seasoned executives and creatives...
12/09/2025

Television and episodic storytelling is changing rapidly📺👓 This panel brought together seasoned executives and creatives with deep experience across the episodic landscape to share what it really takes to develop and launch a series today. From shaping a pilot and pitch materials to attaching talent, navigating buyers, and understanding the shifting economics, we’ll center the conversation on how to strategically position your project for success.

Watch this panel on our YouTube channel linked in bio🫢😮

Panelists and Moderators include: Julia Relova (Producer, Rm. 19 Productions), Shelby White (Independent Producer), Aanch Khaneja (Independent Producer and Story Consultant), and Karen Zipor (Producer and Director, Zipped Up Films).

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Big shoutout to all of our wonderful Vendors at the first ever PROOF Vendor Hangout👑 We’re so glad everyone got to conn...
12/07/2025

Big shoutout to all of our wonderful Vendors at the first ever PROOF Vendor Hangout👑 We’re so glad everyone got to connect with these organizations, companies, and platforms to help them in their careers✍️

Vendors include: First Entertainment Credit Union, Scriptation, Film Independent, Shamel Studio, Hiike, and Callo.

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Today we're highlighting the PROOF panel: Breaking Into New Hollywood: A Career Guide to a Changing Industry. Co-authors...
12/07/2025

Today we're highlighting the PROOF panel: Breaking Into New Hollywood: A Career Guide to a Changing Industry. Co-authors Ada and Jon were joined by working filmmakers to discuss various career paths within the entertainment industry across departments and how films actually get made.

This panel is up on our YouTube - check it out today🥳

Panelists and moderators include: Ada Tseng (Author, Journalist, and Podcast Host), Jon Healey (Journalist and Author), Kayla Robinson (Director and Filmmaker), Sujata Day (Actor and Filmmaker), Kevin Noel (SVP, Creative, Sony Pictures Animation).

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Getting from “great idea” to a fundable, castable, sellable project starts with the package. In this panel, industry pro...
12/05/2025

Getting from “great idea” to a fundable, castable, sellable project starts with the package. In this panel, industry professionals gave insight on the basics of breaking down how to assemble the creative and commercial elements that make decision-makers say yes. They discussed when to approach talent, how to work with reps, what buyers look for at each budget tier, and the materials you might need at each step.

Watch this panel NOW on PROOF's YouTube 👓 Linked in bio🤝

PANELISTS INCLUDE:
Stuart Arbury (VP of Packaging and Sales, RAMO), Fassa Sar (Founder, Callo), Alan Luna (Independent Producer, ABL Casting), Bash Naran (Agent, WME)

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WE 💜 OUR VOLUNTEERS📸: 1 ; 2 ; 3
12/04/2025

WE 💜 OUR VOLUNTEERS

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Applications for the PROOF Screening Committee are now OPEN! Our amazing volunteer screening committee watches all PROOF...
12/03/2025

Applications for the PROOF Screening Committee are now OPEN! Our amazing volunteer screening committee watches all PROOF selections - and we’re looking for new people to join🤠 Check out the link in our bio to apply. Email us [email protected] with any questions

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We want to thank our AMAZING 2025 Filmmakers! We ask a lot of our filmmakers and every single of them is so incredibly k...
12/02/2025

We want to thank our AMAZING 2025 Filmmakers! We ask a lot of our filmmakers and every single of them is so incredibly kind and excited to participate in the festival so we wanted to give them a special shoutout 🫂💖

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New collab dropped 🤝 is so excited to partner with .studios on this new initiative, getting our selected filmmakers eve...
11/24/2025

New collab dropped 🤝 is so excited to partner with .studios on this new initiative, getting our selected filmmakers even closer to their vision. Stay tuned for our announced winners 👀

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