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.

It’s HERE! We are so proud to unveil the lineup for this year’s PROOF Film Festival. A huge congratulations to all of ou...
08/28/2026

It’s HERE! We are so proud to unveil the lineup for this year’s PROOF Film Festival. A huge congratulations to all of our 46 selected filmmaking teams. We can wait for you to see these amazing films in November!

2026 Official Selections:
A West Side Story Story (Dir. Aditya Joshi), American Baby (Dir. Raymond Knudsen), Angels Pull Your Hair (Dir. Gabby Beans), Are We Still Married? (Dir. Kit Steinkellner), Barbara (Dir. Jillian Moray), BOLGER (Dirs. Riley Jackson & Gunnar Sizemore), BRUTL (Dir. Chris Sullivan), Drama King (Dir. Chris Stetson), Early Human Media (Dir. Adrian Delcan), Flowers Bloom When Touched (Dir. Priyanka Krishnan), Focal Point (Dir. Raphael Buisson), HAINT (Dir. Jahmil Eady), Horse Fly (Dir. Alex Park), House Cat (Dir. Kyle Spleiss), I THINK ABOUT KILLING YOU (Dir. Ran Ran Wang), In My Blood (Dir. Alex Bendo), KARUPY (Dir. Kalainthan Kalaichelvan), Little One (Dir. Lindsay Carpenter), Lucía, the Woman Without a Face (Dirs. Georga Morgan-Fleming & José Herrera), Mienteme (Dir. Nico Blanco), Mouthfeel (Dir. Max Tullio), MUNCHIES (Dir. Brittany Alexia Young), NOTICE ME (Dir. Amy Leonard), Pale Shelter (Dir. Edward Robles), PANIOLO (Dir. Maggie Buckley), Paul Ruins a Wedding (Dir. Brad Roelandt), PENGUIN HOUSE: CREDIT LIMIT (Dir. Chris Alden), Ragamuffin (Dir. Kaitlyn Mikayla), RESET (Dirs. Celine Tien & Jerry Hsu), Sauna Sickness (Dir. Malin Barr), Scotty’s Vag (Dir. Chaconne Martin-Berkowicz), See You, Soon (Dir. Jay Pendarvis Jr.), She’s Nonbinary (Dir. Jess McLeod), Shooting Watermelons (Dir. Antonio Donato), Sleep Sweet (Dir. Tina Carbone), Star Potential (Dir. Sam Mandich), Stem (Dir. Daeil Kim), Thanks for Considering Me (Dir. Patrick James Verlin), The Craving (Dir. Arabella Anderson), The End Is at Hand (Dir. Japhet E. Velázquez), The Grind (Dir. Dan Chen), The Key (Dirs. Stephanie Halovanić), The Smother (Dir. Ben Kadie), Veterano (Dir. Patrick Epino), VISITORS (Dir. Minnie Schedeen), VITAL (Dir. Amir Zargara)

JOIN OUR TEAM! We are looking for a PROOF Film Festival intern for this fall! The Social Media and Industry Relations In...
08/07/2026

JOIN OUR TEAM! We are looking for a PROOF Film Festival intern for this fall!

The Social Media and Industry Relations Intern will assist in the essential planning process for the industry and marketing branches of the fall film festival.

Check out the job’s board on our website for more info! You must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate or master’s degree. Applications due by August 18th.
https://www.americancinematheque.com/jobs/proof-film-festival-social-media-and-industry-relations-internship-2026/

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TONIGHT!! 🚨 We are co-presenting our special FINANCING 101 panel with Humanitas to discuss all things financing with our...
07/29/2026

TONIGHT!! 🚨 We are co-presenting our special FINANCING 101 panel with Humanitas to discuss all things financing with our wonderful filmmakers!

Hear from Proof alum Liz Sargent (TAKE ME HOME), as well as Rebecca Green (Discipline Head of Producing at AFI, IT FOLLOWS), Brain Newman (Sub-Genre founder), Helena Sardinha (Driven Equation Co-founder, I’LL BE GONE, BLUE HERON) and moderator Mynette Louie (SWALLOW, ROSEMEAD) on getting your film financed and taking it from script to screen. Our panelists will discuss their experience budgeting, crowdfunding and financing, as well as offer advice on how to make your films.

Join us and our panelists at 5 pm PST this evening! RSVP HERE: https://www.humanitasprize.org/industry-101-financing-101 💜🫡

We love seeing our alums succeed!💜 Proof Grand Jury winner Liz Sargent premiered her debut feature TAKE ME HOME, based o...
07/29/2026

We love seeing our alums succeed!💜 Proof Grand Jury winner Liz Sargent premiered her debut feature TAKE ME HOME, based on her Proof award winning short, at 2026’s Sundance Film Festival. Now she’s here to tell us how she did it! We are thrilled to join Liz and a panel of wonderful filmmakers in conversation with Humanitas to talk FINANCING 101.

Join us tomorrow to hear Liz discuss how to get your short made and how to make that short a feature. Learn how our panelists navigate budgets, crowdfunds and all things financing. Can’t wait to see you there!

RSVP with Humanitas here: https://www.humanitasprize.org/industry-101-financing-101

SUBMISSION DEADLINE ALERT!! We want to see your decks!Our Pitch Deck Show & Tell submission deadline is days away!! The ...
07/24/2026

SUBMISSION DEADLINE ALERT!! We want to see your decks!

Our Pitch Deck Show & Tell submission deadline is days away!! The Pitch Deck Show & Tell offers filmmakers the opportunity to present their project pitch decks to a live audience of peers, industry professionals and potential collaborators. Pitching feature, documentary, or series ideas, participants will have 5 minutes to show off their materials. Afterwards, attendees will receive real-time feedback from seasoned filmmakers, producers and executives, providing invaluable insights to refine their projects and take them to the next stage. Submissions are due Saturday, 8/1!

Submit to our Show & Tell on FilmFreeway before our 8/1 deadline: https://filmfreeway.com/PROOFfilmfestival

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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