2025-2026:
Submission
deadline 9/30
There’s a spot with your name on it.
Why Submit to LA Fashion Film Festival®
At LA Fashion Film Festival® (LAFFF), we believe every submission contributes to the ongoing story of fashion film. As a nonprofit festival produced by kulturspace, our mission is to celebrate exceptional visual storytelling while creating meaningful opportunities for filmmakers, artists, brands, and creative professionals from around the world.
Whether you're premiering your latest work or introducing your voice to a new audience, LAFFF provides a platform designed to extend the life of your film beyond a single screening.
The Studio Archive
Every submitted film becomes part of The Studio, LAFF's dedicated online fashion film archive. Official Selections, Finalists, Nominees, and Award Winners receive permanent recognition within the Festival's growing collection, creating a lasting record of the work showcased through LAFF.
Google Arts & Culture
LAFF is proud to maintain one of the world's pioneering fashion film archives on Google Arts & Culture, giving selected works the opportunity to become part of an internationally recognized cultural collection that celebrates creativity, education, and artistic innovation.
Festival Screenings
Official Selections may be presented during LAFF screenings and special Festival programming, bringing filmmakers together with audiences, industry professionals, creative partners, media, and fellow artists.
Industry Recognition
Our jury includes respected professionals from across fashion, film, photography, art, design, and related creative industries. LAFF is committed to creating an environment where outstanding work is recognized for its originality, craftsmanship, and artistic vision.
Global Promotion
Selected films and award recipients are promoted across LAFF's website, social media channels, newsletters, and press outreach, helping introduce your work to audiences well beyond the Festival itself.
Official Festival Laurels & Awards
Official Selections, Finalists, Nominees, and Winners receive official LAFF digital laurels and recognition across Festival platforms. Category winners may also receive additional awards and special recognition announced each Festival season.
Join a Global Creative Community
LA Fashion Film Festival is more than a competition. It is a community that celebrates fashion film as a powerful artistic medium capable of inspiring conversation, challenging perspectives, and connecting cultures through moving image.
We invite emerging and established filmmakers alike to share bold ideas, innovative storytelling, and original creative voices with audiences from around the world.
Ready to submit? We look forward to discovering your work.
For complete eligibility requirements, submission rules, and Film Submission Terms & Conditions, please click here.
Categories
Campaign
Films produced as part of a campaign to promote specific causes or for commercial purposes. These productions can involve collaborations between fashion and non-fashion brands, feature social and environmental causes, or be part of strategic marketing campaigns.
Cinematography
Films that showcase outstanding cinematography—a film’s visual aesthetics, movement and momentum—as a result of expert manipulation of the camera.
Direction
Films that demonstrate superb directional skills in the way the script has been brought to life via artistic, dramatic and technical aspects.
Emerging
Films by up-and-coming filmmakers who’ve started making a name for themselves in the industry, by way of winning awards or receiving critical acclaim from industry insiders.
Glam
Narratives that feature or focus on glamorous styles via fashion, beauty, hair, or make-up elements.
Innovation
Film productions where innovative technologies such as 3D animation, AR, VR, robotics, AI, etc are the focus of the narrative or used in creating the film.
Music
This category covers music videos, musical arrangements and editing in a video, and film productions featuring musical themes.
Style
Films in this category feature a strong emphasis on the styling of the set, actors and/or models through artistic use of props, costumes and accessories.
Documentary
Non-fictional narratives produced to document real life issues for education, awareness, or historical record.