2024:
Submission
deadline 9/30
There’s a spot with your name on it.
Why Filmmakers Love LAFF: Amplifying Your Impact in the Fashion Film World
At LA Fashion Film Festival, we understand the value of your creative vision, and that's why we've curated a range of benefits designed to elevate your work and connect you with your audience like never before. Here's how LAFF empowers and supports filmmakers:
Listing on 'The Studio': Your film deserves recognition, and we provide just that with 'The Studio' - a dedicated video archive on the LAFF website. Here, all film submissions, nominations, shortlisted, and winning films find their spot, showcasing your talent to a global audience.
Google's Cultural Institute Showcase: LAFF is the pioneering fashion film archive on Google's Cultural Institute, a prestigious non-profit platform dedicated to displaying partner's cultural content on a non-commercial basis. By being part of this archive, your work gains unprecedented exposure, educates, entertains, and becomes part of a groundbreaking collection.
Special Screenings by Industry Insiders: LAFF offers exclusive screenings attended by influential jury members, creative partners, and sponsors. This is your chance to captivate industry insiders with your unique storytelling and visual prowess, opening doors to new opportunities.
Active Social Media Shout-outs: We're not shy about sharing your brilliance. All film submissions receive active social media shout-outs, allowing your film to shine in the digital realm and reach a wider audience.
Inclusion in the Festival Program: We recognize the effort and creativity that goes into every submission. That's why every film is included in the festival program, giving you added visibility and recognition for your artistic endeavors.
LAFF is dedicated to bridging the gap between brands and their audience - the connected consumer. By joining our festival, you become part of a vibrant community that celebrates the power of fashion film to inspire, provoke, and resonate with audiences worldwide. So, whether you're an emerging talent or an established filmmaker, LAFF is here to amplify your impact in the fashion film world and help your voice reach new heights. Embrace the opportunity, share your story, and let LAFF take your creative journey to greater horizons.
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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.