This Month’s FREE Film Festivals to submit to

Upcoming Deadlines for FREE Film Festivals to Submit to via FilmFreeway:

There’s also an option for GUARANTEED ACCEPTANCE submissions. Interviews, audience feedback video etc… Geared to help promote the filmmakers and their films!

LGBTQ+ Los Angeles Film & Screenplay Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/LGBTLosAngelesFilmFestival

ANIMATION Feedback Film & Screenplay Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/feedbackanimationfilmscreenplayfestival

DOCUMENTARY Feedback Film Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/DocumentaryFilmFestival

Style, Experimental, Fashion Film Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/stylefashionexperimental

POLITICAL Feedback Film Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/PoliticalFilmFestival

ACTION/ADVENTURE Film & Screenplay Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/LosAngelesFestival

STUDENT Feedback Film Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/StudentFestival

Toronto FANTASY/SCI-FI Film & Screenplay Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/torontoscifi

Los Angeles COMEDY Film & Screenplay Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/ComedyFilmScreenplayFestival

TELEVISION Screenplay & Web Series Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/TELEVISIONFEEDBACKScreenplayWebSeriesFestival

DIVERSITY Film & Screenplay Fetsival                                                                 https://filmfreeway.com/diversity

EUROPEAN Film & Screenplay Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/europeanfeedbackfestival

ASIAN Feedback Film Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/ASIANFeedbackFilmFestival

FAN FICTION Film Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/FanFictionFestival

DRAMA Film & Screenplay Festival
https://filmfreeway.com/dramafestival

SPORTS, Fitness, and Recreation Film Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/SportsFilmFestivalMonthly

LATINO Feedback Film Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/LatinoFEEDBACKFilmFestival

BLACK & WHITE Film Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/BlackandWhiteFilmFestival

Toronto FEMALE Film Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/TorontoFemaleFeedbackFilmFestivalTOFFFF

FAMILY Film & Screenplay Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/FAMILYFilmFest

BLACK Filmmakers & Screenwriters Festival:
https://filmfreeway.com/BlackFestival

Today’s Stage Play Festival Deadline: RELIGION Stage Play Festival

Submit via Submittable: https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331387/religion-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-actors

FULL FEEDBACK on your stage play from our committee of Professional Playwriters, Production Heads and Story Consultants. Get a best scene of your stage play performed at the writing festival and made into a video for the winner.

Submit your 10 Page Play, 1 Act Play, or Full Stage Play to the Festival.

SUBMIT your STAGE PLAY Today  You will receive feedback on your play in 3-5 weeks

Today’s Novel Festival: MEMOIR & AUTOBIGRAPHY Novel Contest

Submit via the Festival: https://documentaryshortfilmfestival.com/memoir-autobiography-novel-festival/

Submit your MEMOIR & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Book by the deadline.

A memoir is often written to share a personal story or theme, while an autobiography is more about sharing facts about the author’s life.

Get FULL FEEDBACK on either the 1st chapter or entire novel book from our committee of Professional Writers, and Writing Consultants. Get your novel performed by a professional actor at the festival.

NEW OPTION: Or, just submit for an actor performance reading transcript of your novel (any 5 pages of your book). Great way to promote the sales of your book if you’re already published. (see examples on the video playlist below)

SUBMIT your novel now (both your 1st chapter or full novel accepted) To be eligible for our Writing Festival Events. Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation.

Today’s Short Story Festival Deadline: PARANORMAL Short Story Contest

Submit via the site: https://fantasyscififestival.com/paranormal-short-story-festival/

A paranormal story is a work of fiction that explores phenomena and beings that are beyond the scope of scientific understanding. They include elements like ghosts, vampires, werewolves, witches, and other entities that cannot be explained by the laws of nature. They can be set in the real world, but generally includes elements that defy scientific explanation.

See example of recent reading completed:

Today’s Screenplay Festival Deadline: WESTERN Screenplay Contest

Submit via the site: https://storypitches.com/western-screenplay-festival/

The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute asfilms which are “set in the American West that [embody] the spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier.” Generally set in the American frontier between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890.

FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay from our committee of Professional Screenwriters, Production Heads and Script Consultants. Get your entire script performed at the writing festival.

SUBMIT your FEATURE, TV PILOT or SHORT SCREENPLAY.

Submissions take 3-5 weeks for evaluation. Looking for screenplays from all over the world.


This festival has a guaranteed 4-tier set up for each accepted script. (No matter what, all screenplays submitted receive FULL FEEDBACK on their work.)

1st Tier: FULL FEEDBACK on your screenplay (all submissions)

2nd Tier: Accepted scripts (25% on average of submitted entries) get a best scene of their screenplay performed by professional actors and made into a promotional video.

3rd Tier: We will send you a list of questions to answer for our blog interview that will promote you and your film.

4th Tier: Then we will set up a podcast interview on our popular ITunes show where will we will promote the winning writer and script.

(BONUS: 5th Tier. A winning screenwriter’s WhatsApp group has just been formed. Over 50 writers to date. Great way to share ideas and contacts with people in the industry.)

SCI-FI/FANTASY Best Scene: ARTHUR PENDRAGON AND THE WANDERING WIZARD, by William A. Murphy

A baby is born to a married woman and the father is a king. Her jealous husband has them both killed along with their entourage. The baby is left to the wolves who call upon the wandering wizard to get this baby back to the humans it belongs with. The wizard takes the child, Arthur, to a comrade of the king to be raised. When he reaches school age the wizard returns and tutors Arthur. The wizard is able to transform Arthur into the creatures of the forest, giving him the perspective of both the weak and the strong.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Julie Sheppard
Arthur: Sean Ballantyne
Merlin: Shawn Devlin

Watch Today’s FREE Festival: BLACK & WHITE Shorts Fest

Watch the festival at 8PM EST FOR FREE by signing up for the FREE 3-DAY trial using the link, or go to http://www.wildsound.ca

Watch today’s Festival: https://www.wildsound.ca/events/black-white-shorts-festival-november

A BLACK AND WHITE STORY, 8min. Iran
Directed by Mahdi Ghazi
A young man, who always wears a mask of a smile, stands on the brink of a life-changing decision, enveloped in solitude and sorrow. In his quest to break free from this mask, he delves into the intertwined layers of memories and thoughts, retracing the steps that have led him to this pivotal moment. In his pursuit of liberation, he realizes that only the fall can grant him the freedom of flight. Amidst bitter laughter and moments of collapse, he views life through the lens of his own mask, confronting a world filled with masks. At last, he readies himself to break free from the shackles of his compulsory mask.

BREAKING SOULS, 28min., Sweden
Directed by Alexandre Ottoveggio
A drama in a Swedish family in the 80s

https://www.instagram.com/alexfilmmaker/

November 2025 THRILLER/SUSPENSE Festival Testimonials (45 FIVE Star Reviews!)

Really cool hybrid festival. Great communication. I would definitely recommend this to any other filmmakers based on the feedback videos alone.

Submit to the Festival via FilmFreeway.

What an amazing festival! The feedback I received was extremely helpful, thoughtful, and detailed. I was honored that my short script, “Not My Secret to Tell” won the Thriller/Suspense Festival. It was wonderful to have the Best Scene from the screenplay performed by professional voice actors and I felt respected and engaged during the podcast interview.
Really, this film festival is one you should enter! So much more than some others that are simply laurel factories.


Awesome festival, but what really sold me was the audience feedback videos they made. Great marketing material for the project! Would definitely recommend for indie filmmakers.


Great festival with many interesting events. Feedback from real people. Great communication and very fast. Thank you for giving opportunity to show our work to the world! Strongly recommend!


Today’s Stage Play Festival Deadline: ENVIRONMENTAL Play Contest

Submit via Submittable: https://wildsoundwritingfestival.submittable.com/submit/331384/environmental-stage-play-writing-contest-get-play-performed-by-professional-acto

FULL FEEDBACK on your stage play from our committee of Professional Playwriters, Production Heads and Story Consultants. Get a best scene of your stage play performed at the writing festival and made into a video for the winner.

Submit your 10 Page Play, 1 Act Play, or Full Stage Play to the Festival.

SUBMIT your STAGE PLAY Today  You will receive feedback on your play in 3-5 weeks