One of MovieMaker Magazine's "World's 50 Best Genre Festivals ".

THE RENEGADE FILM FEST exists to embrace diverse filmmakers, honor their vision and elevate their voices to bring balance to independent cinema.

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Iconic Lizzie statues will be awarded for Indie Spirit, Audience Choice, Best Feature Film and Best Short Film.

Other awards and prizes are TBD

All films that fall under the horror, thriller, suspense, Sci-Fi, WTF, dark drama, dark comedy, crime, western genres are welcome to enter. We are looking to showcase diverse stories and diverse creators.

All submissions must be in English, otherwise they must have English subtitles.
Official Selections will be determined and scored by an independent panel of judges composed of film academics, critics, filmmakers and other industry professionals.

Final exhibition materials will need to be a high res (1080 or higher) digital download with stereo sound. The venue DOES not screen DCPs and is not equipped with surround sound at this time.

Renegade Film Fest reserves the right to disqualify any submission without refund of submission fees.

Premieres are not a requirement, however we will consider premiere status when making final programming decisions.

The schedule of selected films is subject to change and is at the discretion of the Renegade Film Festival.

Renegade Film Festival does not pay screening fees for films submitted for competition. Any film produced or financed by a major motion picture studio or any film that has secured distribution will NOT be eligible to screen in competition, but rather, can screen out of competition at the festival.

Selected films must send deliverables in a timely manner. If a filmmaker does not send their deliverables to Renegade Film Festival by the requested date, the film will be removed from the program and replaced. Submission fees will NOT be refunded.

Any film produced by or involving a Renegade Team member is ineligible to screen for competitive awards. If program space is available, they can be considered to screen outside of competition.

Renegade Film Festival is hereby granted the right to use any excerpt from any film submitted and accepted for exhibition at the festival for promotional purposes. The festival is hereby also granted the right to use image(s) and/or biographical information of the filmmakers for promotional purposes.