The Golden State Film Festival is intended to serve as an opportunity for emerging independent filmmakers to showcase their talents. It is a competitive event, with exhibitors and prize winners enjoying fantastic exposure before a large audience of enthusiastic film aficionados and high-level industry decision-makers. Filmmakers from across the United States and around the world are eligible to participate, and short-form as well as feature-length works are being considered for entry.

The Golden State Film Festival is being administered and operated by Jon Gursha and Peter Greene. Mr. Gursha and Mr. Greene are both highly respected film industry professionals, with extensive experience discovering and helping emerging filmmaking talent achieve success at the professional level. Mr. Gursha is serving as the Festival Director, while Mr. Greene is its Program Director.

?Film festivals are one of the best routes for independent filmmakers to reach wider audiences and open up new career opportunities. The Golden State Film Festival offers entrants excellent exposure and the chance to win coveted prizes, and it will also include an opening night gala ball as well as a red-carpet awards ceremony.

Please note that submitting your film for consideration does not guarantee it will be accepted to the festival, or that it will be screened at the festival or win a prize. Programming decisions may change without prior notice, and submission fees are nonrefundable. All Tickets are non refundable.

For further information, or to enter your film, please contact us

Schedule of Events:

10:00 am: Block A  

Spring Came 6:24
The First Image Of The World 6:49
All The Lost Ones 1:45:00

12:00 pm: Block B 99

Exoplant Magentasia 2:20
Best Dad Ever 10:00
You Have Entered The Public Domain 10:23
Baby Shoes 14:06
Kalamazoo Gals 16:40
Chained Silence Speaks Chapter 1 18:50
Where We Went Wrong 27:22

2:00 pm: Block C  

Project Alexander 2:05:00

4:10 pm: Block D 105

Holy Moly Meteorite! 2:58
Little Hands 4:50
Mi Raya 4:54
Guiding Light 5:00
The Downtown 666 9:41
Coffee, Black 11:05
Mute 17:06
"The Cafone" Episode #1 "The Badge" 23:00
The Caregiver 27:45:00

6:05 pm: Block E  66

When The Birds Were Banished From The Palace 1:16
God's Voice 4:59
Missed 5:00
Overvalued Startup 6:13
The Unlikelihood Of Trevor 5:22
The Retreat 6:31
Dick Bunny 8:50
Glass Half Full 8:45
Sketch 9:05
Rite Of Way 10:03

7:30 pm: Block F   

Corpse Flower 23:24
The Haunting Of Hollywood 1:24:35

9:30 pm Block G

Plastic Soul 11:00
Trial Period 15:42
Breaking And Entering And Humping 25:16
Big Trip 1:13:25

Theater 4

10:00 am: Block H 116

Vita Nota 7:20
Cracks In The Porcelain 7:15
The Aunt's House 8:41
First Light 10:00
Children's Discourse 13:47
The Imagination Of A Child 14:07
Enter The Room 15:00
Traveling Through Time - The Legacy Of The Samurai 17:30
Isle Of The Dead 24:00

12:00pm: Block I    110

Earthquake 4:22
Bitter Crumbs 4:50
Adult Children Of The american Revolution 6:46
Mid-20s Crisis 7:34
Eat The Rich 8:46
Ketchup On Waffles 1:20:00

2:00 pm: Block J

Anansi 7:47
The New Arc 15:00
The Final Pact 1:30:00

4:00 pm  Block K 112

More Than One 6:50
A Perfect Match 12:07
Little Red 14:07
Let It Shine 19:08
Bring It On, My Mafia Life 1:00:00

6:00 pm  Block L 61

Pray For Them 3:12
Salty 4:42
You First 5:53
Chaotic Love 8:31
Arthur Ave. 8:35
House Money 8:36
In Lieu Of Longing 10:06
Red Lilies 14:00

7:30 pm  Block M 96

Barry Gettin' Married 11:00
Injected 12:30
Lucky Lenny 12:34
Fate Of The World 12:48
Alicia and Jerome Season Ii 14:51
Best Bros Forever 16:03
Ben and Tony 15:47

9:30 pm Block N  

Paranoid 14:02
Back In Baby's Arms 16:14
Madness Unplugged 17:05
Girls, Interrupted 19:07
Sprinkles 25:50
My First Breath 35:40