Your Film. Your Story. Your Festival. March 16-21, 2027 The full details on the process, terms, and highlights for submitting to the Sonoma International Film Festival are below.
Submit your story for the opportunity to be selected for our 2027 Festival.
SIFF engages notable film and media industry jurists and panelists, and continues to grow our reputation for discovering and cultivating new talent worldwide; providing a significant platform for networking and distribution opportunities.
SIFF programs full-length features, documentaries, and short films in the Live Action, Documentary, and Animated categories. We also showcase Culinary, Food, and Wine films across all categories and genres.
We support filmmakers with cash award prizes and provides a generous accommodation program providing deeper interaction with industry professionals, community members, and our discerning film audience in one of the most intimate, engaging, and inspiring settings on the festival circuit.
SIFF showcases the best of the Sonoma Valley region, just 45 minutes north of the San Francisco Bay Area, with several high-end culinary and wine events, lively experiences, industry panels, parties, and filmmaker networking opportunities.
Reputation in finding and cultivating new talent from around the world
Generous cash award prizes
Committed to 50/50 gender parity
Categories
We love great culinary films across all categories. We love comedies as much as dramas. We love films about and infused with music. We love films from around the world. We love films from across the USA from West to East and everything in between. We love to celebrate talent from the Bay Area. We love original shorts with any of the above areas and all genres.
To submit we ask you to choose one of the following categories:
U.S. Feature Films
U.S. Documentary Films
International Feature Films
International Documentary Films
Live Action Short Films
Documentary Short Films
Animated Short Films
Dates & Deadlines
Opening Date
Earlybird Deadline
Regular Deadline
Late Deadline
Extended Deadline
Notification Date
Awards & Prizes
Grand Jury Prizes
Best Feature
Best Documentary
Best Short | Live Action
Best Short | Documentary
Best Short | Animation
Audience Awards & Cash Prizes
Stolman Award—Best Feature ($1,000)
A3Award—Best Documentary ($1,000)
McNeely Award–Best Short ($1,000)
Rules & Terms
Online Submissions
Submissions are only accepted throughFilmFreeway. Please make sure to include a film screening link (Vimeo preferred) or upload your film to FilmFreeway in order to be considered.
Upon submission, you acknowledge and agree that your film may screen up to three times at our venues during the festival. Participating films are offered in-person festival benefits including festival passes and hospitality from our guest relationships department. We do not pay screening fees.
Your Film. Your Story. Your Festival. March 16-21, 2027
Get full details on the process, terms, and highlights of submitting to the Sonoma International Film Festival.
