film festivals

  • After Adderall: It’s Playing Everywhere

    After Adderall, a Rumpus-produced movie written and directed (and starring) Rumpus Founder and Editor-in-Chief Stephen Elliott, has been getting some great write-ups. And it’s probably playing somewhere near you very soon! September 12, 2016, Brooklyn: The Brooklyn Book Festival @ Videology 308…

  • See You at The Rumpus Film Festival Tomorrow!

    The first-ever Rumpus LO-FI Film Festival is happening tomorrow! If you haven’t already purchased tickets, what are you waiting for?! A one-day event to be held on July 30 in Los Angeles, the festival will screen three films, in addition to the world premiere of…

  • Rumpus Film Festival Is Just Around the Corner

    The Rumpus LO-FI Film Festival is only two weeks away! If you haven’t already purchased tickets, what are you waiting for?! A one-day event to be held on July 30 in Los Angeles, the festival will screen three films, in addition to the world premiere…

  • Slamdance Cinema Club Celebrates Indie Films

    Our friends at the Slamdance Cinema Club are making sure the indie film scene is alive and kicking in Los Angeles. If you’re in the LA area, head here for more info on upcoming events and screenings! (And don’t forget, the…

  • Buy Your Rumpus Lo-Fi Film Festival Tickets Today!

    In case you missed the exciting announcement, we’re having our very own film festival! A one-day event to be held on July 30 in Los Angeles, The Rumpus Lo-Fi Los Angeles Film Festival will screen three films, in addition to the world premiere…

  • The Great Film Festival Swindle
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    The Great Film Festival Swindle

    “Never pay an entry fee. If they won’t give you a waiver they aren’t interested in the film.”—Programmer for a major film festival

  • The Rumpus Wants to Talk Film Festivals

    The Rumpus is working on an article about film festivals! We’d love to talk to directors whose movies played any of these (or similar) festivals: SXSW, Chicago Film Festival, San Francisco Film Festival, and Tribeca Film Festival. Please contact us…

  • Notable San Francisco, This Week: 7/19-7/25

    This week: mutant cowboys at the Roxie, The Botany of Desire, a Litquake cocktail party, roller disco, and more film festival goodness! Monday 7/19: Bounty hunters, vigilante justice, and good old fashioned wild west gun-slinging.  The Dead and the Damned…

  • Shorts Circuit: The Best of the Migrating Forms Film Festival

    Nestled in the quiet weekend before the Tribeca Film Festival barnstormed into town, the inaugural Migrating Forms fest at Anthology Film Archives humbly went about its experimental business. Running from April 15th –April 19th, this wide-ranging and often thrilling offspring…