WELCOME TO THE HUNTINGTON BEACH CULTURAL FILM FESTIVAL
Pictured below, 2023 Official Selection, I Am From Palestine directed by Iman Zawahry (Panama City, FL, USA)
ABOUT
MISSION & BACKGROUND:
The Huntington Beach Cultural Film Festival honors the spirit of inspiring and promoting mutual understanding, respect, safety and the wellbeing of all in the City of Huntington Beach through education and engagement. The Huntington Beach Cultural Film Festival promotes human dignity which is an important element in building a better community. In support of this mission, we host a film festival each year featuring short films created by underrepresented filmmakers. Using the arts as a bridge to promote human dignity, we select a variety of films - narrative, documentary, animation, web/new media/experimental, super shorts (3 minutes or less) - to share with local, national and global communities.
HONORABLE MENTIONS & VIEWING SCHEDULE
2023 Showcase Cycle films pictured below Top Row from Left to Right: Quadripartite directed by Skye Reddy (St. Paul, MN, USA); Stain Resistant directed by Shruti Tewari (San Francisco, CA, USA); SILT directed by Emilie Upczak (Nederland, CO, USA); The Sprayer directed by Farnoosh Abedi (Iran); Bottom Row from Left to Right: The Siege directed by Eniola Rufus (Nigeria); Axel directed by Tom Mull (South Burlington, VT, USA).
