According to their website, The SPLIFF Film Festival is where filmmakers, artists, animators, and stoners share original film shorts exploring stoner themes.
From serious takes on pot culture to stoner comedy to mind-blowing weirdness—they all have a home at SPLIFF.
Creative types of all stripes entertain, challenge, and amaze SPLIFF audiences with short films that examine and/or celebrate cannabis and its liberating effects on our imaginations, appetites, libidos, and creative energies.
“At SPLIFF, you’ll see films that will make you laugh, films that will make you think, and films that will make you ask, “What the fuck was that?!”
SPLIFF is a film festival by stoners, for stoners.
Artists, filmmakers, and other creators are invited to make and submit short films—4:20 maximum length—for the first annual SPLIFF.
“We’re seeking films that explore the meaning, pleasures, and culture of cannabis”.
Trippy films, comedic shorts, quickie documentaries, parodies of anti-pot educational films (think Reefer Madness ridiculousness or D.A.R.E. scare tactics), mind fucks, pot-influenced journeys, films about pot as a pleasure and pot as a medicine—all these have a home at SPLIFF.
2020 Tour Dates, Locations and Tickets
- Seattle, WA – April 17th & 18th 2020 GET TICKETS
- Portland, OR – April 18th 2020 GET TICKETS
- San Francisco, CA – April 24th 2020 GET TICKETS
This is the second year for the festival. Last years winners included:
Trippiest, $2,000 – Fully Froggo
Funniest, $2,000 – Candy Sandwich
Stupidiest, $2,000 – Kevin’s Proclamation
Best in Show, $5,000 – Smokescreen
2019 entries included:
- N.O.P.E. – In this mid-90’s PSA, Billy and Charlie learn the hard way that even a single puff of marijuana will turn you into a crazy violent pervert. Not one puff ever!
- Bloom – Flaming blunts, raging bowls, hot dabs. This is the sexiest smoke porn you’ve ever seen.
- Fully Froggo – WINNER TRIPPIESTA frog eats too many gummies. Or does he?
- Witch Weed – An expert stoner finds the ultimate high. Beware of the Devil’s lettuce.
- Green – A magical trip to the bodega thanks to some green.
- Bibbel the Dwarf Dwarf – One person. One peanut. One backyard. Only one can win.
- BBHMM Blunt – An instructional video on how to roll a magical “Bitch Better Have My Money” blunt, in the style of Rihanna’s famous Fenty Beauty makeup tutorials.
- Corporate Coitus – A Dada-inspired visual and aural collage made up of disembodied heads, colorful circles, and ominous eyes.
- Grandpa Joe – So what if your new house guest has a tiny green face, a cute lil astronaut helmet, and a motherfucking spaceship? He’s definitely NOT AN ALIEN. He’s just GRANDPA JOE!
- Leaffolder House – A dealer must go deep in the woods to deliver the goods. But at the end of his journey is a hit that might be too intense for him to handle.
- Harsh Tokes & Bong Jokes – A punk rock love letter to growing up, smoking weed at beaches, light-night parties, learning how to kiss, and how you shouldn’t mix liquor with weed.
- Good Game Bud – Two dudes, a couch, and one game of spliff Jenga.
- Smokescreen – WINNER BEST IN SHOW – When Olivia’s date takes a turn for the mediocre, she gets stoned and ends up trapped in the reality of online dating.
- Hands – A spaced-out, bizarre ode to hands.
- Kevin’s Proclamation – WINNER STUPIDIEST – He’s Kevin, and he’s got something to proclaim.
- Candy Sandwich – WINNER FUNNIEST AS MR Crafting with Sayuri and Gabby La La make a fancy sandwich!
- The Girl Who Couldn’t…A mockumentary trailer about a girl who is struck with a tragic disorder and the devastating impact it has on those closest to her.
- Switch Hitter Haze Wyatt has a crush on his roommate Connor, who is very cute and very straight. When their dealer brings over a mysterious strain of weed, things that were fixed become fluid—and none of them will ever be the same.
- Munchies Massacre – A bag of Doritos and Oreos commiserate over all the friends they’ve lost to late-night snacking when—Oh no! Run! Get out of the cupboard while you still can! The stoner’s got the munchies again!
- Weed Art Process – This is the story of a magic seed. Through pure art, the seed frees the power of imagination.
- Bagel Bite Fright NightStoned and alone, two women get caught in a 90s slasher nightmare when they experience a home invasion by a slew of celeb sex offenders. Or do they?
- BOOBatary – Sometimes boobs have minds of their own.
- You Wanna Order Pizza? Two epically stoned Australians attempt to order a pizza. If only they could order pizza with their minds! Oh wait… can they?
- Joint Heights – In this adorable stop motion animated film, joints do yoga, thrash to heavy metal music, and fuck in the afternoon. A candid look at how cannabis is a part of day-to-day life for the residents of Joint Heights.
ALL SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2nd ANNUAL SPLIFF FILM FESTIVAL ARE DUE NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6TH, 2020 AT 5PM PST.
Artists, filmmakers, and other creators are invited to make and submit short films—4:20 maximum length—for the second annual SPLIFF.
They are seeking “films that explore the meaning, pleasures, and culture of recreational marijuana use. Trippy films, comedic shorts, quickie documentaries, parodies of anti-pot educational films (think Reefer Madness ridiculousness or D.A.R.E. scare tactics), mind fucks, pot-influenced journeys, films about pot as a pleasure and pot as a medicine—all these have a home at SPLIFF”.
There is no charge to enter a film in SPLIFF. Filmmakers retain all rights to their films.
Voting, Categories and Prizes
Three first-place category prizes and one grand prize are awarded at SPLIFF.
All winners are decided by secret audience ballot.
Films may qualify in more than one prize category.
This year’s categories and prize packages are:
- Trippiest: $2,000
- Funniest: $2,000
- Stupidiest: $2,000
- BEST IN SHOW: $5,000
2020 Extra Credit Items
SPLIFF has optional extra credit items that will show the jury that they made this film specifically for the festival. These items are:
- Deviled eggs
- Tiki Torches
- A bicycle pump
Technical Requirements
PREFERRED EXPORT: 1920×1080 • 24 frames per second • H.264 video file
- 4:20 maximum length
- 24 frames per second is preferred (but can also work with 23.98 or 29.97)
- Audio: 48k, 16 bit, stereo
- Codec either Apple Pro Res or H.264
How to submit a film for consideration
ALL SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2nd ANNUAL SPLIFF FILM FESTIVAL ARE DUE NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6TH, 2020 AT 5PM PST.
Digital submission to dropbox@SPLIFFfilmfest.com is preferred. You can also send via WeTransfer to info@SPLIFFfilmfest.com. In the same file/folder as your film submission, please include one release form and copies of IDs from ALL performers and a signed entry form with your film submission.
OR
Physical DVD or thumb drive. For DVDs, use a data disk format. Do not send authored DVDs via DVD studio, iDVD, or any other DVD authoring software. Same encoding H.264 .mov 24fps is preferred. Delivered to The Stranger office by the submission deadline with one release form and copies of IDs from ALL performers and a signed entry form.
For our folks overseas: Convert files transcode for NTSC before uploading if possible.
All performers must be 21 years of age.
Any technical difficulty with these instructions, contact info@SPLIFFfilmfest.com.
Music
You must have the rights to the music used in your film. Permission from the original owner or a music license agreement must be submitted with your paperwork.
Need help finding music for your film? Here are a few resources:
- Shutterstock: www.shutterstock.com/music
- Tighe K McGillivray (aka Futurewife)
- BMI: https://www.bmi.com/licensing
- Maroset: https://www.marmosetmusic.com/
- Musicbed: https://www.musicbed.com/
- Audiojungle: https://audiojungle.net/
- Pond5: https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/
Performance Release Forms
No submissions will be admitted to the festival without a signed RELEASE FORM and a copy of a photo ID from each performer and an ENTRY FORM completed and signed by the film’s producer.
Digital submission preferred, or you may drop off or mail your film and paperwork in one envelope at:
The Stranger
1535 11th Ave, Third Floor
Seattle, WA 98122
Office hours: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
No submissions will be admitted to the festival without a signed RELEASE FORM and photo ID from each performer and an ENTRY FORM completed and signed by the film’s producer.
You can drop off your stuff or mail it to:
The Portland Mercury
115 SW Ash St. Suite 600
Portland, OR 97204
Office hours: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
The Stranger
1535 11th Ave, Third Floor
Seattle, WA 98122
Office hours: 9:00 am – 5:30 pm
Have a technical question about your submission?
Email info@splifffilmfest.com.
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