C23FF
THE CREDO 23 FILM FESTIVAL 2026 WAS A BLAST.
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SPONSORS, FILMMAKERS, ATTENDEES, STAFF, AND VOLUNTEERS.
WE GRANTED $2300 TO EVERY SHORTS FILMMAKER AND $5000 TO EVERY FEATURE FILMMAKER. KODAK GAVE $5000 PACKAGES AND KESLOW CAMERA GAVE $15,000 RENTAL PACKAGES TO THE FEATURE FILMMAKERS.
WE WANT TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO MAKE MORE INNOVATIVE, NON-AI FILMS.
CREDO23 FILM FESTIVAL
||
MAKE THE FILM YOU KNOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE
|| MAKE THE FILM YOU KNOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE
THE C23FF 2026 WAS FANTASTIC.
MAKE A NON-AI FILM TO SUBMIT FOR NEXT YEAR.
Festival dates: APRIL 2026 LOS ANGELES, CA
A NEW FILM FESTIVAL
THE CREDO23 FILM FESTIVAL IS A FILMMAKER-FIRST, NO-AI EVENT. WE FOCUS ON INNOVATIVE FILMMAKING AND HELPING FUTURE FILMMAKING EFFORTS.
ALL FESTIVAL PROCEEDS, AFTER OPERATING COSTS, ARE GRANTED TO THE ACCEPTED FILMMAKERS, AVERAGING $3100 PER FILMMAKER. SO FAR $120,000 HAS BEEN GRANTED + GENEROUS KODAK AND KESLOW CAMERA PACKAGES.
NO GENERATIVE AI
•
NO GENERATIVE AI •
GENERATIVE AI HAS NO PLACE IN FILMMAKING.
BASED ON STOLEN WORK, IT ONLY REGURGITATES THE PAST.
WE WANT TO SEE THE NEW WORK COMING FROM YOUR FILMMAKING GIFTS.
IT’S TIME FOR A NEW GENRE IN ThE ARTS. ONE THAT IS HUMAN, AND REAL, AND RAW.
THE NEXT LEVEL IN FILMMAKING
Submissions OPEN AGAIN 8/1/26
WE WANT WHAT’S NEXT IN FILMMAKING, WHAT’S RAW, WHAT’S TRULY NEW. WE ARE ANTI-AI USE IN FILMMAKING. WE WANT TO SEE THE KINDS OF FILMS THAT COME FROM YOUR FILMMAKING GIFT. SHOW US WHAT YOU’VE GOT.
“Really great experience, beautiful theatre, better people. Really nice to see. a wide breath of work from experimental to comedy to dramas. A refreshingly different festival that may point the way forward for film.”
- Ray Smiling, C23FF ‘25,’26 accepted filmmaker
