About the Film Festival

 

What began as the screening of a handful of animated films in 1999 has evolved into a three-day celebration of independent film that receives more than 100 submissions annually.

 

Join us at Darkside Cinema and the historic Majestic Theatre in downtown Corvallis during da Vinci Days for film screenings in multiple genres including documentary, animation, narrative shorts, and experimental films.  Plus, enjoy film shorts submitted in the Young Filmmaker category by middle and high school age filmmakers.

 

Image below from 2011 selected DOCUMENTARY, KEIKO The Untold Story.

What makes the da Vinci Film Festival unique?

We encourage filmmakers to embrace the "Spirit of da Vinci" by using new techniques and innovation in their filmmaking.  This includes both the filmmaking process and the way the story is approached. Award winners are chosen from each film category, as well as a special "Spirit of da Vinci" award which is awarded to one film out of the entire festival.

At the beginning of each season, we open for submissions of any style, including narrative, animation, experimental, and documentary. There is a special film category for Young Filmmakers (middle and high school students). For more information about submitting a film and how films are selected to be screened at the festival, please see the Filmmaker FAQs.

Films may be sumitted for consideration through Withoutabox, our on-line submission process.