Los Angeles, CA - The 2016 Universe Multicultural Film Festival (UMFF) will take place from April 1st to 3^th at the Promenade on the Peninsula, RHCC Community Center and Peninsula Center Library in Los Angeles, California. On behalf of the UMFF committee, we cordially invite you to submit your films or screenplays to the 2015 Universe Multicultural Film Festival.

The event, organized by Maeya Culture Exchange Group LLC, will present a wide variety of films, including original shorts, features, documentaries and animations created by those selected filmmakers from all over the world. This festival will offer an amazing opportunity to all visitors to find out and learn in an outstanding way about different cultures, lifestyles, traditions and beliefs. For this purpose, all the screened films will be either voiced in English or contain subtitles. Thus, there won’t be language barrier for the audience. Also, there will be actors and actresses performing the finalist’s screenplay at the site.

This film exhibition will also allow the community from Los Angeles to attend and take part in different activities such as industry panels and cultural events. Also, the committee will host high-quality events for the participants and collaborators, including film receptions, galas, award ceremony, and specific seminars with directors and filmmakers looking for new potential projects.

This year, we will live broadcasting the red carpet & award ceremony through web TV station. Selected films will have repeat screenings via web theaters from April 4-9, 2016, this additional screenings will not only satisfy the audience to catch up the movies that they missed, but also give the films more exposures.  

Please download the submission form through our official website http://umfilms.org. The deadline for film submissions to the 2016 Universe Multicultural Film Festival is Feb. 10, 2016. Filmmakers can submit films early and often. The complete film festival guidelines, rules, application information and the film submission form can be found at http://umfilms.org/Submit.html

Also, filmmakers are welcome to submit films to our preferred online submission platforms. Here are out three online submission platforms:

   Festhome: https://festhome.com/f/197

   Film Freeway: https://filmfreeway.com/festival/UniverseMulticulturalFilmFestival

   ClickForFestivals: http://www.clickforfestivals.com/universe-multicultural-film-festival

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call 310-266-8559 or e-mail to info@umfilms.org