Cambria Film Festival

Cambria Film Festival Independent Film Festival located in the beautiful Central Coast of California

Showcasing classic and new romance and romantic comedies (including feature films and shorts) in an intimate film festival set in a small seaside village

As we enter our 10th year, we're taking a look back to all the years, films and people that brought us to where we are t...
06/15/2026

As we enter our 10th year, we're taking a look back to all the years, films and people that brought us to where we are today, starting with our founding year - 2018.

Co-Founded by Nancy Green and Alan Fraser in 2017, CFF got off to a strong start in 2018 with a tremendous lineup of short and feature rom-coms and other romantic films showcasing the "complexities of love". Welcoming filmmakers and special guests from around the world including Cambria legend Nehemiah Persoff, actress Suanne Spoke and various others, CFF celebrated what made audiences "love" film!

Patrons enjoyed a slew of festivities including an incredible awards ceremony hosted at the historic Hearst Castle Theater and Visitor Center.

Stay tuned for more festival throwbacks and announcements, including an upcoming 10th Anniversary celebration!

06/03/2026

Join 2026 CFF Filmmaker for a "Day in the Life" of a filmmaker at CFF!

Cambria Film Festival has built a reputation of being a โ€œFilmmakers Firstโ€ festival. Without our filmmakers, we have no festival, and we want to honor YOU! From exclusive swag to delicious food and seeing your work on the big screen, CFF prides itself in treating our filmmakers like the stars they are!

Want to experience this and more? There's still time to submit your film to the 10th ANNUAL CFF! Regular deadline ends July 10th on FilmFreeway, with two more deadlines following! Submit your film now!

We had a blast celebrating our festival volunteers - new and familiar faces alike - at our 2026 Volunteer Appreciation P...
05/26/2026

We had a blast celebrating our festival volunteers - new and familiar faces alike - at our 2026 Volunteer Appreciation Party! From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU to all of our incredible volunteers who make this festival happen.

Want to join the crew for the next year? Film submissions are coming in, and we are currently seeking Film Screeners for the 2027 Festival Season! Sign up now at the ๐Ÿ”—๐Ÿ” to become an invaluable part of the festival team, and help shape the 2027 Festival Selections!

Filmmakers! Our 2027 CFF Submissions open NEXT WEEK on 3/30! Get ready to submit your films and take advantage of the lo...
03/25/2026

Filmmakers! Our 2027 CFF Submissions open NEXT WEEK on 3/30! Get ready to submit your films and take advantage of the lowest submission price of the season! Act soon - the earlybird deadline is 4/30!

Also, even MORE photos have been added to our festival gallery. Be sure to download your favorites - even more will be added soon, so keep an eye out!

Can you believe it's been TWO WEEKS since the 2026 CFF? Take a look back at some of the fun moments from this year's fes...
02/21/2026

Can you believe it's been TWO WEEKS since the 2026 CFF? Take a look back at some of the fun moments from this year's fest, including laughs and smiles from our visiting filmmakers, attendees and sponsors!

Stay tuned for more pics, as well as our interactive gallery to download and keep your favorite moments forever!

You voted, and now it's time to announce the winners of our 2026 AUDIENCE AWARDS! Also, we are revealing the runners-up ...
02/09/2026

You voted, and now it's time to announce the winners of our 2026 AUDIENCE AWARDS! Also, we are revealing the runners-up in each category to showcase the amazing films our audience loved!

FEATURE - NARRATIVE: ๐–๐‡๐ˆ๐’๐๐„๐‘ ๐Œ๐˜ ๐๐€๐Œ๐„ (๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด-๐˜œ๐˜ฑ: ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต, ๐˜–๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ˆ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ, ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ)
FEATURE - DOCUMENTARY: ๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐“๐‘๐€๐‚๐Š๐’ ๐Ž๐… ๐‹๐€๐‹๐Ž ๐’๐‚๐‡๐ˆ๐…๐…๐‘๐ˆ๐
SHORT - NARRATIVE: ๐Ž๐•๐„๐‘ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐๐Ž๐€๐‘๐ƒ (๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด-๐˜œ๐˜ฑ: ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ ๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ?, ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜™๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ)
SHORT - DOCUMENTARY: ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐‡๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐„๐’๐“ ๐–๐Ž๐‘๐Š๐ˆ๐๐† ๐Œ๐€๐ (๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด-๐˜œ๐˜ฑ: ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ & ๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ด, ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ)
SHORT - STUDENT: ๐‹๐Ž๐•๐„๐๐ˆ๐“๐„ (๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด-๐˜œ๐˜ฑ: ๐˜ˆ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด (๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ))
ANIMATION: ๐‡๐„๐‹๐ ๐Œ๐„ ๐“๐Ž๐Œ (๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด-๐˜œ๐˜ฑ: ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ค, ๐˜‘๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ & ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ, ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ)
LATE NITE: ๐๐€๐‘๐€๐๐Ž๐ˆ๐€ (๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด-๐˜œ๐˜ฑ: ๐˜ˆ๐˜š๐˜”๐˜™, ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ข ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜“๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด)
FAMILY: ๐๐Ž๐–! (๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด-๐˜œ๐˜ฑ: ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ, ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ, ๐˜‘๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ & ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ)

Drumroll please... ANNOUNCING OUR 2026 JUDGES' AWARDS (Audience Awards announced in a separate post)!BEST FEATURE - NARR...
02/09/2026

Drumroll please... ANNOUNCING OUR 2026 JUDGES' AWARDS (Audience Awards announced in a separate post)!

BEST FEATURE - NARRATIVE: BROTHER VERSES BROTHER
BEST SHORT - NARRATIVE: THE SENTRY
BEST FEATURE - DOCUMENTARY: BABY DOE
BEST SHORT - DOCUMENTARY: MONSTER SLAYER
BEST SHORT - STUDENT: A WOMAN IS MANY THINGS (JUST FINE ISN'T ONE OF THEM)
BEST ANIMATION: HELP ME TOM
BEST STUDENT ANIMATION: STAY
BEST LATE NITE: REVENANT
BEST FAMILY FILM: POW!
DIRECTOR'S AWARD: SYNTHESIZE ME
INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD: BURT
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: BEAUTIFULLY UGLY
NANCY GREEN FOUNDER'S AWARD: WHISPER MY NAME

Today we send off the 9th Annual Cambria Film Festival with our final screenings! Catch some award-winning films before ...
02/08/2026

Today we send off the 9th Annual Cambria Film Festival with our final screenings! Catch some award-winning films before our doors close, and this is also your last chance to watch FAMILY FILMS for free in the CCAT at noon!

Tonight is the big night! Enjoy even more short and feature films including an exclusive US premiere of AMAZEZE in the "...
02/07/2026

Tonight is the big night! Enjoy even more short and feature films including an exclusive US premiere of AMAZEZE in the "Rollercoaster of Life" block, bring the family to the FREE Family Films block, and get ready to see who takes home the 2026 prizes at our 9th annual awards ceremony!

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