Apex Film Festival

The annual Apex Short Film + Music Video Festival is returning to sunny Tucson, Arizona on Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 for its fifth season. Join us at The Screening Room on East Congress Street downtown.

An $8 day pass will get you unlimited access to a red carpet photo shoot, exclusive short films and music videos from around the world, and Q&A panels with filmmakers from all over the southwest. Check out our lineup of videos here.

Get tickets online below!

Filmmakers can submit their work through January 12th.

We hope to see you again in 2019!

Our fourth annual festival was a big success! VIP filmmakers from Los Angeles and New York joined local Arizona filmmakers and musicians in seven Q&A panels spread throughout the screenings of nearly 50 short films and music videos at Unscrewed Theater in midtown Tucson. We got some great feedback from attendees, and we’re already looking into how best we can expand our programming for next year.

We’re also tallying up the audience ballots to determine the awards, which will be announced here and on social media later this week. For now…enjoy some photos from the weekend!

A homeless man lies in a crowded street. Ignored by the pedestrians, the old man is robbed of one of his only possessions : a football.
To take it back, the poor man stands up and shows everyone he is not only what he looks like.

Directed by: Sébastien Bellaval
Written by: Sébastien Bellaval and Laetitia Gau

Cinematography: Stefano Forlini

A story of a regular guy who has achieved the dream of internet fame. However, Internet fame comes with risks.

Eric Flores grew up in south Texas with a love for filmmaking. He will host a Q&A panel on stage after his film is screened Sunday, March 25th.

One man stumbles upon something diabolical, and attempts to warn the entire world.

Rob Walker directed TV movies for the BBC for years before moving to Tucson, Arizona. He will host a Q&A session on stage after the film is screened.

When two lab scientists discover an object hurtling towards the planet, their scientific and personal reactions bring them on a paranoid collision course with one another.

Written and Directed by: Gary Taylor

Cinematography: Brian Roth

Starring: Rhett Crosby and Jon Ingbretson

Two friends ponder love and relationships as they wander through a grocery store hours before one of them has a big date.

Directed by: Joseph Wright Sulek.
Written by: Joseph Wright Sulek, and Rhett O’Hara.

Starring: Brendan K. O’Grady, Jon Mendoza, Liz Rische, and Lana Davis.

Fizzy drinks corporation STB is carrying out a photoshoot to try and sell their brand new drink “Donnie Pop”. Despite the model’s best efforts, nothing works for the frustrated director and his attempts to capture the perfect image become more and more elaborate. Things are going terribly until a a bored lighting man has a moment of inspiration.

Directed, and Produced by – Callum Lloyd-James

Written by – Callum Lloyd-James, and Kian Vaziri

Starring – Georgia Sidel, Anthony Portsmouth, and Kian Vazir