Sundance Film Festival
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Tier AOscarScreenings
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Alameda International Film Festival
Alameda, United States · Est. 2013 · Established legitimate festival with meaningful track record
Tier BTrusted
Alameda, United States
65
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- No physical screenings
- 13 years of verifiable history
- 3 verified pro signals
Overview
The Alameda International Film Festival celebrates independent filmmaking with an annual festival held in February in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Festival is committed to exposing exciting new films to wider audiences. 2023's packed theatres watched submissions from filmmakers well established in the industry as well as directors and film students just starting out. The film festival was first conceived in the late autumn of 2007 by several friends and artists gathered at an old Victorian home in the island city of Alameda, just next to Oakland, and across the bay from San Francisco. In the last 13 years, the festival has grown dramatically. In 2023, we offered 4 days of independent features and shorts, guest artists, and parties with hundreds of attendees present. We look forward to continuing to grow with the support of the filmmaking community. We can't wait to find out what we'll be showing next year!
Last updated Sep 6, 2026
Legitimacy Analysis
Positive Indicators (+30 pts)
- 13 years of verifiable history
- 3 verified pro signals
- Verified trusted status
- Legitimacy signals outweigh concerns (3 vs 1)
Red Flags (-15 pts)
- No physical screenings
Trust Signals
Positive Signals
- FilmFreeway Gold festival
- Documented history with archived programs
- Has FilmFreeway community ratings
Festival Details
Founded
2013
FilmFreeway communityGold festival
Avg. rating
3.9/ 5
Reviews
32
Synced 4 days ago
- Filmmaker
What a great festival! Well organized, well-attended and great films! Fantastic communication too, and a good place to meet other filmmakers. Kudos!
- Filmmaker
Really great festival with wonderful people!!
- Filmmaker
Fantastic festival! Great hospitality, lovely audience, nice organization, an adorable city and an icredible movie theatre. Certainly a festival to the list of the unforgetables ones. Thanks to everyone in Alameda, specially to my host family who made me feel at home. Yes, this festival promotes this amazing cultural and artistic - and unique - exchange!
- Filmmaker
Thank you so much for this wonderful festival. Mark and Colin, you guys are great! Thank you for the award, the panel, and the screenings were all very well organized. The theater is beautiful and the atmosphere was amazing. A true gem of a festival. Can't wait to come back.
- Filmmaker
Mark and co. do such an amazing job curating this festival and the audiences are so generous and kind. Highly recommend applying to this fantastic festival
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