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Join festival board members for a curated preview of films featured in this year's festival, September 23 - 28, 2025. Learn how the festival is organized, and meet some of this year's filmmakers!

Learn about featured films in your favorite genres, hear from members of the board about how the festival is organized, and learn how submissions and selections are made. You will get to hear from some emerging filmmakers about what opportunities the festival creates to have their work seen and recognized. Understand the many ways the annual Burbank International Film Festival supports the film industry and how your interest and support makes this important venue for emerging filmmakers possible.