MCMINNVILLE FILM FESTIVAL FOUNDATION

In early 2011, a call went out to local businesses asking how they could get involved in the annual UFO Festival. Movietime Video, a locally-owned independent video store, volunteered to sponsor a UFO Film Festival where filmmakers could enter a 15-minute film with a UFO/Sci-Fi/Alien theme to it. The response was overwhelming which led to Movietime Video offering a Short Film Festival about 6 months later.

The first annual McMinnville Short Film Festival was held on October 25, 2011. The success of the first Short Film Festival was so great that an official steering committee was put together to help plan and organize future festivals.

Today, the MSFF is part of the non-profit group McMinnville Film Festival Foundation, created in 2015 to direct the continued growth of the festival. Changes continue to be made and the festival continues to expand and improve year after year. It has grown from the original few films from only local filmmakers to films coming in from around the world.

We have been recognized TWICE as a Top 100 Best Reviewed film festivals out of over 9,000 festivals worldwide on FilmFreeway.com (our film submission portal). Filmmakers continue to recognize us as a true festival for filmmakers where we care and nurture the love of film and filmmakers.