Submissions are now officially open to the 6th Annual Arizona Underground Film Festival. The dates of the festival will be from Sept. 13th to the 21st of 2013. We are asking for features and shorts in the categories of Narrative, Horror, Documentary, Animation, Experimental, and Exploitation. All the info on submitting a film is on our submissions page, or you can click the withoutabox link.

Best Narrative
Funeral Kings

Best Narrative Short
Elko

Best Horror Feature
Saturday Morning Massacre

Best Horror Short
Blue Sheep Suit

Best Documentary Feature
I Want My Name Back

Best Documentary Short
I Want to Be Tom Savini

Best Experimental Feature
The Legend of Kaspar Hauser

Best Experimental Short
Myrtil Palemone

Best Exploitation
25th Reich

Best Animation Feature
Cycle

Best Animation Short
Post Human

Best of Fest
The Exhibitionists

Audience Award
Ghosts With Shit Jobs

Director’s Award
Missing Pieces

The full schedule to the 5th Annual Arizona Underground Film Festival is now online http://azuff.org/festivalschedule, or click the schedule link to check it out.

Tickets for all screenings are now on sale. Some screenings WILL sell out, so make sure you get your tickets early. Festival passes are also on sale. We are ONLY selling a 100 festival passes, and 50 of the six-pack film deal. The festival passes have an online deal of $65, and we also have extra freebies that will go to passholders. Seating is limited, and all films are exclusive screenings, so get yours tickets today. All the info including how to get your tickets, and festival pass is HERE.

We are announcing 6 films that will be included in this year’s festival. On August 31st, you will get to see the entire schedule films. Tickets and festival passes will also go on sale August 31st. Get your tickets early! Due to the exclusive screenings, seating is very limited for these films. Tickets and passes can be purchased on our website at www.azuff.com/tickets

On September 8th we will be having a kick-off event with The AZUFF No Wave Punk Art Show/Block Party at Lovesmack studios 19 E. Toole. More info on the event HERE

AZUFF Behind The Scenes: This year get behind the festival with interviews from the filmmakers and more! Details coming soon.

THE LEGEND OF KASPAR HAUSER

In this Arizona Premiere, The Legend of Kaspar Hauser begins with a dance competition between Vincent Gallo and Vincent Gallo. Yes, he plays two roles here. The idiosyncratic indie film star plays “the Sheriff” and “the Pusher” in this Italian update of the classic tale of a boy raised in isolation who may or may not be royalty. With an original, heart-thumping soundtrack by the renowned producer Vitalic, Legend moves in step, so don’t miss out on this free-form, anything-goes, existential comedy.

Kaspar Hauser is Trippy, Ludicrous, and Essential – Bullett

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L

From the writer and cinematographer of the oscar nominated film, Dogtooth comes a film that has has dogtooth marks everywhere with the same off-beat sense of humor, but with professional drivers. L has the deadpan performances, flat compositions and a predilection for teasing out the casual cruelty. It stands out this year as a film overtly comic, both in script and style, so don’t miss out on the Arizona Premiere.

“A deeply unsettling work that charms… it’s the kind of film that follows you out of the theater – Flix

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BONES BRIGADE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

When six teenage boys came together as a skateboarding team in the 1980s, they reinvented not only their chosen sport but themselves too – as they evolved from insecure outsiders to the most influential athletes in the field. This documentary chronicles their epic rise, using awesome archival footage and moving first-person accounts from Brigade members Steve Caballero, Tommy Guerrero, Tony Hawk, Mike McGill, Lance Mountain, and Rodney Mullen, among others. Through passion, drive, creativity, and a surprising sense of teamwork, they revitalized the sport and influenced generations to come. This is the first screening of this film in Arizona, so don’t miss what critics are calling one of the best documentaries of the year.

“Peralta’s doc is a generous, tasty slice of skateboarding history.” – Hollywood Reporter

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I WANT MY NAME BACK

Highlighting the rise, fall and rise again of original members of The Sugarhill Gang, Wonder Mike (Michael Wright) and Master Gee (Guy O’Brien). The Sugarhill Gang recorded the first ever platinum rap album and rap song and are credited with introducing hip hop to the world more than thirty years ago. We follow The Sugarhill Gang as they try to create new music and battle with their label and an indifferent legal system which stripped them of their identities and rightful legacies.

“There’s a sense of rage to I Want My Name Back… take(s) on the air of protest, of a middle finger to those who have done The Sugarhill Gang harm.” – Film Threat

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A LITTLE BIT ZOMBIE

Infected by a virus, a mild mannered HR manager attempts to fulfill his overwhelming desire for brains, all while trying to keep it together so as not to incur the wrath of his bridezilla-to-be. An Arizona premiere event.

“A lot of heart and some great comedic moments.. worth seeking out… a winner!” – Ain’t It Cool News

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THE EXHIBITIONISTS

The Arizona Underground Film Festival is proud to be the World Premiere of a film that fuses Greek tragedy with lurid exploitation cinema and satire in The Exhibitionists. The film follows 36 deadly hours in the life of filmmaker Walter Todd, as he assembles his closest friends for a New Year’s Eve party. The Exhibitionists is a pulpy exploration of the tipping point between documentary and pornography, which features a impressive ensemble cast that shows us the danger in confusing the subjective eye of a camera for objective truth.

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Welcome to Arizona Underground Film Festival’s new website. We would like to thank our new webmaster Lewis Feinman for creating the site, and over the next few days we will be ironing out a couple of tweaks. Also the festival now has a Tumblr, where the audience can get more in depth with filmmakers, films, sponsors, and events. Follow us at http://azundergroundfilmfestival.tumblr.com/