Baton Rouge Underground Film Festival

As seen on set! Photos courtesy of local filmmakers.

Submissions for BRUFF close tomorrow night! Make sure to get your films in by midnight to be considered for this year’s festival.

The final count down is here! For the 2026 festival season our submissions are closing May 23rd at midnight.

Can’t wait to see your films!

Are you attending Cannes? We would love to meet you!

We are hosting a Drink Til We’re Dry Happy Hour with Unoriginal Films on Tuesday May 19 at the FilmUSA Pavilion #107

We will have white wine, rosé, and beer until it’s gone!

Feel free to stop by starting at 16:00.

Today’s the day!

Free Film Freeway Submission Code: FREEDAY26

Code is valid for all submission categories and expires starting tomorrow. Code is case sensitive and all capital letters are to be used.

We can’t wait to see your film!

TOMORROW! Friday April 24, 2026 we are hosting a free submission day for the 2026 Baton Rouge Underground Film Festival!

Have you been thinking about submitting your film to BRUFF? Now you can at no cost! The code will be valid for all categories of submissions and can be used more than once.

At midnight our free submission code will be posted on our main Instagram feed and valid for 24 hours.

See you soon underdogs!

Huge thank you to the Overlook Film Festival for having us last weekend! We are always happy to be a part of celebrating our film industry in Louisiana and our local talent.

We can’t wait to continue to showcase what Louisiana has to offer this August! Join us August 27-30 in Baton Rouge for BRUFF!

We love to see the support of BRUFF out and about!

Reminder that our submissions close May 23rd. We can’t wait to see you in August!

Get ready folks! We are doing one day of free submissions for the Baton Rouge Underground Film Festival!

If you have been thinking about submitting, we would love to see your film. On April 24th, 2026 we will be posting a one-day only free submission code that can be applied to your film freeway account when you are completing your submission. The discount code will cover all categories of submissions.

We look forward to watching your films!

We want to see your films!

Submit to BRUFF today! Link in bio.