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The 4th Underground Cinema Film Festival will take place in Dun Laoghaire from September 12th through to September 15th.

Regarded as Irelands Premier Film Festival for independent filmakers,  this years festival promises to be our biggest festival yet with four full days of some of the best  film making from around the world. Once again our festival will include an incredible selection of industry led workshops from some of the biggest names in the country along with some surprise guest speakers. 

UCFF are now calling for entries for this years festival which is competitive. Films will be awarded under the following categories:

• Best Irish Feature Film – Feature film with a budget less then €200K
• Best International Feature Film – Feature film with a budget less then €200K
• Best Independent Short Film – Short film under 25 minutes that has not received funding
• Best Funded Short Film – Short film under 25 mins that has received funding
• Best International Short Film – Short film made outside of Ireland under 25 mins that may or may not of had funding
• Best Student Film – Short/Feature film completed by full time students in the Republic of Ireland
  
  

The opening film will be screened in the newly refurbished National Maritime Museum and our closing film will be screened once again in the Royal Marine Hotel.  

 For an application form full list of rules and regulations you can click on the button below.

Wishing all our filmmakers the very best of luck this year and we look forward to receiving your submissions

David Byrne

Festival Director