Humboldt Int'l Film Fest

Humboldt Int'l Film Fest The longest running student-run film festival in the world! Celebrating 59 years April, 2026 More details coming soon...

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to see Jetty on Wednesday! Our screening of Jetty was a success!And special th...
11/21/2025

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to see Jetty on Wednesday! Our screening of Jetty was a success!

And special thanks to the incredible Sam Fleischner for taking the time to visit and explore Humboldt!

We hope you all had fun, and be sure to meet us back at The Minor April 23rd-26th for our 59th Annual Film Festival!

Photography by .rainier

The Humboldt International Film Festival is presenting a special screening of New York-based filmmaker Sam Fleischner’s ...
11/12/2025

The Humboldt International Film Festival is presenting a special screening of New York-based filmmaker Sam Fleischner’s film Jetty on November 19! This event is free admission to all, and will be screened at the Minor Theatre at 5:30pm.

The film will be screened alongside three experimental short films: Untitled by Aurora Ferlinghetti, Reflection by Ishka Folkwell, and [sun] film by Derek Taylor.

The event will also feature a Q&A with the director, Sam Fleischner, who is the Director of the Rockaway Film Festival.

We hope to see you there!

🌊🏄🏽‍♀️ Tomorrow (Tuesday Nov 4) at the   presents THE CIGARETTE SURFBOARD - the award winning doc about ocean stewardshi...
11/03/2025

🌊🏄🏽‍♀️ Tomorrow (Tuesday Nov 4) at the presents THE CIGARETTE SURFBOARD - the award winning doc about ocean stewardship, surfing and communities rising up to fight plastic pollution. Filmmaker Ben Judkins will be in attendance
Doors at 6:30, show at 7pm
FREE and open to all! 🤙

Halloween is 3 days away! Here’s some film recommendations to get into the spooky spirit! 🎃🎬✨                           ...
10/28/2025

Halloween is 3 days away! Here’s some film recommendations to get into the spooky spirit! 🎃🎬✨


Hey you 🫵 Yea you! Do you have a short film that’s under 30 minutes? Can it be considered a narrative, documentary, anim...
10/20/2025

Hey you 🫵 Yea you! Do you have a short film that’s under 30 minutes? Can it be considered a narrative, documentary, animation, or experimental? Then you should join other talented filmmakers, like yourself, and submit to this year’s film festival! Deadline is January 12, don’t miss out! 🎬✨


Thank you to our sponsors for making HIFF 58 possible! We encourage you to support these businesses as they have support...
04/29/2025

Thank you to our sponsors for making HIFF 58 possible! We encourage you to support these businesses as they have supported us. 💚

Congratulations to our 58th Humboldt International Film Festival award winners! All of these wonderful filmmakers will b...
04/28/2025

Congratulations to our 58th Humboldt International Film Festival award winners! All of these wonderful filmmakers will be receiving our cash award for their amazing work thanks to our sponsors! 🎞️✨

We’d also like to thank our wonderful sponsors who allow us to make this film festival happen!

Best of Fest is sponsored by Coast Central Credit Union

Best Local Film is sponsored by the Humboldt Del Norte Film Commission

Best Immigrant Story is sponsored by the Matteoli family


Come celebrate the opening night of the film festival at our 21+ after party at The Summitt!🕺🪩💃 Drinks at The Summitt wi...
04/22/2025

Come celebrate the opening night of the film festival at our 21+ after party at The Summitt!🕺🪩💃 Drinks at The Summitt will be discounted for HIFF weekend + we have a BONUS screening of a film we picked just for this! Come see our installation of Border Dwellers by 🌟

Did you know that all of the films in our programs are qualified to receive awards? Yep! And it’s all thanks to our gene...
04/21/2025

Did you know that all of the films in our programs are qualified to receive awards? Yep! And it’s all thanks to our generous sponsors who reward our talented filmmakers. 💚💚💚

Make sure to come to our Best of Fest program on Sunday at 7pm to see all of our award winning films! ✨🎞️

Last, but not least… our Best of Fest program will be Sunday at 7pm in the Minor Theatre. Come and see the films our jud...
04/20/2025

Last, but not least… our Best of Fest program will be Sunday at 7pm in the Minor Theatre. Come and see the films our judges thought were award-worthy! 🏆

Our fest is coming up fast! In the mean time, check out our animation program featuring our many talented artists! Scree...
04/17/2025

Our fest is coming up fast! In the mean time, check out our animation program featuring our many talented artists! Screening will be April 26 at 4pm! 🎞️✨

Featured films:

DONKEYBAT
Dir. Mostafa Ghorbanpour
United States

HURDLES
Dir. Pamela Oliver Munoz
United States

LILLY VISITS THE HOSPITAL
Dir. Medina Dennie, Ocean Demuth, Zaiyah Dennie, Sol Demuth, Xstine Cook, Heather Cook
Canada

LEAVE ME AS YOU FOUND ME
Dir. Hannah Mutz
United States

FATHER’S LETTERS
Dir. Alexey Evstigneev
France

TOIL AND SPIN
Dir. Maureen Zent
United States

ILLUMINATUS!
Dir. Chris Kalis
United States

BEAR MEDICINE SOCIETY
Dir. Kiron Hussain, Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
United States

DESPITE
Dir. Kate Raney
United States

FLOWER SHOW
Dir. Elli Vuorinen
Finland


Join us next Friday, the 25th for our amazing documentary program! 🎞️✨
04/16/2025

Join us next Friday, the 25th for our amazing documentary program! 🎞️✨


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Cal Poly Humboldt: 1 Harpst Street
Arcata, CA
95521

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