The 24th annual AFI Film Festival is currently open for submissions. Short film deadline is July 30. Feature deadline is August 13.

The 2009 AFI Film Festival offered this block of fantastic short films, including ones by Don Hertzfeldt, Guy Maddin, Kevin Jerome Everson and more.

At the 2009 AFI Fest, Mike Plante screened 13 amazing short films from his Lunchfilm project, including films by Naomi Uman and Brent Green.

Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo is a stunningly beautiful documentary by Jessica Oreck about Japan’s obsession with the lowly beetle.

The 2009 AFI Film Festival is screening a bunch of great underground films, including Mike Plante’s Lunchfilms, films by Don Hertzfeldt, Jim Finn and more.