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The American Good Film Festival

The Esperanto-USA Film Festival is a vibrant celebration of creativity and the Esperanto language, fostering artistic expression and community engagement. By encouraging filmmakers of all skill levels to create original works in Esperanto, this program highlights the language’s versatility and showcases its use in modern storytelling.

The festival features cash prizes awarded by a panel of five judges, ensuring that exceptional talent and innovation are recognized. With no entry fee, the competition is open to everyone, making it accessible and inclusive. Participants are challenged to produce films no longer than five minutes, entirely in Esperanto, with at least ten unique spoken words. To ensure originality, a special prop is announced at the start of each festival, which must appear on screen. This requirement guarantees that all submissions are newly created specifically for the contest.

Through this program, Esperanto-USA not only celebrates the community’s creativity but also strengthens the global Esperanto-speaking community by inspiring new and seasoned filmmakers alike to share their voices.

Esperanto YouTuber Alex MILLER hosted the first five iterations of The American Good Film Festival beginning in 2021. Catie NEILSON became the host in 2024 for our sixth competition. Over 175 Esperanto short films have been created as part of this project, and you can watch all of them for free and find announcements about our next competition on the official YouTube channel of Esperanto-USA. We do not yet know when the next festival will happen. Please send all other questions related to our festival as well as all offers to volunteer as a helper or a judge to filmfestivalo@esperanto-usa.org as well as to EUSA@Esperanto-USA.org so that we don’t miss it.

Past Festivals

Our YouTube Channel

Also check out the Esperanto-USA YouTube Channel, where you can find an archive of past festivals, videos from kongresoj, and more!