2025
November 16 to December 19 2025
20 Year Celebration
An annual festival of short films - screening
all genres from all over the world.
TESTIMONIALS
Their presentation was very professional and easy to register for others to watch. I thank you for choosing my film The Curator to be ran among the other films in your 2020 festival. I watched every film from the first day up until Saturday. It was truly a great experience. Thank you.
-Hakim Woods
ABOUT
The Heritage Film Festival is a community-based, volunteer-driven event that brings together short films of all genres from novice and seasoned filmmakers to celebrate independent media.
The 2025 Festival is Nov 16 - Dec. 19, 2025. Our short films are from around the world and cover a wide range of genres. This year Heritage is only in person as listed below:
November 2025
The Camille, Bethesda, MD: 16 November 2025/2pm.
The Waverly: 4521 East West Highwy, Bethesda,
MD, 18 November 2025/3pm.
St Elmo: 4915 St. Elmo Ave in Bethesda, MD,
​22 November 2025/6pm.
XPress Yourself DMV, the Wheaton Mall, MD;
22 & 23 November 2025/2pm.
The Connie Morella Library, Bethesda, MD,
29 November 2025/3pm.
December 2025
Rhizome DC: a community arts space in the Tacoma Park area of Washington D.C.
4 December 2025/7:30pm.
XPress Yourself DMV, the Wheaton Mall, MD;
13 & 14 December 2025/2pm
St Elmo: 4915 St. Elmo Ave in Bethesda, MD,
​19 December 2025/5pm
Audience members are encouraged to donate non-perishable food items & to volunteer at a food pantry.
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2026 DEADLINES
Opening Date
August 30, 2025
Earlybird Deadline
February 28, 2026
Regular Deadline
July 13, 2026
Notification Date
August 20, 2026
Event Dates
Fall of 2026
The Heritage Film Festival is a project of IN VISIBLE COLORS, 6hearts, loyal volunteers, supporters, local vendors and
