Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival (CCI-IFF) 2026

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Comic-Con International

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December 1, 2025

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The Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival (CCI-IFF) is now accepting submissions for its 2026 festival.

Judged by a panel of industry luminaries, the CCI-IFF accepts genre-related films in multiple categories.

Awards and prizes will be given out at Comic-Con, with film screenings all four days of the event, scheduled for mid-July 2026.

All films must be appropriate for an all-ages audience. No nudity, excessive violence or swearing. Also, submitted films must be no longer than 95 minutes in length.

Each filmmaker may participate with only one submission. Films previously submitted to the CCI-IFF, whether accepted or denied, cannot be entered again.

Films submitted should be in one of the following categories:

  • Action/Adventure
  • Animation
  • Comics-oriented
  • Documentary (Pop Culture–Related)
  • Horror/Suspense
  • Humor
  • Science Fiction/Fantasy

In 2026, the Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival (CCI-IFF) will celebrate its nineteenth year as a juried event.

CCI-IFF 2026 will be held 23–26 July 2026 during Comic-Con International at the San Diego Convention Center.

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Comic-Con International

Oranisation Overview

The SAN DIEGO COMIC CONVENTION (Comic-Con International) is a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation organized for charitable purposes and dedicated to creating the general public’s awareness of and appreciation for comics and related popular art forms, including participation in and support of public presentations, conventions, exhibits, museums and other public outreach activities which celebrate the historic and ongoing contribution of comics to art and culture.

From the beginning, the founders of the show set out to include not only the comic books they loved, but also other aspects of the popular arts that they enjoyed and felt deserved wider recognition, including films and science fiction/fantasy literature. After one more name change (San Diego’s West Coast Comic Convention, in 1972), the show officially became the San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) in 1973 with the fourth annual event. In 1995, the non–profit event changed its name to Comic-Con International: San Diego (CCI).

The show’s main home in the 1970s was the fondly remembered El Cortez Hotel in downtown San Diego. In 1979, Comic-Con moved to the Convention and Performing Arts Center (CPAC), and stayed there until 1991, when the new San Diego Convention Center opened. Comic-Con has been at home in that facility for over two decades.