Targeted readers of sites like this one can expect another voice in the festival front as the first-annual Haymaker Film Festival readies its 2025 launch. The organization is etching a two-day event to be held The Beehive in Salt Lake City, Utah from October 10.
In the meantime, folks are invited to get their entries in as soon as February 28, with a formal deadline set on June 1. That means more ample opportunity for independent filmmakers and talent alike looking to tap into the market for action films this year with Haymaker, and with another major city potentially joining the list of U.S. locales for the genre to percolate.
Read on for the official text below and visit the official Haymaker Film Festival website to learn much more.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Haymaker Film Festival Opens 2025 Call for Entries
Haymaker Film Festival is seeking entries to showcase indie action filmmakers for its debut season
Earlybird Deadline February 28; Regular Deadline June 1Salt Lake City, UT — Haymaker Film Festival has formally opened submissions for its debut season, scheduled to premiere in-person on October 10-11, 2025, in Salt Lake City, UT. The Festival is seeking
contemporary works from independent action filmmakers for Features, Shorts, and Super Shorts categories.
A brand-new event for 2025, Haymaker Film Festival is an unconventional voice among the traditional festival circuit and rejects the notion of action filmmaking being unsophisticated. The Festival aims to champion independent action cinema and pay proper reverence to the tenacity and lifelong dedication of those who create it.
Hosted in-person at The Beehive, an alternative arts and live events venue in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City, the Organizers’ punk rock roots areimmediately evident. As a first-year festival, the DIY ethos is central to their mission to showcase dynamic, exciting filmmakers and stunt performers, many of whom create within a similar do-it-yourself mindset and environment.
For complete submission and deadline information, visit
https://filmfreeway.com/HaymakerFilmFestival.Submission Deadlines
● Earlybird Deadline: February 28
● Regular Deadline: June 1
● Late Deadline: July 25About Haymaker Film Festival
Haymaker Film Festival is a celebration of contemporary action cinema, filmmakers, and stunt performers. Their mission is to spotlight the art of action and evangelize its value as both art and entertainment. The Festival believes action cinema is another avenue for creative and cultural expression. Well-established tropes are regularly subverted and reimagined by unique voices and their personal journeys and heritage; it is clear that action cinema transcends both language and borders. Reduced to its most basic form, action is conflict in motion — and there is no story without conflict.