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If you're a filmmaker within the United States, we want to know you and celebrate the excellent work that we've seen from so many of you. With our third festival season, we are expanding to allow submissions from across the nation for films that inspire, uplift, and encourage. While we grow, we will always cherish our Midwest roots and will give special awards to films made in or by filmmakers residing in our Four-State Area (Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma).
While we welcome entertaining films of all kinds, we place a special emphasis on work that makes a difference in the lives of others. If you're a cinematic storyteller with a film that touches hearts, we want to give you a platform to connect with other like-minded filmmakers and professionals. And with our new partnership with Kingdom Story Company (producers of I Can Only Imagine, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, and more), one special film may be given a major distribution opportunity.
If you’ve made a short film or feature film that fits that description, submit it on our FilmFreeway page and plan to join us in Webb City and Joplin, MO in March of 2026 for our third annual Uplift Film Festival to win one of many awards, including Most Inspirational Film, the category closest to our heart. We all need a little uplift - let's come together to celebrate stories that change hearts and minds.
This Years Uplift Film Festival will be held March 5th, 6th and 7th, 2026 in Joplin and Webb City, Missouri
Route 66 Theater
24 S Main St
Webb City, Missouri 64870
United States
Harry M. Cornell Arts & Entertainment Complex
212 West 7th Street
Joplin, Missouri 64801
United States
