Side Hustle Film Fest
River North Brewery
3400 Blake Street
Denver, CO
Side Hustle Film Fest (SHFF) is a new experience bringing together independent filmmakers and movie buffs for an entertaining evening of tasty brews and cinematic views. SHFF provides an opportunity for anyone to make a film of their choice and share it with the Denver community.
A huge thanks goes to the filmmakers for creating such imaginative films and to River North for hosting!
Meet our selected filmers for Side Hustle Film Fest 2025.
Evergreen, CO
Denver, CO
Aurora, CO
Colorado Springs, CO
Erie, CO
Broomfield, CO
Bozeman, MT
What's a film fest without some friendly competition? We created three rad awards to bestow on the chosen few — voted on by the audience.
Congrats to the winners!
💰$500 cash prize awarded to Kavon Zamanian for his film, Gary's Good Boy.
💰$50 cash prize awarded to both Gina Valvo for her film, The Money Tree and Luke Trautwein for his film, Larry.
💰$100 cash prize awarded to Andy Olson for his film, O' Tom Ware Art Thou.
Like many B-rated films, SHFF was started by two goobers from the suburbs — Adam Raiola & CJ Coccia.
With little money, an unhealthy optimistic ignorance, and 3 Side Hustle Art Shows under their belt, they thought a film festival would be the next logical step toward world domination cultivating a stronger art community.
Watch it all unfold IRL.
Submissions must abide by the following:
SHFF reserves the right to deny any film submission for any reason.
All formats are allowed if produced in landscape orientation. Some common examples:
H264 or H265
Between 3 min 03 sec and 9 min 69 sec (aka 10:09)
Applications due
Applicants notified
Rough draft due
Final film due
