Couch Fest Films invites movie lovers into private homes to enjoy several programs of short films in an intimate and unassuming environment on Saturday, November 10th, 2012.

Couch Fest Films proudly announces the 5th annual Couch Fest Film Festival to be held in residential homes and alternative venues around the globe (TBA). Couch Fest Films is not an online event or a broadcast event. We are a film festival that replaces traditional theater venues with cozy residential venues.

Couch Fest Films is a traveling festival of sorts: moviegoers enjoy several programs of short films presented in residents' living rooms. The festival aims to build kinship among movie lovers in a comfortable and cozy setting, and to share exciting new works of short film. The festival, founded in 2008, has built a passionate following thanks to its reliably high quality, entertaining film programs, and its open-minded "do it yourself" ethic.

On Saturday, November 10th, 2012, each host home participating in Couch Fest Films around the globe will present a unique program of award-winning short movies. Films presented during Couch Fest Films are typically still exclusively playing at some of the top film festivals in North America and Europe.

A short intermission in the middle of each program will allow viewers to discuss the films and socialize. Participants will have the opportunity to interact, share, and discover new films and fellow lovers of film.

The 2012 Call for Entries will be announced during the summer. Films will be competing for cash awards and powerful prizes (three-foot trophies!). While there is a small submission fee, entry fees are refunded for accepted films. The festival programmers look forward to another year of submissions as impressive as last year, which attracted work from Israel, Germany and Portugal, among other countries, and included genres that varied from social documentaries to sketch comedies, celebrated works of animation to emerging experimental video art.

Couch Fest Films was founded by Seattle filmmaker Craig Downing in 2008 with the goal of sharing the love of film and video in an unpretentious environment. Says Downing, "I'm excited to provide others the chance to watch grand short films whilst sitting on their rump in living rooms all over town! What better way to get out and meet your neighbors?"

For more information about Couch Fest Films, visit www.couchfestfilms.com. A full listing of films included in the various programs, as well as a venue map, will be listed soon after the films have been accepted.

Promotional stills will be available at http://www.couchfestfilms.com/press.html. Please email propaganda@couchfestfilms.com with any questions, or if you'd like to speak with festival founder or festival programmers.