Matthew F. Smith is an award-winning filmmaker working internationally and based out of Los Angeles, California. For more than two decades he has created original and inspiring content. His films have received theatrical runs and have screened at festivals throughout the world.
Festival Screenings & Awards
- Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles, CA USA 2012
“Looking for the Perfect Beat“
- Winner Audience Favorite Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles, CA USA 2014
- Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles, CA USA 2014
- Norient Musikfilm Festival Bern, Switzerland 2015
- F.AM.E Paris, France 2015
- Open City Documentary Festival London, UK 2015
- Golden Door Festival Jersey City, New Jersey USA 2016
- Winner Best Soundtrack, Eclipse International Film Festival Pasadena, California 2018
- Winner Gold Award, Winner Best Editing in a Short Film, World on Fire Film Festival Minneapolis 2017
- Nominated Best Documentary Eclipse International Film Festival Pasadena, California 2018
- Nominated Best Director Ibiza Music Video Festival Ibiza, Spain 2016
- Nominated Best Actress, Best Director of Photography, Best Music, Third Culture Film Festival Hong Kong 2017
- Stamped Film Festival Pensacola, Florida USA 2016
- QFest San Antonio, Texas USA 2016
- Outrageous Film Festival Santa Barbara, CA USA 2016
- Serile Filmului Gay Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2016
- Merlinka Festival Belgrade, Serbia 2016
- Image + Nation Montreal, Canada 2016
- SPE Media Festival Cleveland, Ohio USA 2017
- Durango Independent Film Festival Durango, Colorado USA 2017
- LGBT New Renaissance Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherlands 2017
- Annual CPH Film Festival Copenhagen, Denmark 2017
- Third Culture Film Festival Hong Kong, China 2017
- Wicked Queer Film Festival Boston, Massachusetts USA 2017
- World on Fire Film Festival Minneapolis, Minnesota USA 2017
- OUT Web Fest Los Angeles, California USA 2017
- Damn These Heels LGBTQ Film Festival Salt Lake City, Utah USA 2017
- LGBTQ Shorts Film Festival Missoula, Montana USA 2017
- The Atlanta LGBT Film and Music Festival Atlanta, Georgia USA 2017
- Eclipse International Film Festival Pasadena, California 2018
- Winner Best Documentary, Ibiza Music Video Festival, Ibiza, Spain 2017
Press
https://www.thewire.co.uk/video/looking-for-the-perfect-beat_excerpt