The Springfield Film Festival was a film festival held by the town of Springfield. Marge suggested the film festival as a way to boost the town's reputation, and was surprised when her idea went over so well.
Winners[]
- Outstanding animated short: Itchy and Scratchy for "Four Funerals and a Wedding"
- Best Swedish film: Lisa Simpson for Untitled Swedish Film (a film with Lisa speaking in fake Swedish, then rotating) [deleted scene only]
- Grand Prize: Barney Gumble for Pukahontas (a film about his struggles with alcoholism)
Submissions[]
- Man Getting Hit by Football by Hans Moleman, a simplistic, crude comedy where Hans Moleman gets hit in the groin with a football. Though it didn't win the Springfield Film Festival, it did get remade into a big-budget Hollywood movie starring George C. Scott and won an Oscar, beating out Mr. Burns' A Burns for All Seasons.
- The Eternal Struggle by Bart Simpson, directed by Lisa Simpson, part three of a low-budget arthouse series Bart made showing Homer in embarrassing and private situations, joining Homer in the Shower and Homer on the Toilet. In this installment, Homer tries to get into a pair of relaxed-fit Dockers, but can't, even after he discovers that the belt was buckled.
- A Burns for All Seasons by Charles Montgomery Burns, directed by Señor Spielbergo, a big budget vanity project designed to make Mr. Burns benevolent and godlike in the eyes of the public. It doesn't work, as the audience finds it to be "pure egotism" and "self-indulgent tripe." The film was a shoo-in to win the Springfield Film Festival, thanks to Burns bribing the judges, but Homer (whom Burns didn't bribe at all) ended up choosing Barney's tragic docudrama about his alcoholism (Pukahontas) instead of Man Getting Hit by Football, breaking the voting deadlock. Burns tried again to get the film an award at The Oscars, but it lost to the big-budget remake of Man Getting Hit by Football.
- Bright Lights, Beef Jerky by Apu Nahasapeemapetilon: security camera footage of Apu getting robbed by Snake while working at The Kwik-E-Mart and Chief Wiggum getting his tie stuck in a hot dog roller.
- Moe Better Booze by Moe Szyslak: a short musical number performed by Moe that ends with Moe falling off the bar and injuring his back.
- Pukahontas by Barney Gumble: a tragic, documentary/addiction drama about how alcoholism has ruined Barney Gumble's life. It quickly becomes the favorite of the Springfield Film Festival and got Barney on the cover of Entertainment Weekly. When the movie is announced the grand prize winner, Barney uses the newfound fame to finally get clean and sober...until it's announced that the prize is a lifetime supply of Duff Beer in a tanker truck.
- The Life of The Moses by Ned Flanders: a Biblical epic depicting how Moses was sent down the river to escape being killed, but when Flanders does the same to his son Todd, he gets swept up by the current. Flanders then prays to God to save his son, and a tree blocks the river's path.
- Four Funerals and a Wedding by Roger Meyers, Jr.: an Itchy & Scratchy cartoon where Itchy replaces Scratchy's bride with a dummy made from explosives. The dummy doesn't explode until it and Scratchy are an old married couple. Itchy (who is also old) comes to laugh at Scratchy, but dies of a heart attack.
- What the Pool Boy Saw by the residents of Springfield Retirement Castle, directed by Abraham Simpson [1], a erotic film as done by the Springfield Retirement Castle residents, though all attempts at being erotic are undercut by the elderly actors' senility.
- Untitled Swedish Film by Lisa Simpson[2], a spoof of Ingmar Bergman's films and Swedish dramas in general.
Jury Members[]
Grand Prize Voting[]
| Juror | Vote |
| Jay Sherman | Pukahontas |
| Marge Simpson | Pukahontas |
| Mayor Quimby | A Burns for All Seasons (bribed) |
| Krusty the Clown | A Burns for All Seasons (bribed) |
| Homer Simpson |
Man Getting Hit by Football (later changed to Pukahontas) |
The voting produced a 2-2 tie between Pukahontas and A Burns for All Seasons. Homer later changed his vote to Pukahontas, which made it the winner, three votes to two. Ironically, the grand prize turned out to be a truck filled with a lifetime supply of Duff Beer.
Appearances[]
Episode – "A Star is Burns" 
Video game – The Simpsons Road Rage (banner)
