Portland hosts International Mustache Movie Fest... no, not that Portland

Mustaches in general get a lot of crap. From the pre-pubescent looking 35-year-old who can’t grow facial hair to the those who read and abide by The Art of Manliness, the ‘stache tends to get most of its love from scruffy dudes, not the ladies they seem so keen to impress. Perhaps that's about to change...

This year Portland, Maine is hosting the first ever International Mustache Film Festival. 
That’s right, you heard it hear, the mustache now has its own bona fide film festival. So if you can’t get enough ‘stached Burt Reynolds or Ron Burgundy now you can get prickled while watching mustaches take center stage, no longer the distracting element on a man’s face -- now it’s the only element that means anything.

Films must be eight minutes or less, so if you’re contemplating whether or not you should video some random Oregon man with facial hair, go ahead! You could win something! Like $100.
Anyway, all the proceeds go to a film preservation society based in Maine, so it’s not like you’d be stalking men with facial hair for no good reason.

All of the films will be screened before other mustache-themed events -- the film festival is actually apart of a five-year mustache pageant, so if you go be prepared to never see a clean shaven man again. The films will be shown in bars and bowling alleys around town before contestants face off for best “Magnum PI” ‘stache.

Seriously, submit something the deadline is March 24th, what have you got to lose?