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Welcome to the 1st annual B!TCHFEST: An International Women’s & LGBTQIA+ Film Festival & Screenplay Contest with a groundbreaking in-person event for both Filmmakers and Screenwriters in the heart of Los Angeles. At B!tchFest we’re not just breaking glass ceilings; we’re shatterin
Berlinale Shorts
Berlinale Shorts 2024 – Forms of Us
Delicate pencil drawings meet unconventional fictions, personal essays encounter hyper-realistic computer animations, the personal reacts to the political. In the Berlinale Shorts competition, 20 short films of the most diverse kind enter into dialogue with one another, observing how we live together in society and family. The magical finds its way in and animals quite frequently take over the terrain.
Ple...
Cory Reeder's new short Smash or Pass will have its worldwide debut at Slamdance 2024 on January 19th.
Reeder wrote Smash or Pass to laugh at the YUCK of modern dating. While so many narrative films showcasing disability are dramatic or depressing, The five minute short ends on a high note. There is so much more to life! The PWD (people with disabilities) he knows are fun, smart, creative, and sexy; they party, fall in love, break up, and hate Mondays just l...
ANNOUNCING THE LINEUP
FOR THE 13th EDITION OF THE
MCMINNVILLE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
FEBRUARY 23rd-25th
McMinnville, OR becomes a destination for art and culture this February for the 13th edition of the McMinnville Short Film Festival! MSFF is excited to announce the lineup for 2024, with over 100 short films from filmmakers all over the world screening in the heart of Oregon Wine Country February 23rd-25th. All films will showcase at the McMinnville Cinema foll...
Sundance Institute has announced the short films that will be a part of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival programming. The Festival will take place January 18–28, 2024, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, with a selection of titles available online nationwide from January 25–28, 2024. The Festival will introduce new short films for 2024 across eight curated programs.
“Selecting the shorts for the Festival Program every year is an exercise in taki...
The third edition selection of the Red Sea International Film Festival Shorts Competition presents a kaleidoscope of international filmmakers’ work
The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) has selected an impressive programme of short films from African and Asian filmmakers operating across the globe as part of the Red Sea: Shorts Competition strand. With the third edition of the festival taking place from 30 November to 9 December in Jeddah, this selection of short...
World Premieres and female-led films dominate this year’s slate of exciting selections, including works by Mackenzie Davis, Malia Ann, Yann Demange, and Jasmin Mozaffari, with performances by Riz Ahmed, Kaniehtiio Horn, and more
DAMMI (2023) Photo Credit: Courtesy of TIFF
The Toronto International Film Festival® announced this year’s Short Cuts lineup, supported by Ontario Arts Council, showcasing 42 live action narrative, documentary, and animated s...
Want to get your short film on the festival circuit but not sure where to start? Come along to our DIFF Circle online discussion ‘Short Film Festival Strategy’, where we’ll be asking our panellists their best advice on how to get the most out of your short film at festival season.
Hosted by festival director, Gráinne Humphreys, we welcome industry experts Kathleen McInnes and Wouter Jansen alongside the DIFF 2023 Discovery Winners; Laura O&rs...
Third Edition, September 22-29, 2023
The Marrakech Short Film Festival (MARRAKECHsFF) is back for its third edition, showcasing Moroccan talent in the realm of short films through an international selection in iconic venues in Marrakech.
As the first open-air cinema festival founded by women in Morocco, this event continues to bridge the gap between the short film industry and the city of Marrakech, while highlighting Moroccan and international talents through an engag...
Tribeca Festival 2023 was held from June 7-18, with an extension to July 2 through the Tribeca at Home online platform. The films presented included 109 feature films from 127 filmmakers and 36 countries, with 93 world premieres, 43 first time directors, and 53 documentaries depicting a broad spectrum of sociopolitical issues, including spotlights on the Ukraine and Iran. Short films were selected from a record number of 8,096 submissions and of them 76 selected shorts were presented in ...
2023 PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SHORTFEST ANNOUNCES LINE-UP
Palm Springs, CA (June 1, 2023) – The 29th annual Palm Springs International ShortFest returns to the Camelot Theatres (Palm Springs Cultural Center) from June 20-26. The festival will screen 50 curated programs showcasing 299 films including 53 World Premieres, 10 International Premieres, 33 North American Premieres and 18 U.S. Premieres. Repeat screenings of the winners will be shown closing ...
Since the publication of the open letter by Éric Roux, President of the Sauve qui peut le court métrage association, on May 15, many supporters of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival have made their voices heard. Their support took many forms: official press releases, speeches, tribunes, signing and sharing a petition...
We'd like to say
THANK YOU!
A non-exhaustive focus on the invaluable support from everywhere: from the Croisette in Cannes, from profes...
An open letter from the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival to Laurent Wauquiez, President of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regional Council
« We are delighted to be a regular partner of the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, which exactly matches our cultural vision for rigor and accessibility. »
Dear Minister, President of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regional Council, you pronounced the above words in your editorial for our 2020 catalogue.
This ...
The Final Submission Deadline for The 5th Annual French Riviera Film Festival will close on April 11, 2023
Submit now on Film Freeway by April 11, 2023 at: https://filmfreeway.com/frenchrivierafilmfestival
The fifth installment of the festival will take place once again at the Eden Hotel & Spa in Cannes, France during the time of the Festival de Cannes on May 19 and 20, 2023. The annual festival celebrates short film and short-form content from around the globe and features the...
After the first edition of the Cittador International Film Festival 2022, the catalog remains as an important document of the Cittador International Film Festival. The catalog contains information about the festival, which took place on December 27, 2022 in Vienna, Austria, and provides information about the participating short films, presents the winning films including the jury statement and includes short interviews with the filmmakers. Projector Edition #1, Paperback, 80 Pages, ISBN: 979-8...
Winners 2022
Jury Awarded Films
Best Narrative Short – Jury Award
“The Pencil“ by Alexandre Mahutte, Canada
Jury´s Statement
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Attention independent filmmakers! Mirror Mountain Film Festival’s regular submission deadline is TODAY!
We want to see the most creative, groundbreaking, outrageous and personal films out there, so if you have an original drama, documentary, animation, experimental, music video, dance film, interactive media, or something different altogether, visit our website for more info! http://bit.ly/1DsPZy7
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Are you an independent filmmaker with a unique creative voice? Mirror Mountain Film Festival’s regular deadline is coming up next Monday, December 19th. We want to see the most original, groundbreaking, outrageous and personal films out there, so submit your work today!
Narrative, documentary, animation, experimental, music video, dance film, interactive media and more are welcome.
Visit our website for more info: http://bit.ly/1DsPZy7
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Cittador International Film Festival has selected ten promising short films until November 1, 2022! The submission period is until December 15, 2022. We are excited about new submissions!
Key data:
The submission period: until December 15, 2022;
Selection date: shortly after submission, but no later than December 15, 2022;
Notification date: December 22, 2022;
Screenings: December 27, 2022 at the Studio Cinema Lugner City Vienna.
Homepage: https://iff.citta...
Photo: Kroka by Jordanian filmmaker Samer Battekhi
The second edition selection of the Red Sea Shorts in Competition present rarely-told, compelling stories of the lives of the people and places in the Arab World.
Red Sea: Shorts Competition, the exciting programming strand of the Red Sea International Film Festival (RedSeaIFF), today announced the first selection of its 13 strong programme of short films which represent Arab cinema at its most enthralling, poetic and ente...
A step by step guide to submitting a short film to the Cittador Film Festival 2022 Vienna, Austria:
1. Submit your film on FilmFreeway via this link: https://filmfreeway.com/CittadorInternationalFilmFestival
2. If your film selected, you receive the “Official Selection” status and laurels as official selected film. You can use laurels for your promotional purpose for example on social media channels.
3. &n...
#FNC51 : THE SHORT FILM
SELECTION UNVEILED!
From October 5 to 16, festivalgoers will have a chance to discover over 100 short films from close to 30 countries at the Cinémathèque québécoise, Cinéma Moderne and Agora in UQÀM's Cœur des Sciences. Audiences are also invited to the many special events honouring our homegrown filmmakers.
Tickets will be on sale on Tuesday, September 20 at 5 p.m.
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All selected short films will participate in the competition for the Audience Award after they are uploaded on the Cittador International Film Festival´s website. The award is determined by Internet viewers using a voting tool. The film in each category with the highest number of voting will receive the Audience Award.
Be part of the public voting jury - visit our website, watch films and vote on: https://iff.cittador.com
You can submit your short film!
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We consider short films up to 10 minutes length and there are no film premiere requirements or date of completion requirements.
The screenings of the winning films will take place at the beautiful Studio Cinema Lugner City Vienna.
Cittador IFF awards films in the following categories: Narrative Short, Original Film Music, Arthouse Short, Feminist Short, Animated Short, Sci-Fi Short, Experimental Short, and LGBTQ+ Short.
We want not only to select the inspiring...
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