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Some of these are film festivals that happen to have a short film category, while others are short-film specific. With each, I’ve listed the months that their festival takes place…but keep in mind that submission dates are way before the festival itself.
- Aspen Shortsfest – USA. Begun in 1979, Aspen Shortsfest takes place in Aspen, Colorado. To qualify, the film must be under 40 minutes and submitted under Animation, Comedy, Documentary, or Drama.
- Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival – France. Set to commence on the 27th of January 2023, Clermont-Ferrand has been the biggest short film festival for about 40 years.
- Palm Springs International ShortFest – USA. Receiving near 5000 submissions, this Oscar-qualifying short film festival selects roughly 325 films out of the lot.
- Flickerfest International Short Film Festival – Australia. Coming up with its 30th edition in 2021, Oscar-qualifying & BAFTA qualifying FlickerFest has five competitions, all requiring films to be under 35 minutes—International, National, ASEAN, Documentary and the under 18 competition, FlickerUp.
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- FilmQuest. As far as indie film festivals go, FilmQuest hits the sweet spot. It’s big, but not commercial big. It’s well known within the film community, but not to the point of attracting too many submissions.
- Boston Short Film Festival (BSFF) BSFF is all about giving emerging and established filmmakers with ‘an edge’ an added profile boost. Accepting submissions from both Boston and beyond, BSFF arranges its entries into five categories of narrative, animation, documentary, underground, and experimental.
- Top Shorts. Carried out entirely online, Top Shorts is one of the most low-maintenance film festivals out there. Another great thing about Top Shorts is that it welcomes a wide range of genres including parody, western, LGBT, and dark comedy.
- Short. Sweet. Film Fest. Like Top Shorts, the Short. Film Fest also welcomes a wide variety of genres from music videos and horror to student films and fan fiction.
Aug 10, 2023 · Understand Festival Requirements. Every film festival has its own set of guidelines and requirements. From runtime limitations to specific formats for film submission, you need to familiarize yourself with these to avoid any chances of disqualification.
Sep 23, 2022 · We’ve put together a comprehensive guide of the top film festivals for short films – both film festivals exclusive to short films and those with short categories. Short films don’t often get significant notoriety in terms of broad distribution.
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