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By no means does submitting your film guarantee that your film will be accepted for Short of the Week. If your film is not accepted, your submission fee is not refunded . We receive thousands of submissions every year and are only able to select 2–3% ( Learn more about our selection process ).
IMPORTANT! - BEFORE SUBMITTING, PLEASE REVIEW OUR RULES & GUIDELINES: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/submit. Short of the Week is a new kind of film festival. We're an awards-qualifying curation that runs all year, hand-selecting the best short films from top emerging filmmakers around the world across all genres for an audience of millions.
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- The Average Length
- Are Short Films Getting Longer?
- Conclusions
Here at Short of the Week, we define a short as a film that is under 40-minute in length (although we have broken that rule on a few occasions), a belief we share with most organisations (the Academy Awards, BAFTA) and festivals (SXSW, BFI London, Palm Springs ShortFest, Clermont-Ferrand, Encounters, Tribeca). Sundance is one of the only festivals ...
Although we can’t tell you what length to make your short film, what we are able to do is examine the statistics coming out of festivals, awards and, of course, Short of the Week and draw some conclusions from there. Here on S/W we featured 233 short films on our platform throughout 2021 – the shortest just over 90-seconds, while the longestmade us...
We’ve long had a belief within the team here at Short of the Week that over the years the average duration of a short film has been getting longer. While this is a hard statement to prove without crushing tons of data, we can again look at our own internal information and that of some of the larger festivals to draw conclusions. The curation here a...
While this information is not intended to directly shape your short film, it’s important to help shape your expectations. When it comes to getting selected for Short of the Week, or to a film festival, quality and originality are more critical than length, but it would be foolish not to be questioning the run-time of your short when making it. If a...
Jan 11, 2024 · The voting period kicks off today, Thursday, January 11th, and concludes on Tuesday, January 16th. During this time, the initial 45-film shortlists will be whittled down to 15 – five in each of Best Animated Short Film, Best Documentary Short Film, and Best Live-Action Short Film. Selecting S/W’s category picks are our Senior Programmers ...
Jul 1, 2019 · Short of the Week did the research and found that 2/3rds of top film festivals will accept films that have already premiered online. Do Your Research.
I curate short films through my site Short of the Week and we just released a thinkpiece titled "Be Everywhere All At Once" summing up 10+ years of thoughts and experiences on how to best strategize your short film release to maximize audience + opportunities. Would love your thoughts on it!
Feb 17, 2022 · After the launch of our 2022 Short Awards yesterday, this year’s prize-giving marks the 15th edition of our annual short film honours. Starting back in 2007, when we favored a more conventional top 10 list, this playlist celebrates ALL the winners of our ‘Short of the Year’ prize – if you ever wondered what are the best short films ever featured on S/W, this playlist is a good place to ...
