Short Film Festivals have their own unique significance. Though they might be less popular or glamorous, Short Film Festivals are the meeting point not only for young artists trying to make their first steps but also for established film directors who use this form they way a novelist uses the short story. Young or mature artists from all over the world are given the opportunity to publicize their work and receive the necessary help and/or recognition in order to continue doing what they most love. Short Film Festivals are also the best place for discovering new talents, likely to offer in the future a great contribution to the global film industry.
For all you young – and not only - talented filmmakers,
altcine.com, has been searching all over in order to find, sort and present to you the short film festivals running in
2013 - 2014. In the following lines you will find useful information regarding
festivals΄ dates,
submissions deadlines and
entrance fees.
Don΄t get disappointed if you΄ve missed a submission deadline. There are many festivals running during the year. Just keep the dates in mind and visit altcine to stay up to date. We did our best and now it΄s up to you. So work hard, finish your movie and let΄s do it in a short way!
PART I - READY TO SUBMIT (sorted by submissions deadline)
1. NO ENTRY FEE Short Film Festivals
(France, 31/01/2014 – 08/02/2014)
Submissions deadline:
15 July 2013 (for films finished after July 1, 2012)
14 October 2013 (for films finished after January 1, 2013)
(Brazil, 31/10/2013 – 09/11/2013)
Submissions deadline: 25 July 2013
(Italy, 07/08/2013 - 14/08/2013)
Submissions deadline: 31 July 2013
(Greece, 20/10/2013 – 24/10/2013)
Submissions deadline: 31 July 2013
(Turkey, 20/11/2013 – 27/11/2013)
Submissions deadline: 31 July 2013
(Spain, 15/11/2013 – 22/11/2013)
Submissions deadline: 15 August 2013
(Albania, 23/10/2013 – 31/10/2013)*
Submissions Deadline: 23 August 2013
(Kossovo*, 05/12/2013 - 11/12/2013)
Submissions deadline: 15 September 2013
(Romania, 06/11/2013 – 10/11/2013)
Submissions deadline: 21 September 2013
(Serbia, 10/12/2013 - 14/12/2013)
Submissions deadline: 20 October 2013
(Finland, 05/03/2014 - 09/03/2014)
Submissions deadline: 01 December 2013
(Germany, 15/04/2014 – 20/04/2014)
Submissions open: 01 October 2013 – 01 December 2013
2. ENTRY FEE Short Film Festivals
(United Kingdom, 30/08/2013 – 06/09/2013)
Fee: £18 (21 Euros)
Submissions deadline: 08 July 2013
(Belgium, 30/11/2013 – 07/12/2013)
Fee**: Upload your film through
reelport.com. No Fee if you apply online via the festival΄s website.
Submissions deadline: 01 August 2013
(U.S.A, 20/03/2014 – 23/03/2014)
Fee:
16.44 Euros for Early Bird Deadline (Student/Young Filmmakers €11.22)
18.88 Euros for Official Submission Deadline (Student/Young Filmmakers €12.22)
22.44 Euros for Late Submission Deadline (Student/Young Filmmakers €14.22)
Submissions Deadine:
22 September 2013 (Early Bird Deadline)
22 November 2013 (Official Submission Deadline)
22 December 2013 ( Late Submission Deadline)
(Serbia, 02/04/2014 – 06/04/2014)
Fee**
Submissions Deadline: 30 November 2013
(Belgium, 23/04/2014 – 03/05/2014)
Fee: 6 Euros until January 6, 2013 and 9 Euros for submission from January 7, 2013
Submissions Deadline: 11 February 2014
PART II - ONLINE FESTIVALS
Even though technology moves forward with giant steps, online festivals are still trying to find their place in the audiovisual industry world. Two exclusively and no entry fee online short film festivals are the following ones.
SHORTSNONSTOP.COM is a program of the Canadian Film Centre, a registered charitable organization and Canada’s largest institution for advanced training in film, television and new media. It is a year-round online mobile film festival that you can experience anytime or anyplace.The running time of films submitted to SHORTSNONSTOP cannot exceed more than ten minutes. SHORTSNONSTOP accepts entries on an ongoing basis, directly at its website. An esteemed Jury of industry professionals will select one filmmaker in each prize period to be awarded a cash prize of $1500.
Submissions Deadline: August 15th, 2013.
Filminute is the international one-minute film festival that showcases, awards and promotes the best one-minute films from around the world. Filminute is built to generate the largest amount of exposure possible for the one-minute filmmakers and the collection of one-minute films showcased, short-listed, and awarded by an international jury and the public.
The Filminute Festival will run from 01 to 30 September 2013.
Submissions deadline: August 20th 2013
Kinodot is an online festival of minimalist short films, launched in 2012. Online film festival Kinodot continues through the whole year. Films are available on the festival΄s website. In future there will be an applications for mobile phones.
The festival consists of Kinodot Competition and non-competitive program Kinodot Lab.The decision about including films in the competitive and non-competitive programs is taken by the festival selection committee.
Submissions open on October 20th 2014.
And of course we are very proud to present our Online Short Film Festival, altcineAction! for Balkan Fimmakers.
The 2nd altcineAction! Festival will be conducted online only through altcine.com, Submissions should not exceed 20 minutes. The Festival will be conducted over a period of 60 days (from announcement to voting) and will close with the award ceremony, the only event of the festival which is not virtual.
The Festival ‘capacity’ is 360 minutes. Submissions will close once the 360 minutes have been filled.
Submissions open on August 20th 2013.
PART III - SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED
Some festivals running in 2013 do not accept submissions anymore. However you can visit their websites, find all you need to know about the festival and stay informed so you can apply once the next submissions period is announced!
1. Short Film Festivals running till December 2013
(Bosnia – Herzegovina)
No Fee
Submissions are closed
Fee: 10 Euros
Submissions are closed
(Denmark)
Fee**
Submissions are closed
(Italy)
No Fee
Submissions are closed
(Greece)
No Fee
Submissions are closed
(Greece)
No Fee
Submissions are closed
Fee**: Depends o the number of films submitted. Visit the Festival΄s website.
Submissions are closed
24/09/2013 – 29/09/2013: 25fps (Croatia)
No Fee
Submissions are closed
(Greece)
No Fee
Submissions are closed
(Switzerland)
Fee: 40$ for Earlybird Deadline (31 Euros) 45$ for Regular Deadline (35 Euros) 50$ for Late Deadline (38 Euros)
Submissions are closed
(Sweden)
No Fee
Submissions are closed
(United Kingdom)
Fee: 17,41 Euros
Submissions are closed
(France)
No Fee
Submissions are closed
(Germany)
No Fee
Submissions are closed
2. Short Film Festivals with no definite date
(Greece) 13/03/2014 – 19/03/2014
Submissions dates are to be announced
No Fee
(USA) 08/04/2014 – 13/04/2014
Submissions dates are to be announced
Entrance Fee
(Germany) 01/05/2014 – 06/05/2014
Submissions dates are to be announced
No Fee
(Serbia)
Previous Edition: 16/01/2013 - 22/01/2013
No Fee
(Czech Republic)
Previous edition: 17/01/2013 – 20/01/2013
No Fee
(Netherlands)
Previous edition: 13/03/2013 – 17/03/2013
No Fee
(India)
Previous edition: 24/03/2013 - 28/03/2013
Entrance Fee
(Slovenia)
Previous edition: 01/04/2013 – 03/04/2013
No Fee
(USA)
Previous edition: 02/04/2013 - 06/04/2013
Entrance Fee
(Romania)
Previous edition: 25/04/2013 – 28/04/2013
No Fee
(Poland)
Previous edition: 26/05/2013 - 02/06/2013
No Fee
(Spain)
Previous edition: 31/05/2013 – 30/08/2013
Entrance Fee
(Italy)
Previous edition: 01/06/2013 – 08/06/2013
Entrance Fee
(Greece)
Previous edition: 03/06/2013 – 09/06/2013
No Fee
(Germany)
Previous edition: 04/06/2013- 10/06/2013
No Fee
(Croatia)
Previous edition: 13/06/2013 – 16/06/2013
No Fee
(USA)
Previous edition: 18/06/2013 – 24/06/2013
Entrance Fee
(Scotland)
Previous edition: 19/06/2013 – 30/06/2013
No Fee
(Bulgaria)
Previous edition: 29/06/2013 – 06/07/2013
Entrance Fee
(Italy)
Previous edition: 30/06/2013 – 06/07/2013
No Fee
To keep you warm we΄ll give you a little taste of Feature Film Festivals. Take a look at the top 5 Film Festivals,including a Short section running now in the Balkan region.
TOP 5 Feature Film Festivals with a Short Section in the Balkans (running now till December)
No Fee
Submissions are closed
No Fee
Submissions are closed
No Fee
Submissions deadline: 15 July 2013
No Fee
Submissions deadline: 15 July 2013
No Fee
Submissions deadline: 15 August 2013
That was it for now. We hope you found our information interesting and helpful. But don΄t think we΄re done with festivals... that was just the beginning. We΄ll be back with Feature Film Festivals waiting for you to check them out!
* Tirana International Film Festival is not an exclusively Short Film Festival, nevertheless it has one of the most well known short film sections in the Balkan region.
** First Upload is free of charge. Check out the price table on www.reelport.com
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