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shnit worldwide shortsfestival

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The shnit worldwide shortsfestival is a premier platform for the exhibition and promotion of short films. This festival is a unique transnational event held simultaneously in ten cities across five continents. The festival consists of three main segments:

▪ shnit PLAYGROUNDS* | Running until August 31st, 2025
▪ shnit EXPANDED | Running until September 30th, 2025
▪ shnit FINALE | Amsterdam – September 30th, 2025

The winner of the WORLDWIDE COMPETITION, as well as the shnit audience-nominated films of the WORLDWIDE & INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, will become eligible to enter the 2026 Oscars® in accordance with the rules of the 98th Academy Awards® [Cinematic release].

Over the past twenty-three years, shnit has evolved into a major international short film festival, continuously [...]








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Logo of Cortogenia International short film festival
Published: 14 Dec 2016
Film festival
 Has submission fees
Short films



Cortogenia International short film festival

Deadline: 30 Sep 2017

Call for entries

GOYA Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

Cortogenia is short film festival held all year along.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror



Madrid, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of Bogota Film Festival
Published: 13 Dec 2016
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films



Bogota Film Festival

Deadline: 01 Jun 2017

Call for entries

HIGHLIGHTED

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

Internationally, the Festival will award the Best Film, among the first three feature films of a director who has not yet made the fourth, with the Pre-Columbian Circle in its Gold, Silver and Bronze categories. As well as the Pre-Columbian Gold Circle for Best Director, Best Social Documentary, Art and the Environment.
At local level, the Pre-Columbian Gold Circle will be awarded for Best Colombian Film short and feature films.

Non-competitive categories: International Short Films, Animation, Sacred Films, Films for Children and Blinds.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Bogotá, Colombia



 
 
 

 
Logo of ShorTS International Film Festival
Published: 19 Oct 2016
Film festival
 Has submission fees
Short films



ShorTS International Film Festival

Deadline: 28 Feb 2017

Call for entries

HIGHLIGHTED

International Festival

Short film festival

ShorTS International Film Festival (ShorTS IFF) is organised by the Maremetraggio Association.

Since 2000, ShorTS IFF has been a landmark for short films and up and coming cinematographers at international level. In every edition, ShorTS IFF aims to make the short film genre known to a broad and heterogeneous audience, with particular attention to the young with specific sections for children and teenagers aged 6 to 15.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Trieste, Italy



 
 
 
 
Logo of ShorTS International Film Festival
Published: 18 Oct 2016
Film festival
 Has submission fees
Short films



ShorTS International Film Festival

Deadline: 28 Feb 2017

Call for entries

HIGHLIGHTED

International Festival

Short film festival

ShorTS International Film Festival (ShorTS IFF) is organised by the Maremetraggio Association.

Since 2000, ShorTS IFF has been a landmark for short films and up and coming cinematographers at international level. In every edition, ShorTS IFF aims to make the short film genre known to a broad and heterogeneous audience, with particular attention to the young with specific sections for children and teenagers aged 6 to 15.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Trieste, Italy



 
 
 

 
Logo of FIDBA International Documentary Film Festival
Published: 02 Oct 2016
Film festival
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films



FIDBA International Documentary Film Festival

Deadline: 28 Feb 2017

Call for entries

HIGHLIGHTED

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

In recent decades, and at one time to the emergence of new technologies that have ended up scanning most of the processes of the film, the documentary has known a notorious and systematic growth around the world. In our country, and for more than one decade, a production before linked almost exclusively to fiction has been swelling their ranks with new topics, new approaches, new geographies, new dilemmas.

It is in this context that FIDBA is proposed as the 1st. International Film Festival dedicated to this genre which films with the same fans - as long as we believe that the forms and the doings of the documentary film are different from those of the fiction - may meet and dialogue among them and with the public. If the documentary is a meeting point for the FIDBA, it is [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina



 
 
 
 
Logo of FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival
Published: 16 Sep 2016
Film festival
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films



FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival

Deadline: 28 Feb 2017

Call for entries

HIGHLIGHTED

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

FEST - NDNFF #21
21st of June - 29th of 2025 | Espinho, Portugal

FEST – New Directors | New Films Festival is an all-encompassing celebration of the new tendencies of world cinema. The event focuses on a competitive and non-competitive showcase of the most promising new figures and works from around the globe.

The 21st edition of the festival will take place between the 21st of June and the 29 June 2025, in the seaside town of Espinho (Portugal).

The selection is divided into several categories which include Feature Film and Short Film competitions in the Fiction, Documentary, Animation, Experimental Non-Narrative formats, as well as content adequate for children and teenagers. The event also includes non-competitive sections that range from retrospectives to showcases that [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Espinho, Portugal



 
 
 

 
Logo of LA Shorts International Film Festival
Published: 08 Apr 2016
Film festival
 Has submission fees
Short films



LA Shorts International Film Festival

Deadline: 29 Jul 2016

Call for entries

OSCAR Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

LA Shorts International Film Festival ranks among the most prestigious and largest international short film festivals in the world.

The festival is accredited by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences OSCAR®, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts BAFTA and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television (ACCT) presenters of the Canadian Screen Awards and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain (Goya Awards).

We are proud to have 66 filmmakers from LA Shorts earned an Academy Award® nomination.

Now in its 28th year, LA Shorts is the longest-running short film festival in Los Angeles. The festival screens over 350 films and attracts over 10,000 attendees each year including Hollywood industry professionals and emerging independent filmmakers.

 [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Burbank, United States



 
 
 
 
Logo of IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival
Published: 24 Mar 2016
Film festival
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films



IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Sep 2016

Call for entries

OSCAR Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


Founded in 2003, IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival is dedicated to short films, new media and digital arts. Originating as a competitive forum for student films, it has grown to be a recognized platform for the expression of both young artists and established professionals – the only one of its kind in Bulgaria serving this particular sector of contemporary culture, and one of the oldest short film forums on the Balkans.
IN THE PALACE is a Goya Awards qualifying festival, Student Academy Awards® qualifying festival, and an Academy Awards®/OSCAR® qualifying festival for shorts in the categories of Best Animation, Best Fiction, Best Documentary, and Best National Film. IN THE PALACE is a member of the international network of festivals and institutions serving the [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Pernik, Bulgaria



 
 

 
Logo of Bengaluru International Short Film Festival
Published: 23 Mar 2016
Film festival
 Has submission fees
Short films



Bengaluru International Short Film Festival

Deadline: 31 May 2016

Call for entries

OSCAR Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

You’ve chosen to film. Chosen to put together a visual piece of art if we may say so. Today when anyone with a camera can, in theory, make a film... how will you make your short film stand out? What you intend to do with your film is what the Bengaluru International Short Film Festival is all about. We will be what you create.

After the tremendous success that was BISFF 2024, we are all set to host the 15th edition. Just as every year, this is an attempt to understand the medium a little better and go a little further in inventing new forms of storytelling as filmmakers.

This year the Festival will be a HYBRID Version, having both Online and Venue Screenings. Online Screenings will be only for INDIAN Geography

The festival showcases shorts from across the world, creating a [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Bangalore, India



 
 
 
 
Logo of FIDBA International Documentary Film Festival
Published: 03 Mar 2016
Film festival
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films



Fidba, Festival Internacional De Cine Documental de Buenos Aires

Deadline: 30 Jun 2016

Call for entries

HIGHLIGHTED

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

In recent decades, and at one time to the emergence of new technologies that have ended up scanning most of the processes of the film, the documentary has known a notorious and systematic growth around the world. In our country, and for more than one decade, a production before linked almost exclusively to fiction has been swelling their ranks with new topics, new approaches, new geographies, new dilemmas.

It is in this context that FIDBA is proposed as the 1st. International Film Festival dedicated to this genre which films with the same fans - as long as we believe that the forms and the doings of the documentary film are different from those of the fiction - may meet and dialogue among them and with the public. If the documentary is a meeting point for the FIDBA, it is [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina