Short is Sweet part 3: What film festivals focus on short films?
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| Kibera Film School trainees discussing their short documentary project |
First: Ask yourself is your film ready to enter a film
festival?
Is it a great story, well told?
Excellent production quality, including sound?
Subtitles:
Note that most film festivals will require subtitles
in English if that is not the original language of the film.
BE SURE TO spell check the subtitles.
Remember subtitles are NOT an exact translation but
should give the idea of what is being said.
Suggestion:
Good idea to do TWO versions of your short film - one
with subtitles in English, one without subtitles.
Be sure to prepare a dialog list in English.
Although most film festivals have a section for short
films and usually it is easier to get a short film into a festival than a
feature, not all festivals pay careful attention to short films.
There are a number of international festivals that
focus on the short film.
An excellent resource for short film festivals is http://www.shortfilmdepot.com/
Enter your films easily into
the major festivals around the world using one single form:
Create your account
Fill out fill forms (cast & crew, contact
details, formats, photo...)
Upload your film on line
Enter your films into the festivals where submissions
are currently open
Check-out the progress of your submissions (online
entry, validation, selection)
Short Film Depot gives you a list of current short
film festivals all over the world.
You have to choose which ones to enter.
Here are some things to consider:
Check the deadline dates carefully.
Choose international film festivals with no entry fee
and preferably with an international competition for awards.
Be sure to notice what are the rules for entering the
competitions.
Wikipedia has a long long list of film festivals that
accept short films.
Good luck!
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