LIST OF INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVALS
Festivals are an important part of getting your short film seen, and building your profile as a filmmaker. For advice on how to plan your festival strategy there is an informative article we wrote available here.
Filmmakers often ask us if we have a list of legitimate short film festivals around the world that they can enter. So we have put together this handy list to use when planning your festival strategy. These are all festivals we know, have attended or trusted people from our community have attended and recommended.
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
BERMUDA
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
BRAZIL
BULGARIA
BURKINA
CAMBODIA
CANADA
CHILE
CHINA
COLOMBIA
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
ESTONIA
FINLAND
FRANCE
Cannes Film Festival – for shorts under 15 minutes only
Nos Yeux Grands Ouverts – art-film focused
GERMANY
GREECE
HONG KONG
INDIA
INDONESIA
IRELAND
ITALY
JAPAN
Short Shorts Film Festival *Oscar qualifying
KOREA
Busan International Short Film Festival *Oscar qualifying
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
MADAGASCAR
MEXICO
NETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
Show Me Shorts Film Festival *Oscar qualifying
NORWAY
Grimstad Norwegian Short Film Festival – international shorts by invitation only
POLAND
PORTUGAL
RUSSIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SPAIN
Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films
Mecal – Barcelona International Shorts and Animation Film Festival
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur *Oscar qualifying
TAHITI
TAIWAN
UK
Encounters International Short Film Festival *Oscar qualifying
Raindance Film Festival *Oscar qualifying
UKRAINE
USA
Show Me Shorts is a member of the Short Film Conference, which is a network of international short film festivals that collaborate to elevate the short film art form. There is a list of valid, legitimate short film festivals who are members of this organisation here. The full list of Oscar-qualifying short film festivals can also be found here.