Here’s a breakdown on some of the best film festivals worth entering your shorts in over the coming weeks. Remember, if you don’t enter, you can’t win.
1. California International Shorts Festival:
- Categories: All shorts, music videos, commercials, scripts
- Cost: $40-60 USD
- Next Deadline: 20 April
- Website: http://www.calshorts.com
2. San Francisco International Festival of Short Films
- Categories: Animation, shorts, music video, documentary, television
- Next Deadline: 30 May
- Cost: $40-60 USD
- Website: http://www.sfshorts.com
3. Berlin Independent Film Festival:
- Categories: Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Feature, Music Video, Screenplay, Short
- Next Deadline:
- Cost: 25 – 95 Pounds
- Website: http://www.berlinfest.com
4. Palace Film Festival
- Categories: Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Feature, Music Video, Narrative Fiction
- Next Deadline: 31 August
- Cost: $10-30 USD
- Website: http://www.palacefilmfest.com
5. Show Me Shorts Film Festival – QUALIFIER FOR THE ACADEMY AWARDS
- Categories: Animation, Documentary, Experimental, Feature, Music Video, Narrative Fiction
- Regular Deadline: 15 May
- Cost: $25 USD for shorts/ $15USD for Music videos
- Website: http://www.showmeshorts.co.nz/enter-your-film/