
Berlinale Shorts 2017 – Reframing the Image
23 films from 19 countries will be competing for the Golden and the Silver Bear as well as the Audi Short Film Award, worth € 20,000, and a nomination for the European Film Awards at the 2017 edition of Berlinale Shorts. The Algerian film Monangambeee, produced in 1969 and directed by Sarah Maldoror, will also...

Workshop on Sound Compositing at Filmfest Dresden
The deadline is extended until the 31th of January, for a unique workshop on sound compositing, which will be held in April, at International Short Film Festival Dresden. During its 27th festival edition Filmest Dresden is offering young filmmakers the unique opportunity to attend a professional animation training programme. The heart of the four-day programme...

5th Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival – Dare to Repeat
This year the Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival is developing around the motto “Dare to Repeat”! Supported yet again by the European Fund for the Balkans, the 5th BalkansBeyond Borders Short Film Festival comes to Sarajevo on 28-30 November 2014, at the art space Kriterion to fill 3 days with short films of great...

Daazo takes you everywhere
Daazo’s team has recently started its new service: the Festival Strategy Service. Since we have been part of the short film industry for a while, we have been asked by many filmmakers how and where to send their films. Which festivals and markets are relevant, how is it possible to get the most out of...

Vilnius Film Shorts 2014
Vilnius Film Short International Film Festival is the biggest short film festival in Baltic countries, presenting the newest and best short films from all around the world. For the 9th time this year, the festival represents a unique platform in Lithuana, screening professional short films from around the world, and the short films made by...

NexT International Film Festival – Call for entries
Next International Film Festival celebrates innovative and creative filmmaking from all around the world. Its mission is to discover and support emerging international film talents by promoting their works locally, nationally and internationally. The 9th edition of NexT International Film Festival will take place in Bucharest from April 16 to April 20, 2015. The call for entries for the 2015...

Filmfest Drezden – Call for short entries
The 27th edition of Filmfest Drezden – International short film festival will take place in 14-17th of April, 2015. During the course of six days, FILMFEST DRESDEN presents more than 300 productions from around the world chosen from more than 2200 entries. Besides the National and International Competitions the festival week also offers a wide range of special...

Encounters Festival 2014 Winners
The 20th Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival, took place in Bristol from the 16th until the 21st of September. They announced the winners yesterday, here they are: Children’s Award The Planets by Andy Martin (UK) Audience Award Drive Home by Jess Cope (UK) Music Video Award All the same (Tout les Memes) by Henry...

Magma – mostra di cinema 2014 selection announced!
The Associazione Culturale Scarti has announced the selected 33 short films, that will be screened at the 13th Magma – mostra di cinema film festival. They choose this 33 out of the 920 submitted shorts, from 60 different countries. The films compete for the Lorenzo Vecchio Prize, from the 20th until the 22nd of November,...

Odense International Film Festival winners announced!
Hungarian, French and Danish short film were awarded at this year’s Odense International Film Festival (OFF14), at the largest and oldest short film festival in Denmark. 12 awards have been given out in nine categories. The Hungarian director Dénes Nagy and his short film Soft Rain took the Grand Prix, The HCA Award. This film...

Venice 2014 – Shorts of the Orizzonti section
The Venice Film Festival (La Biennale di Venezia) is well known for its high-quality program, bringing great talents, completed with new and interesting voices into their selections year by year. The 71th festival is continuing this ambitious program this year as well, from the world premier features in the Venezia 71 and the Out of...

20th L’Etrange International Short Film Competition
For the 20th time this year, L’Etrange International Film Festival has lined up their program. The festival will take place from the 4th until the 14th of September, in Forum des Halles, in the heart of Paris, France. In all those years, their main goal haven’t changed a bit: to highlight emerging talents, pay homage...