Antwerpen
Shorts - International Film Festival
Each year we’re showing 20+ Short Films. 10 from each season , which updates every 5 months.
Take a deep breathe and start your filmmaking journey with Antwerpen Shorts.
Awards
500$ for top-3 shorts from Offline screening
Best Narrative Short
Best Experimental Short
Best Documentary Short
Best Animation Short
Best Genre Short (includes winners for each genre)
Best Director
Best Actor/Actress
Best Cinematography
About
Antwerpen Shorts open its doors for short filmmaking. We’re looking for any form and genre of short movies. Our festival helps connect filmmakers from different countries to present, promote, discuss their films and build a team for further projects. We truly believe that big steps in filmmaking start from shorts.
Our main offline event starts at 20th of May of each year at Filmhouse Klappei and
includes:
Masterclasses from elders of German filmmaking
Interviews with award winners
Red carpet
Panel discussions
Jury membership for winners
Rules
1- In order to submit a film, you must own the rights or have permission from the owner.
2- All fees are non-refundable.
3- Any Foreign film that is not in English must have English subtitles.
4- The Festival relationship will exclusively be related to the film submitter.
5- Antwerpen Shorts IFF will not be responsible for damaged copies.
6- A DCP of the film is required for the Live Event.
7- Not all the submissions are selected for the Official Selection. Our Judges are free to make their own choices and no answers will be given about not selected films.
8- Antwerpen Shorts IFF can consider any film to be disqualified if the festival considers the content inappropriate. If you have any question regarding this decision you can contact us at our email
9- A fee is required for all the Categories. For payment structure visit FilmFreeway website.
10- The applicants (submitters) must accept Antwerpen Shorts IFF Rules and Terms.
11- By submitting your movie, you authorize Antwerpen Shorts IFF to use, distribute and share the film poster, trailer, synopsis and movie stills in our social media.
12- Maximum length allowed is 40 minutes.
13- When submitting your film, you are consenting to our Privacy Policy.