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Short film festival calendar
Where to send your short, and when. Every festival’s next deadline, what it costs to enter, when it runs, and the page you enter on.
71 festivals · 9 free to enter · Checked 2026-10-07
Europe
- Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival — Clermont-Ferrand, France · From €13 · expected deadline 9 Jul 2027 · qualifies for Oscar, BAFTA, BIFA, EFA, Cesar
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen — Oberhausen, Germany · Free · next deadline 18 Jan 2027 · qualifies for Oscar, BAFTA
- Interfilm International Short Film Festival Berlin — Berlin, Germany · From €8 · expected deadline 29 May 2027 · qualifies for Oscar
- Berlinale Shorts (Berlin International Film Festival) — Berlin, Germany · From €75 · next deadline 4 Nov 2026 · qualifies for Oscar
- Vienna Shorts — Vienna, Austria · From €13 · next deadline 5 Jan 2027 · qualifies for Oscar
- Tampere Film Festival — Tampere, Finland · From €16 · next deadline 3 Nov 2026 · qualifies for Oscar, BAFTA, EFA
- Uppsala International Short Film Festival — Uppsala, Sweden · From €12 · expected deadline 31 Jan 2027 · qualifies for Oscar
- Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen — Nijmegen, Netherlands · From €12.50 · next deadline 15 Nov 2026 · qualifies for Oscar, BAFTA, EFA
- Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg — Hamburg, Germany · Free for some · next deadline 31 Oct 2026 · qualifies for BAFTA, BIFA, EFA
- International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) - Short Films — Rotterdam, Netherlands · From €40 · expected deadline 15 Jun 2027
- Aesthetica Short Film Festival — York, United Kingdom · From £28 · expected deadline 31 May 2027 · qualifies for BAFTA, BIFA
- London Short Film Festival — London, United Kingdom · Paid · expected deadline 18 Aug 2027 · qualifies for BAFTA, BIFA
- Glasgow Short Film Festival — Glasgow, United Kingdom · From £10 · next deadline 27 Oct 2026 · qualifies for BAFTA, BIFA
- Leeds International Film Festival — Leeds, United Kingdom · Paid · expected deadline 11 Dec 2026 · qualifies for Oscar, BAFTA, BIFA
- Cork International Film Festival — Cork, Ireland · From $15 · expected deadline 27 Mar 2027 · qualifies for Oscar
- Locarno Film Festival - Pardi di domani — Locarno, Switzerland · From CHF 35 · deadline to be announced · qualifies for Oscar
- Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival — Vila do Conde, Portugal · Free for some · next deadline 31 Oct 2026 · qualifies for Oscar, BAFTA, EFA
- IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival — Lisbon, Portugal · Free for some · next deadline 18 Nov 2026
- ZINEBI - Bilbao International Documentary and Short Film Festival — Bilbao, Spain · Free for some · expected deadline 1 Jul 2027 · qualifies for Oscar, Goya, BAFTA, EFA
- Brest European Short Film Festival — Brest, France · Free · expected deadline 31 Mar 2027
- Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur — Winterthur, Switzerland · From CHF 17 · expected deadline 12 Jul 2027 · qualifies for Oscar, BAFTA, EFA
- Festival de Cannes - Short Film Competition — Cannes, France · From €25 · deadline to be announced · qualifies for Oscar
- Sarajevo Film Festival - Short Film Competition — Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina · Free · deadline to be announced · qualifies for Oscar
- Drama International Short Film Festival — Drama, Greece · Free for some · deadline to be announced · qualifies for Oscar, EFA
- International Short Film Festival Leuven — Leuven, Belgium · From $12 · expected deadline 15 Apr 2027 · qualifies for Oscar, BAFTA
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival — Annecy, France · From €30 · deadline to be announced · qualifies for Oscar, BAFTA, Cartoon d'Or
- Animafest Zagreb - World Festival of Animated Film — Zagreb, Croatia · Free · deadline to be announced · qualifies for Oscar
- ITFS - Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film — Stuttgart, Germany · From €10 · next deadline 15 Nov 2026 · qualifies for Oscar
- Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia — Sitges, Spain · From €60 · expected deadline 18 Jun 2027 · qualifies for Oscar
- Fantoche International Animation Film Festival — Baden, Switzerland · Free · deadline to be announced · qualifies for Oscar
- Anima - Brussels Animation Film Festival — Brussels, Belgium · Free · expected deadline 2 Oct 2027 · qualifies for Oscar
- Krakow Film Festival — Krakow, Poland · From €15 · deadline to be announced · qualifies for Oscar
- Odense International Film Festival (OFF) — Odense, Denmark · From €10 · deadline to be announced · qualifies for Oscar
- Venice Film Festival - Orizzonti Short Films — Venice, Italy · From €80 · deadline to be announced · qualifies for Oscar
- Galway Film Fleadh — Galway, Ireland · Paid · deadline to be announced · qualifies for Oscar
- Encounters Film Festival — Bristol, United Kingdom · From $34 · deadline to be announced · qualifies for BAFTA, EFA
North America
- Sundance Film Festival - Short Films — Boulder, United States · From $55 · expected deadline 13 Jul 2027 · qualifies for Oscar
- Slamdance Film Festival — Los Angeles, United States · From $50 · expected deadline 6 Jul 2027 · qualifies for Oscar
- SXSW Film & TV Festival — Austin, United States · From $55 · expected deadline 25 Aug 2027 · qualifies for Oscar, BAFTA
- Tribeca Festival - Shorts — New York, United States · From $50 · next deadline 28 Oct 2026 · qualifies for Oscar
- Aspen Shortsfest — Aspen, United States · From $65 · next deadline 13 Nov 2026 · qualifies for Oscar
- Ann Arbor Film Festival — Ann Arbor, United States · From $45 · expected deadline 31 Jul 2027 · qualifies for Oscar
- Flickers: Rhode Island International Film Festival — Newport, United States · From $50 · expected deadline 15 Nov 2026
- HollyShorts Film Festival — Los Angeles, United States · From $50 · expected deadline 29 Jan 2027 · qualifies for Oscar
- LA Shorts International Film Festival — Los Angeles, United States · From $49 · next deadline 23 Oct 2026 · qualifies for Oscar, BAFTA, Canadian Screen Awards, Goya
- Atlanta Film Festival — Atlanta, United States · From $30 · next deadline 16 Oct 2026 · qualifies for Oscar
- Florida Film Festival — Maitland, United States · From $35 · next deadline 6 Nov 2026 · qualifies for Oscar
- Cleveland International Film Festival — Cleveland, United States · From $50 · next deadline 30 Nov 2026 · qualifies for Oscar
- Austin Film Festival — Austin, United States · From $60 · expected deadline 27 Mar 2027 · qualifies for Oscar
- Nashville Film Festival — Nashville, United States · From $35 · deadline to be announced · qualifies for Oscar
- Seattle International Film Festival — Seattle, United States · Free for some · next deadline 17 Dec 2026 · qualifies for Oscar
- REGARD - Saguenay International Short Film Festival — Saguenay, Canada · Free for some · next deadline 15 Oct 2026 · qualifies for Oscar
- Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival — Toronto, Canada · From $35 · next deadline 29 Oct 2026 · qualifies for Oscar
- Toronto International Film Festival - Short Cuts — Toronto, Canada · Paid · deadline to be announced · qualifies for Oscar, Canadian Screen Awards
- Ottawa International Animation Festival — Ottawa, Canada · Free · deadline to be announced · qualifies for Oscar
- Palm Springs International ShortFest — Palm Springs, United States · Paid · deadline to be announced · qualifies for Oscar
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