Years running: 17 (since 2008)
Go Short
International Short Film Festival Nijmegen.
About
Go Short is the only Dutch festival exclusively for short film. In five days, 300 short films are screened and film professionals from all over Europe gather in Nijmegen, the oldest city of the country. Established in 2008 Go Short shows a wide variation of short films, most of them made by young, talented filmmakers from all over Europe.
The festival’s main program contains national, international, student and online competitions (containing fiction, animation, documentary and art film). The student competition, Breaking Shorts, is selected by the student film platform Breaking Ground. Go Short also presents focus programs and out of competition programs.
Awards
Decided by a jury:
- European Competition: Go Short Award for Best European Short Fiction,
- European Competition: Go Short Award for Best European Short Documentary,
- European Competition: Go Short Award for Best European Short Animation,
- European Competition: Go Short Award for Best European Short Art Film,
- Dutch Competition: Go Short Award for Best Dutch Short Film,
- Breaking Shorts: Student Competition: Go Short Encouragement Award for Best Student Film,
- Youth Competition: Go Short Youth Award.
Decided by the audience:
- All films in competition: Audience Award.
Rules
Films are eligible for Go Short competitions if:
- The film is not longer than 30 minutes,
- The film is produced in Europe, its director or producer is European or a European country mainly financed the film,
- The film is finished after 1 December, 2021.
Requested materials for entry:
- A completed online entry form. A printed version is not required,
- A Vimeo link
- A file of the film, not larger than 1 GB.
Please note: there is no additional documentation required for the entry. Please do not send any additional press sheets or documentation.
The costs of transport of all videos and film prints (both from the EU as well as from outside the EU) to the festival office are the responsibility of the applicant. Go Short will pay for the return of the print to the destination of choice. The festival will take care of the custom clearance costs of films at the airport for both importation and exportation, and will pay for shipment from Nijmegen to the next arrival airport. Please bear in mind that the consignee is responsible for the re-importation charges in the country of arrival.
Insurance for the shipping of films and videos to and from the Netherlands is entirely the responsibility of the participants.
Screening Media Type: DCP is the preferred
Subtitles language: English
Premiere Requirements
No premiere requirement
Jury and Organizers
Anneke Smelik, President
European Competition Jury: Jing Haase, Max Hattler, Pien Houthoff, Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet, Danyael Sugawara.
Breaking Shorts & Dutch Competition Jury: Marie Stroud, John Canciani, Dean Kotiga, Yvonne van Ulden, Constant van Panhuys.
Documents
Place
Netherlands
Nijmegen
Official Website
Contacts
Office:
Tweede Walstraat 18a
6511 LV Nijmegen
Mailing address:
Postbus 1449
6501 BK Nijmegen
Telephone: +31(0)246 636 789
Email: info@goshort.nl
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- Deadline for films completed between 1 December 2021 and 1 June 2022September 23, 2022
- Deadline for films completed on or after 1 June 2022November 25, 2022
- Deadline for films that have been completed in November or December 2022 or are still work in progress.December 23, 2022
- NotificationsFebruary 20, 2023
- Event Dates5 — 9 April 2023
European Short Documentary (under 30 minutes).
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Deadline for films completed between 1 December 2021 and 1 June 2022 — €10
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Deadline for films completed on or after 1 June 2022 — €10
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Deadline for films that have been completed in November or December 2022 or are still work in progress. — €10
European Short Animation (under 30 minutes).
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Deadline for films completed between 1 December 2021 and 1 June 2022 — €10
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Deadline for films completed on or after 1 June 2022 — €10
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Deadline for films that have been completed in November or December 2022 or are still work in progress. — €10
Youth Competition (under 30 minutes).
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Deadline for films completed between 1 December 2021 and 1 June 2022 — €10
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Deadline for films completed on or after 1 June 2022 — €10
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Deadline for films that have been completed in November or December 2022 or are still work in progress. — €10
Student Film (under 30 minutes).
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Deadline for films completed between 1 December 2021 and 1 June 2022 — €10
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Deadline for films completed on or after 1 June 2022 — €10
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Deadline for films that have been completed in November or December 2022 or are still work in progress. — €10
Dutch Short Film (under 30 minutes).
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Deadline for films completed between 1 December 2021 and 1 June 2022 — €10
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Deadline for films completed on or after 1 June 2022 — €10
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Deadline for films that have been completed in November or December 2022 or are still work in progress. — €10
European Short Art Film (under 30 minutes).
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Deadline for films completed between 1 December 2021 and 1 June 2022 — €10
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Deadline for films completed on or after 1 June 2022 — €10
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Deadline for films that have been completed in November or December 2022 or are still work in progress. — €10
European Short Fiction (under 30 minutes).
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Deadline for films completed between 1 December 2021 and 1 June 2022 — €10
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Deadline for films completed on or after 1 June 2022 — €10
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Deadline for films that have been completed in November or December 2022 or are still work in progress. — €10
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