Vilnius Film Shorts

About

VILNIUS FILM SHORTS – the only international and professional short film festival in Lithuania, presenting the newest short films from all over the world. Every year festival’s line-up is a reflection of what has been happening in the short film world in recent years. Vilnius Film Shorts offers a range of short film programmes - competition and special non-competition film programmes, a retrospective programmes of acknowledged directors, Lithuanian short film premiers and masterclasses for the industry professionals.

Program

• Competition and special non-competition film programmes,
• Retrospective programmes of acknowledged directors,
• Lithuanian short film premiers and masterclasses for the industry professionals.

Awards

• Best Short Fiction
• Best Short Documentary
• Best Short Animation

Rules

• Festival is open to short films of all production techniques and genres (fiction, documentary, animation or experimental);
• Films must not be longer than 30 min;
• Films must have been completed after the 1st of January 2022;
• The festival does not require any premiere status but notes that this may come into consideration during the selection process.
• Films that promote violence, race, and religion or gender discrimination or contain explicit drug advertisement are barred from the Festival programme;
• Filmmakers are allowed to submit more than one work with the separate application forms for each work.
• Subtitles language: English

Premiere Requirements

No premiere requirement

Jury and Organizers

ISFF Vilnius Film Shorts is organized by Lithuanian Short Film Agency LITHUANIAN SHORTS.