Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur

About

The International Short Film Festival Winterthur is Switzerland’s largest short film festival. The festival takes place each year in November. It is a popular audience event and an important platform for European short films.

OSCAR qualifying Festival in the category of short films.

Program

• International competition,
• Competition for swiss films.

Other events:

• Discussions, meetings,
• Special screenings,
• Music programs,
• «Producer's day»,
• Special projects.

Awards

• Grand Prize CHF 12,000 (~ 10,000 EURO) for the best short film of the Competition;
• Promotional Award CHF 10,000 (~ 8,300 EURO) for an outstanding directorial achievement;
• Award for the Best Swiss Film CHF 10'000.– donated by suissimage/SSA;
• The audience awards the Audience Prize worth 10,000 CHF (~ 8,300 EURO).

The winners of the Main Awards of the International and Swiss Competition can apply for the OSCAR® Award for Best Short Film. Excluded from this are documentary films.

Rules

• The films must have been completed in 2024 or 2025.
• Runtime must not exceed 30 minutes (40 minutes for the Swiss Competition).
• Commissioned works made for advertising or PR purposes are not eligible.

• Films submitted for the Swiss Competition must be a world premiere. 

Subtitles language: German or English 

Premiere Requirements

National premiere required.

Jury and Organizers

Organizers: 

• Artistic Director: John Canciani
• Managing Director: Remo Longhi