The ancient land has been the inspiration for filmmakers for centuries, but it’s the current Greek political situation that’s firing up FFL filmmaker Rinio Dragasaki. She’s working on her first feature film after a great short film festival career. Here’s her story. As a Greek short filmmaker, she had a great festival run with her film “Proavlio […]
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The Oscar Qualifying Austrian Film Festival VIS Vienna Shorts is open for entries on FFL
The Austrian festival has serious credentials. As well as being Austria’s leading short film festival, it is both a qualifying festival for the Academy Awards and Austrian Film Awards. VIS Vienna Shorts – Held at the start of summer in May and June, it screens short films, with over 10,000 visitors and 600 industry […]
Submission guidelines for Taos Shortz Film Fest 11th edition
The Taos Shortz Film Fest prides itself on innovative, creative programming and many opportunities for networking…2017 is no exception. Discover more about the 11th edition’s film submission guidelines and submit cheaper your film on FilmFestivalLife to get the chance to win and join Taos Shortz Film Fest! FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS: Screening over 80 global short films […]
Edinburgh Short Film Festival is Looking For Rising Stars
The Edinburgh Short Film Festival showcases the best British and international short films, shining a spotlight on high quality and new talent. For its 6th edition the short film festival is partnering up with the famous Shorts Shorts Film Festival, Japan’s biggest short film festival based in Tokyo. We wanted to find out why filmmakers should keep a […]
Glasgow’s Matt Lloyd: Festivals are no longer the Gatekeepers for Emerging Talents
It all started as a short film weekend within the prestigious Glasgow Film Festival. Since then the Glasgow Short Film Festival developed into the largest competitive short film festival in Scotland and a place to be for the short film industry. The BAFTA-qualifying festival is currently open for submissions on FilmFestivalLife and we were curious who […]
TAOS SHORTZ on Drones, LGBT Filmmaking and the Hunt for the Extraordinary
We had a chat with their Festival Director Anna Cosentine about the festival, finding out about their Drones section, the current trends in filmmaking and why you should make your film as out-of-the-ordinary as possible… It’s an easy mistake categorising New Mexico as a sparsely populated land of UFO’s, hispanic culture and sweeping desert. Because there’s more […]
FILMFEST DRESDEN 2015 Announces Full Competition Program
FILMFEST DRESDEN has selected over 300 short films from around the world for its 27th edition. This year the short film festival has chosen 71 films for their international and national competition, all in the hunt for one of the coveted Golden Horsemen. As FilmFestivalLife’s exclusive submission partner, all the selected films were submitted through the platform […]
Landshut Unveils Its 2015 Program
The 16th Landshut Short Film Festival has unveiled its program with 220 short films in competition. As an FFL partner festival, all the submitted films are members of our very own FilmFestivalLife family. Festival Director Michael Orth is happy with this years selection; ‘we have a very strong program. Because of the very high standard of […]
From Florida to Hollywood – SUNSCREEN FILM FESTIVAL salutes 10 years
Sunscreen Film Festival turns 10! Big anniversaries demand some extra oomph, and the upcoming edition of the Florida-based festival has that in spades – parties, concerts and big-name stars galore. Not bad for a festival already with a MovieMaker magazine ’25 Coolest Film Fest’ status and name recognition that saw it expand into a Los Angeles […]
The Future of Short Filmmaking with Hollyshorts Film Festival
‘We’re always excited to see the new crop of films!’ Daniel Sol’s passion for short films goes seamlessly in hand with his work. As the Festival Co-Director of the largest short film festival in Hollywood he stands at the cutting edge of short filmmaking. Since its beginning in 2004 the Hollyshorts Film Festival has devoted […]
7 Insider Tips For Getting Your Film Festival Career Started With FILMFEST DRESDEN
Filmmakers with a short fiction or animation film: it‘s time for the Golden Horsemen. With prizes and awards worth over 62,000€, the 27th FILMFEST DRESDEN is not only one of the most important, it‘s also one of the best endowed short film festivals in Europe. The FilmFestivalLife festival has a brand new prize this year […]
Meet Dean Leon Anderson, Director of the Short Film ‘GRACE’
The short film GRACE by UK director Dean Leon Anderson is being screened at the Motovun Film Festival in Croatia (26-30 July). The 11-minute short film that premiered at the London Short Film Festival earlier this year follows Grace, a teenage girl – played by Natasha Kendall – who has a sexual encounter […]
Where Wild Bisons meet Short Films – Zubroffka International Short Film Festival
A place in-between East and West Europe – the 9th Zubroffka International Short Film Festival is an event not to miss for short filmmakers this winter. The FilmFestivalLife festival is situated at Białystok, one of Poland’s most mystical locations, a place where you can meet wild bisons outside and hot never ending parties inside. We had […]
6 Ways To The Oscars For Short Filmmakers With FLICKERFEST
Four Academy-qualifying awards and also a BAFTA recognised festival – Flickerfest, Australia’s premier international short film festival, is one of the hot new open calls for short filmmakers at FilmFestivalLife. Besides the traditional Best Australian Short Film, Best Short Film and Animation awards for international filmmakers, the festival at the famous Bondi Beach acts also as a […]
6 Facts about Short Films with ROMA CREATIVE CONTEST
‘In Short We Trust’ – The slogan of the 4th Roma Creative Contest – Short Film Festival leaves no questions open what it is about. With a team made up solely of under 30’s and the European Commission as a patron, the festival is one of the hot spots for emerging filmmakers. With a new […]