SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL 2008

CALLING FOR ENTRIES

Official Submission Deadline: Friday, 1 August 2008

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With only 2 months to go until the official submission deadline for the 2008 Shorts Film Festival, filmmakers are urged to get their entries in for a chance to win the coveted first prize trip to Cannes Film Festival.
Shorts Film Festival is Australia’s only national film festival and competition entirely dedicated to fostering the specialist craft of storytelling through film.

Founded by acclaimed Australian producer David Lightfoot, Shorts offers its filmmakers one of the country’s most lucrative and largest prize pools including a coveted first prize trip to Cannes Film Festival as well as a number of other industry significant prizes.

Selected works from the 2008 Shorts Film Festival will also be showcased at the prestigious Rushes Soho Shorts Festival in the UK in 2009, providing leveraged international exposure for those filmmakers.

Shorts presents a diverse program of outstanding short format work in unique non-cinematic venues. It is renowned for its high-end production values, made possible by the support of over of 40 national and state companies as well as government bodies.

Previous Shorts winners have continued their success nationally and internationally to be awarded or nominated for the Australian Film Institute Awards and Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or, or have gone on to work on Academy Award winning films. Shorts entries are judged by up to 50 respected practitioners across the film and media industries.

In 2008, Shorts Film Festival will be held at the historic Queen’s Theatre in Adelaide’s West End, November 26-30.

DOWNLOAD AN ENTRY FORM NOW TO SUBMIT YOUR SHORT FILM.
Contact: coordinator@shortsfilmfestival.com or 08 8362 8438.