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Athens Short Film Festival (9)

Deadlines

23 Mar 2026
Call for entries

05 May 2026
Final deadline

1
mth

31 May 2026
Notification date

10 Dec 2026
13 Dec 2026

Address

Mavrommataion 6, 10682, Athens, Attica, Greece

Festival description

Short film festival 45'<

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Any Genre

Any Theme

Has submission fees

International Festival

Physical Location

March 2024

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films 45'<

AI Tools

Any language

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Festival description (Edition: 9)

Festival start: 10 December 2026 Festival end: 13 December 2026

The Athens Short Film Festival is an annual event that spotlights international independent breakout shorts. Taking place in the multicultural and artistic Greek capital, ASFF supports the city’s underground scene and breaks its geographical boundaries by gathering a mixed audience of locals and internationals. Local cinemas have always been a place where conversations and debates on social, political and gender issues sparked. And it is part of ASFF’s mission to rejuvenate these spaces and honour their cultural significance.

The Festival’s screening programme features emerging talents from all over the world and all filmmakers regardless of background are invited to submit their artworks. Expanding year by year, the Athens Short Film Festival aims to enrich its programme with industry events, workshops and seminars and become a reference Film festival for the Athenian independent cinema scene.

The Athens Short Festival is organised by HFP, a pioneer organisation that runs Film Festivals and other events showcasing and championing ideas of diversity. Through our global series of film Festivals that spread over 13 countries, we open the path to voices with a compelling story to share. Our main mission is to honour independent cinema and establish a network of artists eager to join forces and spread their work across all nations.

Prizes and qualifications

The Festival's award-winning films are presented at the end of the screenings and are announced on our official website and social media.

All winners receive our official award certificate.

Rules

✓ All films must be submitted in English or with English subtitles (if in a different language).

✓ All films must have been made in or after 2024.

✓ Short films must not exceed 45 minutes.

✓ Filmmakers are responsible for sorting out the copyright on their own materials.

✓ By submitting to us, you give us consent and right to screen your film in front of a live audience, and, under special circumstances, online screening.

✓ Official Selection: All the nominated films selected for screening will be notified via email and are a contender for an award in their category.

✓Award Winners: Chosen from the Nominations (which includes the Official Selection).

✓ We may promote clips from your film on social media, based on the press kits you provide us with.

✓ We retain the right to change the date and venue of the festival under special circumstances. All filmmakers will be informed about any changes through email and our online platforms.

✓ We place no restrictions on your work in terms of premiere status or whether your work has been made available online.

✓ We do not accept partial screeners, trailers, or screener links that require access other than password protected links.

✓ Any technical issues with the submitted films are 100% the responsibility of the filmmakers. If, at the time of judging, your video file doesn’t work or doesn’t have English subtitles (if in a language other than English), it will be automatically rejected, without a refund. Please contact the festival team ASAP if there are any issues with the submission process, and a solution will be found.

✓ We cannot provide refunds.

✓ If you have submitted your project in the previous year, please do not resubmit the same project to the current edition.

✓ By submitting to us you agree to our terms and conditions and to receiving marketing newsletters and discounts about film festivals in the form of emails. We will never sell your information to third parties.

✓ We reserve the right to update our terms and conditions.

Short Film - National Competition

Short Films 45'<

Standard Fee 17€
-8% 15.64€
PRO 18% 13.94€

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05 May 26

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This category is aimed to boost Greek filmmakers' fictional films by providing discounted submission fees to those eligible. Films can be Greek productions/co-productions or directed by a filmmaker from Greece. Any genre of film is welcome.

Short Documentary - National Competition

Short Films 45'<

Standard Fee 13€
-8% 11.96€
PRO 18% 10.66€

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05 May 26

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This category is aimed to boost Greek filmmakers' documentary films by providing discounted submission fees to those eligible. Films can be Greek productions/co-productions or directed by a filmmaker from Greece. Documentary films and hybrid documentary films are welcome.

Short Film - International Competition

Short Films 45'<

Standard Fee 50€
-8% 46€
PRO 18% 41€

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05 May 26

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Short Documentary - International Competition

Short Films 45'<

Standard Fee 50€
-8% 46€
PRO 18% 41€

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Short Animation

Short Films 45'<

Standard Fee 50€
-8% 46€
PRO 18% 41€

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05 May 26

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Student Film

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 34€
-8% 31.28€
PRO 18% 27.88€

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05 May 26

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This category is aimed to boost students' work by providing discounted submission fees. Any genre of film is welcome.

Short Experimental

Short Films 45'<

Standard Fee 50€
-8% 46€
PRO 18% 41€

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Short Drama

Short Films 45'<

Standard Fee 50€
-8% 46€
PRO 18% 41€

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05 May 26

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Short Comedy

Short Films 45'<

Standard Fee 50€
-8% 46€
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Music Video

Short Films 45'<

Standard Fee 50€
-8% 46€
PRO 18% 41€

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05 May 26

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Best Director (Add-on)

Short Films 45'<

Standard Fee 13€
-8% 11.96€
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05 May 26

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Any length or genre. Add-on Categories are supplementary to the main Award Categories and cannot stand alone. Films submitted only to an Add-on Category will not be eligible for nomination or selection. Please ensure your film is also submitted to a Main Category for consideration.

Best Cinematographer (Add-on)

Short Films 45'<

Standard Fee 13€
-8% 11.96€
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05 May 26

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Best Editor (Add-on)

Short Films 45'<

Standard Fee 13€
-8% 11.96€
PRO 18% 10.66€

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05 May 26

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Best First-time Filmmaker (Add-on)

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 13€
-8% 11.96€
PRO 18% 10.66€

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Submissions deadline
05 May 26

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Any length or genre. Open to directors submitting their first feature-length or short film, including both independent projects and those produced in association with a school or university. Add-on Categories are supplementary to the main Award Categories and cannot stand alone. Films submitted only to an Add-on Category will not be eligible for nomination or selection. Please ensure your film is also submitted to a Main Category for consideration.

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