Short Short Story Film Festival (18)



Deadlines

25 Aug 2025
Call for entries

03 Nov 2025
Final deadline

25 Nov 2025
Notification date

24 Nov 2025
08 Dec 2025

Address

N/A,  N/A, N/A, N/A, United States


Festival description
Short film festival >2' 6'<


Festival requirements
 Film festival
 Fiction
 Documentary
 Animation
 Fantastic
 Terror
 Experimental
 Music Video
 Other
 Any Genre
 Any Theme
 Does NOT have submission fees
 International Festival
 Physical Location
 January 2024
 Production countries: Any
 Shooting countries: Any
 Director nationalities: Any
 Debut Films 
 School projects 
 Short Films  >2' 6'<
 Any language
 Any language
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Festival start: 24 November 2025      Festival end: 08 December 2025

The Short Short Story Film Festival is a competitive international festival of films that tell a story in under six minutes.

For 2025, the 18th edition of the festival returns with a unique closed event. The festival celebrates brevity in film-making, with films from across the globe, both live-action and animated.

The festival consists of two programs, Heartstrings and Headtrip, each with a distinctive tone yet wide-ranging styles and topics.

Prizes and Qualifications

Each program of the festival, Heartstrings and the Headtrip, has an award. The films are reviewed by the participating filmmakers themselves, who vote for their favorites (filmmakers can not vote for their own film).

There is also an acclaimed, international jury panel of participants on our Spoiler Alert Radio film program, who will review and select their favorites.

Submission Requirements

There is no fee to submit a film for consideration.

The length of the film including all credits must be at least 1 minute (1:00:00) and shorter than 6 minutes (5:59:xx).

The film must tell a story; this excludes public service announcements, trailers, music videos, non-narrative experimental pieces, etc.

Whether a piece is truly narrative is at the discretion of the submission review panel.

All genres and styles are considered, including live action and animation, documentary and fiction, drama and comedy, etc.

For 2024, we prefer films completed in 2023 or 2024. Earlier films are ineligible.

Recommendations

None of the following criteria disqualify a film but may count against films in consideration for acceptance:

Films under 2 minutes
Films from 2024
Films available publicly online or that played regionally (Northeast US)

  

 
  

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