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Short Shot Fest (6)

Deadlines

03 Jan 2026
Call for entries

01 Feb 2026
Final deadline

26
days

05 Feb 2026
Notification date

12 Sep 2026
12 Sep 2026

Address

Piatnickaya 6, 115035, Moscow, Moscow, Russia

Festival description

Short film festival 30'<

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Any Genre

Any Theme

Has submission fees

International Festival

Physical Location

Production date: Any

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films 30'<

AI Tools

Any language

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Festival description (Edition: 6)

Festival start: 12 September 2026 Festival end: 12 September 2026

Let's take a shot with shorts!

The best film festival from Moscow, Russia supported by Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and city authorities.

"Short Shot" - Monthly Awards and Screenings.
Festival is dedicated to filmmakers from all over the World.

Sending us your artwork is not sending it to a Black Hole.
We consider each film, each video!

Each director has a chance to introduce himself and his artwork and greet audience through our social media pages!

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Все русскоязычные фильмы могут участвовать в фестивале БЕСПЛАТНО.
Ищите соответствующую категорию и подавайте ЛЮБОЙ фильм в любом жанре!
Фильмы должны быть с субтитрами на английском языке! Без субтитров фильм не будет принят к рассмотрению!

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We are creators as well and we watch artworks with passion and professional interest.

We believe, that each film, each creator, each director deserve confession!

We are creating community of film lovers and filmmakers.

We communicate a lot, we discuss a lot in our social media!

Join us and be part of Short Shot Fest family!

Our jury selects every month the winning short films for each category:

Best Short Film
Best Short Comedy
Best Short Drama
Best Short Horror
Best Short Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Best Narrative Short
Best Student Short
Best Animation Short
Best Documentary Short
Best Experimental Short
Best Music Video
Best Mini Short
Best Mobile Phone Short (incl vertical)
Best Series (Web/TV)
Best Fashion Short
Best Commercial/Ad/TVC

Also, we provide chance for MOSCOW film creators to take a chance in showing our beautiful city in their movies.

How we do?

Choose one or more categories and submit your short film.

Usually, our submissions start on 1th-4th of the month and end on the same day next month.

EACH submitted film will receive a short review from our judge team (on request)

PLEASE NOTE: We don't screen the films online! The members of the jury watch the films online and they choose the Official Selections.

In 5-7 days after the deadline day for submissions we publish the Official Selections list and we notify the filmmakers via e-mail.

During the next 5 days our members of the jury decide the winners for each category.

After that we publish the Winners list and we notify filmmakers by e-mail. The lists are published on social media and on our dedicated website: shortshotfest.com

In the last week of the month we screen the awarded films in art - center "Efir" in the heart of Moscow.

From August, 2024 we are OPEN for new season 2025/2026!

The Grand Finale 2025/2026 will be held in August, 2026 in Moscow.
International judge team, great networking and friendly atmosphere — that’s Short Shot Fest.

Stay tuned and check our website: shortshotfest.com

Prizes and qualifications

Certified diplomas signed by leading movie filmmakers.

Rules

Films not in English language must have English subtitles.

No premiere requirements, and films may already be available online.

Student projects must have been a majority student production. Submitters must have been a student at the time of production. All levels of education are eligible.

All film selections will be notified, and will be required to provide a HD .MOV or .MP4 of the film.

Selected films wishing not to use their 'Official Premiere', can request to screen as a 'Preview', but will not be eligible for the Audience Award.

Selected films won't be uploaded online, unless the submitter gives prior permission, or it is already intentionally public.

Submitter grants us authorisation to include images, extracts and promotional material for our own promotional purposes, but the project will always be credited.

Submitter agrees they have read and understood all the terms and conditions, rules and guidelines before submitting.

Best Short

Short Films 30'<

Standard Fee 5.99$
-8% 5.51$
PRO 23% 4.61$

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30 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles.

Best Comedy

Short Films 30'<

Standard Fee 5.99$
-8% 5.51$
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Short comedy films. 30 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles.

Best short Drama

Short Films 30'<

Standard Fee 5.99$
-8% 5.51$
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Short drama films. 30 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles.

Best Short Horror

Short Films 30'<

Standard Fee 5.99$
-8% 5.51$
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Short Horror films. 30 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles.

Best Narrative Short

Short Films 30'<

Standard Fee 5.99$
-8% 5.51$
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Short Narrative films. 30 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles. All submissions receive short feedback.

Best Student Short

Short Films 30'<

Standard Fee 4.99$
-8% 4.59$
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Short STUDENT films. 30 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles. All submissions receive short feedback. Must provide student status

Best Animation Short

Short Films 30'<

Standard Fee 5.99$
-8% 5.51$
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Short Animation films. 30 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles.

Best Documentary Short

Short Films 30'<

Standard Fee 5.99$
-8% 5.51$
PRO 23% 4.61$

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Short documentary films. 30 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles.

Best Experimental Short

Short Films 30'<

Standard Fee 5.99$
-8% 5.51$
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Short experimental films. 30 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles.

Best Music Short

Short Films 10'<

Standard Fee 5.99$
-8% 5.51$
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Short music videos. 10 minutes max. All subjects and styles. All submissions receive short feedback.

Best Mini Short

Short Films 3'<

Standard Fee 5.99$
-8% 5.51$
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Short mimi films. 3 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles. All submissions receive short feedback. Must provide student status.

Best Mobile Phone Short (incl vertical)

Short Films 30'<

Standard Fee 4.99$
-8% 4.59$
PRO 23% 3.84$

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Short films shot on mobile devices. 30 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles. All submissions receive short feedback.

Best Commercial

Short Films 3'<

Standard Fee 5.99$
-8% 5.51$
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Commercial videos. 3 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles.

Best Fashion Short

Short Films 10'<

Standard Fee 5.99$
-8% 5.51$
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Short fashion videos and movies. 10 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles. All submissions receive short feedback.

Best Series (Web/TV)

Short Films 30'<

Standard Fee 5.99$
-8% 5.51$
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Fiction or documentary series. 30 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles. All submissions receive short feedback.

AI film

Short and Feature Films

Standard Fee 3$
-8% 2.76$
PRO 23% 2.31$

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Films mostly generated by AI

AI Short

Short Films 30'<

Standard Fee 5$
-8% 4.6$
PRO 23% 3.85$

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Films mostly generated by AI

Best EXTREME SHORT

Short Films 1'<

Standard Fee 4.99$
-8% 4.59$
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Extreme short films. 1 minute max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles

FEATURE Film

Short and Feature Films 200'<

Standard Fee 20$
-8% 18.4$
PRO 23% 15.4$

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Any kind/genre FEATURE film 200 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles.

Films in the Russian language

Short and Feature Films

No Fee

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All films in the Russian language may participate free of charge.

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