London Vaporetto Shorts Film Festival (2)

Festival start: 06 June 2024      Festival end: 06 June 2024

The London Vaporetto Shorts Film Festival is a festival dedicated to short-films from emerging filmmakers. Created by Anouk Witkowska Hiffler and Tomás Felicio Oliveira, the festival is organised by the Vaporetto Films production company. Now in its second year, the 2024 edition will take place at the Art house Crouch end in London on the 6th of June 2024.

The aim of the festival is to create an environment in which all filmmakers will have the chance to network, build connections and perhaps find their next filmmaking partnerships.

The London Vaporetto Film Festival will have the following categories:

- Best UK short;
- Best INTERNATIONAL short;
- Best directing;
- Best actor;
- Best actress;
- Best original script;
- Best cinematography;
- Best editing;

KEY DATES
Submissions open: 5th of July 2023
Submissions close: 30th of April 2024
Notification date: 16th May 2024
Festival: 6th of June 2023


SUBMISSION PROCESS

Submissions for the London Vaporetto Shorts Film Festival will open on the 5th of July 2023 and will be done exclusively through the Festhome platform.

The submissions will close at 23:59 GMT on the 30th of April 2024. No films will be accepted after this deadline.

Reviewing and analysing the films submitted to the festival will take time and effort from our team. For that reason, and because we want to provide you with a well organised festival, we charge a symbolic submission fee of 5 pounds (earlybird deadline) or 7 pounds (regular deadline).


FILM REQUIREMENTS

All films must be narrative fiction films.

Submitted films can be of any part of the world and of any genre and should be no longer than 20 minutes in length (including credits).

Films in a language other than English must be subtitled in English.

All images and sounds used in your film must be your own or you must have permission of the copyright holder to use their content in your film.

We do not require any kind of premiere status.


SELECTION PROCESS

All submitted films will be reviewed by the London Vaporetto Film Festival team. We will analyse and choose films based on technical quality, originality and social relevance. Our decision is final.

By submitting your film to the London Vaporetto Film Festival you are giving us the permission to screen your film at screenings during the festival and at preview screenings.

We will notify all submitters, selected or not, by May 16 2024.

The festival reserves the right to use brief clips from the selected films to promote the festival on social-media.


ONCE SELECTED

If selected, our team will be in touch with you so that you can provide us with a high-resolution version of your film, as well as other marketing materials.

You will also receive a free ticket for the festival event.


WHERE AND WHEN WILL THE FESTIVAL HAPPEN

The London Vaporetto Shorts Film Festival will take place on the 6th of June 2024.

The festival will start with the viewing of all selected films, followed by the award ceremony right after. Once the awards are distributed, all filmmakers will have the opportunity to network between themselves and with the London Vaporetto Shorts Film Festival team. We believe that, more than a film festival, this should be an opportunity for you to network and find the people you will work with next.


WINNERS AND PRIZES

The London Vaporetto Film Festival will have the following categories:

- Best UK short;
- Best INTERNATIONAL short;
- Best directing;
- Best actor;
- Best actress;
- Best original script;
- Best cinematography;
- Best editing;

The festival will aim to have a diverse selection of films, with dramas and comedies in the highlight.
Prizes for 2024 are not final yet , however the 2023 prize was the following:

The winners of the festival will have the opportunity to pitch a short-film to the Vaporetto Films team. One of them will be chosen and get 500£ for their project. Please note that to make this decision we will not only have to consider the quality of the project being pitched but also its feasibility.

Any matter not described in this regulation shall be left to the consideration of the London Vaporetto Shorts Film Festival directors.

Good luck to all the filmmakers! We look forward to reviewing your films!