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New York Arts and Entertainment Film Festival (9)

Deadlines

04 Nov 2025
Call for entries

01 Dec 2025
Early deadline

26 Jan 2026
Standard deadline

16 Mar 2026
Late deadline

06 Apr 2026
Extended deadline

5
mths

27 Apr 2026
Notification date

23 May 2026
23 May 2026

Address

, , New York, NY, United States

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

Subtitles
English

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English

Festival description (Edition: 9)

Festival start: 23 May 2026 Festival end: 23 May 2026

New York Arts & Entertainment Film Festival (formerly NYC Popup Film Festival) celebrates quality independent films. Our goal is to bring quality short films to an audience and offer independent filmmakers a place to showcase their work. We also work to create network opportunities for future work to be created.

Short films of all genres are considered for Festival Screening.

Prizes and qualifications

Winners will be awarded for Best Film, Best Actor and Best Actress.

Rules

-Films must have an online screener.

-Non-English films must have English language subtitles.

-New York Arts & Entertainment Film Festival has the right to screen any film submitted to New York Arts & Entertainment Film Festival.

-Entry fees are not refundable.

-All selection decisions and award decisions are final and at the discretion of the festival.

Documentary Short Film

Short Films 10'<

Fee

-8%

Early 25€ 23€ 01 Dec 25

Standard 30€ 27.6€ 26 Jan 26

Late 35€ 32.2€ 16 Mar 26

Extended 40€ 36.8€ 06 Apr 26

Submissions deadline
06 Apr 26

Save up
2€

Submit

Documentary Short Film between 0-10 minutes

Web Series / Webisode

Short Films 10'<

Fee

-8%

Early 25€ 23€ 01 Dec 25

Standard 30€ 27.6€ 26 Jan 26

Late 35€ 32.2€ 16 Mar 26

Extended 40€ 36.8€ 06 Apr 26

Submissions deadline
06 Apr 26

Save up
2€

Submit

Single Episode of a web series or webisode. Up to 10 minutes

Short Film 20-30 minutes

Short Films >20' 30'<

Fee

-8%

Early 35€ 32.2€ 01 Dec 25

Standard 40€ 36.8€ 26 Jan 26

Late 45€ 41.4€ 16 Mar 26

Extended 50€ 46€ 06 Apr 26

Submissions deadline
06 Apr 26

Save up
2.8€

Submit

Narrative Short Film between 20-30 minutes

Narrative Short Film between 10-20 minutes

Short Films >10' 20'<

Fee

-8%

Early 30€ 27.6€ 01 Dec 25

Standard 35€ 32.2€ 26 Jan 26

Late 40€ 36.8€ 16 Mar 26

Extended 45€ 41.4€ 06 Apr 26

Submissions deadline
06 Apr 26

Save up
2.4€

Submit

Narrative Short Film between 10-20 minutes

Short Films 0-10 minutes

Short Films 10'<

Fee

-8%

Early 25€ 23€ 01 Dec 25

Standard 30€ 27.6€ 26 Jan 26

Late 35€ 32.2€ 16 Mar 26

Extended 40€ 36.8€ 06 Apr 26

Submissions deadline
06 Apr 26

Save up
2€

Submit

Narrative Short Film between 0-10 minutes

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