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New York Arts and Entertainment Film Festival (8)

Deadlines

28 Apr 2025
Call for entries

23 Jun 2025
Early deadline

21 Jul 2025
Standard deadline

15 Sep 2025
Late deadline

06 Oct 2025
Extended deadline

2
mths

20 Oct 2025
Notification date

08 Nov 2025
08 Nov 2025

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: 8)

Festival start: 08 November 2025 Festival end: 08 November 2025

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€ 23 Jun 25

Standard 30€ 27.6€ 21 Jul 25

Late 35€ 32.2€ 15 Sep 25

Extended 40€ 36.8€ 06 Oct 25

Submissions deadline
06 Oct 25

Save up
2.8€

Submit

Documentary Short Film between 0-10 minutes

Web Series / Webisode

Short Films 10'<

Fee

-8%

Early 25€ 23€ 23 Jun 25

Standard 30€ 27.6€ 21 Jul 25

Late 35€ 32.2€ 15 Sep 25

Extended 40€ 36.8€ 06 Oct 25

Submissions deadline
06 Oct 25

Save up
2.8€

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€ 23 Jun 25

Standard 40€ 36.8€ 21 Jul 25

Late 45€ 41.4€ 15 Sep 25

Extended 50€ 46€ 06 Oct 25

Submissions deadline
06 Oct 25

Save up
3.6€

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€ 23 Jun 25

Standard 35€ 32.2€ 21 Jul 25

Late 40€ 36.8€ 15 Sep 25

Extended 45€ 41.4€ 06 Oct 25

Submissions deadline
06 Oct 25

Save up
3.2€

Submit

Narrative Short Film between 10-20 minutes

Short Films 0-10 minutes

Short Films 10'<

Fee

-8%

Early 25€ 23€ 23 Jun 25

Standard 30€ 27.6€ 21 Jul 25

Late 35€ 32.2€ 15 Sep 25

Extended 40€ 36.8€ 06 Oct 25

Submissions deadline
06 Oct 25

Save up
2.8€

Submit

Narrative Short Film between 0-10 minutes

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