03 Jan 2026
Call for entries
01 Apr 2026
Final deadline
5
days
13 May 2026
Notification date
12 Sep 2026
12 Sep 2026
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
Certified diplomas signed by leading movie filmmakers.
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.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
01 Apr 26
30 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
01 Apr 26
Short comedy films. 30 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
01 Apr 26
Short drama films. 30 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
01 Apr 26
Short Horror films. 30 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
01 Apr 26
Short Narrative films. 30 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles. All submissions receive short feedback.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
01 Apr 26
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
No Fee
Submissions deadline
01 Apr 26
Short Animation films. 30 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
01 Apr 26
Short documentary films. 30 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
01 Apr 26
Short experimental films. 30 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
01 Apr 26
Short music videos. 10 minutes max. All subjects and styles. All submissions receive short feedback.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
01 Apr 26
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.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
01 Apr 26
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.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
01 Apr 26
Commercial videos. 3 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
01 Apr 26
Short fashion videos and movies. 10 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles. All submissions receive short feedback.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
01 Apr 26
Fiction or documentary series. 30 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles. All submissions receive short feedback.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
01 Apr 26
Films mostly generated by AI
No Fee
Submissions deadline
01 Apr 26
Films mostly generated by AI
No Fee
Submissions deadline
01 Apr 26
Extreme short films. 1 minute max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles
No Fee
Submissions deadline
01 Apr 26
Any kind/genre FEATURE film 200 minutes max. All subjects and styles. Non-English language films must have subtitles.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
01 Apr 26
Все фильмы на русском языке могут принять участие бесплатно.
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