20 Apr 2021
Call for entries
28 Jun 2021
Festival closed
10 Jul 2021
Notification date
10 Jul 2021
17 Jul 2021
Festival start: 10 July 2021 Festival end: 17 July 2021
Stir and Fry are hugely excited to have an international online short film competition! We are looking for original, engaging films and especially want to celebrate filmmakers working with minimal resources. The competition has 4 editions a year, so if you miss a deadline, be sure to submit to the next!
CATEGORIES (live action and animation)
- Narrative
- Documentary
- Experimental
- Music video
For each edition of the competition, the best films will be promoted on our YouTube channel. Of these 'officially selected' films, there will be 1 winner in each category. The winning filmmakers will be interviewed about their work on our YouTube channel, if they are comfortable with this. This is a competition, not a festival, so the films will not be screened in their entirety. But we hope to draw attention to new and exciting films! We will respect filmmakers' wishes for their work to remain private.
- Submit only via Festhome
- There is no entry fee
- Films under 5 minutes
- English subtitles if dialogue not English
- Completed within 2 years of deadline
- No requirement for premiere status
- You may submit multiple films
- You may not submit the same film twice
- We do not accept unfinished films
- No unauthorised use of music etc.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
28 Jun 21
Music videos of all forms. You must have the rights and authority to submit a music video to be selected. You must be (for example) an artist, director, producer, studio or label. We accept live action and animation from across the world.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
28 Jun 21
Unsure what your film is? Perhaps more immersive art installation than drama? This is the category for you. We accept experimental films from across the world.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
28 Jun 21
We accept documentaries of all forms (including animation) from across the world.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
28 Jun 21
Narrative (fiction) films of all genres can submit. We accept live action and animation from across the world.
