Submit a film
The online submissions for the 47th edition of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival will open on May 20, 2024.
International Competition 2025
Registration deadlines:
- July 11th, 2024 for films completed in 2023 (after October 1st)
- October 3rd, 2024 for films completed in 2024
Submission fee = €11 (excl. tax)
+ delivery costs = 1 Shortfilmdepot stamp
Requirements:
- Films completed after: October 1st, 2023
- Maximum running time: 40 minutes
- Origin: All countries (except France)
- Festival screening format: DCP
National Competition 2025
Restricted to French films
Registration deadlines:
- July 11th, 2024 for films completed in 2023 (after October 1st)
- October 10th, 2024 for films completed in 2024
Submission fee = €11 (excl. tax)
+ delivery costs = 1 Shortfilmdepot stamp
Requirements:
- Films completed after: October 1st, 2023
- Maximum running time: 59 minutes
- Origin: France as main country of production
- Festival screening format: DCP
Lab Competition 2025
- No application for this competition is necessary since the films will be chosen from those submitted to two competitions above.
- The Lab Selection Committee will select the films for the Lab Competition from a pre-selection proposed by the Committees of the International and National Competition.
Virtual Reality section 2025
No application for this competition is necessary since the films will be chosen from those submitted to the International and National competitions, respecting these criteria:
- Film produced: between 2023 and 2024
- Maximum running time: 59 minutes
- Genre: fiction, documentary or experimental film in continuous shooting or frame by frame (animation)
- Requirements: the film previewing file screener, in mp4, APK or link via headset must be sent by email to the following address: VR@clermont-filmfest.org with its special specifications for downloading or playing the film. A flat version of the film can be uploaded to Short film depot.
- Note: when registering, please specify the type of headset used to view the film: Quest 2, Quest 3, PICO, Apple vision, HTC Vive, HTC Vive pro, etc.
International Short Film Market 2025
The International Short Film Market is organized by the association Sauve qui peut le court métrage (hereafter “SQP”) alongside the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in the aim of facilitating economic activity and encouraging professional interaction in the short film sector. The Short Film Market is a unique venue for meetings, promotion and networking.
Participation :
- The referencing of films at the International Short Film Market is free and non-competitive.
- All films submitted to the National or International Competition of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, whether or not selected, will be referenced in the digital catalog of the Short Film Market.
Conditions:
- Referencing at the Short Film Market is only available for films who have been submitted to the National or International Competition of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.
Short Film Market Picks Label :
In order to highlight the films that the different official selection committees of the festival particularly appreciated, SQP reserves the right to reference and label these films under the name "Short Film Market Picks" on the different short film market medias such as its digital catalogue or video library; offering in this way better visibility for these films.
Videolibrary option
The Videolibrary option will allow participants of the Short Film Market to watch the registered film online. Each participant is checked by our teams beforehand. Online viewing is strictly reserved to cinema and audiovisual industry members (TV/VOD/ SVOD buyers, Distributors, Programmers, Press, etc).
Participants can extend their access to the viewing option via a paid subscription (Shortfilmwire+), until 1 December 2025.
Submission:
- To register a film to the Short Film Market Videolibrary, leave the "Videolibrary option" box checked when submitting your film to the National or International Competition of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival via the site shortfilmdepot.com
- For films being selected in the official selection of the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival (international competition, national competition and lab competition, African perspectives, Young Audience programmes, French Region Showcase, Pop-Up programme) this option is mandatory.
Services:
- Registered films will be accessible from the Short Film Market Videolibrary via a secure server (strictly reserved to cinema and audiovisual industry members: (TV/VOD/ SVOD buyers, Distributors, Programmers, Press, etc).
- two free accesses to the digital section of the Short Film Market (access to viewing statistics and participants contact details, etc.).
- a free accreditation for the director(s) and producer(s) of the film.
Viewing Copy:
- By default, the viewing copy that has been uploaded to the shortfilmdepot.com platform when you registered to the National or International Competition of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival will be used.
New version of the viewing copy:
- To replace your viewing copy by a new version (final version, English subtitled version, etc.), download a new video file to the shortfilmdepot.com film card (which was initially used to register your film to the National or International Competition of the Clermont- Ferrand International Short Film Festival) by using the "Upload new version" button, before January 10th, 2025.
Cancellation:
- The International Short Film Market Videolibrary registration can be canceled at any time by sending a note to videolibrary@clermont-filmfest.org, except for the films in the official selection.
FAQ
Contacts
Coordination of the International Competition
Tim Redford
t.redford@clermont-filmfest.org
+33 (0)4 73 14 73 21
Coordination of the National Competition
Stéphane Souillat
s.souillat@clermont-filmfest.org
+33 (0)4 73 14 73 14
Coordination of the Lab Competition
Calmin Borel
c.borel@clermont-filmfest.org
+33 (0)4 73 14 73 32
Coordination of the Virtual Reality section
Sébastien Duclocher
s.duclocher@clermont-filmfest.org
+33 (0)4 73 14 73 08
Coordination of the Short Film Market
Grégoire Rouchit
