The Athens Short Film Festival is an annual event that spotlights international independent breakout shorts. Taking place in the multicultural and artistic Greek capital, ASFF supports the city’s underground scene and breaks its geographical boundaries by gathering a mixed audience of locals and internationals. Local cinemas have always been a place where conversations and debates on social, political and gender issues sparked. And it is part of ASFF’s mission to rejuvenate these spaces and honour their cultural significance.

The Festival’s screening programme features emerging talents from all over the world and all filmmakers regardless of background are invited to submit their artworks. Expanding year by year, the Athens Short Film Festival aims to enrich its programme with industry events, workshops and seminars and become a reference Film festival for the Athenian independent cinema scene.

The Athens Short Festival is organised by HFP, a pioneer organisation that runs Film Festivals and other events showcasing and championing ideas of diversity. Through our global series of film Festivals that spread over 13 countries, we open the path to voices with a compelling story to share. Our main mission is to honour independent cinema and establish a network of artists eager to join forces and spread their work across all nations. HFP runs 25 film Festivals worldwide.

Films nominated for an award are part of our official selection, and are eligible for screening at the festival. We will be announcing the winners after the awards. Laurels will be available.

The categories are:
Best Short Film
Best Short Documentary
Best Animated Short
Best Music Video
Best Short Experimental
Best Short Drama
Best Short Comedy
Best Greek Production
Best Student Film

✓ All films must be submitted in English or with English subtitles (if in a different language).

✓ All films must have been made in or after 2023.

✓ Short films must not exceed 45 minutes.

✓ Filmmakers are responsible for sorting out the copyright on their own materials.

✓ By submitting to us, you give us consent and right to screen your film in front of a live audience, and, under special circumstances, online screening.

✓ Nominations: These are all the films that have been nominated for an award in a category. Not all nominated films will be screened.

Official Selection: These are all the nominated films selected for screening, which will be notified via email. If you received a Nomination email, but no Official Selection email, it means your film will not be screened, but is still a contender for an award in its category.

Award Winners: Chosen from the Nominations (which includes the Official Selection).

✓ We may promote clips from your film on social media, based on the press kits you provide us with.

✓ We retain the right to change the date and venue of the festival under special circumstances. All filmmakers will be informed about any changes through email and our online platforms.

✓ We place no restrictions on your work in terms of premiere status or whether your work has been made available online.

✓ We do not accept partial screeners, trailers, or screener links that require access other than password protected links.

✓ Any technical issues with the submitted films are 100% the responsibility of the filmmakers. If, at the time of judging, your video file doesn’t work or doesn’t have English subtitles (if in a language other than English), it will be automatically rejected, without a refund. Please contact the festival team ASAP if there are any issues with the submission process, and a solution will be found.

✓ We cannot provide refunds.

✓ If you have submitted your project in the previous year, please do not resubmit the same project to the current edition.

✓ By submitting to us you agree to our terms and conditions and to receiving marketing newsletters and discounts about film festivals in the form of emails. We will never sell your information to third parties.

✓ We reserve the right to update our terms and conditions.

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  • Antonis Maros

    This is a great festival that keeps getting bigger and it is worth submitting to in the upcoming year. It is organised by a group of talented and friendly people who share their passion for independent cinema. Five stars for their excellent communication skills, high quality work and the overall experience they provided us. A big thank you for supporting my debut short film Stratis (Best Greek Production, Best Short Experimental) and all the best wishes for the next editions.

    December 2023
  • Genc Permeti

    I am the producer of "Sheets" the short movie by Evi Gjoni. We are very happy to win the award for the Best Short Movie :)
    The film program was very good, also the staff was very friendly, and we felt good vibes. Very happy to be part of this amazing experience. Thank you and good luck for other editions. Greetings!

    December 2023
  • We are extremely honoured to have had our animated music video awarded at the Athens Short Film Festival. The selection of shorts was extremely diverse an exciting. The communication with the team of the festival was super easy. They did their best so that the film director could be part of the event. The promotion of the event on social networks was of an excellent quality.

    December 2023
  • It was an honor to have my film included in a great program such as the Athens Short Film Festival and to also receive the BEST GREEK PRODUCTION in this wonderful festival!

    Luckily, I had the opportunity to visit the fest in person and meet the amazing team of ASFF!!! Thank you very much and I am looking forward for the next editions!

    December 2022
  • IOANNIS HARITIDIS

    Very good films and perfectly organized.

    May 2020