Florida Shorts is a seasonal IMDB qualified festival dedicated to short films from around the world.

Inspired by cosmopolitan mentality, we encourage diversity and multi-cultural short films. We want to truly reflect the international filmmaking community and showcase fresh talent from all filmmakers - no matter the age or the subject matter. With this in mind, we encourage filmmakers from all backgrounds to submit their projects. Furthermore, we genuinely believe that good filmmaking is an actual result of a good story. We hope to find new voices and perspectives to celebrate the power of a good story.

Florida Shorts is a seasonal competition dedicated to short films of all genres from the U.S. and international filmmakers. In the first step, our professional screeners will privately review your film each quarterly season, and the highest scored films will become the semi-finalist . The semi-finalist of the seasonal editions are screened privately to jury members of each edition in various categories. All the award winners are then considered for the online festival.

Join us for Florida Short's events this year!

Best US Narrative Short
Best US Documentary Short
Best International Narrative Short
Best International Documentary Short
Best Experimental
Best Micro Short
Best Animation
Best Male Director
Best Female Director
Best Producer
Best Cinematography
Best Editor
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Script
Best Unproduced script
Best TV Series/Pilot/Web
Best Science Fiction
Best Horror
Best Erotic
Best Comedy
Best Dance Short
Best Student Film
Best Women Empowerment Short
Best Music Video
Best Thriller
Best Trailer
Best Composer
Best First Time Filmmaker

Florida Shorts is open to short films from any country which are under 50 minutes in length.

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  • Thank you once again for including our short film "SECOND GEN" in your 2023 programming session and allowing a voice for independent filmmaking to thrive!

    October 2023
  • Thanks for giving my short film, "Happy Belated" a chance. It was an honor getting the "Best Male Director" award from this festival!

    October 2023
  • John Ryan Howard

    Super festival that I'd highly recommend! Was absolutely thrilled to win 'Best Actor' at Florida Shorts for 'Don't Open The Box!' Delighted with this festival experience!

    September 2023
  • For us it was a nice experience being part of your festival. We enjoey it very much, Thank you very much - Silvano Plank

    September 2023
  • Mimi Garrard

    Thank you! We are honored to be a part of your fine festival.

    Mabelle Seawright

    September 2023