The ALTER-NATIVE International Short Film Festival is one of the oldest film festivals from this region with specific goal of supporting and promoting regional cinematography and fresh filmmaking talent. The event started off in 1993 and it is organized in every autumn, in early November.

The program supports individual alternatives to the mass products of the media market, presenting various less-known styles and unique viewpoints, discovering independent self-expressions in film. ALTER-NATIVE inherently considers radically different genres and thoughts of film both valid and authentic. Works that can be submitted to the competition are original audiovisual works (fiction, non-fiction, animation and experimental films in all formats including new media) whose running time does not exceed 30 minutes. The festival has no participation fee. Films submitted to the festival are to be completed in the last 3 years.

Awards & Prizes

Cash awards

Rules & Terms

THE ONLY WAY TO REGISTER IS BY FILLING-OUT THE ONLINE ENTRY FORM ON THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://alternativeiff.ro
• There are no registration fees for films entered for the festival.
• Films submitted to the festival must be completed on or after 1 January, 2023.
• The maximum duration for the films submitted is 30 minutes.
• There are no genre limitations.
• Each work requires a separate entry form.
• Films can only be submitted once. Films submitted to previous editions of the festival are no longer eligible.
• Cannot be publicly available online. Films which have been exhibited on the Internet will not be accepted. The festival reserves the right to remove such films from the competition program, even after the results have been made public.
• The entry-form is to be sent online.
• On the entry-form please provide a URL for the films download along with the password.