Aaretaler Kurzfilmtage 2025

The Aaretalerkurzfilmtage is one of the cutest shortfilm Festivals in Europe! - "Small is Beautiful" is our Motto.
Screening takes place in 6 different Rooms around the historical Center of Münsingen, Switzerland. With this event we want to offer a respectful platform to independent filmmakers of short films. There will be no competition - each film is the best!

"Aaretaler Kurzfilmtage est un festival très sympathique mené par une équipe chaleureuse. Une très belle sélection de films projetés 5 fois chacun pendant le weekend devant un public passionné. Un festival où je reviendrai avec plaisir"
(Laurent Ardoint, Director/Actor of "Le tueur du lac maudit")

"Niché au coeur de la ville de Münsigen, ce festival de cinéma offre une magnifique sélection d’une centaine de courts-métrages du monde entier. Accueil chaleureux et public au rendez-vous. Je suis très reconnaissante d’y avoir été accueillie par l’équipe hors pair du festival et d’y avoir présenté mon film devant un public curieux et attentif"
(Janine Piguet, Director/Actress of "Fortissimo")

“Aaretaler Kurzfilmtage…is a wonderful festival, it has a bijou friendly feel, located in stunning surroundings, truly exceptional”
(Clifford Milner, Director of “Breaking and Entering")

“Aaretaler Kurzfilmtage est un festival organisé avec beaucoup de générosité, de simplicité et de talent. Organisation impeccable, équipe très accueillante, sélection exigente, équipement professionnel, tous les ingrédients sont réunis pour faire de ce festival un grand festival”
(Delphine Poudou, Director/Actress of "My inner child")

Audience awards: 

1st place, winner: 1300 CHF 
2nd place: 900 CHF 
3rd place: 600 CHF

• Maximal film length allowed: 20 minutes 
• Year of production: not before 2022
• Several films can be submitted by one person. For each film the submission form has to be filled out separately 
• Submission fee 5 USD 
• For films in German language: Please send them without subtitles (Clean version). 
• For films in other languages than German: English or German subtitles are required. (German preferred!) 

The submission deadline for the Aaretalerkurzfilmtage 2025 is: February 28, 2025.  The submission process has to be completed according to www.aaretalerkurzfilmtage.ch or via www.filmfreeway.com 

Incomplete submissions cannot be accepted! All filmmakers who submit a film within the given deadline receive a definite answer in June 2025. Films submitted by postal service (preview copies) cannot be sent back due to budget reasons.

By submitting your film you confirm that no copyright infringement takes place by screening the film. The Aaretalerkurzfilmtage are not liable for possible copyright infringements! 
Apart from technical reasons, submitted films may be copied to other storage devices. The organising committee of the Aaretalerkurzfilmtage will use the submitted films exclusively for this festival. 
Contact information may be given to other film events if their inquiries are to promote film culture and have no commercial interest. Email contact and/or websites will be mentioned in film descriptions of the printed program. If this is not desired, notice has to be given until September 1st, 2025. No films or other personal data will be passed on to third parties. 

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Levin Vieth

A lovely festival in the heart of Switzerland! The curation is top notch and you can see some of the best international shorts of the past 2-3 years. I felt very honored to be invited with "LONELY FANS - Vents solitaries" and if i could only wish for one thing would be a swiss competition so there would be more networking opportunities among swiss filmmakers. It's definitely a festival for the public (with great attendance!) and not like most other festivals in Switzerland where filmmakers watch other filmmakers shorts in their own bubble. Therefore it's a really unique experience to showcase your work to a great curious audience!

November 2024

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Response from festival:

Dear Levin, Dear David

Thank you very much for your kind words, we were very pleased to receive them. And yes, we would also like to include more Swiss short films in our programme, but unfortunately only a few are submitted and very often they don't quite meet the desired quality.

All the best, and hopefully we'll see you again next year.

Enzo and team
Elias Förderer

Unique atmosphere, lovely team, great film selection. Highly recommended to visit the festival!

November 2024

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Response from festival:

Dear Elias
Thank you very much for your visit to our festival. We are very pleased that you enjoyed it. Hopefully we'll see you again next year.

All the best, Enzo and team
Victor Cesca

Thank you for the selection of my short film Fortissimo! A great communication and a great organisation even if you can’t attend the festival. I recommend! ♥

December 2023

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Response from festival:

Hi Victor

Your film "Fortissimo" missed out on the Audience Award at this year's Aaretaler Kurzfilmtage by just a few votes.. But second place in the competition with 96 films is also quite nice, congratulations! And you know what: two years ago, a film with the same title, "Fortissimo", also came second in the audience competition. The film was made by actress and director Janine Piguet. Funny, isn't it?

All the best, and hopefully your next films will also reach our festival

Enzo and Team
Les DelphineS

A super great festival with a lovely team. Simple and professionnal ! You must come !

December 2023

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Response from festival:

Hi Delphine

Your film F.A.R. Est was very well liked by this year's audience (November 2023), congratulations! Of course, we very much hope that you will also submit your upcoming films to our festival.

All the best

Enzo and Team
Lucas Zbinden

Thank you for the hospitality! A friendly festival, interested audience in a nice ambiance

November 2022

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Response from festival:

Lieber Lucas

auch dir und Julie ein herzliches Dankeschön für euren Besuch an den diesjährigen Aaretaler Kurzfilmtagen! Es freut uns sehr, dass es euch gefallen hat. Und dann natürlich auch besten Dank für die Einreichung der beiden toll gemachten Filme.

Alles Gute und bis im nächsten Jahr

Enzo und Team