The Annual Copenhagen Film Festival is an international independent film festival held annually in Copenhagen, Denmark. It aspires to promote, recognize and support independent filmmakers throughout the world by hosting a variety of awards in order to provide the best opportunities for filmmakers to get recognized in a very competitive industry. Selected films will be screened in Copenhagen and have the opportunity to get into contact with our partnering production company.

ACFF is run in association with Close:Up, a collection of international film festivals supporting indie filmmaking. By establishing a working network among filmmakers, producers and marketing professionals, we share one common goal: to forge productive and lasting relationships between independent filmmakers and audiences.

We are now accepting submissions for our 2019 edition!

Films entered in multiple categories are eligible to win several awards.

Award of Recognition - Submissions that don't make the screening schedule but receive an award for the quality and close competition of their work. Laurels can be sent via mail by request or downloaded from our website once the list has been announced.

Nominations - Films nominated for awards will be contacted on the notification date and also listed on our website.

Screening - Films selected for screening will be notified at least 1 month prior to the festival!

Award winners will be announced at our festival and receive hard-copy Award certificates, winner laurels, free entry at other renowned film festivals and other prizes!

After the Awards Ceremony a networking event will take place for all the filmmakers and guests to mingle!

We look very much forward to reviewing your work and inviting you to the cozy city of Copenhagen!

Our last event was held with great success, fully sold-out, on the 3rd and 4th of March at Husets Biograf.

Awards & Prizes

Best Picture
Best Short Film
Best Action
Best Comedy
Best Drama
Best Thriller
Best Animated Film
Best Feature Documentary
Best Short Documentary
Best Foreign Documentary
Best Documentary (Student)
Best Experimental
Best Music Score
Best Music Video
Best Photograph
Best Screenplay
Best Trailer
Best Danish Film
Best Commercial

Additional Categories: (to be added with at least one above)
Best Director
Best Documentary Director
Best Director (Student)
Best Producer
Best Editor
Best Cinematographer
Best Screenwriter
Jury's Award
Humanitarian Award
Best Photographer

Rules & Terms

→ All films must be submitted in English or with English subtitles.

→ All films must have been made in or after 2010.

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

→ By submitting to us, you give us the right to screen your film in front of a live audience at Huset Biograf.

→ Nominations: All films nominated for every category.
Official Selection: Films selected for screening 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 both the Nominations and 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 our online platforms.

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

→ 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.

→ 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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  • Anna henriksen

    Good film selection and very nice people

    April 2018
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  • Tom Oxenham

    We weren't able to attend the festival, so I can't really comment on Hospitality and Networking, but communication was excellent and we were delighted to have won Best Comedy! Thanks very much, Annual CPH Film Festival.

    March 2018
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  • Dmitrey Sharabarin

    I was greatly pleased to be a part of Annual CPH Film Festival with my film! Thanks a lot for that opportunity! And best wishes to festival team next year from siberian filmmakers!

    March 2018
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  • Sally McLean

    Such fantastic communication and generous organisers. I was absolutely delighted to have my trailer for Champion: The Franz Stampfl Story win Best Trailer at the festival and am just sorry that I couldn't be there in person to experience it all first-hand. But I always felt included and was kept very well informed - both in the lead up to the event and afterwards. The organisers went above and beyond to look after those of us not able to be there in person and I very much recommend Henrik and the fest to all filmmakers.

    March 2018
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  • Juan Francisco Urrusti Alonso

    I' m very grateful to the Festival for having given my film the "Best Foreign Documentary" Award. I am very sorry I could not attend the festival. I wish the Annual CPH Film Festival a long, long, long life!

    March 2018
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