With the success of our first two years of the film festival in '23 and '24 we’re running it again in 2025! We invite you to submit your short films for the third year of ATiFF – the Attic Theatre International Film Festival.
We were amazed how delighted the people of West Wales were, to have brilliant, brave and beautiful films brought to them for the past two years. Both festivals were a great success with many films shown over three days and four sessions.
Makers said:
"I had a great time at the Attic Film Festival. The selection is varied, the venue is lovely, The organisers are very nice. It's different from every other festival I've been to, and I enjoyed very much the screening of my film in that unique environment and atmosphere. Thank you to the entire team!"
"This was a lovely festival, a really special, idiosyncratic venue. A fantastic range of films from across the world...Also fab cake! What more could you ask."
"I'm back in France with great memories of the festival and Wales...I liked the variety of the selection of genres and types of films."
Audience participants said:
"...we both enjoyed all the films, enjoying the mix of subjects and styles. It's good to watch something different and more unusual. The cakes were nice as well."
"A veritable tapas of cinematography!"
"We both appreciated the humour in the mix...but would not like that to squeeze out the more serious .... the eclectic mix is the secret. Thinking ahead can't see why in the future it couldn't grow to multiple venues across town!!"
Attic Theatre, is a group of film-makers, actors and technicians based in Newcastle Emlyn in West Wales. Small and hungry for film
This is a festival of short films from 2 to 20 minutes in length. The festival’s aim is to encourage excellence in film-making and to present the medium of movie to our audiences through the festival We have an eighty-seat auditorium in a historic building in the centre of town with a full size screen. We invite submissions from around the world.
The official selection for the festival will consist of around 50 short films from 2 to 20 minutes in length. Although award categories have been established, there will be no separation of genre into specific screening sessions.
Please email us if you have any questions.
Many thanks.
Competition Awards & Prizes Categories:
• Drama
• Best Made in Wales
• Animation/Experimental
• Cinematography
• Documentary
• Environmentalist
• ATiFF award
If no film reaches the quality required for the above categories no award will be made.
All films selected for the festival will receive the Festival’s official laurel and the custom certificate of achievement according to their final status in the competition.