Brejning Film Festival is an international short film festival designed to give the city and filmlovers an extraordinary experience, and the opportunity to experience a part of the Danish and international film culture which is greatly underestimated and hidden: the short film.

The number of passionate and independent short film producers all around the world is growing and the Danish film and media schools make excellent short films.
There is a lack of opportunities to show these short films though.

We have an initial prescreening by our local jury.
For the official selected films we use a two-part jury; an jury with people from the film industry and an audience jury.
We believe a film is only a big succes if both are excited.
The film industry jury solely pick Best director, actor & actress.
The audience jury solely pick the Audience Award and Audience sweetheart.

We encourage you to submit your work!

Brejning is a town by Vejle Fjord, Denmark, with magnificent nature and a love for sailing. It is an area which has developed from a disability center to a luxury area with an increasing number of households and families, and where old historian buildings and new modern architecturally designed houses excist in harmony.
The number of sports clubs, and the activity level in the area is very high, and the interest in community and culture is great.

And you will not meet more hospitable people than the people in our area! You feel welcome instantly in our intimate screenings, seating up to 50 people at the time

Let us show your work to a culture loving audience and get your story out there!
We love good stories, insightful documentaries, new worlds and films which moves our hearts.

This year we accept film of up to 15 minuttes.

Sign up for news on opening date, program ect on http://filmmakeressentials.brejningfilmfestval.com

Please read ALL the rules :-)

Awards:
Best Film
Best Danish film
Best International Film
Best Animation film
Best Entertainment film
Best Documentary
Best Comedy
Best Children
Best Director
Best Actress
Best Actor
Audience Award
Audience Sweetheart
More categories may be announced at a later date.

Prices:
Winners will receive laurels and a PDF certificate.
Finalists and Official Selections will receive laurels.

This year we expect 150-200 guest during the festival.

Brejning Film Festival (BFF) rules (IMPORTANT):

a) Short films in any language under 15 minutes.

b) We only accept submissions through FilmFreeway and viewed through FilmFreway. Links to films and drive links (ex Google drive) are not accepted.
= Our judges need to view your film in the same rating system at all times or mistakes will happen

c) There is no premiere status requirements or completion date requirements.
=Age and status only matters when it comes to wine.

d) ALL FILMS films, also English and Danish films, MUST contain English subtitles when submitted for consideration (Apply for written messages in silent films as well).
Autogenerated subtitles is NOT accepted.
You will be disqualified instantly if subtitles are missing.
=If we don't understand what the actors are saying, it's really hard to select your film.

e) If selected for screening at the festival, a clean copy of the film (no burned-in subs) and English subtitles in a srt-file must be submitted upon request, as we translate and screen with Danish Subtitles at the event.
BFF with translate the file into Danish, if needed. (Don’t worry. We’ll help you understand what is needed and how to make it, if you get selected).
=We need people of all ages to understand your film, and we'll help you get there.

f) If selected BFF can, free of charge, use parts of your film (including trailer/teaser/film poster) for promotional purpose. We will not misuse this privilege.
=We want people to become interested and show up for the festival.

g) BFF does not pay screening fees, nor do we charge the audience for viewing your film.
=let's focus on the art.

h) Showtime and venue scheduling is at the discretion of the BFF and is subject to change without notice. In case of unforseen events in the world (pandemic/war), the event may be moved, cancelled or held online.
=we really don't hope we have to, unless it's because we can extend the festival.

i) By submitting your film, you declare you have full authority to submit your film to the BFF, and you have obtained all relevant copyright permissions for all materials which are included in the submitted work (including music).
= We don't want any trouble!

j) By submitting a short film you guarantee that you have all legal rights to the work, that you are either the copyright holder or legally represent the copyright holder of the work and that all content (dialogue, music, etc) is either original to the work or that they have obtained all rights and clearances. The submitter agrees to assume all responsibility for damages resulting from the public display of the work, including but not limited to all legal fees associated with copyright infringement claims or contract disputes.
= If your submission causes trouble, you'll have to fix it and pay any bills that may come af a result of the complaint.

k) If needed, BFF will update or change the rules at any time at our own discretion.
= Because the world keeps changing and so will we...

l) All decisions are final and non-debatable.
=We trust the jury

m) After being Official Selected your are not permitted to withdraw your film. If you wish to keep your no-screening status for something bigger: Don't submit your work here.
= We don’t want the jury to redo all their work.

n) All fees are non-refundable in all cases. Errors on your part which disqualifies the film doesn't make the fee refundable.
= we have to handle your film even if something’s wrong with the submission.

o) We do not accept:
- Horror film
- films including excessive violence or sexual content.
- commercials & infomercials
- music videos
- video collages with no storyline
- Films compiled by other filmmakers materials such
= This is a festival for families and we want is to be cozy.

Films which doesn't meet the requirements/rules of the festival will be disqualified and the fee will not be refunded.

Overall Rating
Quality
Value
Communication
Hospitality
Networking
  • Thank to the amazing team of the Brejning Film Festival, our film "Lou" was part of the 2022 official selection. Unfortunately we couldn't physically attend to the festival but the team took the time to share with us the feedback from the jury and the audience. Thanks again for screening our film in Brejning !

    October 2022
  • A very professional medium sized festival in the heart of beautiful Denmar. Good communication with the festival director, and loads of awards for our film. Thanks for a gret setup, and all the best in the future. Christian Krog

    October 2022
  • Nikolaos Falcone Georgiadis

    Great festival good films etc

    October 2022
  • Marcos Altuve

    Thanks for selecting our short film "Happy birthday"

    October 2021
  • Although we were unable to attend this year, we were honoured to have our film, “Eraser" have its Danish Premiere at the 2021 Brejning Film Festival! We are very thankful to the Brejning Film team for their support and encouragement. We look forward to their future festivals and hope to participate again in the future.

    October 2021