About us :
Brussels World Film Festival is a seasonal GOLD FilmFreeway competition to be celebrated at the Brussels city.

We are committed to promote new filmmakers projects and showcase their films to international audiences. Our mission is to screen independent films of all genres from all around the world.

Selection process :
Once you submit your project, it will be reviewed by our screeners team. Film rating will be based on originality and creativity, direction, writing, cinematography, performances, production value, pacing, structure, sound & music.
Films with the highest scores will be part of the Semi Finalist Selection and will receive an email notification with the corresponding laurel. Non-Selected films will also receive an email from FilmFreeway on the notification date.

All Semi-Finalist movies will be watched and reviewed by our Jury who will select the winners.

Awards & Prizes

Prize & Awards
-BEST SHORT
-BEST FIRST TIME FILMMAKER SHORT
-BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHORT
-BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
-BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
-BEST STUDENT SHORT
-BEST ANIMATED SHORT
– BEST DRAMA SHORT
-BEST COMEDY SHORT
-BEST HORROR SHORT
-BEST MUSIC VIDEO
-BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR
-BEST MALE DIRECTOR
-BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR
-BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
-BEST SCREENWRITING
-BEST UNPRODUCED SCRIPT
-BEST ACTOR
-BEST ACTRESS
-BEST NEW ACTOR/ACTRESS
-BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
-BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
-BEST SOUND DESIGN
-BEST EDITING
-BEST PRODUCER
-BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Rules & Terms

Rules & Terms

If you submit your film, you agree with the following rules:

1: Short films must be 40 minutes or less

2: Films must be fully completed prior to the date the project is submitted

3: Films must be submitted with a private link ( Vimeo, YouTube , FilmFreeway ). Other format is currently not accepted.,

4: Films contacting any other language than English must have English subtitles.

5: BFF has no premiere status requirements.

6: All fess are not transferable and not refundable.

7: We don’t not offer fee waivers

8: BFF may use portions of your film ( including trailer/ teaser/ stil/ poster) for promotional purposes.

9: You must own the rights on your form in order to submit.

10: Festvial event dates and times might be delayed or changed.

11: We are not liable for any copyright infringements or unauthorized usage and any conflict should be settled by the parties involved thereof.

12: You are responsible for any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity.

13: Feedback will not be given to non-selected films

14: BFF can consider any film to be disqualified if the festival considers the content inappropriate. If you have any questions regarding this decision, you might contact us.

15: All submissions in personal categories required the name of the person and the category. You can easily send us this information in the cover letter at the FilmFreeway website.

16: Not all the submissions are selected for the official competition. Our Judges are free to make their own choices and no answers will be given about not selected films.
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  • Jonathan Derksen

    We were ecstatic that "Voices for Madidi" was listed as a semi-finalist for the Best Documentary Short category at the Brussels World Film Festival. What an honour!

    May 2025
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  • Listening Raven

    Brussels World Film Festival was an absolute delight. Our humble satirical comedy, REZ, was not submitted to as many festivals as many screenwriters. Have to pinch pennies at times, so we had to pick and choose what we thought were the best. Brussles World Film Festival turned out to be a smart decision. And this screenwriter isn't always known for smart decisions when it comes to investing. Finally made a good one!

    April 2025
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  • Harriet Brennan

    We were delighted that The Master Puppeteer was a semi-finalist in the Brussels World Film Festival. Having this accolade will spur us on in our future filmmaking. We recommend the festival highly to all filmmakers. Thank You!

    January 2025
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  • Vivianne Rosenberg

    Thank you for recognizing The Connecting Betrayal; it's a great story. I am very grateful and honored. Cheers to you all!

    December 2024
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  • Jay Bogdanowitsch

    Brussels World Film Festival is a fantastic Film Festival. My Short Film Comedy FAMILY TRADITIONS was Selected as a SEMI-FINALIST. I highly recommend this Film Festival for any Filmmaker at any point in their Filmmaker Journey!!!

    November 2024
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