The Cardiff Mini Film Festival has been taking over unusual venues to screen film since 2012. To ensure any newcomers to the industry aren't obliterated by any high budget production companies we separate our fiction programming into high budget and low budget, so please ensure you tell us what your budget was for the actual making of the film (marketing and distribution excluded).
You can expect to watch a film in a coffee shop vault, a shopping centre basement, an antiques market, themed bars and any other fantastic unusual venues we can get our hands on. This is a festival for those that like to mingle with a drink throughout the day whilst enjoying the best up and coming short films.
All kinds of people come to our festival, from actors to musicians, as well as special guests from within the industry which in the past have included Boyd Clack (Twin Town, Satellite City, High Hopes), Kirsten Jones (Satellite City, High Hopes), Philip John (Being Human, Downton Abbey), Kevin Allen (Twin Town), Ryan Eddleston (Prevenge), S4C, Ffilm Cymru Wales, Creative Skillset, Festival Formula, Cult Cymru and many more people to meet to discuss your career in the industry.
We also screen many special under distributed films for those film lovers out there, in underused spaces such as bars and empty shops.
We are supported by Ffilm Cymru Wales and the BFI.
Best International Fiction Short Trophy (Low budget)
Best International Fiction Big Spender Trophy (High Budget)
Best International Female Director Fiction Trophy
Best International Documentary Short Trophy
Best International Music Video Trophy
Best International Twisted Tale Trophy
Best International One Minute Wonder Trophy
Best Welsh Film Trophy
Audience Choice Award Trophy
The winner of this category will receive software courtesy of Adobe
There is also a pitch competition with £6000/$6650 worth of prizes and mentor assistance available for the winner.
