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Born in 2012, The Cardiff Mini Film Festival believes that films can be made on very little or no budget, just pure hard work and dedication from the people involved. With this in mind we bring you a festival where money is not the key to a great film, if you are a student, low budget production company or are someone who makes films at home, then this festival is for you. No longer will your entry be obliterated by a big budget production company, if you have the skills to tell a story then you could be the winner of the next Cardiff Mini Film Festival.

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, Kevin Allen (Twin Town), Downton Abbey) Ryan Eddleston (Prevenge), S4C, Ffilm Cymru Wales, Creative Skillset, 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 pride ourselves on being a bit different and you can expect to be watching films in coffee shop vaults, an antiques market, funky bars and 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.

We are supported by Ffilm Cymru Wales and ForCardiff

Awards & Prizes

Best Of Festival
THERE WILL BE A £500/$650 PRIZE FOR THE BEST FILM OF THE FESTIVAL, AS WELL AS A TROPHY

Best International Fiction Short Trophy
Best Welsh Fiction Short Trophy

Best International Fiction Big Spender Trophy
Best Welsh Fiction Big Spender Trophy

Best International Documentary Short Trophy
Best Welsh Documentary Short Trophy

Best International Music Video Trophy
Best Welsh Music Video Trophy

Best International Comedy Short Trophy
Best Welsh Comedy Short Trophy

Best International Animation Trophy
Best Welsh Animation Trophy

Best International Feature Trophy

Best International Twisted Tale Trophy
Best Welsh Twisted Tale Trophy

Best International Female Director Fiction Trophy
Best Welsh Female Director Fiction Trophy

Best International One Minute Wonder Trophy
Best Welsh One Minute Wonder Trophy

Best International Community Film Trophy
Best Welsh Community Film Trophy

Audience Choice Award Trophy
The winner of this category will receive software courtesy of Adobe

There is also a pitch competition with $1500 worth of post production assistance available for the winner.

Rules & Terms

Films must have been made on under £3,000 ($3800) and be under 30 minutes for the short film categories. If your film has been made over this amount you must submit it to the Big Spender Category.

Films must have been made after January 2016.

Our panel comprises of industry judges who are not connected with the festival. Their decision is the final decision.

We may use a short clip of your film in our festival trailer. By submitting you are allowing us to also screen your film at the festival.

There will be no refunds to those who have not read the rules for entry and find out they are not eligible to be considered.

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    Nancy wennan zhang

    Great team! Great festival! Always keep me updated! Thanks for having me to be part of it.

    October 2017
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    Martin Devek

    Although I couldn't go at the festival, I heard great things about it and all the process was smomoth, coordial and professional.
    Many thanks for everything,
    Martin.

    July 2017
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    Response from festival:

    Thanks for the lovely review.

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    William S. Davis

    Jody and the Cardiff Mini Film Festival team were thorough, accommodating and personable throughout the entire process. I appreciated their professionalism and careful curation process, and look forward to submitting work in the future to this festival!

    July 2017
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you so much!

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    Jack Wareing

    Cardiff is a very cool little festival. The people, and the communication was great. I was happy, and appreciative to be selected by them.

    July 2017
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you very much!

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    Anthony Nion

    I could not attend the festival unfortunately but i m very satisfied about my experience, it is a FIVE STAR FESTIVAL. The manager Jody is very nice and you get some updates from her by email and reply to any email. The festival is really well organized and the promotion of movies is very professional. I was enough lucky to win a award and they were really nice to send me a beautiful trophy by mail very quickly and they pay themselves postal costs ! Thank you very much to all your team !

    July 2017
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you for the lovely feedback. We're glad you received your award safely. Congratulations.