Film Duration: (Short) 10 minutes maximum (Super Short) 3 minutes maximum
Year of Production: Old and new works are welcome.
All films must have Korean OR English subtitles.
One person can submit up to THREE (3) entries.
Judging Process: Films will be judged by professionals/ filmmakers/ artists based in Dolgoji. Decisions of the judges are final.
Live Screening: Only films with “Award Winner” status will be live screened.
NOT SELECTED: It means that your film is not selected for the current edition of DES.
SEMI-FINALISTS: It means that although your work has not been selected for the main competition, the selection committee likes it and decided to give you the Semi-Finalist Laurel. This is the final result for your film.
FINALISTS: It means that your film is nominated for an award but it does not mean it will be live screened.
AWARD WINNER: It means that your film won one of the following awards; Best Experimental Shorts, Best Experimental Student Short, Best Experimental Super Short, Best Experimental Super Short, Jury Awards. Award winning films will be live screened.
Grounds for Disqualification: Films with political, pornographic, violence, racial/sexual/etc. discriminatory contents. If a person submits more than 3 films, only the first 3 submitted films will be considered. The rest of the submissions will be immediately disqualified. Films with online screeners set to private or with wrong passwords are automatically disqualified. Please make sure to check privacy settings and provide correct passwords before submitting.
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The submitter warrants rightful ownership of the film submitted and do not violate any trademark, copyright and any other intellectual and personal rights.
Dolgoji Experimental Shorts (DES) is granted the right to use stills or posters from any film submitted for promotional purposes of the festival.