We are an international film festival for students, graduates and emerging artists - currently based in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area UK and expanding to London too!

Come to celebrate & showcase your work. Our festival encourages networking with like-minded creatives and finding your next collaborators.

Every year we bring industry professionals as guest speakers for you to listen to, ask questions to, and speak with.

Create.
Connect.
Collaborate.

This is a short film festival - any style, genre, narrative - we want to hear your stories.

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We are proudly sponsored by Talk More Together:

"Talk More Together is a movement sparking honest conversations about mental health and connection. We empower students, educators, and corporate teams with cutting-edge training, creative workshops, and digital resources grounded in evidence-based research, all designed to dismantle stigma and build resilient, compassionate communities. Whether in universities or boardrooms, TMT helps people unlock their potential by creating authentic support and meaningful dialogue. Because real change starts when we talk more together"

- Amelia Shipton, Founder & CEO

We champion for the rights, respect & love for all.

Awards & Prizes

Audience Award for Best Overall Film

Best Director
Best Cinematography
Best Production Design
Best Performance
Best Screenplay

(Depending on submissions)
Best Animation
Best Documentary

Rules & Terms

Here at Electric Film we celebrate true human creativity and artistry. We have a strict no generative A.I. policy for any submissions. We do however allow the use of A.I. as a tool to assist in areas that are appropriate.

A.I. CAN be used for the following:

● Visual Effects workflows (e.g. masking, object removal etc...)

● Referencing gen A.I. in appropriate context

A.I. CANNOT be used for the following:

● Generated/modified music

● Generated/modified scenery

● Generated/modified people/characters

● Generated/modified screenplays

● Generated special effects

General Rules:

● 2 to 15 minute runtime

● Minimum 1080p resolution

● 24/25/30 frames per second

● Non-English films must include subtitles

● Must include required crew information, director's statement, etc...

● Appropriate accreditation is required for all rolls and third-party material used

● Must be prepared to send film in DCP format if accepted into the festival

More:

● In order to be eligible for an award, the nominee cannot be an industry professional.

● Publicity - We reserve the right to use extracts from submissions for festival publicity and marketing purposes. Press kits are not required, but are useful, so please feel free to send these with your submissions

● The screening schedule will be announced after the final submission deadline

● If you are from a country in economic crisis and struggle to send money/are restricted because of this - please email electricfilmfestival@gmail.com expressing that you require a fee waiver code

● Similarly, if you are from a low income background or are currently struggling financially (whatever country you are from) please email electricfilmfestival@gmail.com

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
By submitting to our festival, we will utilise any personal data that you submit to us as part of the details of your submission, to evaluate your submission for the purposes of the festival. We will store your data to contact you about future festivals and events that you may be interested in from either ourselves or third parties.
We will also use your data as part of our internal surveys to assess the number of submissions for the festival and where submissions came from and from what category.
You are in control of your data and should you wish to delete your data, you may request us to do this at anytime.
Asking us to delete your data before the end of the festival, will delete your submission from the festival and no refunds will be given.
To withdraw consent to use your data and delete it from our systems, please email us with your request.