SUBMITTING THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY POSSIBLE ONLY WITH A WAIVER CODE until March 29, 2024.

"๐๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ. ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ข๐›๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ!" Romanian film director, Goran Mihailov

โœจFilmFreeway has ranked our festival, among the ๐“๐Ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐๐„๐’๐“ ๐‘๐„๐•๐ˆ๐„๐–๐„๐ƒ ๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ ๐…๐„๐’๐“๐ˆ๐•๐€๐‹๐’ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐ญ๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐.

๐„๐”๐‘๐Ž๐๐„๐€๐ ๐’๐‡๐Ž๐‘๐“ ๐€๐–๐€๐‘๐ƒ๐’: ๐€ ๐–๐€๐‘๐ ๐–๐„๐‹๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐„!

Once a year, we host a Film Festival with live screenings in ๐Œ๐š๐๐ซ๐ข๐, ๐’๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ง, and ๐๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ž, ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ณ๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ. Our primary mission is to discover and promote talented filmmakers worldwide, providing them with a platform to showcase their work to the public. Joining our festival presents a fantastic opportunity to engage in international competition and gain recognition on a global scale. The festival is mainly devoted to the presentation of short films, it is interested not only in European short films, but also in world ones. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž, ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง, ๐€๐ฌ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ.

We have already presented several interesting films at the festival, which are definitely worth mentioning. At the festival we presented:
โœ… already more than ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐”๐๐ˆ
โœ… some films from the festival are streamed on ๐๐„๐“๐…๐‹๐ˆ๐—, ๐€๐Œ๐€๐™๐Ž๐ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐Œ๐„ or ๐‡๐๐Ž ๐Œ๐€๐—
โœ… the film Memories Of Crossing, which won the main prize at our festival, was co-produced by the ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ž ๐'๐Ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ–, ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐‚๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ง
โœ… the representative of Finland in the ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐จ๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ โ€“ The Rasmus โ€“ Jezebel were participants of the festival
โœ… in the movie "I wish for you", the actor ๐‰๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, known in movies like ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐†๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ข, ๐™๐š๐œ๐ค ๐’๐ง๐ฒ๐๐ž๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐‹๐ž๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ž, ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐’๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ง, ๐ƒ๐ข๐ž ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ and many others.

๐Œ๐„๐„๐“ ๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐‰๐”๐‘๐˜
๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ง๐๐ซ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐๐จ, born in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 1, 1979. 30 years in the audiovisual world. More than 300 awards and nominations at festivals around the world. Directing and Producing short formats, web series, TV Shows, documentaries, interviews, etc. for film festivals, cinema and television (RTS - Swiss National Televison), TV5 Monde any many others. Member of Swiss Films and Swiss Society of Authors.

๐‹๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ญ๐š ๐…๐ž๐ฃ๐ณ๐š๐ฃ ๐‰๐š๐ฎ๐ฉ๐š๐ฃ is the author of several books and screenplays. Her work won several awards at international film festivals. Among her successful projects are the films "Bolero in the Elders' House", "The Skin of a Dog" and "The Ring". Her talent and creativity are recognized all over the world.

๐๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ ๐„๐๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐๐จ was born in Cochabamba, Bolivia on January 13, 1997. In 2018, he started his training at SAE Institute Geneva in "Digital Film Production" where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in 2021. During these three years of studying, he developed his abilities and finally got answers to all of his questions. He directed short films: "Hopeless", "Zugzwang", "Hikikomori", the documentary "Unsecure" and the fictional commercial "Salomon". He had the opportunity to take part in the shoots of my other classmates as a script supervisor, lighting supervisor and 1st assistant director.

European Short Awards aims to present the selection films to a wide audience. That's why we decided that the festival will be held in two places at the same time. The festival will screen films from directors from ๐–๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐๐ซ๐ข๐, films from directors from ๐„๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ž, Czech Republic. The selection will also include films from other continents, because our goal is also to present films from different cultures of the world.

The ๐‹๐ˆ๐•๐„ ๐’๐‚๐‘๐„๐„๐๐ˆ๐๐† will be held in two places at the same time - Madrid (Spain) ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ in the Artistic Metropol and in Prague (Czech Republic) in the Kino Pilotu. This year, the festival will also bring several interesting films from the ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฌ. You have something to look forward to. It will be a real celebration of the film!

The festival in Madrid will be held on April 26, 2024 in the ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐Œ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ and at the same time a screening will take place in ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ž (as part of the Prague International Film Awards festival): https://filmfreeway.com/EuropeanShortAwards/tickets

๐Ÿ’ฐ$๐Ÿ“,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐ˆ๐ ๐’๐„๐‘๐•๐ˆ๐‚๐„๐’ ๐๐‘๐ˆ๐™๐„๐’ ๐€๐๐๐”๐€๐‹๐‹๐˜
Every winning film in Main Category will receive:
VIP Interview (valued at $99)
Trailer Publication on Our YouTube Channel (valued at $99)
Inclusion of Your Project in Our Online Library (valued at $99)

More than 6,000 filmmakers from all over the world have trusted the judgment of our festival. ๐‰๐Ž๐ˆ๐ ๐”๐’ ๐€๐๐ƒ ๐ƒ๐Ž๐'๐“ ๐Œ๐ˆ๐’๐’ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Ž๐๐๐Ž๐‘๐“๐”๐๐ˆ๐“๐˜ ๐“๐Ž ๐๐„ ๐ˆ๐ ๐“๐‡๐„ ๐Ž๐…๐…๐ˆ๐‚๐ˆ๐€๐‹ ๐’๐„๐‹๐„๐‚๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐–๐ˆ๐“๐‡ ๐Œ๐€๐๐˜ ๐๐”๐€๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐˜ ๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐Œ๐’ ๐…๐‘๐Ž๐Œ ๐‚๐€๐๐๐„๐’, ๐๐„๐‘๐‹๐ˆ๐๐€๐‹๐„ ๐Ž๐‘ ๐•๐„๐๐ˆ๐‚๐„!

๐Œ๐€๐ˆ๐ ๐‚๐€๐“๐„๐†๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐’

GRAND PRIX: European Short Film
GRAND PRIX: European Short Documentary
GRAND PRIX: European Super Short Film
GRAND PRIX: Best American Short Film
GRAND PRIX: Best Asian Short Film
GRAND PRIX: Best Music Video
GRAND PRIX: Best Short Script

๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ (๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ):

Best Student Film
Best Indie Short Film
Best Animation
Best Experimental
Best Director Short Film
Best Director Super Short Film
Best First Time Director (Short)
Best Director Student Film
Best Director Music Video

๐’๐๐„๐‚๐ˆ๐€๐‹ ๐‚๐€๐“๐„๐†๐Ž๐‘๐ˆ๐„๐’

Best Web/TV Series
Best Drama
Best Comedy
Best Horror
Best Thriller
Best Sci-fi
Best Fantasy
Best LGBTQ
Best Mobile Phone Short
Best Inspirational
Best Action
Best Actor Short Film
Best Actress Short Film
Best Editing
Best Sound Design
Best VFX
Best Cinematography
Best Production
โœ๏ธ Drama Screenplay
โœ๏ธ Comedy Screenplay
โœ๏ธ Thriller Screenplay
โœ๏ธ Horror Screenplay
โœ๏ธ Sci-fi Screenplay
โœ๏ธ Television Script - Pilot

1. All films that are not in English, must have English language subtitles. English movies do not have subtitles.
2. No fee waiver. All entry fees are non-refundable.
3. Multiple entries from the same submitter are accepted.
4. The film must be produced after January 1, 2021.
5. The decision of the festival selection committee will be final.
6. The festival authorities will have the right to retain copies of each film and the material send as part of our festival library & can be screened in for Education, promotion, awareness & commercial purposes.
7. The excerpts from films send for European Short Awards can be shown on the Int. T.V. / Local Network / Internet etc. For Promotional / Publicity.
8. Films that are submitted must be the entrantโ€™s original work and shall not infringe on any copyrights or any other rights of any third Parties. Contestants agree that they have obtained all required copyright permissions regarding music, sound & images. Etc presented in their film.
9. European Short Awards organizers reserve rights change, cancel or re-schedule the dates, venue, awards & categories without consent or information to contestants.
10. The organizers reserve the right not to award any or all of the prizes.

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  • Goran Mihailov

    "Being part of this festival was a wonderful surprise, and receiving an award for my film brought immense joy. The platform provided to showcase my work among talented filmmakers was fantastic. Excited for future editions and the opportunity to contribute to this vibrant film community!"

    November 2023
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    Response from festival:

    It's amazing to hear these positive words from you!
    We believe that one day we will meet in person! You are a talented artist!

  • Paul Hollingsworth

    Thank you for selecting our film "Weirdos" for the European Short Awards.

    November 2023
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    Response from festival:

    Thanks for your feedback! It's amazing to hear such nice words!

  • Thank you to the festival for our, 'Best Indie Short' award. We appreciated the communication from the festival and classy laurels which we promote proudly. Thank you!

    November 2023
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    Response from festival:

    We are glad that you were part of our competition!
    It's great that your work has raised the level of our festival!

  • Big thank you for your good communication and organization! We are very happy that you selected our film EarthLove.
    So EarthLove to you!

    October 2023
  • Antonio Piras

    Nicely organized and pleasant. Thanks for selecting our project.

    October 2023