We celebrate short films of all kinds! Now in its 24th year, the Extremely Shorts Film Festival is a juried competition of all genres of short films and videos (3 minutes or less) from around the world.

Extremely Shorts is organized by Houston media arts organization Aurora Picture Show, and juried by guest artists, filmmakers, and curators. Each year, 20-25 short works are selected to screen at the two-day festival, held June 4-5. The short format of the festival encourages innovative approaches to filmmaking in a range of genres including narrative, experimental, documentary, and animation.

This festival will be presented both online and in-person.

This year's juror is Adam Piron. Adam Piron (Kiowa & Mohawk) is a member of the Sundance Film Festival’s Short Film programming team. He has also programmed films for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), AFI Fest and Film Independent's LA Film Festival. From 2014 to 2017, he served as a Manager for Sundance Institute's Native American and Indigenous Film Program.

Awards & Prizes

Juror's Choice cash award (main program): $225
Audience Choice cash award (main program): $225

Rules & Terms

Rules: To be considered for entry, your film must be under 3 minutes long, including titles.

Terms & Conditions:

• Your film will be presented in both online and in-person screenings.

• Your film/video will be screened during the Extremely Shorts Film Festival and will be eligible to win a filmmaker award.

• Your film/video may be utilized for promotional purposes of the festival, limited to private screenings and preview-only copies for press and supporters.

• A sample clip of my film/video (up to 30 seconds in length) may be promoted via the Aurora Picture Show web site and Vimeo or YouTube non-profit channels, unless otherwise arranged with Aurora.

• The filmmaker will permit Aurora Picture Show to use their name and stills from my film/video (at least one print-quality version provided upon request) for promotional purposes.

• The filmmaker has the option to give permission for your film to be included on a touring program and in the Aurora Video Library. Filmmakers are always contacted prior to any additional screening.
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  • Ruxandra Mitache

    Thank you very much, I am glad to be part of this year Selection, I really appreciate the communication and the quality of the Festival.

    May 2020
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  • Adam E. Stone

    Very good communication, festival was extremely well organized, and was packaged and delivered very professionally. The festival did a good job of adapting to the current situation and moving to a well-curated online program - something some other festivals have struggled with. I was honored to have a film selected for the fest, and look forward to submitting more films in the future.

    May 2020
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  • Joseph Clift

    Good communication! Great screenings! This fest rules!

    June 2019
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  • Roger Palomino

    This was our first time attending the Aurora Picture Show and submitting to The Extremely Shorts Film Festival. It was an amazing experience seeing our film along with others from the USA and the world come together for this yearly event. I look forward to attending next year!

    June 2019
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  • Lam Can-zhao

    I am honoured that my work War For Keyboard Warriors can be selected for Extremely Shorts.
    Looking forward to the next season

    May 2019
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