Regulations Flicks International Student Short Film Festival
Spring 2026, Groningen, The Netherlands
Films are eligible for the Flicks International Student Short Film Festival if:
• The film is no longer than 20 minutes and not shorter than 1 minute;
• The film has a completion date after December 2024, so January 2025 onwards;
• The film is produced or directed by a student, who is attending a high school, college, university or a corresponding educational institution;
• The film has clear-spoken English dialogues or has English subtitles;
• No extremely violent or extremely sexual content.
The makers own or cleared all rights of the submitted materials.
By submitting your film, Flicks International Student Short Film Festival has the right to screen selected films during the festival without paying for any screening fees. Furthermore, Flicks International Student Short Film Festival has the rights to use for promotional purposes before and after the Flicks International Student Short Film Festival of 2026.
How to enter?
To enter the festival, you have to submit your film on filmfreeway.com before the entry deadline of December 20th 2025. Flicks International Student Short Film Festival is allowed to close the deadline earlier if 500 films were submitted.
Please be sure to upload your film subtitled in English if English is not the main language. Don't forget to give us the password to access your film if it's in private.
Selection procedure:
The Flicks International Student Short Film Festival committee will select films that will be shown during the festival. You will receive an e-mail if you are participating.
Authorizations
By submitting an entry to the Flicks International Student Short Film Festival you acknowledge and agree with the following points:
- I am fully authorized to grant permission to the Flicks International Student Short Film Festival for showing my entry during the festival;
- I declare that I own or cleared all the rights of my entry submitted to the Flicks International Student Short Film Festival;
- The Flicks International Student Short Film Festival and their affiliated websites cannot be held responsible in any way for the content of my entry;
- I indemnify and hold harmless the Flicks International Student Short Film Festival from and against all claims and legal expenses in connection with any claim, or third-party claims based on my entry submitted to the Flicks International Student Short Film Festival.
General
The Management and/or board of Flicks International Student Short Film Festival can always decide on exceptions to the regulations. Participation on Flicks International Student Short Film Festival implies acceptance of these regulations and decisions made by the management and board. The management and/or board of the Flicks International Student Short Film Festival decide in all cases where the regulations do not suffice.
