HaHaArt Film Festival is searching for the best comedy short films around the world.

By promoting a film festival entirely dedicated to comedy, we aim to give visibility to a film genre too often disregarded as less valuable and with trouble in having its artistic value recognized. The festival has as main goals to encourage, disseminate and promote comedy films, to support new creators, to attract and create new audiences, and to favor exchanges between participants. The screening of the short films in competition in this edition of the HaHaArt Film Festival will take place in the city of Pombal from the 23rd to the 27th of October.

The festival will be promoted by the Cineclube de Pombal in partnership with Município de Pombal.

Best Short Film: 500,00€, trophy and certificate.

Best National Short Film: 500,00€, trophy and certificate.

Best Foreign Short Film Director: 300,00€, trophy and certificate.

Best National Short Film Director: 300,00€, trophy and certificate.

Audience Award: 300,00€, trophy and certificate.

We only accept comedy short films in the Festival competition.

HaHaArt Film Festival allows the submission of comedy short-films produced between 2023 and 2025. They may compete in the following categories:
Official Competition
National Competition

National Competition is dependent on the number of Portuguese films in the official selection, being required to have at least 5 different films for the category to be considered.

Short comedy films with a maximum running time of 40 minutes are admitted to the official competition of the HaHaArt Film Festival.

It is admitted in competition films in any language as long as they are subtitled in either English or Portuguese at the moment of their submission.

It is not admitted in competition works related to the members of the organisation or to the members of the jury.

From each director/producer we allow the maximum of three submissions, that must be all original.

The submitted films can be filmed in any format. They should, however, be submitted in a digital format as close as possible as to a final version for film screening. The accepted formats are: 2K Native (2048 x 1080), 2K Flat (1998 x 1080), and Full HD (1920 x 1080). These files must be compressed in codec H264 (mov / mp4), with AAC audio, with a maximum file size of 15gb.

There can be submissions in DCP (Digital Cinema Package) format as well. The
conditions of these submissions must be discussed with the festival organisation
through geral@hahaartfilmfestival.pt, info@cineclubepombal.pt or
cineclubepombal@gmail.com.

The official selection will be of 30 comedy short-films. This number may vary according to the submissions received by the festival team.

Submissions for the next edition of HaHaArt Film Festival will be open until July 06th 2025. The festival does not ensure the viewing and consideration of films received afterwards.

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  • Absolutely loved this festival. The best I've ever been too. Looking forward to revisiting it, as an invited filmmaker or just as a casual fan.

    November 2024
  • Victor Cesca

    Thank you for the selection of my short film Fortissimo! A great communication and a great hospitality for the filmmakers, one of my best film festival with amazing meetings! I recommend! ♥

    December 2023
  • Siddharth Joshi

    The Festival reps were very clear in their communication, requirements and dates. Extremely patient with my response and quick to follow up. Brilliant marketing and festival poster design. Great film selections. Will definitely attend again.

    November 2023
  • Afonso Cavalcante

    Such a good time!
    Very well-organized and curated this festival had a varied selection of types of comedy that made every session fresh and interesting. Seeing all these films and being able to discuss with like-minded film-makers was an invaluable experience.
    It was also loads of fun.

    November 2023
  • Vanessa Caffin

    Such a fantastic experience. Wonderful people, amazing films. Thank you so much for having me. It was such an honour and a beautiful moment !

    November 2023