HiShorts! Film Festival

Submission Guidelines:
1)The running time of the submitted work must be within 40 minutes (including opening and closing credits).

2)The short film must have been completed after January 1, 2025 (no premiere requirement).

3)At least one of the key creatives of the submitted work (including director, producer, and screenwriter) must be of Chinese heritage (including those who hold identification from Mainland China, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region, the Taiwan region, or are overseas Chinese).

4)The entrant must be the legal copyright holder of the work, or have obtained authorization from the copyright owner, and provide relevant supporting documents or authorization upon request by the organizing committee as necessary.

5)If any version of the submitted work (including re-edited versions) has been previously submitted to past editions of the HiShorts! competition, or has been publicly screened in past editions of the HiShorts! main competition, the short film is ineligible for entry.

6)The main competition section this year only accepts non-AIGC (Artificial Intelligence Generated Content) visual works. Short films that use AI-generated technology in whole or in part to create imagery, shots, or core visual content are not accepted for this selection. For AIGC works, please look forward to the dedicated AI film unit to be launched by HiShorts! later on. Details will be announced separately; please continue to follow official channels.

7)Each short film may only be submitted to one category.

Submission Materials and Procedure：
Short Film Version Format Requirements

1)Video file must be in MOV or MP4 format, H.264 encoding;

2)File size must not exceed 5GB, resolution no lower than 1080P; the source file may be replaced after shortlisting;

3)The download link and file must remain valid until January 2027;

4)The submitted short film version must include both Chinese and English subtitles.

Other Submission Materials

1)Vertical poster, 300 dpi resolution;

2)At least 3 film stills, 300 dpi resolution;

3)Director’s photo;

4)Trailer, within 1 minute (if available);

5)Press kit (official promotional material package of the film, if available).

*If items (4) and (5) are available, please provide the complete materials to the greatest extent possible, to facilitate our production of brand promotional materials. The short film can be submitted via cloud upload.

Rules for Selected :
1)Use of Information: Once a submitted work is shortlisted, the film information and related materials provided in the online entry form will be presented in the festival program guide, official website, and online and offline promotional materials. The filmmaker must cooperate with the organizing committee in providing the promotional materials required for the festival (used for but not limited to the festival program guide, film posters, flyers, etc.) and relevant authorizations.

2)During the event period, the HiShorts! organizing committee is not required to pay screening authorization fees for the submitted works.

3)If a short film is shortlisted, nominated, or awarded, the entrant allows and authorizes the use of the short film and other materials as content of the HiShorts! Short Film Festival for public screenings worldwide and subsequent event promotion, with the authorization period being one year.

4)The festival may use the submitted works for special screenings held in other activities outside the festival period (e.g., university tour screenings, online screenings, etc.). We will contact the filmmaker to obtain authorization at that time.

5)All shortlisting and award information shall be subject to the announcements on the official HiShorts! WeChat public account. After a short film is shortlisted or awarded, the organizing committee will provide the corresponding laurel logo. The short film must display the HiShorts! shortlist or award logo in all subsequent promotional materials, and the award logo may not be altered without authorization.

6)The entrant must be the legal holder of the work and must ensure that the copyright holder has cleared the rights to any copyrighted material included in the submitted work. The organizing committee will not be responsible for any actions related to the unauthorized inclusion of any copyrighted material in the submitted short film. The organizing committee reserves the right to disqualify any short film from the competition/screening that includes unauthorized content.

7)For works that infringe upon the copyrights of others, the HiShorts! organizing committee reserves the right to cancel their eligibility for the competition.

【参赛须知】
1）参赛作品时长须在40分钟以内（含片头片尾）；
2）参赛短片制作完成于2025年1月1日后（无首映要求）；
3）参赛作品的主创（包含导演、制片人、编剧），必须至少有一位是华人背景（包括中国大陆地区、香港特别行政区、澳门特别行政区、台湾地区籍身份或海外华人）；
4）参赛作者须是作品版权合法持有人，或得到版权方的授权，并在需要的情况下按组委会要求提供相关证明文件或授权；
5）如参赛作品的任何版本（包括重新剪辑的情况）曾投递往届HiShorts! 竞赛、或曾在往届HiShorts! 主竞赛公开展映，则短片不具备参赛资格。
6）本届主竞赛单元仅接受非AIGC（人工智能生成内容）影像作品投递，不接受全部或部分使用AI生成技术制作画面、镜头或核心视觉内容的短片参与本次评选。AIGC类作品敬请期待HiShorts!后续开放的AI影像特设单元，详情将另行公布，请持续关注官方渠道。
7）每部短片仅可投递一个单元。

【报名材料及步骤】
短片版本格式要求
1）视频文件限 MOV 或 MP4 格式，H.264 编码；
2）大小不超过 5GB，规格不低于 1080P；入围后可更换片源；
3）必须保证下载链接及文件有效期在 2027年1月前；
4）提供的短片版本需配有中英文双语字幕。
其它提交材料
1）竖版海报，300dpi 分辨率；
2）剧照不少于 3 张，300dpi 分辨率；
3）导演照片；
4）预告片，1 分钟以内（如有需提供）；
5）Presskit（影片官方宣传物料包，如有需提供）。
*如有（4）（5）完整资料请尽量提供，便于我们制作品牌推广物料。短片可通过云端上传方式提交。

【入围须知】
1）信息使用：参赛作品一经入围, 其线上报名表中涉及的短片信息和相关材料将呈现于电影节手册、官网、线上及线下传播资料中。作者须配合组委会提供影展所需的宣传物料(用于包括但不限于影展手册、电影海报、宣传单页等)及相关授权。
2）活动期间内的放映, HiShorts! 组委会无需支付参赛作品放映授权费。
3）如短片入围、提名或获奖, 投片人允许并授权该短片和其他物料供 HiShorts! 作为短片节内容在全球范围进行对外公开展映和后续活动宣传等使用, 授权期限1年。
4）影展可能将参赛作品用于非影展期间其他活动中进行的特别放映（例如高校巡展、线上展映等）。届时我们将联系作者获取授权。
5）所有入围及颁奖信息均以 HiShorts! 微信公众号公布为准。短片入围及获奖后, 组委会将会提供相应桂冠标识, 短片须在后续所有宣传材料中呈现 HiShorts! 入围或奖项标识, 奖项标识不得擅自修改。
6）投片人必须是作品的合法持有者, 需确保版权持有人对所提交的作品中的任何版权材料许可。组委会将不对未经授权将任何版权材料列入所提交短片的相关行为负责。组委会将保留权利，取消任何未经授权的短片的竞赛/展映资格。
7）对于侵犯他人著作权的作品，HiShorts！组委会有权取消其参赛资格。