Kurzfilm Festival Kufstein

FILM REQUIREMENTS

- Minimum duration: 1 minute

- Maximum duration: 30 minutes

- Country of production: all countries

- Year of production: 2019 or later

- Type: Feature film, Documentary, Animation film, Student film, Experimental

- The subject of the film must respect the theme of the festival: “Turning Point: Movements of Change” . Further description – see above.

- Films offending human dignity or supporting any crime and discrimination against individuals or groups of people based “on racial or ethnic origin, religious or other beliefs, disability, age or sexual orientation” as well as films violating any third party’s lawful rights, including intellectual property rights, are not eligible for participation.

- All movies must be submitted with English subtitles. Without subtitles, the short film cannot be considered. Separate .srt files are not permitted.

- All movies must be submitted with English script.

- Eligible format for screening copies are MP4 or .mov.

- The selected films must not be shown to a public audience in Tyrol in the time between September 2026 and the end of October 2026.

- An image from the movie with a width of 340,7 and a height of 171,3 px must be submitted alongside the movie. With the submission, the filmmakers give permission to use short excerpts or screenshots from the submitted films for promotional purposes if their film is selected.

› With the submission the filmmakers give permission to use short excerpts or screenshots from the submitted films for promotional purposes if their film gets selected.

› Filmmakers are responsible for copyrights.

› With the submission the filmmakers give permission to save information about the film for internal purposes. Personal data is not passed on to third parties.

SUBMISSION INFORMATION

- A film can be submitted only once.

- A maximum of three films per director is permitted.

- Participants must be 18 years or older to participate.

- The submission is open from 28 May until 19 July 2026. Late submissions will not be considered.

- The submission is open to all countries.

- The submission fee is 5 euros.

- Every submitter will receive a notification about the result of the selection screening.

- Submissions must be made via the online submission platform FilmFreeway. Any submissions via e-mail are not considered. Film entry via this platform is binding and implies acceptance of these and the platform’s regulations.

- A withdrawal from the selection must be written via an email to kurzfilmfestival@fh-kufstein.ac.at and must take place before 31 August 2026.

SELECTED SHORTFILMS

- All selected films will be shown during the film festival.

REVIEW PROCESS

The submitted films will be viewed and selected by the organizing team. (This is apart from the juries and the audience awards). It is explicitly stated that the participant has no right to claim reimbursement of costs or any other services. Also, participants are not entitled to claim screening or rental fees for the screening of their films in the context of the film festival.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

By submitting a short film, the Participant guarantees that they are authorized to submit the film, hold all usage rights to the movie, not infringing any third-party rights. The organizer is free from any liability regarding claims of third parties in this context – the participant holds sole responsibility for any infringement of copyrights or any other rights of third parties. This includes that the participant makes sure that all third parties connected to the production agree to its participation in the festival.

The Participant grant the Kurzfilm Festival Kufstein free of charge the non-exclusive, sub-licensable right without any territorial restrictions to use the film as well as the press and promotional material and the trailer/film excerpt for the purpose of the presentation of the film at the Kurzfilm Festival Kufstein, in particular for this purpose to copy the film wholly or in part, not limited to the originally used image and sound storage medium, to distribute, publicly display, screen or broadcast it, to make it available for access and to enter it into electronic databases and data networks. The organizer is further entitled to make editorial edits to content provided by the participants.

As we would like to include German-speaking attendees during our event, we plan to provide German subtitles. With their submission, the Participant allows the translation of the subtitles.

GENERAL DATA PROTECTION

By submitting a short film, the participant agrees that their data is saved and processed in the framework of the festival. They further agree to send relevant information via email if necessary. Personal data will not be forwarded to third parties.

The participant gives consent to having their name published in relevant media (e.g., social media, press release, program brochure). Photographs, trailers, synopsis, etc. may be published by the organizer for promotional purposes for which the organizer has the participant’s permission. In the context of promotion, relevant information might be forwarded to third parties.

The organizer is not liable for material or financial damage caused by slight negligence.

By submitting a short film, the participant agrees to the rules and regulations mentioned above.

COMPLIANCE

The Kurzfilm Festival Kufstein 2026 team is committed to supporting diversity, equality, and sustainability. Therefore, we strongly encourage gender and cultural diversity in the movies submitted. Short films from emerging artists and cinematography students are encouraged, too.

The Kurzfilm Festival Kufstein is an FH Kufstein Tirol event organised by students from the master’s degree programme Sports, Culture & Event Management (MA). For more information about the University of Applied Sciences Kufstein Tirol, please visit the website (https://www.fh-kufstein.ac.at/).