Luminous Frames is an international film and photography festival that is based in Denmark and held annually in one of the three countries of Armenia, Denmark, and Georgia.
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After two years of holding the festival with three successful seasons in Denmark, In line with its primary goal of supporting short films around the world by creating more physical screening opportunities, the festival succeeded in expanding the screening of its films in other countries as well.
Armenia and Georgia were home to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions of the festival. Now we are proud to announce that the seventh edition of the Luminous Frames Film Festival will be held at NPAK Experimental Arts Center from May 14 to 18, 2025 in Yerevan, Armenia.
Luminous Frames is looking for independent short films in all genres, especially those which have been historically underrepresented. Our priority is not only on Gender and ethnic diversity, human rights, and environmental issues, but also on good ideas and coherent cinematic structure.
Discover our unique and interesting categories: Seasonal Theme, Minority Report (short film review), The Bounty (feature film review), and Memento.
Luminous Frames is one of the few festivals that accepts submissions in each sub-category independently.
We also have a Photography Contest with various categories for passionate and professional photographers, whose work will be judged by an explicit jury panel.
Luminous Frames is a home for independent photographers who are looking for an international platform to showcase their artwork.
Check the Rules & Terms on this page and for more information visit the festival website.
All applicants are eligible to submit their work for multiple categories.
Luminous Frames aims to start its Academy of Education and Film Clubs in Canada, Denmark, Brazil, South Africa, Turkey, Armenia and Georgia.
By attracting university lecturers and creative artists as our professional critics, Luminous Frames intends to establish itself as a reputable web magazine in the field of film and photography reviews.
We have special promotions for our official selections and the winners at the end of each edition.
All officially selected films will have a live screening at the end of each edition.
All accepted entries are promoted through our social media and website.
All the winners will have a Q&A interview session on our website.
All officially selected projects of each edition will receive the Luminous Frames laurel.
All the winners of each edition will receive the Luminous Frames certificate.
All the winners of each edition will receive the Luminous Frames special trophy.
We pay special tribute to our winners in the Luminous Frames, annual winners of the festival may be selected as honorary members of the jury panel for the next edition, and in addition to judging the films, they will receive a festival's special jury badge.
We believe that good films should be watched many times. Therefore, all the winning films in each edition of the festival may be selected for special screening in the following editions as well.
We also have various awards for Photography Contest:
Winners are promoted through our social media and website.
Winners of each genre will be promoted with an introduction post on Luminous Frames social networks.
Winners of each genre will receive the Luminous Frames certificates.
Winners are showcased at the online Winners Gallery.
Winners of each genre will receive a review of their picture which will publish on the Luminous Frames website.
The winners of each edition of the photography contest may be chosen as honorary members of the jury of the next edition of the festival, and in addition to judging the photos, they will receive a festival's special jury badge.
The categories of awards for movies:
Best Narrative Short
Best Documentary Short
Best Animation Short
Best Experimental Short
Best Music Video
Best Director
Best Short Script
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Best Visual FX & Sound Design
Best Production Design
Best Custom Design
Best Makeup