MAX3MIN Film Festival

Rules & Terms
Entering a film and its participation in the Festival imply acceptance in full of the following Regulations.
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ORGANIZATION
MAX3MIN - Very Short Film Festival is organized and subsidized by the Association 3Dici. Other private partners support the project. From its very first edition (March 2020), the Festival has had the patronage of Milan City Council.

OBJECTIVES
MAX3MIN – Very Short Film Festival looks for and gives space to the talents of new cinema, showing their works to the public in every corner of the world, promoting an inclusive and democratic cinema. The two competitive sections aim to reflect the present, with particular attention to emerging cinemas, different perspectives and innovative languages.

GENERAL INFORMATION
The fifth edition of MAX3MIN - Very Short film Festival will be held in May 2026. In the case of events of force majeure or emergency, the Festival Organizers may modify the formula of the festival.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
In the fifth edition there will be one single competition.

Short films with a maximum running time of 3 minutes 59 seconds (excluding credits) completed since 1st January 2024 are admitted to the International Competition.
From one to a maximum of 3 films per author are accepted.

Short films of every genre, topic and nationality are accepted. All the short films must be presented in their original language subtitled in English for the preselection phase. Complete documentation will be requested subsequently only for the films invited to the Festival and a list of the materials requested will be provided.

The selection of the short films will be made by the Selection Committee, with their decision being final, on the basis of the artistic qualities of the works presented and on the overall composition of the programme. The Festival does not communicate the reasons for failure to be selected.
The selected works will be contacted by the Festival Programme Office, which will inform them of the documentation and the materials requested for participation in the festival, which must be received by and no later than 27th February, on pain of exclusion from the Festival.

HOW TO SUBMIT
Entries can be made free of charge until November 25th 2025.

Each author may enter free of charge up to 3 short films with a maximum running time of 3 minutes (3’ 59” credits excluded).
There is one extension of the closing date: for those who are not able to enter their film by 25th November 2025, they can request entry until 31st December 2025 (Late Deadline), paying an entry fee of euro 10. In this case, only the films that have made the payment of the entry fee will be considered for selection. In the event of withdrawing the entry, or in the case in which the film is not selected or cannot be selected, the payment will not be refunded.

Films (from one to a maximum of 3 films per author) are entered on https://filmfreeway.com/MAX3MIN

GENERAL RULES
The contents of the works presented in the competition (images, sounds, animations) must comply with the legislation currently in force on copyright;

Admission to the Festival must be considered confidential until the list of works admitted is published on the Festival’s channels of communication;

With the entry of the film(s), MAX3MIN is authorized to share/publish the poster, the synopsis, the trailer and clips up to a maximum running length of 15” on the Festival’s channels (website, social media…) or for other promotional non-commercial purposes that MAX3MIN will deem necessary;

Through entering the film, authorization is given to include the short film in the MAX3MIN - Very Short Film Festival archive, for archive and research purposes, to allow its screening during other collateral initiatives organized by MAX3MIN not for commercial purposes up to a maximum of 1 year after the end of the festival.

The Festival does not offer any screening fee for the films selected;

Through free of charge registration on the website www.max3min.com, the Festival is authorized to treat the personal information requested in the respect of the GDPR and the privacy policy available on the same website.