The Max Sir International Film Festival brings art-focused films from all over the globe to viewers. The festival event showcases works in art & theater documentaries and shorts.
The festival will feature competitive categories:

- narrative short film (narrative short movies up to 10 minutes connected to the art topic)

- documentary short film (films about creating arts as well as paintings)

- animation (connected to the art topic)

- short movies made using AI

- theater showcases (theater plays or their parts can be recorded like a promotion of plays)

This will be the third year of the festival. The first edition was held in Costa Rica, gathering more than 3000 groups of filmmakers from more than 143 countries which made the festival the most popular in the country. The second year was held in Ukraine in the Lviv Art Palace, connecting more than 6000 filmmakers from more than 160 countries. The country of the next edition will be revealed soon, so keep on checking our website (https://maxsirfilmfest.com/) and our instagram page (@maxsiriff) for the country/countries update.

Awards & Prizes

The participants of the festival will get access to our web platform which provides a filmmakers community, as well as workshops from experts in different disciplines in cinematography. The winners of the competitive categories will be eligible to make their own classes on the platform and compete for an award made by Max Sir.

We are already grateful that you are a part of this festival.

Rules & Terms

1. Entries must be short films (up to 10 minutes) related to the theme of art, including theater, painting/drawing, sculpture and art-related topics.

2. Entrants must have the copyright for music used in the films.

3. All entries must be submitted with English subtitles (if that is needed).

4. Entrants must agree to have their films screened and released at the Max Sir International Film Festival (if that is necessary for the program).

5. Entries must be submitted in digital format via FilmFreeway platform.

6. Entries must be received by the deadlines mentioned on the page.

7. Films can be of any year of production.

8. Official selection does not necessarily mean the film's showcasing.

9. The submissions are non-refundable.

10. Good luck for everyone and thank you for being a part of our festival.

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  • Shaqir Veseli

    I Want to thank the festival judges for selecting my work in such a wonderful film festival , for me its a pleasure to be part of this amazing project

    September 2024
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  • Leonardo Thimo

    Thank you very much for selecting my short movies.

    Kindly regards Leonardo Thimo
    We Appreciate it 🙏

    September 2024
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    Our judges were highly impressed by your work

  • BASKARAN YESU

    I couldn't measure my pleasure exciting because my film selected in Max Sir International Film Festival unforgettable moment Max Sir will reach very very top position Very good selection process well God bless you❤

    September 2024
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  • Ileana GĂłmez

    Thank you so much for selecting my shortfilm!!!!!

    September 2024
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  • Nilram Ranjbar

    Thank you for nice festival

    October 2024
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