1 - GENERAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
The competition is open to films from all over the world, produced in 2025 or 2026 and under 45 minutes in length.
Any short that is strange, bold, fantastic, magical, trash, weird, disturbing, dirty-funny, innovative, provocative, tongue-in-cheek, daring, experimental, gory, scary, abstract or gloomy... is admitted. In one word any short that is able to arouse the viewer's intellect, senses and curiosity.
We do not want to narrow the selection, and we let you be the judge of wether your film has this little something that makes it different.
The selection committee is not due to justify its choices.
The festival does not pay any screening fee for shorts in competition.
2 - FILMS SUBMISSION
Films submission deadline : August, 10th (regular) or August 31st (late).
Films are to be submitted through filmfreeway.com.
The spoken language has to be English or French, or there must be English or French subtitles.
Participation implies the unreserved acceptance of this regulation.
The screening of a selected film can not be canceled by the entrant.
3 - SELECTED FILMS
Results will be announced on November, 15th, 2026.
4 - AWARDED FILMS SCREENING
A screening of the awarded films and the audience favourites will be planned a few days after the end of the festival. Jury Prize and Audience Prize will be shown, as well as the films that will receive the next highest scores at the audience vote.
For this screening, the festival will pay 100€ for each awarded film.
The films with the next best scores at the audience vote will not be paid a screening fee.
If the rights holder of a film does not agree with this screening or the terms of this screening, he shall discuss the matter with the festival before the beginning of the event.
5 - DIRECTORS ATTENDANCE
Travel costs and accommodation of the participants will not be covered by the festival. However, the selected shorts' directors will enjoy a pass for every screening during the festival, if they are attending.
If they plan to attend, the directors are invited to get in touch with the festival as soon as possible, so that we can help them with their trip and their stay.
6 - COPYRIGHT AND LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
The director, the producer or the person in charge commit themselves to owning the music rights, the film rights and the text rights of the works appearing in the selected film. Otherwise, the festival's liability could not be upheld.
Any dispute concerning this regulation and its interpretation should be held before Lyon Tribunal de Grande Instance.
