Sunday Shorts Film Festival

"Such a wonderful festival, brilliantly run by a wonderful team"
"The quickest, most in-depth response I’ve received from a festival."
"The communication and feedback provided are second-to-none."

Better than a film festival and script competition combined, Sunday Shorts provides feedback on submissions, hosts film and script events every month, and culminates with a Film Festival of screenings, networking and awards.

COVID-19 UPDATE: From 5th May, we'll be returning to in-person events in Lisbon, Portugal's historical capital, fast becoming the creative and start-up hub of Europe. However, we are continuing to offer free live streams of the programs on Facebook, and host script readings on Zoom.

ONLY IN 2020: A new category for short films that could only have been made in 2020/21, intended for future themed programs, such as Lockdown, but also eligible for Official Selection and subsequent awards. Includes all genres and styles as long as the subject is relevant to the year 2020

☻ Script Judging - All short scripts are read to the end by the programmer and receive short feedback as standard, and short-listed scripts are read by the festival director. We're looking for scripts with the most potential, that have utilised the screenplay medium.

☻ Film Judging - All submissions are watched in their entirety by a programmer and/or the festival director. Feedback can be added to any submission for as little as $1 extra. Each judge selects and shares their favourites, before collaboratively curating a diverse program of different genres, styles and lengths.

☻ Q&As - We emphasise the importance of sharing our experiences, and strive to present a Q&A along with every official selection. Filmmakers are encouraged to attend their screening, but also have the opportunity to pre-record a Q&A video.

☻ Semi-Finalists - We award Semi-Finalist status to only a handful of projects that we really liked, but are unable to include in the current program. Semi-Finalists also receive a laurel, are promoted on social media, and are considered for future programs.