The Bite Size Film Festival and The Big Short Film Festival kick off their inaugural years with an evening of spine-tingling short films in the heart of Shoreditch. Championing new and emerging filmmakers, this event provides a fantastic opportunity to network with industry professionals and to showcase your work on the big screen, perhaps for the first time ever!

Hosted by London’s intimate Close-Up Cinema, The Bite Size Film Festival is open to all filmmakers from around the world, from any background or level of experience. Selected filmmakers will be invited to attend the screening event on October 30th in Shoreditch. Attendance is not mandatory, but if we loved your work, we would love to meet YOU.

As it will be spooky season, we are looking to showcase the most terrifying short films that the world has to offer. Whether it’s zombies, slashers, or the self-destructive nature of the human soul, we want films that make us leap out of our seats or leave us shaken to our core. Horror, sci-fi and fantasy shorts are preferred, but thrillers or dramas will also be accepted if they illicit the same emotional response.

Doors will open at 6pm. Following the screening, there will be an opportunity to network with fellow filmmakers at a local venue (TBD). The Big Short Film Festival will open for submissions in November, covering all genres of short film.

Awards & Prizes

All submissions selected for inclusion in the festival will receive our Official Selection laurel, as well as an invite to the screening for up to two filmmakers associated with the short. In addition, selected shorts will be promoted via our website and Instagram channels.

All filmmakers, whether selected or not, will receive feedback on their entry.

Rules & Terms

1. Submissions must be entirely original works, with all rights to the media owned by the submitting filmmaker(s).

2. Submissions can be any length, however shorter films are more likely to get selected. Between 5-25 minutes is the sweet spot.

3. Submitted films may have been made any time between January 2023 and the date of the screening.

4. We do not require first screening rights. Submitted films may have been screened, placed or awarded in other festivals.

5. Films primarily in languages other than English must include English subtitles.

6. Submissions must not be pornographic in nature.

7. All selected films will need to be made available to the festival organisers in MP4 format.