Greetings Filmmakers to our IMDb qualifying film festival!

Submissions are now open for the next UK Seasonal Short Film Festival.

The directors of the festival are filmmakers, performers and marketers who have been involved in the UK media industry for over 15 years. It's a great pleasure to be able to screen rising talents and their work and to see audiences appreciate their output. We also endeavour to help our officially selected films gain wider notice within the industry at large.

Ours is a seasonal festival that screens fantastic films in various cities around the United Kingdom. This season we are in Scotland's capital, Edinburgh, one of the most dynamic and creative cities in the world.

It is curated by WWCSFF Worldwide Cineastes Film Festivals, the same team that produces 7 other festivals (list below). For more info on our festivals go to....

www.wwcsff.com

We offer awards in these categories:
- Drama Short
- Comedy Short
- Documentary Short
- Animation Short
- Horror Short
- Music Video
- Experimental Short
- Action / Sci-Fi/ Fantasy Short
- Web / New Media
&
- UK Short Film
- North American Short Film
- European Short Film
- Student Short Film
- Longer Short Film (15 - 30 minutes)
- Shorter Short Film (under 2 minutes)

& for these skills

– Best Film Direction
– Best Film Script
– Best Film Female Performance
– Best Film Male Performance
– Best Film Production
– Best Film Originality

Our festival will give audiences around the United Kingdom a chance to see the wide variety of fantastic short films that are being produced around the world. We accept any genre from drama to action to horror to documentary to comedy to animation and we prize originality above all. We also offer awards for the individual talents that go into making a successful film such as directing, script-writing, acting and production values. We have accumulated a database of production companies and talent agencies who will be receiving free invitations to the festival to scout for upcoming talent.

The films will be judged by a panel of filmmakers, performers and creative people who know and love films. We are looking for dynamic scripts, direction and performances. Films that are, above all, involving.

We are pursuing different possibilities within the broadcast and streaming industries that we hope will be, in the near future, of benefit to our festivals and the filmmakers that take part. There is a high demand for well curated and audience tested creative content and we plan on taking advantage of this need. Updates will be announced on our social media and newsletter.

We look forward to seeing your efforts.

Our other festivals...
London-Worldwide Comedy Short Film Festival,
London Seasonal Short Film Festival,
UK Student Film Festival.
1 World Student Film Festival,
UK Music Video Festival,
Asia South East-Short Film Festival &
01 NFT | New Media | Experimental | Digital Arts Film Festival.

Awards & Prizes

We offer awards in these categories:
- Drama Short
- Comedy Short
- Documentary Short
- Animation Short
- Horror Short
- Music Video
- Experimental Short
- Action / Sci-Fi/ Fantasy Short
- Web / New Media
&
- UK Short Film
- North American Short Film
- European Short Film
- Student Short Film
- Longer Short Film (15 - 30 minutes)
- Shorter Short Film (under 2 minutes)

& for these skills

– Best Film Direction
– Best Film Script
– Best Film Female Performance
– Best Film Male Performance
– Best Film Production
– Best Film Originality

Rules & Terms

The UK Seasonal Short Film Festival's decision is final, and we cannot enter into discussion about films not accepted.

If selected, your film can only be screened for the festival edition you have submitted to. We cannot postpone screenings of your film to later festivals.

If your film is chosen to screen in competition, we will send you an acceptance email and request a download or digital transfer of your short film and expect to receive one as soon as possible. The file must be received by the date stated in the acceptance email, or your film will not be screened.

UK Seasonal Short Film Festival is hereby granted the right to utilize for up to a year after the festival an excerpt or image from any film submitted and accepted for exhibition at the Festival for promotional purposes. The individual or corporation submitting the film hereby warrants and understands and accepts these requirements and regulations.

By submitting your entry you consent to, and have obtained all necessary consents for (and agree to provide copies of the same on request), all or any part of the production being reproduced for up to a year after the festival by the Organizers and/or any other parties authorized by the Organizers and/or broadcast by a third party in any media (e.g. press, television, internet or telephone download), solely in relation to, and in support of, the Festival provided that, wherever reasonably possible, the author of the work is given appropriate notification and credit.
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  • Andrew McCann

    Great evening, cool venue, and a really reactive audience. Wide variety of high quality narratives, documentaries and animations. Thanks very much for including our film!

    September 2022
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    Response from festival:

    Thank you Andrew. You were a very welcome participant! All the best for you.

  • Nikolaos Falcone Georgiadis

    Great Film Festival with great communication and great selection of films. Looking forward to the next one! ❤🎬

    September 2022
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    Response from festival:

    Thank Nikolaos. Very kind of you to say. All the best!

  • Chris Oledude


    From Christopher R. Owens, President, CESO Enterprises, Inc. crowens@cesony.com:

    On behalf of CESO ENTERPRISES, INC., Alyssa Dann, Chris Oledude, and all of our production participants, I would like to compliment the organizers and operators of UK Seasonal Short Film Festival. When we created our first music video (which was long enough to be a short film), we knew nothing about film festivals. With the help of FilmFreeway, we started researching. The categories were good. Everyone who contacted us on behalf of this festival was helpful. The submissions looked excellent.

    It was indeed exciting to discover this new world and to be so warmly welcomed by the inhabitants! To have GEORGE FLOYD: SAY THEIR NAMES selected for inclusion was an honor in and of itself.

    We were happy to “get the word out” and continue motivating people worldwide to consider the injustices embedded within our nation’s criminal justice system. After all, situations where a powerful segment of the population uses its law enforcement apparatus to abuse and oppress other segments of the population are recognizable in and common too many societies.
    We recommend submitting your work and we certainly intend to participate again in the future.

    Peace and stay safe!

    January 2022
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    Response from festival:

    Many thanks Chris. Best wishes!

  • Yurugu Matsumoto

    It was an honor for my film to participate in the festival.
    I am looking forward to seeing you again.

    January 2022
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    Response from festival:

    Arigato Yurugu. Very kind of you!

  • Matt Taylor

    Thank you so much for the honorable mention :) recommended to other independent productions.

    January 2022
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    Response from festival:

    Many thanks Matt. All the best!