16th DIVIPASSION International Short Film Festival
Celebrating 16 years in 2025, the DiViPassion International Short Film Festival, traditionally hosted in Athis-Mons, Paris, France, – Ballina, Co. Mayo, Ireland moves to a new location this Autumn to Sinaia (Roumanie)
This annual festival has welcomed filmmakers from a variety of countries, and has established links with Athis-Mons’s twin towns such as Ballina (Ireland), Rothenburg (Germany), and Sinaia (Romania).
This year, it will take place in Sinaia, 11 October 2025.

PURPOSES
Our festival aims to support self-produced cinema and contributes to the dissemination of local cultures and the democratization of video production tools. It also fosters friendly encounters between amateurs, filmmakers, and cinema enthusiasts.

FILMMAKERS:
The festival is open to all non-professional productions. Filmmakers can be legal entities or organizations, such as individuals, but the festival also seeks to support youth production. They could either be filmmakers or actors.

CRITERIA for evaluating works include:
the interest of the work, artistic treatment, technical aspects relating to image, framing, editing, and sound.
REGISTRATION : €10 per film submitted.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: 15 September 2025
LENGTH OF FILM: 15 minutes (maximum)
ADMITTED CATEGORIES : fiction / animation / non-fiction
THEME : open
SELECTION:
A selection committee, composed of DiViPassion and the twinning comittee of Sinaia specifically for the festival ,will select films from all submissions. All pre-selected films, across all genres, compete for an award. Participants will be informed of the selection or non-selection of their work before the festival. A filmmaker may submit several films, but a maximum of two will be chosen by the selection committee for participation in the competition. Upon receipt of the films, an acknowledgment will be sent by DiViPassion to the filmmaker."

NB
DiViPassion is a non-profit association under French law, headquartered at 14 Clos Perrault, 91200 Athis-Mons, France. Its president is Mr. Pierre Marchal, and its SIRET number is 499746683-00022."

Awards & Prizes

Numerous AWARDS are given at the end of the public presentation. Their total amount is around €1000.
Special awards are planned for:
Twinning cities (excluding purely tourist descriptions, "it happened in your city" can narrate an event, a story highlighting human relations in your city or country...
"Youth" films must have been directed (script and dialogues) by directors under 25 years old. Films shot within the framework of film schools or educational establishments or Youth Centers are accepted (even if technical supervision exceeds this age).

Rules & Terms

Requirements:
1. FILM DURATION: from 1 MINUTE TO A MAXIMUM OF 15 MINUTES
2. In case of selection by the selection committee, participation in the competition implies the PRESENCE of the DIRECTOR or a representative for participation in the debates ON THE DAY of the public presentation.
3. LANGUAGE. The film must be in ENGLISH, otherwise it is either translated or subtitled.
4. To participate, films must be "self-produced" and therefore meet the criteria below: the film presented belongs to the author by right, it will not have been commercialized before the festival date.
5. Films must be FREE of any RIGHTS (SACEM SDRM). The film owner must ensure that they have acquired the copyright and image rights of any person appearing in the film and must provide proof if necessary. DiViPassion declines any responsibility in case of use of elements not free of rights (soundtracks, various extracts...) without the consent of the authors, publishers, and rights holders. The costs incurred due to NON-COMPLIANCE with these payments will be the SOLE RESPONSIBILITY of the director presenting the work at the festival.
RIGHTS TRANSFER:

6. The registration of a film for this festival implies authorization for publication in the festival's catalogs (paper, website, Facebook, Twitter...). In the case of selection in the competition, the director authorizes DiViPassion to use images from their film for the festival trailer free of charge and for 3 years, on any non-commercial communication medium for the promotion of the festival. The directors of the winning films authorize their ONLINE PUBLICATION on DiViPassion's websites and social networks for the same duration. Participation in the competition implies full acceptance of these rules."

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  • CHRISTOPHE B.

    Merci pour l'organisation et les 2 prix que nous avons reçu !

    November 2024
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  • Orlagh Heverin

    I'm delighted that my short film Deoch Dance won the Award for Poetic Expression at the 15th International DiViPassion Short Film Festival in Ballina Arts Centre, Mayo, Ireland, 12 October 2024. Thanks to all involved in the Festival. I'm very honoured by the Award. Merci Beaucoup.

    October 2024
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  • Sean O Deadaigh

    Really well run festival. Actually I would say its been the best festival I have ever attended.

    October 2024
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  • Erik Sémashkin

    Accueil et sélection de films incroyable, merci d'avoir donné un prix à mon film OLYMPIC TRASH!

    April 2024
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  • Anthony Lossmann

    C’était top. Très bonne organisation et conviviale

    December 2022
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