The Salair International Independent FILM Festival, will showcase the best
short films and its filmmakers from around the world.
The Salair international Independent film festival is a platform for independent filmmakers, where they can show their films on a big screen and to know the opinion of the audience and their colleagues.
We want to create a community of independent filmmakers from different countries of the world.
First of all, we invite directors who make films with a small budget.

The aim of our festival - give to all independent filmmakers opportunity to express themselves. You are tired of getting rejections from festivals?
Why someone decides that your movie will be shown on the big screen or not?
Our Festival is ready to show as many films as we can. We have no sponsors and producers. Therefore, we have to take contributions - we need a rental of cinema halls, advertising, printing and organization expenses.
We give a chance to all filmmakers to show movies on the big screen.
Selection criteria: quality of image, sound and story.
We do not limit the films from one person but entry fee must paid for each film.
We accept the films of any genre. It should be a movie with the story, but not an amateur video.
The Festival reserves the right to refuse any film without explanation. In this case, the fee will be refunded. So you have nothing to lose. No money for nothing. This is our principle.
Our festival is neither bourgeois no pretentious. We just show movies to people. Let the spectators decide themselves what movies they want to see.
Venue Festival - Kamen-on-Ob, a cinema "Zvezda". Kamen-on-Ob lived and worked all over the country famous people. Ivan Pyryev, film director, People's Artist of USSR, laureate of State Prizes of the six - a native of this city.

Awards are given in the following categories:
Best Foreign Short Film
Best Drama Short Film
Best Comedy Short Film
Best Animation Short Film
Best Horror Short Film
Best Experimental Short Film
Best Documentary Short Film
Best Student Short Film
Best Music Video
Best Children's movie
Best film city
Best cartoon for residents of Russia
Best cartoon for all other countries (except Russia)
One minute film
One shot film
MUSIC VIDEO or MUSICAL (15-minutes or less, produced in the U.S.)

To be accepted, films must the fit the following criteria:

- Films have to not exceed 40 minutes in length;
- Films have to be made after 1 of January, 2010;
- Films have to be available for Festival screening on mp4, mov, avi.
- By submitting the film must indicate the name of the category.

The aim of the festival - to present a great variety of independent short films, so pre-selection considers only the visual and technical quality of the films.
Each film that tells a story and have HD or Full HD-quality will be accepted. But the number of films limited by the number of our screens.

All films must have English subtitles if they made on any other language.

After your film will be accepted to Official programm, you will receive a letter with confirmation. Then you must send to salairfest@gmail.com a link to download a film. You may submit more than one film, but you must complete a separate
entry form and pay entry fee for each film.

You also must send the dialog lists on English. All participants will be received all information about festival not later then 10 of November.

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  • Finerthings Productions

    I think that this particular film festival has great impact and reach. The ability to accept persons and their stories from all across the Globe is a tremendous opportunity.

    May 2018
  • very good & nice film festival

    July 2017
  • Prithwish Roy

    I am happy that my film was selected in the festival. But even after my email, they did not inform me about the date of screening, nor any laurel was sent to me.

    April 2017
  • Eugene F. Raggio

    Good, clear communication. It looks like a wonderful new festival and a great selection of films. Very glad to be nominated.

    April 2017
  • Thank you Salair International Independent Film Festival for the selection!

    April 2017