"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 monthly film and script events, and culminates with a Film Festival of screenings, networking and awards.

☻ Script Judging - We're looking for scripts with the most potential, that have utilised the screenplay medium. All short scripts are read to the end by a programmer and can request short or full feedback. Finalist scripts are read by another programmer and the festival director and discussed.

☻ 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 at $10. Each judge selects and shares their favourite projects, before collaboratively curating a diverse program of different genres, styles and lengths.

☻ Intros - We emphasise the importance of sharing our experiences, and aim to present an introduction along with every official selection. Filmmakers are encouraged to attend their screening, but also have the opportunity to pre-record an introduction 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.

MONTHLY AWARDS:
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER
SCRIPT COMPETITION WINNER
SCRIPT FINALIST

ANNUAL AWARDS:
BEST FILM - $500 CASH PRIZE
BEST LOW BUDGET - $100 CASH PRIZE
BEST PRODUCTION
BEST MICRO-SHORT
BEST DRAMA
BEST COMEDY
BEST DOCUMENTARY
BEST ANIMATION
BEST THRILLER / HORROR
BEST EXPERIMENTAL / MUSIC VIDEO
BEST ARTIST FILM

Official Selections - The jury select 7 films per month to compete for the monthly Audience Award, which are also nominated for our annual awards event. Stills and posters are shared across social media, and trailers are played at prior events.

Audience Award Winner - As voted for in-person by all attendees at the end of each monthly event. Only Audience Award Winners are nominated for Best Film.

Script Competition - Selected by the programmer and the festival director exclusively from FilmFreeway submissions. Winning scripts are displayed on our website, with the aim of connecting buyers, financiers and collaborators directly with the writers.

Sunday Shorts Annual Film Awards - Once per year in London, a weekend of screenings and culminates with an awards ceremony judged by industry guests.

ELIGIBILITY:

Only projects submitted on FilmFreeway are considered.

Films not in English language must have English subtitles.

No premiere requirements, and films can already be available online.

Student projects must have been a majority student production. Submitters must have been a student at the time of production. All levels of education are eligible.

Submitted scripts would ideally be unproduced original screenplays, but not exclusively. Writers of all ages are eligible, from any country in the world, but entries must be written in English language.

All film selections will be notified, and will be required to provide a HD .MOV or .MP4 of the film.

Selected films wishing not to use their 'Official Premiere', can request to screen as a 'Preview', but will not be eligible for the Audience Award.

If selected, Submitter grants us authorisation to include images, extracts and promotional material for our own promotional purposes, but the project will always be credited.

Submitted projects will not be shared or made available to the public by the festival.

Submitter agrees they have read and understood all the terms and conditions, rules and guidelines before submitting.

Overall Rating
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  • Have not yet attended the in-person event, though it looks great fun! Great festival, if occasionally a bit slow on notifying entrants.

    January 2024
  • Alison McDonnell

    Sunday Shorts is a great festival and I was honoured to be selected as a finalist for my short screenplay in October. The feedback given on my script was extremely useful and great value for money.

    December 2022
  • This festival was worth the submission fee. It was an honor to be selected as a monthly winner. As advertised, they posted my script on their site in order to help it gain more visibility and a possible sale. Much gratitude to the team at the Sunday Shorts Film Festival.

    December 2022
  • Scott Pickup

    A great festival to be a part of, was really chuffed my film 'Boy in the Back Seat' won. Run by a lovely team who responded to all my questions etc. I didn't get to attend the screening unfortunately so can't rate the networking/ hospitality bits- I'm sure they were great though!

    November 2022
  • Ikram Ahmed

    The team was amazing, good vibes. Highly recommended!!

    October 2022