Shadow Film Festival is an international film festival held once a year. We aim to show a variety of short and feature-length films at our festival on the 11th-20th August 2023.

Our programme will be focused on drama films.

Why was Shadow Film Festival set up? Asher Lines wanted to create a platform for great drama films to be shown to the public. While a lot of film festivals require expensive submission fees, Shadow Film Festival does not. It is hoped that filmmakers who get into the film festival get their film watched by industry professionals able to help them progress in their career.

The festival accepts entries from all countries and all topics. It is important for a film festival to show new viewpoints and different cultures to the audience because it helps them have a new understanding of how life should be lived. That is the essence of film.

It is hoped that the audience of the film festival will be inspired by what has been expressed in the films.

Short Film Prizes:
Best Short Film
Best Director
Best Screenwriter
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Editor
Best Cinematography
Best Sound

Feature Film Prizes:
Best Feature Film
Best Director
Best Screenwriter
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Editor
Best Cinematography
Best Sound

We will be awarding downloadable laurels for the winners of each prize for this year.

Short films must be less than 40 minutes in length.
Feature films must be at least 40 minutes in length
Films can be from anywhere in the world.
The festival has the rights to use a trailer, stills and a poster from the films for promotional purposes.
Films are allowed to be available online elsewhere while they are being shown at the festival.

Overall Rating
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Hospitality
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  • Hui Tan

    I deeply appreciate the opportunity from Shadow Film Festival, which also provide a great platform for our filmmakers to communicate and learn from each others!

    July 2022
  • marc jago

    Thanks for screening "After Love"! The film was taken very good care of and communication throughout the festival was excellent. It was a pleasure to be part of Shadow Film Festival 2022.

    June 2022
  • Carl Copeland

    Thanks for including our film in the festival. The communication was first class throughout.

    June 2022
  • Thank you to Shadow film festival for giving us the opportunity to showcase our short “A Morsel of Love”.
    Long live Shadow!

    June 2022
  • Alex Di Cuffa

    Great festival, very efficient with communication and organisation! Great quality and range of films being showcased!

    June 2022