London Short Film Festival London, United Kingdom 23 Years BAFTA Qualifying Final Deadline: August 18, 2026 View Festival Submit Now
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival Lampeter, United Kingdom 16 Years BAFTA Qualifying Next Deadline: August 31, 2026 View Festival Submit Now
Tampere Film Festival Tampere, Finland 57 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying Next Deadline: September 1, 2026 View Festival Submit Now
Animation Dingle Killarney, Ireland 15 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying Next Deadline: September 2, 2026 View Festival Submit Now
Halifax Black Film Festival Canada 11 Years Canadian Screen Award Qualifying Next Deadline: September 21, 2026 View Festival Submit Now
2027 Kingston Canadian Film Festival Kingston, Ontario, Canada 26 Years Canadian Screen Award Qualifying Final Deadline: November 15, 2026 View Festival Submit Now
Brighton International Animation Festival United Kingdom 5 Years BAFTA Qualifying Next Deadline: November 29, 2026 View Festival Submit Now
Raindance Film Festival London, United Kingdom 34 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying Next Deadline: December 7, 2026 View Festival Submit Now
Tribeca Festival New York, New York, United States 22 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
Toronto International Film Festival Toronto, Ontario, Canada 51 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Waiver Codes Only
Melbourne International Film Festival Melbourne, Australia 74 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
San Francisco International Film Festival San Francisco, California, United States 68 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
Seattle International Film Festival Seattle, Washington, United States 52 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
Ann Arbor Film Festival Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States 65 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Opening Soon
Sydney Film Festival The Rocks, Sydney, Australia 73 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
Cleveland International Film Festival Cleveland, Ohio, United States 50 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
HollyShorts Film Festival Sherman Oaks, California, United States 22 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Waiver Codes Only
Palm Springs International ShortFest Palm Springs, California, United States 32 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
Santa Barbara International Film Festival Santa Barbara, California, United States 41 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Opening Soon
Montreal Festival du nouveau cinéma Montréal, Quebec, Canada 55 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Waiver Codes Only
Hong Kong International Film Festival Hong Kong 50 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
Athens International Film and Video Festival Athens, Ohio, United States 53 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
AFI FEST Los Angeles, California, United States 40 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Waiver Codes Only
Aspen Shortsfest Aspen, Colorado, United States 35 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
New Orleans Film Festival New Orleans, Louisiana, United States 36 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Waiver Codes Only
OFF - Odense International Film Festival Odense, Denmark 51 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
Uppsala Short Film Festival Uppsala, Sweden 45 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Waiver Codes Only
Hawai’i International Film Festival Honolulu, United States 45 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Waiver Codes Only
The Norwegian Short Film Festival Oslo, Norway 49 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
Drama International Short Film Festival Drama, Greece 49 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
Mountainfilm Festival Telluride, Colorado, United States 48 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Opening Soon
Student Academy Awards Hollywood, California, United States 53 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
LA Shorts International Film Festival Los Angeles, California, United States 30 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Waiver Codes Only
Busan International Short Film Festival Busan, South Korea 43 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
Hamptons International Film Festival East Hampton, New York, United States 34 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Waiver Codes Only
Florida Film Festival Maitland (Orlando), Florida, United States 36 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Opening Soon
40th Edmonton International Film Festival EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada 40 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Waiver Codes Only
Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival Los Angeles, California, United States 44 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival Vila do Conde, Portugal 34 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival San Francisco, California, United States 46 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
Flickerfest International Short Film Festival Sydney, Australia 35 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Los Angeles, California, United States 42 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
Durban International Film Festival Durban, South Africa 47 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
Calgary International Film Festival Calgary, Alberta, Canada 27 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Waiver Codes Only
American Black Film Festival United States 30 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia Tokyo, Japan 27 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
San Luis Obispo International Film Festival San Luis Obispo, California, United States 31 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
Provincetown International Film Festival Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States 28 Years Academy Award ® Qualifying View Festival Entries Closed
