How to join the European Film Academy Short Film Network
The European Short Film Festival Network brings together a selected group of European film festivals presenting a diverse range of European short films (fiction, documentary, animation and experimental) in their international and/or national competitions.
The network is limited and selective. Its purpose is to maintain a strong and complementary group covering the most relevant European short film titles each year, focusing primarily on international programmes and competitions and thus not aiming achieve representation from every European country.
Interested in becoming a part of the European Film Academy Short Film Festival Network?
In general, festivals who are interested in joining the Network can reach out to the European Film Academy when they
- are based in Europe (primarily in regions that are not yet represented by the current network members, especially from North-, Central or Southeastern parts of geographical Europe
- have an established profile within the European festival and short film landscape
- include a recognised industry hub attracting international industry representatives
- present European short films in one international (and national, if applicable) competitions
- accept film submissions from all European countries (see list of eligible countries)
- cover a diverse range of animation, documentary, experimental and fiction films
- reflect the European Film Academy’s Diversity & Inclusion Standards in its programming.
Special-interest festivals are currently not eligible for membership.
Procedure and assessment
Interested festivals should provide
- festival name, location, website and dates
- a brief festival profile and history
- information on the international and/or national competition(s), including numbers of European short films presented
- recent festival programmes or examples of European short film representation
- a brief explanation of why you would like to join the network
Requests to join the network are considered in relation to the existing list of network members, taking into account the festival’s profile and geographical location, the relevance and diversity of its European short film selection, its position within the European short film related festival landscape, and how its programme complements the existing partner festivals. Following consultation with the existing network, the Academy Board takes the final decision on the admission of new partner festivals.