Show Us Your Shorts Film Competition

 

short film competition 2024

Warburton Film Festival

 

Our short film competition, SHOW US YOUR SHORTS, will be held in conjunction with Warburton Film Festival 2024 in June.

Prizes this year include:

Golden Shorts Award (best overall film) - $1000

Student films as well as films from budding film-makers of any age have the opportunity to win major prizes.

These awards will be presented during the Warburton Film Festival (June 14-16) and we hope that film makers submitting films will be able to attend the presentation.

A film which wins an Award in one category will not be considered for another category. For example, if a particular film wins the Golden Shorts Award, then it will not be considered for any other award.

Judging will be finalised after the close of entries on May 12.  Judges decisions are final.

Merit certificates will be issued to those short films selected to be screened prior to feature films during the festival weekend with the award winners presented during one of the sessions.

Acknowledgement of receipt of entry will be provided for all other film submissions. 

 

Show Us Your Shorts has been a youth initiative to encourage young film makers and over the last 16 years it has been successful in achieving this.

 

The past Golden Shorts winners  and some of their film making web links

Year

Title

Filmmaker

Other Web links

2023

Don't Come In .. Yet

Isaac Elliott

Isaac Elliott

2022

Forgotten

Mawrgan Shaw

Mawrgan Shaw

2021

Seaside

Janos Zoltan

 

2019

Voices

Matthew Smith

2018

Irony

Radheya Jegatheva

Radheya Jegatheva

2017

Solitude

Michael Raso

Michael Raso

2016

10

Bailey Cook

Facebook

2015

Help Wanted

Sierra Laird

Mater Christi film makers

2014

Crochet Noir

Jessica Harris

Brussels Short film festival

2013

Taking Stock

Dale Menz

Portfolio

ImDb

2012

Jack and Lily

Damian McLindon

ImDb

Screen Australia

2011

Officer Down

Ryan Van Dijk

Word Press

IMDb

2010

Nero’s

Joel Loxton

IMDb

Awards

2009

Sei-Ow-Hai

Daniel Porto

Warburton Info

2008

Lucille

Talie Gal-On

Illustrators Australia

Design Files

 

Senior technical excellence award in 2014 was for The Artifice made by Matthew Holmes who recently produced the feature film The Legend of Ben Hall

 

conditions of entry

 

The Show us your Shorts short film competition forms an important part of the annual Warburton Film Festival. Our aim is to showcase emerging filmmakers (both Australia wide and in the Yarra Ranges) and to encourage young people to pick up a camera and tell creative and original moving image stories.

Show Us Your Shorts is integrated into the Warburton Film Festival with selected short films screened prior to feature films during the weekend, and the winners announced at a session of the festival.

All entries must be submitted via the Filmfreeway website

Prizes and Eligibility

The major award for overall best film - the Golden Shorts award is $1000.

Other awards will be made at the discretion of the judges


 Film entries only accepted from residents of Australia.


Merit certificates issued to those short films selected to be screened during the festival weekend.


Acknowledgement of receipt of entry for all other film submissions is available.

Screenings

A short film finalist will be screened prior to each feature film throughout the Warburton Film Festival 2024 at the Arts Centre, Warburton.  Award-winning entries will be announced and screened during a session at the Warburton Film Festival.  All participating filmmakers are invited to attend.

Requirements for entries short-listed for screening

  • Your short film as a video file (eg. mp4, mov) on a USB stick for screening
  • Alternatively, provide a link to enable an online download in a digital format suitable for screening
  •  Entry fee of $10 per film entry (payable through Filmfreeway)
  • 2 production stills: prints, PDFs or JPGs (if available)

Where to Send Your Entry

Upload to Filmfreeway

Other Requirements

  • Films must not exceed 12 minutes in running time.
  • Films must have been made during the period 2023-24

Opening and Closing Dates

Entries will be received from 8th February until the closing date of 12th May 2022

Enquiries

Coordinator : “Show Us Your Shorts” PO Box 110 Warburton, VIC 3799 or

lmhastings1@bigpond.com

Entries selected as finalists will be screened as part of the Warburton Film Festival 2024 and may be included in the Yarra Ranges Film Society program throughout the year.