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Nordic Star Festival (11)

Deadlines

05 Nov 2024
Call for entries

31 Jul 2025
Final deadline

3
mths

19 Oct 2025
Notification date

18 Oct 2025
26 Oct 2025

Address

Hagaparkgatan 5f, 723 36, Västerås (Stockholm), Mälardalen, Sweden

Festival description

Short film festival

Feature film festival

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Any Genre

Any Theme

Has submission fees

International Festival

Online and Physical Location

Production date: Any

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films

Feature Films

Any language

Subtitles
English

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Festival description (Edition: 11)

Festival start: 18 October 2025 Festival end: 26 October 2025

One of the most interesting film festivals in Northern Europe. A cultural event that introduces new relevant films and film culture to both the public and professionals.

The purpose of the festival is to influence the cultural agenda, be accessible to the public and industry with film screenings, workshops, lectures, debates, film cafés, exhibitions, and entertainment.

Prizes and qualifications

Festival Certificate/ 38 prizes
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Special Award
Children and youth talent prize (under 18 years)

Jury Talent Award:
Swedish Talent Prize (over 18 years old)

The New Star Prize (over 18 years old actor/actress)

Jury Honorary Award:
Swedish Honorary Prize

Filmmaker Of The Year
International Prize

Artistic Award (two prize International and Nordic)

Publikpriset
The best Swedish feature film released during the year 2018

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International Short Film Awards

Best International Director
Best International Cinematography
Best International Actor
Best International Actress
Best International Screenplay (of a produced film)
Best International Short Film
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International Feature Film Awards

Best International Director
Best International Cinematography
Best International Actor
Best International Actress
Best International Screenplay (of a produced film)
Best International Feature Film
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International Various Awards

Best International One-minute film
Best International Short Documentary Film
Best International Feature Documentary Film
Best International Animation Film
Best International Music Video
Best International Web/New Media Production
Best International Artistic Film
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Nordic Short Film Awards

Best Nordic Director
Best Nordic Cinematography
Best Nordic Actor
Best Nordic Actress
Best Nordic Screenplay (of a produced film)
Best Nordic Short Film

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Nordic feature film Awards

Best Nordic Director
Best Nordic Cinematography
Best Nordic Actor
Best Nordic Actress
Best Nordic Screenplay (of a produced film)
Best Nordic Sound
Best Nordic Editing
Best Nordic Feature Film
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Nordic Various Award

Best Nordic Artistic Film
Best Nordic Short Documentary Film
Best Nordic Feature Documentary Film

Rules

By submitting, you agree to these rules and terms:

Copyrights, screening rights:

- You have the full rights to submit the film to our film festival and to give Nordic Star Festival the rights to screen the film at the festival

- We can use trailers, stills, and other submitted information for marketing purposes on websites, newsletters, social media, flyers, posters, etc.

- If your film is nominated, we can use both trailers and parts from the film to create a nomination trailer, with final permission from you, to be shown at the award ceremony

- We do not pay any screening fees

-The submission fee is non-refundable

Competition

- To be considered for the competition, the film must have been completed between 2022 and 2024.

Subtitles

- If the film is not in English or Swedish, subtitles in one of those two languages are required.

- Films in English are encouraged to have Swedish subtitles.

Formats

- The highest resolution that the film was shot in; HD, 2K, 3K, 4K.

- We accept resolutions from HD to 4K, regardless if it is a short or feature length film.

- For screening on a larger screen, we require at least 2K.

- 1 random HD and a DCP 2K for cinema

Category range.

- 1-Minute film (1 min.),
- Short film (1 to 59 min.)
- Feature film (60 min. or longer)
- Documentary (National, regional, film school)

Short Film -10

Short Films >1' 10'<

Standard Fee 15$
-8% 13.8$

Submissions deadline
31 Jul 25

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Here you can subit your movie if it's less than 10 minutes. We want 2 different movie formats random hd and DCP 2k for cinema screening

One minutes film

Short Films 1'<

Standard Fee 15$
-8% 13.8$

Submissions deadline
31 Jul 25

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Feature

Short Films >60' 200'<

Standard Fee 25$
-8% 23$

Submissions deadline
31 Jul 25

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2$

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Here you can subit your movie if it's more than 60 minutes. We want 2 different movie formats random hd and DCP 2k for cinema screening

short film +10

Short and Feature Films >10' 60'<

Standard Fee 15$
-8% 13.8$

Submissions deadline
31 Jul 25

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1.2$

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Here you can subit your movie if it's more than 10 minutes. We want 2 different movie formats random hd and DCP 2k for cinema screening

Animation

Short and Feature Films >1' 60'<

Standard Fee 15$
-8% 13.8$

Submissions deadline
31 Jul 25

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1.2$

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Here you can subit your movie if it's less than 60 minutes. We want 2 different movie formats random hd and DCP 2k for cinema screening

Documentary -10

Short Films >1' 10'<

Standard Fee 15$
-8% 13.8$

Submissions deadline
31 Jul 25

Save up
1.2$

Submit

Here you can subit your movie if it's less than 10 minutes. We want 2 different movie formats random hd and DCP 2k for cinema screening

Documentary +10

Short and Feature Films >10' 60'<

Standard Fee 15$
-8% 13.8$

Submissions deadline
31 Jul 25

Save up
1.2$

Submit

Here you can subit your movie if it's more than 10 minutes. We want 2 different movie formats random hd and DCP 2k for cinema screening

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