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Short. Sweet. Film Fest. (9)

Deadlines

22 May 2019
Call for entries

30 Sep 2019
Early deadline

31 Oct 2019
Standard deadline

30 Nov 2018
Late deadline

31 Dec 2019
Festival closed

28 Jan 2020
Notification date

26 Feb 2020
01 Mar 2020

Address

11470 Euclid Ave. #408, 44106, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Festival description

Short film festival >1' 30'<

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Any Genre

Any Theme

Has submission fees

International Festival

Physical Location

January 2015

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films >1' 30'<

Languages
English

Subtitles
English

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Festival description (Edition: 9)

Festival start: 26 February 2020 Festival end: 01 March 2020

In today’s film climate it is hard to showcase short films. Many festivals focus on features and it seems like this art of shorts is dwindling to silly videos about kittens on the internet. Even though we love kittens (who doesn’t?) here at the Short. Sweet. Film Fest., we love short films more.

With eight festivals under our belt, our goal for our ninth annual film festival is to showcase films under 30 minutes to the growing art scene in the greater Cleveland area and highlight the works of student to veteran filmmakers across the country.

Students should submit to the short student film category to receive a significant discount off of the submission fee.

We are looking for the best short films locally, nationally, and internationally. So send them our way!

Our festival will take place in the Alex Theater at the Metropolitan at the 9 hotel in the heart of downtown Cleveland. Filmmakers and patrons can stay at the hotel at a discounted rate and enjoy food and beverages throughout the festival.

Prizes and qualifications

All selections are eligible to win best, outstanding, or honorable mention in their respective categories. These awards will be announced at the end of programming on Saturday, February 29th, 2020.

The top screenplay award winners will be announced in advance and will be read live at a table reading during the film festival. The table readings will be directed and read by Cleveland based directors and actors and the readings will be free and open to the public, so screenwriters may receive the maximum amount of exposure

Rules

GENERAL RULES
• Productions made after January 1, 2015 may be submitted.
• Do not submit works in progress.
• Do not submit industrial or instructional works.
• All films submitted must be available in .mov or .mpg4 format for presentation.
• A majority of films in digital video formats will be transferred temporarily onto a hard drive system for presentation.
• All entries must be postmarked by Tuesday, December 31st, 2019. (Early submission discounts apply until September 30th – see fee schedule.)
• Flash or Memory sticks submitted will NOT be returned.
• Films selected for the Short. Sweet. Film Fest. will be announced no later than Friday, January 17th, 2020.
• Prints or videos for presentation must arrive no later than Saturday, February 1st, 2020.

Short Fiction Drama

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

Early 30$ 27.6$ 30 Sep 19

Standard 34$ 31.28$ 31 Oct 19

Late 37.5$ 34.5$ 30 Nov 18

Extended 45$ 41.4$ 31 Dec 19

Submissions deadline
31 Dec 19

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Short Nonfiction

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

Early 30$ 27.6$ 30 Sep 19

Standard 34$ 31.28$ 31 Oct 19

Late 37.5$ 34.5$ 30 Nov 18

Extended 45$ 41.4$ 31 Dec 19

Submissions deadline
31 Dec 19

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2.72$

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Short Animation

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

Early 30$ 27.6$ 30 Sep 19

Standard 34$ 31.28$ 31 Oct 19

Late 37.5$ 34.5$ 30 Nov 18

Extended 45$ 41.4$ 31 Dec 19

Submissions deadline
31 Dec 19

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2.72$

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Short International Film

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

Early 30$ 27.6$ 30 Sep 19

Standard 34$ 31.28$ 31 Oct 19

Late 37.5$ 34.5$ 30 Nov 18

Extended 45$ 41.4$ 31 Dec 19

Submissions deadline
31 Dec 19

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2.72$

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Short Student Film

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

Early 30$ 27.6$ 30 Sep 19

Standard 34$ 31.28$ 31 Oct 19

Late 37.5$ 34.5$ 30 Nov 18

Extended 45$ 41.4$ 31 Dec 19

Submissions deadline
31 Dec 19

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2.72$

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Short Local Film

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

Early 30$ 27.6$ 30 Sep 19

Standard 34$ 31.28$ 31 Oct 19

Late 37.5$ 34.5$ 30 Nov 18

Extended 45$ 41.4$ 31 Dec 19

Submissions deadline
31 Dec 19

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A film must be made in Northeast, Ohio to fit this category.

Short Horror

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

Early 30$ 27.6$ 30 Sep 19

Standard 34$ 31.28$ 31 Oct 19

Late 37.5$ 34.5$ 30 Nov 18

Extended 45$ 41.4$ 31 Dec 19

Submissions deadline
31 Dec 19

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Short Fiction Comedy

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

Early 30$ 27.6$ 30 Sep 19

Standard 34$ 31.28$ 31 Oct 19

Late 37.5$ 34.5$ 30 Nov 18

Extended 45$ 41.4$ 31 Dec 19

Submissions deadline
31 Dec 19

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Short LGBTQ

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

Early 30$ 27.6$ 30 Sep 19

Standard 34$ 31.28$ 31 Oct 19

Late 37.5$ 34.5$ 30 Nov 18

Extended 45$ 41.4$ 31 Dec 19

Submissions deadline
31 Dec 19

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Short Experimental

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

Early 30$ 27.6$ 30 Sep 19

Standard 34$ 31.28$ 31 Oct 19

Late 37.5$ 34.5$ 30 Nov 18

Extended 45$ 41.4$ 31 Dec 19

Submissions deadline
31 Dec 19

Save up
2.72$

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Short Music Video

Short Films 30'<

Fee

-8%

Early 30$ 27.6$ 30 Sep 19

Standard 34$ 31.28$ 31 Oct 19

Late 37.5$ 34.5$ 30 Nov 18

Extended 45$ 41.4$ 31 Dec 19

Submissions deadline
31 Dec 19

Save up
2.72$

Submit

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