The Birdies Internationl Youth Film Festival (0)

Festival start: 16 July 2015      Festival end: 16 July 2015

The Birdies Film Festival is an international festival in London with the aim of empowering young and amateur filmmakers (16-26) from all around the world to build on their skill sets and confidence in their creations.

The festival itself runs in July, with 5 awards to be won! We accept submissions of short films (Max. 15min) in the following categories:

ANIMATION
• ALTERNATIVE/EXPERIMENTAL
• FICTION (DRAMA/COMEDY)
• DOCUMENTARY
• LONDON (SET AND SHOT IN LONDON)

PLUS this year we also have THE SCHOOL PRODUCTION AWARD, which is a special one, to be given to a film realised by under 18 years old students of Surrey and London schools!

5 awards to be won!

PLUS a special award for this year:- THE SCHOOL PRODUCTION AWARD, which is a special one, to be given to a film realised by under 18 years old students of Surrey and London schools!

The Birdies Film Festival is an international festival in London with the aim of empowering young and amateur filmmakers (16-26) from all around the world to build on their skill sets and confidence in their creations.

The festival itself runs in July, with 5 awards to be won! We accept submissions of short films (Max. 15min) in the following categories:
• ANIMATION
• ALTERNATIVE/EXPERIMENTAL
• FICTION (DRAMA/COMEDY)
• DOCUMENTARY
• LONDON (SET AND SHOT IN LONDON)

PLUS this year we also have THE SCHOOL PRODUCTION AWARD, which is a special one, to be given to a film realised by under 18 years old students of Surrey and London schools!


- We accept submissions of short films (Max. 15min).

- Production team should not be older than 26.

- The content of the film must be suitable for audiences of 12 and over i.e. no bad language, nudity, offensive content etc.

- All foreign language films must be subtitled in English (the costs of which are to be covered by the applicant).

The film must be available to screen in the following film and video formats: .mp4 or .m4v at 1750kpbs of average bitrate with the H.264 codec at a maximum of 720p resolution.