Festival

Festival presentation: 

As ambitious as it is unforgettably bold, shnit International Shortfilmfestival unfolds simultaneously in multiple cities on five continents, bringing together more than 30,000 filmmakers and film lovers in ways rarely experienced elsewhere on the festival circuit. Over its 12 days, shnit celebrates more than 200 short films of all genres and styles and gives away US$100,000 in cash prizes. 

 

Information, registration and regulations:

www.shnit.org 

Festival Nickname: 

shnit

Edition: 

16

Festival Logo: 

Theme: 

not specified

Category/Format: 

Animated Films

Digital / DVD

Documentaries

Experiment

Fiction Features

Independant

Industrial

Mixed

Music video

Short films

Student film

Video / TV

OUR CALL FOR ENTRIES IS NOW OPEN! 

International Competition entries will be entered automatically into your National Competition where applicable.  Films can compete in both National and International Competition simultaneously.

Enter your short film on:

Filmfreeway, Withoutabox, Filmfestivallife, Shortfilmdepot, Festhome, or on our entry form.

For film schools and film students: enter here. 

For eight years, the shnit OPEN International Competition has presented THE FLAMING FAUN statuette to filmmakers from all around the world.

The statuette THE FLAMING FAUN was designed by Dutch artist Ineke Pijn, and has since been awarded to filmmakers from all over the world. The Faun is a mythological spirit of the forest and serves as a guide – in our case through the tangled jungle that is the film business.

The FAUN is gold casted and sits enthroned on a handcrafted stone pedestal. FLAMING stands for passion with a double meaning – both the passionate filmmaker and the contagious enthusiasm of winning an award. But only with its cheeky gesture does the FAUN reveals its integrity. The expression is open to interpretation, but «to cock a snook at somebody» could be the symbolic reaction of a winner to all obstacles and struggles one has to deal with in producing a film. We did it, against all odds!