Wimbledon Shorts is dedicated to showcasing new and innovative work in film and video from around the world
Submissions for 2025 open HERE!
Final Deadline 17th July!
The WISFF 2025 Festival will be screened on the evening of Saturday 11th October at the Polka Theatre in Wimbledon. Doors open 7pm, screening starts at 7.30pm. Purchase your tickets HERE
We get great feedback, be part of this super festival – 8 award categories to win!
A look at last year’s winners – congratulations everyone and thank you to all who submitted a film!
WISFF 2024 Festival
Best Documentary Award Winner
Black Stroke – dir. Olivia Smart
Best Animated Film Award
El Extraño Caso del Hombre Bala [The Strange Case Of The Human Cannonbal] – dir. Roberto Valencia
Best Young Filmmaker Award
Philophobic – dir. Safien van Westing
Best International Film Award
Bordovasca [Pool Edge] – dir. Giuseppe Zampella
Best Environmental Film
The Hearts of Bwindi – dir. Charli Doherty
Audience Choice Award
Thanks for the Milk – dir. Côme Ferré
Best London Film Award
Crusts- dir. Alfie Dale
Best UK Film
Safe – dir. Debbie Howard
OUR 2024 TRAILER
‘Great Festival ! Great films ! Very nice event organized and hosted by very friendly people. Really enjoyed my time at the festival’ Come Ferre filmmaker
‘A cosy festival with a tight programme to cater for all. We were delighted to screen THE HEARTS OF BWINDI with their audiences in 2024.’ Festival Formula Ltd
‘It was an honour to be a part of your festival with Love Bubbles.
Good contact, good communication…thank you very much!’ Marcel Hobi filmmaker
‘Absolutely delighted to be a part of the official Selection. Really communicative and lovely team behind it and such great quality across the programme. Definitely submitting to it again!’ Archie Sinclair filmmaker
‘The quality of films at the festival was outstanding, and it was a fantastic evening,’ Tom McNeish producer
‘An intimate festival with a great display of high quality and hand crafted films from across the world. The standards were uncompromising and I left both inspired and reflective about what I had seen.’ Olivia Smart director of Black Stroke
‘The quality of films has always been very high and once again I was not disappointed.’ Fiona Clark-Hackston judge
‘Ruthless are utterly thrilled to take home 2 awards last night @WimbledonShorts for Best UK film and The Audience Award! A real pleasure to screen at such a great fest and congrats to the other winners. GET IT ON! ‘ Kate Perry screenwriter of Ruthless
”Top night watching the outstanding finalists of the Wimbledon Shorts Film Festival awards @polkatheatre It was emotional, poignant, scary, intriguing, engaging, beautiful, funny, sad, captivating. Everything you could want from good short films.’ Lucy Kane MD Time & Leisure
‘The Wimbledon Festival is something special. A fantastic evening was had in the newly refurbished Polka Theatre for the 2021 awards night. My film CANDLE COPS could not have premiered at a better run event. A big THANK-YOU to the dedicated team who make this festival happen year after year!’ Tony Collingwood director of Candle Cops
‘WSIFF is a charming grassroots festival with a focus on uncovering resourceful new filmmakers around the world. The organisers do a fantastic job curating a quality range of up and coming talent, across various genres, and I’m very grateful to have taken part in this festival and won.’ Chris Shenkman director of Copper and Nickel
Huge thank you sponsors and supporters Marcus Beale Architects, Curzon Cinemas and BIFA and our friends at Wimbledon Bookfest and the Polka Theatre.
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