Wimbledon International Short Film Festival
Criteria
All films must be less than 15 minutes duration including title sequences and credits. So make it short. You can have real impact in a few minutes or even seconds. Shorter films have an equal chance of an award as longer ones.
Categories & prizes
- Wimbledon Shorts Award for Best International Film – £250 prize towards the filmmaker’s next film
- Wimbledon Shorts Award for Best UK Film – £250 prize towards the filmmaker’s next film
- Best Environmental Film
- Best Animated Film
- Best Young Filmmaker (director aged 25 or under before 1 October 2023 )
- Best Documentary
- Best London Filmmaker (any film that is either made in Greater London or made by a filmmaker who lives or works in Greater London)
- Audience Award – decided on the night by the audience
All entries will be considered for either the ‘Best UK Film’ or ‘Best International Film’ award.
2025 Competition
- We waive the submission fee for films by filmmakers who are nationals of medium or low-income countries as listed in UNDP HDI Report 2023-4
https://hdr.undp.org/content/human-development-report-2023-24
- Eligible no-fee film entries should comply with all other WISFF entry rules
- Full rules for submissions:
2025 Wimbledon International Short Film Festival (Wimbledon Shorts) Competition Terms and Conditions
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- Entrants must be 16 years old or over at the time of submission.
- Entries must be no more than 15 minutes in duration including title sequences and credits.
- Films must be the original work of the entrants and must have been completed no earlier than 31 October 2023.
- Wimbledon Shorts does not accept films promoting a product or company.
- Entrants must have obtained clearance for all copyrighted music and other copyrighted material used in their film entries.
- Written permission must have been obtained from all the people actively appearing in the film. This is usually done by way of a release form.
- Any subtitles must be embedded in the film.
- Entries should be submitted electronically only via FilmFreeway.
- Entries from filmmakers who are nationals of medium or low-income countries as listed in UNDP’s 2023 HDI report can be submitted without a fee. Eligible no-fee film entries should be submitted by 1 March 2025 and comply with all other WISFF entry rules. WISFF cannot enter into discussion about eligibility.
- To be considered for the 2025 competition entries must be received by the final deadline of 17 July 2025.
- Your status on FilmFreeway will acknowledge the receipt of your submission.
- Filmmakers whose work has been selected will receive notification by email by 31 August 2025.
- A list of selected films will also be posted on the Wimbledon Shorts website in September 2025.
- Wimbledon Shorts reserves the right to refuse entry for any reason at its absolute discretion.
- The decision of the judges is final. Neither correspondence nor discussion concerning any decision will be entered in to.
- The Wimbledon Film Club Prize for Best International Film and Best UK Film is £250 sterling each. The prizes will be given in the form of a UK bank transfer. Any transfer or currency exchange charges or other associated costs are the responsibility of the recipient.
- The entry is made at the entrant\’s own expense and Wimbledon Shorts shall not be liable for reimbursing any expenses incurred in making an entry.
- Wimbledon Shorts and associated parties accept no responsibility for any misuse of intellectual property rights.
- Wimbledon Shorts has the right to use images and a maximum of 60 seconds from selected films for promotional or festival screenings or on the Wimbledon Film Club or Wimbledon Shorts websites or for press or media purposes. Occasionally WISFF may wish to screen a selected film outside of the festival, in all instances permission will be sought from the filmmaker in advance.
- Wimbledon Shorts has the right to use the film for its archive film library for viewing by other film festivals and organisations. Films will not be made publicly available.
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