Films must be less than 15 minutes duration including title sequences and credits. It's not called a short film festival for nothing - you can be creative and have real impact in a few minutes or even seconds. And the shorter films have as much chance of an award as a longer one. So don't think you have to stretch it out to 14 minutes and 59 seconds. Entries must be submitted via the Secure Online Screener Submission service of Withoutabox. Sorry, no other formats acceptable.

If you're a student entry is £10.
All other entrants are charged £15.

Wimbledon SHORTS encourages filmmakers from developing countries to submit to SHORTS and will grant fee waivers to film makers from WEOR-listed developing countries (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developing_country).
Please email SHORTS to apply for a fee waiver'

All online entries must be made via Withoutabox

About Withoutabox

• WFC award for Best Wimbledon Shorts film
• Audience Award
• Best Animated Film
• Student Filmmaker Award sponsored by studentshouseonline (filmmakers under 25 in schools, colleges and universities)
• Marcus Beale Experimental Film Award

We’re not going to specify subject matter or treatment - it’s up to you. All entries will be considered for the main film competition.

Entries will be judged by a panel of independent film experts

• Lila Rawlings: Development Editor, Film4
• Andrew Pulver: Film Editor, The Guardian
• Manu Luksch: artist and filmmaker
• Dominic Buttimore: director, Th1ng Animation
• Nick Brimble, actor
• Derek Malcolm: Film critic
• Josh Appignanesi: film director ("The Infidel")
• Avie Luthrie: BAFTA-nominated film director ("Mad, Bad and Sad")
• Julia Blackman, co-founder and Executive Producer of Scion Films
• Allisa Ferrier, Acquisitions Executive, Artificial Eye
• Nick Toon, Vice President, UK Public Policy, Time Warner

Please note the judges’ decisions are final and neither they nor the Wimbledon Shorts organisers will enter into discussions.

Films will be judged upon their creativity, technical aptitude and the clarity of ideas or narrative.