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 on DVD only. Sorry, no other formats acceptable.

• WFC award for Best Wimbledon Shorts film
• Audience Prize
• Animated film
• Marcus Beale Student Filmmaker

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

• Elizabeth Karlsen: Producer, Number 9 Films
• Sam Lavender: Development Editor, Film4
• Andrew Pulver: Film Editor, The Guardian
• Juliet McKoen: director and screenplay writer
• Manu Luksch: artist and filmmaker
• Dominic Buttimore: director, Th1ng Animation
• Nick Brimble, actor
• Tony Hawkes: comedian, writer and screenwriter
• Derek Malcolm: Film critic

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.