Criteria
- Films must be maximum 15 minutes
- Submitted in DVD or VHS format
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 in either DVD or VHS format. Sorry, no other formats acceptable.
Categories
- WFC award for Best Wimbledon Shorts film
- Audience Prize
- Merton filmmaker *
- Animated film
We’re not going to specify subject matter or treatment - it’s up to you. Just a note that animated films might not only be judged under the animated films category.
* For a film shot in the Borough of Merton by people who live or work in Merton
Judging
Entries will be judged by a panel of independent film experts
- Ashvin Kumar: director of Oscar-nominated short film Little Terrorist
- Derek Malcolm: world-famous film critic.
- Josh Appignanesi: director of “Song of Songs” feature film and short filmmaker
- Juliet McKoen: director and screenplay writer of awarding-winning feature film Frozen
- Manu Luksch: artist and filmmaker, director of The Ambient Project
- Dominic Buttimore: director of Th1ng animation a prominent animation company.
- Lucy Kane: MD of Time & Leisure, multi-media platform publisher, art journalist.
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.
How To Submit
Please complete the entry form and return it with the film submission on either PAL DVD or PAL VHS to the following address:
Wimbledon Shorts Film Festival
PO Box 60149
London
SW19 8RN
We can not accept films in quicktime format.