Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2024

Festival Description: The 46th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival is organised under the patronage of the French Ministry for Culture by the association Sauve qui peut le court métrage (hereafter “SQP”) with support from the City of Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont Auvergne Métropole, Puy-de- Dôme Departmental Council, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regional Council, the Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs, the French National Centre for Cinema and Animation, the European Union, the Regional Directorate for Youth, Sport and Social Cohesion (ACSÉ), the French Ministry for National Education and other public and private partners. Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival is a qualifying festival for the Oscars®, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards, the European Film Awards, and the César Awards.

2024 Call for Entries

The 46th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival will take place from February 2nd to February 10th, 2024.

International Competition

Only films completed after 1 October 2022 can apply.

Requirements:

• Any production (fiction, documentary, experimental live-action, or animation) can be submitted to the selection committee.
• Films must not exceed 40 minutes in length.
• Films submitted to previous editions cannot be re-entered, even in a new version.
• Industrial or commercial films are not accepted.

The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival does not require premiere status, but particular attention will be paid to films that have not yet been shown. When registering, please list any previous festivals and awards obtained.

• Deadlines: 11 July 2023 for films completed after October 1st, 2022, and 3 October 2023 for films produced in 2023
• No entry fee

National Competition

Requirements:

• Restricted to French films
• Films completed after October 1st, 2022
• Maximum running time: 59 minutes
• Origin: France as the main country of production

The festival screening format is DCP.

• Deadlines: July 11th, 2023 for films completed in 2022 (after October 1st), and October 11th, 2023 for films completed in 2023
• No entry fee

Lab Competition

• No application for this competition is necessary since the films will be chosen from those submitted to the two competitions above.
• The Lab Selection Committee will select the films for the Lab Competition from a pre-selection proposed by the Committees of the International and National Competition.

Pop-Up section

No application for this competition is necessary since the films will be chosen from those submitted to the National Competition, respecting these criteria:

• Films completed after October 1st, 2022
• Maximum running time: 59 minutes
• Origin: France
• Festival screening format: Pro Res

International Short Film Market

The International Short Film Market is organized by the association Sauve qui peut le court métrage (hereafter “SQP”) alongside the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival with the aim of facilitating economic activity and encouraging professional interaction in the short film sector. The Short Film Market is a unique venue for meetings, promotion, and networking.

Participation:

• The referencing of films at the International Short Film Market is free and non-competitive.
• All films submitted to the National or International Competition of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, whether or not selected, will be referenced in the digital catalog of the Short Film Market.

Conditions:

• Referencing at the Short Film Market is only available for films that have been submitted to the National or International Competition of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.

Short Film Market Picks Label:

In order to highlight the films that the different official selection committees of the festival particularly appreciated, SQP reserves the right to reference and label these films under the name "Short Film Market Picks" on the different short film market media such as its digital catalogue or video library; offering in this way better visibility for these films.

Festival's regulations and online submission via Shortfilmdepot

ARCHIVE

2023 Festival Coverage

• Selected Films

Theme in Focus: Libido

Of the 24 films on offer, nearly 40% are animated films (five fiction and four documentaries). Can sexuality, which, quite logically and literally, is embodied on the screen in the actor’s flesh, equally satisfy us in sketched or animated form? Without question, the answer is yes. Let us not forget that the history of art offers us a broad sample of erotic works, from Japanese prints (also called shunga, spring images, or pillow images) that appear towards the end of the seventeenth century to the sensual sculptures of Aristide Maillol (1861-1944). In its own way, animation cinema knows how to address this theme.

2020 Festival Coverage (ARCHIVE)

• 2020 Award Winners
• 2020 Schedule 

2018 Festival News

• Rosto Reruns: Festival Premiere and Doc at the 2018 Clermont-Ferrand Fest
• Selected Films (International Competition)