Palm Springs International ShortFest & Film Market

Contact information is only available to Backstage members with subscriptions.

Personnel:

Liliana Rodriguez, Artistic Director

Rhea A. Lewis-Woodson, Managing Director

Kathleen McInnis, Film Curator & Special Programs, Programmer

Jennifer Van Camp, Programming Manager

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Submission Policy:

Festival Season: Summer (usually June)

Deadline: December (check website or FilmFreeway for exact dates)

Entry: $60 for animation, documentary, live action. $55 for all student categories.

Content:

Shorts, Documentaries

Festival Season:

Summer

Comments:

The Palm Springs International ShortFest is one of the largest showcases of short-form cinema in North America. The seven-day competitive festival is Academy Award, BAFTA and Goya-qualifying, annually screening hundreds of shorts from approximately 60 countries. ShortFest accepts submissions up to 40 minutes in duration, in the form of both fiction and non-fiction shorts.