Brussels Short Film Festival is an exhibition intended for lovers of cinema, both audience and professionals. The purpose is to promote and circulate short films and to generate contacts between audience, young directors and professionals.
Since 2018, the winner of the Great Prize of the national competition will be eligible for consideration in the Animated
Short Film/ Live Action Short Film category of the Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the
film otherwise complies with the Academy rules.
Requirements:
1) Films completed after: November 1st, 2017
2) Maximum duration: 40 minutes
3) Country of production: Belgium
4) Screening format: mp4. codec H264 - 10 Mbs - 1920 x 1080, DCP
5) Accepted genres: all
6) No re-entry: Films already entered to the festival in previous years cannot be submitted again
7) Subtitles: Films have to be subtitled in french (or in english). It’s also advisable for french-speaking films to have english subtitles.
International Competition
Jury : Stéphanie Blanchoud, Fabien Gorgeart, Virginie Saint-Martin, Wim Willaert
The "Grand Prix International"
€3.500 offered by the 'Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles Promotion de Bruxelles'
Inter - Uno
UNO
by Javier Marco Rico
10’ - Spain - 2018
The Jury Award
€1.000 offered by the Tourism Department of the City of Brussels
Inter - Min börda copy
MIN BÖRDA
by Niki Lindroth von Bahr
13’- Sweden - 2017
The Best Actress
€1.000 offered by the Cultural Department of the City of Brussels
Inter - Retouch
SONIA SANJARI
in Retouch
by Kaveh Mazaheri
20’ - Iran - 2017
The Best Actor
€1.000 offered by the Cultural Department of the City of Brussels
Nationale - Make-Aliens-Dance-S copy
CALVIN DEAN
in Make Aliens Dance
by Sébastien Petretti
24’ - Belgium - 2017
The Audience Award
€1.500 offered by the ‘Chimay Beers’
Inter - Fast alles
FAST ALLES
de Lisa Gertsch
24’43’’ - Suisse - 2017
Special Mention
Inter - Ceata
CEAȚA
by Adi Voicu
27’ - Romania - 2017
Special Mention
Inter - Girl at the door
GIRL AT THE DOOR
by Song Joosung
11’ 39’’- South Korea - 2017
National Competition
Jury : Myungsoo Suh, Guy Astic, Julia Schubiger
The "Grand Prix National"
€2.500 offered by the 'SACD'
and Services for an amount of €10.000 offered by Eye Lite, KGS, The Fridge TV-ACE and Chocolat Noisette
Nationale - Icare
ICARE
by Nicolas Boucart
27’09’’ - Belgium - 2017
The 'Federation Wallonie-Bruxelles' Award
€2.500 offered by the 'Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles' for a French speaking Belgian film
Nationale - Make-Aliens-Dance-S copy
MAKE ALIENS DANCE
by Sébastien Petretti
24’ - Belgium - 2017
The Best Actress
€1000 offered by the Commune of Ixelles
Nationale - Lâchez les chiens
ALICE DE LENCQUESAING
in Lâchez les chiens
by Manue Fleytoux
21’29’’ - Belgium - 2017
The Best Actor
€1000 offered by the Commune of Ixelles
Nationale - Deer Boy
ERYK MAJ
in Deer Boy
by Katarzyna Gondek 16’ - Belgium - 2017
Special Mention
Nationale - WILDEBEEST
WILDEBEEST
by Nicolas Keppens & Matthias Phlips
19’ 08’’ - Belgium - 2017
Audience Award
€1000 offered by the Sabam
Nationale - Vihta
VIHTA
de François Bierry
20’58’’ - Belgique - 2017
Be TV Award
The acquisition of broadcasting rights by BE Tv
Nationale - Glorious Peanut
THE GLORIOUS PEANUTS
by Fred de Loof & Fred Labeye
18’ - Belgium - 2018
Canal + France Award
The acquisition of broadcasting rights by Canal + France
Nationale - WILDEBEEST
WILDEBEEST
by Nicolas Keppens, & Matthias Phlips
19’08’’ - Belgium - 2017
The RTBF-La Trois Award
The acquisition of broadcasting rights by RTBF-LaTrois
Nationale - Lost in the middle
LOST IN THE MIDDLE
by Senne Dehandschutter
16’42’’ - Belgium - 2017
The ‘Critic UPCB/UCC' Award
€1500 in services offered bu the Studio l'Equipe
Nationale - si-g
SI-G
by Frederike Migom
16’ - Belgium - 2017
Next Generation Competition
Jury : Raphaël Balboni, Julie Esparbès, Natacha Seweryn
Grand prix
1500€ offered by Next Generation
Next Inter - Dogmeat
DOGMEAT
de Kseniya Tischenko
30’ - Russia - 2017
The 'Federation Wallonie-Bruxelles' Award
€1.250 offered by the 'Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles' for a French speaking Belgian film
Next Nat - La dernière meute
LA DERNIÈRE MEUTE
by Morgane Thibaut
19’08’’- Belgium - 2017
The Audience National Award
1000€ offered by the Sabam
Nationale - Dispersion
DISPERSION
by Nikita Trocki
18’’ - Belgium - 2017
The Audience International Award
500€ offered by Next Generation
Inter - Sab Theek Hain
SAB THEEK HAIN
by Mansi Jain
17’39’’ - India & United States - 2017
The Young Jury Award
€500 offered by The Youth Department of the Commune of Ixelles
Next Inter - Augenblicke
AUGENBLICKE - A BLINK OF AN EYE
by Kiana Naghshineh
3’55’’ - Germany - 2017
Special Mention of the Jury
Inter - Skolstartssorg
SKOLSTARTSSORG
by Maria Eriksson
16’36’’ - Sweden - 2017
Special Mention of the Jury
Nationale - Girlhood
GIRLHOOD
by Heleen Declercq
14’ - Belgium - 2017
Special Mention of the Young Jury
Next Inter - Ondes noires
ONDES NOIRES
by Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
19’59’’ - France - 2017
