How to apply…

For our ongoing 2012 Competition submitted short films must fulfill the following requirements:

1. Completed after January 1st 2011.
2. Not exceed 18 minutes in length (credits included).
3. Be a German* production.

For our Guest Short selection, short films can be of any year and nationality but need to fulfill a length requirement and not exceed 25 minutes of running time including credits.

Notes:

1. Every selected movie shot in another language than English must be subtitled in English. But, for ease of submission, we accept shorts in German and English.
2. No genre restrictions.
3. No submission fees.

Screening format:

1. We highly recommend you to send us your movie as a MP4 with H.264 encoding.

You may send us your film for a preview by link, password-protected, or by using Wetransfer (no registration, no fee, files up to 2GB) to shortcutz.berlin@shortcutznetwork.com or just send it through regular post to the Filmkunst Bar Fitzcarraldo. You can even drop it at the bar, mentioning only that it is a film entry for Shortcutz Berlin. The bar is open daily from 10am to midnight and the address is:

Shortcutz Berlin
Reichenberger Straße 133
10999 Berlin

*German production: what does that mean?

Based in and operating from the German capital of Berlin, Shortcutz Berlin values itself as a meeting and exchange point for the local and national short film and video scene. In our age of constant roaming, Shengen and multi-culturism, we consider a work to be “German” if is has been either made, planed, produced or post-produced by a German citizen or a German resident.

If you live or stay in Germany only temporarly, or you just arrived, but you have previous works you would like to share with the Berlin audience, please don’t hesitate to write to us in any case, as your short can be entered for the Guest Short category.

For further information or questions, please contact us through our email at shortcutz.berlin@shortcutznetwork.