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New York City Short Film Festival (NYC Shorts)

New York, NY, United States, North America

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New York, NY, United States, North America

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16th

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New York, NY United States

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Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space 2537 Broadway New York, New York 10025, , United States Show me on the map

About the festival

The New York City Short Film Festival (NYC Shorts) is an international competitive short film festival created by filmmakers and dedicated to the short form. In 2020, NYC Shorts will celebrate its 16th annual edition. The festival screenings will once again take place at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Symphony Space, a storied arts and film venue in Manhattan.

NYC SHORTS is a competitive festival with winners in each of seven categories: Drama Short, Comedy Short, Documentary Short, Animation Short, LGBT Short, Foreign Language Short and Student Short. The audience votes for its favorite film in each screening. In our 16 year history, we have screened shorts from all over the world and had filmmakers in attendance from the US, UK, Australia, Germany, Mexico, South Africa, Israel, Canada, Italy and more. Attending filmmakers participate in a post-screening Q&A and network with other filmmakers and industry guests at our after-party. Our Official Selections have gone on to screen at Sundance, Berlin, Palm Springs Shorts, Clermont-Ferrand and many other important film festivals. In 2007, the animated short THE DANISH POET won the Academy Award for Animated Short after it had its New York premiere at our festival in 2006. In 2018, our Best Foreign Language Short MAY DAY had its US Premiere at our festival and was later short-listed (top ten) for the 2019 Academy Award. MADRE, our 2018 Best Drama Short was nominated for the 2019 Academy Award in the live-action category.

Best of Fest Award
Best Drama Short
Best Comedy Short
Best Documentary Short
Best LGBT Short
Best Student Short
Best Foreign Language Short
Best Animation Short
Audience Choice Award

About

The New York City Short Film Festival (NYC Shorts) is an international competitive short film festival created by filmmakers and dedicated to the short form. In 2020, NYC Shorts will celebrate its 16th annual edition. The festival screenings will once again take place at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at Symphony Space, a storied arts and film venue in Manhattan.

NYC SHORTS is a competitive festival with winners in each of seven categories: Drama Short, Comedy Short, Documentary Short, Animation Short, LGBT Short, Foreign Language Short and Student Short. The audience votes for its favorite film in each screening. In our 16 year history, we have screened shorts from all over the world and had filmmakers in attendance from the US, UK, Australia, Germany, Mexico, South Africa, Israel, Canada, Italy and more. Attending filmmakers participate in a post-screening Q&A and network with other filmmakers and industry guests at our after-party. Our Official Selections have gone on to screen at Sundance, Berlin, Palm Springs Shorts, Clermont-Ferrand and many other important film festivals. In 2007, the animated short THE DANISH POET won the Academy Award for Animated Short after it had its New York premiere at our festival in 2006. In 2018, our Best Foreign Language Short MAY DAY had its US Premiere at our festival and was later short-listed (top ten) for the 2019 Academy Award. MADRE, our 2018 Best Drama Short was nominated for the 2019 Academy Award in the live-action category.

Best of Fest Award
Best Drama Short
Best Comedy Short
Best Documentary Short
Best LGBT Short
Best Student Short
Best Foreign Language Short
Best Animation Short
Audience Choice Award

Awards & Winners

There are no winners yet for this festival

Terms and rules

GENERAL RULES
NYC SHORTS is open to all short films under 20 minutes (including credits), originating anywhere in the world. All foreign language films must be subtitled in English. Films must have been produced after January 2019. We only accept online submissions for the judging process. Please do not send DVDs or presskits of any kind. If your film is selected for the festival, we will request stills and a presskit at that time.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Filmmakers must have all rights associated with their films and allow the festival to use clips for publicity purposes. If your film becomes an official selection, we will request a DVD copy in addition to your screening format. NYC Shorts is permitted to retain DVD or digital copies of each film officially selected as part of our festival library and for media educational use. If you do not wish your film to remain in our library after the 2020 Festival concludes (and henceforth), please notify us in writing and provide a self-addressed stamped envelope for the return of your film.

Ratings & Reviews

Categories and fees

Drama Short
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th April, 2020) $25
Regular (30th June, 2020) $30
Late (31st August, 2020) $40
Description

Entries for Drama Short must be dramatic, fiction narrative works, not more than 20 minutes in length (including credits). If your film is not in English, please submit in the Foreign Language category. If you are a student filmmaker, please submit in the Student category. We only accept online submissions for the selection process.

Comedy Short
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th April, 2020) $25
Regular (30th June, 2020) $30
Late (31st August, 2020) $40
Description

Entries for Comedy Short must be comedic, fiction narrative works, not more than 20 minutes in length, including credits. If your film is in a language other than English, please submit in the Foreign Language category. If you are a student, please submit in the Student category. We only accept online submissions for the selection process.

Documentary Short
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th April, 2020) $25
Regular (30th June, 2020) $30
Late (31st August, 2020) $40
Description

Entries for Documentary Short must be non-fiction works, not more than 20 minutes in length, including credits. We only accept online submissions for the selection process.

LGBT Short
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th April, 2020) $25
Regular (30th June, 2020) $30
Late (31st August, 2020) $40
Description

Entries for LGBT Short must be gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender themed, fiction or non-fiction works, not more than 20 minutes in length, including credits. We only accept online submissions for the selection process.

Student Short
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th April, 2020) $20
Regular (30th June, 2020) $25
Late (31st August, 2020) $35
Description

Entries for Student Short must have been produced by a student or recent graduate (before the date of graduation) and not more than 20 minutes in length, including credits. Submissions may be in any language but must be subtitled in English. Entry must include proof of current or recent student status (for example a copy of student ID). We only accept online submissions for the selection process.

Foreign Language Short
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th April, 2020) $25
Regular (30th June, 2020) $30
Late (31st August, 2020) $40
Description

Entries for Foreign Language Short must be subtitled in English and not more than 20 minutes in length, including credits. If your film is a comedy or drama in a language other than English, please submit in this category. If you are a student or recent graduate, please submit in the Student category, regardless of language. We only accept online submissions for the selection process.

Animation Short
Entry fees
Early Bird (30th April, 2020) $25
Regular (30th June, 2020) $30
Late (31st August, 2020) $40
Description

Entries for Animation Short must be animated fiction or non-fiction works, not more than 20 minutes in length, including credits. We only accept online submissions for the selection process.

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