Submit a film

The online submissions for the 47th edition of the Clermont-Ferrand International are now open.

International Competition 2025

Registration deadline:
- October 3rd, 2024

Submission fee = €13 
+ delivery costs = 1 Shortfilmdepot stamp

Requirements:

  • Films completed after: October 1st, 2023
  • Maximum running time: 40 minutes
  • Origin: All countries (except France)
  • Festival screening format: DCP
Prix spécial du jury international 2024 : Rishi Chandna et son co-scénariste et producteur Rahul Srivastava pour "Virundhu" (Le Festin) - © SQPLCM, Baptiste Chanat

2024 International Special Jury Prize 2024: Rishi Chandna and his producer and co-scriptwriter Rahul Srivastava for "Virundhu" (The Fest) - © SQPLCM, Baptiste Chanat

National Competition 2025

Restricted to French films

Registration deadline:
- October 10th, 2024 

Submission fee = €13 
+ delivery costs = 1 Shortfilmdepot stamp

Requirements:

  • Films completed after: October 1st, 2023
  • Maximum running time: 59 minutes
  • Origin: France as main country of production
  • Festival screening format: DCP
Grand prix national 2024 : Julia Kowalski pour "J'ai vu le visage du diable" - © SQPLCM, Baptiste Chanat

2024 National Grand Prix: Julia Kowalski for "J'ai vu le visage du diable" (I Saw the Face of the Devil) - © SQPLCM, Baptiste Chanat

Lab Competition 2025

  • No application for this competition is necessary since the films will be chosen from those submitted to 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.
Grand prix labo 2024 : Valeria Hofmann pour "AliEN0089" - © SQPLCM, Baptiste Chanat

2024 Lab Grand Prix: Valeria Hofmann for "AliEN0089" - © SQPLCM, Baptiste Chanat

XR - Extended Reality section 2025

 

    • Registration deadline: November 15th, 2024
    • Film produced: between 2023 and 2024
    • Maximum running time: 59 minutes
    • Genre: fiction, documentary or experimental film in continuous shooting or frame by frame (animation)
Prix Evaveo du meilleur film VR 2024 : Marion Burger et Ilan J. Cohen pour "Empereur" - © SQPLCM, Anthonin Robineau

2024 Best VR Film Award by Evaveo: Marion Burger and Ilan J. Cohen for "Empereur" (Emperor) - © SQPLCM, Anthonin Robineau

International Short Film Market 2025

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 in 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 who 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 medias such as its digital catalogue or video library; offering in this way better visibility for these films.

Videolibrary option

The Videolibrary option will allow participants of the Short Film Market to watch the registered film online. Each participant is checked by our teams beforehand. Online viewing is strictly reserved to cinema and audiovisual industry members (TV/VOD/ SVOD buyers, Distributors, Programmers, Press, etc).

Participants can extend their access to the viewing option via a paid subscription (Shortfilmwire+), until 1 December 2025.

 

Submission:

  • To register a film to the Short Film Market Videolibrary, leave the "Videolibrary option" box checked when submitting your film to the National or International Competition of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival via the site shortfilmdepot.com
  • For films being selected in the official selection of the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival (international competition, national competition and lab competition, African perspectives, Young Audience programmes, French Region Showcase, Pop-Up programme) this option is mandatory.

Services:

  • Registered films will be accessible from the Short Film Market Videolibrary via a secure server (strictly reserved to cinema and audiovisual industry members: (TV/VOD/ SVOD buyers, Distributors, Programmers, Press, etc).
  • two free accesses to the digital section of the Short Film Market (access to viewing statistics and participants contact details, etc.).
  • a free accreditation for the director(s) and producer(s) of the film.

Viewing Copy:

  • By default, the viewing copy that has been uploaded to the shortfilmdepot.com platform when you registered to the National or International Competition of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival will be used.

New version of the viewing copy:

  • To replace your viewing copy by a new version (final version, English subtitled version, etc.), download a new video file to the shortfilmdepot.com film card (which was initially used to register your film to the National or International Competition of the Clermont- Ferrand International Short Film Festival) by using the "Upload new version" button, before January 10th, 2025.

Cancellation:

  • The International Short Film Market Videolibrary registration can be canceled at any time by sending a note to g.rouchit@clermont-filmfest.org, except for the films in the official selection.

FAQ

Contacts

Coordination of the International Competition
Coordination of the National Competition
Coordination of the Lab Competition
Coordination of the Extended Reality section
Coordination of the Short Film Market