The ShortList Film Festival 2017 Submissions Now OpenTheWrap

TheWrap is pleased to announce that submissions to the 6th Annual ShortList Film Festival, highlighting the best in short filmmaking from around the world, are now open.

The Festival will stream online for two weeks from August 8 to 22, 2017 at http://www.shortlistfilmfestival.com, with the winners announced at a ceremony in Los Angeles on August 23, 2017.

Filmmakers interested in submitting their films can do so here: https://filmfreeway.com/festival/TheShortlistFilmFestival.

The ShortList Film Festival, now in its sixth year, elevates the best in short filmmaking as the format has exploded across every device in the age of streaming.

Also Read: 'Slingshot,' 'Maman(s)' and 'Thunder Road' Take Prizes at TheWrap's ShortList 2016 Film Festival

The contest selects twelve of the best award-winning short films that have premiered at a major festival in the past year, making this the most highly competitive film festival of its kind. The festival awards the Jury Prize and the Audience Prize, each of which award $5,000 to the winner.

ShortList finalists and winners have frequently gone on to greater recognition within the entertainment industry. The 2016 Jury Winner, “Maman(s),” won the Cesar award for best short film. The 2015 ShortList Audience and Jury winner, “Bear Story,” won the 2015 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

The Award-Winning Shorts Competition is for films up to 20 minutes in length that have received an award.

This year, the festival adds a student category for the first time. The top 10 film schools on TheWrap’s ranking of film schools have been invited to submit their top student films, and will participate in this year’s competition. The films will also be voted on by TheWrap’s audience.

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The Scene at ShortList 2016: TheWrap's 5th Annual Short Film Festival (Photos)

TheWrap's Sharon Waxman and Steve Pond join the finalists at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival on Wedenesday night at YouTube Space LA.
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"Maman(s)" director Maïmouna Doucouré accepts the Imax Jury Prize at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Slingshot" director David Hansen accepts the Audience Prize at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Thunder Road" director Jim Cummings accepts the Creators League Prize at the fith annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Finalists on stage at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Jury members Catherine Hardwicke, Kevin Iwashina, Bec Smith, Jennifer Levine and TheWrap's Sharon Waxman at the ShortList Film Festival ceremony.
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Finalist filmmakers mingle at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Glove" directors Alexa Lim Haas and Bernardo Britto at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Thunder Road" director Jim Cummings and PepsiCo's Ally Polly at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"The Send-Off" directors Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan talk budgets at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Director Jörn Threlfall, jury member Jennifer Levine, Sharon Waxman and director Maïmouna Doucouré at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"These C*cksucking Tears" director Dan Taberski speaks at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Boxeadora" director Meg Smaker speaks on stage at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Jury members Catherine Hardwicke, Kevin Iwashina, Bec Smith, Jennifer Levine and TheWrap's Sharon Waxman.
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TheWrap's Sharon Waxman and "Over" director Jörn Threlfall at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Honest Trailers" creator Andy Signore at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival, who presented the Audience Prize
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Killer" director Matt Kazman at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Glove" directors Alexa Lim Haas and Bernardo Britto at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Finalist filmmakers mingle at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Maman(s)" director Maïmouna Doucouré speaks on stage at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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TheWrap's Sharon Waxman opens the awards ceremony at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Finalists on stage at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Finalists on stage at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Maman(s)" director Maïmouna Doucouré on stage at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Finalists on stage at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Finalists on stage at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Finalists on stage at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Thunder Road" director Jim Cummings on stage at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Directors Maïmouna Doucouré and Dan Taberski at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Jury member Jennifer Levine at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Slingshot" director David Hansen at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Boxeadora" director Meg Smaker at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"These C*cksucking Tears" director Dan Taberski at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Maman(s)" director Maïmouna Doucouré at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Jury member Kevin Iwashina at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"The Send-Off" directors Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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PepsiCo's Ally Polly at the 5th Annual ShortList Film Festival.
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TheWrap's Sharon Waxman at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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PepsiCo's Ally Polly on stage at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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TheWrap's Sharon Waxman and Jury member Catherine Hardwicke at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Slingshot" director David Hansen at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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