Submit your film
Short film is a blessed space within the art of cinema—a place where there is still room for wild experimentation and white spaces left on the map to explore. In our view, much of the best work today is driven by filmmakers charting new territory, often pushing boundaries well beyond the constraints of a budget.
The 39th Minimalen Short Film Festival invites you to experience it all. Join us for this upcoming edition featuring compelling Norwegian, Nordic, and International competitions, in-depth retrospectives, and the cutting edge of contemporary filmmaking. Whether you want to explore the world, the Nordic region, or our own backyard, Minimalen is your gateway.
Submissions are open
Regional Student Competition
* HD-file:
If you do not have a DCP, the screening copy can be a Quicktime HD file with Codec Apple Prores 422 HQ (HD 1080p, 2 ch. audio). The festival will produce a DCP for preliminary use (which will be deleted after the festival, and not be available for anyone else).
Submissions are opening soon
One-minute-films
* Norwegian:
Must have a Norwegian residential address.
** Only one film per participant:
The same director cannot enter more than one film in total across the two One-Minute Film competitions.
*** Director:
Maximum of 4 directors per film.
One-minutes-films youth
* Norwegian:
Must have a Norwegian residential address.
** Only one film per participant:
The same director cannot enter more than one film in total across the two One-Minute Film competitions.
*** Director:
Maximum of 4 directors per film.
Submissions are closed
Nordic & Norwegian Competition
* The Nordic countries:
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden - including Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and Åland.
** Definition of "film from a Nordic country":
a) The film has at least one citizen of a Nordic country credited as a director.
OR
b) The film is shot in one of the Nordic countries and has been produced or majority coproduced by a Nordic company, or is in receipt of at least 51% of its budget from Nordic sources. In the latter case, the film must also include sufficient creative elements from the Nordic country – having strong
Nordic-related subject matter.
*** HD-file:
If you do not have a DCP, the screening copy can be a Quicktime HD file with Codec Apple Prores 422 HQ (HD 1080p, 2 ch. audio). The festival will produce a DCP for preliminary use (which will be deleted after the festival, and not be available for anyone else).
International Competition
* The Nordic countries:
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden - including Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and Åland.
** Definition of "film from a Nordic country":
a) The film has at least one citizen of a Nordic country credited as a director.
OR
b) The film is shot in one of the Nordic countries and has been produced or majority coproduced by a Nordic company, or is in receipt of at least 51% of its budget from Nordic sources. In the latter case, the film must also include sufficient creative elements from the Nordic country – having strong
Nordic-related subject matter.
*** HD-file:
If you do not have a DCP, the screening copy can be a Quicktime HD file with Codec Apple Prores 422 HQ (HD 1080p, 2 ch. audio). The festival will produce a DCP for preliminary use (which will be deleted after the festival, and not be available for anyone else).