Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen

Go Short is the Dutch festival for short film. For five days, around 300 short films are screened and filmprofessionals from all over Europe gather in Nijmegen, the oldest city of the country. Besides screenings there are exhibitions, workshops, performances, parties and more! Established in 2008 Go Short shows a wide variation of short films, most of them made by young, talented filmmakers from all over Europe. The festival's main program contains national, international, student and online competitions (containing fiction, animation, documentary and art film). The student competition, Breaking Shorts, is selected by the student film platform Breaking Ground. Competitions are judged by multiple professional juries. Go Short also presents focus programs and out of competition programs.

More than 200 shorts, focus programmes, workshops and masterclasses: March 13 - 17, 2013.

The deadline for films completed in 2011 is 17 August 2012,
the deadline for films completed in 2012 is 1 November 2012.

For more detailed information, see our regulations.

International & National Competition
The International Competition consists of shorts from all genres that have been made in Europe. The films are eligible for the Go Short award for the best short in four different categories: animation, documentary, fiction and art film. The National Competition is a selection of 20 films made in the Netherlands, from which the best film is awarded with the Go Short award for best Dutch short. All selected films are also in the running for the Audience Award.

Breaking Shorts: Student Competition
The Breaking Shorts Student Competition consists of short films from all genres, made in European film schools. The best film is awarded with an Encouragement Award, and all films are eligible for the Audience Award. This year we will be handling the student submissions ourselves, so you can send them directly to Go Short.