Film Freeway

We only accept entries via FilmFreeway! Please ensure when submitting your work to our festival you’ve checked our Terms & Conditions.

Best Feature Competition

Within the ‘New Cinema’ strand of our programme, we will be awarding a ‘Best Feature’ Award’ based on the features (60 minutes plus) that have been submitted to our programme.

This will consist of no more than five finalists, these features will be screened during the week of our festival’s programme with the winner being announced on the festival’s closing night

This category will be judged by our festival’s Jury panel.

Short Film Competition

• Best Irish Short
• Best International Short
• First Blood Award (First Time filmmakers within our Irish and International finalists)
• Our Bloody Woman Horror Award (Female filmmakers within our Irish and International finalists)

Our Irish and International finalists will be screened physically in Belfast during the week of our festival and a selection of shorts will be be available to watch online on our festival’s digital player ( Geo-restrictions will apply).

Due to a large number of submissions, we do not offer individual feedback on shorts that have not been selected.