The Love Your Shorts Film Festival celebrates short films in Sanford, Florida (located just twenty minutes north of Orlando).

We screen only short films under 30 minutes in length. Films are divided into different blocks for screening and the audience votes for their favorites.

The winning films from each block advance to a final block for a panel of judges to pick the overall festival winner. Winners of each block earn the festival's award, the "Monroe," an original piece of metal artwork named after Sanford's Lake Monroe.

At the end of each block a brief Q&A session is conducted between the filmmakers and audience members.

During the weekend LYSFF also hosts:
- Education Day, designed for seasoned and amateur filmmakers
- Opening Night Party exclusive to filmmakers and sponsors
- Sunday Filmmakers Brunch
- After Party at one of Sanford's famous watering holes

MISSION STATEMENT
To support, promote and recognize the art of short film and its artists.

The winner of each competition block will receive a cash prize of $400 and our prized accolade called the "Monroe," which is an original piece of metal artwork.

The Best of the Fest winner will receive a Monroe award and a cash prize of $1,500.

We also feature our Screener Awards. Monroe awards (without cash prizes) will be given for Best Directing, Best Screenplay, Best Scene, Best Music, Best Cinematography and Best Male Actor and Best Female Actor.

1. The Love Your Shorts Film Festival welcomes short films in any style up to 30 minutes long. The year of production does not matter.

2. Films are divided into 9 blocks for screening: Opening Night, Animation, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Florida Flavor, Sci-Fi/Horror and "E" for Everyone. We curate an International Film block from the submissions to other blocks for a total of 9 blocks presented at the festival.

Audience members at each block vote for their favorite film. The winning films from each block advance to a final block where a panel of judges select the overall festival winner.

3. A film can only be submitted to ONE category (it is unnecessary to submit one film into multiple categories). A filmmaker may submit multiple films, but is responsible for submitting each individually and paying appropriate submission fees for each film.

4. The Florida Flavor category is open to films either made primarily in Florida, or films made anywhere by a filmmaker that is a resident of Florida during the film's production.

5. We curate our International Film block from the forign submissions to other blocks, there is not a specific category to submit to for this block.

6. Entrants must submit their short film(s) via FilmFreeway's online screening system.

7. Officially selected films will be notified on or before January 1st.

8. Festival organizers reserve the right to show officially selected films in any film block not just the genre in which it was submitted.

9. All submission fees must be paid in US funds. All submissions are final, no refunds will be issued.

10. By submitting to the Love Your Shorts Film Festival, submitter gives permission to the festival to allow the film to be shown to attending press, at festival parties and at other festival related events. Submitter also gives permission for the film to be streamed in a virtual festival format. Such a streaming event will not be accessible to the public, it would be for limited key festival supporters, filmmakers or people who have purchased tickets.