The short film weekend at Glasgow Film Festival was established in 2008 by short film exhibitor The Magic Lantern, in partnership with the Centre for Contemporary Arts. The event has since become Scotland’s leading competitive short film festival. In 2015 GSFF made a decisive change of date from February to March, finally distinguishing the festival from its 'mother' Glasgow Film Festival.

In only eight years GSFF has earned an international reputation for quality curation. This is reflected in the increasing numbers of filmmakers, talent spotters, and festival programmers who attend each year, from across Europe, North America, and Asia. GSFF has been invited to collaborate with festivals and exhibitors in China, Croatia, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK.

Bill Douglas Award for International Short Film - All entries are eligible.
International Audience Award - All entries are eligible.
Scottish Short Film Award - All Scottish entries are eligible.
Scottish Audience Award - All Scottish entries are eligible. Prize: commission to create GSFF trailer for the following year’s festival.

GSFF welcomes all forms and genres - our competition programmes combine fiction, documentary, animation and experimental/artists’ moving image.
Films must have been completed after 30 September 2018 with a maximum duration of 50 minutes including credits.
Documents and Other Requisite Items

Submissions are accepted online, via any of our three submission partners: Festhome, Filmfestivallife and Reelport.
Before you can submit your film you will be asked to register your contact and film details. These details will only be shared with GSFF
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