Call for entries

MAX3MIN - Very Short Film Festival
3rd edition: 11th – 17th September 2023 Milan and on line

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION + THE NEXT GEN SECTION

FOR FILMS COMPLETED AFTER 1st JANUARY 2020
MAXIMUM RUNNING TIME: 3 MINUTES
Opening 15th December 2022
Regular deadline: 15th March 2023 - FREE
Late deadline: 15th April 2023 - 10 €
Extended deadline: 15th May 2023 - 15 €

SUBMIT

BLACKBALL PROFESSIONAL SECTION

FOR FILMS COMPLETED AFTER 1st JANUARY 2020
MAXIMUM RUNNING TIME: 3 MINUTES
Opening 18th January 2023
Regular Deadline: 28th January 2023 - FREE
Extended Deadline: 15th May 2023 - 25 €

SUBMISSION

Do you want to submit more than 2 films? And to participate to the Blackball professional section? Do you need 2 more months free of charge to submit your film?

SUBMISSION PREMIUM

We accept films of all kinds, on any topic, from any country in the world. Fiction, animation, videoclip, advertising, digital art, documentary and mockumentary… the result will be a celebration of ultra-short cinema, an explosion of ideas, contaminations and stimuli.

The selection team pays particular attention to the geographical composition of the competition: MAX3MIN opens windows on to unconventional stories far from Western-centric narrations, to reflect as far as possible the heterogeneity of the films entered and the different national cultures of the various countries.

Alongside the International Competition, the NEXT GEN prize is back, dedicated to the best short films made by students at film schools and academies all over the world, with the aim of encouraging the study of moving images, giving aspiring directors a concrete opportunity to compete in an international competition.

And for the first time, a special section, in collaboration with Blackball, an Italian production company which uses the most innovative techniques in the creation of films and advertising. The focus is on the crafting, therefore rewarding quality in terms of how the creative idea is actually made.

Awards & Prizes

MAX3MIN JURY AWARD: the international jury will choose the best five short films and award the winner a prize of € 3,000.
MAX3MIN NEXT GEN AWARD: a dedicated jury will award a technical prize (e.g. last year: a camera…), useful for the student’s training, for the best short film.
MAX3MIN AUDIENCE AWARD: the public, both present and online, can express their preferences and proclaim their three favourite short films.
BLACKBALL PRIZE: a jury of professionals from the world of entertainment, chosen by Blackball, will award to the best short film in terms of crafting the prize consisting of :
assistance for the production of a new short film (rental of technical material for the production of the video and/or the post-production activities and finalization of the artistic project (colour correction, online audio and video) up to a maximum value of €5,000; or reimbursement of the expenses borne for the aforementioned services up to a maximum of €5,000 on presentation of the documentation (receipts, invoices etc.)

Awards ceremony

Saturday 16th September 2023

For any info contact us: film@max3min.com