SUBMIT YOUR FILM TO THE COMPETITIVE SECTIONS:
• INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION + NEXT GEN
• SEA Milan Airports - UNfasten your seat belt & enjoy your time!

FOR FILMS COMPLETED AFTER 1st JANUARY 2021
MAXIMUM RUNNING TIME 3'59" (credits excluded)

Regular deadline: 15th March 2024 - FREE
Late deadline - 15th April 2024 - 10 €
Extended deadline: 15 May 2024 - 15 €

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The aim of MAX3MIN is to be a showcase for short, very short films, and a megaphone for all filmmakers who tell their stories of the world through images and a new language that makes shortness and quickness its force.

For the International Competition, MAX3MIN accepts films of all genres, on any topic, from any country in the world. Fiction, animation, documentary and mockumentary, videoclip, advertising, video art…

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.

In addition to the competitive sections, the programme is enriched by special screenings and Playᐅ, a new section dedicated to children (5-10 years) that aims to bring children closer to the world of cinema through a series of screenings and workshops.

WHAT'S NEW

A competition in collaboration with SEA Milan Airports: UNfasten your seat belt & enjoy your time!

Offer passengers in the airport, who are about to leave, 3 minutes of entertainment, so that they can appreciate the time before their flight: this is the topic of the new MAX3MIN competition, organized thanks to the Special Partnership with SEA Milan Airports, dedicated to comedies from all over the world, always lasting 3 minutes at the most, in any form whatsoever: fiction, animation, documentary, video clip, etc… Light and entertaining films, so that passengers can start their journey in a good mood and with a smile on their faces.

The awards ceremony will be held on 6th October in Milan. It will be available also online worldwide: during the ceremony, there will be awarded the Jury’s Prize for the best short film in the International Competition, the NEXT GEN Prize and the Audience’s Award, thanks to the preferences expressed by the public attending the screenings in the theatre.
At the end of the online screenings, also the Online Audience’s Award will be assigned to the short film of the International Competition and the Next Gen section that will obtain more preferences by the online viewers.

PRIZES & AWARDS

MAX3MIN JURY’S 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 useful for the student’s training, for the best short film - DJI Osmo Mobile 6 Vlog combo

MAX3MIN AUDIENCE’S AWARD: the audience in Milan can express their preferences and proclaim their three favourite short films.

MAX3MIN ONLINE AUDIENCE’S AWARD: also during the online screenings, the audience will have the chance to choose their favourite short film and proclaim the winner of the International Competition and Next Gen.

SEA MILAN AIRPORTS AWARD: a jury, appointed by SEA Milan Airports, will choose the film that best expresses the theme requested in the form of a comedy. The prize awarded to the winning film consists of a prize of an economic nature for a total of € 1000 and the screening of the winning work in Milan airports (Malpensa and/or Linate) screened in the way to be defined, between an especially installed screen in loco or through a QR Code available and made visible exclusively in the airports which will take the user to a page dedicated to the SEA selection on the www.max3min.com platform.

For any info: film@max3min.com