Brussels Short Film Festival is an exhibition intended for lovers of cinema, both audience and professionals. The purpose is to promote and circulate short films and to generate contacts between audience, young directors and professionals.
Since 2018, the winner of the Great Prize of the national competition will be eligible for consideration in the Animated
Short Film/ Live Action Short Film category of the Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the
film otherwise complies with the Academy rules.

Requirements:
1) Films completed after: November 1st, 2017
2) Maximum duration: 40 minutes
3) Country of production: Belgium
4) Screening format: mp4. codec H264 - 10 Mbs - 1920 x 1080, DCP
5) Accepted genres: all
6) No re-entry: Films already entered to the festival in previous years cannot be submitted again
7) Subtitles: Films have to be subtitled in french (or in english). It’s also advisable for french-speaking films to have english subtitles.

International Competition

Jury : Stéphanie Blanchoud, Fabien Gorgeart, Virginie Saint-Martin, Wim Willaert

The "Grand Prix International"
€3.500 offered by the 'Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles Promotion de Bruxelles'

Inter - Uno

UNO
by Javier Marco Rico
10’ - Spain - 2018

The Jury Award
€1.000 offered by the Tourism Department of the City of Brussels

Inter - Min börda copy

MIN BÖRDA
by Niki Lindroth von Bahr
13’- Sweden - 2017

The Best Actress
€1.000 offered by the Cultural Department of the City of Brussels

Inter - Retouch

SONIA SANJARI
in Retouch
by Kaveh Mazaheri
20’ - Iran - 2017

The Best Actor
€1.000 offered by the Cultural Department of the City of Brussels

Nationale - Make-Aliens-Dance-S copy
CALVIN DEAN
in Make Aliens Dance
by Sébastien Petretti
24’ - Belgium - 2017

The Audience Award
€1.500 offered by the ‘Chimay Beers’

Inter - Fast alles

FAST ALLES
de Lisa Gertsch
24’43’’ - Suisse - 2017

Special Mention

Inter - Ceata

CEAȚA
by Adi Voicu
27’ - Romania - 2017

Special Mention

Inter - Girl at the door

GIRL AT THE DOOR
by Song Joosung
11’ 39’’- South Korea - 2017

National Competition

Jury : Myungsoo Suh, Guy Astic, Julia Schubiger

The "Grand Prix National"
€2.500 offered by the 'SACD'
and Services for an amount of €10.000 offered by Eye Lite, KGS, The Fridge TV-ACE and Chocolat Noisette

Nationale - Icare

ICARE
by Nicolas Boucart
27’09’’ - Belgium - 2017

The 'Federation Wallonie-Bruxelles' Award
€2.500 offered by the 'Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles' for a French speaking Belgian film

Nationale - Make-Aliens-Dance-S copy

MAKE ALIENS DANCE
by Sébastien Petretti
24’ - Belgium - 2017

The Best Actress
€1000 offered by the Commune of Ixelles

Nationale - Lâchez les chiens

ALICE DE LENCQUESAING
in Lâchez les chiens
by Manue Fleytoux
21’29’’ - Belgium - 2017

The Best Actor
€1000 offered by the Commune of Ixelles

Nationale - Deer Boy

ERYK MAJ
in Deer Boy
by Katarzyna Gondek 16’ - Belgium - 2017

Special Mention

Nationale - WILDEBEEST

WILDEBEEST
by Nicolas Keppens & Matthias Phlips
19’ 08’’ - Belgium - 2017

Audience Award
€1000 offered by the Sabam

Nationale - Vihta

VIHTA
de François Bierry
20’58’’ - Belgique - 2017

Be TV Award
The acquisition of broadcasting rights by BE Tv

Nationale - Glorious Peanut

THE GLORIOUS PEANUTS
by Fred de Loof & Fred Labeye
18’ - Belgium - 2018

Canal + France Award
The acquisition of broadcasting rights by Canal + France

Nationale - WILDEBEEST

WILDEBEEST
by Nicolas Keppens, & Matthias Phlips
19’08’’ - Belgium - 2017

The RTBF-La Trois Award
The acquisition of broadcasting rights by RTBF-LaTrois

Nationale - Lost in the middle

LOST IN THE MIDDLE
by Senne Dehandschutter
16’42’’ - Belgium - 2017

The ‘Critic UPCB/UCC' Award
€1500 in services offered bu the Studio l'Equipe

Nationale - si-g

SI-G
by Frederike Migom
16’ - Belgium - 2017

Next Generation Competition

Jury : Raphaël Balboni, Julie Esparbès, Natacha Seweryn

Grand prix
1500€ offered by Next Generation

Next Inter - Dogmeat

DOGMEAT
de Kseniya Tischenko
30’ - Russia - 2017

The 'Federation Wallonie-Bruxelles' Award
€1.250 offered by the 'Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles' for a French speaking Belgian film

Next Nat - La dernière meute

LA DERNIÈRE MEUTE
by Morgane Thibaut
19’08’’- Belgium - 2017

The Audience National Award
1000€ offered by the Sabam

Nationale - Dispersion

DISPERSION
by Nikita Trocki
18’’ - Belgium - 2017

The Audience International Award
500€ offered by Next Generation

Inter - Sab Theek Hain

SAB THEEK HAIN
by Mansi Jain
17’39’’ - India & United States - 2017

The Young Jury Award
€500 offered by The Youth Department of the Commune of Ixelles

Next Inter - Augenblicke

AUGENBLICKE - A BLINK OF AN EYE
by Kiana Naghshineh
3’55’’ - Germany - 2017

Special Mention of the Jury

Inter - Skolstartssorg

SKOLSTARTSSORG
by Maria Eriksson
16’36’’ - Sweden - 2017

Special Mention of the Jury

Nationale - Girlhood

GIRLHOOD
by Heleen Declercq
14’ - Belgium - 2017

Special Mention of the Young Jury

Next Inter - Ondes noires

ONDES NOIRES
by Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis
19’59’’ - France - 2017