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TheDeerHunter

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Hi. How long roughly does a short film need to be, to be entered in to most short film festivals. I'm wanting to make a short between 2 and 3 minutes long. Is this too short?

Any help will be very much appreciated.

Many thanks

Posted : 11/07/2007 10:49 pm

hethwheel

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Probably an ideal length.

10 to 15 seems to be the norm. But specialist competitions will look for material no longer than 3 minutes. This still enables you to enter the rest of them.

Posted : 12/07/2007 12:34 am

TheDeerHunter

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Thanks for the information. When you say specialist competitions take shorts at under three minutes, which ones do you mean?

Posted : 12/07/2007 11:08 pm

rizzo

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quote:

Originally posted by TheDeerHunter

Thanks for the information. When you say specialist competitions take shorts at under three minutes, which ones do you mean?

Film festivals that specifically ask for shorts of three minutes or under :p There are quite a few. Look at http://www.filmfestivalworld.com/

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Posted : 13/07/2007 1:09 pm