Festival Data:

• Established: 1995
• Genre: General
• Attendance: 1200
• Total Number of Films Submitted: 300
• Total Number of Films Screened: 40
• Total Screenings: 5
• # of Shorts Screened: 40

• Competitive
• Has Panels
• Workshops

Festival Website:

Festival Description:

The Canberra Short Film Festival strongly supports the makers and producers of Australian short films. From its beginnings in 1995 the Short Film Festival screened Australian short films as an enjoyable addition to the Canberra International Film Festival's program of international and Australian feature films.

The overwhelming popularity of these short film mini-festivals inspired organizers to hold the first solo Canberra Short Film Festival in 1999 with two separate competitions - the National Short Film competition and the Young Canberra Filmmaker's competition.

That year the 30 short films were selected for competitions were screened to packed houses and received rave reviews. Since then the festival has grown exponentially, with over 200 short films and music videos being submitted in 2006.

2002 saw the retirement of Festival Organiser Cris Kennedy who had lovingly run the festival since its inception. 2003 marked the introduction of new Festival Directors: Matthew Fallon and Marisa Martin.  Marisa took the solo reins of the event in 2007 and now runs the event with the assistance of Images Online.  Marisa runs a production business in Canberra – EoR Media. From EoR Media, Marisa also runs the short::seasons film festival for Canberran filmmakers, as well as the Lights! Canberra! Action! Filmmaking Festival.

Film Submissions:

• Accepts direct submissions