OCTOPUS SHORTS

Octopus Shorts 2025 – International Short Film Competition

As part of the 8th edition of the Octopus Film Festival, Octopus Shorts – the International Short Film Competition – returns! We are looking for films that explore genre cinema in a creative, bold, and unconventional way.

This year, for the first time, the competition is divided into two categories:

• MAIN – short films and animations,
• LAB – experimental films, short animations, and all kinds of cinematic oddities.

If you create comedies, action films, sci-fi, fantasy, horror, gore, experimental works, or anything else that falls within the broad definition of genre cinema – submit your film! The maximum runtime is 30 minutes.

The best productions will be screened during the 8th edition of Octopus Film Festival (August 5–10, 2025) and judged by an international jury. The winner will receive a cash prize and eternal glory.

Submissions are open until June 15, 2025!

Films can only be submitted via FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/OctopusFilmFestival

Competition rules: https://octopusfilmfestival.com/regulaminy/

Have questions? Email us at: jarek.tokarski@velvetspoon.pl