Film Entry

Submissions for the KALIBER35 Munich International Short Film Festival are closed at this moment!

Our usual submission requirements are:

  • KALIBER35 Munich International Short Film Festival takes place in the Bavarian capital of Munich, Germany.
  • The deadline for submissions to our International Competition is December 31st. We kindly ask you not to wait until the deadline but rather send your film in as soon as possible. All entries that arrive after the deadline are considered entries for the next year’s edition of the competition.
  • Films must not exceed a length of 15 minutes. The Selection Committee can allow exceptions to this rule.
  • The festival only screens HD video files. The Selection Committee can allow exceptions to this rule.
  • Films must not have been shown in Bavaria in a festival, a theatre, on television or on the internet before. No exceptions will be made.
  • Films must not contain German dialogue. No exceptions will be made either. As the festival language is English, all films must have either no dialogue, English dialogue or English subtitles.
  • Submissions are only accepted online via Reelport.com, your preview copies have to be sent (if you don’t upload them on the reelport website) directly to Reelport GmbH, Von-Werth-Strasse 37, D-50670 Cologne. Please do not send any preview copies directly to the festival – they will not be considered.
  • Confirmation of a receipt of submission cannot be provided. Please don’t contact us asking for those.
  • All filmmakers will be notified of acceptance via email as soon as selections are made.
  • Attendance of participants at the festival is not mandatory, but we would be happy to welcome you at KALIBER35 and will offer some money for your travel, free accomodation, free accreditation and free participation in our famous Masterclasses to all the directors of the films in our International Competition.
  • Please do not contact the festival asking „Can we do this or that?“. Everything which is not forbidden is allowed.