How to nominate a short film at the SXSW film festival?

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If you new to SXSW film festival event, Here’s the brief of it.

South by Southwest, stylized as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas, United States.

In 2021, the South by Southwest Film Festival is going virtual. The SXSW 2021 film festival has unveiled its full line-up, including documentaries on Selma Blair and Demi Lovato, and films like Here Before directed by Stacey Gregg and Kelley Kali’s I’m Fine (Thanks For Asking) competing in the Narrative Feature section. The selection will be available online for viewing to everyone.

The full SXSW 2021 line-up has been announced for the 28th edition of the Austin, Texas-based film festival. In 2021, the entire program — which includes 75 features total, including 57 world premieres, 3 international premieres, and more — will be online for the public and the press.

SXSW provides the game-changing buzz every filmmaker dreams about for the premiere of their feature film, short, episodic or XR project.

The SXSW Film Festival is the only place in the world bringing together creative people from so many different industries, making the SXSW Film Festival an unparalleled experience at the forefront of discovery, creativity, and innovation.

Submissions are now closed for the Film Festival for SXSW Online 2021. Stay tuned to sxsw.com/news for the latest announcements.

SXSW 2021 Event Information:

SXSW is launching SXSW Online as part of our 2021 offerings. The digital experience will feature conference keynotes and sessions, screenings, showcases, networking, and exhibitions. The dates for SXSW Online will take place March 16 – March 20, 2021.

Here, I would like to share one more piece of information on SXSW submission confirmation. Once you have submitted your project, you will receive a confirmation email from the SXSW film festival event within 48 hours. This email will confirm that your film has been submitted correctly. If you do not receive this email within 48 hours, please follow up by emailing f[email protected] to ensure your film has been submitted properly and is under consideration.

In Short film screening section, they support below categories of submission.

  1. Narrative Shorts
  2. Documentary Shorts 
  3. Animation Shorts
  4. Midnight Shorts
  5. Music Videos
  6. Texas Shorts
  7. Texas High School Shorts
  8. Title Design Competition

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