shnit国际微电影节

• Introduction
  

shnit International Short Film Festival is a premier venue for the exhibition and promotion of short films. The festival is an exceptional twelve day event with a unique concept – a transnational film festival simultaneously taking place in eight cities on five continents worldwide. The festival includes three main segments: shnit PLAYGROUNDS, shnit CINEMAS, shnit FINALE.

The INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION includes five award categories with cash prizes of US $100.000* and attracts award-winning short filmmakers from around the globe. As a result, shnit presents a competition program of exceptional quality and density.

In it‘s thirteen years of existence, shnit has become a major international short film festival that reinvents itself in ever new forms. What started as a local initiative is now an exceptional transnational event that connects and inspires makers and fans of short films across the globe. shnit embraces diversity, originality and exchange between creators and an audience from different cultures and backgrounds. It is the main goal to actively increase the perception of short filmmaking by creating a multi-platform event for high quality short films. With its cinematic treats, the popular festival fascinates more than 35.000 visitors and therefore belongs to the leading short film festivals in the world.

shnit is a non-profit organization. The annual festival is created and centrally coordinated by the shnit FOUNDATION in cooperation with the executives. The organization is built on principles of excellence and professionalism, enabling the global expansion of the festival possible. 

• Venue
  

Bern,Switzerland

• Deadline
  

2017/12/6-2018/6/20

• Date
  

2018/10/18-28

• Awards & Prize
  

THE FLAMING FAUN – shnit JURY AWARD  

Category up to 10 Minutes (incl. credits) | US-$ 20.000* 

THE FLAMING FAUN – shnit JURY AWARD 

Category up to 20 Minutes (incl. credits) | US-$ 20.000* 

THE FLAMING FAUN – shnit JURY AWARD 
Category up to 40 Minutes (incl. credits) | US-$ 20.000* 
THE FLAMING FAUN – shnit PLAYGROUNDS AWARD 
Audience Award | US-$ 20.000* 
THE FLAMING FAUN – shnit CINEMAS AWARD 
Audience Award | US-$ 20.000*