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Shorts That Are Not Pants ()

Deadlines

03 Feb 2020
Call for entries

27 Mar 2020
Early deadline

31 Jul 2020
Standard deadline

11 Sep 2020
Late deadline

02 Oct 2020
Festival closed

16 Oct 2020
Notification date

13 Nov 2020
22 Nov 2020

Address

13 Allen Avenue, M4M 1T5, Toronto, On, Canada

Festival description

Short film festival >1' 20'<

Festival requirements

Film festival

Fiction

Documentary

Animation

Fantastic

Terror

Experimental

Music Video

Other

Any Genre

Any Theme

Has submission fees

International Festival

Physical Location

Production date: Any

Production countries: Any

Shooting countries: Any

Director nationalities: Any

Debut Films

School projects

Short Films >1' 20'<

Languages
English

Subtitles
English

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Festival description (Edition: )

Festival start: 13 November 2020 Festival end: 22 November 2020

Established in 2012 as a quarterly screening series in Toronto, Canada, Shorts That Are Not Pants is now a festival weekend held each November.

We've screened more than 350 films from 41 countries so far, and we're looking for more undiscovered gems to show our shorts-savvy Toronto audiences. Members of our programming team have experience working for some of the biggest and best festivals in the world (TIFF, Sundance, Hot Docs, Cannes) and travel to festivals around the world seeking out the best films and the brightest filmmakers to support.

Your submission will be evaluated by our team and if chosen, will screen at our festival in November 2020. We have eight years of great programming experience behind us, with lots of audience momentum.

See some of the nice things filmmakers have said about us here: http://www.shortsnotpants.com/testimonials/

Prizes and qualifications

Cash Prizes: 1,000$

Awards for Best Narrative Short, Best Documentary Short, and Best Animated Short, as well an Audience Award. Each award comes with a cash prize of $250 as well as a selection of fee waivers to other festivals, so you can continue your film's festival journey.

Rules

We are currently accepting submissions of short films up to 20 minutes in length. All genres are welcome, and we don't disqualify films that are already available online, though we do look favourably on films that want to premiere with us.

We screen from digital files ONLY. Films not in English must contain English subtitles

Narrative

Short Films >1' 20'<

Fee

-8%

Early 18.75$ 17.25$ 27 Mar 20

Standard 26.25$ 24.15$ 31 Jul 20

Late 37.5$ 34.5$ 11 Sep 20

Extended 45$ 41.4$ 02 Oct 20

Submissions deadline
02 Oct 20

Save up
2.1$

Submit

Documentary

Short Films >1' 20'<

Fee

-8%

Early 18.75$ 17.25$ 27 Mar 20

Standard 26.25$ 24.15$ 31 Jul 20

Late 37.5$ 34.5$ 11 Sep 20

Extended 45$ 41.4$ 02 Oct 20

Submissions deadline
02 Oct 20

Save up
2.1$

Submit

Animated

Short Films >1' 20'<

Fee

-8%

Early 18.75$ 17.25$ 27 Mar 20

Standard 26.25$ 24.15$ 31 Jul 20

Late 37.5$ 34.5$ 11 Sep 20

Extended 45$ 41.4$ 02 Oct 20

Submissions deadline
02 Oct 20

Save up
2.1$

Submit

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