Add to shopping cart
Submit to the Festival
More>

Introduction to the film festival

OFF is Denmark’s most courageous and most adventurous short film festival. We always offer a varied and experimenting film programme garnered with thought-provoking off-screen experiences, debates, workshops, concerts and much more. Every year in August, film enthusiasts from all over the world have the opportunity of catching an exceptional selection of Danish and international short films in Odense that would otherwise never reach the big screen.

Awards

Main Competition: The H.C. Andersen Award (Oscar qualifying) The Storyteller Award The Artist Award Danish Competition: Best Danish Short Film (Oscar qualifying) The Talent Award Best Danish Acting Performance Award Animation Competition: Børge Ring Award (Oscar qualifying) Animation Talent Award (Only Danish animators can be considered for this award) Documentary Competition: Best Documentary Short (Oscar qualifying) The Soapbox Award Youth Jury Competition: The Youth Jury Award Audience Competition: Audience Award Youth Audience Award European Film Awards: A jury will select a film from one of the competitions to be qualified for an EFA Award.

Rules

Genre ：Action Comedy War Science fiction Ethics Horror Thriller Violence Adventure Crime Family Musical Romance VR/3D Magical Fantasy Shootout Suspense Youth Inspirational Arthouse Biography Western Drama others Documentary
Subject ：Unlimited
Video Format ：MPEG4 DCP MOV MPEG
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS 1. All genres are welcome 2. Maximum length 30 minutes (24/25 frames per second) 3. Completed in 2024 or 2025 4. Work in progress is accepted (Final cut, but missing elements in post-production such as mix or grading is accepted). 5. Films can only be submitted once – no resubmissions from previous editions 6. Premiere not required 7. Online digital submission only. Films for pre-screening must be uploaded via Sfilmmaker. 8. Low-quality copies are accepted for selection screening, but cinema screening formats must be high-quality – HD 720p or above 9. All films must have English subtitles also when the spoken language is English 10. No promotional films (e.g. educational, industrial, advertising, tourist films etc.) 11. Please be sure that you have all rights, concerning thirds parties, needed in order to participate at OFF

Evaluation

Jury Profile
Jury Name Judge photos Jury Profile

Authorization type

    Proxy Submission

Duration (several sessions)

    50

Film Festival Features

  • Red Carpet
  • Celebrity Guest
  • Filmscreen
  • Trophy
  • Copyright transactions
  • Certificate

Dates & Deadlines

  • 2025-10-01
    Submission start time

  • 2025-12-30
    Earlybird Deadline

  • 2026-01-30
    Earlybird Deadline

  • 2026-02-27
    Regular Deadline

  • 2026-03-16
    Late Deadline

  • 2026-03-16
    Submission end time

  • 2026-05-06
    Finalist notification start time

  • 2026-05-06
    Finalist notification end time

  • 2026-08-24
    Award ceremony start time

  • 2026-08-30
    Award ceremony end time

Categories and fees

Related film festivalMore

View in the applet

Follow us

  • Follow the following platforms

    Facebook
    Twitter
    WeChat
    Official Weibo
  • Contact number：+86-10-80877820
  • Service hours：10am--8pm
  • E-mail：service@sfilmmaker.com
  • Company name：Shao Studios Media (Beijing) Co., Ltd

©Beijing ICP15055141-3 Beijing Public Network Security No. 11011202000526 ICP Business permitted licence: No. B2-20210871 [License for production and operation of radio and television programs: No. 03997]