The 2023 festival runs on 15-16 September.
Are you a filmmaker thinking of submitting? Submissions are handled via our Film Freeway page here.
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Oxford Shorts (formerly known as The Oxford International Short Film Festival or OXISFF) celebrates the diversity and creativity of short films. We are located in the heart of the historic university city.
We believe short films are an art form, ideally one which should be experienced in unique and beautiful surroundings, on a large screen with an enthusiastic audience. The live festival is held in the beautiful grounds of St John's College at The University of Oxford.
We would like to encourage short films from all filmmakers in any genre both fictional and documentary. We're looking for great stories which stir the emotions, have strong characters, and unique voices or evocative worlds. The awards will be judged by a panel of industry filmmakers prior to the event across a range of categories.
Our very first festival ran in March 2019, since then we have played over 300 short films from countries all over the world and organised talks with industry professionals.
15th Sept
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Expert
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Beginner
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Beinner
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(Please note the programme may still be subject to small changes.
Last updated: 18 August 2023)
We are looking for volunteers to help with our screenings on 15-16 September. Do you want to help? Volunteers will be fed and watered, plus get free access to the festival (when not on duty) and a free festival T-shirt. We'll also reward you with a drink at the end of the festival in the College bar on Saturday!
Apply to volunteer here
Find out more about the 2023 Judging Panel here.
Nominees: A Few Steps Further, Fireworks, In Too Deep, Leave To Remain, Mask
Nominees:
Brotherness, Friday Night Blind, Hazelwood Avenue, Interviewing Dad, The Storm Chaser
Nominees:
Ahmad Alyaseer (Our Males and Females), Brian Fairbairn and Karl Eccleston (Tommies), Margaret Kane-Rowe (Mask), Mac Nixon (Jackdaw), Yilmaz Özdil (The Banishment)
Nominees:
Bamshad Abedi-Amin (Leave To Remain), Graham Earley (Mask), Keyhan Maleki (A Few Steps Further), Michael Socha (Edicius), Saman Mustefa (The Banishment)
Nominees:
Charlotte Riley (Fireworks), Janice Connolly (Linda), Rachel Shenton (In Too Deep), Sarah Winter (Tommies), Teresa Del Olmo (Sola)
Nominees:
Bonga Sizwe Nhlongo (Father's Day), Fatima Haghparast (Za Ra), Joseph Davison (Wuss), Lily Brooks O'Briant (Sharing The Floor), Tom Mulheron (Brotherly Love)
Nominees:
Adam Thomas Wright (The End Of A British Summer), Clàudia Orriols (Sola), Connor Maclaren (Brotherly Love), Lily Brooks O'Briant (Sharing The Floor), Vanessa Stachel (A Bloody Graveyard Story)
Nominees:
Brian Fairbairn and Karl Eccleston (Tommies), John Smith ACE (Edicius), Julia Elger (Brotherness), Mike Brown and Nicholas Jon Beaubien (Get In), Pani Scott (Fireworks)
Nominees:
Andy Toovey (Jackdaw), BLOK (A Dishonourable Death), Dilsat Canan (The Banishment), Khoroldorj 'Hogo' Choijoovanchig (Morin Khuur), Will Billany (The Storm Chaser)
Nominees:
Earthside (All We Knew and Ever Loved), Kurt Rosenberg (The Moon Followed Me To Falmouth), Olaf Taranczewski (Morin Khuur), Sandy Lavallart (King of Sea), Tommy Evans (Wake Up)
Nominees:
Get In, Jackdaw, Morin Khuur, Our Males and Females, Trigger
Nominees:
A Dishonourable Death, Edicius, i THINK about KILLING you, Jackdaw, Tommies
Nominees:
A Bloody Graveyard Story, All We Knew And Ever Loved: Earthside, King of Sea, The Moon Followed Me To Falmouth, The Well
Nominees:
A Dishonourable Death, Bingo, Bleep, Get In, Linda
Nominees
...And Again The Bombs Fall, BeLly, I Spy With My Little Eye, i THINK about KILLING you, Nėædra
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Can I Help?, Edicius, Momento Mori, Takbir, The Well
Nominees
A Mosaic of All Possible Greens, Echo, Her Castle, How To Cope With Oliver Pope, The End of a Birtish Summer
See below for a list of festival organisers:
The live festival will take place in the beautiful surroundings of St John's College in the auditorium.
The Festival Entrance will be venue via the St John's College Front Lodge (Postcode: OX1 3JP). This is located on St Giles on the opposite side to the Ashmolean Museum.
Registration opens at 8.30am, and will be open throughout the day. Please make sure you bring along copies of your tickets. The event is sold out and we will not be offering any tickets on the door.
A fantastic event to be part of. One of the best film festival experiences to have. We were really looking forward to attending their fantastic venue but Covid hit. So they swiftly moved their festival online, had countless great zoom events, a wonderful selection of films from around the world, and they made sure all filmmakers were included and connected. Probably because the fabulous people who run it (Bravo Andy) are talented filmmakers as well. They know films, they understand the process of making them, they appreciate storytelling, they're smart and lovely and make you feel at home.
Joëlle Bentolila, Tibo Travers and the Starboy team
"How to do an online film festival when you're not an online film festival"
Being part of Oxford International Short Film Festival this year was an absolute treat, due to Covid the festival went online and moved to showcasing 3 months via an online platform. Every week, they had Q&As, which were super insightful and we even walked away with Best Editing. Thanks for being awesome, I can't wait to screen with you again.
Nicole Pott (Kaleidoscope)
It's one of the most incredible short film festivals i've ever been to in the UK. I would strongly recommend to any film lovers who want to see all the best and most emotional short films world wide! I definitely attend to OXISFF on their next version!!!
Hai Dao (Infill and Full Set)
It was a great first OXISFF held at the beautiful St John's College in Oxford, England. I was impressed by the auditorium, the awards ceremony and the helpful staff. I would strongly recommend entering this festival for the networking opportunities and friendly vibe.
Gisela Nadasy (En Kyss)
As a filmmaker and writer, I truly must say that the inaugural Oxford International Short Film Festival was a fantastic experience in every possible way in terms of venue and the quality of the films presented, and the festival organizers were an absolute delight! It was far and away the best film festival experience I've had the honor and privilege of traveling to, and I would (and will) gladly submit my work to this festival for consideration without question!
Charles M Kline (Human Resources)