There’s still time to submit your shorts to this year’s Encounters Short Film Festival – but hurry, the deadline for submissions is Tuesday 30 June 2009.

In an attempt to go green and reduce the amount of DVD’s submitted, Encounters sponsored by YouSendIt now offers the opportunity to upload your film and save £5.

Key Dates

Call for submissions closes 30 June 2009
Filmmakers will be notified end of August
Programme announced end of September
Accreditation opens end of September
17 -22 November Encounters Festival

Encounters accepts films of every genre less than 30 minutes: animation, drama, documentary, experimental and music video and does NOT have a premiere policy but does now have a submission fee. All films submitted to the festival are entered into the HP Digital Viewing library offering more than 1000 films for on demand viewing available to all delegates’ buyers, distributors, programmers and press throughout the festival.

If you would like to submit 2 or more films to the festival you are eligible for a discount, please contact the festival office. Visit the festival website to see the awards up for grabs, submission criteria and how to enter your film. Sign up to the Encounters newsletter for the latest on Encounters events. For more information about the upload service click here.