CINEMANIA 2025: call for film submissions for our 31st edition
Published on 05/02/2025
CINEMANIA Film Festival is delighted to announce the opening of the call for short film submissions for its 31st edition, which will take place from November 5th to 16th, 2025.
Each november, CINEMANIA offers a rich and diverse program, with over 100 films from Quebec and abroad, with complementary activities and more than 100 international guests. Among the festival's highlights, La Grande Soirée du court québécois and La Grande Soirée des courts internationaux attract enthusiastic audiences eager to discover new talent and short films. In 2024, a Soirée du Moyen-métrage was added and will be repeated in 2025.
Following the success of last year's first call for submissions, which attracted more than 300 entries, we are now looking for new high-quality short and medium-length films, representative of the diversity and richness of the French-speaking world, to make up the new Official Short Film Selection 2025. Once again this year, CINEMANIA is collaborating with Festival Regard for the selection of international short films.
Works selected for the Short Films Competition will be eligible for three awards, presented by a dedicated jury of film industry professionals:
- Best International Short Film
- Best Quebec Short Film, presented by Télé-Québec
- Jury's Favourite Short Film
Eligibility requirements
The following information must be provided with each bid:
- Completed submission form
- A secure online viewing link valid until the end of the Festival, November 16th, 2025
- Full payment of submission fees
Eligibility requirements
The festival accepts the following submissions:
- Short films under 30 minutes or Medium-length films between 30 and 60 minutes
- Majority language: French (English subtitles appreciated)
- Exclusively works produced in 2024-2025
- Minimum Montreal premiere status required
Submission fees
- Early bird (February 5 to April 5, 2025 at midnight UTC-5): $30 CAD
- Regular (April 5 to June 5, 2025 at midnight UTC-5): $40 CAD
- Last minute (from June 5 to July 31, 2024 at midnight UTC-5): $50 CAD
Taxes are not included. Please note that submission fees are non-refundable.
Payment must be made via PayPal. It is possible to pay via PayPal without having an account: only a credit card is required.
Submission deadline: July 31, 2025 at 11:59pm (UTC-5)
Applicants will be informed of the status of their submission until September 2025.
If you have any questions about your submission, please contact us by e-mail at info@festivalcinemania.com.
New for 2025 !
This year, in addition to short and medium-length films, you also have the chance to submit your own feature films, which will be eligible to join the line-up for the 31st edition of the festival.