General information
- Dates
- Not available
- Location
- Not available
- Submission deadline
- Not available
- Eligibility
- StudentsInternational
- Subtitles
- Subtitles required in EN
- Submit your film
- Submit your film — via FilmFreeway
- Official website
- https://philadelphiafestival.org/
- Last checked
- 25 September 2026
News
Winners – July 2026
Best narrative US short Butterfly’s Dream / certificateBest international short UNE COLÈRE NOIRE / A BLACK RAGE / certificateBest first time short filmmaker Hero Without the O / certificateBest student short A Slice of Gaza Jannah / certificateBest documentary short The In Between / certificateBest animation short Potato Family / certificateBest ex
winners – May 2026
Best narrative US short The Night Shift / certificateBest international short A MOTHER’S LOVE / certificateBest first time short filmmaker The Tooth Fairy / certificateBest student short Selling a Prison / certificateBest documentary short Brewing Possibilities / certificateBest animation short A LITTLE PRAYER / certificateBest experimental short “
Winners – January 2026
Best narrative US short / Nub City | certificateBest international short / Pie In the Sky | certificateBest documentary short / The Light We Need | certificateBest animation short / Yoga Boy and Karma Cat | certificateBest experimental short / Theater of the Absurd | certificateBest horror short / Walker’s Game – Proof of Concept […]
Winners – October/December 2025
Best narrative US short / Nub City | certificateBest international short / Pie In the Sky | certificateBest documentary short / The Light We Need | certificateBest animation short / Yoga Boy and Karma Cat | certificateBest experimental short / Theater of the Absurd | certificateBest horror short / Walker’s Game – Proof of Concept […]
Winners – October 2025
Best narrative US short / Domestic Bliss | certificateBest international short / One Last Show in Taghmon | certificateBest first time short filmmaker / Emma | certificateBest student short / Granted | certificateBest documentary short / Reconstruction Destructed | certificateBest animation short / 113 Words for You Today | certificateBest experime
Winners – October 2025
Best narrative US short / Domestic Bliss | certificateBest international short / One Last Show in Taghmon | certificateBest first time short filmmaker / Emma | certificateBest student short / Granted | certificateBest documentary short / Reconstruction Destructed | certificateBest animation short / 113 Words for You Today | certificateBest experime
Winners – April 2025
Best narrative US short / Returning To Earth | certificateBest international short / YUMI | certificateBest first time short filmmaker / Abuelo, ¿te acuerdas cuando mozuelo? | certificateBest student short / An Interracial Love Story in Edwardian England | certificateBest documentary short / The Amazing Limpkin | certificateBest animation short / H
Winners – January 2025
Best narrative US short / Only We Know | certificateBest international short / Love left in Retro | certificateBest first time short filmmaker / Bad For Good | certificateBest student short / Ten Little Idiots | certificateBest documentary short / Dragonfly MP, The Pho Michael Story | certificateBest animation short / Papercut | certificateBest exp