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Welcome to the Flying Film Festival, the first festival taking place exclusively in the air.

It will be held in November and December on long-haul SWISS flights. The Flying Film Festival is the first movie festival taking place exclusively in the air. It will feature short documentaries and doc-animation movies from all over the world. The 2nd edition of the festival will take off in november 2017 and will be displayed until the end of december on all the long haul flights of
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS).

16/09/2025

✈️ This is our third collab with Eikon Interactive Media Design school students to promote our festival's upcoming edition!

Thanks to Eikon and especially to Maria Machado!

Flying Film Festival 6th edition: On air from December 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026

eikon
Eikon_lab
Swiss International Air Lines
Cinebrunch Fribourg - regards d'ailleurs

10/09/2025

At Fantoche in Baden we assigned the second Flying Anidoc Award to Shadows by Rand Beiruty.

This short film will be in our selection, keep your eyes open: soon we will announce the complete festival program!

Here is our jury's statement:

By intertwining a profound interview with the imagery of a quintessential non-place like an airport, the film carries us through the protagonist’s journey of inner liberation, revealing the resilience of a life far too young to have endured such violence. We believe this film will reach thousands of passengers in flight, leaving them with translucent colors that layer the shadows of the past with the shapes of a future of self-determination.

Photo©JessicaChrist

05/09/2025

How is the weather outside your window?
Here the leaves are willing to wear the autumn colours. We're always chasing a glimpse of magic, that's true for short film festivals too. Here are the calls for entries closing within a month: gift them your beautiful short film.

Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
Festival du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand
September 25, 2025
https://shortfilmdepot.com/en/festival/1

Aspen Shortfest
Aspen Film
September 26, 2025
https://filmfreeway.com/AspenShortsfest

Ann Arbor Film Festival
September 30, 2025
https://www.aafilmfest.org/call-for-entries

Doc Edge
September 30, 2025
https://filmfreeway.com/DocEdgeFestival

Minimalen Short Film Festival
Minimalen Kortfilmfestival
October 1, 2025
https://filmfreeway.com/Minimalen

22/08/2025

We picked a heartwarming short film from our festival's second edition.
The young protagonist, Misha, needs a liver transplant and his father gifts us with the images of the days before and after the operation. We are allowed to watch Misha's games, hear his questions about the illness and maybe spend a tear when, after the operation, he asks if he can be a donor too.

Watch "A second birthday" by Georg Manuel Zeller here: https://vimeo.com/219218165?share=copy

08/08/2025

Let your short film fly as high as a kite: here are the call for entries that will close within a month!

Slamdance FIlm Festival
August 11, 2025
https://festagent.com/en/festivals/slamdance

Flickerfest International
deadline August 15, 2025
https://filmfreeway.com/flickerfest

Sundance Film Festival
deadline August 15, 2025
https://filmfreeway.com/Sundance

SXSW South By Southwest Film Festival
August 26, 2025
https://www.sxsw.com/apply/film-submissions/

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
deadline August 31, 2025
https://filmfreeway.com/BigSkyDocumentaryFilmFestival

Pragueshorts Film Festival
deadline September 1, 2025
https://www.pragueshorts.com/en/entryform

International Film Festival Rotterdam - IFFR
deadline September 1, 2025
https://iffr.com/en/iffr-pro-submissions/film-entry

Tampere Film Festival
September 1, 2025
https://filmfreeway.com/TampereFilmFestival

25/07/2025

How far can you go for the ones you love? Geographically and spiritually, take a moment to think. On the surface the short film we're recommending this week looks like an ironic portrait of a middle-aged couple dealing with a safari worst-case scenario. But Troyer and Linda wouldn't be there if it weren't for their relationship. Being there for your loved one even though when it gets hard and mental health issues enter the equation can lead you to the strangest places. Yet you'll be there, and hopefully you'll make it through accidents, dehydration and fire.

Go watch "Wildebeest" by Matthias Phlips and Nicolas Keppens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVBWCqAMZ8I&t=4s

11/07/2025

The festival shortlist for this month's reminder is really... short. But hey these are really big festivals, you can't miss their entry deadline: go submit your shortfilm!

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
deadline July 13, 2025
https://filmfreeway.com/InternationaleKurzfilmtageWinterthur

Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short FIlm ZINEBI
deadline July 18, 2025
https://filmfreeway.com/ZINEBI

PÖFF Shorts
deadline August 1, 2024
https://filmfreeway.com/POFFShorts

London Short Film Festival
deadline August 2, 2024
https://filmfreeway.com/LondonShortFilmFestival

27/06/2025

Possibly nobody wishes to let down the family expectations, but at the same time nobody should fight rejection in a family. "Will you look at me" by Shuli Wang focuses on the tension between the desire to be loved for who we are, beyond judgment, and the traditional values that can't accept any personal path over social expectations. The documentary brings us the conversation between the director (and protagonist ) and his mother, an even violent exchange on q***r identity and love. We selected this short film for its narrative quality, an apparently easy going camera style matched with edgy dialogues, but most of all empathy guided our choice and we hope you'll feel the same. Watch "Will you look at me" by Shuli Wang here: https://vimeo.com/1006042481

06/06/2025

Summer is approaching and so are these calls for entries... go submit your short film!

BFI London Short Film
June 6, 2025
https://filmfreeway.com/LondonShortFilmFestival

Chicago International Film Festival
June 9, 2025
https://filmfreeway.com/ChicagoInternationalFilmFestival

Mar Del Plata
June 30, 2025
https://www.incaa.gob.ar/abierta-la-inscripcion-de-peliculas-a-la-40a-edicion-del-festival-internacional-de-cine-de-mar-del-plata/

RIGA IFF / Riga International Film Festival
June 30, 2025
https://filmfreeway.com/rigaiff

DOK Leipzig
July 1, 2025
https://www.dok-leipzig.de/en/submission

Telluride Film Festival
July 1, 2025
https://passes.telluridefilmfestival.org/filmsubmission

26/05/2025

"Can you go to therapy for climate change or is that ridiculous?"

That's the premise of "Everything wrong and nowhere to go" where the director, Sindha Agha, exposes herself as a subject in discomfort, a mirror for many of us in these troubled times.
The sense of anxiety caused by climate change might be one of the most common experience, but it feels like we're not yet used to speak up about it. The fragmented images and the therapist words serve as the embankment for the director's emotional stream, a river where to plunge and recognise how it is not ridiculous to feel overwhelmed by the burning surroundings.
We wish you'll watch this short film and find it as intense as we did and that you'll like to share it with the ones you love:
https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/everything-wrong-and-nowhere-to-go/

09/05/2025

May the last minute reminder reach you in time!
These calls for entries will close within a month, but the first deadline is in two days: run!

Fantoche
May 11, 2025
https://filmfreeway.com/Fantoche

Concorto Film Festival
May 15th, 2025
https://concortofilmfestival.com/bando/bando-2025/

Austin Film Festival
May 20th, 2025
https://austinfilmfestival.com/submit/film/online/

Tirana International Film Festival
May 21st, 2025
https://filmfreeway.com/TiranaInternationalFilmFestival

Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival Curta Kinoforum
May 26th, 2025
https://filmfreeway.com/SaoPauloFilmFestival

IDFA
May 28, 2025
https://festagent.com/en/festivals/idfa

Interfilm Berlin International Short Film Festival
May 28th, 2025
https://www.shortfilmdepot.com/en/festival/33

Cork International Film Festival
May 30th, 2025
https://filmfreeway.com/CorkFilmFestival

Aesthetica Short Film Festival
May 31st, 2025
https://filmfreeway.com/asffestival

Chicago Children Film Festival
May 31st, 2025
https://filmfreeway.com/ChicagoInternationalChildrensFilmFestival

26/04/2025

Growing up with a single parent is not an uncommon experience, yet it could be still appointed as problematic. The director of this animated doc experienced it first handed: she was raised by her mother alone, who managed to carry on her business in a male dominated field at the same time.
Chinese zodiac signs play a role in shaping the appearances of the characters, until the protagonists overcome them and regain a human resemblance beyond social stereotypes.
We loved the intimate and equally straightforward dialogue between the director and her mother, the way the hand-drawn lines vibrate carrying us in the situations they shared. As simple as it might look - charcoal on paper and off screen dialogue - "Tiger & Ox" addresses a loaded theme without too many filters and with a sense of reconciliation.

Tap here to watch https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007491016/tiger-and-ox.html

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