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Buntingford Shorts

Annual competition promoting short film creation by Young Film Makers aged 12-26 in Hertfordshire and beyond!

21/10/2025

Did you know Buntingford Shorts is organised entirely by a team of dedicated volunteers? Today we spotlight the wonderful helpers that make each of our events a reality! Thank you team!

18/10/2025

We are delighted to announce The Woodman Nuthampstead as our first sponsor for 2026! The Woodman offer a wide selection of food and drink at their family friendly pub near Royston, Hertfordshire. They also hold plenty of monthly events from quizzes to murder mysteries- check out their calendar for full information! To book a table please visit www.woodmannuthampstead.com

13/10/2025

Today we’re throwing it back to last year’s horror winner- Iris by .media! In a remote forest, deaf-mute Iris locks herself in her van after receiving ominous photographs that reveal she’s not alone… Watch now at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70fFaHECXCY and keep up to date with Michael’s work .media

08/10/2025

In just over one week of being open for submissions we’ve already received 130 entries from young filmmakers across the globe! Submission is FREE via FilmFreeway so get involved…

05/10/2025

Our international categories are split into 6 genres; we love to see a wide variety of styles within each! If you’re aged 26 or younger and live anywhere in the world submission is FREE over on FilmFreeway!

02/10/2025

Our Local Award celebrates the very best in youth talent in Hertfordshire and its surrounding counties. This year we’re very excited to have two additional awards designed to promote filmmaking at local primary and secondary schools. More on that to come. Entry is FREE via FilmFreeway.

01/10/2025

We’re excited to announce that Submissions for our 9th festival due to take place in April 2026 are now open! Submission is completely FREE over on FilmFreeway!

29/04/2025

We are delighted to share that the recording of our in-person local showcase event is now available via YouTube. Enjoy six brilliant local films and some intriguing commentary from our panel of expert judges. https://youtu.be/rOLBfnVh8ls?si=5QLz0e9mbRtqa547

28/04/2025

Just 2 days left to watch our international awards on YouTube- witness the exceptional talent before it is too late! The recording of our local award will also be available in the next few days!

20/04/2025

Just two weeks left to watch our international awards- check it out at https://youtu.be/oTeNs6ZgdYA?si=Estpn8DUwur9Ad6w

Local recording coming next week too!

16/04/2025

A huge thank you to all of our amazing local sponsors for their support with this year’s festival. Without them we wouldn’t be able to have the events that we had last weekend!

15/04/2025

On Sunday it was time to celebrate the very best in international talent with the return of our digital awards ceremony via YouTube. The recording of this event will be available until the end of the month -so check it out if you haven’t already!

We showcased the 6 winning films across our genre based categories and as ever the quality was excellent.

We were lucky enough to have 5 Buntingford Shorts alumni - Monica Dhaka, Paulin Gr***de, Mark Trapani, Eleonore Aguillon and Lukas Weishaar on hand to provide detailed feedback for each of this year’s finalists.

The winning films all received prizes of £75, donated by our team of local sponsors.

Animation - Grindeberg’s Case by Alexy Noury
Comedy - The Afterlife Show by Artur Bombonati, Daniel Peixoto, Matheus Funari and Rodrigo Toporcov
Documentary - She’s Asking for It by Natalia Zajaczkowska
Drama - Molkom Core by Carl Axel-Eduard
Horror - Iris by Michael Keplinger
Music for Film - Identity by Daniil Kolotov

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