Entries are open for both competition programmes FeKK SLO and FeKK BAL.
The 11th edition of FeKK – Ljubljana Short Film Festival will take place this year from August 18 to 23, 2025. During this time it will offer a diverse selection of short films from the latest national and international productions. In addition to Slovenian films, we are once again inviting short films from the Balkan peninsula to the competition programme from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia. The film production of these countries is intertwined by similar production conditions and a common history, and at the same time enriches the FeKK programme for the fifth year in a row with new and exciting authorial perspectives. You can submit your short films for the festival via the online platform Filmfreeway.
In addition to the competition sections, this year’s FeKK will once again offer a number of curated author and thematic programmes, a guest festival programme, an industry programme, four different workshops, talks with authors, panel discussions, lectures, music programme and an exhibition.
Submission guidelines and awards
- Filmmakers and productions from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia may submit their films for the FeKK BAL competition via the festival platform Filmfreeway.
- The early bird fee for submissions is 3 €, standard 5 € and late 7 €.
- Films submitted should be no longer than 30 minutes and must be completed in 2024 or 2025.
- There are no restrictions on genre, form or theme.
- Selected films will compete for the FeKK BAL award, the Film Critics Jury Prize and – together with the films in the FeKK SLO competition programme – for the Festival Grand Prix.
- The Festival Grand Prix brings a cash prize of 1000€.
- The FeKK BAL Award comes with a cash prize of 500€ and post-production services (Aerodrom) worth 2000€.
- The FeKK SLO Award comes with a cash prize of €500 and post-production services (001, Teleking) worth 4000€.
- Fipresci (International Federation of Film Critics) awards a plaque in each category (FeKK SLO and FeKK BAL).
- The prize is also awarded to films in both categories by our partner Radiator Sales in distribution services.
- For the first time, the audience will also choose the best film in the Slovenian competition. The award carries a year-long distribution of the film within the ESFAA (European Short Film Audience Award) network of film festivals.
- Nomination of the film for the European Network for Film Discourse Award The END (New Critics New Audience Award 2025).
Early Bird submission deadline is 1 March 2025.
Regular submission deadline 1 May 2025.
Late submission deadline 1 June 2025.
You can also relive the atmosphere and vibe of last year’s jubilee 10th edition of the festival in the FEKK 2024 // Official After Video.