Présentation de l'édition 2025

To be eligible for participation, films shall meet the following conditions:
- Greek Premiere is required for the submission of films to the International Competition. Therefore, prior public performance, screening, broadcasting or rebroadcasting of the works to the public by radio and television by any means to the public in Greece or on-demand access in any way before or during the days of the Festival are not allowed. The presentation of the film shall be deemed to be public when the film becomes accessible to a circle of persons wider than the narrow circle of the family and theimmediate social circle of the author, regardless of whether the persons of this wider circle are at the same or at different locations.
- Films shall be completed after January 1st of 2024.

- Each director may participate in the Festival with only one (1) film, and shall declare the type of film (documentary, fiction, animation),
- Film genres that may participate: fiction films, documentary films, animated films, experimental films.
- Films that have participated and rejected by the Preliminary Committee may not be submitted.

Deadline for application - Application Fee

a. The application form, the material and a digital copy of the film shall be submitted by May 8, 2025. through the website www.filmfreeway.com. Upon its discretion, the Festival may announce the submission of application through other platforms.
b. Submission fee of twenty (20) euros per film submitted until the 30 th of April is required. For films submitted from 1 st to 8 th of May, the submission fee amounts to twenty five (25) euros. Payment is due with submission. Once the digital submission is finalized, fees may not be refunded. In addition, the festival reserves the right to provide discounted or total waver codes to film or educational institutions or directors unable to pay the submission fees. Waivers are provided upon their request before the Independent Department of the Drama Short Film Festival, and relevant Administration’sdecision.