What is an Oscar Qualifying Short Film from FilmFestivals.com.

For Academy Awards consideration, a short film that is not more than 40 minutes in running time (including all credits) and which falls into the animated (cel animation, computer animation, stop-motion, clay animation, puppets, pixilation, cutouts, pins, camera multiple pass imagery, kaleidoscopic effects and drawing on the film frame itself for example) or live-action film categories, can qualify in one of two ways:

1) The film must have been publicly exhibited for paid admission in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County for a run of at least three consecutive days (no fewer than two screenings a day) or

2) The film must have participated in a "recognized" competitive film festival and must have won the best-in-category award.

Furthermore, short films in either category must be composite prints in 16mm, 35mm or 70mm, in English or English subtitles. Television or internet exhibition anywhere does not disqualify a film, provided such exhibition occurs after its Los Angeles theatrical release, or after receiving its festival award. Documentaries, previews, trailers or advertising films are excluded.

More information is available on www.filmfestivals.com.

Ann Arbor (Michigan) Film Festival

Annecy Festival Int'l Du Cinema D'animation

Aspen Shortsfest

Athens (Ohio) Int'l Film Festival 

Atlanta Film Festival

Austin Film Festival 

Berlin Int'l Film Festival

Bilbao Int'l Festival of Documentary & Short Films

Black Maria Film Festival

British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards 

Cannes Festival Int'l Du Film 

Cartagena Int'l Film Festival 

Chicago Int'l Children's Film Festival

Chicago Int'l Film Festival

Cinanima Int'l Animation Film Festival

Cracow Int'l Festival of Short Films 

Florida Film Festival

Foyle Film Festival 

Gijon Int'l Film Festival for Young People

Hiroshima Int'l Animation Festival 

India Int'l Film Festival 

Locarno Int'l Film Festival

Los Angeles Int'l Short Film Festival -

Melbourne Int'l Film Festival

Montreal Int'l Festival of New Cinema

Montreal World Film Festival 

Nashville Independent Film Festival 

Oberhausen Int'l Short Film Festival

Ottawa Int'l Animation Festival

Palm Springs Int'l Short Film Festival

Rhode Island International Film Festival

San Francisco Int'l Film Festival

Santa Barbara Int'l Film Festival

Shorts Int'l Film Festival Siggraph

Slamdance Film Festival

St. Louis Int'l Film Festival

Stuttgart Int'l Animation Festival

Sundance Film Festival

Sydney Film Festival

Toronto Worldwide Short Film Festival

Turin Int'l Film Festival of Young Cinema

Uppsala Int'l Short Film Festival

USA Film Festival

Venice Int'l Film Festival

 World Animation Celebration (Los Angeles)

Zagreb World Festival Of Animated Films

Consult Without A Box regarding submissions and deadlines for many film festivals.