Melbourne Nocturnal Film Festival

All genres welcome! If you have a narrative, documentary or animated short film that is a little off-kilter, we want to see it!

Requirements:
• Under 20 minutes in length.
• Open to all Australian filmmakers.
• Narrative, documentary and animation shorts of any genre accepted.
• Student films accepted.
• You must secure permission from the rights holders of any and all copyrighted and/or trademarked content or materials included within your film.
• No premiere requirements, but premiere status is preferred.
• Preferably, the director or producer of the project will be in attendance at the screening and will be willing to take part in a Q&A if requested.
• The discounted 'Footscray Films' category is open to local filmmakers only. To be eligible, the director or producer of the film must be a resident of Footscray or the immediate surrounding suburbs, and/or the film must have been shot in Footscray or the immediate surrounding suburbs. If you enter this category and do not meet the requirements, you may be disqualified.

Submission fees:
$10 (AUD) Earlybird entry from October 1st - 31st 2024.
$15 (AUD) per entry for 'Footscray Focus' submissions. This category is for local filmmakers only.
$25 (AUD) per entry for short films.

We are committed to promoting filmmaker’s projects on the lead up to the festival. We consider each event an opportunity for networking with other artists and people from the industry.

All Official Selection films receive 2 complementary passes to attend their screening.