How do filmmakers tell a story in under six minutes?

Find out at the 17th annual Short Short Story Film Festival.

About the Festival

The Short Short Story Film Festival is a competitive international festival of films that tell a story in under six minutes, celebrating brevity in filmmaking with both live-action and animated films.

The festival consists of two programs, Heartstrings and Headtrip, each with a distinctive tone yet wide-ranging styles and topics, and including both live-action and animated films.

Film Selections Complete

We have completed our selection process! With several hundred submissions from more than forty countries, it was difficult yet rewarding to select the best of the best.

In total, we accepted 18 films, from more than a dozen countries, all of which are US or World premieres.

Click here to see a list of festival films.

Two programs, Heartstrings and Headtrip, both showcase films tightly sequenced in under eighty minutes total, each with a distinctive tone yet wide-ranging styles and topics.

More On The Festival

The 17th edition of the festival returns to celebrate brevity in film-making in a brand new way, starting Saturday, 23rd November through Sunday, 8th December.

For 2024, festival will be a unique closed event, with film makers across the globe participating in both exhibiting and reviewing films.

A panel of Spoiler Alert Radio interviewees judge the films and selects the best in each program as well.

Commissioned custom art objects created by past festival participants are presented to the winners. Scroll down to see some of last year's awards.

Festival History

The festival has taken place every November since 2007 (except for a Covid hiatus in 2020), in cities and towns throughout the northeastern United States.

To learn more about the festival concept and history, click here.

For requirements to submit to future editions, click here.

There is no fee to submit your film to the festival.