PHOTOPOLIS FILM FESTIVAL

PHOTOPOLIS FILM FESTIVAL 2026

Edition n°5 - 2026

From 10/04/0026 to 10/05/2026

Selection announcement date 01 April 2026

Agrinio, GREECE

Entry fees

Photopolis Agrinio Film Festival, announces a film competition and invites you to submit your work in the category: Short Films. Participants are requested to submit their project(s) electronically, which must be downloadable, with a maximum duration of twenty minutes (20'), as well as a short descriptive text of the project and a bio of director. If the official spoken language is not Greek, then the necessary English subtitles material should also be submitted. The results will be announced by April 1, 2026 on the festival website (www.photopolis.gr), on social media, while the creators of the selected works will also be informed by e-mail. The selected works will be part of the screenings of the festival at the Municipal Cinema in October 2026. Awards & Prizes: Best Film Award, Best screenplay award and Best Photo Award

Festival policy

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Photopolis FIlm Festival 2026 - Call Open

Closing ~~30/12/2025~~ 31/12/2025

20 €

5o Photopolis Film Festival, announces a film competition and invites you to submit your work in the category: Short Films.
Participaton is €20
Participants are requested to submit their project(s) electronically, which must be downloadable, with a maximum duration of twenty minutes (20'), as well as a short descriptive text of the project
If the official spoken language is not Greek or English, then subtitles in English must be provided.
The selection of projects will be made by directors Christina Charharidi, Zephy Ross, and members of the Agrinio Film Club Dimitris Kourtis and Vasilis Pelekis. The selection will be based on the relevance of the description of the idea to its execution.
The results will be announced by April 1, 2023 on the festival website (www.photopolis.gr), on social media, while the creators of the selected works will also be informed by e-mail.

Selection criteria

Duration (Min)

4’

Duration (Max)

20’

Languages of dialogues

French, Greek, English

Genre

Adventure, Biopic, Comedy, Comedy Drama, Romantic Comedy, Tale, Mystery, Fable, Fantasy, Humor, Cinematic Essay, Science Fiction

Subtitles requested

Screening copy :

If the film isn’t in English mandatory subtitling in English

Screener :

If the film isn’t English mandatory subtitling in English

Specific criteria

1. The projects must be product of the participant.

2. In case that the works depict persons unknowingly or without their approval, as well as for the general audiovisual material being used, responsibility lies solely with the creator to whom the work belongs and not the Photopolis Festival.

3. If the official spoken language is not Greek, then the necessary Greek subtitles material should also be submitted.

4. Each participant may submit as many entries as they wish, but only one may be selected.

5. The copyright of each work belongs to its creators.

6. The festival reserves the right to post photos and trailers of the films to promote the event.

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