Late deadline

International Competition & NEXT GEN

15th April 2023

MAX3MIN
Very Short Film Festival
3rd edition | 11th – 17th September 2023
Online and in Milan for three days open to the whole city

Press release

And if now that everything is short, or very short (we’re always saying that on these pages), short films had suddenly become long? I’m saying short art-house films, the ones that are worth as much as feature films to all effects – I’m saying this so that we understand one another; I know that shorts are films to all effects.

Do you want to submit more than 2 films? And to participate to the Blackball professional section? Do you need 2 more months free of charge to submit your film?

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Legend (exactly) has it that Ernest Hemingway – was he at Harry’s Bar? or at Luchow’s? – made a bet with some friends. “You’ll never be able to write a story in six words,” they said to him, but he was Hemingway, so he picked up a pen and a paper serviette and here are the six words, here is the perfect story: “For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn”.

A special section, in collaboration with Blackball, an Italian production company which uses the most innovative techniques in the creation of films and advertising.

< Over the past few weeks there has been quite a bit of discussion about an interview in the Variety series of Directors on Directors. At the height of the race for
the Oscars, this pairs off directors to discuss cinema, art, life, death and miracles. (keep reading) >

< You know when, at the cinema, before the film that you have actually gone to see, the “short film,” at times put there to please someone (who?), starts and which you couldn’t care less about? Well, I’m the same... (keep reading) >

Call for entries is dedicated to short films up to 3 minutes long.
 

We are finally back!

MAX3MIN
Very Short Film Festival
3rd edition
11-17 September 2023

MILAN & ONLINE 

We promote short films and creativity, free of charge, accessibly and democratically.

The power of an haircut - A form of personal free expression that has always transcended fashion and cultures. From the 21-year-old Mia Farrow starring in Polanski Rosemary's Baby, to the Iran's protests.