You are invited!

Short Film is a blessed area within the Art of Film where there is still headroom for experimentation, and white spaces left on the map to explore. In our view, much of the best works out there are made by filmmakers trying to establish themselves as professionals, and often without the biggest of budgets.

The 22nd Minimalen Short Film Festival invites you cordially to take part in this year's edition: Norwegian and Nordic films in three competitions, hot prizes and a chance to check out what goes on right now within the creative part of filmmaking — whether you would like to explore the World, the Nordic region, Norway or Trondheim.

• Nowegian Competition (NIFA)

4 programmes (around 30 Norwegian films)

• Submission CLOSED (January 1, 2010).
• Max running time: 30 minutes.
• Budget limit: EUR 125 000. Other films are eligible for screening Out of Competition.
• The competition films also participate in NIFA.

• Nordic Competition (NIFA)

4 programmes (around 30 films from Denmark/Finland/Iceland/Sweden)

• Submission CLOSED (January 1, 2010).
• Max running time: 30 minutes.
• Budget limit: EUR 125 000. Other films are eligible for screening Out of Competition.

• International Panorama

4 programmes (around 30 non-Nordic films)

• Submission CLOSED (December 1, 2009).
• Max running time: 30 minutes.

• One-minute-film Competition

1 program (around 30 Norwegian films)

• Submission CLOSED (January 15, 2010).
• Origin: Norway.
• Max running time: 1 minute.