Dear Asian filmmakers, the Seoul Metro International Subway Film Festival (Korea) is accepting short films until August 13, 2025.

About the festival:
SMIFF’s selected films will be screened at metro stations, on screens of subways and official online theater. The most attractive thing to submit your film to SMIFF is that once selected, Korean citizens can watch and resonate with your film while living their daily lives. Except for the ESG Special Competition, all winners are selected by online voters.

Eligibility:

*International Competition
– There is no limit on the year of production.
– Accepts any subject or genres.
– Running time should be less than 210 seconds.
– Film should be suitable for public showing.
– Films could be understood without sound and dialogues as it would be screened in subways. (Sound will be use in online and theater screening)

*ESG Special Competition
– There is no limit on the year of production.
– Films should be related with ESG (Environmental Social Governance)
– Running time should be less than 210 seconds.
– Film should be suitable for public showing.
– Films could be understood without sound and dialogues as it would be screened in subways. (Sound will be use in online and theater screening)
– Possible to submit the same film for international competition.

– Submissions must be made via FilmFreeway.
– Preview film has to offer English subtitles if the dialogue is not in English.
– Preview film must be the same version as the screening file to be screened at the festival.
– Submission Fee: FREE
– Deadline: August 13, 2025
– Notification Date: August 2, 2025

We recommend filmmakers to read the full Rules and Regulations here: https://asianfilmfestivals.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025_16th_smiff-regulations.pdf (Official PDF File)

To submit to the festival please visit: https://filmfreeway.com/SeoulMetroInternationalFilmFestival

We remind readers that the 16th Seoul Metro International Subway Film Festival will take place from September 25 – October 24, 2025 in Seoul, Korea and Barcelona, Spain.

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