TIRANA, May 19 /ATA/ – Tirana International Film Festival (TIFF), the most important cinematographic event that takes place in Albania and one of the most important in Europe, has opened the submissions’ call for its 23rd edition, which will be held on September 21-27, 2025.
Festival organizers announced Monday that May 21 is the regular deadline, inviting directors, producers and distributors to submit their films, to be released in 2024-2025, through the FilmFreeway online platform.
Tirana International Film Festival is accredited as a qualifying festival by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the European Film Academy to be nominated for the Best Short Film, which will be eligible for the 2026 Oscar Awards and the 2025 Best European Short Film for the European Film Awards.
The officially selected Student films at TIFF are eligible to compete and apply for the Student Academy Awards (SAA).
The Daily Program of TIFF combines more than 200 premieres of feature and short films in competition in all running times, formats, genres, topics, style and production technologies in the following categories: Fiction/Live Action, Animation, Documentary, Experimental and Video Art. Open to any filmmaker from over 120 countries around the world, TIFF showcases new cinematic work by established directors with international reputations as well as movies by talented students and young artists.
Tirana International Film Festival (TIFF) is one of the major annual events taking place in Tirana each year. TIFF is the first international film festival and the only of its kind in Albania. This extraordinary cultural event created in 2003 is one of the most important cinematic events in Balkans.
TIFF is accredited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and the European Film Academy (EFA) as a qualifying festival for short film categories.
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