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46 festivals, funds and schemes worth this film.

The full list for this film
  • Competitioncloses in 2 days · 13 November 2026

    Young Scottish Filmmaker Prize (Glasgow Short Film Festival)

    Glasgow, Scotland · not stated on this page; apply through the Glasgow Film website

    checked 28 Oct 2026 · source
  • Festivalcloses in 13 days · 24 November 2026

    Manchester Film Festival

    Manchester · Shorts US$70 until 27 October then US$75 (North West shorts US$65 then US$70); features US$97.50 then US$99.50 · premiere required

    checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
  • Festivalcloses in 16 days · 27 November 2026

    Open City Documentary Festival

    London · Entry fee via FilmFreeway; selected works under 40 minutes get a £70 screening fee

    checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
  • CompetitionFree to entercloses in 34 days · 15 December 2026

    Sony Future Filmmaker Awards

    International; shortlist flown to Sony Pictures Studios, California · Free to enter · up to 20 min

    checked 27 Sept 2026 · source

Filtered by the film's length and ordered by deadline; every row carries the date we checked it and where. The film is public here, so the ones that want a premiere are marked. The festival plan says how to run the year.

The scorecard

Four extreme close-ups of a winged eyeliner eye, offered as horror with no story yet visible.

2.3of 5
  • Storynot read

    Not read: no synopsis detail beyond "short horror" and no transcript, so no want, turn or ending is visible.

  • Pictureworks

    Tight, consistent macro framing of an eye with warm practical light and sharp winged liner; the fourth frame's wider pupil adds a little variation.

  • Wordsnot read

    Not read: no caption track, so no dialogue, narration or titles were seen.

  • Worldgetting there

    World is reduced to skin, lash and liner; convincing as texture but too narrow across four frames to judge a built world.

  • Voicegetting there

    The eye-only close-up repeated four times suggests a deliberate choice, but with no story or sound to attach it to, the point of view stays unclear.

I read the title, the one-line synopsis, and the four published frames; there was no transcript and no further credits or synopsis detail to draw on. Read 11 November 2026. How the scorecard works