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VIJFF Shorts Competition
Are you an emerging filmmaker with a big story to tell… in just 60 seconds? The VIJFF Shorts Competition is your opportunity to shine.
Introducing the VIJFF Shorts Competition–a 60 second short film contest that offers aspiring filmmakers a shot at being screened at the 2025 Victoria International Jewish Film Festival!
Open to anyone with a passion for filmmaking, content creation, or digital storytelling, this dynamic contest invites you to craft a compelling one-minute short that could earn you a place on the big screen at the 2025 Victoria International Jewish Film Festival (VIJFF). Whether your background is in film, social media, or community storytelling, we’re looking for bold, creative visions that explore themes of empathy, love, and resilience—universal values inspired by the Jewish philosophy of tikkun olam. Submit your entry by October 11, 2025, and you could win a $250 cash prize and the chance to share your story with the VIJFF audience. Bravo!
Submit a link to your film to:
coordinator@vijff.ca
by October 3rd, 2025
Themes Sought
Going beyond Jewish-related topics to those universal, as befits our guiding ‘tikkun olam’ philosophy, the VIJFF seeks creative, diverse, eclectic short films about how empathy, love, and friendship provide resilience and enable change, and that exude these themes:
60 Second Film Submission Themes:
CONNECTIONS | DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION | THE POWER OF WORDS
Submission Details
The VIJFF invites submissions from anyone with a passion for filmmaking, content creation, or online media production.
Selection Process
Submit a link to your film to coordinator@vijff.ca by October 3rd, 2025. Entries will be evaluated by the VIJFF.
By submitting to the VIJFF you agree that the film may be screened, free of any charges, by the VIJFF and its host organization, the Jewish Community Centre of Victoria (JCCV), as part of promotion and celebration of the Victoria International Jewish Film Festival and associated JCCV activities–but otherwise that ownership rights remain with the filmmaker. Entries will be evaluated by the VIJFF committee members. Bravo!
Recognition and Awards
Winning shorts will be screened at the 2025 VIJFF from October 18th-23rd, 2025. The winner will also receive a $250 cash prize.
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FILM COMPETITION
Emerging filmmaker? Big story? Just 60 seconds? Step into the spotlight with the VIJFF Shorts Competition.
The VIJFF Shorts Competition is a 60 second short film contest that offers aspiring filmmakers a shot at being screened live at the 2025 Victoria International Jewish Film Festival!
You SHouldn’t
dream your film.
You should make it.
— Steven Spielberg
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