[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"festival-about-62589":3},{"festival":4,"years":22,"news":30,"about":31},{"entryId":5,"urlTitle":6,"status":7,"name":8,"originalName":9,"alsoKnownAs":10,"logo":13,"logoAppearance":14,"logoOg":20,"about":21,"isManaged":17},62589,"friss-hus-budapest-international-short-film-festival","open","Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival","Friss Hús Budapest Nemzetközi Rövidfilmfesztivál",[11,12],"Friss Hús Budapest ISFF","Friss Hús","\u002Fimg\u002Ffestivals\u002F_th600\u002F9r6qxgn9.png",{"mode":15,"edge":16,"edgeLight":17,"plateLight":18,"plateDark":19,"crop":16,"og":16},"plate",null,false,"none","light","\u002Fimg\u002F_og\u002F70953.jpg?v=96c5e425","Friss Hús is a Budapest festival of new short films and the only festival in Hungary that qualifies short films for the Academy Awards: since October 2024 its Best Hungarian Live-Action Short Film and Best Hungarian Animated Short Film winners qualify for the Oscars, and since July 2026 it is also a BAFTA-qualifying festival for British shorts. The programme combines a Hungarian competition for films by Hungarian directors, an international competition of live-action and animated shorts and an international documentary competition, alongside non-competitive horror, queer, Weirdcore and Genre Fever! sections. Screenings centre on the Puskin Cinema, with open-air shows in the City Hall garden and sidebar screenings in other Hungarian cities. Founded in 2013 by festival director Dániel Deák and editor-in-chief Anita Libor, the festival also runs industry events, including the Friss Pitch short film pitching forum and the Fresh Meet Market talent platform. The 15th edition takes place on 27 May – 2 June 2027.",[23,26,28],{"year":24,"hasAwards":17,"hasSelection":25},"2021",true,{"year":27,"hasAwards":17,"hasSelection":25},"2020",{"year":29,"hasAwards":17,"hasSelection":25},"2019",[],{"aboutHtml":32,"countries":33,"focus":35,"categories":38,"nextDates":42,"awardsPrizes":43,"rules":44,"website":45,"contacts":46,"editDate":58},"\u003Cp>Friss Hús is a Budapest festival of new short films and the only festival in Hungary that qualifies short films for the Academy Awards: since October 2024 its Best Hungarian Live-Action Short Film and Best Hungarian Animated Short Film winners qualify for the Oscars, and since July 2026 it is also a BAFTA-qualifying festival for British shorts. The programme combines a Hungarian competition for films by Hungarian directors, an international competition of live-action and animated shorts and an international documentary competition, alongside non-competitive horror, queer, Weirdcore and Genre Fever! sections. Screenings centre on the Puskin Cinema, with open-air shows in the City Hall garden and sidebar screenings in other Hungarian cities.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Founded in 2013 by festival director Dániel Deák and editor-in-chief Anita Libor, the festival also runs industry events, including the Friss Pitch short film pitching forum and the Fresh Meet Market talent platform. The 15th edition takes place on 27 May – 2 June 2027.\u003C\u002Fp>",[34],"Hungary",[36,37],"Horror","LGBTQIA+",[39,40,41],"Animation","Documentary","Short","27 May 2027 — 2 June 2027","Hungarian Competition\nBest Hungarian Live Action Short Film (monetary prize, Oscar-qualifying)\nBest Hungarian Short Animation (monetary prize, Oscar-qualifying)\nAward for the Most Promising Hungarian Director under 30 (monetary prize)\nBest Actor\nBest Actress\nSpecial Mentions\nAwards by the Association of Hungarian Film Directors\n\nInternational Competition\nBest International Short Film Award (monetary prize)\nSpecial Mentions\nAudience Award\n\nInternational Documentary Competition\nBest International Short Documentary Award (monetary prize)\n\nHorror, LGBTQ+, Weirdcore and Genre Fever! (non-competitive) sections\nAudience Award","Friss Hús Budapest ISFF accepts short films of any genre and from any country: live-action fiction and documentaries up to 40 minutes, animation up to 20 minutes. For the 2027 edition, films must be completed after January 2025. Films already screened on television or the internet are not accepted, and re-submissions are not accepted. Films advocating hate speech, hate crimes or negative discrimination are disqualified.\n\nSubmissions are made through FilmFreeway or Shortfilmdepot; entries sent by post, e-mail or any other form are not eligible unless agreed in advance with the Festival Programming Committee. LGBTQ+, horror, animation, documentary, Weirdcore and Genre Fever! films are submitted through the special categories and are also considered for the International Competition.\n\nHungarian Competition: the director has to be Hungarian; entries are accepted from Austria, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia.\nInternational Competition: the film must be made entirely outside of Hungary or the director has to be non-Hungarian.\n\nSelected films are screened from DCP (24 fps); all films must have English subtitles unless they are in English. Award-winning films may be shown in Best Of screenings in Hungarian cities and on a Hungarian VOD platform for 15 days after the festival.","https:\u002F\u002Ffrisshusbudapest.com\u002Fen",[47,51,55],{"type":48,"value":49,"note":50},"Email","info@frisshusbudapest.com","General enquiries and submissions",{"type":52,"value":53,"note":54},"Website","https:\u002F\u002Ffilmfreeway.com\u002FFrissHus","Film submissions (FilmFreeway)",{"type":52,"value":56,"note":57},"https:\u002F\u002Fshortfilmdepot.com\u002Fen\u002Ffestival\u002FFriss_Hus_Budapest_International_Short_Film_Festival","Film submissions (Shortfilmdepot)",1791970626]