The Performance Short Film Competition is currently inviting entries.
For this year, there are five award categories:
- Best Comedy Short
- Best ‘Short’ Short (less than five minutes in length)
- Best Documentary Short
- Best Horror Short
- Best Drama Short
Each of the five category winners will receive a cash prize of £1,500.
UK film-makers aged 18 and over can apply. You can submit more than one film and you can submit your film(s) in more than one category if appropriate. You must own the whole of the copyright in the short film(s) submitted.
Note that the following are not eligible: films completed after 1st January 2023; films with a run time of over 20 minutes; any pornographic or ‘adult’ films.
Focus of fund/fund aims:
Short film competition
Application deadline:
20 August 2025
Fund description:
https://www.performance-insurance.com/short-film-competition-2025/