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Golden Knight Malta International Short Film Festival

Victor Muhagachi - Germany - WE THREE KINGS - by Bruce Micallef Eynaud - Malta - YA HANOUNI - by Lyna Tadount and Sofian

Festival overview

About Golden Knight Malta International Short Film Festival

Physical film festival in Victor Muhagachi - Germany - WE THREE KINGS - by Bruce Micallef Eynaud - Malta - YA HANOUNI - by Lyna Tadount and Sofian with submission categories including Animation and Fiction.

One of the longest running film festivals of its kind worldwide. It is a short film festival open to non-professional productions, film school students as well as commercial productions.

It is held annually during the last week of November.

Schedule

Important Dates

Call for Entries Opens
Jan 1, 2026
Final Submission Deadline
Oct 25, 2026
Notification Date
Nov 17, 2026
Festival Starts
Nov 28, 2026
Festival Ends
Nov 28, 2026
Eligibility

Rules & Eligibility

General Rules+
  1. Entries are not to exceed 30 minutes duration

  2. Only one production may be registered on each submission. Each Video clip/disc must contain only one entry.

  3. Productions entered in previous Golden Knight Festivals are not eligible to participate.

  4. The Organizers solely recognize as the entrant the signatory of the Entry Form.

  5. Titles/credits must not have indications of previous awards or of merits pertaining to the production.

  6. Limited inserts from commercial productions are allowed, if, in the opinion of the judges, these are directly relevant to the development of the script.

  7. If dialogue is not in english language, (if in a language other than english), It is expected that english burn-in subtitles are included.

  8. The productions, together with their copyright, remain the property of the producers. The Organizers, however, reserve the right to exhibit the entry to the public for publicity purposes of the Festival and to make copies for the archives.

  9. Copyright clearance is the responsibility of the Entrant.

  10. The Organizers will appoint a panel of judges whose decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

  11. Any attempt by the entrant, directly or indirectly, to influence the organizers towards a favourable assessment of their production will disqualify the entry.

  12. All entries will be handled with extreme care, however, the Organisers will not accept any liability for the loss of or damage to the media/DVD's, etc.

  13. The decision of the Organizers, as to the interpretation of these rules, is final.

  14. Closing Dates: Entry Forms, video cl

Current Categories, Deadlines & Fees

Category

Animation

Subtitles have to be in English and burnt in movie

Current FeeEUR 14.13Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 30 minutes
Category

Fiction

Subtitles have to be in English and burnt in movie

Current FeeEUR 14.13Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 30 minutes
Category

Documentary

Subtitles have to be in English and burnt in movie

Current FeeEUR 14.13Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 30 minutes
Category

Experimental

Subtitles have to be in English and burnt in movie

Current FeeEUR 14.13Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 30 minutes
Category

Other

Subtitles have to be in English and burnt in movie

Current FeeEUR 14.13Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 30 minutes
Category

Comedy

Subtitles have to be in English and burnt in movie

Current FeeEUR 14.13Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 30 minutes