Your wish is just one step away.
Take your chance to join the Linz ISFF Talent Academy and realise your next short film with the support of leading professionals in the industry. With residencies at the Cannes Film Festival 2024 and Linz ISFF 2024, online mentoring sessions and more….

Selected projects can participate in the SHORT FILM LAB and develop their next short film projects under professional guidance for a pitch session and compete for a co-production fund. As part of the 2024 Talent Program, participants will gather in a 4-days residency during CANNES film festival 2024.

After completing this 4-days course in CANNES film festival, the online courses will continue, and participants in this course will be prepared to pitch their project at the Linz ISFF 2024 and other film events. After completing the online courses, participants will be guests at the Linz International Short Film Festival 2024 in Austria and will compete for the co-production fund. The produced films of all talents will be screened at Linz ISFF 2025.

 

After admission to the short film LAB, you will be required to pay 1500€ registration fee.

(This amount will be collected from you in three parts, and the Linz ISFF  Talent Academy will attempt to cooperate with those accepted into the Academy in the timing of payments.)

 

• One filmmaker receives a scholarship to participate in the Short Film LAB 2024, awarded by the CLOSEfilm َAssociation.
• One female or non-binary filmmakers from Linz receives a scholarship to participate in the Short Film LAB 2024, awarded by the Women’s Office of Linz.

 

Linz ISFF Pitch-Session / Co-production Fund

With the Pitch Session, the festival offers the selected filmmakers a platform not only to gain international festival experience, but also to experience the atmosphere of a film market and to get in touch with the professional film sector. In addition, they get the chance to support the production of their next film by winning the co-production fund.