{"id":2038,"date":"2025-02-15T18:15:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T16:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/t-short.art\/intro\/?page_id=2038"},"modified":"2026-02-15T20:04:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:04:23","slug":"regulations-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/t-short.art\/intro\/index.php\/regulations-2026-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulations 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1. About T-Short 2026<\/h4>\n

1.1. On November 27 and 28, 2026<\/strong>, the T-Short<\/strong> Festival will take place at the Kinemathek <\/strong>Karlsruhe cinema in Karlsruhe, Germany<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

1.2 From November 30 till December 13, 2026<\/strong>,\u00a0the T-Short<\/strong> Festival will be available Online only for Residents of Germany<\/strong>, as well as Festival Participants and Guests<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

1.3. The official languages of the Festival: Deutsch and English<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

1.4.\u00a0The Name of T-Short<\/strong> is a pun:\u00a0T-Shirt<\/strong>\u00a0is a well-known item of clothing and the word Short<\/strong> here means a short film<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Similarly, a project logo emphasizes a pun in the title \u2013\u00a0a film shaped like T-Shirt.<\/p>\n

1.5. The T-Short festival\u00a0doesn\u2019t charge any Entry fees<\/strong>\u00a0for participation in the festival.<\/p>\n

1.6. The Founder of the T-Short Festival: Marat Barsky<\/a>\u00a0—\u00a0event organizer, founder and organizer of the BIMINI International Animated Film Festival (Riga, Latvia) that took place in 2003-2008.<\/p>\n

2. The aims and concept of the Festival<\/h4>\n

2.1. The T-Short Film Festival is an annual screening of the best works of world auteur animation.<\/p>\n

2.2. The festival promotes the exchange of creative experiences, the search for new ideas, styles and technologies, and also promotes the popularization of auteur animation.<\/p>\n

2.3. Another aim of the Festival is the introduction of young people into the world of professional animation of high artistic standards.<\/p>\n

2.4. The festival will show only short\u00a0films up to 15 minutes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

2.5. The festival will show the\u00a0films not for children. T-Short doesn’t target children’s audience<\/strong> and doesn’t allow movies or series that target only for children’s audience.<\/p>\n

2.6. The festival accepts the films for adult audience and for audiences of all ages.<\/p>\n

2.7.\u00a0The festival is international and has no national awards.<\/p>\n

2.8. National awards can only be presented by sponsors and partners of the festival.<\/p>\n

2.9. The winners of the festival will be chosen by the Professional Jury, Sponsors and T-Short Staff.<\/p>\n

2.10. The Festival features the following film screenings: competition, out of competition and special programs.<\/p>\n

2.11. The editorial board of the festival selects films for the festival themselves.<\/p>\n

2.12. The Festival editors appoint a professional jury representing different countries.<\/p>\n

2.13. The Participant winning in competitive program of the festival in nomination «Best Debut» becomes the member of jury of following festival.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2.14. \u00a0All festival participants receive a Festival Participant Account and have the opportunity to watch films online, at the current festival and at the following festivals, for free.<\/p>\n

3. Nominations and prizes<\/h4>\n

3.1. The films included in the Festival program are evaluated by the jury in accordance with the following nominations:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Best of the Best<\/p>\n

\u2022 Best Storyline film<\/p>\n

\u2022 Best Bizarre animation (experimental, abstract, surreal)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Best Debut<\/p>\n

\u2022 Best Student Storyline film<\/p>\n

\u2022 Best Student Bizarre animation<\/p>\n

\u2022 Best Musical Motive<\/p>\n

\u2022 Additional nominations may be added at the discretion of the organizers.<\/p>\n

Awards:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Main prize for each nomination<\/p>\n

\u2022 Jury Special Prize<\/p>\n

\u2022 T-Short Special Award<\/p>\n

\u2022 Other prizes and awards from sponsors and partners.<\/p>\n

4. Film selection conditions<\/h4>\n

4.1. The selection committee selects films for the Festival program. The decisions<\/strong> of the selection committee are indisputable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

4.2. The Festival editors reserves the right to include films of high artistic value, that for outer reasons have not been submitted for selection in due time, into the Festival program.<\/p>\n

4.3. T-Short does not accept<\/strong> films with shades of politics and religion, racial intolerance and nationalism, as well as the elevation of one culture or subculture over another.<\/p>\n

4.4. Only films finished\u00a0after January 1, 2024<\/strong>\u00a0are accepted for selection.<\/p>\n

4.5. Any completed short animated film, made in any animation technique may take part in the competition screening.<\/p>\n

4.6. The festival\u00a0accepts only short\u00a0films up to 15 minutes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

4.7. The festival accepts the films for adult audience and films that will be interesting to both children and adults.<\/p>\n

4.8. The editors of the festival have the right to change the category of the film at their discretion.<\/p>\n

4.9. The results of<\/strong> the film selection<\/strong> will be announced by September 1, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

4.10. Anyone who has been selected by the selection committee for any of the festival programs receives free access to all festival programs.<\/p>\n

4.11. A film is allowed to participate in the T-Short Online only if the film’s copyright holder agrees to show the film in the T-Short Online format.<\/p>\n

5. Film submitting<\/h4>\n

5.1. The films must be either\u00a0dubbed or embedded subtitles in English.<\/p>\n

5.2\u00a0Dialogues for films\u00a0in English should be sent via e-mail\u00a0editor @ t-short.net<\/span>\u00a0to the editor of the T-Short. Dialogues should be with the title of the film in English.<\/p>\n

5.3. FILM SUBMISSION DEADLINE:<\/strong> early deadline May 16,<\/strong> 2026, late deadline June 06<\/strong>, 2026\u00a0at\u00a0FilmFreeway<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

5.4. The T-Short festival\u00a0doesn\u2019t charge any Entry fees\u00a0for<\/strong> early deadline<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

5.5. By submitting your film to the selection committee, you acknowledge that your film will be screened both in cinemas and online as part of the T-Short Festival 2026. If you do not agree that your film should be screened online, you can contact us at mail@t-short.art and your film will not be screened online.<\/p>\n

6. General rules<\/strong><\/p>\n

6.1. All films<\/strong> participating in the festival are shown<\/strong> only during the festival programs<\/strong> at a certain time.<\/p>\n

6.2. Fragments of films (not more than 10% of the full length of the film or 3 min.) may be used in the advertising campaign of the Festival.<\/p>\n

6.3. This regulation has been composed in English. In case of any uncertainties concerning the interpretation of the text the English version is determinant.<\/p>\n

6.4. Participation in the T-Short festival involves complete approval of the rules and conditions stated in this regulation.<\/p>\n

6.5. Issues that arise during the arrangement and the course of the Festival will be dealt with according to the laws of common sense.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=»1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=»62″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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