Dublin International Short Film & Music Festival

Dublin International Short Film & Music Festival

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The Sugar Club & Cineworld, Friday 3rd October - Sunday 5th October

DISFMF is an independent festival dedicated to bring together filmmakers and musicians from around the world in a forum to celebrate short films and music.

The goal of the festival is to show a variety of all genres, drama, comedies, animations, documentaries, music videos, narrative stories and horror.

Our aim is to build cultural bridges and network capabilities between the most talented filmmakers and musicians from around the world. Dublin is the most populous city in Ireland and also a multicultural capital with great venues and great people.

Festival dates in 2025 are 3th-5th of October and will take place in 2 main venues, Cineworld for the short films screenings and The Sugar Club for the awards ceremony on the 5th of October.

In 2025 we celebrate the 14th edition and we have 14 awards: Best International Short, Best Tv Pilot, Best LGBTQ, Best Music Video, Best Horror, Best Comedy, Best Animation, Best Sci-Fi, Best Score/Music, Best Student Short, Best Irish Short, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Documentary.

The actual awards are paintings made by talented Dublin based artists and the value of each painting is priceless.

Date:
Friday 3rd October - Sunday 5th October
Time:
Varies
Price:
€10

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