Still from Stupid Young Heart
The 37 edition of BUFF Malmö Film Festival takes place 21-27 of March 2020 and will make film available from all over the world in the cinemas of Malmö. The film submission for the next festival is open from today until the 15th of November.
BUFF’s vision is to strengthen children and young people by giving them valuable film experiences that inspire and create conditions for increased self understanding and inclusive society. This is made by selecting and screen films which affect, make us question the norms of today’s society, and that takes the young audience seriously. This is what the film groups are searching for in the films submitted to BUFF, to be able to create a large and varied program with a broad representation of people, life stories and relationships.
Please read all the instructions carefully before submitting a film.
The 37th edition of BUFF, the international film festival for children and young people in Malmö, Sweden, will take place March 21-27, 2020. Please read all the instructions carefully before submitting a film.
Deadline for submitting a film for BUFF 2020 is November 15th 2019.
BUFF’s aim is to bring world class cinema to a young audience. Please note that we do not accept submissions of films that have been screened officially before the year 2019.
We accept features, documentaries, animations and short films from all over the world.
The main target groups for BUFF are children and young people (age 3-19).
We only accept films with first official screening date after January 1st, 2019.
Some films will be selected for one of our competitions, but most of the films will be screened outside competition. For films in competition, we are mainly looking for films that will have the Swedish, European or World Premiere at BUFF.
Our main competitions are:
- Best film for children / 8 films competing for The City of Malmö’s Children’s Film Award 100.000 SEK.
- Best film for young people / 8 films competing for The Church of Sweden Award 100.000 SEK
- Best short film for children and young people (maximum duration of 15 minutes) / 8 films competing for the Region Skåne Short Film Award 100.000 SEK
- The Young People’s Film Award, organized by the department for Culture for Children and Youth in the City of Malmö 25.000 SEK
- ECFA Award for Best European film for children and young people
