Short Film Competition 2025

The Performance Short Film Competition is back for its 8th consecutive year! This year we have five categories with a cash prize of £1,500 for each winner.

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The Performance Short Film Competition is back for 2025!

Now in its eighth year, this exciting and creative competition is back – with a prize fund of £1,500 per category. And after the success of our face to face event last year, we are pleased to confirm we are back with an exclusive event at the Howden headquarters in London.

Enter. Win. The end.

At Performance Film & Media Insurance, we’ve played a supporting role in the film industry for more than 25 years, and we’re excited to help create new opportunities for filmmakers like you.

Since we launched this competition in 2018, we’ve helped to fund the creation of 36 short films. With the talent getting stronger and stronger each year, we are excited to see your entries.

The categories

Best Comedy Short
Best ‘Short’ Short (less than five minutes in length)
Best Documentary Short
Best Horror Short
Best Drama Short

Competition timeline

2025

16th June 2025

Competition opens

20th August 2025

Competition Closes

26th August 2025

Judging to being

22nd October 2025

Shortlist Announced

6th November 2025

Exclusive event to announce the winners

2025