Are accepted all genres and categories, fiction, animation, experimental, etc. All topics, style and production technologies can be submitted. Feature films, fiction or animation, may not be shorter than seventy (70) minutes in length.

Entries of documentary films are invited to take part in competition in all formats of video and digital. All topics, style and production technologies can be submitted. Documentary feature films must not be shorter than sixty (60) minutes in length.

Recipients of the Tirana International Film Festival Best Short Film will be eligible for consideration in the Live Action Short Film category of the Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy Rules. Entries of short fiction films are accepted only live action films. All topics, style and production technologies can be submitted. Short fiction films may not exceed thirty (30) minutes in length.

Recipients of the Tirana International Film Festival Best Short Film will be eligible for consideration in the Animated Short Film category of the Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy Rules. All topics, style, techniques and production technologies can be submitted in animation short film category Short fiction films may not exceed thirty (30) minutes in length.

Entries of documentary films are invited to take part in competition in all formats of video and digital. All topics, style and production technologies can be submitted. Competition in Short Documentary must not exceed sixty (60') minutes in length. Documentary films that exceeds sixty (60' in length) must apply at Documentary feature category. The official films selected in this category are nominated for the Best Short Film, that will be eligible for consideration in the European Film Awards 2027.

Films in this category must not exceed twenty (20) minutes in length. The official films selected in this category are nominated for the Best Short Film, that will be eligible for consideration in the European Film Awards 2027.

Tirana International Film Festival has received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award as an Oscar qualifying for the Student Academy Awards (SAA). Are accepted submissions from International Film School Competition Categories include Animation, Documentary, and Narrative short films, that not exceed thirty (30) minutes in length. Eligible students can submit one film to the Student Academy Awards® if that film meets all other eligibility criteria and has been selected for screening in competition at three film festivals recognized by the SAAs over the last two years. See SAA Qualifying Festivals List: https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/46th_saa_qualifying_film_festivals_.doc For more information, please visit the following link: https://www.oscars.org/saa/apply

Tirana International Film Festival has received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award as an Oscar qualifying for the Student Academy Awards (SAA). Are accepted submissions from International Film School Competition Categories include Animation, Documentary, and Narrative short films, that not exceed thirty (30) minutes in length. Eligible students can submit one film to the Student Academy Awards® if that film meets all other eligibility criteria and has been selected for screening in competition at three film festivals recognized by the SAAs over the last two years. See SAA Qualifying Festivals List: https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/46th_saa_qualifying_film_festivals_.doc For more information, please visit the following link: https://www.oscars.org/saa/apply

Tirana International Film Festival has received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award as an Oscar qualifying for the Student Academy Awards (SAA). Are accepted submissions from International Film School Competition Categories include Animation, Documentary, and Narrative short films, that not exceed thirty (30) minutes in length. Eligible students can submit one film to the Student Academy Awards® if that film meets all other eligibility criteria and has been selected for screening in competition at three film festivals recognized by the SAAs over the last two years. See SAA Qualifying Festivals List: https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/46th_saa_qualifying_film_festivals_.doc For more information, please visit the following link: https://www.oscars.org/saa/apply

Tirana International Film Festival has received the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award as an Oscar qualifying for the Student Academy Awards (SAA). Are accepted submissions from International Film School Competition Categories include Animation, Documentary, and Narrative short films, that not exceed twenty (20) minutes in length. Eligible students can submit one film to the Student Academy Awards® if that film meets all other eligibility criteria and has been selected for screening in competition at three film festivals recognized by the SAAs over the last two years. See SAA Qualifying Festivals List: https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/46th_saa_qualifying_film_festivals_.doc For more information, please visit the following link: https://www.oscars.org/saa/apply

Screenplay ContesTIFF is an international industry event of the Tirana International Film Festival, Oscar® & European Film Awards qualifying. This event started in 2022 and this year is in its sixth edition. Screenplay ContesTIFF consists in the application of original live-action and animated short film scripts or other short form scripts of all genres (max. 20 pages) through the Filmfreeway online platform. The said competition did not aim to evaluate only the best script, but to evaluate from our partner producers and distributors the best and most possible script to be produced by them and with the greatest chances to be successfully distributed in the most popular international festivals for short films. Needless to say, the priority would lie on the scripts whose stories were not necessarily and geographically related to the author’s residence, but which facilitated the production of the film anywhere in Europe and were most likely to be shot in Albania as well, thus utilizing local resources, locations, Albanian production companies and Film Commission offices. Our partners shall award the winner scripts with the Distribution, Production and Post-Production Awards from MAILUKI Films (Spain), SAYONARA Film (Italy), AM Production (Albania), CINE PRO (Kosovo) with the possibility of signing a contract with our production and distribution partners. The 12 selected screenwriters will be invited to Tirana during the festival to present their projects to our partner distributors and producers in an open pitching session. The winners of the 6th Screenplay ContesTIFF 2027 will be announced at TIFF Awards Ceremony on September 28, 2027. RULES & REGULATIONS All scripts must be submitted in English. Scripts must be the original work of the author(s) and, on the date of submission, must be wholly owned and controlled by the author(s) to be eligible for pitching and awards. Presentation of the project (synopsis, production details, shooting locations, study or reference materials, budget, expected year of film completion); Storyboard (if any); Once a script has been entered in the competition, under no circumstances will we accept substitutions of new drafts or corrected pages. If you wish to submit a revised draft of your screenplay, you must enter it as a new submission and pay the appropriate entry fee. Submissions should be standard length and should include page numbers in the upper right corner of the page. Once an entry payment has been received, we cannot provide a refund. TITLE PAGE: Since our judging process is anonymous, please include only the title of your script on your title page. Under no circumstances should your name or contact information appear anywhere in the body of your script. FEEDBACK: If you are looking for notes and remarks from script doctors you should apply twice and state the reason for the second application. NOTE: We strongly advise you to register your script before submitting it to anyone you do not know directly. 1st Screenplay ContesTIFF 2022 Distribution Award by MAILUKI Films: P by Stelios Koupetoris | Greece In Your Hands by Carlo Liberatore | Italy PREMIERE Film Award: Among The Living by Joe Zalias | UK 2nd Screenplay ContesTIFF 2023 Distribution Award by MAILUKI Films: Teeth by Lyubo Yonchev | Bulgaria Distribution Award by SAYONARA Film: Companion by Mahsa Talebi, Hesam Dezfouli | Iran 3rd Screenplay ContesTIFF 2024 Distribution Award by MAILUKI Films: Tangled Tails by Oleg Condrea | Moldova Production & Distribution Award by SAYONARA Film: Charlotte by Ylljet Aliçka | Albania 4th Screenplay ContesTIFF 2025 Distribution Award by MAILUKI Films: Under the Abaya by Ahmed Saad Alnasser | Saudi Arabia Distribution Award by SAYONARA Film: A Good Guy with a Gun by Gregory JM Kasunich | USA 5th Screenplay ContesTIFF 2026 Distribution Award by MAILUKI Films: Old Dogs Die Alone by Vangelis Chatzopoulos | Greece Distribution Award by SAYONARA Film: Seven of Borombo by Rani Nasr | Lebanon Post-Production Award by AM Production: Seven of Borombo by Rani Nasr | Lebanon DoP Award by Blerim Gjinovci: The Soft Touch of Your Gaze by Valentina Ostacoli | Italy