Kinofilm, Manchester's International Short Film Festival was established in 1995 and is celebrating 25th anniversary this year. The next KinoFilm Festival is set for May 2021 online edition due to the Covid situation, with a major section of animation in this year's event. Plus with our growing sidebar of New Polish Short Film's, Iranian cinema, and debut features by filmmakers that have successfully made the transition to Feature Film. This year's festival will be in two sections Online in May 2021, and hopefully in venues Autumn 2021, covid' depending. Submissions to the short film festival are currently closed reopening in June 2021. Filmmakers or the representatives can apply across various platforms, please see the update on our web site Full details here. http://kinofilm.org.uk and @filmfreeway. We are currently looking for sponsors to cover the costs of venue hire and for the awards of the festival, if any companies out there want to help and can support us. We can offer a range of benifits in return. Please contact John Wojowski the Festival Director for more information. johnw@kinofilm.org.uk Kinofilm has a long ambition of developing local and worldwide filmmaking talent. Join us to celebrate 25th anniversary of Kinofilm International Short Film & Animation Festival from 10-16th May 2021 online and see a fantastic world class selection of short films from across the globe, including special programmes from UK to Poland, to Iran and Japan. Hopefully you can join us. Kinofilm™ is the brand trading name of our short film festival operated and produced by MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL®, a not-for-profit company, limited by guarantee, registered in England & Wales. No. 06052838 “MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL”® is a registered trademark protected by UK Law.