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The 2026 Melrose Film Festival submission process is now open. Melrose Film Festival highlights the work of imaginative filmmakers across the globe and filmmakers are encouraged to submit their digital entries now through May 1st. Entries are accepted from all filmmakers, but Florida filmmakers may submit one film free of charge by emailing melrosefilmfestival@ocls.org with proof of Florida residency.

Categories include AI Shorts, Animated Shorts, Documentaries, Micro Short Films and Short Films. All entries must be 10 minutes or less and adhere to festival rules. Complete rules may be found at Film Freeway.

A celebration of the art of visual storytelling in short films, the 2026 Melrose Film Festival will take place in-person on Saturday, September 26 in the Dorothy Lumley Melrose Center for Technology, Innovation & Creativity at Orlando Public Library and will feature screenings of selected films. Special consideration will be given to filmmakers in the state of Florida, and winning films may be broadcast on local television.

Unleash your creativity and join us on Thursday, February 19, 4-10 p.m., for an exciting information session where you’ll discover the secret theme and special challenges, form a team of up to six members, and plan how to create a video game from scratch over the weekend. On Sunday, February 22, from 1 to 4:45 p.m., you’ll have a chance to showcase your game and possibly win cash prizes at the Orlando Game EXPO! Registration opens on January 1, 2026

1st Place: $700.00

2nd Place: $500.00

3rd Place: $300.00

The Orlando Public Library, Melrose Center announced the winning films of the 2025 Melrose Film Festival at Melrose Center for Technology, Innovation & Creativity on September 27. Award Winners are available to view online through October 6, 2025. The winning films of the 2025 Melrose Film Festival were:

Enjoy the 2021 Melrose Film Festival through September 23!

We are pleased to announce the Best of Category Winners as selected by Melrose Center Video Production Instructors:

Animated Short – He, Director – Katarzyna Radecka (Poland)

Documentary – The Farrier, Director – Moataz Khaled (Egypt)

Micro Short Film – Lou, Director – Jimmy Condaminas (France)

Music Video – Dormo Poco e Sogno Molto – Espana Circo Este, Director – Paolo Santamaria (Italy)

Short Film – All the Time in the World, Director – Riccardo Menicatti & Bruno Ugioli (Italy)

Audience Choice – A Day on Banana Island, Director – Anton De Bruin (Vietnam)

Congratulations to all the winners, and to all 77 Official Selections being screened during the festival!

 

Join us as we celebrate the art of visual storytelling in short films, animation and music videos with the 4th annual Melrose Film Festival. This year’s festival is all virtual, with online screenings of 77 selections representing more than 20 countries chosen from over 1,600 submissions. Categories include Animated Shorts, Documentaries, Micro Shorts, Music Videos and Short Films. Melrose Center staff will also offer virtual events on scene and character development, sound effects, and 3D and motion capture animation on select dates throughout the festival.

Visit www.ocls.org/melrose-film-festival-2021 for screenings and information about virtual events.

Screenings will premiere Thursday, September 9 at noon, and will remain accessible through Thursday, September 23 at 6:00 P.M.

Congratulations to this year’s Melrose Film Festival official selections:

Animation Films
3:45
A Balanced Breakfast
A Life With CI
Booked
Bowels
Earth³
F the Supers
Fuelled
He
Juan Viento
Lovid-19
Multirature – Dog’s Heart
Spark
The White Nightingale
Wild

Documentary Films
A Day on Banana Island
Kaboom! Comic Book Artists
Saudade
Saving Meluya
The Craftsman, The Art of Henk ten Bos
The Cultivation of Cretan Banana
The Farrier
The Ibexes of Robinet
The Voice of Nature
To Survive

Music Videos
Above Water
Aftermath
Camping by Your Own Grave
Chapera
Clickbait
Dancin’Alive
Dormo Poco e Sogno Molto – Espana Circo Este
Edgar
Gorgeous
Meteora
Piknik – Purple Corset
Sorry
The Air
Waiting For You
While I Was Getting Ice Cream!

Short Films
All the Time in the World
At the Hairdresser’s
Cross Purpose
Deserving
Everything Will be Fine
Missing Beat
Mr. Assistant Principal
Prangover
Royal
Spyglass
Squeaky Clean
The Girl With the Blurred Face
The Helmet
The Interview
The Leak
Tim Travel
Washout
When Fire Flies

Micro Short Films
A Good Girl
Accessing Portals
Cannibals
Dailiness
Future Men of Yesterday
Gratitude
How May I Help You?
It’s Still Being Written
Lou
Mateo
The Dawn of Duck
The Guardian of the Hideout
The Invisible Humans
The Man Who Found the Head
The Three Wise Men 2020
Trap
Usted Dirá
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