What do the sun’s beams do? In spring, they melt winter’s chill—awakening color, scent, and life from the stillness. But in summer, they sharpen: light turns harsh, heat becomes suffocating, shadows grow stark, air hangs heavy. Beamin’ Suns Short Film Festival is not about the sun. It is the sun. A cultural movement transforming how cinema lives and evolves, it provides a platform, establishes networks, amplifies visibility, and encourages participation for filmmakers worldwide—at any career stage—and their bold, boundary-breaking works.
Filmmakers at any stage of their career—from anywhere in the world—are warmly invited to submit short films that think outside the box and tell stories in unexpected ways. We’re looking for bold, creative and experimental projects that surprise us. Whether your film is a personal confession, abstract art, or something entirely unclassifiable, submit it. Every submission is reviewed by our Curatorial Panel for its power to spark thought, start conversation, or resonate long after the final frame. This Festival celebrates unique voices, daring ideas, and the transformative magic of storytelling in all its forms.
Beamin’ Suns Short Film Festival is founded and directed by Beamin’ Suns and crafted by their studio, In The Closet. Beamin’ Suns is an artist collective, a media production hub, a cultural institution—and beyond! In The Closet is Beamin’ Suns’s creative engine: a media studio crafting graphic designs, film edits, and visual storytelling. Beamin’ Suns and its studio are currently based in the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg.
Important information in a nutshell:
Submit your short films only via the Google Form available on our Website https://www.beaminsuns.com/open-call-2025
We accept submissions as Google Drive or other cloud storage links.
Short films made after January 1, 2022 will only be accepted.
Submitted works must be no longer than 15 minutes.
No application fees required.
Important Dates:
The submission period opens on 25.04.2025 at 00:00 and closes on 27.06.2025 at 23:59.
The early bird deadline is on 23.05.2025 at 23:59.
The regular deadline is on 27.06.2025 at 23:59.
The Festival will take place on July 18, 2025, at Shedhalle Tübingen e.V. – Forum für zeitgenössische Künste in Tübingen, located in the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
For more details, visit our website, follow us on Instagram and drop us an email:
https://www.beaminsuns.com/under-this-sun
https://www.instagram.com/beamin_suns/
beamin.suns@gmail.com