THE EUROPEAN PHILIP K DICK FILM FESTIVAL

OCTOBER 25-26, 2024

LILLE, FRANCE

OPEN CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The European Philip K. Dick Film Festival proudly accepts entries on FilmFreeway, the world's #1 way to enter film festivals and creative contests.

January 9, 2024

Opening Date

• March 15, 2024

  Earlybird Deadline

• July 15, 2024

  Regular Deadline

• August 15, 2024

  Late Deadline

• September 15, 2024

  Extended Deadline

• September 20, 2024

  Notification Date

• October 25 – 26, 2024

  Event Date

Categories

• Best Science Fiction Short

• Best Philip K Dick Short

• Best Supernatural/Horror Short

• Best Documentary

• Best New Media

• Best Sci Fi Screenplay

• Best Trailer

WINNERS OF THE 2023 FESTIVAL

BEST PHILIP K. DICK SHORT

• NIGHT

• Director: Frank Sun, US, 20 min

A man arrives at a friend’s apartment and hears sounds from outside his window… but is it real?

BEST SCIENCE FICTION SHORT

• A MIND CAN NOT TOUCH

• Director: Geoffrey Prather, US, 15 min

A Mind Cannot Touch is a short film about loss and how one grieving mother will go to any lengths to bring her daughter back from the dead. The film asks, “What if you could bring a loved one back after their physical body has died?” and explores the moral implications of this hypothetical.

BEST NEW MEDIA

• EMILY’S MOUNTAIN

• Director: Tal Somech, Israel, 22 min

Emily celebrates her 6th birthday on a magical trip with her family and is slowly exposed to the horrifying reality that her parents are trying to conceal from her using modern technology and entertainment systems.

BEST HORROR SHORT

• ESCALATION

• Director: Christian Bachini, Italy, 15 min

Chris, a paranoid and self-centered man, is happily avoiding all human contact, preferring to escape from reality in whatever’s on TV. When a friend reaches out to him to confront him about his past promises, Chris must decide what kind of person he is inside, or it may just eat him…alive.