One Shot International Short Film Festival

Best Shot (Grand Prix): festival sculpture and diploma for One Minute One Shot. Best Armenian Shot: sculpture and AMD 100,000. Best Short Film: sculpture and diploma. Best Armenian Short Film: sculpture, diploma and AMD 200,000. Best Cinema Without Borders: sculpture and diploma. Best Armenian Cinema Without Borders: sculpture, diploma and AMD 200,000. Each competition also has special mentions with diplomas. Partners may give special mentions. An honorary sculpture recognises an individual's contribution to Armenian cinema. The Armenian-language awards section additionally lists the Zero Budget filmmaking platform, with an initial AMD 1,000,000 fund sponsored by the Hayastan All Armenian Fund.

2026 edition regulations; the submission period closes on 10 April 2026. Eligibility and submission Films require English subtitles and identification showing the production date, title and filmmaker. Work must be completed within the two years before the festival; the Armenian-language rules specify production from 1 January 2024. Unfinished films, demos and promotional samples are ineligible. Screening copies must have suitable picture and sound quality. The filmmaker must control the necessary rights, including images and sound; the festival accepts no liability for copyright violations. No shooting-medium restrictions apply. One Minute One Shot The film itself lasts exactly 60 seconds, preceded by 10 seconds of opening titles. It must consist of a single shot: cuts, combining separate shots and chroma-key compositing are prohibited. Animation may use frame-by-frame techniques, but direct editing between separate scenes or shot sizes is forbidden. Subject, genre and expression are unrestricted. Entry fee: USD 1. Short Films Maximum running time is 30 minutes, including titles. Animation is excluded from this category. Entry fee: USD 5. Cinema Without Borders Experimental films, video art and other unconventional forms are eligible, including feature-length films. Particular attention goes to human-rights subjects. Entry fee: USD 5. Special programmes Individuals, production companies, festivals and projects may propose a programme or project. Selection and subsequent use The festival selects competition films in the three categories for June screenings. After notifying the author or rights holder, it may assign a film to a special or parallel programme; disagreement can result in removal from the programme. Applicants whose films are not selected receive email notification before the official opening. Selected works enter the festival archive and may receive subsequent noncommercial promotional screenings. The English page's additional production-date clause reads “no later than January 1, 2024”; the Armenian version specifies films produced from that date. Festhome's listing also labels its general short-film range as over 5 minutes, while its Short Films section displays over 3 minutes; the written category regulations state only the 30-minute maximum.