The Festival: June 21 - 22, 2025 Tromsø, norway

The film competitions

NUFF has two film competitions, a nordic and an international, for short films made in the last two years (with a max length of 20 minutes) by filmmakers up to 30 years old. We accept all types of film genres, including documentary and animation.

For the nordic film competition, the films have to be produced in a Nordic country or the filmmaker is from or lives in a nordic country. The Nordics are defined as Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Island, Denmark, Sweden, Norway & Finland.

For the international film competition the films have to be produced outside the Nordic countries or the filmmaker comes from or lives outside the Nordic countries. 

Submit your film through Filmfreeway.

Juries & awards

Between 20 and 25 films will be nominated to each competition. The nominated films will be screened during the festival at the cultural landmark, Verdensteatret in Tromsø and published as official festival film program in the festival catalogue online.

Each competition has its own jury containing three members.

The best Nordic film will be awarded with a prize of 10 000,- NOK sponsored by Tvibit Filmfond.

The winner films will also be shortlisted for screening at Tromsø International Film Festival - TIFF in the NUFF@TIFF program.