Festival President
Alexandria Short Film Festival
Short cinema, taken seriously. A festival rooted in Alexandria and built around what a short film can do.
The Festival
Alexandria Short Film Festival has been part of the city’s film life since 2015. Organised by Art Circle Association, it returns to Alexandria each year with a programme built entirely around short cinema.
The festival exists to put people in the same room: filmmakers, audiences and film professionals, meeting through the shared language of film.
ASFF is an Oscar-qualifying festival. Its Hypatia Award (Live Action Fiction) carries Academy qualification.
The Festival Award
The festival’s main award takes its name from Hypatia, the philosopher and mathematician of ancient Alexandria. The Golden Hypatia is its symbol.
It is given for outstanding cinematic achievement: to winning films in the official competitions, and as an honorary recognition for a distinguished contribution to cinema.
One award in this family carries Academy qualification: the Hypatia Award (Live Action Fiction). That qualification belongs to it alone, and does not extend to the other Golden Hypatia awards or to honorary recognitions.
The People Behind the Festival
Our Direction
To keep short-film culture alive in Alexandria, and to make real opportunities for filmmakers and audiences to discover cinema, talk about it, and celebrate it together.
What We Stand For
New voices need somewhere to be seen. We give emerging filmmakers a place to show their work.
Filmmakers and audiences in conversation, trading stories and points of view.
Building film knowledge and practical skill, through learning and through talking to each other.
Contributing to a short-film culture in Alexandria that is generous, curious and built to last.
Short cinema. Alexandria. A festival with a story to tell.