The Indie-Clips Short Film Festival 2025: Join Our 4th Edition!

Your short film could become part of our Catalogue 'Films for a Change'!

What's the Catalogue About?

The Catalogue 'Films for a Change' is an interactive online canvas featuring a selection of short films that delve into social issues. It's more than just a catalogue—it's a platform for independent filmmakers around the world to connect and collaborate on future projects.

Who Can Submit?

We welcome submissions from:

• Students
• Beginning filmmakers
• Professional filmmakers

Film Theme:

Your short film must explore themes of social change or injustice. Potential topics include:

• Racism
• Generation gaps
• Sexuality
• Feminism
• Mental health
• Disability
• Relationships
• Human rights
• Animal rights
• And more!

Reviewing Process

Once submitted, your film will be reviewed by a panel of professional filmmakers, producers, and distributors from the Belgian audiovisual sector. This year, 8 winners will be selected, each receiving the same fantastic prizes!

Awards & Prizes 2025

In 2025, winning films will receive:

• Publication in the Indie-Clips Catalogue and an invitation to participate in interactive games featured online.
• Distribution on indie-clips.com.
• An Indie-Clips Original Interview, promoted on our social channels (Instagram: @indieclipsfr).
• A live screening in Brussels, Belgium (venue TBC).
• A special sponsor prize (details coming soon).
• A winning certificate.

Information about the Screening

Where ?

SABAM, Rue des deux églises, 41/31, 1000 Bruxelles

When ?

Friday 24th October 2025, from 14:00 to 18:00

Join us for screenings, snacks, networking and a roundtable discussion about filmmaking's impact on social change!

Deadlines:

EarlyBird Deadline

- March 10 -

- 10€ -

Regular Deadline

 - June 10 -

- 15€ -

Latebird Deadline

- August 10 - 

- 25€ -

All members of the non-profit Indie-Clips will benefit from a discount to submit their short film. 

Our Judges and Roundtable Speakers 

around Filmmaking as a way to spark Social Change

Meet the wonderful judges and industry professionals who will award the winning short films at our event!

Jacqueline Brau

ELLES TOURNENT 

Since its creation in 2009, the non-profit ELLES TOURNENT has been working to highlight and support women’s audiovisual creations. It organizes an annual film festival featuring female directors in Brussels, holds screenings throughout the year in cultural centers, associations, etc., and supports emerging women directors.

Why this dual mission? In 2009, and still today, the observation is clear: film production and the distribution of films through the major cinema networks are largely dominated by men. Contributing to the distribution of women’s films, shining a light on their remarkable and still too often unknown work — that is the origin and the driving force behind an annual festival in Brussels entirely dedicated to the audiovisual works of female directors. Cinema feeds our imagination and our understanding of the world. Women contribute to this. Through their perspective, they break stereotypes and broaden the worldview presented by cinema.

A second observation: although more women than men graduate from film schools in the French-speaking Community of Belgium (FWB) with directing degrees, far fewer women go on to direct feature films. Supporting new women directors by promoting their first or second works, organizing thematic workshops for them, encouraging networking spaces and production support — these are the goals and activities of Graines de cinéastes. This project is at the heart of the non-profit ELLES TOURNENT, as it aims to increase women’s representation in film professions. The more women directors there are sharing their vision of the world, the broader the perspectives for social change become.

Anny Tubbs

Founder of First Move Productions - Documentary Filmmaker

Anny Tubbs is a Brussels-based documentary producer and director whose films delve into pressing social and environmental issues with nuance, integrity and heart. Drawing on more than two decades of experience as a senior legal executive, she brings rare depth and clarity to complex topics - with a deep respect for the voices of those most directly affected.

After advising organisations on antitrust, anti-corruption, and compliance—including as Chief Business Integrity Officer for a major European multinational—Anny shifted her focus to constructive news and storytelling for impact. In 2020 she has founded First Move Productions SRL and has since directed eight short documentaries, with screenings at events such as EU Green Week, COP26 and COP28.

Her participative style and journalistic training (MSc in Communication Studies, VUB; London Film Academy) allow her to co-create powerful narratives with her subjects, while always prioritising lived experience, ethical collaboration and real-world resonance. With a filmmaker’s curiosity and a strategist’s insight, Anny explores how human stories behind policy, power and change can inspire us to be our best selves.

Geert Van Goetem

Fondateur de S.O.I.L. 

Since its creation in 1987 as a multidisciplinary production center, S.O.I.L. (Sight Of an Ignored Landscape) has earned a unique place in the Flemish and Brussels artistic scene. From the very beginning, the focus has been on the symbiosis between different artistic disciplines (opera, visual arts, film, video, etc.), supporting new ideas and young or lesser-known artists, and pursuing both quality and humanity.

Never shying away from challenges, S.O.I.L. has provided a solid structure and financial support for projects which, despite their intrinsic potential, could not find a home elsewhere due to their nature or the artistic, financial, and practical risks they entailed. Many of its productions have won international awards.

Over time, S.O.I.L. has gradually specialized in the production of animated films and has become a major player in the Belgian animation sector. Its activities cover all animation techniques. S.O.I.L. works with a pool of animators on various projects in its Brussels studio.

Submission Guidelines and Rules

1. Films must be under 16 minutes and submitted as a video file (.mov, .mp4, etc.).
2. Non-English films must include English subtitles.
3. All submissions are non-refundable.
4. By submitting, you authorize Indie-Clips to use your film’s poster, trailer, synopsis, and stills on social media.
5. Films do not need to have premiere status and can have been screened elsewhere.

Submit your short film here to enter the competition:

Catalogue 2024: A Look Back

Last year’s Catalogue 'Films for a Change' highlighted 8 filmmakers whose works focused on social change. Winners received:

• A special Indie-Clips Original Interview: a recorded Q&A session about their film's creation.
• Inclusion in the online catalogue and opportunities to interact with fellow winners.

Who's Indie-Clips?

Indie-Clips is a Brussels-based non-profit dedicated to promoting and distributing short films by independent filmmakers. We celebrate creativity, especially from those working with low budgets and small crews.

Through initiatives like the ICSFF, workshops, masterclasses, articles, and original interviews, we help independent filmmakers professionalize and gain visibility.

Join the Indie-Clips Family!

Become a member of our non-profit and benefit from discounts when submitting your short film to the Catalogue!

For exceptional circumstances and inquiries, contact us at contactindieclips@gmail.com.