The coolest film festival in the heart of the tropics is looking for fresh, new films of the season to be screened under the stars at the 2019 Port Shorts Film Festival.

Port Shorts is Australia’s fastest growing film festival and is rapidly gaining a reputation for screening quality short films currently on the festival circuit.

With $5000 up for grabs for Best Short Film in the Open category, other categories include the Drone Award, Local Award, Music Video Award and the Young Filmmakers Award, with a prize pool of over $15,000 in cash and prizes.

Enter your film by September 13th, 2019 filmfreeway.com/PortShortsFilmFestival

Come and join judge and ambassador Stephen Curry at the festival under the stars in beautiful Port Douglas on October 25th and 26th.

The Port Shorts Masterclass series will be hosting workshops on acting, screenwriting, documentary making, sound design, stunts and more from October 22nd.

Get your tickets to the event and the workshops here portshorts.com

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