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Asia South East-Short Film Festival

Phnom Penh, Cambodia · Est. 2015 · Established legitimate festival with meaningful track record

Tier BTrusted
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
65
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  • No physical screenings
  • 11 years of verifiable history
  • 3 verified pro signals

Overview

Greetings Filmmakers to our IMDb qualifying film festival! We screen films from every continent and in any language. The Asia South East – Short Film Festival is a seasonal film festival that gives international audiences a chance to see a wide variety of the great short films that are being produced from around the world. It is curated by WWCSFF Worldwide Cineastes Film Festivals, the same team that produces 8 other festivals (list further below). For more info on our festivals go to.... www.wwcsff.com We screen all genres from drama to action to horror to documentary to comedy to animation and more and we prize originality above all. We have awards for different genres, production locations and technical and artistic talent. The festival organisers are very proud to be able to showcase the best work of both established and upcoming filmmakers. Our mission is to give recognition and plaudits to the creative talents we feel deserve it and to screen their work to our appreciative, cinema loving audience. We offer awards in these categories: – Drama Short – Comedy Short – Documentary Short – Animation Short – Horror Short – Music Video – Experimental Short – Action/ Sci-Fi/ Fantasy Short – A.I. | AI| Artificial Intelligence Short Film & – Asian Short Film – North American Short Film – European Short Film – Student Short Film – Longer Short Film (15 – 30 minutes) – Shorter Short Film (under 2 minutes) Our judges will be drawn from the filmmaking community and cultural institutions and we are very geared to getting as much exposure for our festival and our filmmakers as possible so will be pushing for coverage both in online and print media. Submissions are now open for our upcoming season. The Asia South East – Short Film Festival has screenings in various locations in South East Asia including Vietnam, Cambodia and with future festivals to be held in Thailand and Indonesia. All are exciting and richly cultured countries in this very beautiful region of the world. We are pursuing different possibilities within the broadcast and streaming industries that we hope will be, in the near future, of benefit to our festivals and the filmmakers that take part. There is a high demand for well curated and audience tested creative content and we plan on taking advantage of this need. Updates will be announced on our social media and newsletter. We look forward to seeing your efforts. Our other festivals... London-Worldwide Comedy Short Film Festival, UK Seasonal Short Film Festival, UK Animation & Music Video Festival, 1 World Film Festival, 1 World Comedy Film Festival, London Seasonal Short Film Festival UK Student Film Festival & 01 AI | New Media | Experimental | Digital Arts Film Festival.

Last updated Sep 12, 2026

Legitimacy Analysis

Positive Indicators (+30 pts)

  • 11 years of verifiable history
  • 3 verified pro signals
  • Verified trusted status
  • Legitimacy signals outweigh concerns (3 vs 1)

Red Flags (-15 pts)

  • No physical screenings

Trust Signals

Positive Signals

  • FilmFreeway Gold festival
  • Documented history with archived programs
  • Has FilmFreeway community ratings

Festival Details

Founded

2015

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Avg. rating

3.8/ 5

Reviews

14

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  • Filmmaker

    Great festival! Una gran experiencia

  • Filmmaker

    I am happy with the participations in this film festival and of course proud that my film 'Pray' won the Winter 2022 Silver Medal!

  • Filmmaker

    This is a best opperchunities for us. So thank you so much every organization part ..

  • Filmmaker

    It's a nice festival. Thank you for selecting my film.

  • Filmmaker

    A powerful festival with a great team. I'm glad I participated. Hope to see you again

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Legitimacy Score65/100
TierTier B
Reviews0
Community Reports0
FilmFreeway3.8★ · 14

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