Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films

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| last= June 18–24, 2024

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| location = Palm Springs, California, U.S.

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The Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films (a.k.a. Palm Springs International ShortFest) held annually in Palm Springs, California is the largest film festival for short films in the United States.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-12-ca-53078-story.html Los Angeles Times] January 12, 2000 [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jan-12-ca-53078-story.html]

The Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films takes place across seven days each June, showing more than 350 short films every year, and hosting a Short Film Market with over 3,000 new short films annually. It also presents a three-day program of seminars, master classes, panels and roundtable discussions with free admission for all filmmaking and industry guests. An AMPAS qualifying Festival, PSISF has hosted 97 short films in its 19-year history that went on to secure Oscar nominations in the short film categories.

The Festival of Short Films is a spin-off of the Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) that takes place each January.

In 2021 the main PSIFF festival was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the ShortFest went ahead on June 22–28.{{cite web |last1=Matzner |first1=Harold |last2=Lewis-Woodson |first2=Rhea |last3=Rodriguez |first3=Lili |title=Film Festival 2021 Update |url=https://psfilmfest.org/film-festival-2021-update |website=psfilmfest.org |publisher=Palm Springs International Film Society |access-date=July 5, 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Weil |first1=Madison |title=Palm Springs International Short Film Festival returns in-person, screening 295 films |url=https://kesq.com/news/top-stories/2021/06/23/palm-springs-international-short-film-fest-returns-in-person-screening-295-films/ |access-date=July 5, 2021 |work=KESQ-TV |publisher=Gulf-California Broadcast Company |date=June 24, 2021}}

As of December 2021, the next event was scheduled for June 21–27, 2022.{{cite magazine |last1=Brathwaite |first1=Lester Fabian |title=Palm Springs Film Festival canceled due to rising COVID cases |url=https://ew.com/movies/film-festivals/palm-springs-film-festival-2022-canceled/#:~:text=Despite%20the%20nixing%20of%20the,person%20events%20in%20January%202023. |access-date=January 1, 2022 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |publisher=Meredith Corporation |date=December 29, 2021 |language=en |quote= … Palm Springs still has its ShortFest on the calendar for June 21–27, 2022. }}

The most recent festival was held June 18–24, 2024.