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Burns your world premiere
Submit to the wrong festival first and your premiere strategy is over. There is no undo. Most filmmakers don’t realise until it’s too late
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London Breeze Film Festival26 JulCambridge Film Festival29 JulLeeds International Film Festival30 JulWarsaw International Film Festival31 JulBFI Future Film Festival1 AugRed Sea International Film Festival2 AugMelbourne Queer Film Festival3 AugThe Female Eye Film Festival5 AugBOGOSHORTS Bogotá Short Film Festival6 AugCork International Film Festival7 AugPÖFF Shorts8 AugPhiladelphia Film Festival12 AugBelfast Film Festival14 AugCity Lights Film Festival15 AugLondon Breeze Film Festival26 JulCambridge Film Festival29 JulLeeds International Film Festival30 JulWarsaw International Film Festival31 JulBFI Future Film Festival1 AugRed Sea International Film Festival2 AugMelbourne Queer Film Festival3 AugThe Female Eye Film Festival5 AugBOGOSHORTS Bogotá Short Film Festival6 AugCork International Film Festival7 AugPÖFF Shorts8 AugPhiladelphia Film Festival12 AugBelfast Film Festival14 AugCity Lights Film Festival15 Aug
Inside Circkit
Your whole festival run, planned
Every festival is scored against your film, then sequenced into a plan you can actually run. Stretch, realistic and safe, recalibrated after every result.
Submitting blind is expensive
£40–0
Per wrong submission
Entry fees for festivals that will never select your film because a programmer hasn’t touched that genre in three years. Multiplied across 40 submissions
0+ hrs
Saved on festival research
Circkit reads every programmer and juror's taste, genre history, awards pathways and deadlines for you, the digging that used to swallow a week of evenings before you submitted a single film
Festival strategy without the fog
We stay with you
Step 1
Add the basics, upload a script if you have one, and Circkit reads for format, tone, runtime and festival signals
Step 2
World, international and national premiere choices are separated, so one wrong click does not quietly close the best door
Step 3
Every festival recommendation explains the fit: programmer taste, genre history, awards pathway, deadlines and risk
Step 4
Track the submission, materials, fees and outcomes in one place while FilmFreeway handles the final send
Step 5
If a rejection lands, Circkit recalibrates the route instead of leaving you with a broken spreadsheet
CircuitComplete
... and hopefully some festivals have been won? Or at least some moolah $$$
It's the people, not just the festival
We profile programmers and past juries from their public track record and years of selections, so you can read the taste behind each festival
Protect your world premiere
Catch world-premiere conflicts before you submit. One wrong click can't end your run
A strategy that keeps recalibrating
Your festival plan re-scores after every acceptance and rejection, for the whole campaign
See the fit before you pay
Genre, runtime, premiere status and programmer taste, scored against the film you made
Inside Circkit
From 0 to strategy
in minutes
1. Add your film
Title, format, runtime and director info. Upload your script and Circkit drafts your logline and synopsis with AI, or write your own
2. Get your strategy
AI scores your film against every festival in the database. A personalised briefing tells you where to start, what to protect and what your award routes look like
3. Submit smarter
Track every submission and get programmer intel before each one. Your strategy recalibrates after every result and your BAFTA and Oscar routes update in real time
Less admin
This was a real festival strategy someone sent me to fix. I cried. Why are we still Frankensteining this together in software only engineers use?
A calendar that stays live
Every submission date and deadline syncs straight to your Google, Apple or Outlook calendar, updating as festivals open and close.
Add to calendar
Awards qualifying, tracked
See exactly what your film needs for BAFTA, the Oscars or BIFA, and which festivals unlock each route.
Best British Short Film
Screen at a qualifying festival
Win or place in competition
Submit to BAFTA by the window
Add your partner-in-crime for free
Bring in your director or producer to track every film right alongside you.
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No per-seat fees. No extra charge.
A press kit that builds itself
Your details become three ready-to-send documents, a full press kit, a festival one-pager and an industry sheet, exported in English, French or Spanish.
Full Press Kit
Festival One-Pager
Industry Market Sheet
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Festivals tracked
TIER 2
FFA Certified
Aspen Shortsfest
Aspen, United StatesVerified festival
Recently updated
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FFA Certified
Brussels Short Film Festival
Brussels, BelgiumVerified festival
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FFA Certified
Encounters Short Film Festival
Bristol, United KingdomVerified festival
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TIER 1
FFA Certified
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Edinburgh, United KingdomVerified festival
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TIER 1
FFA Certified
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
Clermont-Ferrand, FranceVerified festival
Recently updated
TIER 2
FFA Certified
Cork International Film Festival
Cork, IrelandVerified festival
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FFA Certified
Aesthetica Short Film Festival
York, United KingdomVerified festival
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TIER 2
FFA Certified
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
Saarbrücken, GermanyVerified festival
Recently updated
TIER 1
FFA Certified
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Tallinn, EstoniaVerified festival
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TIER 2
FFA Certified
Glasgow Short Film Festival
Glasgow, United KingdomVerified festival
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FFA Certified
Cambridge Film Festival
Cambridge, United KingdomVerified festival
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FFA Certified
Cleveland International Film Festival
Cleveland, United StatesVerified festival
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TIER 2
FFA Certified
Aspen Shortsfest
Aspen, United StatesVerified festival
Recently updated
TIER 2
FFA Certified
Brussels Short Film Festival
Brussels, BelgiumVerified festival
Recently updated
TIER 2
FFA Certified
Encounters Short Film Festival
Bristol, United KingdomVerified festival
Recently updated
TIER 1
FFA Certified
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Edinburgh, United KingdomVerified festival
Recently updated
TIER 1
FFA Certified
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
Clermont-Ferrand, FranceVerified festival
Recently updated
TIER 2
FFA Certified
Cork International Film Festival
Cork, IrelandVerified festival
Recently updated
TIER 2
FFA Certified
Aesthetica Short Film Festival
York, United KingdomVerified festival
Recently updated
TIER 2
FFA Certified
Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
Saarbrücken, GermanyVerified festival
Recently updated
TIER 1
FFA Certified
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Tallinn, EstoniaVerified festival
Recently updated
TIER 2
FFA Certified
Glasgow Short Film Festival
Glasgow, United KingdomVerified festival
Recently updated
TIER 2
FFA Certified
Cambridge Film Festival
Cambridge, United KingdomVerified festival
Recently updated
TIER 2
FFA Certified
Cleveland International Film Festival
Cleveland, United StatesVerified festival
Recently updated
“I was about to submit to Sundance first. Circkit told me not to. That alone.”
“I open the programmer briefing before I write any cover letter now. It is the closest thing to a sales agent I can afford.”
“The fit scoring pointed me at festivals I'd never have shortlisted myself. We got into a Tier 1 lab a week later.”
“I stopped running my submissions in a spreadsheet the day I found this. The calendar alone is worth it.”
“It flagged a festival I was about to pay for. Scam Radar saved me the fee and the headache.”
“Knowing the BAFTA route before I submitted changed which festivals I went after first.”
“The premiere guard caught a mistake I didn't even know I was about to make.”
“I used to lose hours every week updating deadlines by hand. Now it's just there, scored against my film.”
“The programmer briefings read like notes from someone who's actually sat on a selection panel.”
“Cheaper than one wasted submission, and it stopped me making three of them.”
“I was about to submit to Sundance first. Circkit told me not to. That alone.”
“I open the programmer briefing before I write any cover letter now. It is the closest thing to a sales agent I can afford.”
“The fit scoring pointed me at festivals I'd never have shortlisted myself. We got into a Tier 1 lab a week later.”
“I stopped running my submissions in a spreadsheet the day I found this. The calendar alone is worth it.”
“It flagged a festival I was about to pay for. Scam Radar saved me the fee and the headache.”
“Knowing the BAFTA route before I submitted changed which festivals I went after first.”
“The premiere guard caught a mistake I didn't even know I was about to make.”
“I used to lose hours every week updating deadlines by hand. Now it's just there, scored against my film.”
“The programmer briefings read like notes from someone who's actually sat on a selection panel.”
“Cheaper than one wasted submission, and it stopped me making three of them.”
Dylan Gillah built Circkit after the spreadsheets, wasted fees and premiere mistakes became too expensive to ignore. It has been shaped with 50+ working filmmakers and producers.
Circkit, with two Cs. Cirkit was taken. We made peace with it.
Four things Circkit will not do
We never sell your data
To build your strategy, your inputs are processed by our AI provider, Anthropic. They are never used to train any model, and never sold to studios, festivals or anyone. The full detail is in our privacy policy
Honest over encouraging
Scored on real evidence: past selections, programmer taste, live deadlines. Never falsely encouraging
No auto-submission
Circkit will never click submit for you. We give you the intelligence, not the autopilot
No film school
We will not teach you to write or direct. Circkit picks up where the film exists
And FilmFreeway? Keep using it
FilmFreeway sends the submission. Circkit is the layer above it, telling you which submission is worth sending in the first place
Live deadlines
381 festival deadlines in the next 3 months
20 of them are BAFTA-qualifying
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- 1 film
- Full festival database (1,800+)
- AI festival strategy preview
- Submission tracker and deadline calendar
- Budget tracker
- EPK builder and PDF export
- Unlimited Scam Radar
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One off, per film, yours forever
- Everything in Free
- Full AI festival strategy, keeps recalibrating
- Premiere Guard
- Awards tracker: BAFTA, Oscar, BIFA
- Full budget breakdown and deadline reminders
- Programmer intelligence as it rolls out
- No subscription, nothing to cancel
Six-Film Slate
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One off, up to six films
- Everything in the Film Pass
- Unlock up to six films
- Works out at about £40 a film
- Ideal for a slate or film school
Prices are in GBP. Pay once, no subscription. VAT and local taxes are calculated at checkout where required.
A student, low on budget, or bringing a whole cohort?
Do I still use FilmFreeway?+
Yes. FilmFreeway sends the submission. Circkit helps decide whether it is worth sending.
How fresh is the festival data?+
Festival records are updated daily, not quarterly. Deadlines, fees and openings are kept current, and any record we cannot reverify is flagged before it can cost you a submission.
Will it actually save me money?+
More than money. Submit to the wrong festival first and you can burn your world premiere, and with it the Tier 1 slot and awards run that premiere unlocks. Circkit guards against that. On fees alone, avoiding a single wrong submission already covers the year.
How are my uploaded files stored and managed?+
Your posters, stills, and documents are stored securely and encrypted, both in transit and at rest, on hosting in the EU and US. Circkit never hosts your actual film, your screener stays on your own Vimeo and Circkit only reads the settings you authorise. Everything tied to your account is deleted within 30 days if you close it, and you can export your data at any time from Settings. Full detail is in our Privacy Policy at circkit.io/privacy.
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