In your opinion, what is a good duration of a short film if I was entering into a film festival?

I just make the film and the length is the length but if you are looking for a target window try 7-12 minutes. Under or over is fine, every festival is different.

As long as you tell a compelling story that is solid and complete, the shorter the better. If you could do it in under a minute you'd be hard pressed not to be accepted by most festivals you submit to, since there's always an extra minute laying around in the schedule.

Seven minutes.

And my personal peeve: I hate to watch a short film with 60 to 90 seconds of credits
at the beginning.

Seven minutes.

And my personal peeve: I hate to watch a short film with 60 to 90 seconds of credits
at the beginning.

Agreed on both counts. Youtube is rife with three minute films that have at least a minute's worth of opening titles. IMO, short films need the title and maybe one or two other credits at the most.

Mr. Vincent, when you say hard pressed, you mean that im pretty much guarenteed to get into most festivals if I make it a minute?

Well I said under a minute, but yeah.. that's the general school of thought. ;)

Keep in mind though, I'm not talking about just any old thing that happens to be under a minute in length.. It still has to be well made, and tell a story. Or in short, not suck. :lol:

hahahah ok :) thanks