In a time where Instagram clips reign supreme in the world of parkour, we cannot help but think what impact they would have made if they were part of a bigger project.
While a sick clip is cool, it being part of a longer format adds those extra layers of feelings, thoughts, emotion & ideas.
We hope organising this can be a way to spark motivation and give birth to some cool films, while showcasing the filmmaking talent within the parkour community!
Judges
Judges will be announced soon, but will consist of a roster of international parkour individuals.
Sponsors
A big thank you to the brands that have offered to provide prizes for our festival!
Are you a brand interested in contributing as a sponsor to expand the prize pool? Please contact us here or on social media!
Categories
Main competition
All submissions are automatically part of this category, and will be judged according to the judging criteria listed under the Submission Requirements section.
Best Belgian
To support our local Belgian community, we want to give an award to the Best Belgian submission.
Young Talent (-18y)
To also encourage our younger audience into creating a submission, a special Young Talent prize will be awarded to the best submission where everyone involved is younger than 18.
Prizes
Main competition
1st place: €500
2nd place: €300
3rd place: €100
+ clothing/goodies by our sponsors!
Best Belgian
Clothing/goodies/...
Young Talent
Clothing/goodies/...
*The prize pool is subject to change according to sponsor contributions.
**Main competition money prizes are guaranteed.
Join the screening!
On the evening of Saturday August 30th, the top submissions selected by our judges panel will premiere at Swings 'N Other Things.
Having a Saturday ticket will automatically give you access to the screening. Seperate screening-only tickets will also be available.
*Tickets for Swings 'N Other Things are currently not online yet. To be continued.
Submission requirements
Submission deadline
August 20th 2025, 23:59 GMT.
IMPORTANT! Submissions must be kept private until August 30th.
On Saturday evening at the Swings 'N Other Things event at Hal 5, the top submissions will premiere during a public screening, and the winners will be announced. Screenings of your project at other events is allowed, but your film cannot be published publicly on YouTube, Vimeo, ... before August 31st 2025.
Project length
3-30 minutes
Participating countries
Since this is our very first edition, and we want to avoid being overwhelmed, participation is limited to countries part of the European Union and the United Kingdom. Of course we hope to organise many more editions of the film festival, and open it up to the whole world!
Full country list: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Wales.
Judging criteria
The judges will be scoring your submission according to multiple criteria.
They will be looking for well crafted, original, entertaining and interesting projects featuring parkour movement.
- Cinematography
- Editing & colour grading
- Sound design
- Storytelling
- Creativity
- Movement
- Overall impression
- ...
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