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For this 10th edition, to be held from Wednesday, November 5 to Sunday, November 9, 2025, the registration deadline is Friday, September 5 at 11:59 pm.
It is imperative that the registration form be completed and validated by this date.

Since 2016, the Liège International Comedy Film Festival has offered a selection of short and feature-length films, reflecting the diversity of languages, peoples and cultures of international cinema. Since 2022, documentaries (portraits or biographies of comedy figures) have also been eligible, out of competition.

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Benoît Poelvoorde, Patrick Quinet and Stefan Liberski present the film L’Art d’être heureux at the Sauvenière cinema / © Aurore Nivelle.

The competitions are all crowned with a Taureau de Cristal, awarded at the Festival’s closing ceremony at the Forum de Liège. The Golden Bull is awarded to the FIFCL Grand Prize in the short and feature film categories.

The films are divided into several sections:

Official Competition (shorts and features)
Out of competition (opening and closing films)
Special screenings (feature films)
Séance Cinéma belge (100% Belgian short films)
Regards sur l’Europe (short films from all over Europe) – Registration conditions

The Selection Committee has sole authority to determine the section in which a selected film will be screened.

Before entering a film, please read the current rules and regulations.

Before registering a film, please read the following
conditions of acceptance

Fill in the film registration form

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Prizes: Cash, acquisition of rights and/or visibility

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The registration fee (10€) must be paid at the time of online registration (via the form below). are entirely the responsibility of the producer/shipper. If your film is not selected by the festival committee, the registration fee will not be refunded.

The competition is open to feature-length and short films, as well as documentaries, comedies and never-before-seen films, produced in Belgium or abroad, and made in the 12 months preceding the FIFCL.

To be eligible for selection, a feature film must be over 60 minutes long.

The Festival does not accept films between 20 and 60 minutes in length (a short film of 20 minutes and 1 second is not eligible).

Films lasting 20 minutes or less are eligible for the short film selection.

Films in competition may not have been broadcast on the Internet or released on DVD.

An Internet link with password is required (e.g. on Vimeo). We do not accept DCP, USB keys, DVDs or any other physical medium for viewing films and documentaries.

In the event of selection, the final copy of the film must be delivered to Liège no later than Friday, October 17, 2025.

The selection committee will be able to view a film