The jury, consisting of Joke van Leeuwen, Sagid Carter, Manoushka Zeegelaar Breeveld, Sahand Sahebdivani and Dolores Leeuwin, will announce the winner at ILFU 2020. The main prize is 10,000 euros and a place at the ILFU in 2021.

3-minute stories on the theme of ‘Rising’

The theme of the ILFU International Story Contest is ‘Rising’. The competition is open to stories in every conceivable form: prose, poetry, non-fiction, film, photography, animation and music, rap or theatre. The festival also looks forward to receiving TikTok videos, vlogs and crossovers between different disciplines. The only requirement is that they must not exceed 3 minutes. Anyone aged 16 and over can participate, for a fee of 4 euros. Stories can be submitted in Dutch or English until 30 August 2020. You can find all the information about the contest here.