Logo of 2024 Arff Berlin // International Awards

Deadline
13 Oct 2022


Published: 10 Sep 2022
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films

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2024 Arff Berlin // International Awards

Berlin, Germany


Around International Awards ✈ Barcelona ✈ Paris ✈ Amsterdam ✈ Berlin.
Annual Independent event with 4 major programs for all Features, Shorts, Documentaries, Experimental, Commercial, Music Video, Animations, Student Films, TV, Series, and New Media. The international community evaluates the all-genre creations to serve ARFF Official Laurels and to certify the awarded filmmakers at the end of the annual festival run. Thus, all the ARFF Finalists will be mentioned multiple times to have the best out of the entire year altogether. Submit today to participate in all 4 programs, regarding the unique system of ARFF International. Submissions made via Festhome are getting evaluated and selected, directly for the yearly festival run and participating in the Official Certificate Program exclusively. Monthly selection is available on other associated platforms.

See you Around & Fest Regards


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Fotofilm Internatıonal Short Film Festival

Deadline
05 Jul 2023


Published: 09 Sep 2022
 Has submission fees
Short films


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Fotofilm Internatıonal Short Film Festival

Beyoglu, Turkey


Fotofilm Internatıonal Short Film Festival is an innovative concept that aims to shine a spotlight on new generation world-language filmmakers and to give internet users across the globe the chance to share their enthusiasm for world cinema.

Our mission is to promote films, and be another step up in the filmmakers' careers.

Fotofilm International Short Film Festival is a festival open to filmmakers and film lovers. Is festival of world cinematography, where short films, videoclips, webseries and video arts from all over the world come together to compete for the various prizes of the festival.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Transilvania Shorts

Deadline
23 Feb 2023


Published: 09 Sep 2022
 Has submission fees
Short films


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Transilvania Shorts

Cluj Napoca / Sibiu / Brasov /Targu Mures, Romania


SHORTS in TRANSILVANIA

We know how hard it may be, for filmmakers, to produce and distribute their works, especially if those are short films and independent productions. TRANSILVANIA SHORTS [International Short Film Festival] is the useful tool for every filmmaker, in order to further showcase their films, and get their deserved public feedback and recognition. The films selected in the festival competition are further on promoted, screened at the festival, and evaluated by a team of experts in the industry. Transilvania Shorts supports filmmakers in gaining the recognition of the public passionate about cinema, and that of mass-media, and, also, in being rewarded for their work.

Come celebrate and share your passion for cinema! Held in both beautiful and medieval cities, Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, Braṣov and Târgu Mureș, Transilvania Shorts brings short films, from all over the world, to beautiful Transilvania. In the future, the festival will be extended, in order to be present in all major cities of Transilvania. This year’s Festival Program will showcase a wide variety of international short films, in the categories of: Narrative, Animation, Student, Commercial Video, Documentary, Experimental, Fashion, Music Video, Narrative, Student.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival

Deadline
31 Aug 2023


Published: 09 Sep 2022
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival

San Francisco, United States


San Francisco International New Concept Film Festival is a US government approved 501(C) (3) tax-exempt non-profit organization.

Provide an international platform for all film lovers, professional filmmakers and film/media students who love film-making to stand out.

Discover and select potential talents with new technique & skills, who demonstrate the original concept and accelerate their development within the film industry.

Encourage new filmmakers especially young and first-time filmmakers for their new productions. Encourage and celebrate original and insightful screenwriting and new ideas in the film. Accept films in all categories and subject matter.

Make friends and enhance communication through films.

• 2024 The 11th Festival Schedule: 
October 30, 2024 to November 10, 2024


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 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of FESCISE 2023

Deadline
15 Sep 2022


Published: 09 Sep 2022
 Has submission fees
Short films


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FESCISE 2023

Maturín, Venezuela


FESCISE; It is a film festival that rewards the complexity of making a sequence shot, the works will have a minimum duration of 5 minutes and a maximum of 15 minutes (including credits); with a minimum continuous sequence shot of 3 minutes 30 seconds in the development of the short.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of Short Short Story Film Festival

Deadline
31 Oct 2022


Published: 09 Sep 2022
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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Short Short Story Film Festival

N/A, United States


The Short Short Story Film Festival is a competitive international festival of films that tell a story in under six minutes.

For 2024, the 17th edition of the festival returns with a unique closed event. The festival celebrates brevity in film-making, with films from across the globe, both live-action and animated.

The festival consists of two programs, Heartstrings and Headtrip, each with a distinctive tone yet wide-ranging styles and topics.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic



 
Logo of National Television Series Contest FICAL 2024

Deadline
10 Oct 2022


Published: 08 Sep 2022
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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National Television Series Contest FICAL 2024

Almería, Spain


National Spanish TV series competition only.


Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation



 
Logo of INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF FILM AND SCIENCE

Deadline
01 Nov 2022


Published: 08 Sep 2022
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
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INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF FILM AND SCIENCE

Santander, Spain


VI INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF FILM AND SCIENCE 2024

The International Exhibition of Cinema and Science is an event that will take place at Centro Cultural Doctor Madrazo (Santander, Spain), between the 6th and 8th of November, 2024. Is admitted any work of any genre related to science and scientific divulgation.

The objective of the exhibition is to promote the production and divulgation of works that foster the positive and progressive values ​​of science and technology, and that serve as a consultation for any type of audience. The subject is totally free and can refer to own or other people's research, hot topics in the society or scientific community, personal scientific-technical passions, basic science concepts, scientific milestones, historical figures, the science of the future or past, etc.


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Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Experimental



 
Logo of CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - ZANZIBAR

Deadline
15 Feb 2023


Published: 08 Sep 2022
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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WATOTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - ZANZIBAR

zanzibar, Tanzania


The Watoto International Film Festival - Zanzibar is currently accepting applications from filmmakers from around the world according to different categories of competition.

The Watoto International Film Festival - Zanzibar (WIFF Zanzibar) is East Africa’s first and largest Children's film and arts festival, exhibiting the latest and best films and promoting film talents from across the African continent and beyond.

The 1st Edition of WIFF Zanzibar will take place on 11th -14th March 2021 in Zanzibar.

The theme of the festival is 'Chei'Chei - Hello' and will prioritize African cinema and cinema from the African diaspora and the rest of the world.

WIFF Zanzibar also opens the call to films from different regions around the world.


International Festival

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Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of CHURUMBELA FEST

Deadline
09 Oct 2022


Published: 08 Sep 2022
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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CHURUMBELA FEST

Ciudad de Mexico Mérida, Yucatán , Mexico


CALL FOR ENTRIES
From 31 May 2024 to 11 August 2024.

Do you remember the first film you saw on the big screen when you were a child?

For thousands of Mexican children in vulnerable situations this question has no answer. This is why the Churumbela Children's Film Festival was created, which invites all Mexican and Spanish-speaking children to experience cinema in an inclusive, completely playful and entertaining environment.

The 8th Churumbela Children's Film Festival will take place in a hybrid form; where some of the activities, workshops and talks with industry professionals will take place online and others in person with film screenings in Mexico City and Merida City, Yucatan. It will also continue with the Mission Mahoma programme, visiting Community and Cultural Centres in Mexico City. "Film and Dreams" is the thematic axis of this edition, which wishes to revalue the capacity of children to show how superior they are, with their desires, emotions and longings reflected in dreams.

The Churumbela Children's Film Festival will take place from monday 21 to Saturday 26 October 2024 in Mexico City and Yucatán, with the support of the General Directorate of Cultural Promotion and Festivals of the Ministry of Culture, as well as with the support of PROCINE, other entities and the Mexican private initiative.

The Churumbela Children's Film Festival promotes creativity, dialogue, the seventh art and artistic expression as tools for social transformation, and all activities are completely free of charge. In this edition we will have special selections of short films dubbed in Mayan and Mexican Sign Language (LSM).

Thanks to all the support we have received, it is possible to bring cinema to all children free of charge so that they can immerse themselves in the wonderful world of filmmaking.

To find out about the programme by venue of short films, films and workshops that can be seen in person and online, visit our official website: https://www.churumbelafest.com/

The Churumbela Children's Film Festival creates an inclusive environment, promotes dialogue, the seventh art and artistic expression as tools for social transformation and all activities are completely free of charge.


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Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of IMPACTE! Festival de Cine y Derechos Humanos de Cataluña

Deadline
18 Dec 2022


Published: 07 Sep 2022
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films

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IMPACTE! Festival de Cine y Derechos Humanos de Cataluña

Barcelona, Lleida, Girona, Reus, Vilafranca del Penedès, Spain


After the success of our first three editions, we are happy to announce the call for submissions to the 4th Edition of IMPACTE! Human Rights Film Festival of Catalonia, which will take place during the following dates:

April 9 to 28, 2024: Onsite and Online simultaneously

The Festival will be headquartered in Barcelona and will run simultaneously in other cities of Catalonia.

Call for submissions: from October 15th to December 31st, 2023.


Films

We are looking for stories that speak out against injustice and human rights violations around the world, films that combine rigorous investigation with narrative and visual treatment capable of impacting wide audiences. Both in fiction and documentary formats.

We are interested in criticism, but also in struggle, denunciation, defense of rights and, specifically, the proposal of alternatives: common aid, solidarity, cooperation.

The topics are free, but always within the scope of Human Rights -both traditional and of new generation-, Global Justice and the culture of Peace.

We are especially interested in receiving films addressed to children and young people.

Other topics will not be considered.


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Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other



 
Logo of Festival Oodaaq #12

Deadline
07 Oct 2022


Published: 07 Sep 2022
 Does NOT have submission fees
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Feature films


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Festival Oodaaq #12

Rennes, France


L’OEil d’Oodaaq is a French non-profit organisation that researches on video art, moving images and other forms of images in contemporary art.

L’OEil d’Oodaaq will be organising in 2023 its 12th Oodaaq Festival.

It will be held in May in Rennes.

It will be composed of: exhibitions, screenings, performances, lectures, moments of encounter.
The festival questions the place of images in today’s society and the way artists reflect on this issue. L’OEil d’Oodaaq is interested in all states of existence of images: construction, circulation, reception, as well as its recent mutations in the digital age. The organisation refers to the term of « nomadic and poetic images » in order to emphasise the moving, multiple and reflective nature of the images it is interested in.

For the 2023 edition, the festival will be mainly devoted to video art with a particular interest in works that question contemporary struggles (ecofeminism, feminism(s), social and ecological justice...). The videos, at the very heart of its programme, will be presented in screenings of programmes with several works, in exhibitions, autonomous installations, windows, and lounges.

Every year, in order to enrich its research and reflections, the Festival also gives carte blanche to local and international partners.

The selected videos can be showed in screenings, exhibitions, installations, etc.

This open call relates of course to our festival, but also to all the events that we organize or in which we participate throughout the year. Indeed, apart from its annual festival, L’Oeil d’Oodaaq implements and / or takes part in more than twenty events each year. By applying for this open call, you are submitting your work for Oodaaq Festival and / or for events offered by the association throughout the year, in Brittany, nationally and internationally. Each broadcast is done in agreement with the artists, is framed by a contract and is the subject of a remuneration (calculated for 1 broadcast or on a lump sum basis).


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 Experimental



 
Logo of The Buddha International Film Festival

Deadline
17 May 2023


Published: 06 Sep 2022
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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The Buddha International Film Festival

Pune, India


THE BUDDHA International Film Festival's main objective is to provide the opportunity for filmmakers from all over the world to excel, and to have the best work selected and showcased in a celebration of cinema, as well as to give filmmakers a platform to network amongst fellow professionals and cinematic artists.

Buddha Fest / TBIFF is looking forward to fostering these relationships and to helping extraordinary filmmakers get their projects seen by global audiences. TBIFF unites cinematic, cultural, educational more over Inspirational objectives by presenting its film discoveries.

The TBIFF is dedicated to showcasing new and innovative films while fostering the next generation of filmmakers. It is a strong advocate for social change, and encourages cultural diversity and understanding between nations. It strives to foster the movie art of all continents by stimulating the development of quality cinema and promoting meetings between cinema professionals from around the world.

The BUDDHA International Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing the spirit, passion, and skill of the best new filmmakers from around the world for audiences around the world.

We are also including and actively supporting not only the finest examples of classic moviemaking, but works that are experimental, breaking ground in new non-narrative forms and crossing over into the video arts. All films will be reviewed as they are submitted, and the best in each category will be chosen to screen at the festival. A jury of industry professionals will then view the finalists and choose the winning selections.

Filmmakers planning on attending should notify the film festival as soon as possible, so their names may be listed in the scheduled program at the venue where their film will be shown.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of The Black Sea Film Festival

Deadline
21 Jun 2023


Published: 06 Sep 2022
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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The Black Sea Film Festival

Vama Veche / Corbu, Romania


What could ever be more relaxing and delightful than spending a night on the beach… barefoot, wet hair,sun-kissed skin, summer wind, friends and lovers, drinks and a sky full of stars? We know. All these in the company of a series of great films! We offer you the wonderful experience of mixing the best of summer with cinema, aiming to make you FEEL. Literally.

The Black Sea Film Festival is an annual event which awards new inspiring, motivating talent. Designed to acknowledge the creative contributions of both young and elder artists, beginners or with a long way paved behind, the festival benefits the community socially, educationally and economically – wise.

The Festival will showcase innovative independent cinema from around the world, taking place along the Romanian Black Sea coast. The fourth edition will be held in Vama Veche, a charismatic place known for its young, vibrating and artistic spirit.

On our current edition we are accepting a variety of short films: narrative, animation, experimental, student, documentary, music video, human rights, and also feature films: narrative, documentary. The film production can be made within the last ten years.

Wonderful seaside movie nights are expecting you to enjoy the summer breeze and watch films under millions of stars!

It’s all about the feels. It’s all about the cineFEELS!


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Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of MINIDOC

Deadline
11 Oct 2022


Published: 06 Sep 2022
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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MINIDOC

Polán, Spain


The theme must focus, from the values ​​of solidarity, tolerance, culture of peace, nature and commitment to gender equality, on ways of life, traditions, trades, crafts, sustainable economy, respect for the environment and living beings, that is, all aspects of the diversity of human culture, with a specific section dealing with issues of the peoples of Siberia and Central Asia.


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 Documentary



 
Logo of Bucharest Short Film Festival

Deadline
12 Apr 2023


Published: 06 Sep 2022
 Has submission fees
Short films


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Bucharest Short Film Festival

Bucharest, Romania


Bucharest Short Film Festival [BSFF]

Independent is the key word for Bucharest Short Film Festival [BSFF], as it is founded by independent film professionals and focuses on independent artists in cinema, from all over the world. Bucharest Short Film Festival aims at recognizing, showcasing and spreading-out the most professional, most innovative, and most interesting fresh short international films, while always prioritizing independent short films.

Bucharest Short Film Festival will showcase some of the finest short international film in Narrative, Animation, Student, Experimental, Documentary, Music Video and Human Rights. We take to heart the amount of work put into each film. Therefore, the festival rules ensure that each movie is reviewed at least two times and well-debated by our team. Some of the awarded films will also be screened at other international film festivals.

Independent artists and their short films will meet an effervescent, and a quite experienced with cinema and film festivals audience, ensuring quality networking, and engaging opportunities, while the selected films will be determined by a panel of industry experts.

Bucharest Short Film Festival is building a strong community of interest around international independent film professionals and film lovers, in the heart of one of the most interesting emergent capitals of arts and culture, a city that never sleeps – Bucharest.

The festival will run film screenings, preceded or followed by artists Q&A, or networking side events, and, surely, parties, that all take place in various conventional and unconventional stages around Bucharest, as in cinemas, open spaces, and even summer theatres. Bucharest, you’ve heard about it, eventually – a city for young people. Well known for different things – like “Old Paris” nickname, in its bourgeois times, before the communism decades, or the world’s biggest parliamentary building [and one of the largest buildings of any kind], from its communism times, new architecture, or the explosive contemporary art scene, and the also quite impressive underground arts and music and nightlife communities, in its current times.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of SANTO DOMINGO GLOBAL FILM FESTIVAL (FCGSD)

Deadline
01 Nov 2022


Published: 06 Sep 2022
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films

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SANTO DOMINGO GLOBAL FILM FESTIVAL (FCGSD)

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic


SANTO DOMINGO GLOBAL FILM FESTIVAL
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FILM REGISTRATION

The following terms and conditions (Terms) govern the registration of a cinematographic work (The FILMS) for the Santo Domingo Global Film Festival (FCGSD) (The festival) to be considered in the present edition.

The registration process will be exclusively through the official festival platforms, which will be announced on the call. This document shall precede any other document prepared by FCGSD or anyone else.

Please email any request or concern related to these Terms to FTerms@tamoencine.org.


FIAPF!

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other



 
Logo of Free Film Festival Pro

Deadline
15 Aug 2023


Published: 06 Sep 2022
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Free Film Festival Pro

Cordoba, Argentina


Cortometrajes y Largometrajes
realizados entre 2014 y 2023

La inscripción es GRATUITA

Todos los géneros pueden participar

No aceptamos inscripciones a través de distribuidoras. Solo aceptamos inscripciones de los autores de los films.
Cada filmmaker solo puede inscribir 1 película.

Deadline inscripción: 15 mayo del 2022

Los Ganadores se anunciarán durante el 31 de mayo del 2022


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Bettiah International Film Festival 2022

Deadline
15 Oct 2022


Published: 06 Sep 2022
 Has submission fees
Short films


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Bettiah International Film Festival 2022

Bettiah, India


In this 2022, Bettiah International Film Festival (BIFF) made a plan to become a staple in the film fraternity’s annual calendar; housing an eclectic mix of films, stimulating interviews, outstanding film lectures series, workshops, live performances, all types of film exhibitions, master classes and the annual film festival.

Celebrating the very best in films with a link from pole of North to South, different continent and different language, culture, its vibrancy with many dimensions. The festival is an international showcase of the best of Debuts Director's Film, Short Film, Student Short Film, Documentaries, Animation Movies and beyond, especially we keep Special Category - Women Empowerment. Building bridges between film fans and the film fraternity as well as between filmmakers the world over.

We provides a platform for emerging talent – to commission emerging artists, showcase their work, to offer networking occasions with industry leaders and to provide inspiration and learning opportunities. Tongues on Fire is a not-for-profit organization with a goal to entertain, inform, educate and affect change in mood, emotion or thought to empower women.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of ALICANTE SMARTPHONE FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline
30 Oct 2022


Published: 05 Sep 2022
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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ALICANTE SMARTPHONE FILM FESTIVAL

alicante , Spain


The Festival will take place in Alicante from December 10 to 14, 2024.

Short film productions may participate exclusively with Smartphones.

The festival has a free theme.


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 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Experimental  Music Video