Mission Statement
TIFA, the Toronto Independent Film Awards Inc. (formerly known as Toronto International Film and Video Awards Inc. TIFVA) is dedicated to awarding and showcasing the best independent films from around the world.
TIFA was started by independent filmmakers who understand the process of submitting to festivals and the challenges met when trying to get recognition for their work by professionals in the industry. That’s why TIFA offers so much – we want to support filmmakers and writers in any way we can!
TIFA’s core beliefs are the following – Accessibility, Equality and Diversity.
At TIFA we believe that everyone should be given equal opportunities to express their talents in film. For this reason TIFA screens and awards films and screenplays from every country, in all genres, and a range of independent budgets.
To help level the playing field we accept feature films in four sub-categories based on the project’s budget so films are not competing against others made at higher budgets. We also highlight categories that are often overlooked such as experimental films, web series, animations, music videos and children’s films.
TIFA is a strong supporter of diversity in filmmaking. Everyone has a story to tell and promoting diversity in the industry can only make it better. This year TIFA has received submissions from over 40 countries as we continue to expand our reach year after year.
For your chance to be recognized as the best of the best in independent film- from any genre and from any country around the world- submit to TIFVA.
“A path is always between two points, but the in-between has taken on all the consistency
and enjoys both an autonomy and a direction of its own” G. Deleuze, F. Guattari, 1987
Based at the legendary DETOUR Arthouse Cinema, in the heart of Rome since 1997, ON THE ROAD FILM FESTIVAL is devoted to contemporary independent cinema - fiction, documentary and experimental - presenting travelogues, urban and waste-land wanderings, real or imaginary topographies, unexpected detours, psycho-geographical drifts, migration and nomadism.
We look for films that develop, through linguistic and narrative skills, a critical and inventive approach to the subject guidelines of the Festival: a traveling mood with digressions from fixed paths, where the route is what matters, not the destination.
The Festival hosts screenings, master classes, meetings, art exhibitions, live performances and music, both at DETOUR Cinema and at a variety of cinema venues, film clubs, schools, public libraries and other unusual locations in Rome and and in its surrounding area.
OTRFF competition consists of two sections: THE ROAD (Features and Mid-length films =>30') and SHORT>CUTS (short films <30')
Features and Short Films in competition will be screened in late 2021 or in early 2022 at Detour Cinema in Rome, depending on the progress of the covid pandemic.
In respect of impediments resulting from the persistence of the pandemic emergency, the main festival events, the award ceremony and the screenings of the winning films will take place live online in "virtual cinema" mode.
Baja CineFest is an online international film festival aimed to inspire, motivate and award filmmakers from across the globe. Each year we will honor the best films in various competition categories and we will give recognition and highlight the best talented people in front and behind the camera.
Baja CineFest is proud to accept all kind of films and genres, even the films that have been overlooked by larger festivals. We want commercial films, underground films, experimental films, comedic films, etc. We got professional judges for every taste, three professional filmmakers and three professional screenwriters.
Films will not be physically screened for the public. Once the Official Jury has concluded the judging process, winners and awards will be announced publicly on our website.
We look forward to watch your work!
MONO NO AWARE is the annual exhibition of expanded cinema showcasing sculpture, installation, single-multiple channel durational projection, and performance art that incorporates the moving image on Super 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, or as an altered light projection. (No DV)
In 2015, the ninth annual MONO NO AWARE exhibition was mentioned in the New York Times and presented the work of 33 international artists to an audience of 900. This year's festival and screening will be part of MONO NO AWARE's tenth annual festival, which includes screenings of works curated from artists around the world.
Submission is sliding scale by donation ($0-20 - pay what you wish) which allows MONO NO AWARE to provide travel stipends and lodging to presenting artists.
The festival is organized by the non-profit cinema-arts organization MONO NO AWARE.
MONO NO AWARE offers year-round analog filmmaking workshops to the community teaching: Super 8mm, 16mm filmmaking, 2-D animation and 3-D puppet animation, Production for Independent Film, Hand-processing, Alternative-processing and Non-toxic-processing Techniques, Film Preservation, Handmade Emulsion, Advanced Super 16mm filmmaking, a range of special workshops led by visiting filmmakers and more. As an extension of the educational initiatives, the organization rents analogue filmmaking equipment, makes Steenbeck flat-bed editing and JK or Oxberry optical printing facilities available to the public and we also import/distribute Color and Black and White film stocks. Through our outreach program we present these same workshops at numerous universities, film festivals, and institutions throughout the US. This year we have presented workshops at The Japan Society (Manhattan, NY) The Oak Cliff Film Festival (Dallas, TX) The Queens Museum (Queens, NY) and this August we’ll travel to the Thomas Edison National Park to conduct a re-imagining kinetoscopes workshop inside the historic Black Maria (West Orange, NJ). MONO NO AWARE presents a monthly screening series entitled CONNECTIVITY THROUGH CINEMA with visiting filmmakers and most recently a co-presentation of a three-day retrospective ‘Super 8 Poetics’ the works of Stephanie Gray at The Anthology Film Archives. We’ve also started a reference library with a focus on cinema history, theory and technical filmmaking texts and publications.
To learn more about MONO NO AWARE visit: www.mononoawarefilm.com
Films about Mental Illness.
Azure Lorica International Film Fest (formerly known as Eclipse International Film Fest) is a celebration of international short films in the theme of mental illness awareness.
FanFilm Awards - Bibliophilefest welcomes independent film adaptations of popular books. We celebrate fanfilms for a one day festival and ceremony in Los Angeles, CA.
Visit for more information: fanfilmawards.com
The annual film festival TFF is held in Minsk, Republic of Belarus.
The festival’s aim is watching interesting movies, discussing them, giving and getting the prizes and having a nice autumn evening.
Arica Nativa is Heritage Communication and Sustainable Development. Its purpose is to make children, youth and adults fall in love with the natural and cultural treasures that remain heroically in the rural and indigenous area of the planet.
The International Festival of cinema of Hermosillo was born in 2012 founded by a group of young entrepreneurs with a passion for cinema and with the desire to recognize those who share and live this passion through his films, thanks to the efforts of a nonprofit association and with the objective of recognizing the effort and talent of filmmakers around the worldproviding a source of culture and tourism that drives the development of talent and love for the cinema to the State and society.
Polish international horror film festival - frightening the masses at the Centrum Kultury w Lublinie in Lublin since 2015.
PROGRAMME:
- polish and european premieres
- cult horror movies
- dark shorts
- guests
- lectures about horror cinema
MOVIES:
- horror movies
- thrillers
- dark animations
- horror comedies
- dark drama movies
- science-fiction
- gore
DOKer was created 9 years ago to bring wonderful independent documentary films from all over the world to the Russian audience and provide a discussion platform for authors, experts and spectators.
The principles of DOKer are:
- When we say 'documentary film' we put the emphasis on ‘film'.
- There are countless ways to make a documentary but we believe it has to be dramatic and interesting.
- Image and sound are as important for docs as they are for fiction films. The film language is universal, and we use it to tell our stories.
We welcome two categories of films: films about children/childhoods and films made by children (up to 18 years old).
We are interested in the films that provide us with the insight into children's lives and various childhood experiences.
This is the 2nd edition of the festival. More info about the first edition can be found at http://anthrochildrenyouth.wix.com/childrenfirst
This short films contest up in order to motivate people to convey their ideas through cinema.
The theme that identifies it is based on the idea of "slowness" or "slow life", what we understand as a bunch of actions (respect for the Environment and people, responsible consumption, defense of culture, decrease, life and leisure alternative, cooperation, food sovereignty, social economy ...) that make individuals improve their quality of life, control their time and be critical of the current economic and social system.
SUBMISSIONS 2025
MI PRIMER FESTIVAL, 10TH EDITION
The call is open until November 30!
The international film festival for children and youth MI PRIMER FESTIVAL (MPF) that sows the love for cinema. It is in our hands to find ways to encourage and promote that girls, boys, adolescents and young people understand what is happening in the world and show them ways to initiate change.
MPF invites you to participate in its 10th edition, we will celebrate our first ten years, which will take place during 2025 in different regions of Peru, taking as a starting point our first event in Lima that will be from February 16 to 22, 2025 in person, thanks to different venues and cultural centers.
MI PRIMER FESTIVAL aims to create a space for the exhibition of national and international cinema and audiovisuals, framing our content around the Human Rights of NNAs established in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and in the General Law on the Rights of NNAs, which recognizes them as holders of their rights.
We are a festival focused on the care and agency of children's citizenship, from a decentralized vision that aims to ensure that our content reaches a diverse audience.
MY FIRST FESTIVAL, through audiovisual and new media, promotes reflection on the various rights of children and adolescents from the imagination and education, forming creative, flexible and safe future citizens.
For this unique section of the film competition we will only be accepting those productions made by Mexicans in Mexican territory.
¡Viva México! Film Festival Australia convoca a productores y realizadores mexicanos para que inscriban sus cortometrajes a su segunda edición a realizarse en las ciudades de Melbourne del 11 al 16 de octubre y en Perth del 18 al 23 de octubre.
El objetivo del ¡Viva México! Film Festival es acercar la diversidad cultural mexicana a las audiencias australianas a través del Cine Mexicano Contemporáneo, es esta; nuestra forma de compartir nuestra pasión por México.
Nuestros objetivos principales son:
• Promover el trabajo de los cineastas más destacados de México
• Proporcionar a la audiencia australiana una visión más profunda para que pueda apreciar la cultura mexicana tradicional y contemporánea a través del cine.
• Proporcionar a la comunidad mexicana en Australia una selección de las mejores películas mexicanas y eventos culturales.
• Hacer conciencia y conocimiento acerca de lo que realmente es México, más allá de los estereotipos. Mostrando la diversidad de su gente, su cultura, sus paisajes y promoviéndolo como un destino turístico excepcional.
Viva México Film Festival nació en el año 2015, fue creado originalmente por José Briones y Sarah Connor junto a un equipo de colaboradores que comparten una pasión por México, su gente y su cultura. Para esta segunda edición el VMFF es vuelve más fuerte que nunca.
Dekho Film Festival (Prev. Aab International Film Festival (AIFF)) is an international film festival designed specifically for the independent filmmaker who’s tired of being overlooked by all the other festivals that seem to cater only to big-budget productions. Scanning the endless list of festivals not knowing where to gamble your money is frustrating. In most cases, you end up with nothing to show for your hard work and limited budget. At Dekho Film Festival we’ve kept our entry fee low and offer one of them along with an option to have your film or script reviewed. Dekho Film Festival is headquartered in Mumbai, India through our International judging panel is scattered around the globe. Our selection committee reviews the film by private screening the best films marked as the official selection. All the official Selection films screened into our venue in front of live audiences. Where our jury watches the film and selects the best films as the winner.
IV EDITION OF THE ARMADIÑA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Call for entries for the IV edition of the Armadiña Short Film Festival. It will be held
from 12th to 18th November 2018 at Poio.
