WHAT IS SIFF?
The Sabadell International Film Festival (SIFF) is defined by its name: a festival dedicated to independent filmmakers who captivate audiences with original and innovative stories. Our aim is to offer a selection of cutting-edge cinema from around the world, positioning us as the ideal place to discover new talents and global premieres.
PERSONALITY AND IMPACT
Our carefully selected winning films will be screened at Sabadell's iconic Imperial Cinemas, while the awards will be presented at Sabadell's historic Teatro Principal. This impressive building, the work of architect Francesc-Daniel Molina, was inaugurated in 1866 and decorated in a remarkable baroque style by leading artists of the time.
PERMANENT RECOGNITION
The selected films will compete for the Félix Award, the SIFF's Ferran Casablancas Awards, the Teresa Claramunt Award, the Rosario Pi Award, and the Domènec Pruna Award. Join us for a red carpet ceremony at the Teatro Principal in Sabadell, followed by a glamorous party.
MISSION
SIFF will have the mission of expanding, enriching and challenging the perception of the world through cinema and audiovisual arts. We will offer a festival that will deepen the appreciation of cinema in all its forms, diversifying audiences and creating opportunities for filmmakers and artists from around the world.
VISION
Through innovative programming, we will create a haven for the plurality of voices, formats and narratives. We will aspire to be an essential destination for professionals and film lovers, supporting filmmakers and promoting the impact of their work, through screenings, talks and education. We will bring together people from diverse backgrounds, fostering discovery, dialogue and creative development. We will look where others don't see and make room for ideas that aspire to cross borders and transform realities.
OUR COMMITMENT
Winners:
SIFF will have a firm commitment to generating a significant impact. Our winning films will be screened at the iconic Imperial Cinemas in Sabadell, actively supporting new film talents through our awards.
In addition, SIFF will offer you the opportunity to be interviewed on the renowned website 242 FILMS LATER, managed by the renowned film critic and analyst, JOSÉ ANTONIO PÉREZ GUEVARA.
Official Selections:
Each year, we will select the best independent films, including both feature films and short films. All officially selected works will be granted the right to use our official laurel, having been chosen from among a large number of evaluated productions. Moreover, SIFF will not just be a festival but a community of filmmakers. We would be delighted to have you consider joining us. Let’s collaborate and elevate your cinematic journey together!
SIFF 2025 will take place from October 1-5, 2025.
CineEco - International Environmental Film Festival of Serra da Estrela, organised by the Municipality of Seia, is the only festival in Portugal dedicated to the environment, which has been held uninterruptedlysince 1995.
Based on the motto Films that change the world, the Festival is a meeting point for professionals, researchers and the public. Its mission is to give visibility to today's major environmental issues brought to the Festival by filmmakers and to be a space for reflection and action by offering quality cinema and little-known and alternative cinematographies in relation to the traditional market. It is a Festival that promotes public awareness of cinema, its history and aesthetics, and environmental issues.
The Aguilar de Campoo Short Film Festival is consolidated as one of the most veteran and relevant film citations in our country in its genre. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts of Spain, includes it as one of the key festivals for the selection of short films that will compete in the Goya Awards. Throughout the last editions the festival has been making important decisions that commit it to the cinema of our country. In his thirteenth edition he published his manifesto where he exhibited his philosophy and commitment to film. He made the decision to pay for selection to the selected short films thus eliminating economic competition in order to encourage artistic creation and production. Its screening rooms are open to international cinema including all genres, fiction, documentary animation and experimental cinema. In 2016 the festival received recognition from the AIC (Short Film Industry Association). This certificate is an annual distinction to differentiate and reward festivals that perform an exemplary role in the dissemination, protection and professionalization of cinema and its industry, and especially of the short film. This is the first time this certification has been granted and is the result of more than a year of work tables and conversations with festivals, filmmakers and other professionals from across the country in order to develop a guide to good behaviors towards the short film and its creators. The basic objectives of this distinction are to educate new generations of filmmakers and protect model festivals, recognizing their dedication and rigor. We seek the encounter and exchange between professionals and the public as a form of cultural enrichment.
All erotic film are eligible, regardless of country, duration, or year of production.
Film/ Feature Film/Short Film/Documentory/music vedio/Animation/VFX/CGI/2D/3D/other
All Entertainment Catagory Accept
IV Concurso Contenidos Audiovisuales PROCESO 1001
La Fundación Sindical Ateneo 1º de Mayo convoca el IV Concurso de Contenidos Audiovisuales Proceso 1001.
Su objetivo es reconocer los cortometrajes que evidencian el valor del mundo del trabajo, la cultura que este genera, la solidaridad, la igualdad de género, la lucha, las victorias, y todo aquello que ayude a situar el relato de la vida y la lucha sindical y feminista en la sociedad.
Conscientes como somos de la importancia de la formación y de la organización de trabajadores y trabajadoras, este concurso de cortos lleva el nombre de Proceso 1001 en homenaje y recuerdo de los diez sindicalistas pertenecientes a la dirección de las clandestinas Comisiones Obreras que fueron detenidos y juzgados por el Tribunal de Orden Público de la dictadura franquista.
The Festivalico is a videoart and short film non competitive showcase.
CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION:
Any individual or legal entity, regardless of nationality, may participate.
Short films must have a maximum duration of twenty minutes.
Submitted works must have been produced after January 1, 2023.
If the spoken language is not Spanish, the film must include subtitles.
All themes are accepted, divided into the following sections: fiction, documentary, animation, and video art.
PLAY is the first Portuguese film festival, exclusively dedicated to children and teenagers, determined to promote the access to culture for a younger audience through Cinema and screening films for audiences aged between 1 and 16 years old.
The RELLISQUÍN FESTIVAL is an audiovisual exhibition that wants to reflect on the relationship between the city and its neighbors. We look for projects that talk about life in cities: protest movements, struggles to preserve historical memory, urban transformations and changes, social demands and the experiences of neighbors with their environment.
We are looking for projects that understand the audiovisual as a tool of struggle, denunciation and testimony of realities in danger of disappearing. We want to vindicate the critical, committed and cooperative spirit, making known aspects that concern society and that are not sufficiently covered in commercial medias, cinemas and the usual distribution channels. We want to show national or international works about historical, social, political and activist consciousness, personal relationships and human rights in a city.
South International Series Festival
A festival for professionals of the audiovisual sector and for the public, in an exceptional location such as the city of Cadiz, which had an incredible success in last year's edition.
70 premieres of fiction and non-fiction series, as well as presentations of projects and trends for the upcoming season. The public will have the opportunity to interact on the carpet with the protagonists of their favorite series and will also be able to enjoy a side program with a multitude of activities.
The International connection will be developed through different actions and activities that will promote the synergy between creators from all over the world.
Palma Mountain Film Festival (Mallorca) open the 2025 call for entries for the competitive short film section, which aims to promote and publicise short films on mountains sports (mountaineering, expeditions, climbing, caving...), mountain nature and ethnography.
The Ponferrada International Film Festival is an event specialized in the dissemination and promotion of short films from all over the world, regardless of their production format, distribution, exhibition, category, genre, or theme.
Short films, in addition to being a learning resource for new professionals in the film industry and a promotional tool for making the leap to feature films, can also be a highly creative and free form of expression, storytelling, and experimentation, independent of the market.
We are also committed to highlighting films that, regardless of their length, reflect the cultural, social, and linguistic diversity of any region of the world as part of the memory of peoples and the most unknown universal audiovisual heritag
VII NATIONAL RURAL FILM FESTIVAL OF AYACUCHO
The Rural Film Festival was created in 2016 as an initiative presented by Lic. Emilio Quiroga to the Department of Culture of the Municipality of Ayacucho, with the goal of promoting audiovisual production in our city.
Every year, we launch an open call at the national and international level for short films of fiction and non-fiction that address the concept of "RURAL" through their form and/or content. Our intention is to explore the perspective of this concept and enrich ourselves with productions from other places in our country and the world.
The Festival offers training programs and support with theoretical and practical audiovisual production tools to those who join this initiative locally. This includes teachers and students from schools and educational institutions, community centers, organizations, or simply groups wishing to participate and residing in the city of Ayacucho.
These are some of the central concepts we have implemented over the years and will continue to develop in this space:
Short film production as a powerful educational tool that strengthens cognitive skills, creativity, problem-solving, and teamwork, while motivating students in an innovative way.
Basic audiovisual production training, workshops for teachers on how to guide students in creating short films. This includes teaching them the basics of planning, shooting, and editing videos. Many teachers have no previous experience in these areas, so the training helps them lead these projects.
Integrated evaluation of student-made short films across different subjects, so that teachers recognize the relevance of these projects beyond their specific area of expertise.
Collaborative projects where teachers from different disciplines (such as arts, history, literature, science, and technology) work together to create an interdisciplinary short film. This could include combining thematic areas to address a common issue from different perspectives.
Online educational resources or YouTube tutorials for teachers on how to apply film to various subjects. This may include how to shoot a scene, how to light it correctly, or how to work with sound, all at a level accessible to educators with no cinematic experience.
Access to simple editing software or online platforms (such as InShot or CapCut) that students can use at home or in the classroom to edit their projects. They can also use sound recording tools or simple effects to help with content creation.
Scriptwriting talks and courses or storyboard models that teachers can adapt to their subjects. This helps students follow a proper structure when writing their scripts, ensuring that their stories are more consistent, regardless of the area in which they are working.
We promote and encourage the cinema room in our city and other alternative screening spaces.
We foster cooperation between rural and urban schools.
We generate socio-educational projects in schools, institutes, and training centers.
We offer talks, courses, and training open to the community.
We produce audiovisual content and resources for the departments of the Municipality of Ayacucho.
We produce local short films that address fiction stories and rural documentaries, as well as other themes of interest to filmmakers.
This experience has become a phenomenon that grows each year, surpassing its initial expectations. We are motivated to make our identity known, promoting the value of Ayacuchense culture and that of our country. We emphasize human relationships and the bonds that arise from this encounter for mutual benefit.
We strengthen alliances between our community and people and groups who come to the city of Ayacucho from nearby towns, other provinces, and cities across our country, drawn by the social event and the values that the Rural Film Festival represents.
It is necessary, through our intervention, to guarantee access to a symbolic language, which is essential to navigate the world around us and construct the images and sounds of our time. This is a fundamental task for the development of society, the strengthening of democracy, equity, and access to work. We approach audiovisual media as an object to be thought about and constantly transformed.
The 21st Jecheon International Music & Film Festival will take place from 4th to 9th of September, 2025 in Jecheon City, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea.
Since its inception in 2005, the Jecheon International Music & Film Festival (JIMFF) has grown to become one of Asia’s leading music-themed film festivals.
The festival continues to gain popularity among both film enthusiasts and music lovers alike.
JIMFF is dedicated to recognizing and supporting creative filmmakers and musicians from around the world, with the aim of cultivating a dynamic space where music and cinema come together.
The Jecheon International Music & Film Festival is organized by the Jecheon International Music & Film Festival Executive Committee.
"The fantastic emerges from reality like the moon over a misty swamp."
The idea for the Festival was born from our passion for the Pallars Sobirà, a remote region of the Pyrenees, its stories and legends, and for cinema. Our desire to preserve the most mysterious heritage of this wild land grew into the Tabaca Film Fest – the Mythological Film Festival of the Pyrenees, now celebrating its second edition.
This is a land rich in its own myths and legends, but every corner of the world has its own Yeti, its own mermaid, its own werewolf, its own mountain guardian — in short, its own mythological imagination.
With the Tabaca Film Fest - second edition, we once again bring to light these stories from the Pallars, the Pyrenees and all over the world through the art form we know best: cinema.
We believe this Festival can embody values we care deeply about: quality cinema and the preservation of mythological and historical memory, in an extraordinary natural setting.
Tabaca Film Fest is a Festival that includes short films in the categories of fiction, animation, documentary, and video-dance, featuring an international open call and complementary activities.
The second edition of Tabaca Film Fest will take place in person in Gerri de la Sal from September 11 to 14, 2025.
The Festival will include an opening ceremony, screenings of the finalist films, and a closing gala with an award ceremony. In parallel, there will be a talk on mythology, a guided tour of the area’s most mysterious spots, and a wide variety of cultural activities.
The International Festival of University Short Films ''CINESTESIA FEST' is an international cultural space that was born in 2017 at the Los Libertadores University Foundation, located in Bogotá, Cartagena, Colombia.
The main objective is to offer spaces to new audiovisual filmmakers and students affiliated to a University from any country in the world, to be able to exhibit their projects, generate ties of recognition and reflection, the training of audiences. It stands out, among other things, having international guests of high prestige such as the nominees for the Goya awards (Mario Campoy, Nacho Rui Pérez, David Desola, Jose Luis Pechorroman, Jonas Trueba) the Colombians (Harold trumpeter, Miguel Urrutia, Aida Morales, Santiago Henao, Jaime Manrique, Jose Alejandro González, Andrés Valencia, Laura Gutiérrez and Jimena Prieto) among others
The Festival annually takes place in the month of October in Bogotá and Cartagena, Colombia, granting the statuette called Kinesthesia recognition to international university talent.
