The Native Peoples International Film Festival is devoted to short and feature films, fiction, documentaries and animated films made by or about the native peoples around the world in order to promote knowledge, respect and acceptance diversity in raising awareness of the various facets of reality, trying not to fall into clichés. Thus, gradually the festival is intended as a field for meetings and discussions of projects of mutual interest.
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We are looking for the best features, shorts, docs and animation we can find to present in San Francisco. For 26 years SF IndieFest has developed a great reputation for eclectic, adventurous programming, getting great press for our films and filling theaters with enthusiastic film fans. Dozens of festivals and distributors have requested and received industry accreditation to view SF IndieFest titles at our festivals over the years.
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“I’m certainly happy that IndieFest exists, because it is a celebration of films that don’t necessarily get distributed widely,” HITS director David Cross says, “I’m happy to be a part of it with my film, which is very much in the category of a low-budget, little indie movie. I’m glad there’s a place for it.” – SF Chronicle
“Sundance may have sold out, but SF IndieFest keeps it real” – Annie Lo, Flavorpill
“While the Bay Area is flush with festivals, this one remains an under-the-radar standout.” – Randy Myers, San Jose Mercury News
“The San Francisco Independent Film Festival, the Bay Area’s version of Slamdance, provides a showcase for edgy cinematic work — and a great excuse to do some serious partying.” – David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle
"The movie business is in a perennial state of constant tension between ambition and collaboration, joyful inventiveness and jaw-dropping paydays. This roiling undercurrent, usually invisible to the public, gushes to the surface in the run-up to the Academy Awards ceremony. There is an antidote, however, to Hollywood’s annual backslapathon: SF IndieFest. The San Francisco Independent Film Festival is a beacon to anybody excited by the basic impulse of making movies. In its heart of hearts, IndieFest is a celebration of the minor miracle of finishing a film and getting it up on a screen in front of a live audience." - Michael Fox, KQED
“For many independent filmmakers, festivals such as SF Indiefest—aka the San Francisco Independent Film Festival–are the only way to bring their works before an audience. For filmgoers, SF Indiefest is the place to see original cinematic works created by directors who want to tell edgy stories which come from their hearts and souls. While some have bemoaned the death of cinema, the curators and filmmakers at SF Indiefest are keeping the craft of film alive.” – David Elijah Nahmod, SF SOUNDS
“SF IndieFest is the one festival of the year where you should throw a dart at the program and take a chance. Not because you’re guaranteed a masterpiece, but because it’s the best fest to see something that would never, ever breach your filter otherwise.” -Michael Fox, KQED
PRESS COVERAGE
Press Coverage for past year's festivals: https://sfindie.com/press-coverage
FILMMAKER COMMENTS ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
"Hey Jeff: Just want to shoot you a quick note of thanks on hosting us at IndieFest and giving us our World Premiere. We had a great time and really enjoyed our time at the fest and in SF; it's a great vibe and the diversity of features and shorts in the program made for a really exciting and energized atmosphere. "- Max Gardner, Go/Don't Go
"Festivals bring unexpected benefits. Festivals are essential for brand creation. Premiering at Tribeca was enough to convince people to at least listen to me, but surprisingly it was the San Francisco Indie Fest that was just as crucial for our theatrical release. Our press from this festival helped convince the Red Vic to book us in April (I thank the amazing S.F. publicist Karen Larsen for convincing me of this in advance). We also incorporated festivals into our broader theatrical release, and while we did not claim them as cities in our 17-city count, they helped give us something to crow about."
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"I've got to tell you that Indiefest was one of the greatest experiences of my life. I tell all filmmakers - and festival organizer friends of mine - how you run your fest and how you run each film twice. Every single time people look at me with shocked disbelief. Truly, Bonnie and I loved being a part of the event.
Thanks again for including us. SF Indiefest really made me feel that making YEAR was worth the whole effort.
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"We LOVED San Francisco, meeting other filmmakers, seeing their films, participating in your screenplay panel and of course our awesome sold-out screening. You have one of the most engaged, passionate cinephile audiences I’ve ever seen at a film fest — they were incredible." - Warren Sonoda, THINGS I DO FOR MONEY, IndieFest 2020
"You have a great and engaging festival and one that draws on extremely passionate indie film audiences you are rabid for amazing content for which you definitely provide in bunches! You support of us and our film is greatly appreciated and we hope we are privileged To be welcomed back again in the future!" - Avi F.
"Thanks for these amazing photos (kudos on composition, lighting, and hyping up the crowd - what a great gift to filmmakers!). A million thanks to you both for pulling off an amazing event. We love the ethos of SF IndieFest and we're so honored to have participated. Thanks for your dedication to uplifting local filmmakers and for putting our all-female team (and our unexpected and important story) in the spotlight. Looking forward to seeing and working with you both again in the future!!" - Leslie Tai, How To Have An American Baby
"Thank you for a wonderful experience. The festival was a blast, the people so kind, the films inspiring, and great vibes all around. I'll be back to catch more films in the coming days." - Kerry Muir, Madame
"Thank you so much for having us and all that you and SF IndieFest do to champion independent film." - Anna Moot-Levin, Matter of Mind
"Thank you all for such a fun festival! You all really did a wonderful job all around and we were honored and grateful to be a part of it!" - Liz McBee, Finding Lucinda
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LE FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU COURT MÉTRAGE DE KIEV (KISFF) est le plus grand festival de courts métrages en Ukraine.
Notre festival propose une gamme variée de courts métrages créés par des cinéastes émergents et accomplis, y compris des étudiants des écoles de cinéma et des créateurs indépendants des quatre coins du monde. Notre objectif est de présenter les films les plus émouvants, inventifs et distinctifs tout en promouvant le cinéma ukrainien, en encourageant la communication et l'échange d'expériences entre cinéastes et artistes ukrainiens et internationaux, et en offrant un espace sûr et accueillant à notre public.
Since 2003 the international Festival SIGNES DE NUIT is active in Paris, Berlin, Saarbrücken, Lisbon, and with special screenings world wide. The festival in Paris actually presents around 300 films coming from around 50 countries at different places in Paris. In Berlin the festival will be performed in the legendary cinema Babylon.
The International Festival SIGNES DE NUIT based in Paris is made up of films, which reflects new views, original imagery and critical approach to the crucial points of the modern human existence. It is a place for cinema that expands its own boundaries, that is astonishing, different, potentially free from the pressure of tradition, ready to give itself to the unpredictable experimentation.
The minor costs of digital production makes an independant- from comercial influences and any kind of censorship- production possible. These independant productions create an alternative, an artistic space very subtle and accessible to all, in contrast to what mass media offer.
This opposition and the preservation of the free cultural space is the goal of the International Festival Signes de Nuit, which has realized screenings and interventions in 29 different countries including Algeria, Australia, Chile, Cuba, Lebanon, Lithuania, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Peru, Russia, Tunisia, Turkey and the United States beside the screenings in main festival in Paris.
The Tenerife International Film Festival of World Cinema MILAN is an international film event to celebrate the movie making whilst bringing together film makers and the business of film making, from the smallest independent film maker to the most popular English and foreign language films and is open to all film genres.
The Tenerife International film festival is like no other International film Festival, we put you the filmmaker in front of potential investors in any new production you may be considering, we put your movie in front of potential distribution and sales to look at the possibility of offering you real deals and real help for you the filmmaker, look at our program read the short bios of the professional attending, join us and put your movie in a market place. Unproduced scripts also form part of festival week, were we bring together script writers with film directors.
Generally, we take nothing into account other than the art of film and the pre-eminence of artistic talent, and to facilitate transmission, so that tomorrow's Festival can continue the adventure with the combined strengths of experience and modernity, for those that enter the Filmmaker Award will truly be the future filmmakers of the film industry.
Le Cityflix International Film Festival Toronto (CIFF) se consacre à la promotion et à la promotion du travail des scénaristes, des cinéastes et de tous les artistes qui utilisent le langage du film pour raconter une histoire.
Le Festival international du film Cityflix découvre des cinéastes émergents qui servent de porte d'entrée pour les talents établis et en hausse pour poursuivre ou lancer leur carrière cinématographique. Grâce à des ateliers, des conférences et des masterclasses organisés par des professionnels de l'industrie, le festival offre des possibilités de développement et de sensibilisation aux écrivains et aux cinéastes.
Cityflix International Festival Toronto aura lieu à partir de novembre
29 - 01 décembre 2019 à Toronto, Canada.
Le CIFF s'efforce de servir les intérêts et les besoins des cinéastes indépendants. Le CIFF comprend combien il est important d'entendre et de voir les histoires éduquées, divertissantes et diverses de cinéastes du monde entier. Nous fournissons une plateforme pour que ces voix puissent être entendues et partagées avec des publics qui veulent s'inspirer
festival de projection de longs métrages, courts métrages, docs, nouveaux médias, cinéastes locaux et internationaux.
Le CIFF est conçu pour présenter des œuvres innovantes de cinéastes émergents du monde entier. Avec des projections sur tapis rouge, et une soirée spéciale qui intègre harmonieusement les pros hollywoodiens aux talents émergents, le CIFF offre une expérience de festival inoubliable qui aide à démarrer la carrière des jeunes cinéastes. Chaque projection au CIFF est suivie d'une questions-réponses qui relie directement les réalisateurs à des cinéastes curieux et passionnés, ce qui donne lieu à d'innombrables occasions de discussion dynamique. Le festival consacre du temps et de l'attention à chacun des films sélectionnés Le festival est dédié à donner à chaque cinéaste les projecteurs qu'il mérite avec une attention de la presse pour correspondre.
Tous les cinéastes sélectionnés pour le festival bénéficient d'une couverture assurée par les médias, invitent les talents émergents du monde entier à réseauter avec des professionnels respectés de l'industrie, des cinéastes présentés et leurs auditoires à Toronto.
CIFF s'engage avec passion à offrir au public, aux cinéastes et aux scénaristes du monde entier une expérience cinématographique excellente et unique.
'Everything of value is vulnerable'
The Word and tell stories.
The festival of the Word is a look-festival that will tell about the language stories.
The comic has clarify non-verbal story, the dialogue, the monologue or poetry versus snake or rap. All this translated and used in various filmexpressions, which may or may not know the reason to talk and touch the soul. A festival that raises questions about our communication with each other.
« Screen Short Fest 2024 » est un festival international de courts métrages qui revient dans sa sixième année. Le festival est le fruit de l'imagination de M. Soham Banerjee, réalisateur de courts métrages et entrepreneur primé.
Le festival invite tous les réalisateurs de courts métrages, avec leurs courts métrages, dans le genre live-action et animation, dans n'importe quelle langue (sous-titré en anglais), dans un délai de 20 minutes (titre et crédits inclus).
Le festival vise à présenter le meilleur des derniers courts métrages nationaux et internationaux du monde devant les cinéphiles de Calcutta, en Inde.
The value of our festival is to give young directors a free opportunity to show their work to a real audience, getting out of the web. All the participants are selected in a wide range of award-winning short movies; therefore the competitiveness of the festival is as high as possible.
The atmosphere at Inte is very intimate, and filmmakers attending the event have the time and space to talk, listen to the audience comments and relate to each other. It is a very valuable initiative for the growth and the career of directors, filmmakers, producers and workers of the industry.
The goal of Kyiv Film Festival is to encourage emerging movie makers for new film making by appreciating their work.
We accept all genres of films from all over the world.
Our mission is to support filmmakers, recognize their hard work, and Award them so that they are more inspired to keep telling amazing stories.
DocuRock est un festival international de films documentaires qui propose les meilleures œuvres de films documentaires du récent Panorama international axé sur le monde de la musique.
DocuRock vient couvrir un procès que les salles commerciales ne couvrent pas. Dans DocuRock, les spectateurs pourront voir des avant-premières aux Canaries et à Ténérife en version originale sous-titrée avec entrée gratuite.
The 16th National Guaíba Student Film Festival (Cinestudantil Guaíba) will take place November 6-14, 2017, in the city of Guaíba, Rio Grande do Sul State. The event aims to encourage audiovisual production as a pedagogical activity linked to the curriculum School.
MISE À JOUR DE COVID-19 : Nous tiendrons toujours notre festival, bien que le format soit en streaming en ligne en raison des restrictions de COVID-19. Les mêmes règles s'appliquent. Pour plus d'informations, visitez www.miwaff.com.
Au cours de nos deux saisons précédentes, notre taux de sélection était de 77 %. En 2018, notre taux de sélection était de 79 %, et en 2017 il était de 84 %. Alors choisissez MIWAFF pour une meilleure chance d'être nominé et de gagner l'un de nos prestigieux Wreath Awards !
Les gagnants des prix de la MIWAFF reçoivent non seulement nos prix prestigieux, mais aussi une reconnaissance sur la BMDI et un abonnement d'un an à IPitchTV.com ! Les projections de films seront disponibles en streaming pendant la période du Festival.
Le MIWAFF promeut tous les types de films, qu'ils soient indépendants ou en studio. Notre mission est d'unir cinéastes et artistes dans une ambiance compétitive en décernant les prestigieux Wreath Awards dans le cadre d'un processus démocratique de vote populaire. Notre Festival recrute des artistes impliqués dans le cinéma. Ce jury d'artistes vote collectivement sur le film qui sera joué à notre festival, et de plus, sur les films qui seront nominés et gagnants.
Camaiore Film Festival is a film festival dedicated to independent and experimental short and fits into the wake of a tradition that has always bound the earth Camaiore to the cult of the seventh art.
The Festival although very young has already seen the participation of many authors, Italians and foreigners, who have correctly interpreted the various trends of contemporary cinema and they were amply live up to both its style and language.
The exhibition is divided into five categories: Film, Documentary, Video clips, Animation and Graphics, School.
Grand OFF - World Independent Film Awards est la plus importante initiative de promotion du cinéma indépendant en Pologne et l'un des événements culturels les plus importants liés au cinéma indépendant dans le monde. La mission de Grand OFF est de mettre le cinéma indépendant à l'honneur que méritent les films et leurs réalisateurs. Cet objectif est atteint par un processus minutieux de nomination des films soumis par les membres du Grand OFF Jury, représentant des professionnels du cinéma de 24 pays. Cette procédure se termine par une cérémonie festive de remise des prix, qui a lieu à Varsovie depuis 2006 et qui a réuni à chaque fois 400 représentants éminents du monde du cinéma. Une semaine plus tard, les films primés sont présentés dans plus de 50 villes polonaises.
Grand OFF est, après tout, une porte vers le monde magique du cinéma indépendant, où tous les connaisseurs du cinéma, le public sophistiqué et les professionnels du cinéma sont les bienvenus !
Le Festival international du film de l'île FECISLA est un événement cinématographique qui a pour thème l'identité et la culture de l'ascendance africaine, de l'enfance et de la jeunesse et de l'environnement, imprégnant et impactant par un processus éducatif et culturel la majorité de la population indigène de l'île de Fuerte et le diversité de visiteurs de différentes parties de la planète qui viennent à notre festival.
Short films shot in Castilla y León, at least 50% of them, or whose director was born in Castilla y León, are welcome to participate.
SURKO is a micro documentary and short film festival about rural permaculture, which this year adds the animation category to its 2016-2017 call for participants; SURKO has an itinerant nature and thus it will be presented in different countries, comprised by Chile, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil in its 2016-2017 tour.
The festival lasts between 2 or 3 days in each location, according to schedule or as invitations come. Each presentation will count with the showcase of the participating works, considering duration and topics adapt to the features of each festival.
Parallel to each SUR-KO program, different activities will be carried on, such as: Open Space on innovation, local development, creative industries and/or economic development of the Iberoamerica, symposia, workshops and more; if you are desirous to join the team, just ask us how.
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MiTS is a festival that uses the videodance as a tool of mobilization and transformation social.
Both the dance and the video are aesthetic means very powerful expression, which can ask ourselves as a society and help us to mobilize and integrate groups who are at risk of social exclusion.
MiTS proposes a space of diffusion, of debate, of interrelation. Without neglecting an artistic aesthetic enjoyment, also opens us doors to ask ourselves as a society of active and participative way.
