ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival proudly provides the platform for independent filmmakers to express authentic, cinematic storytelling in the most compelling ways possible.
As one of the world’s most recognised independent film festivals in the world, ÉCU embraces innovation and creativity and allows directors in competition to showcase their films to audiences who love and appreciate independent cinema. Filmmakers who are selected into ÉCU’s Official Selection join an active community of creatives who are continually pushing the boundaries of independent cinema.
Since its inception in 2006, ÉCU has forged a path for independent film and the scope of its presence has grown to a global scale with the festival often being referenced as the European equivalent of Sundance; an honour that we don’t take lightly.
"Paris has become my second home, and ÉCU my creative family. Mr.Scott Hillier is now the father of my independent spirit. I’m deeply honored and grateful for the Audience Award, and truly moved to see my film open the official 2025 trailer. Thank you from the bottom of my heart." Fumitaka Otoguro producer of Tokyo Strange Tale winner of the Audience Award 2025
"This festival is an outstanding, welcoming, and attentive event for independent film lovers, catering to both the audience and filmmakers. It devotes considerable attention to the presentation and dissemination of films and their creators, and also meticulously analyzes film themes and content. The team of festival organizers is exceptional, demonstrating great care and responsibility. We are very happy that our film PURGA was featured in this festival. Highly recommended!" - Gintare Valeviciute Brazauskienė, Co-director of PURGA, the winner of the Best European Independent Animation award 2024
"Great opportunity for independent filmmakers around the world, the festival has values and I like the way people engaged and watched all the films with passionate." - Abdulmohsen Almutairi, director of Memories from the North, ÉCU 2023 Official Selection
"It is always an absolute joy to present one's work at ECU. The team are fantastically helpful, the jury extremely competent, and the selection of the highest quality. I would recommend participating to anyone who's in love with indie filmmaking!" - Celina Liesegang, producer of Viscera: Autopsy of a (non)human body, ÉCU 2022 Official Selection
"It was an absolute privilege to be part of the ÉCU Film Festival and in the company of so many incredible and high quality independent films! What truly fantastic programming and as a filmmaker you are really made to feel part of a passionate global community of people who really believe in the same values around story telling and visual expression. Thank you to the whole team behind the scenes." - Karina Astrup, producer of MORGANA, ÉCU 2021 Official Selection
Each year, our festival takes place in Paris during the springtime, which is not only a beautiful season but also an exciting time of year for ÉCU, because that is when we showcase roughly around 60 of the World’s very best independent films. Although ÉCU emphasises European talent, it also recognises the genius of international filmmakers with several categories allocated to non-European films.
The next ÉCU, the 21st edition, will take place on April, 2026 in Paris, France.
ÉCU isn’t just about screening an amazing slate of films over its three-day event in Paris. There are also professional workshops led by experts in the industry, Q&A’s held with the attending filmmakers after every screening session and a chance to network with fellow filmmakers, producers, agents, industry representatives, prospective film buyers and, of course, the cinema-loving public. At ÉCU, there is a dialogue focusing on celebrating but also critiquing the world’s best indie cinema of today.
Though ÉCU’s main event IS the three-day festival in Paris each spring, there is even more! Thanks to our 50+ partner festivals, partner organisations, film centres and film commissions, ÉCU goes on an annual world tour called ÉCU-On-The-Road. This gives award-winning films (as well as many of the Official Selection films) the opportunity for their films to reach a broader, global, international audience.
ÉCU-On-The-Road showcased films in over 80 countries around the globe in 2016 to 2025 at special ÉCU mini-festivals, partner festivals, cultural institutions and film schools, including an amazing seven day special festival in São Paulo, Brazil. The event was made possible through the support of Caixa Cultural, São Paulo and was a huge success. ÉCU also held special events in Berlin (Germany), Atami (Japan) and was part of festivals in Lebanon, Italy, Russia, USA, Romania, Austria, Denmark and other countries. This gives ÉCU filmmakers great exposure to audiences that they may never have reached otherwise.
Since 2006, ÉCU has helped the careers of hundreds of independent filmmakers, actors, DPs, editors, screenwriters and we are honoured to give aspiring film directors the chance for their voices to be seen and heard.
Above all, we are proud to be a filmmakers’ festival!
The first AfryKamera Film Festival was organized by FilmGramm Foundation in cooperation with the South African Embassy during the months of April-June 2006. It aimed to use cinematography to bring Africa to the attention of the Polish public. The 1st AfryKamera premiered in Warsaw and also ran in Krakow, Poznan, Lodz, Torun and Konin. The unbelievable media interest and good ticket sales during the first festival in 2006 confirmed our belief that Africa is a theme of immense interest to a growing number of people. Since the very 1st edition, AfryKamera has been well covered in the Polish media, which confirms the great marketing potential of such an event for Africa in general, as well as, for sponsors and patrons.
As it stands AfryKamera is the first African Film Festival in Central and Eastern Europe as well as the largest African-themed event in Poland and the wider region.
AfryKamera has managed to occupy a niche in the film festival market – although there are many international film festivals, they generally show a limited range of African films. AfryKamera is therefore the only festival in Poland dedicated purely to films from the continent. In the past few years the festival has decided to explore new avenues not only in the art of cinematography, but also in the presentation of African art, music, and culture.
The main events of the African Film Festival AfryKamera take place in Warsaw, Poland, traditionally in either Kino Luna or Kinoteka, the capital city's premier arthouse cinemas. The event in 2018 will last 10 days and presents 15-25 full length features and documentaries as well as some 20 short films from around the continent and from the African diapora. The key motto of the festival is "Made in Africa", as the focus is put on the quality of moviemaking on the continent and the enhanced capacity to make world-class movies.
Luxor African Film Festival is organized by Independent Shabab Foundation, which is a civil and nonprofit organization cooperates with the culture developed fund & other entities . The festival is organized under the auspices of significant Egyptian Ministries and other organizations.
- The first festival for African Cinema in Egypt since the start of the film industry
- The first international film festival in Upper-Egypt
- The first festival featuring outdoor screenings in Upper-Egypt
- The first festival fully organized by an Egyptian civilian NGO
- The first festival featuring the participation of all African countries and hosting more than 100 guests from Africa, Europe and the Americas
It is one of the biggest festivals of horror movies from the Amazon.
Reaching its second edition, even more frightening.
Straight from the heart of the Amazon forest, fear will arise and reward the best horror films in the world.
Welcome to our nightmare
멕시코시티 국제 동물 및 환경 영화제 (FICAA) 는 매년 5개 대륙의 영화를 상영하는 제7회를 맞이합니다.
이 페스티벌의 사명은 예술을 통해 가치, 대의와 활동가들의 투쟁을 홍보하고 뛰어난 영화 제작자들의 작품을 선보일 수 있는 다양한 기회를 여는 것입니다. 일 년 내내 우리는 국립 폴리테크니코 연구소 (IPN), UAM, ENAC—UNAM 및 이러한 확산을 지원하기 위해 문을 여는 정부 문화 공간과 협력하여 다양한 문화 행사와 영화 토론을 개최합니다.
이용 약관에 동의하는 수상 영화는 IMCINE의 플랫폼 “Nuestro Cine MX”에서 한 달 동안 호스팅되어 멕시코 전역에 걸쳐 전국적으로 공개됩니다.
올해의 주요 주제
동물
환경
영화: “신념의 자유”, “음모”, “외계인”, “에너지와 정신”
(저희 웹 사이트에는 참여하도록 초대된 모든 유형의 영화를 자세히 설명하는 전용 섹션이 있습니다.)
초청된 목적을 위한 영화 설명
이 섹션은 인간이 보이지 않는 것, 미지의 것, 존재의 의미를 이해하고자 하는 다양한 방법을 영적, 과학적, 철학적, 사회적, 상징적 관점에서 탐구하는 영화를 다룹니다.
다음과 같은 주제의 작품을 접수합니다.
음모론과 숨겨진 힘
외계인, 납치, 접촉, 비인간 생활
종교 및 영적 관습 (기독교, 가톨릭, 불교 등)
에너지, 의식, 내면의 자아 탐구
천사, 개체, 보이지 않는 평면
기적, 초자연적 현상, 설명할 수 없는 사건
과학과 우주, 생명, 의식의 기원에 대한 탐구
허용되는 형식 및 장르
소설, 다큐멘터리, 애니메이션, 실험 작품, 하이브리드 제안 등 모든 영화 장르의 장편 영화, 뮤직 비디오, 단편 영화, 1분 영화 (시네미닛), 다큐멘터리를 수락합니다.
모든 카테고리에서 허용
애니메이션
단편 영화
장편 영화
다큐멘터리
1분 영화 (시네미닛)
뮤직 비디오
수상 및 표창
동물 및 환경 인식이 주도하는 페스티벌로서 올해의 초청 대상은 “시네마: 믿음의 자유, 외계인, 음모론”이며, 제출된 모든 프로젝트는 최종 심사 프로그램에 선정되지 않았더라도 각 영화의 예술적 가치와 작품성을 인정하는 참여 월계관을 받게 됩니다. 공식 선정 영화는 공식 셀렉션 월계수를 받게 됩니다.
최종 수상자는 FICAA 2026 조각상, 디지털 월계관 및 디지털 디플로마를 받게 됩니다.
최종 시상식은 12월에 열리며, 멕시코의 여러 국가 및 지역에서 온 손님들을 맞이하여 조각상을 직접 받을 수 있습니다.
컬처럴 브리타니코가 여러분을 진심으로 맞이하며 2026년 2월 4일부터 8일까지 페루 리마에서 열리는 “XII 국제 어린이 영화제, CINI 2026” 출품작 모집을 시작합니다.
이 축제는 수르코, 산 미구엘, 산 보르하, 푸에블로 리브레, 산 마르틴 데 포레스, 산타 아니타, 산 후안 데 루리간초, 카마초, 미라플로레스 지구에 위치한 브리타니코 문화센터 강당에서 열립니다.
“XII 국제 어린이 영화제, CINI 2026” 기간 동안 개최되는 모든 상영은 일반 대중에게 무료로 제공됩니다.
SR films are of socially relevant content and concentrate on character-driven situations and good storytelling instead of relying on gratuitous violence, crime, and so-called selling points for box office success.
SR Film Festival New York and its Industry Panels focus on Socially Relevant film content and nurture filmmakers who develop human interest stories with Socially Relevant themes.
SR is a festival and film development lab that aims to satisfy a market need concentrating on everyday positive human stories while offering a financially viable alternative to the proliferation of violence & crime in today’s movie industry.
The festival and industry panels event provides filmmakers & festival attendees with the best of both worlds: finished films and projects/scripts in development.
부산국제단편영화제는 1980년 시작된 국내 최초의 단편영화제로 2026년 제43회를 맞게 됩니다.
부산국제단편영화제는 국내 및 전 세계에서 제작된 우수한 단편영화들을 적극적으로 발굴, 소개하고 단편영화 활성화와 영화문화의 다양성에 기여하는 것을 목적으로 합니다.
출품공모는 국제경쟁과 한국경쟁 부문으로 나뉘며, 30분 이하의 단편영화를 대상으로 합니다.
부산국제단편영화제는 단편영화 컨퍼런스와 아시아영화진흥기구(넷팩NETPAC) 회원으로 가입되어 있으며, 2018년 한국 최초로 미국 아카데미 시상식의 인증을 받은 영화제입니다.
Crypticon Seattle Film Festival is in it's eighth year.
The first four years Crypticon presented films and shorts for fun. We now have an official film festival and have had great fun presenting original and interesting horror features and shorts.
The conventions attract thousands every year.
It is the premier horror convention in the North Western United States. Pulling people from all the states in the area. It is held on Memorial Day weekend in the beautiful Hilton Seatac.
It is a great weekend of fun and frights!
If you are a NW Filmmaker contact us for a submissions waiver. NW films can submit with no fee. Your film must have been shot in Idaho, Oregon, or Washington to qualify for this waiver.
BERLIN UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL 2015
The Berlin Underground Film Festival is part of a series of online film festivals created by the Clockwork Film Institute. Its main goal is to embrace all that is considered subversive, controversial and eccentric when it comes to underground filmmaking.
BUFF’s awards will be divided between four categories: Official; Press; Internet and Popular Jury.
All of the awards will be posted in the mail and will be provided by the festival (including postage).
Welcome to Berlin Underground Film Festival, it will be a great pleasure considering your film for our festival and eventually helping it be known by filmmakers and film lovers around the world.
PANSPORT Cinema e Esporte Ltda. promotes and organizes the RIO DE JANEIRO INTERNATIONAL SPORTMOVIES FESTIVAL (FIFE), which will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from September 9th to 15th, 2015, with free entrance for the audience.
Single Paragraph – The screening program of the FIFE can be exhibited in until 15 (fiftheen) other cities of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
Mostra Curta Vazantes: 커뮤니티 속의 시네마 (Mostra Curta Vazantes) 는 지구 남부와 북부에서 발전하고 있는 사회적, 문화적 과정을 이해하고 관찰하며 가시화한다는 이념으로 전 세계 어디에서나 제작된 영화 전시를 통해 바잔테스 커뮤니티, 아라코이아바 지구, 세아라 (브라질) 및 인근 지역의 주민들의 포용과 사회 및 문화 증진에 기여하는 것을 목표로 합니다.
Hi Filmmakers! Our 2016 festival is in the history books again!
A comment from a filmmaker:
The Florida Movie Festival is a truly a wonderful experience. From the first contact with the organizers the filmmakers will feel they are with friends. The advantage of this festival is that there is direct contact with an audience through engaging group workshops, social gatherings and Q&A sessions. The location, Daytona Beach, makes it a refreshing environment to balance life with the intensities that many filmmakers deal with on a day by day basis. Respective, appreciative, encouraging, open, balanced, and supportive - The Florida Movie Festival.
THANK YOU!
Doug
Want to come to "World's Most Famous Beach" in Daytona Beach, Florida? Submit your movie and you have made the first step in enjoying time in Florida in early March. You will have the festival, workshops, networking, sun, more sun, fun, on the ocean and theme parks within an hours drive. Are you in the cold weather, come thaw out and enjoy a week here.
Our Florida Movie Fest featured "Long Pants(60+min), Loose Shorts(20-59), and Short Shorts(1-19)" with a "NEW" genre in "Outdoor/Adventure/Travel this year. It was a big success just like the Women Directed/Produced from the previous year. The Women Directed/P remains our largest and most competitive genre. Keep up the great work and looking forward to your new work this year.
This year we moved our screenings to the "World's Most Famous Beach" in Daytona Beach, Florida. Our workshops included: Creative Financing , Cinematography (2-Emmy award winning DP's), Copyright protection of intellectual property, Directing and Casting. These workshops were held in a room overlooking the ocean. Most of these terrific workshop hosts have indicated they would return and we are already engaged in conversation about a full day workshop - hands on with an Emmy award DP. Sounds great!
So next year make plans early and come to Daytona Beach, for the festival, sun, car races, bike week, or spring break. Maybe all the above.
Filmmakers came from as far away as Toronto and Calgary, Canada along with California.
Please make plans for the coming year.
Winners this year came from Sri Lanka, Iran, Germany, Austria, India, Australia, Argentina, UK, Chile, Ecuador , Brazil, Uruguay, France, Russia, Spain, Poland, Sweden, Taiwan , Egypt, Mexico, Canada, and US.
"Movies with passion and freedom" continues as our theme this year. Wow did you hit this on the mark. It is a real quality event when we have so much talent around the world finding its way to our festival.
FMF does encourage you to submit multiple work or a second category with same movie. Contact FMF to receive a twenty-five % discount for second movie and a fifty % discount for a third movie. If you find yourself in a quandary on which category to enter. You can enter a second category for a 50% discount to increase your chances for success.
FMF will continue our three main categories: "Short Shorts (1-19min), Loose Shorts (20-59min), and Long Pants (60+min)". A great 8 min. film is hard to be judged against a 35 min. short so we expanded to create a "Mini-Feature" category and to fairly protect the truly short film. This worked very well for us.
FMF will not change it's core principles in expanding, but FMF wants to provide an expansion of topics at this venue for our filmmakers and viewers to take a journey of - learning, relating, laughing, and many other emotions while keeping a thread of moral fabric!
One of our newer and very rewarding genre is Women. After attending a workshop on film for women, FMF heard their message. One of those messages: only 12% of women filmmakers are on the big screen. We want to help change that one independent film at a time. You are off to a great start, keep up the fabulous work.
Remember the book "Men are from Mars, and Women are from Venus". FMF wants to offer a genre that the story, script, director, producer or lead role is a Woman. FMF is looking beyond the industry term "chick flick" to films that are thought-provoking and personal growth about "Venus" or a view from "Venus". Present the world as a woman experience’s it – enlighten, empower, entertain, educate, inspire, curiosity and stimulate conversation.
If you have read this far, here are a few nuggets of treasure. The first 5 paid submissions will automatically receive an official selection. (Early bird does get selected). The first 5 paid comedy, documentaries and adventure/outdoors/travel will also automatically receive an official selection. After submitting, send an email asking if you are automatically an official selection!! Good luck early birds.
In summary:
Categories are: Short (short shorts), Mini-Feature (loose shorts), and Feature (long pants).
Genres are: Women, Documentaries, Faith/Inspirational, Adventure/Outdoors and Narrative/Other
Other Categories: Student Movie, Animation, Web-Series/TV, Comedy, Florida Local and Music Video. Please Note: These are not Genre specific!
Come join us, we will treat your work, like we do ours!
Come join us in Central Florida on the beach!
Rules & Terms
1. Competition is open to anyone who wishes to enter.
2. Films produced, primarily financed, or initiated by a major Hollywood film studio are ineligible for competition.
3. Films must have been completed no earlier than January 1, 2013.
4. Films must be available for screening during the festival.
5. By submitting a film to the FMF, the filmmaker agrees to allow the film to be screened at the festival, and to allow short portions of the film to be used by the Florida Film Festival for promotional purposes.
6. Individual filmmakers are encouraged to offer multiple submissions. Each submission must be accompanied by its own entrance fee and submission form.
6a. Entries will have an opportunity to be selected and judged by peers through our network and possible other venue locations.
7. Finalists will be selected based on excellence in their conformity to the criteria, categories, guidelines, and festival objectives.
7a. FMF may require a DVD or file transfer to show at festival. FMF will notify you
before or shortly after the notification date.
8. DVDs or flash memory devices, will not be returned under any circumstances. Receipt of films will be sent by e-mail correspondence.
9. Application fee is non-refundable.
10. Awards will be presented to the individuals or teams responsible for the winning films in March 2017.
11. The People’s Award is based on the votes of the moviegoers at the festival. All other awards are judged on the overall merit of the entries. Judges reserve the right not to grant a category award.
12. If you enter as a Student Category. You will need to include the school, grade and age. It can even be a Film school. Need to verify the lower entry fee and competition status. FMF will divide into two groups: under 18 and 18+.
13. If any category doesn't have at least 5 selections for competition FMF will combine with a similar category for a stronger competition.
In summary:
Categories are: Short, Mini-Feature, and Feature. Short shorts are 1-19min, Loose shorts are 20-59min, Long pants are 60+min.
Genres are: Women, Documentaries, Faith/Inspirational, Adventure/Outdoors/Travel and Narrative/Other
Other Categories: Student Movie, Animation, Web-Series, Comedy, and Music Video, Please Note: These are not Genre specific!
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BERLIN UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL 2015
The Berlin Underground Film Festival is part of a series of online film festivals created by the Clockwork Film Institute. Its main goal is to embrace all that is considered subversive, controversial and eccentric when it comes to underground filmmaking.
BUFF’s awards will be divided between four categories: Official; Press; Internet and Popular Jury.
All of the awards will be posted in the mail and will be provided by the festival (including postage).
Welcome to Berlin Underground Film Festival, it will be a great pleasure considering your film for our festival and eventually helping it be known by filmmakers and film lovers around the world.
MYTH Cultural society is the organizer of the Kochi International Short Film Festival of India.
MYTH is an organization which homes a group of young and vibrant film enthusiasts who are committed in creating parallel spaces for independent cinema and devoted to spreading of the knowledge of the modern visual art form to all interested.
FIA, International Audiovisual Festival, organized by the Faculty of Communication of Universidad de la Sabana of Colombia, is a space for active students enrolled in colleges and universities, both Colombian and foreign, involved in film-making.
Ischia Film Festival is the heart of the project “Cinema & Territory’’ created by Michelangelo Messina for the no-profit organization Association Art Movie & Music, whose purpose is to spread among a vast audience unedited audio-visual works that highlight the cultural identity of a place through the movie screening and locations.
Every year the festival presents a selection of films from all over the world: all of them emphasize the cultural identity or the landscape's features of a certain territory through the audiovisual narration. A jury of personages of the film industry awards the best films among the ones selected for the official competition.
During the Festival week, in addition to the competition's film screenings, there is a special section about "denied location" and there also are omages to important figures of the international film industry. The Festival is an important part of a wider project called "Cinema and territory" that aims at protecting cultural and landscape peculiarities of territories in order to promote them through the audiovisual medium.
