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Deadline
31 Oct 2023


Published: 03 Sep 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
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BEFREE

Zaragoza, Spain


El Festival "Be Free" es un proyecto educativo y participativo para concienciar a niños, jóvenes y adultos sobre la violencia, considerada como la coacción física o psíquica ejercida hacia una persona para conseguir objetivos en contra de su voluntad, conocer los tipos de la misma: violencia de género (sobre la mujer), violencia doméstica o intrafamiliar (la vulneración se produce con cualquier miembro de la unidad familiar) y violencia de pareja (entendido como cualquier acto dañino producido en la intimidad de la pareja indistintamente de que la victima sea hombre o mujer, e incluyendo en esta tipología también a las parejas homosexuales), los diferentes tipos de maltrato (físico, psicológico, sexual, económico, social, ambiental y patrimonial) y sus repercusiones en la época actual (la influencia de los medios de comunicación y publicitarios, el poder de las redes sociales como medida de control, la evolución del machismo en los adolescentes y el aumento del individualismo, aplicando una falsa "normalidad" y "aceptación social" ante actos violentos desde la perspectiva del espectador, es decir, mirar hacia otro lado ante la visión de una situación de maltrato) cuyo objetivo es la lucha contra esta violencia, aprender a reconocer el maltrato y potenciar la igualdad de sexos.


Short film festival


 Fiction



 
Logo of You Are the Judge - Web3 International Film Festival

Deadline
30 Nov 2023


Published: 03 Sep 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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You Are the Judge - Web3 International Film Festival

Hong Kong, China


The You Are the Judge Web3 International Film Festival, brought to you by the creators of WTe, the Web3 film-watching and trading platform, redefines the festival experience by letting audiences decide the winners with NFT Festival Passes.

With the motto "You are the judge, everyone is a judge," we democratize film selection, focusing on Drama, Horror, Action, and Erotica. Our goal is to find films that blend artistic expression with commercial potential, fostering a community-driven environment using Web3 technology.

Award winners receive prize money in USDT on a specified blockchain, along with free international distribution services. We promote the winning films globally, returning the distribution revenue directly to filmmakers. We believe in the commercial value of films selected by our audience.

Join over 500 filmmakers and 3,000 film fans from 50+ countries for a unique mix of screenings, Q&A sessions, and discussions.

You Are the Judge Web3 International Film Festival is not just a celebration of cinema; it's a pioneering event at the intersection of creativity, technology, and community, embracing the decentralized future of the film industry.

Save the dates for our highly anticipated 4th edition, set against the backdrop of Beijing, China, from December 26th to 28th, 2024. We welcome submissions across four categories: Drama (short & feature), Action (short & feature), Horror (short & feature), and Erotica (short only).

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“你是评委”Web3国际电影节由Web3影视平台WTe发起创办。影展专注剧情、恐怖、动作、爱情四大类型,把影片评审权交给观众,致力于提高观众的话语权,发现并积极推广兼顾艺术表达与商业价值的影视作品。

电影节将为大众评选出的优胜影片提供国际宣传发行服务,投票观众可在一定程度上参与获奖影片发行分成。

第四届电影节将于12月26-28日在北京举办。


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Experimental



 
Logo of Tunja International Film Festival - FICTU

Deadline
15 Sep 2023


Published: 03 Sep 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Tunja International Film Festival - FICTU

Tunja, Colombia


The FICTU is a festival that focuses on short films and seeks to connect the audiovisual production of Boyacá with the current national and world cinema.

The festival has 4 competitions which are:

- Boyacá short films competition
- Colombian short films competition
- International short films competition
- Colombian feature film competition


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Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
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Deadline
10 Sep 2023


Published: 03 Sep 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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TUWUN Muestra de Cine Indígena de Wallmapu

Villarrica, Chile


PRESENTATION

The TUWUN concept represents the Mapuche territorial origin, which together with KVPALME, the family origin, represent the Mapuche identity rooted in the LOF, a territorial space that in turn is the basis of the ancestral territorial structure of a broader space, the WALLMAPU, the entire Mapuche territory.

This concept of Mapudungun, the Mapuche language, gives rise to TUWUN Muestra de Cine Indígena de Wallmapu, created with the aim of making known through cinema, that identity and the realities related from ancestral knowledge and the way in which it is understood. life from the vision and relationship of each people with their environment, with their territory, with their own history, culture and spirituality and, therefore, from their own perspective.

In this sense, we believe that the TUWUN exhibition represents a valuable opportunity to learn about the way in which life is understood from the indigenous peoples' own culture and an important space to share the perspective and reality expressed from their own representative voices, through of the cinema. In addition to contributing to the decentralization of cinema and culture, generating a process of circulation at the territorial level and taking the traveling exhibition and its complementary activities to a wide and diverse public, in urban and rural areas, with the exhibition of the participating works in various spaces, such as Mapuche communities, schools and cultural centers in towns that generally have difficulty accessing the cinema because they are far from large urban centers, also generating Nvtram (conversation) spaces around its contents.

MAIN ACTIVITIES

TUWUN is an indigenous film exhibition that consists mainly of the realization of a Central Exhibition, which takes place every year for 4 days, in the Municipal Cultural Center of Villarrica, accompanied by activities carried out in various areas of the city. And of an Itinerant Exhibition, which covers various places in Wallmapu, the Mapuche ancestral territory (southern Chile and Argentina) and is held from the month following the central exhibition, until June of the following year, where for the Mapuche people The cycle ends and begins again with the celebration of Wiñoy Tripantu (Mapuche New Year).

COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES

Within the framework of TUWUN, we develop various complementary activities, both during the central exhibition and during the traveling exhibition. Among them, a TRAWUN (meeting), special screenings by guests of indigenous peoples and the Mapuche people, NVTRAMCINE (cinema forums), TUWUN screenings inserted in other film and culture competitions, screenings for schools and communities, special cycles in the summer season . And a workshop for the appreciation of cinema with identity, which we have designed for training and mediation with different audiences, such as children and young people of school age, adults, leaders of organizations, Mapuche communities, etc.

STRATEGIC ALLIANCES

TUWUN Muestra de Cine Indígena de Wallmapu, is coordinated and produced by ADKIMVN Cine y Comunicación Mapuche, with the sponsorship of LIQUEN Municipal Cultural Center and the Illustrious Municipality of Villarrica, and the collaboration of a network of organizations, cultural centers, municipal departments of culture, Mapuche communities and educational centers.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Music Video



 
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Deadline
15 Sep 2023


Published: 03 Sep 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films


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FICAM

Montréal, Canada


This artistic-cultural mediation initiative seeks to bring cinema closer to people with a physical/ mental or neuro-atypical disability. As part of this festival, several documentary films (short and medium-length films) will be broadcast in connection with the experiences of these people.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
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Deadline
01 Apr 2024


Published: 02 Sep 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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The International Horror Hotel

Bedford Hts., United States


The 14th Year will include new additions and competitions! The International Horror Hotel Film Festival and Convention is held every June in Northeast Ohio. We have open competitions for films and scripts in the following genres: experimental (film only), fantasy, horror, horror-comedy, slasher, sci-fi and suspense-thriller. We also accept trailers, music videos, TV pilots (film or script), and web episodes (film or script) for projects in the listed genres.

Competition is also open for our horror film scoring competition (submissions through our website). At the event, we have live scream king/scream queen and FX makeup competitions as well.

This year we will also be holding the second annual Room 237 Film Competition where film makers will compete to create a film in 30 days making use of a murder weapon assigned during a zoom kick off meeting. Further information about the Room 237 Film Competition will be available on the Horror Hotel Film Festival Web Site by January 2024. Start building your team and get ready to compete!

The event features four days of film screenings, two days of panel discussions and lectures, a convention starting on Friday afternoon, special guests, networking Karaoke parties, live competitions and more.


***PLEASE READ ALL RULES/TERMS BEFORE SUBMITTING***


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 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
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Deadline
15 Jan 2024


Published: 02 Sep 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films


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FescinePielagos

Renedo de Piélagos, Spain


XV PIÉLAGOS SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Only fiction works)

We are IMDb qualifying festival

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The Department of Culture of the City Council of Piélagos launches the 15th edition of the Piélagos International Short Film Festival ‘Piélagos en Corto’.


SHORT FILMS

Works of a maximum of 30 minutes and production date after 1st January 2023 will be accepted.

CATEGORIES fiction only

1- CANTABRIA short film produced by a production company based in Cantabria and/or directed by a Cantabrian director born or adopted with a minimum of 2 years of residence in Cantabria.

2- NATIONAL SPAIN (Only Spanish production)

3- INTERNATIONAL



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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation



 
Logo of BARCIFF • Barcelona Indie Filmmakers Festival

Deadline
15 Jun 2024


Published: 02 Sep 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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BARCIFF • Barcelona Indie Filmmakers Festival

Barcelona, Spain


¡Hola! We are BARCIFF • Barcelona Indie Filmmakers Festival, an international film festival with monthly screening events from Barcelona, Spain, and member of the IBERIFF • Iberia Indie Film Festivals, which celebrates and showcases new productions and independent artists from all over the world in Madrid (MADRIFF), Barcelona (BARCIFF), València (VALÈIFF), Seville (SEVIFF), Lisbon (LISBIFF) and Montpellier (MONTIFF), that you can also find them here in Festhome.

BARCIFF promotes the selected films on its official website www.iberiff.org and social media channels, where the nominees can share their nominations with their followers. Fiction, animation, documentary and experimental films of any genre and subject are welcome!


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
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Deadline
12 Feb 2024


Published: 02 Sep 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films

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BIFFF (Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival)

Bruxelles, Belgium


Every year, during the month of April, the city of Brussels becomes the capital of all things Fantastic. The BIFFF, one of the biggest International Fantastic Film Festivals of the world (certainly the craziest), screens more than 100 movies during its 13 days marathon, ranging from Fantasy to Thriller, Sci-Fi, Cult, Horror, Anime, Experimental, underground, etc., of which some 90 features and 100 shorts in World, International, European or Belgian premiere.


MELIES!

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 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Experimental



 
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Deadline
25 Feb 2024


Published: 02 Sep 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films


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FICBOSA

Bogotá, Colombia


FICBOSA is a festival that arises from the need to promote awareness about environmental and social rights, through education, sensitization, and reflection through cinema. This festival's main objective is the care of the environment and seeks to promote an environmental culture in the Bosa community and its surroundings.

At Bosa Film Fest, the aim is to promote critical cinema that contributes to social transformation regarding environmental protection and animal rights. The relationship between humans, animals, and the environment will be explored through movies and documentaries that demonstrate the importance of taking care of our common home.

This festival aims to be a space for reflection and learning, where new ways of understanding and acting regarding the environment and the protection of social and environmental rights can be visualized.


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Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Experimental



 
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Deadline
01 Nov 2023


Published: 02 Sep 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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Film Fest

Morelia, Mexico



Short film festival


 Fiction



 
Logo of Aswan International Women Film Festival

Deadline
30 Nov 2023


Published: 02 Sep 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Aswan International Women Film Festival مهرجان أسوان الدولي لأفلام المرأة

ASWAN, Egypt


Aswan International Women Film Festival (est. 2017) is the first annual Egyptian film festival that focuses on cinematic works representing women’s issues, celebrating their success stories and supporting female filmmakers in Egypt and the MENA.


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How can I know that my film has arrived correctly?

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Published: 01 Sep 2023


Could you tell me how I am sure that my film has reached where it needs to go?

It's an excellent question, one that allows us to explain an essential part of how Festhome works, something that is just as important on this blog as anything else we've discussed in recent years.

So how can a filmmaker at Festhome be sure that his film has got where it needs to go?

First of all, a correctly made submission that is in the inbox of the corresponding festival automatically appears on the film's Statistics page (specifically, in Statistics - Submission Status).

By default, until the festival sees the inscription, a red clock appears to the right of that inscription. When the festival has seen it, that icon changes automatically and becomes a blue eye. Once the festival notification date has passed (which also appears there next to the registration) that icon changes again, and there are 3 possible changes:

-If the festival has put the entry in the Selected state, that icon becomes a white thumbs up in white on a green background.
- If the festival has not put it in Selected status, the icon becomes a white x on a gray background.
- Finally, if the festival has not worked with the registration statuses so that we can tell you if you are selected or not, our system will show you the figure of a man with a watch in white on a gray background. We do this because we want to show clearly that we don't make up submission statuses or change them capriciously, so that filmmakers know that we don't have enough information to indicate a selection or non-selection and we indicate it directly, without filters, so filmmakers know what to expect.

In any case, all you have to do is place the cursor on that icon (in any of its different options) for a tooltip to appear that tells the filmmaker what it means at all times and, therefore, what the festival is doing with the submission at any time.

That is the information that filmmakers can see every moment about the status of their submissions.

As a final note, we want to emphasize that we insist that festivals see all their entries, and especially when it comes to festivals with their own entry fee, if we detect problems with viewings from a festival, our system automatically blocks payments until are solved. Although the platform seems to be a simple internally, there is a lot of work behind it, and we take it very seriously that all parties involved, filmmakers and festivals, are satisfied with our role as intermediaries. If we detect festivals that are not fulfilling their part of seeing and evaluating their entries, we do not hesitate to contact them and resolve it.




 
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Logo of Festival de Cine de Maracaibo

Deadline
30 Sep 2023


Published: 31 Aug 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
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Festival de Cine de Maracaibo

MARACAIBO, Venezuela


The Manuel Trujillo Duran Foundation and the Maracaibo Film Festival Foundation, together with other organizations and institutions of regional and national prestige, present the IX Edition of the Maracaibo Film Festival, which will take place from November 20 to 24, 2023, offering an excellent program of workshops, talks and exhibitions, both in person and virtually.

As in previous years, this 2023 we will open spaces for the creation, promotion and dissemination of new and unprecedented ways of telling, hearing and seeing local stories that are transformed and gain global importance, being vital and unique testimonies of people, individuals and communities.

In this IX edition we have the support of: CNAC, FEDA-LUZ, Fe y Alegría, Ciudad Guayana Children's Film Festival and Barquisimeto Film Festival.


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Logo of Giove International Film Festival

Deadline
31 Jul 2024


Published: 31 Aug 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Giove International Film Festival

Campo di Giove, Italy


In the historic enchanted village of Campo di Giove, in the province of L'Aquila, the second edition of the "Giove International Film Festival" will take place during the summer program organized by the "Pro Loco Campo di Giove".

Short Films from all over the world will be screened live in an evening dedicated to the seventh art in a location surrounded by greenery and full of tourists who populate this diamond of the Majella National Park every year during the summer.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Premios Blogos De Oro de CIne Inpedendiente

Deadline
01 Dec 2023


Published: 31 Aug 2023
 Has submission fees
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Premios Blogos De Oro de CIne Inpedendiente

Mollet del Valles, Spain


Cinema awards in which online media related to the seventh art choose the best of the year in independent Spanish cinema.


Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
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Deadline
15 Oct 2023


Published: 31 Aug 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
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Filmstube goes Cinema

Hamburg, Germany


Film competition by Filmstube Hamburg e.V.
Can ChatGPT support the creative writing process for a screenplay? Can an Artificial Intelligence find a good film idea, improve a plot, write good dialogues, advise the author dramaturgically and help to write a really good screenplay?

Here's the task: Write together with ChatGPT a screenplay for a short film. Then put the screenplay into practice and submit the finished film to us by October 15th, 2023. A jury will then evaluate all submitted films and compile the best films for our festival "Filmstube goes Cinema". At the end of the year, we will then invite you to the screening and award ceremony.


Short film festival


 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Experimental



 
Logo of CINI – International Children´s Film Festival

Deadline
17 Nov 2023


Published: 30 Aug 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
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Feature films


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CINI – International Children´s Film Festival

Lima, Peru


The Cultural Británico cordially greets you and opens the call for entries to the “XI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN, CINI 2025”, to be held in Lima, Peru, from February 12 to 16, 2025.

This festival is held in the auditoriums of the Centro Cultural Británico, located in the districts of Surco, San Miguel, San Borja, Pueblo Libre, San Martín de Porres, Santa Anita, San Juan de Lurigancho, Camacho, and Miraflores.

All screenings to be held during the “XI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN, CINI 2025” will be free of charge for the general public.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other



 
Logo of 18 Festival Internacional De Cine De Dosquebradas ’Tejiendo el audiovisual Latinoamericano’

Deadline
13 Sep 2023


Published: 30 Aug 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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18 Festival Internacional De Cine De Dosquebradas ’Tejiendo el audiovisual Latinoamericano’

DosQuebradas, Colombia


FICDOS was created in 2006 with Jane Chaplin as the guest of honor. It is a contest created for the appreciation, production, production and criticism of world cinema in the Eje Cafetero ("Landscape and cultural heritage of humanity" - UNESCO). It has been declared by the Honorable Municipal Council of Dosquebradas as “… event of utmost importance in the cultural structure of the municipality…” (Municipal Agreement 014 September 2011) and by the Central Western Metropolitan Area as (Metropolitan Agreement, July 2013) .


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of Black Gold Film Festival

Deadline
31 Mar 2024


Published: 27 Aug 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films


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Black Gold Film Festival

NANCHITAL, Mexico


We are a platform for the exchange of ideas between young filmmakers and seasoned members of the film industry. A source of energy to promote the exhibition, learning and development of the film industry in the southern region of Veracruz.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other