The festival slogan: "On a wave of emotions!" reflects the concept: cinema should evoke the emotions of the viewer. The festival prefers films that catch and make us laugh, cry, deeply empathize. These are films with a strong catching story.
Feature shorts of all genres (up to 40 min) and documentary films - from all over the world are considered.
Every year three unforgettable days of the sea shore velvet season await participants and guests of the festival. Cinema, emotions, the sea, the sun and live music. The festival is held in the famous art gallery "Green Pyramid", which is a stone's throw from Chersonesos - the historical center of Sevastopol.
The competition is judged by international jury.
Welcome to the CHENNAI WORLD CINEMA FESTIVAL-2025!
Chennai World Cinema Festival successfully held its inaugural event on September 19th-25th, 2025.
700 seater Sri Devi Karumari Theater.
A widescreen is like an IMAX theatre.
The theatre has a 4K projection and Dolby Atmos sound system.
Three days,
18 screenings,
27 Short Films & Feature Films,
All visitors were admitted free of charge.
The 1st Chennai World Cinema Festival was held from October 4 to 10, 2024.
200 seater Prasad Preview Theater.
The theatre has a 4K projection and Dolby Atmos sound system.
3300 submissions from 114 countries.
6000 visitors.
Seven-day screening.
Eight venues.
38 Short Films and Movies.
Ambassador of Venezuela's two-day participation.
Direct participation of 42 foreign and domestic filmmakers and celebrities.
Chennai World Cinema Festival grandly celebrated its first year.
The Festival (CWCF) is the area’s preeminent celebration of cinema.
All visitors were admitted free of charge.
CWCF juries comprise filmmakers, film critics, academics and industry figures.
We work hard to serve our filmmakers!
Awards are given in several categories across several genres, including features & shorts.
The Chennai World Cinema Festival has gained an excellent reputation with filmmakers and film fans,
Chennai World Cinema Festival with live screenings in Chennai, India.
Our mission and goal is to discover and promote talented filmmakers worldwide and present them to the public. Therefore, our festival is a brilliant opportunity to participate in international and Indian competitions.
The festival is created in cooperation with the Indian Film Industry. This year, the festival prepares several engaging educational activities for students, such as analysing films from the CWCF-2025, and interviews with festival guests.
Chennai World Cinema Festival is a seven-day celebration of film. All films are screened in a cinema with full surround sound and crystal-clear visuals.
* Current award categories and prizes are subject to change.
NIEVE ROJA: INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL OF HORROR, SCI-FI, FANTASY AND BIZARRE
Nieve Roja was created with the intention of being a diffusion space for the production of independent short films of the horror and fantasy genre, whose production grows year by year, and needs more exhibition and promotional spaces. The spirit of Nieve Roja is to gather all lovers of the genre and promote their productions, mainly in Patagonia.
This fourth edition of the festival is competitive, and will have the following categories:
- Patagonic Short Film Competition (National).
- Argentinian Short Film Competition (National).
- Latin American Short Film Competition.
- International Short Film Competition.
Nieve Roja is a member of FANTLATAM (Alianza de Festivales Fantásticos de Latinoamérica), RAFMA (Red Argentina de Festivales y Muestras Audiovisuales) and Red-FAP (Red de Festivales Audiovisuales Patagónicos)
The San Diego International Kids' Film Festival promotes the idea of entertainment with education. Supported by many across the world, the festival supports the entertainment and education industries by showcasing international films, and gives young, aspiring filmmakers a channel to communicate to an international community. The resulting collaboration produces a unique multicultural experience, engaging young viewers with positive media, as a diverse education.
The third edition of the La Mercantil in Off Film Festival will take place in Balaguer on the October 5th 2024.
EN OFF FILM FESTIVAL is an international fiction, animation and documentary short-film festival. The program’s selection process follows a set of artistic and technical criteria.
SECTIONS
The festival is divided into the following sections:
OVC Section (Original Version in Catalan)
Short films in original version in Catalan with English or Spanish subtitles.
International Section
Short films whose original version is in any language except Catalan, with English or Spanish subtitles.
Music Video Section
In any language and/or format. Subtitles are not compulsory.
Mini Short-Film Section
Short films with a maximum duration of 5 minutes.
El programa Versión Española (TVE) y la Fundación SGAE (SGAE), convocan el XXI Concurso Iberoamericano de Cortometrajes “Versión Española – La 2 / SGAE”, orientado a la difusión y fomento de los nuevos autores en el sector de la creación audiovisual.
LAN Workers´ Audiovisual Festival is a platform that makes visible and valued audiovisual projects that reflect the feeling of the so-called working class, its identity traits, its aesthetics, its social and associative framework, its architecture, its capacity for struggle and adaptation and, above all, historical and collective memory.
Welcome to our 7th ANNUAL live edition of the Ravenheart International Film Festival (RIFF), held in the heart of Oslo, Norway!
We are Norway's only film festival focusing solely on fantastic cinema—the only film festival in Scandinavia. RIFF's growth has been exciting and mind-blowing every year.
Aiming to connect all domestic and foreign filmmakers through film's universal language.
Celebrating all cinema but particularly spotlighting fantastic genre films (Sci-Fi, Horror, Fantasy, Thriller, Dark Comedy and more.) RIFF is an event where all filmmakers, fans of the art of cinema, and creatives can come together to share their experiences and love for fantastic cinema genres.
RIFF submissions are open to all genre films. We are looking to showcase the best in genre film. The live event will include guest speakers, Q&As, booths, and networking opportunities. We also invite aspiring filmmakers and students to inspire one another and others to become better filmmakers.
Please visit our website for more information and updates as we get closer to the event. (www.ravenheartfilmfestival.com)
So, if you love high-quality genre films and want to join the Northern Flock, send us your film, pack your bags, leave your nest, and FLOCK ON over to Norway!
We are the FLOCK...
WE ARE RAVENHEART!
The Just A Minute Festival is an online viewers choice event that encourages people to make short films, one minute or less, using any device or media of any genre or subject matter.
There are cash prizes and there is no entry fee.
There will be a premier event at the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA and screenings at various locations.
For more information, visit our site www.JustAMinute.tv
The Short Event association is made up of 30 students from Lyon with a passion for events and a common goal: to create a festival of short films. Thus was born the Prix de Courts short film festival! A festival that focuses on and rewards short films of all levels and ages. The festival is intended as a spotlight for the participants. This event, using the codes of the seventh art as vectors of emotion and sharing, invites you to discover a specific program of short films, according to a defined theme.
This year, we've chosen the theme of passion, in the sense of that which grips the guts, that which transcends, that which inspires, that which is transmitted...
The International Film Festival "Piriápolis de Película" is an event that has consolidated itself as an essential space for the meeting of the independent production of national and international filmmakers. It is characterized by exhibiting, completely free of charge, a selection of outstanding audiovisual productions, short, medium and feature films of all genres. It also has an Iberoamerican Short Film Contest, whose objective is to stimulate and disseminate the production of short films in the region and the continent, adorned by an outstanding international jury.
film/Documentory/music vedio/Animation/VFX/CGI/2D/3D/other
*Mumbai Entertainment International Short Film Festival*
*Organized BY*
mumbai Entertainment
& Yogeshpatilfilms
*world all contries participated now*
Noctámbulo Festival is created to promote the fantasy genre in Córdoba, Spain. We will showcase and promote high-quality independent films within the fantasy genre and its subgenres.
We aim to provide a platform for independent filmmakers to exhibit their works to distributors and investors and connect with a passionate audience.
We will pay tribute to cult films that have made an impact on the history of fantasy cinema.
We will offer special screenings of premiere films and events related to the Fantasy genre.
The XI edition of the Guayaquil International Film Festival will be celebrated in from july 30th – august 6th, 2025 from the city of Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador. With screenings in theatres and workshops, forums, and master classes. The biggest filmmaking experience in town.
Toronto Teen Film Festival brings youth aged 12-19 together through stories created by them, for them. Each year, teen filmmakers submit a self-made film between two minutes up and 15 minutes. The festival's objective is to encourage and celebrate young people’s stories and storytelling. By participating in the festival, teens will learn skills, grow their talents, and meet peers. This festival is meant to be as accessible as possible.
Submissions are now open.
** IMPORTANT: ONLY SHORT FILMS MADE FROM 2022 ON, WITH CONTENT RATINGS ALL AGES (G) TO 13 YEARS OLD (PG-13) **
Cine Minhocão screens short films, with free admission, at Elevado João Goulart (Minhocão), a public road that is open to people like an outdoor park, in São Paulo, Brazil. We bring cinema to this unexpected place, to encourage socializing and the occupation of the city's space.
We have showcased more than 60 shorts from more than 20 countries since 2019, and held screenings in partnership with Cine Janela, Kinoforum International Short Film Festival, Mostra Mosca and Mostra de Cinemas Africanos.
⭐ We're looking for appealing shorts of all kinds to exhibit in 2024 in competitive screenings!
⭐ International and Brazillian short films, made in 2022 and 2023, with up to 20 minutes in length, which can be live action, animation, fiction, documentary or experimental.
Entries are open until December 10!
Screenings will be held in April and May 2024.
Cortos con Ñ. International short film festival held in the center of the city of Madrid (Spain).
Every Tuesday, at 8:00 p.m., at the La Escalera de Jacob theater (C / Lavapiés, 9 - Madrid, Spain).
Cortos con Ñ organize public screenings of short films every week in the city of Madrid.
Each short film received at Cortos con Ñ is carefully reviewed by a committee of film experts, who are in charge of selecting the best short films received at our festival.
The awards jury team is made up of notable Spanish filmmakers and producers and the jury prizes are valued at € 500.
