The Babylon International Documentary Film Festival is the first international documentary film festival in Iraq. The festival is a 5 days special event that aims to empower and uplift documentary filmmakers from the MENA region as well as shedding light on Human Rights topics in the region, while also fostering cooperation and cultural exchange between international filmmakers. The festival focuses on showcasing a diverse range of international independent documentary films, with a special emphasis on promoting and supporting MENA talent.
The festival's primary goal is to provide a community for MENA documentary filmmakers to showcase their works and gain recognition on an international stage. The festival actively seeks to empower and uplift filmmakers to tell stories about important topics such as human rights. By offering filmmakers a dedicated community to present their documentaries alongside international films. Through screenings, discussions, and Q&A sessions with industry professionals, The festival creates opportunities for filmmakers from the MENA region to engage with a global audience, gain exposure, and build valuable connections within the international documentary community.
In addition to celebrating Independent documentary cinema, the festival also fosters collaboration and cultural exchange with filmmakers from around the world. By bringing together international filmmakers, directors, and producers, the festival promotes dialogue, understanding, and the sharing of diverse perspectives.
The festival serves as a dynamic platform that not only celebrates documentary filmmaking on an international scale but also seeks to empower and elevate filmmakers from the MENA region, promoting their voices and stories to a global audience.
The Municipal Film Festival aware of the importance of media in Spanish society today, and trying to make them both a media and education, held from November to December 2026 the Film and Wine Festival "Ciudad de La Solana 2026"
Sintonie Short Festival is a free competition open to schools, associations, and filmmakers of all ages and
countries.
There are three categories in which you can participate:
• Short films themed "THE COURAGE TO BE HAPPY"
The film's subject must aim to raise public awareness of stereotypes, prejudices, and the most common
racist, discriminatory, and homophobic attitudes. The element that will truly make the difference
will be the type of language used to convey the above message; irony, for example!
• Off-topic short films
The “Uhvati film” (Seize the Film) Festival takes place in Novi Sad (Serbia), Rijeka (Croatia) and Kotor (Montenegro).
Through a thematically and artistically distinctive film selection, the festival aims to promote the potential of persons with disabilities, raise public awareness about the challenges they face (with special attention to multiply marginalized groups), and contribute to the advancement of disability rights.
Films selected for the Novi Sad program will enter consideration for screenings in Rijeka and Kotor, as well as for post-production programs (in all countries).
The festival organizers (KAO Parnas – Serbia, Spirit Association – Croatia, NGO Art 365 – Montenegro) will personally contact the authors of the selected films.
Some films may not be included in the main Novi Sad program but may become part of the “Uhvati film Kids” program. Authors will be informed accordingly.
The "CineZ en Talcadáveres" festival is an international event dedicated exclusively to horror, fantasy, and B and Z movies, held annually in the city of Talca, Chile.
Founded in 2014 by film director Vito García Viedma, this festival began as a self-managed initiative to create a space for genre cinema in the Maule Region. The event is notable for:
Specialized Theme: It focuses on subgenres of horror, fantasy, zombies, and low-budget films (B and Z movies).
Independent Nature: It is an independent festival that seeks to promote alternative film culture.
Free Admission: Most of its activities, including screenings, are free and open to the public.
Main Activities: During the festival, various activities take place, including:
Competition and Screenings: Exhibition of feature films and short films, both national and international.
Zombie Walk: A traditional costumed walk where participants stroll through the streets of Talca dressed as zombies.
Z Fair: A space for exchanging and selling items related to horror films and alternative culture.
Training: Talks, discussions, and special premieres with guests from the genre.
Construir Cine is the only International Film Festival on Work in Argentina. Its next edition will take place in Buenos Aires from May 5 to May 9, 2026, exclusively online for the Argentine Republic.
Construir Cine celebrates national and international cinema with the dual objective of recognizing and supporting filmmakers and of improving dissemination, knowledge, accessibility and understanding of socio-labor themes among a broad and diverse audience.
Construir Cine is organized by the UOCRA Foundation for the Education of Construction Workers (hereinafter the Organizer) and is supported by UOCRA CULTURA and PAMPA 2030 (Argentine Platform for Monitoring the 2030 Agenda). The festival belongs to the Global Labor Film Festival, an entity that groups labor film festivals worldwide, and to RAFMA: Argentine Network of Festivals and Audiovisual Showcases.
“CONSTRUIR CINE” is an innovative proposal intended to offer quality entertainment with social awareness. A lucid and sensitive view of the world of work.
Òrbita Film Fest (formerly Ficcions de Ciència), a festival dedicated to exploring the interaction between science, society and cinema, will hold its second edition from 20 to 25 October 2026 in Barcelona.
The call is open to fiction, animation and documentary short films that contribute to a broad dialogue on the role of science in society. In this second edition, the festival will also include a special section devoted to Narratives on Nature.
10th NEW DELHI FILM FESTIVAL - NDFF 2027
8th – 12th January 2027, JAIPUR, INDIA
WELCOME TO THE CAPITAL In the Heart of India
NDFF 2027 expands from 2 to 5 days, — unveiling powerful new programming and a game-changing edition featuring around 200 films to be screened.
Organized by: Jaipur International Film Festival & Trust
FILMAY 2026 will be the 8th edition of the short film festival held in Kumanovo.
The festival started in 2019, following the idea for inspiring, supporting and enhancing short film production.
It also intends to engage and empower viewing desire and aspirations for enjoyment of short films.
El Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca (HIFF), en su 54.ª edición, lanza la segunda convocatoria de su Pitching HIFF con el objetivo de impulsar el nuevo talento y fomentar la creación de cortometrajes de profesionales emergentes en España.
El Pitching HIFF se concibe como un espacio de encuentro entre jóvenes cortometrajistas y productoras interesadas en apoyar proyectos de profesionales emergentes, abarcando cortometrajes de ficción, documental, no ficción y animación.
The Huesca International Film Festival (HIFF) announces the second edition of Work in Progress HIFF, a platform designed to promote, showcase, and support Ibero-American short films in the advanced stages of post-production.
The call aims to provide creative and industry support to projects that are currently in the editing or finalization phase, facilitating their completion and subsequent circulation in festivals.
The submission deadline is March 19, 2026 at 11:59 PM.
DESCRIPTION OF THE FESTIVAL
The MUMA FEST International Women 's and LBTTIQ Audiovisual Festival of Patagonia will take place on Friday May 22nd and Saturday May 23th, 2026 in the town of El Hoyo, province of Chubut, Argentina. The screenings will take place at the Casa de la Cultura Auditorium, located at the corner of Los Ciruelos & Los Guindos.
Only content directed by Women, Lesbixns, Transvestites, Trans, Bisexuals, Intersexuals and Non Binaries will be admitted.
MUMA Fest will have the following sections:
- Non competitive Argentinian Series
- International Feature Film Competition
- International Short Film Competition
- Argentine-Chilean Patagonian Competition (Short and Feature Films).
All types of audiovisual genres are admitted.
OBJECTIVES OF THE FESTIVAL
- To know and recognize the narratives of women and dissidents from all over the world and to put them in dialogue with the Patagonian public.
- Strengthen the ties between distribution companies, producers and filmmakers of Patagonia.
- To provide tools for professional training that contribute to the labor insertion of women and dissidents from the Patagonian region.
- To generate a space for exchange with women's audiovisual networks from other parts of Latin America and the world.
The Sax International Film Festival, in the province of Alicante, qualifier for the Goya Awards, arises through the initiative of the filmmaker and writer Miguel Herrero Herrero. Since its creation in 2006, the festival has had the support of the Sax City Council and is backed by: Generalitat Valenciana, Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), University of Alicante, (UA), Alicante Provincial Council,... In the festival the best short films and feature film projects compete in competition. The event has numerous cinematographic activities: shows, exhibitions, concerts, book presentations, courses, workshops, tributes, master classes and meetings with renowned professionals such as the actor and director Aldo Sambrell, the animator and director Raúl García, the actor Carlos Santos, the director and producer Gonzalo García Pelayo, the actress Sonia Almarcha, the composer Luis Ivars, the writer and critic Carlos Aguilar or video game designer Jordan Mechner.
The Butoni Fest is an international cultural festival that will be held in Valencia on September 12 to September 20, 2026.
The main objective of Butoni Fest is to be a festival for everyone, a festival of synergies, a meeting place where young filmmakers project their works together with established filmmakers from the industry and exchange concerns, where emerging musicians share their music supported by illustrations by young people. artists, where children who dream of being actors learn how to make a movie. A place where present and future go hand in hand. That's Butoni Fest.
In addition to providing an opportunity to different artists in other cultural branches: musicians, actors, writers, painters, sculptors... for the exhibition, recognition, dissemination and enhancement of their works.
The festival, founded in 2021, is directed by Javier Guillot and organized by Butoni Films, with the support of the IVC, Ajuntament de Manises, Diputació de València and a selected group of private sponsors.
Where every story finds its beat”
July 10, 11 and 12, 2026
Guest country: France
The Centelles International Short Film Festival (FICC) has as its main objective the dissemination,
promotion and recognition of cinematographic works in short film format, promoting audiovisual creativity, cultural dialogue and the discovery of new
talents.
It is held in Centelles, with the aim of turning the municipality and Osona into audiovisual cultural references.
It is twinned with the Cerdanya Film Festival (a Goya qualifier) and has the support of the Centelles City Council and the collaboration of the Faculty of Business and Communication (FEC) of the UVic-UCC, as a showcase for the Industry part of FICC.
It is not only a festival of screenings, but also a space for innovation, audiovisual education and community meetings.
Its mission is to foster and highlight emerging and established talents.
It promotes values such as creativity, inclusion, gender equality, sustainability and environmental impact. It promotes audiovisual education and the dissemination of memory.
FantasticGijón was born with the illusion of filling a space that we believe empty in Asturias, to accommodate national and international productions of the Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction genres that, due to the genre to which they belong, have less chance of reaching our community within of the programming of the rest of regional festivals.
20th. Crossroads International Film Festival
'' Human Rights / Human Duties ''
"20 years: Success, Memories, Unforgettable!"
The prestigious Crossroads International Short Film Festival, now in its 20th year, is a competition and festival aimed at displaying the imaginative works of short filmmakers who explore the issue of "Human Rights / Human Duties'' through their cinematic endeavours.
We will have open-air screenings of the final films in more than 20 cities. There will be a lot of programs, forums and workshops also to celebrate the 20th year of the festival. We will reward the winning films in December with a prestigious gala night in Istanbul, Turkey.
This festival is a project of the Istanbul Branch of the Young Leaders and Entrepreneurs Association (JCI-Istanbul), a non-profit organization affiliated with Junior Chamber International.
Chinh Youth Film Festival stands as a distinguished festival that celebrates the finest independent films spanning the globe.
it is a platform to connect and express through cinema and give voice to the meaningful, thought-provoking, and brutally honest narratives from filmmakers across the globe.
CYFF strives to redefine what a film festival can be by creating a stimulating environment where creativity, originality, and inspiration take centre stage.
CYFF allows filmmakers from across the globe to push boundaries and showcase their unique voices through the shared cinematic experience.
The Festival's programme features diverse and thought-provoking independent films of various genres. From fiction and documentaries to music videos and animated movies, the CYFF open to indie films of all styles and aesthetics.
Festival films are judged by YOUTH JURY.
All winners receive our official award certificate.
“The Quarantine” is an international short film festival aimed at popularizing young and unknown authors among professional filmmakers’ circles. The festival is organized on completely voluntary basis, there are no screening fees and nobody receives any payment.
The festival takes place on the beach at “The Quarantine” fishing village which is the last standing fishing village in Varna, Bulgaria. The village is in danger of disappearing because a luxury residential complex is under construction on the coastline behind it. By provoking cultural exchange between contemporary artists from the whole world and locals, we intend to turn the fishing village into a culture and art zone and to preserve the fishermen’s way of life.
The name of the region “The Quarantine” comes from the past when sailors from commercial ships entering the harbour with suspicion of some kind of disease were taken ashore at the beach for the quarantine period of 40 days. In case they showed no signs of illness, they were allowed access to town. At present, the young authors who have still not found their realisation are in the state of a “Quarantine” – isolated by professional filmmakers’ circles. In analogy to the history of the location, we decided to name the festival “The Quarantine”.
The Malacate Film Festival Corrales, was born as an international festival with its own identity, linked to the industrial and cultural heritage of Corrales,Aljaraque, a Huelva small town located in southwestern Spain. Its name refers both to the Teatro Cinema Corrales, the festival's main venue, and to the town's large, historic windmill, which will be the festival's visual centerpiece (logo, laurel wreaths, and trophy).
