BOYERIS International Film Festival is an independent international film festival founded in France and open to filmmakers worldwide.
BOYERIS celebrates bold works that expand cinematic language through new forms, storytelling, technology and ways of seeing. The festival is interested not simply in which tools are used, but in what new cinematic possibilities appear on screen.
The 2026 inaugural edition is held online and features five competition categories: New Cinematic Forms, AI-Assisted Cinema, Hybrid & Experimental, Vertical Cinema and Social Vision.
Filmmakers do not need to choose a competition category when submitting. Each work may be considered in one or more categories by the BOYERIS selection team.
The inaugural 2026 edition is free to enter. The Official Selection will be announced on December 6, 2026, and the awards will be announced on December 28, 2026.
Pantalla Bajío is a platform dedicated to the exhibition, promotion, networking, and advancement of independent national and international cinema. The festival aims to discover new voices, foster the circulation of emerging works, and create opportunities for meaningful connections among filmmakers, audiences, industry professionals, and the wider community.
The 2027 edition will take place in March 2027 in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico. Final dates, the main venue, partner locations, and the official program will be announced in due course through the festival’s official communication channels.
Prior to and during the festival, Pantalla Bajío may organize industry meetings, educational activities, conferences, workshops, presentations, and cultural events related to its programming, further encouraging dialogue, professional development, and audience engagement.
The festival aims to promote independent filmmakers and innovative work, to take risks and move the frontiers from the boring and most of the times empty conventional to the artistic initiating strong emotions and out of the box exceptional. It equally aims to give the opportunity to independent filmmakers to showcase their work free of commercial constraints.
GUARRA, the First Buenos Aires International Kinky Film Festival has an unmistakable purpose: to give visibility and celebrate a culture that has historically been marginalized and stigmatized.
This festival is not simply a cinematic event but a space for meeting, exploration, and artistic expression for those who live and create within the kink spectrum.
Our mission is to challenge and dismantle the prejudices that often surround kinky and BDSM practices by presenting authentic, diverse stories that capture the multiple dimensions of this culture. Each film selected for the festival will provide a window into the realities and
experiences of people within the community, offering perspectives that are rarely represented in mainstream cinema.
The first edition of GUARRA took place in August 2025 across three venues in the city of Buenos Aires: Teatro Empire, Planta Inclán and Centro Cultural Paco Urondo (UBA). We screened 40 works from 15 countries and welcomed around 700 attendees.
The Kohinoor Film Festival was founded with the vision of creating a stage for filmmakers who dare to dream. Just like the Kohinoor diamond, we believe every story has brilliance waiting to be revealed. Our talented solutions ensure success across diverse sectors by addressing your unique challenges and opportunities
Ootpatang (Hindi, Colloquial) - The weird, absurd, or nonsensical.
The Ootpatang Festival is a one-day celebration of ajeeb and weird or nonsensical.
Of those who don’t fit in - short film screenings, live performances, and interactive workshops - for the weird, by the weird, held over one day in New Delhi, 2026.
This is a gathering of the super-normal, where you can show off your weird side and experience new and interesting experiences - from films that expand your understanding of narrative and ‘good taste’, live experiences that break through the noise of bland ‘content’, and most importantly, community of creative, artistic, and like-minded weirdos like yourself.
OPT will feature a dedicated film screening area throughout the day, a space for live performances and interactive experiences, and a large common area where all can gather to celebrate whatever is outside the mainstream, away from the norm, and off the kilter.
For the weird, by the weird.
ondon ArtHouse Film Festival (LAHFF)
The London ArtHouse Film Festival (LAHFF) is an international combined arts festival dedicated to celebrating independent storytelling, artistic excellence and creative innovation.
Held in London, one of the world's most diverse cultural capitals, LAHFF provides a platform for emerging and established filmmakers, artists and creatives from around the globe to showcase their work, exchange ideas and connect with new audiences.
Now celebrating its 6th Edition, LAHFF continues to champion originality, inclusivity and the power of storytelling through film, photography, music and emerging creative technologies. Guided by the 2027 theme, "Inclusivity – Every Story Matters," the festival embraces diverse voices and perspectives while fostering meaningful cultural dialogue.
Beyond film screenings, LAHFF offers a dynamic programme of educational and industry events, including workshops, presentations, networking opportunities and LAHFF Conversations—an annual series exploring the future of storytelling, creativity and the creative industries.
The festival welcomes submissions across a broad range of categories, including Feature Films, Short Films, Documentaries, Animation, Music Videos, Student Films and AI Films. Every Official Selection is automatically nominated for the LAHFF Awards, with winners revealed exclusively during the Closing Night Awards Ceremony. In recognition of outstanding artistic achievement, the jury may also present Jury Recognition to exceptional works that cannot be included in the official screening programme due to programming limitations.
LAHFF is committed to creating an inclusive, accessible and inspiring environment where creativity flourishes, new collaborations begin and every story has the opportunity to be seen, heard and celebrated.
Every Story Matters.
- INTRODUCTION -
The Fugitif Short Film Festival is an international festival of competitive short films. This event, thanks to a demanding selection, responds to a desire to offer a high quality artistic and cultural experience. Since 2021, the event has been held at the renowned Utopia cinema in the heart of Avignon.
The festival explores three captivating themes: The Night, LGBTQIA+ and student films. It showcases the full diversity of cinema, bringing together a wide range of genres: fiction, live action, animation, documentary, experimental, and many more.
Details of the event's sponsors will be announced shortly. A huge thank you to everyone who is supporting and taking part in the Fugitif experience!
- PUBLIC SCREENINGS -
The event takes place at the Utopia cinema in the centre of Avignon. It will provide a unique opportunity for filmmakers and film school students to meet, exchange ideas and participate in the cultural weaving of the audiovisual sector.
A jury of professional artists will be present at the screening to determine the winner of the Fugitif Award.
- PROGRAMME -
Submissions open – May 15th, 2026
Early deadline – June 15th, 2026
Regular deadline – October 15th, 2026
Late deadline / Submissions close – November 15th, 2026
Selected films announcement – January 15th, 2027
Public & Jury screening – March 26th, 2027
-THEME -
- 2026 THEME #1: THE NIGHT -
1. The theme THE NIGHT can be approached literally and/or metaphorically. It can be a detail or a main element of the film.
2. Duration: 2 to 25 minutes.
3. All styles and genres are accepted: live-action, animation, fiction, documentary, comedy, horror, etc.
4. The date of creation is not restrictive.
- 2026 THEME #2: LGBTQIA+ -
1. The LGBTQIA+ theme is an opportunity to discover and highlight the great variety, abundance and exceptional creativity of LGBTQIA+ cinema.
2. Duration: 2 to 25 minutes.
3. All styles and genres are accepted: live-action, animation, fiction, documentary, comedy, horror, etc.
4. The date of creation is not restrictive.
- 2026 THEME #3 STUDENT FILMS -
1. The STUDENT FILMS theme highlights the diversity and creativity of cinema students and reveals the talents of the future.
2. Duration: 2 to 25 minutes.
3. All styles and genres accepted: live action, animation, drama, documentary, comedy, horror, etc.
4. The date of creation is not restrictive.
- REGISTRATION FEES -
Early-bird: 15€
Regular deadline fee: 20€
Late deadline: 25€
In the case of cancellation or disqualification for failure to comply with the imposed regulations, entry fees are non-refundable.
- SPONSORS -
- Utopia: an exceptional cinema in the heart of Avignon
- Domaine de Montine: prestigious wine cellar in the Rhône-Alpes region
- Dragonframe (Essential animation software)
- Storm sonorisation (Audio-visual equipment shop)
The festival "Rencontres du cinéma latino américain" organized by France Amérique Latine Comité Bordeaux Gironde is 44 years old.
The missions developed since the creation of this event are:
- To make the Latin American continent known: its cultures, its struggles, its peculiarities...
- To increase the visibility of little-known works.
- To share the political and artistic visions of Latin American countries.
The feature film program is divided into two categories: films in competition and those not participating in the competition. Depending on the year, the film committee reserves the right to add a category to the selection.
The film committee will decide the dates and times of the screenings of each film.
This information will be published on the website:
https://www.lesrencontreslatino.org/
The Pirineos Mountain Film Festival (Mountain, Adventure and Nature Film Festival of the Pyrenees) was born in Huesca (Spain) as a film competition focused on mountain and Biosphere.
This film event held its first edition in sample format in February 2022, to give way in 2023 to an international competitive festival around mountain, adventure and nature short films.
Open call for filmmakers!
Be part of the 6th edition of Breaking Walls Dance Films.
Breaking Walls Dance Films (BWDF) is the first and only dance film festival in Egypt and the region. Since 2021 we have screened 129 films from more than twenty countries, and we programme deliberately towards work that rarely reaches Egyptian screens — recent editions have introduced audiences to films from Tunisia, Malta, Hungary and Indonesia.
The 6th edition runs 10 to 20 January 2027. Screenings take place in Cairo and, just as importantly, outside it — in Minya, Mansoura, Sohag and Qena. In several of those governorates, our screenings were the first time dance film had ever been shown publicly. Every screening is free and open to the public, and every selected film is shown at least twice at different venues.
The festival runs alongside a programme of workshops, masterclasses and live performances, and selected filmmakers are invited to join roundtable discussions with Egyptian and international artists, remotely or in person.
On the sidelines of the festival
We also welcome dance-related documentaries and feature films for screening outside competition. If your film falls outside the competition criteria but belongs at a dance film festival, submit it — we will consider it for the sideline programme.
Selected films are announced at the end of December 2026.
The V Les Corts International Short Film Festival is a film event organized by students from the Cultural Management Research Project at Institut les Corts, with the support of cultural professionals from Barcelona.
The screenings will take place at different venues: the Josep Maria Trias i Peitx Civic Center, the Pere Quart Civic Center in Les Corts, the La Panarra Youth Center, and the District headquarters in Plaça Comas, during the months of May and June 2027.
The selected short films will be screened (provided the authors give their consent) in three showings: one aimed at students of the Institut Les Corts, another aimed at the general public, which will be screened at the Josep Maria Trias i Peitx Civic Center, and a third, also aimed at the general public, which will be screened at the Les Corts district headquarters in an open-air cinema format.
The festival awards four prizes: three audience awards, one for each showcase, and a special jury prize. In this edition, the special jury prize will be awarded to the best comedy short film. The jury will interpret the treatment of comedy broadly, and will reward originality and excellence.
All participating short films are eligible for any of the four awards.
In addition, the winning short film in the Trias i Peitx venue will be programmed (provided their authors agree) in the Pantalla Barcelona cycle, organized by Barcelona City Council.
Cachaça Filmes has held the festival since 2009. It always brings in nationally renowned filmmakers and artists from the area, aiming to offer culture and leisure options, and to favor the region's economy. In the short term we intend to bring an “elite” audience to Vila de Paranapiacaba, and in the medium and long term to bring cinematographic productions to the region.
We also have the Short and Feature Films Contest.
Regulation:
https://www.cachacafilmes.com/regulamento-concurso-de-roteiros
20th Edition Ecozine Film Festival – International Socio-Environmental Film Festival of Zaragoza. April 2027. Organized by the Ecozine Cultural Association
ECOZINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL – The International Socio-Environmental Film Festival, organized by the Ecozine Cultural Association, was founded in 2008 as a platform for social awareness and cultural promotion, advocating cinema as a tool for change.
Committed to showcasing and disseminating audiovisual productions with socio-environmental content.
To show films that make us think, awaken our conscience, denounce injustice and reflect the social and cultural diversity of humanity. This is the objective of The Human Rights Film Festival, which will celebrate its 23 annual festival this year.
The Human Rights Film Festival, with the central headquarter in Barcelona, is the oldest independent Human Rights Film Festival and one of the most important festival on Human Rights in all Spain and widely internationally established festival on Human Rights.
NOX FILM FEST
The First Outdoor Fantastic Film Festival from Uruguay is celebrating it's 12th Edition
And we are preparing a big party to celebrate it.
Enjoy with us!
The NOX FILM FEST is a fun cinematic experience that takes place in the South American summer.
The festival accepts genre films like: Horror-Fantasy-Sci-Fi and subgenres.
It's an open-air festival with free admission that every year receives thousands of young people and families whom enjoy their events.
The 12th Edition will take place from 9 to 16 January 2027
The NOX FILM FEST will offer fun and attractive activities like:
Marathon of films
Live performances
Master classes
Workshops
NOX for kids
Book's presentations
Special guests
Developing lab and more atractions
The NOX FILM FEST has an International Competition of feature films, medium-length films and short films.
It accepts submisions films from all over the world and awards prizes and special mentions in the following categories:
Best International Feature Film
Best Ibero-American Feature Film
Best Medium-length Film
Best Short Film (different sections)
Films made by women (FILM MADE BY WOMEN)
Special awards for direction, acting and screenplay.
FICSEM Festival, in the Mediterranean area.
For major reasons, and having been immersed in a situation in which we have all been affected, we have decided to adapt to the current situation, and give a new focus to our festival. Maintaining the enthusiasm and passion we feel for the artistic world.
Our festival is aimed at the dissemination and promotion of film authors related to topics of social and/or ecological value.
Because we believe in the power of art as a transformative medium, our contribution from this festival is to give visibility to projects that address environmental and social changes in which we are immersed. We are an international festival because we understand the world beyond barriers, and because we are moved by the need to get to know other cultures and share the best of ours, as it contributes to any improvement in any corner of the world.
The Mediterranean is the climate that surrounds us, and we feel identified with it. In terms of warmth, closeness and transparency. We are a festival that is starting strong, with a large number of committed artists who share our cause, and the desire to share.
And that is why we are not afraid to break the most classic festival patterns. So much so, that in the award for best actor and/or actress, the recognition of the award falls on their social and/or ecological work... And not only on their skills.
Despite having firm ideological foundations. We open ourselves to other artistic areas and initiatives.
Newcastle International Short Film Festival or NiSFF is an IMDb registered short film festival open to submissions of short films in multiple genres and categories from international, Australian and regional New South Wales (NSW) film-makers. Finalists for the best film in their regional category will be screened at the Royal Exchange Hybrid Performance Space/Cinema in Newcastle Australia in mid November each year. The overall Best Short Film winner will be selected from all the various category winners regardless of its length.
No screening fees are paid to selected films and no DCP is required. If your film is understandable for a mainly English speaking audience without subtitles then English subtitles are not required.
Hello! We are SEVIFF • Sevilla Indie Film Festival, an international film festival in Seville, Spain, and a member of IBERIFF • Iberia Indie Film Festivals. IBERIFF celebrates independent artists and showcases new productions from across the globe in Madrid (MADRIFF), Barcelona (BARCIFF), València (VALÈIFF), Seville (SEVIFF), Lisbon (LISBIFF), and Montpellier (MONTIFF).
SEVIFF shares the mission of its associate festivals in supporting emerging talents, encouraging artistic exploration, fostering networking, promoting cultural exchange, engaging with the local community, and providing a platform to celebrate and showcase the work of independent filmmakers.
Fiction, animation, documentary, and experimental films of any genre or subject are welcome
The festival will take place in Alicante from November 16 to 21, 2026.
Only short films produced exclusively with a smartphone will be accepted.
Both national and international short films are eligible to participate.
The theme is open to all genres and subjects.
