CineFem, the First International Women's Film Festival of Uruguay, whose first edition was held in Salto (Uruguay) but that from then on was permanently developed in Punta del Este, is a space to reflect on the role of women in cinema and in our society. CineFem, the woman's view.
*AN OLYMPIAD FOR FILMMAKERS!*
We desire to see your film! We want to see your dreams, empathise with your heroes, laugh with your jokes, cry with your drama!
Over 900 films from 87 countries participated in a total of 11 Grand Prix competitions and 90 films have been screened in 7 different cinemas across Athens, including Oscar nominated or other highly acclaimed films.
We are one of the few festivals offering money prizes - over 1.500 euros per year - plus an estimated 20.000 euros on services.
oin an exciting Film Festival with unique features;
1) FEEDBACK FOR ALL FILMS, NO MATTER IF SELECTED OR NOT
You DESERVE feedback for your hard work. Film Olympiad is probably the first and only festival to give constructive feedback to everyone - free of any extra charge.
2) RADICAL HONESTY & TRANSPARENCY
You can see how exactly the Jury rated your film in 5 categories and how you compare to other films. We watch films with empathy and love. We believe that filmmakers want to know the truth about how their film was rated, and this will only make them better.
3) MONEY PRIZES & FILM OLYMPIAD MEDALS - EVERY MONTH
The only film festival to award Film Olympiad Medals. 30 categories, 6 nominees, 3 medals (Gold, Silver & Bronze). Every month, National and Individual Medal Tables are updated.
We also have cash prizes, which will be at least:
500 euros for the Best Film Short
100 euros for the Audience Award
100 euros for the Best Director
100 euros for the Best Screenplay
100 euros for the Best Leading Actor
100 euros for the Best Leading Actress
100 euros for the Best Greek Film
of the annual Film Olympiad 2024 Gold Medalists on the categories above
plus 100 euros on every Best Film Gold Medalist, of each Grand Prix
4) NETWORKING & RECOGNITION
With 100 films per month, you have an actual chance to get selected and win a medal. Moreover, you can make your participation viral to your audience, fans and community.
"Yeah, buddy, on Thursday we are up against a film from Japan, and if we win, we qualify to the quarterfinals against either a film from Russia or a film from Germany!".
5) EXCITING COMPETITION SYSTEM - ACTUAL CHANCE
A sports-like competition system. We want an exciting event for our audience and your fans. The Jury gives a new rating to films after every round.
Phase 1 - 100 films are selected every MONTH for the Film Olympiad Grand Prix. All of them are eligible for nominations and medals. We have 6 bi- monthly Film Olympiad Grand Prix every year and an annual Film Olympiad.
Phase 2 - The films are divided into 20 groups of 5. The best films from each group qualify for the knockouts. The audience can watch live the results of the rating in each group, through online live streams with online screenings of some films.
Phase 3 - 32 films get paired in knockouts. This means that if you win 5 matches (Rounds of 32, 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final), you win the Best Short Gold Medal and the monthly cash prize.
Phase 4 - At least the best 8 films from each month are publicly screened in monthly screenings with a live audience and qualify for the annual Film Olympiad.
With these innovative features, we feel sure that Film Olympiad will soon become a prestigious and established Film Festival. Submit now to represent your country in the Film Olympiad with your film. We can't wait to see it!
Toronto Tamil International Film Festival (TTFF or TTIFF) is conducting a innovative international film festival and invites participation from aspiring and upcoming independent filmmakers. A unique film Festival, focusing on opportunity creation for global filmmakers.
[The purpose of Toronto Tamil film festival is to promote new movie makers, exchange of knowledge, information, ideas & culture between Tamil & other nations in context of their social and cultural ethos. TTIFF also promotes friendship and co-operation among people of the world through the medium of films & documentaries.]
Our festival supports independent cinema across formats and aims to showcase the best talent & cinema from across the globe.
Also, The Toronto Tamil Film Festival is an annual showcase of Tamil Cinema created by Tamils internationally. Films include short, feature, documentaries and Social & Music which explore the culture, history and tradition of Tamils. It is a unique festival to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Tamil film industry from Canada, USA, Europe, Asia and other parts of the world.
Created with a sole purpose to highlight its diverse population, rich tradition, struggles for democracy and equity, the Toronto Tamil Film Festival highlights outstanding work in the industry and celebrate it.
Reaching a potential audience of 500,000 Canadians of Tamil descent, as well as millions of Toronto-based movie lovers, TTFF (Toronto Tamil Film Festival) provides a unique cultural destination for Toronto and Ontario based ex-patriots to connect with the culture of home through the magic of cinema.
Toronto Tamil Film Festival (TTFF) is one of the most significant festival of Tamil films held anywhere outside of Indian subcontinent.
Our Vision:
“Bringing the World to Toronto, Canada through a shared passion for film and the power of storytelling.”
Our Mission
The Toronto Tamil Film Festival is dedicated to the discovery and promotion of Film Makers, Story tellers and Artists and sharing with audiences. Everyone has a story to tell, our goal is to inspire and encourage people to share their stories using the media of film and to create events that enable the sharing of those stories across communities and beyond.
We live in a time that moves fast, where the visible is everything, simplicity prevails, and complexity disturbs. In this time, we choose short cinema. Not to simplify, but to condense. Not to explain, but to suggest.
Inferenze Short Film Festival is a space of passage, a crossing between the visible and the invisible, between memory and imagination. Here, each short film is a minimal gesture that digs deep. Each story is a layering: fragments of reality, visions, languages, sounds and silences. A thought settles into the image. An image awakens thought.
We chose an archaeological museum as our venue because the past, too, is an inference: we never see it completely, but we sense its form through ruins, through the traces that remain. Just like cinema, true meaning never reveals itself entirely, but emerges from nuances, unspoken moments, and the spaces between words.
The subtitle of this eighth edition, “Epiphanies of the Specter" points to a moment of revelation: when what is latent takes shape and becomes visible. The festival focuses on these apparitions, favoring works that question the image and challenge its boundaries, between presence and absence, reality and perception.
Inferenze is the festival that celebrates complexity, ambiguity, the question itself. We are not looking for easy answers, but new questions. We don’t offer pre-packaged visions, but invitations to think. This is our way of looking at the world. Beneath the surface, there is always something more.
Abycine Lanza se ha convertido en la plataforma de referencia del audiovisual independiente nacional y de desarrollo del talento español. Cada edición sumamos nuevas alianzas y adhesiones que completan un programa de encuentros y talleres de formación así como los pitchs de los diferentes foros que conforman Lanza. Más de 250 profesionales españoles y europeos pasan cada año por este meeting point fundamental de la industria.
Se trata de una experiencia integral que combina una serie de actividades con las que reforzar conocimientos sobre elementos claves en la realización cinematográfica (producción, marketing, participación de la audiencia, venta y la distribución de películas…) con la orientación personalizada, la retroalimentación grupal y el networking ampliado.
Además, el importe total de los premios otorgados asciende a más 55.000€ con partners como CMM (Castilla-La Mancha Media), Filmin, ECAM o MAFIZ.
Distribuidores, festivales y agentes de ventas tienen la oportunidad de conocer propuestas emergentes del panorama independiente nacional. Por otro lado, los proyectos, reciben un valioso feedback y crean sinergias muy valiosas para la maduración, fortaleciendo la colaboración y asesoría de expertos, para lograr avanzar y consolidarse.
Revoluções Curtas returns to Filmin for a third edition. At Filmin, we believe in a free cinema, far from the noise in which we live. And therefore, we think that the best way to demonstrate this is by opening the call to everyone who wants to share their story with us. Cinema as a tool for social change, for resistance and as a way to better understand the world in which we live.
The festival that didn’t exist... now it does!
This is the slogan that accompanied the first two editions of the Tropea Film Festival.
The guests who have already attended the TFF include:
Pupi Avati, Matteo Garrone, Matt Dillon, Madalina Ghenea, Marcello Fonte, Anselma Dell’Olio, Ascanio Celestini, Totò Cascio, Luca Lucini, Greta Ferro, Denise Tantucci, Ron Moss, and many others...
TFF is a unique international film competition featuring public screening events in the beautiful village of Tropea, located on the Calabrian Tyrrhenian coast.
It is one of the few festivals to present short films in a cinema setting!
TFF is an awards program for both short and feature films, dedicated to supporting filmmakers from around the world by recognizing excellence in cinema.
We believe that film festivals remain the perfect environment for the cultural and communal celebration of cinema, which is why our mission is to support the film industry by showcasing the best films from around the world and creating opportunities for networking between filmmakers and producers/distributors.
We invite you to participate in the 14th Navarra, Land of Cinema Short Film Contest — the festival that challenges your creativity in our natural filming locations.
Your originality could win one of six awards, along with accommodation, filming insurance, production support, distribution opportunities, and more...
What are you waiting for to put yourself to the test? Send us your script by August 10th and become one of the 10 finalist teams selected for the filming phase.
Images are a universal language with the power to tell stories, evoke emotions and transport the viewer to unimaginable places. In the context of caving and canyoning, cinematography becomes an essential tool for revealing the beauty and mysteries of both the underground world and the canyons and ravines of the mountains.
The depths of caves and canyons offer a unique landscape which, hidden from
the eyes of those who do not venture inside, finds in the audiovisual medium a privileged vehicle for conveying knowledge, emotion and values, and for enabling them to discover impressive rock formations, underground rivers and exceptional ecosystems, revealing an environment that defies the imagination. These images not only capture the majesty of nature, but also highlight the fragility of these spaces
and the need to protect them.
Caving, cave diving and canyoning are not merely sporting or technical
disciplines, but also foster fundamental human values: self-improvement, collaboration, perseverance, teamwork and respect for nature are essential to these
experiences, and for this reason, in this competition, we seek not only to reward creativity and technical quality, but also to highlight the stories behind each image.
We want the submitted works to serve as a bridge between the viewer and a
sense of wonder for these natural environments, promoting a message of
conservation and respect for the earth we inhabit.
In this spirit, and with a view to continuity, the Espeleo Canyoning Cinema ASEDEB was launched in 2026, a competition that seeks to recognise and promote audiovisual works reflecting exploration, adventure and the human values associated with caving and canyoning, bringing them closer to society and contributing to their responsible dissemination.
Set against the breathtaking landscapes of South Pelion (Greece), this boutique international film festival offers a refined celebration of bold, contemporary cinema. Thoughtfully curated the festival showcases a selection of distinctive works by both emerging talents and internationally acclaimed auteurs.
With a focus on director-driven storytelling, the program highlights films of strong artistic vision, formal elegance, and narrative depth - works that challenge conventions and elevate the cinematic experience.
Designed as an intimate and immersive gathering, the festival creates a space where filmmakers and audiences connect in a setting of natural beauty and cultural richness. Through screenings, conversations, master classes, debates, concerts and curated encounters, it fosters meaningful dialogue, creative exchange, and a shared appreciation for cinema as an art form.
Call for Entries: Salento International Film Festival 2026
Welcome Filmmakers!
Are you ready to showcase your masterpiece to an enthusiastic crowd of cinephiles in the picturesque Salento, Italy? The Salento International Film Festival is thrilled to announce our 2026 Call for Entries! We're inviting filmmakers from all corners of the globe to join us in celebrating cinema not only as an art form but as a catalyst for social change and dialogue.
Why Submit Your Film?
Global Stage: Your film will be featured in one of Italy's most passionate film-loving regions, giving it international exposure.
Diversity and Innovation: We celebrate a wide spectrum of cinematic works, from groundbreaking indie films to thought-provoking documentaries. Whatever genre or style, your film has a place here.
Social Impact: We are dedicated to films that do more than entertain; they provoke, challenge, and inspire. Be part of a movement that uses cinema as a mirror and a hammer, reflecting society and shaping it for the better.
Experience Salento:
Embrace the opportunity to connect with like-minded creators and enthusiasts in an environment that breathes life into every story told through the lens.
The festival is not just a competition; it's a vibrant community event.
Submission Guidelines:
Open Now through Festhome
Categories: Feature Films, Shorts, Documentaries, and more
Early Bird and Regular Submission deadlines apply
Join Us:
Be a part of a festival that recognizes the power of
film and its ability to unite cultures, spark conversation, and drive change. Submit your film today and mark your calendar for an unforgettable cinematic journey in the heart of Italy!
The theme of this Nine edition 2026 of the competition “Fiorenzo Serra” is “Popular medicine around the world, cinema and the culture of healing”.
Popular medicine represents one of humanity's oldest and most widespread cultural heritages. Through medicinal herbs, therapeutic rituals, spiritual
practices, oral knowledge, and traditional healers, communities around the world have developed systems of care that illustrate the profound relationship between
body, nature, memory, and culture.
The competition invites filmmakers, visual anthropologists and independent authors to submit films that explore the many forms of popular medicine and
traditional healing practices. Films that narrate, document, or critically reflect on: traditional medicines and local therapeutic systems; herbal knowledge and knowledge related to medicinal plants; healing rituals and spiritual practices; healers, healers, shamans, midwives, and custodians of traditional knowledge; relationships between folk medicine and scientific medicine; intergenerational
transmission of healing knowledge; intangible cultural heritage and community therapeutic practices; contemporary transformations of traditional medicines;
relationship between health, environment, identity and culture.
FICGO is an annual cultural event in the Gulf of Morrosquillo, Colombia, that promotes free, outdoor cinema. It offers a diverse program of films, workshops, and environmental activities for various audiences in San Onofre, Tolú, Coveñas, and surrounding towns such as Berrugas and Rincón del Mar.
This year, we will celebrate the sixth edition in November 2026 with spaces that allow us to come together, showcasing emerging local talent and the global audiovisual sector, while highlighting the unique narratives of the Caribbean.
The Serbest International Film Festival was created to showcase bold cinematic voices from around the world. We aim to discover both emerging and experienced new directors and screenwriters, providing a platform to present their work while offering meaningful support and career development opportunities.
We champion filmmakers who push boundaries - those daring enough to explore the human experience through innovative storytelling and fresh perspectives. SIFF is a cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world through film.
Our festival was born from the urgent need to create space for talented filmmakers globally. Each year, we bring together the most original storytellers and adventurous audiences through programs featuring narrative films, documentaries, shorts, experimental works and animations.
In 2024, we launched Serbest Film Distribution (serbestdistribution.com) - a groundbreaking platform helping our filmmakers connect with distributors, producers and festivals worldwide. This new initiative opens doors to distribution deals, funding opportunities and invaluable industry relationships.
At SIFF you'll find:
▸ A home for daring, human-centered stories
▸ Active promotion of your work to industry leaders
▸ Professional development through masterclasses
▸ Networking with like-minded creators
▸ Awards that open doors: distribution deals, funding introductions, and media coverage
We're committed to evolving - creating better opportunities, stronger industry pathways and greater visibility for independent filmmakers everywhere. Your unique vision deserves to be seen. It's a place where filmmakers can showcase new stories and offer a fresh perspective on humanity and the world we live in.
Sound and Music Film Festival Makedonska 21 is taking place in an old Belgrade building dating back to early 20tth century (1928), which is situated on Makedonska 21 street. This was the building of the strongest workers union at the time, founded to promote highly respected values of mutual respect and solidarity. After the Second World War the premises were used by Radio Belgrade as the location of Studio 10, which was the home of most significant radio dramas and music records. This place was responsible for introducing the art of sound to Belgrade listeners and making it an essential part of their cultural heritage, proving itself to be of an immeasurable artistic, cultural, and social significance.
Today, the building is a blend of residential and commercial units. Relying on the building’s rich history, their residents decided to give something in return and contribute to its tradition by starting a film festival that celebrates the art of film music and sound design.
The festival is intended to be a professional networking platform for anyone coming from these fields –film composers, sound designers, sound recordist, music producers, musicians, music bands, to name a few, in order to give them the opportunity to explore, learn, exchange their knowledge and unite ideas.
The festival welcomes films of all categories – documentary films, short fiction films, experimental films, animated films, of all genres, as long as they are commited to creative use of their soundscape.
The bulding premises alow this event to spread its sound magic on various stages simoultaneously – from the monumental hall with great acoustics, and music store Metropolis located on the ground floor, all the way to the roof top, where people can enjoy films and live music over drinks under the vast Belgrade sky.
Casilino Cinema Fest – Visioni Fuori dal Mondo is an independent, experimental and underground film festival held in Rome.
The summer edition takes place at Casilino Sky Park, an open-air arena in the heart of the eastern suburbs — a cultural space dedicated to new languages and youth creativity.
The festival showcases short films, debut features, web series, music videos, short documentaries, animations, video art, mockumentaries, and everything that moves beyond conventional formats.
“Visioni Fuori dal Centro” is not just a geographical reference — it’s an attitude.
It’s a gaze that rises outside institutional, academic, or commercial systems. We value hybrid languages, poetic visions, and raw yet authentic gestures.
The festival is accompanied by live performances, installations, and moments of real exchange with the local community.
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Open to filmmakers from all backgrounds, Casilino Cinema Fest aims to be a cultural space where art meets the street, technique meets instinct, and cinema becomes a collective experience
XIBALBÁ – VI LATIN AMERICAN HORROR FILM FESTIVAL
In Mayan mythology, Xibalbá is the underworld ruled by the deities of disease and death, equivalent to the underworld in other cultures. It is an important part of the mythical cycle of the twins Hunahpú and Ixbalanqué, narrated in the sacred book Popol Vuh of the K’iche’ Maya culture. The name of this festival was conceived as a tribute to our Mesoamerican culture and its richness, framed within an oral tradition filled with myths, legends, supernatural beings, horror, and fantasy.
Xibalbá Terror was founded in Guatemala in 2021 with the goal of promoting horror cinema created in our region, fostering a space for dialogue and exchange between genre audiences and filmmakers. Throughout its first five editions, the festival has experienced exponential growth, not only in audience reach but also in the variety of events and sections it offers. Xibalbá takes place in six cities across Guatemala, in cultural centers and alternative screening venues. We showcase horror and fantasy short and feature films, including all their subgenres and variations. In addition, we maintain partnerships with other festivals and platforms that strengthen the circulation of Latin American cinema.
Alongside the exhibition and competition of films, the festival features a training and educational space called Xibalbá Industria, where we offer workshops, masterclasses, and talks aimed at filmmakers and artists interested in horror and fantasy cinema. Within this section, we organize the Horror Project Clinic, dedicated to strengthening feature film projects in development, in partnership with other training initiatives across Latin America. We also encourage the production of horror stories through initiatives such as our one-minute film competition.
The festival also hosts a variety of live events, including performances, artistic interventions, and musical presentations, among others. One of the highlights is the Horror Cine-Concert, held annually and designed to transform each evening into an immersive and memorable experience.
For this VI edition, we will continue growing with more screening venues, more cities, and new sections. The underworld awaits us!
The festival program and all related activities can be found on our social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok: @XibalbaTerror) and on our website: www.xibalbaterror.com
The Zaragoza Film Festival, founded in 1995 to create a cinematic activity in the city. At first his main title was the Young Filmmakers. Since 2007 its official name became the Zaragoza Film Festival.
Festival with various events, generalist and national character (although some of its events are international).
From 2026 onwards, after celebrating the 30th edition of the Festival, we plan an evolution of the project.
INSÓLITO Fantastic Film Festival is the most important consolidated event of genre cinema (horror, fantastic, science fiction, exploitation, trash and similar) in Peru and is currently in its ninth edition.
Since its creation, the Festival has sought to vindicate unconventional ways of making films, including national and international proposals in its exhibitions and competitions, disseminating the best films that have been made worldwide on this topic.
Visit us at:
Web: insolitofestival.com
Ig: @insolitofest
Fb: InsolitoFest
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@insolitofestival
The festival will take place in person in Lima from October 31st to November 15th.
This year we burn away fear and celebrate the extraordinary.
The Zaragoza Film Festival was born in 1995 to create a cinematographic activity in the city. In principle its main denomination was that of Young Directors. As of 2007, its official name became the Zaragoza Film Festival.
Festival with different Contests, of a general and national nature (although some of its Contests are International).
To mark our 30th anniversary, we are undertaking a renewal and update of the project.
Within the Official Section of our Festival, we are promoting the International Short Film Competition for New Latin American Talents.
This space seeks to foster artistic, cultural, aesthetic, and conceptual exchange between Latin America and Spain.
To promote the work and aesthetic vision of emerging Latin American filmmakers in Europe.
To recognize new forms of storytelling that challenge the boundaries of cinematic representation and strengthen ties between the audiovisual markets of the Americas and Spain.
