Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival(UMFF) is the first international mountain film festival in South Korea, dedicated to presenting and promoting films & culture dealing with mountains, adventure, exploration, nature, and the environment. The festival also provides an opportunity for filmmakers and mountaineers to meet and exchange ideas through seminars, events, screenings, and social gatherings.
The 11th UMFF will be held in Ulsan & Ulju, South Korea in autumn, 2026.
“Social World Film Festival” is the most emotional festival in the world with events, movies, previews, innovative activities, jury of young people and professionals, workshops, competitions, presentations and thousands of visitors.
The sixteenth edition of the International Social Cinema Festival “Social World Film Festival” will take place from 21 to 28 June 2026 in Vico Equense (Sorrento Coast - Italy) between activities in presence and innovative streaming modes aimed as always to ensure the interaction, direct and in connection, of the authors with the audience of the event.
The winners of the competitive selections are awarded during the Gala Night scheduled for the sixteenth edition in Vico Equense (Sorrento Coast - Italy).
Participating to the International Festival of Social Cinema “Social World Film Festival” offers some specially selected works the exclusive possibility to be presented in events organized worldwide thats in the last ten years, we have involved 28 cities in 40 events on five continents including Los Angeles, New York, Rio de Janeiro, Wien, Washington DC, Seoul, Busan, Berlin, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Cannes, Monte Carlo, Paris, Istanbul, San Francisco, Tokyo, Sydney, Marseilles, Palma, Tunis, Hong Kong, Jakarta.
CURTA-SE 25 – The Ibero-American Film Festival of Sergipe is produced by AVBR PRODUÇÕES LTDA - ME and has as its mission to broaden public access to Ibero-American audiovisual production, to promote the exchange between filmmakers from Brazil and Ibero-America, to valorize the short film as a specific language, and to foster the creative economy and accessibility.
Ibero-American Digital Cinema: Films made by Ibero-American producers and/or directors who have lived in Brazil for more than 2 years, completed between 2024 and 2026, in the following categories:
a) Ibero-American Short Film – films with a running time of up to 20 minutes, in the genres of documentary, fiction, and animation, produced in countries of the Ibero-American region;
b) Sergipe Short Film – with a running time of up to 20 minutes, in the genres of documentary, fiction, and animation, with a director and producer from Sergipe or based in the state for more than 2 years;
c) Feature Film – with a running time of 70 minutes or more;
d) Trailer – Trailer for a short or feature film with a running time of up to 4 minutes;
e) Music Video – with a running time of up to 6 minutes.
Artificial intelligence is changing how films are made. BAIFF (Bucharest AI Film Festival) is Romania's first festival dedicated to this shift. We bring together AI filmmakers and professionals from the film and advertising industries to screen international work, exchange perspectives, and take stock of where the craft is heading. Beyond the competition, BAIFF is a conversation between two worlds. If you're making films with AI, this is where your work belongs.
Sleeping Owl Film Fest event which aims to discover and recognize new talents from all over the world. It was created in order to support short filmmakers providing a critical evaluation of their work.
What makes a short film a great film it's not how ambitious the story is, but the way the story is being told. The ingredients to have a great short film are a great script, directing,camerawork, lighting and editing.
There are a lot of films that are interesting, but have a careless sound. Every filmmaker must care about the sound before the shooting, it's one of the most important cinematic elements. Catch great actors, not models! It's another advise we provide so that stories can be told in a real way, not in a theatricality way.
The Athens Short Film Festival is an annual event that spotlights international independent breakout shorts. Taking place in the multicultural and artistic Greek capital, ASFF supports the city’s underground scene and breaks its geographical boundaries by gathering a mixed audience of locals and internationals. Local cinemas have always been a place where conversations and debates on social, political and gender issues sparked. And it is part of ASFF’s mission to rejuvenate these spaces and honour their cultural significance.
The Festival’s screening programme features emerging talents from all over the world and all filmmakers regardless of background are invited to submit their artworks. Expanding year by year, the Athens Short Film Festival aims to enrich its programme with industry events, workshops and seminars and become a reference Film festival for the Athenian independent cinema scene.
The Athens Short Festival is organised by HFP, a pioneer organisation that runs Film Festivals and other events showcasing and championing ideas of diversity. Through our global series of film Festivals that spread over 13 countries, we open the path to voices with a compelling story to share. Our main mission is to honour independent cinema and establish a network of artists eager to join forces and spread their work across all nations.
A London-based queer film screening with live audience, filmmaker Q&A, and curated networking.
QueerHub Film Festival brings together emerging and established filmmakers to showcase bold LGBTQIA+ stories in an intimate, community-driven setting.
Selected films will be presented to a live audience in London, followed by filmmaker conversations and networking opportunities.
We welcome a wide range of cinematic works, including short films, documentaries, animation, and experimental pieces that explore themes such as identity, community, love, transformation, and social change.
We particularly encourage submissions from trans and non-binary filmmakers, as well as films that engage meaningfully with trans and non-binary experiences and perspectives.
Queer Hub fosters dialogue and connection through curated screenings, Q&A sessions, and opportunities for audience engagement. The festival also supports artist development through workshops and community-driven activities, encouraging collaboration across creative disciplines.
We are committed to inclusion, accessibility, and social impact — creating a platform that amplifies underrepresented voices and supports emerging talent.
Filmmakers are invited to contribute their work and be part of a growing network shaping the future of queer storytelling.
The Traveling School Film Festival (FIFE) is an annual event showcasing cinema, audiovisual media, and digital creation. It is an initiative of the Mboro International Center for Practical Training and the NGO Youth and Development, and relies on the partnership of the Girl Guides and Boy Scouts of Senegal, the Jokkoo Consulting Agency, and several other stakeholders in Senegal and around the world.
To manage the regular organization of the film festival it initiated, an Economic Interest Group (GIE) was established: GIE Les Associés du Film d’École (School Film Associates), whose primary mission is the annual organization of the Traveling School Film Festival, FIFE.
Only for films produced in Spain or Portugal.
A leading short film festival in the Iberian Peninsula, showcasing the work of Spain and Portugal's most prominent filmmakers over the last quarter of a century. Preselection festival for the Goya Awards.
Slash Eyes International Film Festival (SEIFF) is a festival that is open to all cultures and all different ways of looking at reality. We will accept your proposal with the respect and dignity it deserves. If you are a creator with an original and different vision, then this is the ideal place for you.
We place a high value on originality and champion the work of creators who may not be understood by the more traditional circuits.
We are based on the island of Mallorca, one of the places with the greatest potential for recognition and exposure in the world. You can take advantage of this opportunity to showcase your work and to promote yourself as a film maker.
The Schécci Short Movie Award is an international competition dedicated to short-form cinema, created with the aim of promoting creativity, narrative research, and technical quality in the short film format. The festival welcomes works from all over the world, offering emerging and professional filmmakers a space for visibility and artistic exchange.
The competition is open to fiction short films, documentaries, experimental films, animated films, and music videos, produced with professional production standards. Each filmmaker may submit multiple works and enter the same work into multiple categories, in accordance with the procedures established by the submission platform.
Selected works are evaluated by a jury composed of directors, film industry professionals, critics, and cinema experts, who assess each film according to internal criteria of artistic, technical, and narrative quality. Jury decisions are final and not subject to appeal. Winning works may be screened during the official final event of the competition.
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.
The Watoto International Film Festival - Zanzibar is currently accepting applications from filmmakers from around the world according to different categories of competition.
The Watoto International Film Festival - Zanzibar (WIFF Zanzibar) is East Africa’s first and largest Children's film and arts festival, exhibiting the latest and best films and promoting film talents from across the African continent and beyond.
The 1st Edition of WIFF Zanzibar will take place on 11th -14th March 2021 in Zanzibar.
The theme of the festival is 'Chei'Chei - Hello' and will prioritize African cinema and cinema from the African diaspora and the rest of the world.
WIFF Zanzibar also opens the call to films from different regions around the world.
VITA SHORTS is presented jointly by the Cadillac Shanghai Concert Hall, Hoyts Cinemas, and Goethe-Institut Shanghai, serving as the only member festival of the Short Film Conference (SFC) in Shanghai and Beijing, China.
Since its founding 5 years ago, VITA SHORTS has curated spotlight programs featuring directors such as Christian Petzold, Tsai Ming-liang, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and Truong Minh Quy, and has collaborated with organizations including the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Busan Shorts, Deutsche Kinemathek – Museum für Film und Fernsehen, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, and Beijing Film Academy. Starting in 2025, the festival introduced the Discovery Short Film Award, which carries eligibility for the Annual Short Film Selection of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival under the International SFC.
From October 16–19, the four-day VITA SHORTS (2025) took place in Shanghai, presenting 64 shorts and medium-length films. All screening sessions were free and open to the public and film fans, and a “Shanghai Choice Honor” Audience Award was determined by popular vote. Participating filmmakers included Helena Wittmann, Danzuka Yui, and Tetsuya Mariko, among others. Nearly 30 crews from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Vietnam, Japan, Korea, and Singapore participated, with a total attendance of over 2,000 viewers.
VITA SHORTS 由上海音乐厅、寰映影城（上海）与德国驻上海总领事馆文化教育处联合呈现，是国际短片联盟（Short Film Conference, SFC）中国上海及北京地区唯一成员节展。
成立5年来，曾策划克里斯蒂安·佩措尔德、蔡明亮、黑泽清、张明归焦点影人，与德国电影资料馆、UCCA 尤伦斯当代艺术中心、北京电影学院导演系、奥伯豪森、日本亚洲短片、釜山短片合作节目。历任评委：邱阳、张吉安、周飞、李冬梅（2025）；杨弋枢、耿军、姜秉和（2024）；高志森、陈东楠、大飞、邓伟、蒋能杰、廖勇（2023）。2025年起，增设 Discovery 短片发现奖，具备克莱蒙费朗国际短片电影节国际短片联盟年度短片评选资格。
10月16日至19日，为期4天的 VITA SHORTS（2025）在上海举办。期间共呈现64部短片、中长片，所有放映场次均免费向市民、影迷开放，并票选产生“上海选择荣誉”公众奖项。参展作者包括海伦娜·维特曼、団塚唯我、真利子哲也等。含中国内地、香港、台湾、澳门、越南、日本、韩国、新加坡在内的近30个剧组，累计超2000人次观众抵达。终审评委邱阳、张吉安、周飞还与入围导演们携手“上天台”，在上海音乐厅95周年之际，共创城市艺术行动。
As part of Multicultural Youth Leadership Day, Utah high school students in grades 9–12 are invited to participate in a short film competition focused on this year’s theme: Tell Your Story, Shape Your Future.
Students are encouraged to create a short video (3–5 minutes) that shares something about their story — their culture, family, community, challenges, goals, or experiences that have shaped who they are and who they want to become. The goal of the film competition is to give students a platform to share their voice, reflect on their experiences, and inspire others.
Finalist videos will be shown during Multicultural Youth Leadership Day at the Utah State Capitol on May 11.
Film Topics
Students may choose to create a short film about topics such as:
• A challenge you have overcome
• A person who inspired you
• Your culture, family, or community
• A problem you want to help solve
• What leadership means to you
• How your story has shaped your future
Students are encouraged to be creative.
Films may be interviews, personal stories, documentaries, spoken word, animation, or other creative storytelling formats.
The Fashion Cinema Festival was created to shine a spotlight on the art of costume design—an essential element in the magic of filmmaking—and to celebrate the unique connection between fashion and the cinematic world.
Every garment tells a story. Costume design reveals the essence of each character, transforms actors, and brings to life the worlds that only cinema can imagine.
At our festival, we honor the brilliant creators behind costume design and offer experiences, encounters, and activities that showcase the extraordinary work of these artists.
Fashion takes center stage in this section, illuminated through a truly cinematic lens.
