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.
The Ayerbe Film Festival Association launches this second stage of the "Villa de Ayerbe International Short Film Festival".
Since the 19th edition, with new members in the organization, we want to give a great boost to the festival. In addition to the international competition, we have created a new section dedicated to Science and Research to give greater visibility to the event and from this edition onwards, the awards are now called "CAJAL Awards".
We want to continue with the idea of collaboration with neighboring towns.
This collaboration is carried out in this way: All the selected short films may be screened locally collaborator simultaneously with the development of the Festival and their votes will serve to award the public prize.
The InFest Film Festival is a 2-day freak short film Festival which is held in Rubí, a city of asphalt, industry and smoke located in the Valles Occidental, a region located near Barcelona (Spain).
The InFest festival emerges as a firm and clear proposal: that Rubí be known as the Rubiwood of the Vallés district. During the last 10 years, InFest has organized the best possible short film experience: outdoors screenings, concerts, bar service and all kinds of activities related to cinema. What else can we ask for?
The InFest is devoted to showcase new short films (produced after year 2020) showing Sci-Fi, Fantastic, Freak and Horror elements. Short films cannot exceed 15 minutes length (credits excluded). Foreign films MUST be dubbed or subtitled in Spanish or Catalan, or the film will not be accepted.
In 2026, the InFest will celebrate its 11th annual edition. After the COVID-19 pandemic, the InFest was moved to the amphitheater of The castle of Rubí ("El Castell"), a defensive construction from the 13th century, which can host public events with more than 2000 people. The amphitheater features seats, stage and bar! Jury Prize and Audience Award will receive 1000 and 250 euros, respectively.
RURÉFILOS, International Film and Rural World Festival is a multidisciplinary meeting point in which, through audiovisual language, a space is provided for debate and creative reflection on the past, present and future of the rural world.
CortiFestival Cine Escolar will be held in the Ámbito Cultural of El Corte Inglés in Alicante and Elche (Spain).
CortiFestival (Educational centers): Short films made by students, which aims to bring the audiovisual language to the classroom and introduce the cinema as a didactic tool in educational centers.
CortiFestival (Professionals): Short films made by professionals or enthusiasts of the seventh art, with a theme aimed to children and young people where education in values is present.
Only for Spanish Filmmakers.
LAZOS es un festival de cine surgido en la zona de Montes Torozos como una iniciativa para promover y divulgar el cine de provincias, alejándose del modelo industrial centralizado en las grandes ciudades.
BAARIA FILM FESTIVAL is an international film festival focused on island cinematography of the world, showing the cultural diversity of island territories through cinema. This event is unique in its theme, in Italy, being the first film festival in the country that programs exclusively island cinema.
A great deal of space, of course, is devoted to Sicily, comparing it to other island territories, always using cinema as a means to explore and reveal the beauty and deep identity of the region.
