Logo of Golden Dunes Dubai International Film Festival

Deadline
20 Oct 2025


Published: 18 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Golden Dunes Dubai International Film Festival

Dubai, United Arab Emirates


The Golden Dunes Dubai International Film Festival is a curated cinematic celebration designed to spotlight visionary storytelling from around the world, with a special focus on innovation, diversity, and cultural resonance. The festival runs over two dynamic days filled with screenings, panels, networking, and red carpet moments.

Dates: 8–9 November 2025 | Location: Paramount Hotel Dubai


Festival Highlights:

Opening Ceremony – 8 November 2025
Kick off the festivities in style with our red-carpet Opening Ceremony, where filmmakers, special guests, and media gather for an unforgettable launch night filled with excitement and celebration.



Daily Screenings – 8 & 9 November 2025
Enjoy a curated selection of international films, powerful documentaries, and emerging voices from the region and beyond, all showcased in the luxurious theatre space at Paramount Hotel Dubai.



Industry Talks & Panels – 8 November 2025
Gain insights from leading voices in film production, screenwriting, distribution, and AI in cinema. These sessions offer valuable networking opportunities and actionable knowledge for both newcomers and veterans.



Golden Dunes Awards Night – 9 November 2025
Conclude the festival with glamour and recognition as we honor outstanding achievements in film. Awards will be presented across key categories, followed by a closing celebration with special appearances, performances, and more.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
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Deadline
19 Oct 2025


Published: 17 Oct 2025
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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Mosmos, Mostra Stop Motion de Sagunt

Sagunto, Spain


MosMos, the Stop Motion Showcase of Sagunt, presents its 2025 calls for entries, organized by the cultural association Pausa Zulú in collaboration with the Youth Department of the Sagunto City Council. This year, we are expanding the initiative with the introduction of a double call.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Animation  Other



 
Logo of Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival

Deadline
18 Oct 2025


Published: 16 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival

Los Angeles, United States


The Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival aims to showcase crime drama, true crime, horror, and related subgenres from around the world.

We provide independent filmmakers with a platform to connect with audiences, industry professionals, and fellow filmmakers who share their passion for crime and horror cinema.

With live screenings at a historic theater in Hollywood, the LA Crime and Horror Film Festival gives recognition to the independent films and filmmakers in crime and horror storytelling.

Winners considered by Hollywood production companies reps, and streaming platforms including:

ZERO GRAVITY
THE BLOOD LIST / BRILLSTEIN
THINK TANK MANAGEMENT
TXL FILMS
BINGE HORROR
... and more.


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Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Terror



 
Logo of FIXION Fest, Fantastic & Horror Film Festival From Chile

Deadline
18 Oct 2025


Published: 16 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films

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FIXION Fest, Fantastic & Horror Film Festival From Chile

Santiago, Chile


Entrance to the festival is free.
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FIXION Fest (A.K.A. FIXION-SARS) is Chile's first Fantastic and Terror Film Festival. The first one was organized 14 years ago. Diverse sections and activities, will show to the last and best exponents of the cinema of Chilean, Latin American and world genre.


International Festival

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Feature film festival


 Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of OVIEDO MUSIC VIDEO FESTIVAL

Deadline
17 Oct 2025


Published: 15 Oct 2025
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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OVIEDO MUSIC VIDEO FESTIVAL

Oviedo, Spain


Oviedo Music Video Festival.


International Festival

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Feature film festival


 Documentary  Music Video



 
Logo of Festival de Cine FNICC (EDICIÓN COLOMBIA)

Deadline
17 Oct 2025


Published: 15 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Festival de Cine FNICC (EDICIÓN COLOMBIA)

Bucaramanga, Colombia


Premios CortosFilmes celebrates national and international cinema with the dual objective of recognizing and supporting audiovisual creators and improving the dissemination, knowledge, accessibility, and understanding of socio-labor issues among a broad and diverse audience.

Premios CortosFilmes, National and International Film Festival of Catamarca, is organized by the audiovisual production company Iceland Films (hereafter referred to as the Organizer), with the support of the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA), and is sponsored by the municipalities of Valle Viejo and Capital.

We also have the support of Sendero Entertainment Records (SER), based in Colombia.

Premios CortosFilmes, FNICC, is an innovative proposal aimed at offering quality entertainment with a social conscience. It provides a clear-eyed and sensitive perspective on the world of work.

The festival will take place in both in-person and virtual formats, allowing filmmakers from diverse regions to participate.

The festival organization in Colombia is managed by Sendero Entertainment Records (SER).

Registration for the festival implies full acceptance of the present rules and terms.

All expenses related to travel, accommodation, and other costs for collecting the awards will be the sole responsibility of the participants.

Once the awards are handed to the winners, neither the festival organization nor the jury will be responsible for what the winners choose to do with the awards received in each winning category.

The awards will be presented during the closing ceremony of the festival, at a time, date, and location to be confirmed via the festival’s social media channels.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Music Video



 
Logo of Festival Itinerante Cine En Mi Barrio Popayán

Deadline
17 Oct 2025


Published: 15 Oct 2025
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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Festival Itinerante Cine En Mi Barrio Popayán

Popayan , Colombia


Start of Festival: November 11, 2025  End of Festival: November 15, 2025

Short films of any genre, with a duration between 7 and 30 minutes, addressing themes such as human rights, friendship, the environment, territory, youth, the future, and tradition, with openness to diverse perspectives, genres, and formats.


Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Experimental



 
Logo of International Animation Festival AJAYU - Peru

Deadline
16 Oct 2025


Published: 14 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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International Animation Festival AJAYU - Peru

Puno, Peru


Asociación Cinematográfica Ajayu (Ajayu Film Association) in co-production with Sapa Inti Studio invites national and international filmmakers to participate in the 10th Ajayu International Animation Festiva,l to be held from November 26 to 29, 2025, in Puno, Peru.
Now celebrating ten years, Ajayu has become one of Peru’s leading festivals dedicated exclusively to animated cinema, as well as a vital space for the development, circulation and visibility of animated works from the southern Andean territories. Marking this milestone, the festival reaffirms its commitment to cultural decentralization by promoting a diverse, accessible, and identity-driven audiovisual industry.
This year’s central theme is “Peace Narratives”, a curatorial focus for part of the programming and will be highlighted in a special section in the general program. However, this theme is not a submission requirement, as the call welcomes animated works on any topic.
Ajayu continues to be a space for gathering, exhibition, and reflection on animation as an artistic language and a tool for social transformation. The selected works will be part of the festival’s official showcase and will actively contribute to a curatorial vision that celebrates ten years of legacy.


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 Animation



 
Logo of Grindhouse Planet Film Festival

Deadline
16 Oct 2025


Published: 14 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films
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Grindhouse Planet Film Festival

Leicester, United Kingdom


A home for the biggest, baddest, in your face, down your throut, melt your brain Horror, Sci-fi , Action , Martial Arts , Exploitation , Mobsploitation , Sexploitation and everything-elsploitation. You will find no dramas, no rom-coms and no musicals ( unless totally twisted )

The best new Grindhouse movies are shown at an epic festival held at one of the UK's longest running entertainment venues - The Legendary Shed Venue.

What you will find at the Grindhouse Planet festival is a playlist of movies like no other. Each film is selected by a Panel of Grindhouse connoisseurs form around the globe. The festival is for film fans and filmmakers to meet like-minded people, have a drink, watch some movies, eat some Pizza ( for free!! ) and have a bloody good time. There is a movie stall hosted by The Cult Movie Store where some rare Grindhouse flicks can be purchased, along with lots of other stalls offering Grindhouse goodies.

There is also a chance to attend Q&A sessions with some of the planet's best Grindhouse directors and producers.

Want more?

There is more! Much more!! How about a music festival at the same time? You got it. As well as all of the awesome films, there are live bands playing throughout the day. From Thrash Metal and Punk to Acoustic & Electronic, there is something for everyone. You may even find your next Grindhouse soundtrack.


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 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Experimental



 
Logo of Giggle Film Festival

Deadline
16 Oct 2025


Published: 14 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films


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Giggle Film Festival

London, United Kingdom


GIGGLE FILM FESTIVAL - the biggest comedy short film festival in London!

We screen the funniest comedy short films around from the UK and International filmmakers to our lively audience in a huge 500-seat converted warehouse venue in North East London.

We're seeking the best and funniest short films around, from live-action to animation, dark comedy to slapstick, and everything in between!

This is a chance to screen your comedy film to a whole new audience, whether your film is hot off the press or has previously done the festival circuit, we'd love to see it.

Giggle Film Festival is run by filmmakers, for filmmakers.


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 Fiction



 
Logo of Eurodesk Leon

Deadline
16 Oct 2025


Published: 14 Oct 2025
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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Eurodesk Leon

León, Spain


Eurodesk's fundamental mission is to raise awareness among young people about mobility opportunities and encourage them to become active citizens.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
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Deadline
15 Oct 2025


Published: 13 Oct 2025
 Does NOT have submission fees
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FESTIVAL DE CINE COMUNITARIO PREMIOS CHASKI

Apurímac, Peru


Within the framework of the 5th Community Film Festival “Chaski Awards”, a project that won economic incentives from the Ministry of Culture
of Peru - 2024, produced and carried out by the non-profit Association Chaski Arguedas, from August 26 to November 15, 2025, an activity that will consist of a laboratory, workshops, discussions, interviews, a contest and screening of short films and feature films.

The “Premios Chaski” Festival is a space that brings together filmmakers, technicians, specialists, students, audiovisual professionals, amateurs and the like, nationwide, who have projects in the following categories:

IN COMPETITION:

• Best National Fiction Short Film

• Best National Documentary Short Film

• Best Latin American Animated Short Film

• Best Costumbrista Narrative Short Film (Short films imbued with the identity of the place they come from)

• Best Laboratory Short Film (Results of the laboratory with young people from indigenous communities)

ON EXHIBITION:

• National Feature Films

• Latin American Feature Films


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Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation



 
Logo of LA RAMBLA FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline
15 Oct 2025


Published: 13 Oct 2025
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
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LA RAMBLA FILM FESTIVAL

Barcelona, Spain


FROM LA RAMBLA TO THE WORLD

A celebration of talent and the future of cinema in the heart of Barcelona.

The heart of Barcelona as a stage and platform for cinematic talent. La Rambla in Barcelona is much more than an emblematic avenue. It is a living symbol of the city, an open walkway to the world where cultures, languages, artistic expressions, and emotions converge. But beyond its touristic role, La Rambla also becomes a great showcase of Barcelona’s identity and a privileged path to project local cinematic talent on an international scale.


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Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Fantastic  Experimental



 
Logo of Jaraguá em Cena - Festival de Cinema

Deadline
15 Oct 2025


Published: 13 Oct 2025
 Does NOT have submission fees
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Jaraguá em Cena - Festival de Cinema

Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil


Em Cena – Film Festival is an independent event that celebrates national and regional audiovisual production, promoting diversity, inclusion, and access to culture.

Held in Jaraguá do Sul – SC, on November 28, 29, and 30, 2025, the festival will feature non-competitive screenings of short, medium, and feature-length films, as well as music videos, covering different genres and audiences, with a special focus on invited productions from Jaraguá do Sul.

The program includes sessions in different venues across the city: CAI – Centro de Artes Integradas (Center for Integrated Arts), the Community Center, Arena Jaraguá (drive-in), and the shopping mall cinema.


Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other



 
Logo of Frame Film Festival

Deadline
15 Oct 2025


Published: 13 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
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Frame Film Festival

Itinerante, Spain


FRAME Film Festival es un festival de cortometrajes itinerante, sin una única ubicación, que se celebrará en la provincia de Tarragona.

El FRAME Film Festival consta de dos fases.

• FASE CLASIFICATORIA
• FASE FINAL

El objetivo principal es difundir y promover la cinematografía en general y el cortometraje en particular, apoyando a las directoras y los directores de cortometrajes y creando un espacio donde puedan dar a conocer sus trabajos.

Pero sobre todo trabajamos para que las y los cineastas se sientan acogidos y vivan la experiencia de visitarnos cómo si estuvieran en familia. LA GRAN FAMILIA DEL CORTOMETRAJE!

Otro motivo es ampliar la oferta de acontecimientos culturales para hacer llegar el cortometraje a a poblaciones que no tengan la oportunidad de disfrutar de nuestro cine en formato CORTO.

En el FRAME Film Festival queremos darle al público que sigue y disfruta los cortometrajes, la oportunidad de decidir sobre la selección de las películas que pasarán a la FASE FINAL para recibir los premios TALENTO FRAME.


Short film festival


 Fiction



 
Logo of Plum! International Animation Festival

Deadline
15 Oct 2025


Published: 13 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films


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Plum! International Animation Festival

Tafi del Valle, Argentina


PLUM! is an international animated film festival that aims to disseminate and promote the art of animation in its diversity of techniques, voices and stories through the exhibition of works by local artists and from the rest of the world.

We wish to generate a platform for independent animation with an emphasis on those works that expand the visual, conceptual and narrative limits of animated cinema and, at the same time, build a meeting point to promote creativity, exchange and collaboration between artists and the general public.

The two main competitions, one for animated shorts produced in Latin America and those from the rest of the world will complement each other with the other activities organized by the PLUM! festival: retrospectives, special programs, activities for children and adolescents, workshops related to the production of animated content, discussion panels, exhibitions and installations, creation of video games and special screenings with the CineMóvil in other parts of the Calchaquíes Valleys, among others. We seek to give the festival an eco-sustainable profile, diverse and inclusive and generate a close bond of respect, work and cooperation with the different communities that make up the Tafí Valley.


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Short film festival


 Animation



 
Logo of Bellavista Film Festival

Deadline
15 Oct 2025


Published: 13 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films
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Bellavista Film Festival

Cartagena, Colombia


The BELLAVISTA FILM FESTIVAL (BVFF) 2025 #BVFF25 seeks to inspire, empower, and unify our audience through cinematographic art of social impact.

The festival is a space in which the community and cinema converse through cinematographic works of art selected with great artistic value and a theme of representative and relevant social impact. Thus promoting social impact cinema as a tool to stimulate critical thinking and motivate social action to catalyze agents of change in their communities and beyond.

The BVFF will be held as an itinerant festival, bringing its screenings to the following cities:

- Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia
- Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
- Los Ángeles, California, USA
- Panamá City, Panamá
- México City, México
- Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
- Bogotá D.C., Colombia

As a development of a social project for cultural growth, the festival seeks to promote exhibition spaces for the curated works, in addition to movie theaters, cinematheques and cultural institutions, also in neighborhood and rural locations and on an itinerant basis in representative cultural spaces in the rest of the country and Latin America.

We trust in the power of cinema as a commitment to social transformation and high-quality cultural reflection.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of GrimmWatch Horror Film Festival

Deadline
15 Oct 2025


Published: 13 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films


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GrimmWatch Horror Film Festival

San Fernando, Spain


Get ready for an unparalleled cinematic experience in the second edition of the "GrimmWatch Horror Film Festival!" This edition of the festival promises to immerse attendees in the depths of terror, exploring the unknown through a careful selection of films and special events.


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 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of GALÁPAGOS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline
15 Oct 2025


Published: 13 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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GALÁPAGOS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Puerto Ayora , Ecuador


Galápagos International Film Festival – GIFF
Islands that tell stories. Cinema that connects.

The Galápagos International Film Festival (GIFF) is an initiative by Artchipiélago created with the goal of positioning the Galápagos Islands as a film and cultural destination, providing a platform for the promotion of national and international cinema with a human and environmental focus. The second edition of GIFF will take place from October 31 to November 7, 2025.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other



 
Logo of Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival

Deadline
15 Oct 2025


Published: 13 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
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Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival

Kathmandu, Nepal


A premier International Film Festival in Kathmandu Nepal. Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival is running since 2010. This year the 12th Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival will be organized from 4 to 8 December 2025. The theme of this years festival is Collective Rights.

Over 40 selected films from around the globe made on human rights issues will be screened during the festival. Some screenings will be followed by a discussion on the film with the filmmakers.

The films will be screened under the following sections:

- Competition section
There will be competition section for both Nepali and International films. Films produced during 2024-2025 will be eligible to participate in this section. The films need to be based on at least one aspect of human rights. They could be both fiction and documentaries. The films need to fulfill all the criteria set by the organizing committee to be eligible for competition.

- Special Screening
Special films that could not fulfill all the criteria of the competitive section but are important in raising the human rights issues will be screened in this section. This section will also cover such films, which may not want to compete under the other section. Films from partners of the NHRIFF, which are qualified for being selected for the festival but could not participate in the competitive section due to the conflict of interest, will also be screened under this section.

- Yesteryears Eyes
Classics from the yesteryears, which deal with human rights issues, will be screened under this section.

- Partners' Panorama
This section will screen the films produced by organizations, who are partners of the 13th Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival. These films will not be recognized as official entries to the festival. But the festival will only provide a platform for the partners to showcase their works.

IMPORTANT REMINDER
****THE FESTIVAL WILL BE PHYSICAL****
****WE DON'T PAY SCREENING FEE FOR THE SELECTED FILMS*****


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