**This is not just another film festival. This is a statement.**
The Berlin International Underground Film Festival (BIUFF) is a movement, launching with a clear and powerful mission: to build a **true ecosystem** of support for independent and defiant voices. We are not here to sell awards; we are here to **discover talent and build futures**.
**Our Mission: Discovered in Berlin**
We are based in Berlin, a city where art sprouts from concrete and defiance is in its DNA, because we believe that true cinema is not manufactured—it is **discovered**. BIUFF is a global platform for all independent creators—filmmakers, screenwriters, and photographers who dare to be different. We are looking for personal stories, bold perspectives, and artistic honesty.
**The "4U" Philosophy**
At the heart of our festival lies an award that transcends all categories: **The Grand Prize, our "4U" Trophy**. This ultimate honor is bestowed upon only one work per edition that powerfully embodies all four of our foundational principles:
- **Uncensored**
- **Uncompromising**
- **Unconventional**
- **Unbound**
**Our Model: Hybrid & Supportive**
BIUFF is more than just a competition; it is a **hybrid festival** and a true connection point. While our initial judging is conducted online, the journey culminates in a **live screening and awards event in the heart of Berlin**.
And in our deep commitment to supporting you, we've simplified the process: **with one single entry, your project is automatically considered for all relevant awards.** This is your chance to connect with a network of like-minded professionals from around the globe, supported by the Kariz Creative Hub.
**Honoring the Unsung Heroes**
Finally, we proudly honor the true architects of defiant cinema. For the first time, a major international award will be dedicated to the **Line Producers and Production Managers** who, with the art of resistance, make the impossible possible.
In a digital landscape saturated with soulless competitions and hollow laurels, we rise on a different foundation: **authenticity**.
**Join us. Submit your work to the beating heart of European independent cinema and show your voice to the world.**
"Cine Mbareté is a project dedicated to creating the first international film festival in the province of Formosa, hosted in Laguna Blanca. We dream of this being the first of many editions, an annual event that solidifies our town as a cultural hub in the NEA (Northeast Argentine) region.
This festival stems from the work of a team of locals, students of the Technical Degree in Image, Sound, and Multimedia Design at the Faculty of Arts, Design, and Sciences of Culture (UNNE Chaco), along with collaborators from Chaco and Corrientes. We are united by the conviction that cinema is a powerful tool for community development. 'Mbareté'—which means 'Strength' in Guaraní—represents the power of this collective project.
The Cine Mbareté logo features the Tatú Carreta (Giant Armadillo), a species declared a Provincial Natural Monument in Formosa. It symbolizes resistance, deep roots, and fortitude. Just as the Tatú Carreta tenaciously excavates and transforms its territory, our team moves forward with determination to build a new cultural space from the ground up, with a silent yet powerful force."
World Cinema Day Festival is a tribute to the power of cinema as a universal language — a day that honours storytelling, creativity, and cultural exchange across the globe. World Cinema Day reminds us that films do more than entertain; they preserve history, challenge perspectives, connect societies, and give voice to stories that deserve to be seen and remembered.
Marking this important day, the World Cinema Day Festival presents a rare and prestigious selection of films from around the world. Only few films from each country are chosen, making every selection exclusive and deeply meaningful. These films represent the finest cinematic works, selected for their originality, artistic merit, and storytelling excellence.
This is not a festival of numbers, but of distinction. Every selected film stands as one of the best cinematic achievements from its nation, curated to reflect the true spirit of world cinema. Being screened at the World Cinema Day Festival is one of the most valuable milestones in a film’s journey, offering filmmakers global recognition on a day that celebrates cinema itself.
By uniting exceptional films on World Cinema Day, the festival becomes a space where cultures meet, voices are amplified, and cinema’s global impact is truly felt.
World Cinema Day Festival is not just a celebration of films — it is a celebration of cinema’s importance to the world.
The Pijao Film Showcase is a space for film exhibition and cinematic exchange held in the municipality of Pijao, in the southern part of the department of Quindío, with the aim of strengthening access to cinema and audiovisual culture in a region that, for more than twenty years, lacked a functioning movie theater and a permanent film program.
With two years of continuous activity, the Showcase has become a point of convergence for Colombian short and feature films, as well as for filmmakers, producers, and professionals from the audiovisual industry, who actively participate through screenings, open discussions, and spaces for the exchange of cinematic experiences and knowledge with the local community.
The event’s main venue is the Teatro Román, currently undergoing a restoration process. This heritage space symbolizes the recovery of the municipality’s cultural and cinematic life. The Showcase is organized by Fundación del Toro, in collaboration with public and private institutions that support the project, as well as with regional audiovisual production companies that act as strategic partners in its development and projection.
For its current edition, the Pijao Film Showcase aims to expand its catalog of Colombian cinema and, for the first time, incorporate international films, enriching the dialogue between local and global perspectives. Additionally, the Showcase adopts an itinerant format, complementing the central event with periodic screenings in different venues, extending its reach beyond the official dates of the festival.
The Showcase is structured around non-competitive sections, prioritizing circulation, encounter, and audience development, with the goal of bringing cinema to southern Quindío and contributing in a sustained manner to the reconstruction of an active cultural ecosystem around audiovisual practices.
We conceive IBZCF as a window into contemporary cinema, its new trends and creators who contribute new narrative paths to create vibrant, necessary, and modern films.
The 10th edition of IBZCF will take place in 10 venues across the island's five municipalities and online on the Filmin platform. Ibizacinefest renews its commitment to Ibiza and its culture through a program of national and international titles never before seen on the island, exclusive premieres in the Balearic Islands and Spain, activities aimed at professionals, short film sections to discover and promote local and Balearic talent, and our educational program with special screenings to create new audiences.
Reflection will also be given space through open discussions on the relationship between cinema and various current sociocultural issues.
Short films are once again the focus of IBZCF, once again as a qualifier for the Premios Goya,Forqué Awards, and the Fugaz Awards, collaborating once again with the European Film Academy on the Shortfilms on Tour program.
We are holding our Slow-Cinema Workshop-Residency with simultaneous filming of 15 short films alongside the in-person Festival, with which we will flood our Island with more than 120 contemporary cinema titles.
Xavi Herrero
Director and programmer IBZCF2-European Film Academy Member
The Secretariat of Culture and Education of the Municipality of Rosario, through Punto Audiovisual, invites participation in the 31st edition of the Rosario Latin American Film Festival, which will take place from May 30 to June 6, 2026, in the city of Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.
The Festival features four competitive categories:
Feature Film Competition
Santa Fe Feature Film Competition
Short Film Competition
Rosario Short Film Competition
AmiCorti International Film Festival – 8th Edition
June 2–7, 2026 | Roccaraso (AQ), Italy
"Cinema that inspires change, gives voice to the silenced, and unites communities.”
Founded in 2019, the AmiCorti International Film Festival is an independent and socially engaged event that celebrates its 8th edition in 2026 in the beautiful mountain setting of Roccaraso, Italy, hosted at the historic Cinema Roma.
Each year, the festival becomes a platform for auteur and independent films that tackle urgent and universal themes such as human rights, social justice, environmental sustainability, inclusion, and collective memory.
We welcome short films, feature films, documentaries, animated films, and music videos from all over the world—works that spark reflection, promote intercultural dialogue, and inspire social transformation through the universal language of cinema.
What the festival offers:
Public screenings at Cinema Roma
Meetings with directors and professionals at Auditorium Roccaraso
Cinema Education workshops for students and young filmmakers
Round tables, thematic panels, and masterclasses
Official awards ceremonies
Networking opportunities, press visibility, and distribution contacts
Each year, AmiCorti gathers a vibrant international community of filmmakers, producers, educators, activists, and students, all committed to using cinema as a tool for cultural and social change.
Why participate?
AmiCorti is more than a festival – it’s a cultural movement that celebrates authentic, independent, and conscious cinema. We invite all filmmakers who believe in the transformative power of film to submit their work and join our artistic community.
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QURTS is a festival dedicated to short films created from the margins: queer, anti-ableist, anticolonial, trash, low-budget, anti-class, and feminist cinema. All works that exist outside the established canon have a place here.
In its third edition, QURTS centers intersectionality within the LGTBIQ+ community through five short films created by independent audiovisual makers. Founded in 2023 in Plaça del Raspall (Vila de Gràcia, Barcelona), the festival is committed to an intergenerational dialogue that is open to everyone, free, and accessible.
The 2026 edition of the QURTS Festival will take place between March and April and will include two screenings: one in Barcelona and one in Vallbona d’Anoia.
Join us April 24–26, 2026 for the 20th West Chester Film Festival! Experience a full weekend of events, parties, pop-ups, workshops, and more in scenic West Chester, PA, just a short ride from Philadelphia.
Films will be shown at our main venue, the Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center.
Short films, up to 30 minutes in length, by independent filmmakers from around the world are accepted. Submissions are juried by a panel of industry professionals and winners are chosen according to content, innovation, and technical execution.
The Fest weekend includes Filmmaker Workshops presented by filmmaking professionals, Meet & Greets, networking opportunities, and parties! Known as a Filmmaker Friendly Festival, it is a great way to join a community of filmmakers and celebrate a shared love of short film.
Every year, during the month of April, the city of Brussels becomes the capital of all things Fantastic. The BIFFF, one of the biggest International Fantastic Film Festivals of the world (certainly the craziest), screens more than 100 movies during its 13 days marathon, ranging from Fantasy to Thriller, Sci-Fi, Cult, Horror, Anime, Experimental, underground, etc., of which some 90 features and 100 shorts in World, International, European or Belgian premiere.
Tarlan International Film Festival, is an annual event showcasing independent feature and short films from around the world.
"Tarlan International Film Festival" is open to all genres: fiction, short, animation, documentary, music video, sports, children...
The entries must meet every requirement as below.
○ Pre-condition: the first or second feature-length film of the director(s)
○ Running Time(including credits): longer than 40-minute
length
○ Date of Completion: after January 2025
○ Premiere status: at least Asian premiere (For films made in Asian countries, the exception is granted if it hasn’t been screened in an Asian country other than the home country.)
The Cambodia International Film Festival (15th Edition in 2026) is the most significant and industry driven film event in the Kingdom of Cambodia and SE Asia. Every year, the CIFF features a diversified program and hosts filmmakers from Cambodia and abroad.
CIFF focuses on inspiring audiences to the diversity of films, promote innovative international film making including fiction and documentaries and presents recent quality productions made in and about Cambodia by national and international filmmakers.
Since 2015, CIFF introduced a special BEAUTIFUL PLANET program focused on environment, indigenous communities, sustainable development and biodiversity.
CIFF takes place in the best theaters of Phnom Penh (10 venues, 120+ screenings, 150+ films) and fully enforce copyright.
CIFF has been endorsed by acclaimed Patrons Rithy Panh, Angelina Jolie, Elodie Yung, Matt Dillon.
The All That Moves International Film Festival reaches its 5th edition, reaffirming its commitment to cultural diversity, audiovisual innovation, and the appreciation of independent cinema. With the curatorial approach “New viwes, other Cinemas”, the festival provides a platform for both studio and independent productions that break narrative, stylistic, and cultural barriers, featuring a curated group of films from different genres, nationalities, and styles, reaching a broad and inclusive audience.
Alongside traditional categories such as Best Feature Film, Documentary, Animation, LGBTQIA+, and Horror, the festival also highlights and values diversity in cinema, with awards dedicated to Students, Women in Film, Black Cinema, and Latin American Cinema. Additionally, All That Moves was the first festival in Brazil to introduce an award category dedicated to Artificial Intelligence, reinforcing its commitment to technological advancement and innovation in cinema.
Whether you are an experienced filmmaker or just starting out, we encourage you to submit your work and be part of this event. We are the place where new voices find their stage.
PARIS ANIMATION CONTEST is an Paris international short-film competition. Our mission is to bring international independent animated short films to the widest possible audience in Europe and beyond. We want to give this opportunity to young filmakers and animators.
Objective
Marere Film Festival main objective is to promote and screen feature films related to art in any of its major artistic forms (cinema, painting, sculpture, architecture, music, dance, literature, and their derivatives), as well as other audiovisual and cinematic works that bring culture closer to the public.
Dates and Venue
The second edition of Marere Film Festival will be held from March 17 to 22, 2026, in Jávea. The central location will be the Jayan Cinema, located at C/ Santísimo Cristo del Mar 14, CP 03730 Jávea (Alicante).
The International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF) is one of the “25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World 2024”. Thanks to the prestigious MovieMaker Magazine. One year before the Fukushima reactor exploded, the International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF) was founded in 2010 in Santa Teresa, the famous artist quarter in the heart of Rio de Janeiro. The first Uranium Film Festival then was held in May 2011. Main venue is the Cinematheque of Rio de Janeiro's Modern Art Museum (MAM Rio). The festival is dedicated to all films about nuclear power and the risks of radioactivity, from uranium mining to nuclear waste, from atomic bombs to nuclear power plants, from Hiroshima to Fukushima. It throws light on all nuclear issues.
With a selection of the best films the festival travels also to other cities and countries. Until today more than 80 Uranium Film Festivals took place in more than 40 cities and seven countries like Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Jordan, Portugal and USA. Since its first edition in Hollywood in 2016, the International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF) is also known as The Atomic Age Cinema Fest.
Welcome to the ANIMED Mediterranean Animation Film Festival If you are an animation filmmaker, this festival is the perfect opportunity to showcase your work to the world and to connect with other industry professionals.
Our festival is looking for animated films from around the world to include in our programming.
Whether you are an emerging artist or an established director, we want to see your work and give it a chance to be seen by an international audience.
As part of our festival, we offer a unique platform for filmmakers to showcase their work and receive valuable feedback and comments from industry experts and other animation filmmakers.
We also offer workshops and talks to help you improve your skills and explore new techniques and technologies.
At ANIMED Mediterranean Animation Film Festival, our mission is to celebrate and promote the art of animation. We are committed to discovering and highlighting innovative and exciting animated films that showcase the creativity and skill of filmmakers from around the world.
So if you are a creator of animated films and are interested in participating in our festival, sign up! We're excited to see your work and hope you'll join us at the ANIMED Mediterranean Animation Film Festival - don't miss out!
The Fife Rural Youth Film Festival is a new festival celebrating films made by or about young people aged 16–30 from across Fife. We want to provide a platform for young voices, especially from rural areas, to share their stories, ideas, and experiences through film!
We welcome films of all styles and genres, from drama and documentary to animation and experimental work! Your film might focus on youth and identity, life in Fife, or simply be something creative you’ve made and want to share.
In Berlin — a city born from avant-garde ideas, fearless art, and creative rebellion — we decided to see differently, and act differently. BIPA is not just another film festival; it is a reimagining of what cinematic and visual recognition can be.
Two creative approaches make us distinct, pioneering, and progressive: 1. Our new, hybrid model of judging. 2. The wide spectrum of categories that embrace the entire world of visual storytelling.
**1. One Submission → Complete Judging** Unlike traditional models, at BIPA, submitting your project to its main category is enough. Your work is automatically considered for all relevant awards — including Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Actor/Actress, Best in Your Genre, and all major craft categories — evaluated by our international jury of accomplished filmmakers, artists, and educators. No additional fees. No extra categories. Just your art — fully seen.
Unlike conventional festivals, BIPA is not limited to cinema — we celebrate all forms of visual expression: from narrative and documentary films to animation, music videos, mobile and fashion films, photography, digital content, and immersive media (VR / AR / AI). Every visual creation has its place in BIPA’s universe, because we see “image” as the universal language of creativity — beyond format, length, or platform.
**???? Inaugural Edition: Winter 2026** Our inaugural Winter 2026 Season is a curated event that culminates in the live screening of selected works at **Brotfabrik Berlin** Cinema, on **January 24, 2026**.
We are not a “Prize Factory.” We are a Critic-Driven Cultural Ecosystem — a hybrid of festival and laboratory dedicated to evaluation, reflection, and support for emerging voices.
**???? BIPA’s Mission** We are here to build credibility, visibility, and meaningful artistic dialogue. BIPA — Where Judging Becomes Growth.
We don’t just reward the final result; we invest in the artist’s creative journey. Our selected creators enter the BIPA Support Ecosystem and may receive: • Curated screenings at partner cinemas in Berlin (beyond the seasonal showcase) • Critical Critiques — in-depth feedback from our jury to help refine the work • Global Spotlight — exclusive interviews and features across our media channels • Online Screenings & Talks — conversations with directors on BIPA’s YouTube channel • Production or Funding Support (Grants) — for selected future projects
If you are only looking for a laurel, there are many festivals out there. But if you seek growth, fair critique, and a cultural partner in Berlin — join BIPA.
**???? BIPA — Voicing New Visions.**
