Logo of Fashion Cinema Festival

Deadline
03 May 2026


Published: 01 May 2026
 Does NOT have submission fees
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Fashion Cinema Festival

Alicante, Spain


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.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of Sincamara

Deadline
03 May 2026


Published: 01 May 2026
 Does NOT have submission fees
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Sincamara

Bilbao, Spain


First edition of Sincamara, a festival of short films under 1.5 minutes long made with artificial intelligence, dedicated to Latin American filmmakers in Spanish.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other



 
Logo of Villa de Ayerbe International Short Film Festival `CAJAL AWARDS´

Deadline
03 May 2026


Published: 01 May 2026
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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Villa de Ayerbe International Short Film Festival `CAJAL AWARDS´

Ayerbe, Spain


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.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other



 
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Deadline
03 May 2026


Published: 01 May 2026
 Has submission fees
Short films


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InFest Rubí

Rubí, Spain


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.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Terror



 
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Deadline
03 May 2026


Published: 01 May 2026
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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RUREFILOS, INTERNATIONAL FILM AND RURAL ENVIRONMENT FESTIVAL

Madrid, Spain


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.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Other



 
Logo of CortiFestival Cine Escolar

Deadline
03 May 2026


Published: 01 May 2026
 Has submission fees
Short films


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CortiFestival Cine Escolar

Alicante, Spain


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.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Music Video



 
Logo of LAZOS: Festival De Cine Descentralizado

Deadline
03 May 2026


Published: 01 May 2026
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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LAZOS: Festival De Cine Descentralizado

Valladolid, Spain


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.


Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Baarìa Film Festival

Deadline
02 May 2026


Published: 30 Apr 2026
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Baarìa Film Festival

Bagheria, Italy


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.


International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
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Deadline
01 May 2026


Published: 29 Apr 2026
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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MARRAKECH Short Film Festival

Marrakech, Morocco


The Marrakech Short Film Festival (MARRAKECHsFF) is currently accepting submissions for its sixth edition, scheduled 25-30 September 2026. We invite filmmakers from around the world to participate in our international, national and documentary competitions.​

Submission Guidelines:

The Marrakech Short Film Festival (MARRAKECHsFF) is currently accepting submissions for its sixth edition, scheduled 25-30 September 2026. We invite filmmakers from around the world to participate in our international, national and documentary competitions.​

Submission Guidelines:

Eligibility: Open to all filmmakers, with no restrictions based on age, country, or genre.​
Running Time: Films must have a duration between 6 and 24 minutes.​

Submission Deadline: Please submit your films by May 1st, 2026

The festival features four main selections:

-Moroccan Selection

Dedicated to Moroccan filmmakers, this section highlights national talent with awards for Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Actor/Actress, in addition to Excellence Awards presented by the festival’s international professional guests.

-International Selection

Open to filmmakers from around the world, this section celebrates global storytelling through awards for Best Director, Best Cinematography, and a Coup de Cœur Award presented by the festival’s international professional guests.

-Documentary Section – Bridges of Reality

A curated programme dedicated to documentary films connected to the African continent. Open to African filmmakers and the diaspora, this section showcases narratives rooted in African realities and perspectives. It includes two Excellence Awards and one Jury Prize.

-Guest Country – Curated program

We look forward to receiving your submissions and celebrating the art of short film together in September 2026.

Submission Deadline: Please submit your films by May 1st, 2026

The festival features four main selections:

-Moroccan Selection

Dedicated to Moroccan filmmakers, this section highlights national talent with awards for Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Actor/Actress, in addition to Excellence Awards presented by the festival’s international professional guests.

-International Selection

Open to filmmakers from around the world, this section celebrates global storytelling through awards for Best Director, Best Cinematography, and a Coup de Cœur Award presented by the festival’s international professional guests.

-Documentary Section – Bridges of Reality

A curated programme dedicated to documentary films connected to the African continent. Open to African filmmakers and the diaspora, this section showcases narratives rooted in African realities and perspectives. It includes two Excellence Awards and one Jury Prize.

-Guest Country – Curated program

We look forward to receiving your submissions and celebrating the art of short film together in September 2026.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Documentary  Other



 
Logo of FIV VILAFAMÉS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline
01 May 2026


Published: 29 Apr 2026
 Has submission fees
Short films


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FIV VILAFAMÉS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Vilafamés, Spain


5 Vilafamés International Film Festival. A town officially recognized as one of the Most Beautiful Towns in Spain.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation



 
Logo of ESPIGOL FEST

Deadline
01 May 2026


Published: 29 Apr 2026
 Has submission fees
Short films


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ESPIGOL FEST

Herbers, Spain


A unique short film festival situated in the backdrop of a beautiful village in the north of Castellón: Herbers.

Promoting film talents that highlights the importance of repopulation, rural environment, biodiversity and diversity in the rural environment giving them the platform to showcase and promote their work.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of ONED ART&EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline
01 May 2026


Published: 29 Apr 2026
 Has submission fees
Short films


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ONED ART&EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL

Peking, China


ONED was founded in 2019, We focus on unconventional images, experiments, and extreme themes. From 2023 the official selection will be screened in China and France. We cooperate with China's largest experimental culture company, Toulouse Art Fair in France. Hope to normalize the unconventional

We cooperate with the Toulouse Experimental Exhibition in France, and it has now developed into the largest experimental film festival in China.This will be a great opportunity to showcase in front of China’s avant-garde artists and audiences

We have signed contracts with more than 40 livehouses in China, focusing on experimental and avant-garde images, combined with electronic music performances, to bring a different film festival experience to the new generation of creators.We hope that the world’s pioneers and experimental video creators, electronic music, VJ, and AI creators will join us and enjoy the future world together.

Are you ready? China's largest avant-garde image art promotion platform, ONED, has reached a cooperation with Midi Festival. Over 100,000 people have attended the event in 3 days. We are ready to welcome you with the most avant-garde image works from around the world.

Will include screenings, live music, alcohol duels, ancestor worshop, but all to unconventional extremes

We pay special attention to Horrors, experimentals, VJ ,electric music videos, SCI-FI, AI


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Reelraw International Film Festival

Deadline
01 May 2026


Published: 29 Apr 2026
 Has submission fees
Short films


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Reelraw International Film Festival

POOLER, United States


ReelRaw Film Festival – 1st Edition

Official Description:

The first edition of the ReelRaw Film Festival celebrates the power of independent cinema in its purest and most authentic form. This virtual festival aims to give voice to creators who dare to present unfiltered stories, fresh ideas, and original visions of the contemporary world.

With a fully online format, ReelRaw offers an accessible and global platform for filmmakers, visual artists, and emerging storytellers who wish to share their work with an international creative community.

Our goal is to discover new perspectives, promote artistic freedom, and connect talents from around the world through the universal language of cinema.

Categories:

Fiction Short Films

Experimental Cinema

Independent Documentaries

Animation

Video Art & Digital Creation

Mission:

To promote alternative and experimental cinema by providing a space where raw, authentic, and bold works can be seen, appreciated, and shared with a global audience.

Format:
100% Virtual Festival — online screenings, discussion forums, and an online awards ceremony.

Motto:
“Unfiltered Stories. Unbound Visions.”

Special Section: Mobile Film Stories

The Mobile Film Stories section of the ReelRaw Film Festival celebrates the power of cinema in its most accessible and contemporary form — films shot entirely on mobile phones.
We believe that true creativity doesn’t depend on budget or equipment, but on the filmmaker’s unique vision.

This category is open to short films created entirely using smartphones or tablets, emphasizing imagination, visual storytelling, and authenticity in every frame.
From experimental pieces to fiction, documentaries, or hybrids, this section honors a new generation of filmmakers turning the everyday into cinema.

Maximum duration: 20 minutes
Format: shot entirely on a mobile device
Accepted genres: fiction, documentary, experimental, or mobile animation
Requirements: English subtitles (if the original language is not English or Spanish)

Cinema in your hands. Stories without limits.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of SplashFest!

Deadline
01 May 2026


Published: 29 Apr 2026
 Has submission fees
Short films


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Bubble Buddies Bay SplashFest!

Iver Heath, United Kingdom


SplashFest! is a multi-country festival celebrating creative storytelling about our oceans, lakes, rivers, and the wider world of water. From 5th to 8th June 2026, culminating on World Ocean Day, selected short films, illustrated tales, comics, and visual artworks will be showcased across Greece, Italy, the UK, and Germany.

SplashFest! is created and run by an international collective of creative professionals, filmmakers, writers, and educators united by one clear mission: to inspire children and families to care about our waters through powerful storytelling that sparks curiosity, imagination, and genuine environmental awareness.

We invite filmmakers, screenwriters, animators, illustrators, and visual artists to submit work that can captivate young audiences and open new ways of thinking about our blue planet. Whether your story is scientific, myth-inspired, humorous, adventurous, or wildly imaginative, SplashFest! is built for creators who want their ideas to ripple far beyond the screen or page.

Each festival location brings its own distinct character: Greek coastal culture and splendour, Italian lakeside creativity and energy, British storytelling charm and diversity, and Germany’s strong tradition of environmental education. Together, these parallel events form a single international platform for artists and storytellers who believe that water connects us all.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic



 
Logo of International Unseen Film Festival Social Films from Bilbao

Deadline
01 May 2026


Published: 29 Apr 2026
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films

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International Unseen Film Festival Social Films from Bilbao

Barakaldo, Spain


The International Unseen Film Festival 'Social Films' from Bilbao (Basque Country, Spain) is organized by Kultura, Communication y Desarrollo KCD NGOD; Organization dedicated to promoting a human, intercultural, equitable and sustainable development through Communication and Culture.

The International Unseen Film Festival 'Social Films' from Bilbao is an annual celebration dedicated to show a cinema full of diversity and social commitment, a cinema that is usually excluded from commercial screens.
The Festival is centered on four major themes: Sustainable Development, Human Rights, Interculturality and Gender Equity.
With its continuous work, it has become an indispensable appointment for all those interested in communication for development and social transformation.

The Festival is also a recognition of all people who make a communication that allows to reflect through their audiovisual works all those different causes and problems of humanity.


International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation



 
Logo of Montenegrian Online Smartphone International Film Festival (MOSIFF)

Deadline
01 May 2026


Published: 29 Apr 2026
 Has submission fees
Short films

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Montenegrian Online Smartphone International Film Festival (MOSIFF)

Podgorica, Montenegro


Montenegrian Online Smartphone International Film Festival (MOSIFF) organisers are pleased to invite all filmmakers, entertainers, creative industry stakeholders, movie lovers and smartphone users to the prestigious festival.

MOSIFF provides new emerging film makers an international platform to showcase ideas, talents and creativity irrespective of the budget.

Encouraging professionals, amateurs and aspiring film makers to share their stories shot on a smartphones, tablets, and webcams to be screen on the big screen.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of International Sound & Film Music Festival

Deadline
01 May 2026


Published: 29 Apr 2026
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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International Sound & Film Music Festival

Samobor, Croatia


The festival's mission is to promote the importance of film music and its composers, as well as film sound, and filmmaking in general. The festival's goals are to originate and encourage discussions, connecting people, advising, and educating young composers and filmmakers, but also other people, through discussion panels, seminars, film market, and media publishing; we tend to start and maintain creative and constructive discussions about that indelible link between film and music.


International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
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Deadline
01 May 2026


Published: 29 Apr 2026
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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Certamen de Cortometrajes de Crevillent

Crevillent, Spain


The Crevillent Short Film Festival, organized by the Creadores de Crevillent Association, announces the call for entries to compete for the awards of its seventh edition, to be held on June 19 and 20, 2026.

The aim of the competition is to promote short films. Culture is considered a source of wealth and, in this sense, strengthening the local cultural offer also contributes to the economic and social development of our municipality. In this seventh edition there will be three different categories: Official Section, Local Section, and Local Youth Section.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other



 
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Deadline
01 May 2026


Published: 29 Apr 2026
 Has submission fees
Short films


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Short Shot Fest

Moscow, Russia


Let's take a shot with shorts!

The best film festival from Moscow, Russia supported by Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and city authorities.

"Short Shot" - Monthly Awards and Screenings.
Festival is dedicated to filmmakers from all over the World.

Sending us your artwork is not sending it to a Black Hole.
We consider each film, each video!

Each director has a chance to introduce himself and his artwork and greet audience through our social media pages!

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Все русскоязычные фильмы могут участвовать в фестивале БЕСПЛАТНО.
Ищите соответствующую категорию и подавайте ЛЮБОЙ фильм в любом жанре!
Фильмы должны быть с субтитрами на английском языке! Без субтитров фильм не будет принят к рассмотрению!

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We are creators as well and we watch artworks with passion and professional interest.

We believe, that each film, each creator, each director deserve confession!

We are creating community of film lovers and filmmakers.

We communicate a lot, we discuss a lot in our social media!

Join us and be part of Short Shot Fest family!

Our jury selects every month the winning short films for each category:

Best Short Film
Best Short Comedy
Best Short Drama
Best Short Horror
Best Short Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Best Narrative Short
Best Student Short
Best Animation Short
Best Documentary Short
Best Experimental Short
Best Music Video
Best Mini Short
Best Mobile Phone Short (incl vertical)
Best Series (Web/TV)
Best Fashion Short
Best Commercial/Ad/TVC

Also, we provide chance for MOSCOW film creators to take a chance in showing our beautiful city in their movies.

How we do?

Choose one or more categories and submit your short film.

Usually, our submissions start on 1th-4th of the month and end on the same day next month.

EACH submitted film will receive a short review from our judge team (on request)

PLEASE NOTE: We don't screen the films online! The members of the jury watch the films online and they choose the Official Selections.

In 5-7 days after the deadline day for submissions we publish the Official Selections list and we notify the filmmakers via e-mail.

During the next 5 days our members of the jury decide the winners for each category.

After that we publish the Winners list and we notify filmmakers by e-mail. The lists are published on social media and on our dedicated website: shortshotfest.com

In the last week of the month we screen the awarded films in art - center "Efir" in the heart of Moscow.

From August, 2024 we are OPEN for new season 2025/2026!

The Grand Finale 2025/2026 will be held in August, 2026 in Moscow.
International judge team, great networking and friendly atmosphere — that’s Short Shot Fest.

Stay tuned and check our website: shortshotfest.com


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces. Independent Documentary Film Latin American Festival

Deadline
01 May 2026


Published: 29 Apr 2026
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces. Independent Documentary Film Latin American Festival

Tlalpan, Mexico


Open from March 2 to May 1, 2026

Voces Contra el Silencio, Video Independiente A.C., the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, with the support of TV UNAM and the UNAM Film Archive, invite filmmakers to participate in the fourteenth edition of the Hispano-American Independent Documentary Film and Video Encounter: Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces, to be held from September 4 to 12, 2026, in Mexico City and in different states across the Mexican Republic, in a hybrid format.

The main objective of Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces is to serve as a window that brings together independent documentary cinema from Mexico, Latin America, and Spain, through free, accessible, and open spaces that embrace a diversity of perspectives, encourage collective action, and foster collaborative networks in support of the development of the documentary genre and the construction of a more just, equitable, and tolerant society.

Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces has explored new audiovisual exhibition alternatives, successfully reaching audiences it had never previously imagined. For this reason, in this thirteenth edition it has decided to maintain a hybrid format consisting of: in-person activities at various alternative film exhibition venues; on-demand content on the MXPLUS platform; and broadcasts on public television channels in Mexico City (Canal 11, Canal 21, Canal 22, and TV UNAM), as well as on public channels in other states across the country. Therefore, participation in this call implies acceptance that the documentary will be exhibited in these three formats during the fourteenth edition of the Encuentro Hispanomaericano de Cine y Video Documental Independiente: Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces


International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Documentary