Sex Education Film Festival has been created in a time of controversy, which has seen society as a whole debate whether or not schools should receive sex education. Our main goal is to educate and highlight the importance of sex as a part of health education while showcasing how vital it is for young people's development, learning, and overall well-being. The Sex Education Film Festival launches its first edition in February 2021 and is made up of a team of qualified professionals from education, communication, and audiovisuals. We believe this expertise will not only widen the audience’s knowledge and learnings regarding sex education but will also work to make the festival a success.
Hello! We are VALÈIFF • València Indie Film Festival, an international film festival with screening events in València, Spain, and a member of IBERIFF • Iberia Indie Film Festivals. IBERIFF celebrates independent artists and showcases new productions from across the globe in València (VALÈIFF), Madrid (MADRIFF), Barcelona (BARCIFF), Seville (SEVIFF), Lisbon (LISBIFF), and Montpellier (MONTIFF).
VALÈIFF shares the mission of its associate festivals in supporting emerging talents, encouraging artistic exploration, fostering networking, promoting cultural exchange, engaging with the local community, and providing a platform to celebrate and showcase the work of independent filmmakers.
Fiction, animation, documentary, and experimental films of any genre or subject are welcome!
Nambrocorto es el festival de cortometrajes de Nambroca, una localidad situada en la provincia de Toledo, España. Desde su creación en 2016, su objetivo principal ha sido fomentar la creación artística, la cultura audiovisual y el amor por el séptimo arte entre los habitantes del municipio y sus visitantes, premiando la creatividad y el talento de quienes participan cada año en su convocatoria.
Lo que comenzó como un modesto festival local se ha transformado, gracias al entusiasmo incondicional del público y al firme compromiso de su organización, en un evento con una enorme proyección cultural. A lo largo de sus diez ediciones anteriores, Nambrocorto ha experimentado un crecimiento exponencial en número de participantes, asistentes y actividades, convirtiéndose en un verdadero referente cinematográfico para la región.
En su XI edición en 2026, tras el rotundo éxito y el récord de participación de su décimo aniversario, el festival reafirma su papel como evento cultural de alcance regional y nacional. Se consolida así su formato ampliado de varios días, repleto de proyecciones, talleres, charlas, exposiciones, conciertos y actividades interactivas dirigidas a todos los públicos. Un año más, profesionales del audiovisual de toda España volverán a compartir su experiencia con la comunidad en un entorno participativo y cercano.
Impulsado por el lanzamiento en 2021 de su web oficial y la fuerza de sus canales digitales, Nambrocorto continúa en una constante fase de expansión y visibilidad. Gracias a estas herramientas, el festival amplía su alcance a nivel nacional y aspira a abrir sus puertas, próximamente, a participantes internacionales.
Talleres prácticos, foros de debate, actividades formativas, exhibiciones artísticas, proyectos de impacto social y una potente difusión digital forman el corazón de esta undécima edición, reafirmando a Nambrocorto como un punto de encuentro imprescindible para el talento emergente y el cine de calidad, sin perder jamás sus raíces comunitarias.
The Mairena del Aljarafe Short Film Festival, Mairena Film Festival (here in after MAIFF) will be a cultural event with a program that will host different activities (meetings with industry professionals, 36h short film making rally, projections of the official section...). The festival will be held from October 9 to 17, 2026
in the Seville town of Mairena del Aljarafe.
Hello! We are MONTIFF • Montpellier Indie Film Festival, an international film festival with screening events in Montpellier, France, and a member of IBERIFF • Iberia Indie Film Festivals. IBERIFF celebrates independent artists and showcases new productions from across the globe in Montpellier (MONTIFF), Madrid (MADRIFF), Barcelona (BARCIFF), València (VALÈIFF), Seville (SEVIFF) and Lisbon (LISBIFF).
MONTIFF shares the mission of its associate festivals in supporting emerging talents, encouraging artistic exploration, fostering networking, promoting cultural exchange, engaging with the local community, and providing a platform to celebrate and showcase the work of independent filmmakers.
Fiction, animation, documentary, and experimental films of any genre or subject are welcome!
The Visualízame festival began in 2011.
Organized by Fundación Inquietarte, the main objective of Visualízame is to serve as a platform for the dissemination of cinematographic works in which women participate in the direction, script and/or production.
Likewise, serve as a dissemination platform for short films that promote equality, in addition to respect for Human Rights. That is why we have two special awards for short films committed to the 2030 agenda of Sustainable Development Goals, and films whose plot addresses the topic of death and mourning.
The Pindaro Cultural Association is organizing the OVERTIME FESTIVAL, which will take place from October 7 to 11, 2026, in Macerata (Italy).
The festival’s main objective is to promote sports, athletic participation, and sports ethics through all forms of art, craftsmanship, and media.
In this context, the Pindaro Cultural Association is organizing the 2026 OVERTIME FILM FESTIVAL, an international competition for short films, feature films, and social documentaries, with the goal of promoting, disseminating, and raising the profile of emerging cinema. The event also aims to create a gathering in Italy where directors, videographers, industry professionals, and ordinary film and sports enthusiasts can exchange ideas and bring their diverse experiences together.
Around International Film Festival // Berlin Official Awards ✈
Monthly Selection with Annual Independent event for all Feature & Short Films, Documentaries, Experimental, Commercial, Music Videos, Animations, Student Films, Series, TV, New Media and AI works. Every month, the international community awards the creations to serve ARFF International Official Laurel and evaluates in advance all to participate in the annual Award Ceremony.
The Around International Film Festivals have numerous network & board members from Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus, and associated platforms mentioned at the end of the listing page. All the ARFF International Editions are the Official IMDb Award Listing Qualifiers. Monthly Selections may share their nominees on IMDb.
It's also possible to submit additionally on the other editions of ARFF to have more chances in the yearly competition:
https://festhome.com/festival/arff-amsterdam
https://festhome.com/festival/arff-paris
https://festhome.com/festival/arff-berlin-3
Feel free to check our Vimeo channel, which gets 5K-10K views per month. https://vimeo.com/aroundfilms
Regarding the Unification Program, WSXA & ARFF International change the country of the Award Events each year to enhance the festival experience. It's the responsibility of each filmmaker to check all the emails via Festhome associated email addresses, social media updates and ticket information carefully. After Corona times, ARFF & WSXA International Editions are curated as Hybrid Festivals. Award Events are focused on networking and all the screenings are scheduled online.
All 4 Edition Finalist filmmakers & network members will be gathered in November 2024 // Amsterdam. The festival do not take the responsibility of the filmmakers who attend physical venues with online tickets, mistaken visa applications, flight and accommodations.
Submitters may expect that ARFF & WSXA International editions are lift off film festivals which are opening the doors for the major film festivals. Many of the alumni filmmakers have been awarded by Around Film Festivals, achieved to be associated with the pioneers such as: Cannes Film Festival, Sundance, Toronto FF, Venice FF, Berlinale, Tribeca, SXSW, New York FF, BFI London, Slamdance, LA Shorts, Raindance.
In years. We are delighted to connect with our global colleagues through our international team and jury members, who span Europe, United States (North and South America), Asia, and Australia who are recognized by GOYA, Academy Awards (Oscars), European Film Academy, Golden Globe & BAFTA with Fest Regards.
Long Key Awards was founded in 2020 by producer and entrepreneur Leonid Khromov.
Long Key is an independent platform for international cinema, where bright and ambitious beginners and experienced filmmakers can present their films to the international community.
Previously the award was called LKIFF (Leonid Khromov International Film Festival) and in 2023 changed its name to Long Key International Film Awards (LKIFA).
Full-length and short feature films and animation films are accepted for participation in the Event. Since 2025, the organizing committee of the film award will accept Music Video for consideration. New categories starting in 2026: TV Series, Trailers, Teasers, AI Teasers.
We invite everyone to take part in our film awards! Good luck to all the nominees!
The Liège International Comedy Film Festival explores daring, popular and unifying cinema, through a unique competition: it is the only festival in Europe to program international comedies (and sentimental, dramatic, social or horrific). The only one, also, to reward them with a Golden or Crystal Bull. Every year, since 2016, it has presented nearly twenty feature films and around thirty short films, from the four corners of the world.
It is a Festival with two sections to contest. Official Section and Section of Asturian Short Films. Three prizes will be awarded (best short official section, best performance and best short Asturian). All the information is in the bases. Any author of any nationality can participate.
CIMASUB 2026. The 50th edition of the San Sebastián International Underwater Film Festival, to be held on 12, 13 and 14 november 2026, is organised by the Subacuáticas Real Sociedad, and aims to raise awareness of the underwater world, and raise awareness of respect and care for our seas and oceans, through the dissemination of audiovisual works.
The Reloncaví International Film Festival (FICRELONCAVÍ) is a cinematic event organized by the Fundación Cinematográfica del Territorio Sur de Chile, created with the aim of strengthening the circulation of independent cinema, promoting new perspectives on territories, and contributing to audience development in the Los Lagos Region.
Its first edition will take place from November 12 to 15, 2026, in the city of Puerto Montt, featuring a programme that brings together national and international films, cultural mediation activities, educational initiatives, filmmaker encounters, and community screenings across a variety of cultural and educational venues throughout the region.
FICRELONCAVÍ defines itself as a festival of "Cinema from the Edge", a curatorial approach that brings together films exploring life on the margins: the edge between sea and land, urban and rural environments, memory and the present, peripheral territories and major audiovisual production centers.
Rather than a geographical boundary, the "edge" represents a point of view from which to observe the world. It is a space where stories connected to territorial identities, communities, coastal and island cultures, processes of social transformation, the relationship between nature and society, childhood, memory, cultural heritage, and new ways of inhabiting territories come together.
The festival aims to establish itself as a permanent platform for the promotion of auteur cinema, exchange among filmmakers, cultural decentralization, and audience development, fostering connections between national and international creators and the communities of southern Chile.
AJR Vision is organizing the second edition of the AJR Vision Film Festival, an international short film festival whose goal is to discover, support, and connect emerging talent within the audiovisual industry.
The festival is part of the AJR Vision ecosystem, a digital platform that connects filmmakers, production companies, universities, and industry professionals, facilitating the visibility, distribution, and development of audiovisual works supported by AI.
AJR Vision Film Festival goes beyond exhibition: it is a gateway to real opportunities within the industry, including visibility, networking, and potential professional development.
Santiago Horror is a festival that promotes and showcases fantastic cinema in Latin America — a space where genre filmmaking finds a place to grow, connect, and transcend borders.
More than a festival, we are an active platform dedicated to creation, promotion, and exhibition, fostering encounters between filmmakers, new creative voices, and audiences from around the world.
Our mission is to strengthen the production and circulation of fantastic cinema in Chile and across the LATAM region, supporting those who create these stories while opening new opportunities for their works to reach broader audiences and new territories.
With each edition, we seek to challenge convention, celebrate imagination, and establish Santiago Horror as a meaningful meeting point for the industry, creators, and genre film lovers worldwide.
Organized by: Fundación Chile Fantástico
Important:
Hybrid festival format:
• In-person
• Online (national competitions only)
MosFestFilm is an annual international film festival founded in 2020.
The 2026 competition program will feature feature-length and short fiction films, animation, documentaries, music videos, experimental and student works. Both classical and original scripts, as well as familiar and entirely new cinematic techniques, will be presented.
The festival hosts three competitions: the Main Competition (for professional filmmakers), the Student Competition (for students, recent film school graduates, and independent filmmakers), and the Screenplay Competition (feature-length and short screenplays).
From September 22 to 27, 2026, films selected for the program will be screened in Moscow’s cinemas. The festival will also feature Q&A sessions with directors and creative teams, as well as interviews and masterclasses.
The 8th Greece International Film Festival (Open Air) is coming with screenings of the best films and take place in a live audience in Athens (Cine Alimos).
We are a team of filmmakers, producers and distributors and we have been professionally involved in cinema and theater for over 25 years.
Greece International Film Festival provides Certificates, Honorable Mentions and Laurels to the best projects of the participants.
GreeceIFF takes place twice a year. In spring and autumn.
The ultimate goal of festival is to make it accessible to everyone.
Film
Music Video - Dance Video
Screenplay - Theatrical Play
Laurel
The tradition of awarding a laurel wreath to the winner began in the Pythias at Delphi in Greece in, the 6th century BC.
They were organized in honor of the god Apollo, who usually appeared with a laurel wreath in memory of the nymph Daphne who transformed herself into a plant to escape his amorous moods. The plant was named "Daphne".
The International Film Festival of Greece opens its doors to the audience for the 7th time to present domestic and international films, videos and screenplays .
The last events of the festival took place in the center of Athens with screenings at the historic Cinema "Iris" (Cinema Sector - ΠΟΦΠΑ), and hosted short and feature films from around the world. The festival screened fiction films, documentaries and animations by Greek and foreign directors with free entrance. A significant number of films had their world, European and Greek premieres in Greece.
The Greece International Film Festival aspires to function as a channel of communication between artists, directors, screenwriters and producers of the international and domestic film industry.
A special place in the activities of the GIFF is held by the Competition Department of Greek and International Short, Mid-Length, Feature Films, Music Video, Dance Video, Screenplays, Theatrical Plays, which supports new works of art to find their way and get to know their audience.
The screenings will take place at the Cine Alimos open-air cinema (by the sea).
Our IMDb qualifying festival champions independent filmmakers with original ideas. We are primarily a Short Film Festival but award feature length submissions and include clips and trailers at our awards events. Award Winners are welcome to add their accolades to our IMDb page.
Winners will receive Official Laurels and Digital Certificates. Printed Certificates are presented at live events only.
Award winners can add their accolades to our IMDb page here: https://m.imdb.com/event/ev0073770/2025/1/
Folkestone Film Festival are recognised by the Global Recognition Awards for our significant contribution to independent cinema and our commitment to inclusive filmmaking. We try to minimise financial barriers for filmmakers by keeping submission costs low.
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We are a small festival who love to hold Q&A sessions with filmmakers. We thank you for your patience when waiting for us to respond to emails and uploading online content. Selected submissions will be notified via Festhome and Email.
We look forward to seeing your films soon!
A big thank you to our sponsors A. Simmons, the Jewellers of the South East. Our festival partners, Silver Screen Cinema. BritFlicks, FilmmakerDASH, StudentFilmmakers Magazine & Kent Kino.
