Fajr International Festivals (little: FIFF; Persian: جشنواره فجر) are Iranian annual festivals, held every year in Tehran, Iran. Annual Festivals for Film, Music, Theater, Visual Arts, Poetry etc. The festivals, started in 1982, is under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance in Iran. It takes place every year on the anniversary of the Iranian revolution. The festivals has been promoted both locally and abroad through television, radio and webinars with previous speakers coming from countries all around the world.
The 8th Fajr Fashion Festival will be held at the Goftogoo Park in Tehran Febraury 14th till 17th. The festival will showcase some one the best and latest models and designs of the Islamic fashion.
Now this year at the Fajr Fashion Festival, We are representing a new competition category. The competition will accept Short Films (Fictions, Documentaries),Commercials and everything that is fashion related.
Habitat Photosphere is a biennial photofestival that combines the themes of Photography and Cultural Sustainability. The Sustainable Development Film Festival is part of Photosphere's efforts to encourage people to create art, photographs, films and other creative content to promote sustainable develpoment.
*Main Focus of the festival is on the five counties around the Caspian Sea*
Persian language -the common heritage includes (Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan) and the Caspian Sea as the natural heritage includes (Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan).
A. Behavioral Traditions
Includes films focused on rituals, national and religious celebrations,
Habits, folk games and etc.
B. Speech Traditions
Includes videos based on folk tales, ethical, wise, romantic stories
, songs, poems, native poems, ancient myths and parables and etc.
C) Life traditions
Includes films focused on native architecture, production methods in the life of agriculture, cattle and fishery and the Protection of forests, handicrafts, native culture, markets and Business.
INDEPENDENT AREA CINEMA is the first Neapolitan film club dedicated exclusively to Italian and foreign NO / Low Budget films. From October 2018 will screen every Tuesday and Wednesday independent films from all over the world. Along with the screenings, the films will take part in a final festival with awards in April 2019.
And they will all be included in the cinema programming anyway.
The International Festival of the Mediterranean Cinema of Tetouan holds its 25rd edition from March 23th to 30th, 2019 in Tetouan, Morocco.
Artistic and cultural event, the festival is pursuing the following aims:
• To promote the knowledge and the distribution of the cinematographic productions of the two shores of the Mediterranean.
• To encourage and to promote the exchanges between the Mediterranean filmmakers.
Important note on COVID-19: None of the Indie Short Fest live events will be cancelled. Although are currently postponed, all of the screenings and Q&As will be scheduled for the first safe opportunity, even if they have to be merged in large events. Until then, ISF-LA has also optional streaming opportunities for who wants to join, namely VOD or monthly subscription via our TV channel.
This means that our event dates designate, at this temporary stage, the day for the announcement of the award winners of each season. The respective live events will take place as soon as possible.
Everything else is working as usual.
IMDb qualifier Indie Short Fest (ISF-LA) is an LA-based international film competition with red carpet live screenings and Q&A at the Raleigh Studios in Hollywood, CA, every two months.
ISF-LA is looking for independent projects from all genres, particularly low or no-budget ones, as well as from all countries, especially from those traditionally underrepresented in the global film industry.
Each round, all submitted projects are featured in ISF-LA site and social media (with the publication of synopsis, stills and a trailer/teaser) as part of a general promotional action of indie production. Submitter has the option of decline any public highlight, as long as notified ISF-LA, keeping however his project(s) under consideration. These projects are judged by a random team of invited experts from academia and film industry from Los Angeles area, against a high standard of merit. From the pool of official selection, which has a very competitive acceptance rate, ISF-LA chose the nominees and award winners of the season. All of them can add their projects to IMDb. Some of the award-winning projects, selected by the programmers of ISF-LA, are publicly screened in Los Angeles at the end of each round.
Before submitting, please read carefully the following:
Every submission can add numerous additional judging categories increasing the chance to become a multi-award-winning. In these cases, the name(s) to be credited should be included in the submission.
Notice that any entry is judged only according to the nature of the submitted category or categories. After the preliminary evaluation, ISF-LA can email the submitter with recommendations to other categories in which the entry can be more suitable to and have more chances to be a good competitor. Still, the decision to submit to other categories, and the payment of the associated fees, belong exclusively to the submitter and does not guarantee any award or the official selection.
Chicago Comedy Film Festival is an international festival. We aim to showcase films that are both humorous and poignant. Comedy often has difficulty competing against other genres in the film festival circuit. The Chicago Comedy Film Festival is a welcoming environment for both experienced and first time comedy filmmakers. What our fest offers:
* An organized, top-notch festival We're bring you really opportunities that you'll only get at the top ranked film festivals.
* A festival staff that cares about your work and success. We're filmmakers too! (But we never screen our own work, our staff's projects or close friend's films because that is not fair to everyone that pays to submit)
* We have a management deal with YouTube Studio, Collab. If you want to learn more about YouTube success, we're the fest. Our channel here: http://goo.gl/9FR6uE
* A strong alumni network. We do LA events often.
* Introductions to Chicago press and Chicago film reviewers from Chicago Film Critics and other publications
*We're the only Chicago festival to premiere an Oscar nominated film. Something Out of Nothing.
* Networking with some of the world's funniest filmmakers, celebs, comedians
* We send out three submission waivers PER MONTH through our newsletter, first come first serve.
* Top Female Filmmaker (since our first year in 2010) and Diverse Voices in Comedy Awards as well as top awards in all categories.
* Be seen and talk to Cow Lamp Films, independent film distributor. And another distributor being added for 2018.
* Sometimes we have cookie or beer sponsors
Mission Statement: To support comedy as a vital and influential art form.
Our partner film festival: Chicago Independent Film (+TV) Festival and America's Next Great Reality Show.
Welcome to Bengals International.[ Film Festival with Live Screenings ] We are glad to welcome you to our Short Film Festival that invites films from all over the world. Our mission is to spread the creativity of film makers to as many viewers as possible. Your only Job is to submit your film, rest will be ours!! We are ready to screen your project/Shorts. Are you ready to participate !!!
Desde 2004, o Kinoki International Student Film Festival é realizado completamente por estudantes da Universidad Iberoamericana, na Cidade do México. Nosso objetivo é criar um ambiente amigável onde estudantes de cinema de todo o mundo possam compartilhar seu trabalho e competir como parte de nossa seleção oficial.
New York City Independent Film Festival (NYCIndieFF) will hold a physical festival this year. We will celebrate the Independent Filmmaker, documentaries, short and feature-length films and animation. Whether a submission is comedic, dramatic, or something in between, The NYCIndieFF is eager to embrace fresh ideas and storytelling.
Home of the NYC Indie Awards the festival aims to discover the Artist Filmmaker, showcasing them to the entertainment industry and the NYC public. All NYCIndieFF screenings take place in the historic center of NYC, Time Square which is the perfect home for an event geared toward creating incredible opportunities for independent voices.
NYCIndieFF honors the Best in Category which includes Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary, Best Short Documentary, Best Short Narrative, Best Super Short, Best Covid Diaries, as well as Best Director.
NYCIndieFF provides a showcase for the best in independent cinema, including short films, feature films, music videos, and animated works. With panels, parties and a week-long gathering of fellow indie filmmakers NYCIndieFF is the place to be June 3 to June 7, 2026 This dates may move to accommodate any and all government regulations.
Submit now to be a part of all the excitement and join our community of Filmmakers from around the world. See in this year in NYC in 2026!!
INFANCINEMARÍN, organized by the CULTURAL ASSOCIATION BIG AJAJAI with the collaboration of the COLEGIO SAN NARCISO DE MARÍN and the EXCMO. CONCELLO DE MARÍN, arises with the idea of bringing the smallest and youngest audiovisual works that talk about the subjects that interest them, with an accessible language but not for it less artistic, making them discover new ways of telling histories.
The Festival, which will take place from 5 to 7 April in Marín (Pontevedra - Spain).
60Seconds is a Copenhagen-based film festival projecting selected short films in the urban space since 2006, and transforming the streets into URBAN cinemas. The films must be about this years theme, just one minute long and with no sound or credits in it- we will ad the credits in the last editing.
FESTIVAL DE CINEMA “MESTRE DA ARTE” 2026
MISSÃO
O Master of Art Film Festival é um evento cultural único e o único festival internacional de cinema da Europa Oriental para documentários sobre arte. Acontece na Bulgária — Sofia, Plovdiv e Varna.
O festival se concentra em diferentes abordagens artísticas da arte.
Seu programa é dedicado ao cinema documental que representa a visão artística tanto da história da arte quanto das formas de arte contemporânea e para celebrar a diversidade multicultural em nosso tempo.
Nosso objetivo é mostrar documentários que manifestem os talentos e o processo criativo nas seguintes categorias:
Arquitetura, Design e Moda, Arte e Poder, Arte Contemporânea, Arte Culinária, Belas Artes, Fotografia, Literatura, Música e Dança, Teatro e Cinema.
Documentários lançados após 1º de janeiro de 2024 são elegíveis para a competição do Master of Art Film Festival.
A missão do Master of Art Film Festival é criar uma plataforma alternativa para a cultura de massa. Queremos criar uma oportunidade e contribuir com o diálogo e a cooperação entre artistas. O festival é o maior fórum da Europa Oriental para jovens documentaristas, tentados a contar histórias inspiradoras sobre a arte.
O Master of Art Film Festival é organizado pela Spotlight Production Company, pelo Palácio Nacional da Cultura e pela Fundação 'Master of Art' com o apoio financeiro do Município de Sofia, AURUBIS BULGARIA, Centro Nacional de Cinema da Bulgária e etc.
Os fundos do festival são arrecadados por meio de taxas de participação, subsídios financeiros, doações, patrocínios e ingressos.
A 11ª edição do festival acontecerá em três formas:
• Edição de inverno (competição) - 6 a 26 de fevereiro de 2026 nos cinemas de arte em Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Stara Zagora.
• Edição de primavera (online) - abril de 2026 em uma plataforma especial com bloqueio geográfico do Festival, disponível apenas na Bulgária
• Edição de verão - julho/agosto de 2026 em locais ao ar livre.
O prêmio da SELEÇÃO OFICIAL é concedido a todos os filmes selecionados nas seguintes categorias:
“SELEÇÃO OFICIAL — COMPETIÇÃO” laurel
CATEGORIAS DE COMPETIÇÃO — DOCUMENTÁRIOS
I. ARQUITETURA - documentários para arquitetos, realizações arquitetônicas passadas e presentes e edifícios históricos.
II. ART and CHILDREN - documentários sobre a relação entre a arte e as crianças
III. ART and POWER - documentários sobre a relação entre os artistas e os regimes totalitários e a política.
IIII. ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA - documentários sobre arte contemporânea, a arte dos séculos XX e XXI.
V. ARTE CULINÁRIA - documentários sobre a arte de preparar, cozinhar e servir comida.
VI. DESIGN e MODA — Designers de interiores, estilistas e suas obras.
VII. FINE ART - documentários sobre as Artes Plásticas de diferentes épocas, galerias e exposições.
VIII. LITERATURA - documentários sobre escritores, poetas, suas obras e bibliotecas.
IX. MÚSICA E DANÇA - documentários sobre música, compositores e músicos - ópera, clássicos, folk, jazz, pop e rock; dançarinos e coreógrafos - balé, folk, dança tradicional e contemporânea.
X. FOTOGRAFIA - documentários sobre a arte da fotografia, eventos históricos fotografados e fotógrafos.
XI. TEATRO e CINEMA - documentários sobre teatro, desafios de atuação no palco; cineastas e atores notáveis.
XII. ART MUSEMS - documentários sobre museus de arte e a vida em museus
CATEGORIA DE COMPETIÇÃO — VIDEOARTE e PUBLICIDADE ARTÍSTICA
(Esta categoria tem um prêmio separado e os vídeos enviados não estão competindo com os documentários e videogames das outras categorias.)
XII.ARTE EM VÍDEO E PUBLICIDADE ARTÍSTICA — videoarte, vídeos experimentais, publicidade artística e publicidade.
“SELEÇÃO OFICIAL — FORA DE COMPETIÇÃO” laurel
CATEGORIA FORA DA COMPETIÇÃO
XV.ART HORIZONS - Documentários muito apreciados pelo comitê de pré-seleção.
O Toronto Shorts International Film Festival é o maior festival de curtas-metragens do Canadá.
Toronto Shorts é uma organização sem fins lucrativos que oferece uma vitrine para os melhores curtas-metragens de cineastas de todo o mundo.
OS CURTAS-METRAGENS DE TORONTO CONTINUARÃO SUA JORNADA DE FESTIVAIS EM NOVA YORK.
Acreditamos que o cinema de curta duração e seus criadores deveriam ter seu próprio principal festival de cinema em Toronto, merecendo reconhecimento semelhante dado ao longa-metragem.
Toronto Shorts é onde filmes de todos os gêneros se cruzam. O cerne do festival é a qualidade e o escopo de uma programação cinematográfica extraordinária, que consiste em um amplo espectro de categorias, de filmes de alto a baixo orçamento, com menos de 45 minutos.
Agora, em nosso 14º ano, o festival se tornou um trampolim de carreira, estabelecendo uma tradição de descobrir e promover cineastas que foram indicados ao Oscar, incluindo:
Indicado ao Oscar de 2021 “O Presente”, de Farah Nabulsi
“Fins de semana”, indicado ao Oscar 2019, de Trevor Jimenez
Indicados ao Oscar 2018, “Watu Wote - All of Us” (Alemanha) e “The Eleven O'Clock” (Austrália)
Toronto se destaca como o maior mercado de mídia do Canadá, possui o mundialmente famoso Museu Real de Ontário, a enorme Galeria de Arte de Ontário, a Soulpepper Theatre Company, a Toronto Symphony Orchestra e o Toronto Shorts International Film Festival.
Apresentamos os melhores curtas-metragens e seus cineastas de todo o mundo.
O Projeto Tribo traz-te o Festival de Cinema Através dos Meus Olhos.
Through My Eyes é um festival de curtas-metragem internacional e indígena que busca mostrar as histórias de povos indígenas de todo o mundo. O festival tem como objetivo redefinir a palavra indígena, originalmente significando “da terra”, e ao fazê-lo, criar comunidade através do entendimento de que todos somos indígenas de algum lugar. Não importa se você é nativo dos Estados Unidos, das terras aborígenes da Austrália, Europa, Ásia ou África. Os
Inscrições os não precisam estar limitados a conteúdo que explora a identidade indígena ou nativa (embora isso seja bem-vindo). Buscamos inclusividade radical que abraça histórias da terra de onde você vem e dos lugares que seus antepassados chamaram de lar. Do coração da atriz e cineasta nativa americana, Tiger Moon, Through My Eyes está buscando inscrições para o 4º festival anual de curtas-metragens indígenas de LA.
Clapham Film Club is a monthly film club, where we get together to watch short films made by the talent of tomorrow.
The event is curated by Distributor Fabulosis Films Ltd.
Out of all of the films we have watched and received, we will nominate a winner and offer a $100 cash prize. Winner will be announced in December 2018.
We are looking for short films in the following themes:
-Horror
-Sci-Fi
-Kids / family themes
- Comedy
- Crime
- National shorts
- International shorts
- Christmas theme
Our entries are open all year long and we curate the short film club nights according to a theme. So if you film is about Christmas, we will make note of it and consider it for our next Christmas theme.
Cine Kurumin é um festival de cinema indigena realizado no Brasil.
Bem-vindo ao FirstCut, um dos principais festivais internacionais de cinema estudantil da Índia, organizado pela FLAME University, Pune.
O FirstCut fornece uma plataforma dinâmica para jovens cineastas em todo o mundo, incentivando-os a explorar o cinema como um meio de crescimento e mudança.
Em 2025, o FirstCut Take 11 recebeu mais de 565 inscrições de estudantes representando mais de 55 países.
No evento final, os filmes pré-selecionados serão exibidos para uma audiência ao vivo e avaliados por um júri distinto da indústria cinematográfica indiana. As exibições serão seguidas por painéis de discussão envolventes e palestras com personalidades renomadas do cinema.
Acreditamos que a liberdade criativa é essencial, e é por isso que os participantes têm total liberdade na escolha de seus temas e estilos.
Além das categorias de ficção, animação e não ficção, o FirstCut oferece a exclusiva categoria de filmes “Nano”, desafiando os estudantes a criar supercurtas-metragens.
The International Film Festival of MP(IFFMP),Central India’s Biggest Film Festival is being held at Indore,in the state of Madhya Pradesh,India on the 1st,2nd and 3rd February 2019 at the Devi Ahilya University,Takshila Campus Main Auditorium and the EMRC Auditorium at the same campus.
The festival will showcase selected films, Feature (International & Indian),Festival Shorts (less then 20 mins)and Student Films(less then 4 mins).
In the Student Film Section,University Students in India and Abroad can participate with their films.The student films (less then 4mins) should be based on the theme”My Country, My Vision”.Students can also send their short films, less then 20 mins in the Festival Shorts section.”This Special section of our festival is focussed to celebrate their independent spirit in Film making and to encourage and support the work of the young filmmakers by providing them a wider audience and platform”,says Amitabha A Gupta,Festival Director.
The Festival is being managed by AAG Films alonwith NETPAC,as Festival Partner.EMRC(Educational Multimedia Research Centre is a Govt of India Organisation)Indore,is the Event Partner.
The Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) is a worldwide organization of 29 member countries.It was created as the result of a conference on Asian cinema organized by Cinemaya, the Asian Film Quarterly, in New Delhi in 1990 at the instance and with the support of UNESCO, Paris.Headquartered in Singapore,is a pan-Asian film cultural organization involving critics, filmmakers, festival organizers and curators, distributors and exhibitors, as well as film educators. It is considered a leading authority on Asian cinema.
Master Classes will be held on all the 3(three) days of the festival.Master Class on Screenplay and Dialogue writing will be conducted by Mr.Mayank Tewari(Writer of National Award winning film NEWTON,India’s official entry to Oscars 2018).Master Class on Sound Designing and Recording will be conducted by Mr.Nithin Lukose,and FTII alumnus and sound designer of National and Multiple Award winning film THITHI. Master Class on Film making will be conducted by Mr.Pankaj Roay & Ms.Gargi Nandi,Director of Institute of Moving Images,Mumbai-India’s leading Film making school with more then 5000 aluminis.
The Festival has roped in Somnath Gupta,National Award Winning Film Director & Former Jury Member of National Awards to head the Jury for selection of Films & Awards.
Prominent Bollywood(Indian Film Industry based in Mumbai,India) FilmDirectors,Lyrist,Actors,Writers,Models are likely to attend the Festival.
For further details pls visit our website www.iffmp.com
A associação Short Event é composta por 30 estudantes de Lyon apaixonados por eventos e um objetivo comum: criar um festival de curtas-metragens. Assim nasceu o festival de curtas-metragens Prix de Courts! Um festival que se concentra e recompensa curtas-metragens de todos os níveis e idades. O festival pretende ser um holofote para os participantes. Este evento, usando os códigos da sétima arte como vetores de emoção e compartilhamento, convida você a descobrir um programa específico de curtas-metragens, de acordo com um tema definido.
Este ano, escolhemos o tema da paixão, no sentido daquilo que agarra as entranhas, o que transcende, o que inspira, o que é transmitido...
