The 2018 Directors Circle Festival Of Shorts has officially opened our call for entries and will accept submissions internationally of short length films in any and all genres including Narrative, Documentary, Horror, Experimental, Avant-garde, Animation, Religious/Spiritual, Gay/Lesbian and all genres of Music Videos for our 2018 festival.
We will accept all forms of religious, Christian, and spiritual films including African, African American, Gay/Lesbian, Black, Hispanic, Islamic, Latino, Jewish, Native/Aboriginal and student films from the United States and around the world.
Festival horror categories for films will include Horror, Thrillers, Science Fiction, Suspense, Grindhouse Horror, Horror Documentary, Horror Animation, and student horror films.
Our Film Festival shall accept music videos from around the world of cross-continent and cross-genre productions of all ranges from pop, punk, rock, alt-country, country-western, folk, reggae, hip-hop to electronica, jazz, blues, Zydeco, industrial, gothic, karaoke, avant-garde, world music, and experimental.
The Directors Circle Festival Of Shorts is internationally recognized as a premiere showcase for creative, inspiring, and influential films of all types.
Bold visions, adventurous ideas, skillfully crafted and artistically inspired projects are the kinds of films we are looking for.
Our unique film festival reaches new heights internationally for independent film festivals presenting our films in a way unlike any other film festival in the world via our online screening platform and theater system. Viewing interactively online allows independent filmmakers and fans to take pleasure in the films worldwide on the go, from work and from the comfort of their own homes. In the technologically advanced world we live in, where communication and convenience MUST be at the tips of our fingers, we knew this was the next progressive step in film festivals.
Since debuting our fest in 2010 we have gained even more recognition among the film viewing public and filmmakers, not to mention production houses and distributors, because they no longer have to travel to find the next film that will make Hollywood sit up and take notice. Currently, convenience is the name of the game, especially for the independent film industry.
The 2018 DCSF will host a live film festival event in the great City of Erie Pennsylvania that will screen the best and most innovative films of the 2018 season. Housed in the historic Renaissance Centre located in beautiful downtown Erie, the 2018 DCSF live Festival will run consecutively with the opening weekend of the Festival.
Our online festival is presented in a virtual theater setting that will allow users to watch the films while the films remain completely safe from download or reproduction.
Films in this festival cannot be downloaded, the films HAVE NO EMBEDDING CODE and the HTML codes of the films, if copied and pasted, the films will not play, therefore they CANNOT be placed on other websites. The only time and place they can be viewed is in our festival. In short, we have gone to great lengths to set this system up to protect the safety and security of each filmmaker’s film, always keeping the filmmaker in mind. Basically, it is just as secure as a brick and mortar theater screening, only much better.
We made the decision to screen films online because of two reasons, first we understand that filmmakers around the world pour not only all of their time and heart into their work but also most of their money. Because of financial and time constraints independent filmmakers most times find it difficult to attend the screenings of their film. Now not only can the filmmaker attend, but all of their friends and family members can as well. In addition, the number of attendees to the festival is literally limitless giving the filmmaker much more exposure for their work.
In addition, you hear so much about the environment and global warming it got us thinking. When you realize how much power is used during the film fest, electricity for the building, natural gas for heat and the gasoline the people use to get to the fest it left one hell of a carbon footprint. By doing the whole festival online it actually helps cut down on greenhouse gasses.
The DCSF recognizes Filmmakers for outstanding achievements in their craft through creativity and imagination, while always paving the way and opening doors for the very talented Filmmakers world-wide.
Da Bounce Urban Film Festival is the Netherlands first urban film festival. With its variety in new releases, classics, narrative, features, shorts and documentaries, the events celebrates the cinematic diversity. DBUFF also organizes Q&A's, panel discussions, workshops and talent development.
This submission segment is specifically for novices filmmakers with medium or low budgets, film made by and/or about people of African descent (Urban), filmmaker needn’t be of African descent. However the lead actor/actress must be of African descent or a predominantly black cast. DBUFF offers a fantastic opportunity for undiscovered filmmakers from all over the globe to showcase their Short Urban Film/Documentary at “DBUFF Talent Award”. However only Dutch participants are eligible for an award & prizes.
DBUFF offers a platform to initiatives that stimulate the landscape of urban film. We build bridges, stimulate growth and offer insights into the great potential within the urban film segment. Aside from our annual festival, our film related activities include distribution, marketing, PR and events. Last year 5.000+ people from both the industry and the public attended DBUFF. The 5th Annual Da Bounce Urban Film Festival will take place in Theater Pathé Arena in Amsterdam, November 1-4, 2018.
We look forward to see your submissions and welcome you to Da Bounce Urban Film Festival!
Psicodália is an independent multicultural festival that opens space for diverse artistic and cultural settings such as music, performing arts, workshops and cinema.
In its sixth edition receiving films, Cinedália (psychedelic cinema) has a daily schedule of 20 hours during the 5 days of the festival, counting around 120 titles each edition.
Das GIJÓN/XIXÓN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (FICX) hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, eine breite und vielfältige Auswahl an Autorenkinos zu präsentieren, die derzeit weltweit produziert werden und sich insbesondere auf innovative Filme und aufstrebende Filmemacher konzentrieren. Qualitativ hochwertiges, persönliches, junges, ausgefallenes und unabhängiges Kino auf kreativem Niveau. Bei seinem Auswahlverfahren wird das Festival den Werken von Interesse Priorität einräumen, die auf dem FICX ihre Welt-, internationale, europäische oder spanische Premiere feiern, sowie solche, für die es keine kommerziellen Vertriebsvereinbarungen auf spanischem Gebiet gibt.
Von der FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Association) als „Spezialisiertes Festival“ anerkannt
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 !!!
Bukarester Kurzfilmfestival [BSFF]
Independent ist das Schlüsselwort für das Bucharest Short Film Festival [BSFF], da es von unabhängigen Filmprofis gegründet wurde und sich auf unabhängige Filmkünstler aus aller Welt konzentriert. Das Bucharest Short Film Festival zielt darauf ab, die professionellsten, innovativsten und interessantesten internationalen Kurzfilme anzuerkennen, zu präsentieren und zu verbreiten, wobei unabhängige Kurzfilme stets Priorität haben.
Das Bucharest Short Film Festival zeigt einige der besten internationalen Kurzfilme in den Bereichen Erzählung, Animation, Studenten, Experimental, Dokumentarfilm, Musikvideo und Menschenrechte. Wir nehmen uns die Menge an Arbeit, die in jeden Film gesteckt wird, zu Herzen. Daher stellen die Festivalregeln sicher, dass jeder Film mindestens zweimal rezensiert und von unserem Team gut diskutiert wird. Einige der ausgezeichneten Filme werden auch auf anderen internationalen Filmfestivals gezeigt.
Unabhängige Künstler und ihre Kurzfilme treffen auf ein sprudelndes und mit Kino- und Filmfestivals sehr erfahrenes Publikum, das qualitativ hochwertige Networking und ansprechende Möglichkeiten gewährleistet, während die ausgewählten Filme von einer Gruppe von Branchenexperten bestimmt werden.
Das Bucharest Short Film Festival baut eine starke Interessengemeinschaft um internationale unabhängige Filmprofis und Filmliebhaber auf, im Herzen einer der interessantesten aufstrebenden Kunst- und Kulturhauptstädte, einer Stadt, die niemals schläft - Bukarest.
Das Festival wird Filmvorführungen veranstalten, denen Fragen und Antworten der Künstler vorausgehen oder folgen, oder Networking-Nebenveranstaltungen und sicherlich Partys, die alle auf verschiedenen konventionellen und unkonventionellen Bühnen in Bukarest stattfinden, wie in Kinos, Freiflächen und sogar Sommertheatern. Bukarest, Sie haben irgendwann davon gehört — eine Stadt für junge Leute. Bekannt für verschiedene Dinge - wie den Spitznamen „Altes Paris“ in seiner bürgerlichen Zeit, vor den Jahrzehnten des Kommunismus, oder das größte Parlamentsgebäude der Welt [und eines der größten Gebäude jeglicher Art], aus seiner Zeit des Kommunismus, neue Architektur oder die explosive zeitgenössische Kunstszene, und das auch ziemlich beeindruckende Underground-Kunst-, Musik- und Nachtleben-Gemeinschaften in seiner heutigen Zeit.
The European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation (the Federation) is a tightly knit network of 22 film festivals from 14 countries, with a global attendance of over 450 000 visitors, making it a vital economic and cultural player on the fantastic film scene.
MANIATIC — FANTASTIC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF MANISES ist ein Festival des fantastischen Genres, um die Welt des Kurzfilms neuen Generationen von Zuschauern näher zu bringen, die sonst keinen Zugang zu den neuesten Kreationen der zukünftigen Kinoregisseure hätten.
The International Film Festival for Spirituality, Religion, and Visionary (IFFSRV) was established by some individuals who care about human living in peace towards themselves, forming strong and healthy alliances with others in harmony, and having good communication with their Creator despite of their sex, religion, race, and economic status.
The International Film Festival for Spirituality, Religion, and Visionary will act as a mean to sustain and promote the continuity of creativity and artworks produced and carved by filmmakers all over the world in following their dreams and pure calling to make betterment for humanity, as well as to participate in the film industry; to make a better live for each individual despite their differences in belief system.
IFFSRV festival day will be held at the end of November to celebrate the tolerance world day (16 November).
Through this festival, we hope to:
1. Give comfort and consolidation for the people in despair that he or she is never alone and that life is full of hope.
2. Encourage people when facing difficulties because of what they belief.
3. Inspire and enlighten people to find the purpose of their life regardless their belief, economic or cultural background.
4. Help people to have better acceptance towards themselves and enhance self-esteem because each individual are loved by God and they are special and unique in God’s eyes.
5. Inspire people to follow their dream and not easy to give up.
6. Encourage people to follow his and her own mission and path in life.
7. Inspire young generation to have broader mindset and perspective, to think beyond the box, and to be able to accept differences among religions and belief system.
8. Inspire young people to have vision and goal in life and work hard to achieve them.
Resistance International Film Festival is regarded as one of the most prestigious international film festivals in Iran.
The goal of the Festival is to create an atmosphere of dialogue, understanding of current human sufferings, and to share experiences and new ideas.
The three-fold mission is to:
1- Create an atmosphere of dialogue by recognizing activists and filmmakers.
2- Foster the human spirit of brotherhood, peace, and resisting oppression.
3- Use the language of film to fight terrorism and violence.
Filmmakers around the world are welcome to submit documentaries and features relevant to the festival topics.
Topics:
- A world without terrorism, racism, war, and occupancy
- Introducing and recognizing up-and-coming activists
- Resistance in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Palestine, and other parts of the world with conflicts
- Double standards in Western Human Rights approach:
a) Invasion of Privacy
b) Black Lives Matter movement: Police brutality against the "People of Color"
- Human Rights violations and Zionism
- A world without political violence
- Hollywood, western media, and soft war (propaganda)
- Confronting Islamophobia and Iranophobia
- Confronting the imposition of Western lifestyle and cultural invasion
- Propaganda against Iran, false human rights stories, and other fabricated news against Iran
- Exposing the image of the US government double-standards and Zionism crimes in the world (anti-Zionism is NOT anti-Semitism)
- Fight against the ISIS (DAESH), Takfiri groups, Radical Jihadists, and Wahhabism
- Human Rights violations in Saudi Arabia:
a) Saudi role in sectarianism and dividing Muslim nations
b) Saudis supporting terrorist groups
c) Saudi war crimes in Yemen
d) Persecution of Muslim clergies in Saudi Arabia
- The image of Muslim women around the world
- How Islamic unity can uncover conspiracies of hegemonic powers
• Films with the topics relevant to the people in Gaza, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen fighting against Zionism, the ISIS and Takfiri radicals, will be given a special attention and the category winners will be awarded with special prizes.
We believe in the moral and civic responsibility of the gifted filmmaker and artist, to use his or her talents in a manner that positively changes the world and obviates the need for violence. Our vision and philosophy at Peace Film Initiative (PFI) is a world where compassion wins over cold politics, peace wins over terror, and love and coexistence win over bigotry.
Hence at PFI our motto is, and we thrive to be the "Voice of the Voiceless".
Our first annual international peace film festival, PFIIFF is underway in the Kurdish regional capital, Erbil (May 12 - 16, 2019). The festival theme is Living Together in Peace, coinciding with The UN General-Assembly's declared International Day for Living Together in Peace (may 16).
Our focus are films about and/or by the marginelized and victims of war and terror, especially minorities, women, children, and the elderly.
Through IPFF we aim to serve as a bridge between the local film scene and the world film community; to introduce international filmmakers to the crisis particular to the region; to put a spotlight on human rights violations in various corners of the world; and most importantly, to promoter a culture of peace and coexistence.
La Muestra de cortometrajes “Proyecta Jerez” es el punto de encuentro de tod@s l@s amantes del cine, donde compartimos unos días de cortos, futuros proyectos, exposiciones, charlas coloquios y el anticipo del nuevo Festival de Cortometrajes.
Más Información en: www.jerez.es/juventud
PARTICIPANTES: Creadores de cualquier nacionaalidad, mayores de 18 años.
OBRAS: El tema de la obra será libre. La obra debe ser original y realizada en castellano (o en su defecto subtitulada al castellano).
Cada participante presentará tantas obras como desee, según el número de obras recibidas, los organizadores seleccionarán las que se van a proyectar. La duración del cortometraje, incluido créditos, no superará los 15 minutos. Las obras no podrán tener
contenidos racistas, xenófobos, violentos ni pornográficos.
Se admitirán cortos express que no deben superar los 3 minutos.
Al presentar las obras, habrá que rellenar una ficha con los datos del autor/a más el DNI escaneado.
El plazo de admisión será hasta el 18 de octubre de 2019.
El autor/a de la obra autoriza su reproducción, sin contraprestación económica, pudiendo ser proyectada por la organización con el fin de promocionar la Muestra y el
Festival, reservándose el derecho de su exhibición pública.
Humor en Corto - Kurz gesagt, Humor
Die XXIV. Ausgabe des Humor-Kurzfilmfestivals von Arrigorriaga, dem ältesten in Spanien.
Vom 15. bis 20. Dezember 2025 in Lonbo Aretoa, Arrigorriaga, Spanien.
Kragujevac Independent film festival or KG FILM FESTIVAL.
Kragujevac is the fourth largest city in Serbia, the administrative centre of Šumadija District. There are many cultural institutions in Kragujevac that have gained regional, and some of them even national significance in the field of arts and culture.
This festival wants to provide a platform for artists around the world to showcase their films to Serbin and region audience. This is opportunity for Serbian filmmakers to compare their work with independent film creators from all arount the globe.
Your goal is to bring us into worlds we've never seen before.All categories and genders are welcome.
As the oldest film festival of its kind in Canada, image+nation stands as a premiere site for launching new and innovative media works to a savvy and appreciative audience.
Located in the cultural mecca of Montreal, image+nation offers LGBTQueer filmmakers a unique opportunity to network with local creators, programmers and producers.
