Final Girls Berlin Film Festival presenta un cinema horror diretto, scritto o prodotto da donne*. Si tiene la sesta edizione di FGBFF dal 3 al 6 febbraio 2022 a Berlino. Cerchiamo film horror (così come film con elementi horror o film che rendono omaggio all'orrore), di tutte le lunghezze. Siamo anche molto entusiasti se le registe vogliono visitare il festival per partecipare a panel, o tenere conferenze o workshop su un aspetto particolare del cinema horror. Ci impegniamo a creare spazio per voci e visioni femminili, mostruose, eroiche o una combinazione disordinata dei due, nel genere horror.
Established independent film directors of the city of joy Kolkata felt that the need for having a festival just by the directors. For the directors.
That is why the birth of DFK. It is a collaborative effort of independent filmmakers to facilitate world-class cinema here at the heart of City of Joy.
Our festival happens in London, UK, one of the world's most cosmopolitan cities, and screens short comedy films from around the globe. Our festival is held at the prestigious and lovely Hackney Picturehouse, home to many film premieres. We are proud to showcase, connect and promote talented comedy filmmakers from all over the world.
It is curated by WWCSFF Film Festivals which also produces the London-X4 Seasonal Short Film Festival and the Asia South East-Short Film Festival.
A US$100 Audience Favourite prize will go to the most popular film of the festival. Awards & Laurels will be available for the following categories:
– UK Comedy Short
– American Comedy Short
– European Comedy Short (including Ireland)
– Canadian Comedy Short
– Australasian Comedy Short
– African Comedy Short
– Asian Comedy Short
– Latin American Comedy Short
&
– Student Comedy Short
– Experimental Comedy Short
– Animated Comedy Short
– Music Video Comedy Short
– Shorter Comedy Short (under 2 minutes)
– Longer Comedy Short/ Web Series/Pilot (between 15 and 30 minutes)
Awards are judged by people involved in the comedy and film industry. In previous editions we were lucky to have on our panel:
-MATT TILLER (head of development for Comedy Central UK)
-MONA YOUSEFI (star of her own BBC show and comedy actor)
-TIM RENKOW (star of his own BBC show and stand up comedian)
-ALEXIS DUBUS (well known UK comedian)
-JOANNE LAU (part of the BBC Writersroom Comedy Room)
The Festival Directors have been involved in live and filmed comedy promotion, performance and production for over fifteen years.
Exciting, creative content is more important to us than slick production values. With comedy, if you make them laugh, audiences won't care if you filmed your masterpiece on your uncle the swinger's 1980s video camera.
London and the UK has a long, illustrious history of comedy from The Canterbury Tales to Monty Python. It is also a global centre for production companies and talent agencies that are looking for new talent to provide comedy content for the ever expanding market of online entertainment, digital content marketing and advertising. We have a database of these companies and agencies and update them about the talented filmmakers participating in our festival.
Most importantly though, the films we screen aim to entertain our festival audiences so we have some important criteria for the films we show:
GET TO THE FUNNY BITS QUICKLY.
BE ORIGINAL AND AVOID CLICHES.
"Brevity is the soul of wit" William Shakespeare
(and he knows better than us because he wore tights)
Being able to share great, undiscovered comedy films is a real buzz and delight for us and our festival is an essential calendar feature both for audiences wishing to have some great nights of laughter and for the discovery of new comedy creators.
All participants in our festival (if they wish) will have their contact details along with their film details made available to our industry database.
L'obiettivo di risvegliare le Filippine a nuovi modi di pensiero attraverso i film!
ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival proudly provides the platform for independent filmmakers to express authentic, cinematic storytelling in the most compelling ways possible.
As one of the world’s most recognised independent film festivals in the world, ÉCU embraces innovation and creativity and allows directors in competition to showcase their films to audiences who love and appreciate independent cinema. Filmmakers who are selected into ÉCU’s Official Selection join an active community of creatives who are continually pushing the boundaries of independent cinema.
Since its inception in 2006, ÉCU has forged a path for independent film and the scope of its presence has grown to a global scale with the festival often being referenced as the European equivalent of Sundance; an honour that we don’t take lightly.
"Paris has become my second home, and ÉCU my creative family. Mr.Scott Hillier is now the father of my independent spirit. I’m deeply honored and grateful for the Audience Award, and truly moved to see my film open the official 2025 trailer. Thank you from the bottom of my heart." Fumitaka Otoguro producer of Tokyo Strange Tale winner of the Audience Award 2025
"This festival is an outstanding, welcoming, and attentive event for independent film lovers, catering to both the audience and filmmakers. It devotes considerable attention to the presentation and dissemination of films and their creators, and also meticulously analyzes film themes and content. The team of festival organizers is exceptional, demonstrating great care and responsibility. We are very happy that our film PURGA was featured in this festival. Highly recommended!" - Gintare Valeviciute Brazauskienė, Co-director of PURGA, the winner of the Best European Independent Animation award 2024
"Great opportunity for independent filmmakers around the world, the festival has values and I like the way people engaged and watched all the films with passionate." - Abdulmohsen Almutairi, director of Memories from the North, ÉCU 2023 Official Selection
"It is always an absolute joy to present one's work at ECU. The team are fantastically helpful, the jury extremely competent, and the selection of the highest quality. I would recommend participating to anyone who's in love with indie filmmaking!" - Celina Liesegang, producer of Viscera: Autopsy of a (non)human body, ÉCU 2022 Official Selection
"It was an absolute privilege to be part of the ÉCU Film Festival and in the company of so many incredible and high quality independent films! What truly fantastic programming and as a filmmaker you are really made to feel part of a passionate global community of people who really believe in the same values around story telling and visual expression. Thank you to the whole team behind the scenes." - Karina Astrup, producer of MORGANA, ÉCU 2021 Official Selection
Each year, our festival takes place in Paris during the springtime, which is not only a beautiful season but also an exciting time of year for ÉCU, because that is when we showcase roughly around 60 of the World’s very best independent films. Although ÉCU emphasises European talent, it also recognises the genius of international filmmakers with several categories allocated to non-European films.
The next ÉCU, the 21st edition, will take place on April, 2026 in Paris, France.
ÉCU isn’t just about screening an amazing slate of films over its three-day event in Paris. There are also professional workshops led by experts in the industry, Q&A’s held with the attending filmmakers after every screening session and a chance to network with fellow filmmakers, producers, agents, industry representatives, prospective film buyers and, of course, the cinema-loving public. At ÉCU, there is a dialogue focusing on celebrating but also critiquing the world’s best indie cinema of today.
Though ÉCU’s main event IS the three-day festival in Paris each spring, there is even more! Thanks to our 50+ partner festivals, partner organisations, film centres and film commissions, ÉCU goes on an annual world tour called ÉCU-On-The-Road. This gives award-winning films (as well as many of the Official Selection films) the opportunity for their films to reach a broader, global, international audience.
ÉCU-On-The-Road showcased films in over 80 countries around the globe in 2016 to 2025 at special ÉCU mini-festivals, partner festivals, cultural institutions and film schools, including an amazing seven day special festival in São Paulo, Brazil. The event was made possible through the support of Caixa Cultural, São Paulo and was a huge success. ÉCU also held special events in Berlin (Germany), Atami (Japan) and was part of festivals in Lebanon, Italy, Russia, USA, Romania, Austria, Denmark and other countries. This gives ÉCU filmmakers great exposure to audiences that they may never have reached otherwise.
Since 2006, ÉCU has helped the careers of hundreds of independent filmmakers, actors, DPs, editors, screenwriters and we are honoured to give aspiring film directors the chance for their voices to be seen and heard.
Above all, we are proud to be a filmmakers’ festival!
The Patagonia Aysén Film Festival – FECIPA, in keeping with the unique characteristics of our region, seeks to highlight works that showcase the territorial, cultural, heritage, political, and socio-environmental diversity of southern Chile and Argentina, specifically promoting the dissemination of creations that incorporate local and regional perspectives.
Experimental Forum is an international performance, film and video art festival showcasing experimental film and artists’ moving image from new directors and innovative video artists from around the globe, with the third edition taking place in Los Angeles in November 2018. Our aim is to provide a supportive platform for the exciting and challenging work that is outside the scope of mainstream film festivals and art galleries.
We welcome experimental cinema pieces (abstract, narrative or documentary), video art works, essay films, artists’ moving image and media art, as well as documentary and narrative films that seek to expand, redefine or reconfigure the means and ends of their respective fields. Experimental Forum exists to provide access to, and develop audiences for, artists’ moving image work and is committed to engaging local audiences with new and/or unheard voices in film.
We are particularly interested in works made by early stage filmmakers and artists whose work is underrepresented. We provide a collaborative platform for moving image works made for the gallery and for the cinema with the aim of building a community across disciplinary and institutional faultlines.
*About the festival
The year 2016 marked the commencement of a new tradition in the city of Miraj, as the first ever Miraj International Short Film Festival(MISFF) was held in February 2016.
It was for the very first time a festival of such kind and magnitude was being held here. To bring back the fading lime light, bestow the truly deserved recognition of the city and safeguard the city’s rich heritage was the sole purpose of organizers and the festival directors.
It seems art does not have language, it neither minds borders nor race, and it rather came true at the film festival. Films from different states of the country and across the globe participated in the festival and proudly took back prizes from our soil, entwining with us, a lifelong relation. We are now reaching to you with the second edition of the MISFF only to join more people in our initiative and inspire the youth of today in the art of film making. We aim to recognize the smallest glimpse of a filmmaker and avail them a platform to showcase their talent. Come; let’s get mesmerized in this beautiful carnival of art.
*About the City
Miraj- a city that can be defined in a single word: Art! The city adorned with a crown of art and music. They say art runs in the blood and it couldn’t be truer for this city. The hometown of percussion and stringed instruments, a rich heritage of classical music and a tradition of theater and dramas dating back to the independence struggle. The land gave birth to many artist.
1. OBIETTIVI
Gli obiettivi del Festival di Malaga sono diffondere e promuovere i film spagnoli e la loro sfera culturale generale. In questo senso, il Festival è anche una piattaforma per le produzioni cinematografiche latinoamericane. Le sue funzioni includono l'organizzazione di un evento per i diversi settori professionali dei film in spagnolo (intesi come film prodotti in Spagna e in tutta l'America Latina, incluso il Brasile) per promuoverne lo sviluppo e promuovere le vendite internazionali.
Il Festival de Málaga è riconosciuto dalla Federazione internazionale delle associazioni di produttori cinematografici (FIAPF) (www.fiapf.org).
In conformità con questi obiettivi, la 29a edizione del Festival de Málaga si terrà dal 6 al 15 marzo 2026.
Tlanchana Fest, Festival del cinema e dell'arte digitale è realizzato da Tlanchana Cultura Audiovisual AC, al fine di creare uno spazio espositivo per talenti emergenti dal Messico e dal mondo, combinando elementi che promuovono la creazione cinematografica insieme ai nuovi media e all'arte digitale.
La decima edizione del Tlanchana Fest si terrà dal 3 al 5 luglio 2026 e sarà caratterizzata da una serie di proiezioni, conferenze e workshop, oltre a strutture e altre attività che verranno svolte virtualmente e di persona e che serviranno da incentivo per il lavoro in materia di arte cinematografica e digitale.
Il Miniboxoffice International Film Festival è ora Noida International Film Festival. Dopo tre edizioni di successo, il Miniboxoffice International Film Festival, che si rivolge principalmente ai cortometraggi, ora si amplia con l'aggiunta della sezione lungometraggi. Nel 2014 la direzione di Miniboxoffice l'ha ribattezzata «NOIDA», la città in più rapida crescita dell'India. È un omaggio alla città in cui Miniboxoffice è nata nel 2010 e la città stessa ospita la più grande città del cinema dell'India del Nord.
L'obiettivo del 13° Noida International Film Festival-26 è quello di presentare in grande stile il grande cinema di registi di tutto il mondo e allo stesso tempo fornire contatti professionali e presentare ai partecipanti le tendenze attuali del cinema. L'obiettivo del festival è quello di potenziare i registi indipendenti e si impegna a diventare un evento cinematografico di alto livello che favorisca la crescita dei registi indipendenti.
L'edizione 2014-25 del NIFF è stata un enorme successo con la partecipazione di registi provenienti da oltre 90 paesi. Si prevede che il NIFF-26 raggiungerà molte pietre miliari verso lo sviluppo del cinema indipendente. Con questo do il benvenuto a tutti i registi che si uniscano al movimento che porta il più alto livello di pensiero e cultura delle diverse nazioni sotto forma di cinema arricchente e divertente.
Festival with national and international competition section.
Special sections for invited movies and to workshops
ASSERTING WOMEN'S RIGHTS è un progetto nato dal Festival di Malaga, in collaborazione con la documentarista Mabel Lozano e il Dipartimento per le pari opportunità del Comune di Malaga, come strumento di protesta e difesa. Questa sezione è stata creata con l'obiettivo di esplorare e affrontare questioni che aumentano la consapevolezza sociale sui diritti delle donne ogni anno.
Lanciata nel 2008, questa sezione del Festival di Malaga è giunta alla sua 19a edizione. Il progetto ha un duplice scopo: far luce sulle ingiustizie che le donne continuano a subire nel XXI secolo semplicemente perché sono donne e promuovere e sostenere film creati da donne.
Attraverso Asserting Women's Rights, abbiamo attirato l'attenzione sulle sfide che le donne devono affrontare in diverse parti del mondo. Ancora oggi, ci sono molti luoghi in cui donne e ragazze devono lottare ogni giorno per la loro sopravvivenza. In queste regioni, le pratiche tradizionali e le norme culturali spesso ostacolano il loro sviluppo personale e sociale, impedendo loro di raggiungere l'uguaglianza con i loro colleghi maschi.
Lanciato nel 1980, il nostro festival, il primo della sua categoria in Corea del Sud, è cresciuto e si è evoluto dal Korean Short Film Festival, al Busan Asian Short Film Festival nel 2000 e infine al Busan International Short Film Festival nel 2010 (www.bisff.org).
In programma alla fine di aprile al Busan Cinema Center, BISFF offre una dozzina di premi in tre sezioni competitive (Concorso internazionale, Concorso coreano e Operation Kino) e presenta anche diverse sezioni curate e non competitive tra cui: Guest Country, Korean Shorts, Asian Shorts, Prism, 3D Cinema, ecc.
BISFF è membro della Short Film Conference (http://shortfilmconference.com/) e del NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema https://netpacasia.org). Nel 2018, è diventato il primo festival di qualificazione agli Oscar® della Corea del Sud.
Il Medina Film Festival (SECIME) è uno degli eventi più consolidati nel panorama cinematografico nazionale, identificato come uno dei principali riferimenti per la promozione e la diffusione dei cortometraggi. È riuscito a imporsi come festival con una propria personalità, scommettendo sia sui talenti emergenti che sulle traiettorie più consolidate.
Il festival è sinonimo di impegno per il cortometraggio e si colloca all'epicentro di un'offerta audiovisiva approvata dall'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain come uno dei festival chiave nella preselezione dei candidati ai premi Goya. Oltre ad avere dal 2016 il riconoscimento dell'AIC (Short Film Industry Association).
La sua offerta comprende sei concorsi a livello nazionale e internazionale, al fine di coprire tutti i generi e i formati audiovisivi - fiction, fantasy e animazione - oltre a fornire uno spazio per documentari e video musicali. Aumentare l'offerta attraverso vari cicli come The Image of History, The Classics Chair e Museum Afternoons.
Inoltre, tra i suoi obiettivi vi sono la promozione, la creazione e la produzione audiovisiva attraverso il Concorso nazionale per progetti di cortometraggi e l'influenza sulla crescita dell'industria audiovisiva di Castilla y León con la preselezione di opere per il Progetto Quercus.
Il festival completa la sua offerta attraverso l'impegno verso nuovi modi di comunicazione e diffusione dell'audiovisivo attraverso gli spazi di incontro, lo streaming e il contributo teorico offerto dalle masterclass guidate da e per professionisti.
Se vuoi saperne di più sulle nostre proposte puoi visitare il nostro sito web: http://medinafilmfestival.com o contattarci all'indirizzo info@medinafilmfestival.com
Il Medina Film Festival (SECIME) è uno degli eventi più consolidati nel panorama cinematografico nazionale, identificato come uno dei principali riferimenti per la promozione e la diffusione dei cortometraggi. È riuscito a imporsi come festival con una propria personalità, scommettendo sia sui talenti emergenti che sulle traiettorie più consolidate.
Il festival è sinonimo di impegno per il cortometraggio e si colloca all'epicentro di un'offerta audiovisiva approvata dall'Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain come uno dei festival chiave nella preselezione dei candidati ai premi Goya. Oltre ad avere dal 2016 il riconoscimento dell'AIC (Short Film Industry Association).
La sua offerta comprende sei concorsi a livello nazionale e internazionale, al fine di coprire tutti i generi e i formati audiovisivi - fiction, fantasy e animazione - oltre a fornire uno spazio per documentari e video musicali. Aumentare l'offerta attraverso vari cicli come The Image of History, The Classics Chair e Museum Afternoons.
Inoltre, tra i suoi obiettivi vi sono la promozione, la creazione e la produzione audiovisiva attraverso il Concorso nazionale per progetti di cortometraggi e l'influenza sulla crescita dell'industria audiovisiva di Castilla y León con la preselezione di opere per il Progetto Quercus.
Il festival completa la sua offerta attraverso l'impegno verso nuovi modi di comunicazione e diffusione dell'audiovisivo attraverso gli spazi di incontro, lo streaming e il contributo teorico offerto dalle masterclass guidate da e per professionisti.
Se vuoi saperne di più sulle nostre proposte puoi visitare il nostro sito web: http://medinafilmfestival.com o contattarci all'indirizzo info@medinafilmfestival.com
LA Underground Film Forum (LAUFF) è la principale vetrina di Los Angeles di sperimentazione nei media cinematografici, video e audio. Si concentra su cinema d'avanguardia, d'arte, indipendente e non a basso budget, con la quinta edizione che si terrà a luglio 2020, Los Angeles.
Il nostro programma offre ai registi una sede per reinventare ed esplorare nuovi approcci, promuovere nuove forme di media art e costruire un pubblico per questo tipo di lavoro. Il nostro obiettivo è presentare una vasta gamma di lavori che esplorano le numerose definizioni e interpretazioni del concetto di «underground».
Cerchiamo film realizzati con passione, ossessione e spinta; film che vadano oltre le aspettative e il genere; film, progetti video e audio che si sforzano di superare i confini della forma e dei contenuti accettati. Un forte senso di paternità è un must.
LAUFF accetta tutte le forme e generi: dal dramma, documentario, sperimentale, cult, art-house, lingua straniera, commedia, horror, fantascienza, animazione, LGBT, indigeni, erotici, cinema lento e video arte...
The first AfryKamera Film Festival was organized by FilmGramm Foundation in cooperation with the South African Embassy during the months of April-June 2006. It aimed to use cinematography to bring Africa to the attention of the Polish public. The 1st AfryKamera premiered in Warsaw and also ran in Krakow, Poznan, Lodz, Torun and Konin. The unbelievable media interest and good ticket sales during the first festival in 2006 confirmed our belief that Africa is a theme of immense interest to a growing number of people. Since the very 1st edition, AfryKamera has been well covered in the Polish media, which confirms the great marketing potential of such an event for Africa in general, as well as, for sponsors and patrons.
As it stands AfryKamera is the first African Film Festival in Central and Eastern Europe as well as the largest African-themed event in Poland and the wider region.
AfryKamera has managed to occupy a niche in the film festival market – although there are many international film festivals, they generally show a limited range of African films. AfryKamera is therefore the only festival in Poland dedicated purely to films from the continent. In the past few years the festival has decided to explore new avenues not only in the art of cinematography, but also in the presentation of African art, music, and culture.
The main events of the African Film Festival AfryKamera take place in Warsaw, Poland, traditionally in either Kino Luna or Kinoteka, the capital city's premier arthouse cinemas. The event in 2018 will last 10 days and presents 15-25 full length features and documentaries as well as some 20 short films from around the continent and from the African diapora. The key motto of the festival is "Made in Africa", as the focus is put on the quality of moviemaking on the continent and the enhanced capacity to make world-class movies.
The Nollywood Travel Festival celebrates the best of Nigerian cinema and will be hosted in Toronto, Canada from 5-7 May 2017. It will be a weekend of special indoor and outdoor screenings, inspiring discussions,meeting,parties and awards.
Now in its 16th year, Ffresh – the Student Media Awards – features the best student work from all over the world, along with masterclasses, panel sessions and workshops with some of the industry’s most renowned and respected figures.
Previous guests have included directors Stephen Frears, Mike Leigh, Sergey Dvortsevoy, Asif Kapadia, Jonathan Caouette, Matt Lipsey, Matt Lambert, and Gaston Kaboré; screenwriters Andrew Davies and Tim Firth; producers Stephen Garrett, Bethan Jones, and Sally Hibbin; highly acclaimed visual artists Lichtfaktor and Semiconductor; international FX companies The Mill and Double Negative; Oscar winning editor Jim Clark; and animators Johnny Kelly, Merlin Crossingham, Phil Mulloy, & Peter Dodd, amongst many others.
The purpose of the Awards is to celebrate the best work being created by the up-and-coming media talent from around the world, and to provide a vital link between higher education and the media industry sector.
Ffresh is a BAFTA Cymru qualifying festival.
Ffresh also runs two BFI Film Academies in South Wales for 16-19 year olds in VFX and Animation.
PLEASE BE AWARE WE MAY ASK FOR STUDENT IDENTIFICATION TO CONFIRM THAT YOU ARE A STUDENT. THIS FESTIVAL IS JUST FOR STUDENTS.
Please check with your educational institute first to check if they are a member of Ffresh, as they may be able to give you a password that will enable you to submit to us for free. If your education institute would like to talk to us about being a member of Ffresh please get them to email us on info@ffresh.com.
