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MI PRIMER FESTIVAL (MY FIRST FESTIVAL) - International film festival for children, Barcelona & Madrid - 19th edition: from November 7 to 22, 2026.
"Mi Primer Festival" is an International film festival for children from 2 to 12 years. My First Film Festival features over 100 films in a total of 21 screenings. In short, MPF is a film extravaganza that showcases both different techniques and formats and the creativity of artists from all around the world.
The international competition of SHORT FILMS for children will include 4 programmes:
- International Short Competition for children over 3 years old
- International Short Competition for children over 5 years old
- International Short Competition for children over 7 years old
- International Short Competition for children over 10 years old
The international competition of FEATURE FILMS will include one programme of films, with a maximum of 10 titles.
The festival will take place in November simultaneously in Barcelona and Madrid and is a great opportunity for boys and girls from 2 to 12 years old to discover unique and unprecedented cinema.
The festival also programs films that have not been created specifically for children, which is why it encourages film directors as well as distributors to present their works even if they have not been conceived for this audience profile. Younger viewers rise to the challenge, and the introductions and discussions that accompany viewings provide a good context for understanding and enjoying the films.
La Oca Loca&Prisión Film Fest
Festival Internacional de Cine
Two Sections: JURY PRIZE FOR BEST FICTION SHORT FILM (Jury composed of prisoners from the Daroca Penitentiary Center - Spain) and PRIZE FOR BEST SHORT FILM MADE BY FILM WORKSHOPS IN PENITENTIARY CENTERS - FICTION AND/OR DOCUMENTARY - (Jury composed of Professionals from the audiovisual sector).
This is the only online Film Festival in the world in which the prisoners belonging to the Film Workshop of the Daroca Penitentiary Center (Spain) have an intense and active participation:
Viewing, pre-selecting and deciding the Awards (along with a Jury of professionals of the sector);
Participating in the filming of a comedy sketch alongside an honored star, as well as in all the previous phases – such as the script, planning, acting, lighting, sound and production – and in its post-production;
And in the preparation and conduct of interviews with the aforementioned honored star and other illustrious visitors to the prison.
A job lasting several months that has a very positive impact on their social reintegration.
The Burguillos Short Film Festival's goal is the promotion and exhibition of short films shot in Andalusia or made by Andalusian artists. Also, the support of cinematography and culture in the town of Burguillos (Sevilla).
ONLY FOR ANDALUSIAN FILM-MAKERS // Solo para cineastas andaluces (España).
ENGLISH: SHORTS MÉXICO 21ST EDITION
CALL FOR ENTRIES – SUBMIT YOUR FILM
SHORTS MEXICO is recognized as the largest International short film festival in Latin America. Do not miss the chance to be part of its 21st celebration.
FILM SUBMISSION REGULATIONS
SHORTS MEXICO - Mexico International Short Film Festival call for entries begins February 23rd - May 31st 2026 at 23:59 (CST) Mexico City. We are open to receive Short Films from all over the world inviting all production genres.
SHORTS MEXICO is an exhibition platform specializing in short films that promotes cinema creative expressions, diverse voices, distinctive and innovative visions and bold quality films from filmmakers from all over the world. At SHORTS MEXICO we encourage the growth and development of short films as well as filmmakers.
The 21st Edition of SHORTS MEXICO will be held from September 1st through the 30th 2026 in Mexico City and the 32 States of the Mexican Republic. The National Cinematheque of Mexico is the main venue of the festival, and it amounts other important venues as CINEMEX Theaters, one of the largest cinema chains in the world, the famous Vasconcelos Library, Centro Cultural Universitario de la UNAM, CDMX´s and Cultural Centers, etc. The festival amounts over 75 venues in Mexico City and holds exhibitions nationwide, the event occurs throughout Mexico. SHORTS MÉXICO is presented in a hybrid format, holding in-theaters / in - person screenings, virtual - online streaming transmission, and televised exhibitions as well, having over 1 million spectators per edition.
Throughout the year the festival features short films theatrical releases, previews, exhibitions, retrospectives and master classes. The Shorts Mexico Tour includes cities, towns and villages of Mexico, as well as exhibitions in various countries around the world.
Shorts Mexico Academy conference cycle includes an academic offer aimed at developing professionalization in various specialized areas of filmmaking. The festival will also present Shorts México Pitching Competition, Work In Progress Contest, and its Screenplay Short Film Competition, with the goal of encouraging and promoting the creation, professionalization and production of quality films.
FESTIVAL SECTIONS
COMPETITIVE SECTIONS
INTERNATIONAL Competition (Live Action, Animation and Documentary). Short films from all over the world, regardless of the nationality of the director and the place or country of filming. Film productions which are not considered Mexican or Ibero-American.
IBERO-AMERICAN Competition (Live Action, Animation and Documentary) Ibero-American short film productions created in collaboration with or by countries from Latin America, plus Spain and Portugal, These productions involve co-productions between these nations, regardless of the nationality of the director and the place or country of filming.
MEXICAN Competition (Live Action, Animation, Documentary, NeoMex) If part of your production was filmed in Mexico, produced or coproduced by Mexican
Companies or Mexican filmmakers, or directed by a Mexican, it is considered a Mexican Production.
SHORTS MEXICO’S INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE
FESTIVAL'S FAVORITES (OUT OF COMPETITION)
International and Ibero-American Showcases
World Cinema
Queer Shorts (LGBTTTQ+)
Fantascorto (Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Horror)
Afroshorts (African Diaspora and Culture)
Ecoshorts (Environmental Conservation Films)
Kids
Indigenous Peoples
Fun Shorts (Comedy Films)
Experimental
International (Live Action, Animation, Documentary)
AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Mexican
Indigenous Peoples
Mexican women in cinema
Muestra Mexicana (Live Action, Animation, Documentary)
Experimental
Queer Shorts (LGBTTTQ+)
Afroshorts (African Diaspora and Culture)
Fantascorto (Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Horror)
Infantil – Kids
Ecoshorts (Environmental Conservation)
Funshorts (Comedy)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Awarded MovieMaker Magazine's "20 Coolest Film Festivals In the World"
MovieMaker Magazine's "Top 25 Film Festivals Worth the Fee"
The San Francisco Frozen Film Festival (SFFFF) is a Nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2006 that is dedicated to creating avenues for independent filmmakers, youth, filmmakers of conscience, and artists from underserved communities to come together and exhibit their work to the widest possible audience.
The San Francisco Frozen Film Festival is held every summer in the heart of the Mission district in San Francisco at the Roxie Theatre. Filmmakers whose work is accepted into the festival are invited to come to the city by the bay in the dead of summer to screen and discuss their work.
In addition to our annual international film festival, the SFFFF Youth Program is specifically focused on demonstrating to underserved youth that existing pathways do exist to help them find a career in the film arts. SFFFF holds annual music and art performances, as well as youth programming and awards presentations.
InShadow is a reference in the field of contemporary artistic creation and curatorship, placing an emphasis on the convergence of body and image.
Our yearly program includes international competitions of screendance, dance-related documentary films and animations, in addition to performances, workshops, masterclasses, exhibitions and installations.
Arlington International Film Festival (AIFF) is an award winning organization with its mission being to foster appreciation for different cultures by exploring the lives of people around the globe through independent film. In 2014 AIFF was awarded the Community Recognition Award by the Arlington Martin Luther King Committee, in 2013 the Alan McClennen Community Arts Award by the Arlington Center for the Arts and the Gold Star Award by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Through the founding of AIFF, the mission has also focused on enriching the community and broadening the view of our world and ourselves. AIFF believes that the arts are here to connect us, to communicate across boundaries, and touch our common humanity.
AIFF is open to national and international filmmakers. Whether professional or a first time filmmaker, we welcome innovative, original films with unique perspectives. Many of our selected films have been nominated for Academy Awards; i.e. BOTSO: The Teacher from Tbillisi directed by Tom Walters, Elena directed by Petra Costa, and Documented directed by Jose Antonio Vargas. We Still Live Here directed by Anne Makepeace was chosen by the U.S. State Department to screen around the world.
15th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival-26 is a movement to recognize & popularize the work of young & experienced filmmakers from across the India & world. The humble journey of BSFF has began in year 2012 to mark the 100 years celebration of Indian cinema & to salute the contribution of the Kannada film industry towards the development of cinema in India. The festival provide platform to aspiring and professional filmmakers for showcasing their talent with networking & marketing opportunities in film industry.
The festival objective is to create short films culture in India, promotion of upcoming filmmakers, developing sources of revenue generation for short films and to make short film making a commercial enterprise. BSFF-12 to 25 were great success with huge participation of filmmakers from across the country & abroad.
BSFF-26 aim is to even bigger & better with the participation from filmmakers. This year festival will introduce more workshops & master classes. The Miniboxoffice Film Market will be the highlight for those filmmakers who want to venture into feature film production. The short film contest & festival programming will be the delight to treat.
The Malta Short Film Festival is now in its 17th edition. It brings together films of different genres from around the world. But its uniqueness lies in the fact that it is broadcast on TVM, Malta’s national TV station. The films are discussed and adjudicated by a panel of judges. This enables the filmmaker and the viewer to understand the production value of each entry and its ability to communicate with its audience.
The final program consists of an awards giving ceremony which is filmed towards the end of September.
Festival has a widespread audience, 30,000 +
Ars Independent Festival 2019 will be the 9th multimedia festival of film, animation, video games and music videos. The upcoming edition will take place in Katowice, between the 24th and 29th of September 2019.
The festival is searching for what’s cool in young, debuting, contemporary audio-visual culture. It’s not afraid to watch videos with 27 views on YouTube, it’s missing the “least popular” sorting option on itch.io and considers Festival Scope Pro decidedly “too mainstream”.
The heart of the festival are four international competitions, in which the audience decides about the awarding of prizes. The Black Horse of Film (feature films from all over the world) and the Black Horse of Animation (short features) present the cinematographic debuts by directors from the entire world, often as their Polish premieres. The Black Horse of Video Games and the Black Horse of Music Video are devoted to new games and music videos.
Additionally, every year festivalgoers are treated to: screenings of films, animations and music videos, video game exhibitions, virtual reality and new technologies, discussion panels and Q&As with artists, concerts, live acts and musical afterparties.
In previous years, the festival hosted a variety of artists from all over the world, including Béla Tarr, Nina Menkes, Phil Mulloy, Laila Pakalnina, Bruce LaBruce, Tami Tamaki, Stephen „M.O.O.N.” Gilarde, Jakuba Dvorský, Mariola Brillowska, Piotr Dumała, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Bodo Kox, Łukasz Barczyk, Sos Sosowski, Wiktor Stribog and Władysław Komendarek.
The event is organized by the culture institution Katowice the City of Gardens and the City of Katowice.
"In an era of global tension, humor is not an escape—it is the most sophisticated tool we have for critical thought and social transformation."
FARCUME 2026: The 16th Faro International Short Film Festival
After five years of unprecedented growth, FARO 1540 (Association for the Defense and Promotion of Environmental and Cultural Heritage of Faro) is proud to announce the 16th edition of FARCUME. The festival will return to the heart of Faro, Portugal, from October 16 to 18, 2026, solidifying its reputation as a truly international and cosmopolitan cultural landmark.
Our mission remains steadfast: to provide a launchpad for new talent and to bring high-quality works to the public that often lack the mainstream promotion they deserve. Within our signature relaxed and informal atmosphere, FARCUME honors the creativity and dedication of directors, actors, and technical teams who achieve cinematic excellence through modest means.
The 2026 Theme: Humor as a Way of Thinking the World
This year, FARCUME explores the concept of laughter as a sophisticated critical language. In a time of overlapping environmental, social, and political crises, humor serves as a bridge. It allows us to:
Deconstruct dominant narratives and social norms.
Bridge the gap between complex issues like sustainability and public understanding.
Dialogue through satire, irony, and the absurd to reveal the contradictions of our time.
More than just a momentary laugh, we are seeking films in Fiction, Documentary, and Animation that use humor as a device for reflection—works that make the world more legible and, ultimately, more human.
Commitment to Ethics and the Environment
As an Environmental NGO, FARO 1540 ensures that FARCUME is more than just a screen for films; it is a platform for values. The festival maintains a strict ethical stance, rejecting any content that encourages environmental disrespect, human rights inequality, or animal abuse.
Furthermore, we are implementing a specialized Environmental Management Plan for 2026 to optimize resources and minimize waste, ensuring the festival's footprint is as responsible as the stories we tell.
Join us in Faro to celebrate cinema that educates, provokes, and mobilizes—without ever losing its lightness.
For more information, visit our official page: www.facebook.com/farcume
ORGANIZERS
Cultural Association Time & Memory organizes the fourteenth edition of the Short Film Festival called "SHORT TO SOUTH", to be held in Polla (SA)ITALY from the 20 - 21 June 2026 at the Auditorium "Holy Nicolicchio".
Festival founded by Kharkiv Regional Council in 2009.
The Festival mission is to find and support children’s/youth studios and clubs, which are engaged in cinema and television creativity, talented children; development of the children’s/youth cinema and television in Ukraine.
The Festival objectives are:
– the establishment and development of contacts between children’s/youth studios, experience exchange and further professional development of the participants;
– communication to the general public of interesting, outstanding works and projects from different countries, presentation of the best global practices in the development of children’s/youth cinema and television industry;
– the setup of creative and communication platforms to exchange experience and present new projects during the Festival and between the Festival times;
– creative personal development, education of moral values and social activism;
– drawing attention of governmental, non-governmental organizations and commercial entities to the issues of the development of screen children’s/youth creativity, to the processes of personality forming via receiving information broadcast by electronic mass media, to the needs of children’s/youth creative clubs, the development of talented children and their future.
The Festival is held among children’s/youth television, animation, cinema- and radio studios, clubs, groups and individual authors, television and radio broadcasters and creative production entities, directors and producers’ centres, which produce programmes and films for children and youth.
The association Iria Cultura presents the eighth edition of the Voghera Film Festival.
VFF intend to promote the knowledge and spreading of the cinema and to be an important meeting point for international cinematographers.
15th Medium-Length International Film Festival LA CABINA, taking place in València (Spain) between 8th and 18th November 2022.
The 15th FICCI-ON - Ciudad Rodrigo International Film Festival aims to promote educational, social and spiritual films made around the world.
The theme of the festival will therefore be educational, social and values-based; including all those films that promote child development in all its aspects.
Values-based films that deal with the subject of human rights, as well as intercultural dialogue. There will also be room for films with ethnographic themes, social denunciation or commitment to the development of the culture of Peace. Regarding spiritual themes, this is a very broad section where religious and/or spiritual films will be included, regardless of the confession and creed of the film and its authors.
THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL OF CALAHORRA, THROUGH THE YOUTH DEPARTMENT, ANNOUNCES THE 27TH SHORT FILM FESTIVAL “¡¡CORT...en!! 2026”, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING RULES.
