The International Short Film Festival of the all us other Social diversity aims to be a platform for young LL everyone disclose their works and share experiences and concerns in a conference devoted to the cinema and people.
The film would not exist without people, but there may be people without cinema? Of course that Yes, and homeless and without clothes and without food, full is the world of people who have nothing, not film. To all of them we dedicate our festival to serve the film les voice, even cry. A means to vindicate the justice, equality and rights denied by the world. An agile and current to denounce injustice and inequality, the horror.
This effort, on the premise that what has been the monopoly of a multi-billion dollar industry, is mutating into a mass system of creation and multicultural exchange. Access to technology and the Internet open field to new youth and community expressions, the filmmaking turns and we intend to respond to this transformation.
Love for cinema, passion for people and the conviction that the arts and culture and the exchange of experiences and opportunities it is possible to create a better world...
.. .a world of film.
Organised by Donostia Kultura, the San Sebastián Horror and Fantasy Film Festival took its first steps in 1990. Ever since its beginnings, the Festival has endeavoured to fashion a programme offering something for every kind of spectator. Horror movies, sci-fi, animation, shorts, classics from all over the world… have alternated the length and breadth of its history with shows, exhibitions, concerts and various other activities in the attempt to create a varied competition in which everyone can find something they like.
Since its inception, the "Festival of cinema unusual de Buenos Aires" has proposed to investigate the least explored aspects of the current film production in order to meet the expectations of those who yearn for a different filmic vision. A target to meet is to facilitate the knowledge of many new authors who, fleeing the current stereotype, offer an eclectic perspective from the thematic and visual.
From 19 to 29 October 2017, we carry out the Thirteenth Edition in important offices of the autonomous city of Buenos Aires. Of a competitive nature, it has a duration of 11 days and us sponsored by important institutional bodies. Also, carry out promotional, permanent monthly activities of the Festival: lights/signs and participations in film markets.
CATACUMBA UNDERGY FILM FESTIVAL è un progetto culturale, artigianale e resistente che dal 2000 si sviluppa nel comune valenciano di Godella e che utilizza come spina dorsale la proiezione di recenti opere audiovisive che coesistono durante la celebrazione di questo particolare festival.
Alla sua 17a edizione, il festival mira a raccogliere proposte cinematografiche indipendenti che offrono una prospettiva alternativa creata dalla trasversalità che il linguaggio cinematografico permette. Opere che in qualche modo sovvertire la morale, smantellano le repressioni, le nostre filie e le fobie e che evidenziano i difetti strutturali della società in cui viviamo. A margine dell'industria dello spettacolo troveremo proposte che ci possono portare verso diversi modelli di espressione che permettono al cinema narrativo di tornare alla categoria espressiva che cerca di invitare la riflessione. Forse se è strano è perché rimane nascosto dalla percezione e dai sensi.
Comprendiamo che la produzione cinematografica sta vivendo un processo creativo che esalta la fusione tra generi, alimentando l'originalità e la diversità del mezzo, attribuiamo a tutte queste possibilità. Da CATACUMBA vogliamo riflettere questa realtà creativa, dando spazio ad un maggior numero di opere, a volte inclassificabili, ma che agiscono come specchi della strana realtà che viviamo.
In cortometraggi e lungometraggi avrete la possibilità di sentire tutte le paure, i sogni, le fie e le fobie che i nostri registi intendono trasmettere. Conoscerete generi una volta ingiuriati e sottovalutati, ma che hanno avuto titoli trascendentali nella storia del cinema e che sono diventati autentici referenti della filmografia universale. Riflettendo il cinema della nostra realtà sociale, il cinema che ci convince di più ogni giorno che la realtà supererà sempre la finzione.
Mission:
A judged film festival described as "Sundance with Fangs" by Newsday Long Island. We provide a venue for showcasing your films within a celebratory & respectful environment, where fans can enjoy the independent films entered by those of you who passionately craft your Strange-ifical, Weird-ifical, Horror-ifical, Sci-fi-tastical, Fantastical and Macabre-licious films. The opportunity to win awards, increase film visibility via press and possibly obtain distribution is always part of the equation with the Macabre Faire Film Festival.
For starters the word "Macabre" is pronounced: Ma-Cob. The "re" is hardly ever heard. What does it mean?
Although it is an adjective meaning: disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury, WE ARE NOT SOLELY A HORROR FILM FESTIVAL but instead a whole lot more than that. We usually approach the Macabre Faire Film Festival with a lighter touch in the sense that, not all of the films screened are horror and instead many may simply be considered a bit on the darker side. Of course, we will add some horror to this festival but, when we hear the word "Macabre" we remember those hauntingly fascinating films that starred legendary greats such as:
Vincent Price & Peter Cushing or those fantastic Gothic horrors like the "Hammer" films. These names in themselves represent what "macabre" means to us. What we are saying is that the word "Macabre" DOES NOT mean we only accept HORROR films but instead that we welcome those films that can tap into our fears through what you don't see or hear. A dark drama, mystery, suspense, thriller or dark comedy can do a lovely job making us feel uncomfortable in the dark. So folks, this is what many of the films selected for the Macabre Faire Film Festival offer. A buffet for any pallet. About the only thing we may have to say "No Thanks" to would be a romantic comedy/drama... unless, there's a monster under the bed during love making or other dark element.
All submitted films are pre-screened by select judges that includes Eileen Dietz, our Festival Ambassador, of the original "The Exorcist" film to ensure the films have followed guidelines and are an overall fit for the festival. Then the films are passed on to another set of judges consisting of more filmmakers, film critics, genre film fans and or seasoned actors to choose the Official Selections. Once these selections have been identified there is an additional judging process in collaboration with the original pre-screening judges to identify the different category nominees. Once you have been notified we insist on having the film festival entry form filled out and submitted back to the festival via email or snail mail within 4 weeks of acceptance. This form can be found on our website or it has been emailed to you as an attachment with your initial welcoming email.
URGENT NOTE: IF THERE IS NO CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE FESTIVAL AND INDIVIDUAL WHO SUBMITTED THE ACCEPTED FILM WITHIN 4 WEEKS FROM INITIAL ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION, WHICH ALL FILMMAKERS RECEIVE FROM FESTHOME BY DEADLINE DATE, YOUR FILM WILL NO LONGER BE AN OFFICIAL SELECTION IN THE MACABRE FAIRE FILM FESTIVAL. So we urge everyone to check their spam folders at all times and or ensure to make contact with the festival within 4 weeks of the acceptance notification. Failure to do so will exclude your film from the festival. Please take the time to ACTUALLY READ all the pages of the submission form which contains mailing address information (if needed) and other very important details which includes getting your discs or film posters sent to the festival in a timely fashion. This does not mean mailing materials in 2 weeks before the event as they will not be accepted.
Moving on...
January's festival always falls on Martin Luther King Jr weekend for easy remembering. This 4 day event start with Thursday and Friday being solely screening days with minimal panels within 3 screening rooms. The festival continues for another 2 days with Saturday screenings starting at 12pm into midnight within 4-5 screening rooms and an intimately sized vendor room with additional panels available for guests. Saturday evening is capped with an elaborate Red Carpet Gala Award Ceremony that offers a glamorous atmosphere filled with Press, Photos, Entertainment, Dinner and Awards! This is NOT to be missed.
Sunday captures the conversations from the night prior winners and more. A perfect day to catch those shorts you may have missed as it usually hosts an encore segment for short films from 12pm until 6pm. Be sure to visit the vendor room before the day is over and sit in on another panel or other special treat before it all ends until the following year.
Several films that have screened at MFFF have received distribution at this time for titles like: Cannibal Diner, Caesar & Otto's Deadly XMas, Caesar & Otto's Paranormal Halloween, Model Hunger, The Perfect House, House of Afflictions, Dead Woman's Hollow, The Long Island Serial Killer, The Ghouligans, Devil Knows His Own, Coyote, and others being discussed at this very moment. Will yours be next?
Children's, Nature & Wildlife Film Festival è un festival cinematografico indipendente indiano promosso da Miniboxoffice India. L'obiettivo del Children's, Nature & Wildlife Film Festival è quello di mostrare e promuovere lungometraggi, cortometraggi, animazioni e documentari professionalmente divertenti, illuminanti e incoraggianti tra il pubblico target. Il festival accetta tutti i generi di film per bambini, sulla natura, sul clima e sulla fauna selvatica, che si tratti di film fantasy, motivazionali, drammatici, sulla disabilità, educativi, di fantascienza, avventurosi, genitoriali, ecc.
Il Children's, Nature & Wildlife Film Festival è una boutique di film per bambini, sulla natura, sul clima e sulla fauna selvatica che celebra l'infanzia e la natura. L'obiettivo del festival è portare il cinema di livello mondiale a portata di mano dei bambini, che fornisce una fonte alternativa di apprendimento e aiuta a comprendere la cultura di altre nazioni e la natura attraverso l'arte del cinema. Il CNWFF dà anche visibilità all'educazione cinematografica attraverso vari workshop e master class. Allo stesso tempo fornisce ai registi una piattaforma per raggiungere un vasto pubblico attraverso il CNWFF.
Il festival aiuta a innalzare gli standard di qualità dei contenuti per film per bambini e naturalistici e aiuta anche a promuovere il mercato cinematografico. Ci auguriamo che il CNWFF si riveli una pietra miliare per i registi nella loro carriera e una ricca esperienza anche per il pubblico.
The Festival will take place within the 5th edition of TESAPE, an event for the national cinema industry, to be held from 21 to 24 September 2016 in the Centro Paraguayo Japonés in Asuncion city, Paraguay. The Festival is aimed at young people learning a career, course or audiovisual workshop, and for those filmmakers who want to participate with their first productions. In addition to the official competition that brings together national and regional short films, the Festival will develop an instance Open Screen, for those films that have not been selected.
Handwritten letters become source of inspiration for original short films produced by filmmakers from all over the world and commissioned by the Letters’ Festival in collaboration with the London Short Film Festival. This is Movieletters’ project: a unique mix between letter writing and film making that, throughout the years, has given birth to wonderful works of art.
For the 2016 edition of the Movieletters’ competition, film directors from around the world are invited to make short films translating into cinematic language the words contained in the letter written by Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Peace Messenger.
The text of the letter, downloadable in different languages visiting http://movieletters.com, must appear either wholly or partially (simple quotes are also allowed) within the short film, in the way that the author deems most appropriate: voice-over, lettering motion, opening and closing credits, etc.
A dedicated jury will decide on the short film finalists and the winner.
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...
Film Festival held in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico , specializing in spreading terror , suspense , science fiction and fantasy , focused on the cinema and the various artistic disciplines that exist emphasis on the entertainment part with commitment that the public receives in each of our events , a real fun and enriching experience.
Il requisito principale è che il cortometraggio debba affrontare tutte le questioni sociali legate all'uguaglianza di genere:
coeducazione, diritti, violenza di genere, violenza sessuale; ruoli storici, partecipazione delle donne alla vita sociale; equilibrio tra lavoro e vita privata; politiche di uguaglianza; discriminazione salariale; soffitto di vetro; pavimento adesivo; discriminazione basata su sesso, genere o orientamento sessuale; invisibilità; corresponsabilità; sorellanza, ecc.
Per il resto delle condizioni, consulta i termini e le condizioni.
The annual film festival TFF is held in Minsk, Republic of Belarus.
The festival’s aim is watching interesting movies, discussing them, giving and getting the prizes and having a nice autumn evening.
*The First Festival stop is at Penn State University in State College PA, March 22-25 2017*
Dear Filmmakers,
The College Town Film Festival is thrilled to be entering it's fifth year. Along the journey, we have met talented filmmakers and artists; we have been hosted by engaged, intellectually curious students; and we have been welcomed (and challenged) by world-class faculty members who have come to define our festival.
When we first began to formulate the idea for The College Town Film Festival, we knew it had to be a traveling event. We wanted to capture the energy of a place that thrives on youth and deals in the currency of developing minds. Plus, a roadshow would allow us spread the word while gauging the pulse of the college audience. Since those early conversations, The CTFF has grown rapidly over 4 fast-moving years. We have screened Independent films (with accompanying TedTalk-like presentations and panels discussions) for large crowds on major college campuses, enabling students to discover a world of ideas and a sense of passion for issues that matter; often encountering a filmic view of our complex world that isn’t available at the local multiplex.
At the same time, the University Professors we work with are thrilled to welcome the professional Actors, Directors, Editors, Writers, Casting Directors, Crew Members and industry professionals that we invite to campus to discuss the inner-workings of film and professional production. The big surprise however, is that College Deans and Administrators enthusiastically support the festival because they’ve discovered that The CTFF fills a vital need: bringing the University together across disciplines. Which, as one administrator revealed is “normally the provence of sports and keggers… not art and ideas”.
From the beginning, we knew that colleges of communication, theatre and business/marketing would be natural partners. But every year, we discover that new faculty provosts and new deans are reaching out to us. Four short years into the experiment, The CTFF now receives unexpected and enthusiastic support across campus: with strong participation from the colleges of education, psychology, life-sciences, philosophy, engineering, theology and even medicine and computers. Our new challenge is to keep pace with this growing interest… and channel the enthusiasm into a more sophisticated and technologically-advanced platform.
When I meet with professors and deans I explain that we began with (and stay true to) two simple goals. 1) Support Independent filmmakers. 2) Introduce students to unique voices and fresh ideas “without making them feel like they are eating vegetables.” Of course, making these two ideas work together and balancing them, can be a bit of a challenge… but that tug-of-war is what led to a moment of clarity and our third goal, which is what really gives life to the College Town Film Festival. And it is the thing that excites the University faculty heads.
Each year, and with each stop on the tour, the energy and excitement around this event grows. The 2015 Penn State festival was by far our most ambitious and the most successful. Now we are being contacted by new Universities who are interested in bringing CTFF to their campus, and we are looking for filmmakers with something to say to help us grow this festival to reach more students.
The best screenings are attended by the filmmakers. That’s why we help with travel. Sometimes it’s airline tickets, usually it’s a hotel room for a few nights… often it’s both. But always the reason is the same: we want to hear your voice; learn about the backstory and listen to your plans for the future… and always, argue the merits of your film.
But beware: the conversations are real. Sometimes we agree; more often we argue — never do we pull-any-punches. That is the deal we have for you: we won’t pretend to be “the next Sundance” (blah, blah, blah) and you won’t have to worry that we’ll subject you to an audience programmed to agree with you just because you’re in the room.
We’re not interested in how your film was financed or how much it cost or why you cast the girl with the lisp. We just want to know one thing: of all the movies you could have made, why did you make this one?
So submit your film. Know that it will be reviewed by thoughtful judges. That it will be given careful consideration. And when it is accepted… we don’t just want a copy of the DVD… we want you.
FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DEL CINEMA DI SAN LUIS POTOSÍ (FICSLP)
Bando 2023, 11° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DEL CINEMA DI SAN LUIS POTOSÍ
DRACULA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL calls for short films and animation films. Filmmakers working horror, sci-fi, gore, thrillers, supernatural, dark comedies, animation, experimental films, cult and cutting-edge short films within the horror, fantasy and science fiction genre are invited to submit their work for its fourth edition.
SOFIA BITING DOCS presenta una selezione di documentari che affrontano temi quali i diritti umani, i problemi ambientali, la discriminazione, la mancanza di rispetto per le diversità, l'integrazione di gruppi minoritari - a suo parere, questioni apparentemente sovrasfruttate, ma di attualità, controverse di importanza fondamentale per il società, sollevando discussioni e argomenti. Il festival si concentra su tutti i tipi di curiosi e spiels, girato nel cinema documentario. Si fissa su storie, con lo scopo di informare, di provocare, di porre domande, di discussione.
