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 UNDERD FILM FESTIVAL est un projet culturel, artisanal et résistant qui, depuis l'an 2000, est développé dans la municipalité valencienne de Godella et qui utilise comme épine dorsale la projection d'œuvres audiovisuelles récentes qui coexistent lors de la célébration de ce festival particulier. Dans sa 17e édition, le festival vise à recueillir des propositions cinématographiques indépendantes qui offrent une perspective alternative créée à partir de la transversalité que permet le langage filmique. Œuvres qui, d'une manière ou d'une autre, renversent la morale, démantelent les répressions, nos Philias et phobies et qui témoignent des défauts structurels de la société dans laquelle nous vivons. En marge de l'industrie du divertissement, nous trouverons des propositions qui peuvent nous conduire vers différents modèles d'expression qui permettent au cinéma narratif de revenir à la catégorie expressive qu'il cherche à susciter la réflexion. Peut-être si c'est étrange, c'est parce qu'il reste caché de la perception et des sens. Nous comprenons que la production cinématographique vit un processus créatif qui améliore la fusion entre les genres, attisant l'originalité et la diversité du médium, nous attribuons à toutes ces possibilités. De CATACUMBA nous voulons refléter cette réalité créative, donnant de l'espace à un plus grand nombre d'œuvres, parfois inclassables, mais qui agissent comme des miroirs de l'étrange réalité que nous vivons. Dans le court métrage et le long métrage, vous aurez la possibilité de ressentir toutes les peurs, rêves, philias et phobies que nos réalisateurs ont l'intention de transmettre. Vous connaîtrez des genres jadis méprisés et sous-évalués, mais qui ont eu des titres transcendantaux dans l'histoire du cinéma et qui sont devenus d'authentiques référents de la filmographie universelle. Reflétant le cinéma de notre réalité sociale, le cinéma qui nous convainc plus chaque jour que la réalité surpassera toujours la fiction.
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?
Le Children's, Science, Nature & Wildlife Film Festival est un festival du film indépendant indien promu par Miniboxoffice India. Le festival du film pour enfants, sciences, nature et faune a pour objectif de présenter et de promouvoir auprès du public cible des longs métrages, des courts métrages, des films d'animation et des documentaires divertissants, éclairants et encourageants réalisés par des professionnels. Le festival accepte tous les genres de films pour enfants, scientifiques, naturels, climatiques et animaliers, qu'il s'agisse de films fantastiques, motivants, dramatiques, sur le handicap, éducatifs, de science-fiction, d'aventure, de parentalité, etc.
Le Children's, Science, Nature & Wildlife Film Festival est une boutique de films pour enfants, scientifiques, naturels, climatiques et animaliers célébrant l'enfance et la nature. L'objectif du festival est de mettre le cinéma de renommée mondiale à la portée des enfants, en leur fournissant une autre source d'apprentissage et en les aidant à comprendre la culture des autres nations et la nature grâce à l'art du cinéma. Le CSNWFF présente également l'enseignement du cinéma par le biais de divers ateliers et master classes. En même temps, fournir aux cinéastes une plate-forme leur permettant de toucher un large public par le biais du CSNWFF.
Le festival contribue à améliorer les normes de qualité du contenu pour les films pour enfants et sur la nature et contribue également à dynamiser le marché du film. Nous espérons que le CSNWFF marquera une étape importante pour les cinéastes dans leur carrière et qu'il offrira également une riche expérience au public.
L'organisme organisateur Miniboxoffice est une société mondiale de marketing, de distribution et d'organisation de festivals de films indépendants basée en Inde. La société vise à promouvoir le cinéma indépendant dans le monde entier et à réaliser le cinéma indépendant en tant qu'entreprise commerciale. La société a organisé des festivals de films en Inde, principalement à Delhi, Noida, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai et Kolkata, ainsi que le célèbre « Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival ». Tous les festivals se déroulent avec succès en 15e ou 16e année. En peu de temps, Miniboxoffice s'est forgé une réputation auprès de la communauté des cinéastes puisque plus de 26 000 films de plus de 110 pays ont participé à ses festivals de films. La marque Miniboxoffice est bien connue dans l'industrie et aide considérablement les cinéastes participants jeunes et expérimentés à se faire reconnaître.
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, 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) est la première vitrine d'expérimentation à Los Angeles dans les médias cinématographiques, vidéo et audio. Elle se concentre sur le cinéma d'avant-garde, d'art, indépendant et à faible budget, avec la cinquième édition qui aura lieu en juillet 2020 à Los Angeles.
Notre programme permet aux cinéastes de réinventer et d'explorer de nouvelles approches, de favoriser de nouvelles formes d'art médiatique et de créer un public pour de tels travaux. Nous visons à présenter un large éventail de travaux explorant les nombreuses définitions et interprétations du concept de « souterrain ».
Nous recherchons des films réalisés avec passion, obsession et dynamisme ; des films qui dépassent les attentes et le genre ; des films, des projets vidéo et audio qui cherchent à repousser les limites de la forme et du contenu acceptés. Un fort sens de la paternité est un must.
LAUFF accepte toutes les formes et tous les genres : du drame, documentaire, expérimental, culte, art-house, langue étrangère, comédie, horreur, science-fiction, fantasy, animation, LGBT, indigène, érotique au slow cinéma et art vidéo...
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.
La principale exigence est que le court métrage traite de tous les problèmes sociaux liés à l'égalité des sexes :
coéducation, droits, violence sexiste, violence sexuelle ; rôles historiques, participation des femmes à la vie sociale ; équilibre entre vie professionnelle et vie privée ; politiques d'égalité ; discrimination salariale ; plafond de verre ; sol collant ; discrimination fondée sur le sexe, le genre ou l'orientation sexuelle ; invisibilité ; coresponsabilité ; sororité, etc.
Pour le reste des conditions, veuillez consulter les conditions générales.
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 INTERNATIONAL DU FILM DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ (FICSLP)
Appel 2023, 11° FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM DE 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 présente une sélection de films documentaires, abordant des sujets tels que les droits de l'homme, les problèmes environnementaux, la discrimination, le manque de respect pour les diversités, l'intégration des groupes minoritaires - à première vue, apparemment surexploités, mais en fait d'actualité, des questions controversées d'une importance capitale pour la société, soulevant des discussions et des arguments. Le festival se concentre sur toutes sortes de curieux et de spiels, tournés dans le cinéma documentaire. Il est fixé sur des histoires, visant à informer, à provoquer, à poser des questions, à débattre.
Le Festival international du film de Gáldar (FIC Gáldar) est l'un des festivals de films les plus importants des îles Canaries et a concentré dans chacune de ses éditions le meilleur du cinéma national et international. Organisé par le conseil municipal de Gáldar par l'intermédiaire de son conseil de la culture depuis 2013, ce festival propose un événement en direct avec des mesures sanitaires importantes pour garantir une sécurité et un confort complets.
À compter d'aujourd'hui, notre événement sera organisé aux dates initialement prévues. Nous suivons de près les règles et réglementations établies par le gouvernement espagnol et, comme nous espérons que les cinémas seront autorisés à pleine capacité avant notre événement, nous sommes également ouverts à ouvrir nos salles dans une capacité limitée si cela était obligatoire. Si les plans de notre événement en direct changent, nous informerons tous les cinéastes sélectionnés des nouvelles dates.
Le festival aura lieu dans la ville de Gáldar, sur l'île de Gran Canaria, en octobre 2025, et sa philosophie se concentre sur le film en tant que seul et grand centre gravitationnel, sans perdre de vue les créateurs, qui méritent un respect absolu pour leurs œuvres.
Ainsi, ce festival ne fera aucune différence entre les thèmes, les formats ou les genres. Les inscriptions sont ouvertes à tous les types de longs et courts métrages. Nous cherchons à présenter le meilleur de l'art dramatique, de la comédie, de l'horreur, de la science-fiction, du fantastique, des thrillers/suspense, du noir, à la fois dans la fiction et le documentaire, à la fois dans l'action et dans l'animation. Les inscriptions sont ouvertes aux films du monde entier.
Le FIC s'engage en faveur du cinéma pour le cinéma, d'une véritable vision qui ne répond pas aux contraintes sociales, idéologiques ou formelles. Il s'agit essentiellement d'un festival de films sans frontières.
Enfin, le festival rendra également hommage à différentes personnalités de l'industrie cinématographique et organisera des ateliers et des activités parallèles.
