The Hon. City Council of Doña Mencía, through its Departments of Youth and Tourism, together with the “Cinema and Rural Environments” Association, and with the sponsorship of the Regional Government of Andalusia and the Provincial Council of Córdoba, hereby announces the rules and guidelines for the 1st Edition of the Doña Mencía Short Film Contest, “MENCITOPÍA”.
Yecla en Corto is a film festival dedicated to showcasing short films as a platform for social reflection and youth engagement. With a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion, the festival seeks to highlight fresh voices and support filmmakers who explore human and social issues through a young and innovative lens.
The Kampala Slum Mobile Cinema Outreach is a dynamic project aimed at bringing entertainment, education, and cultural exchange opportunities to underserved communities in Uganda.
Currently, operating in 2 slums in Entebbe and 3 slums in Kampala, our custom-designed Mobile Cinema Truck equipped with high-quality projection equipment and a sound system serves as the centerpiece for our activities.
Our main project activities include 50 Free open-air film screenings (documentaries, fiction films, and shorts), all centered around human rights-related themes relevant to the residents of the slums.
Following each screening, we facilitate engaging debates and discussions to encourage dialogue and community participation, serve to empower individuals with knowledge and advocacy tools, amplifying the voices, and fostering dialogue in marginalized groups for a more equitable and inclusive society where rights are respected and upheld.
The Colli Albani or Castelli Romani area has been the setting for numerous national and international films, starting with "Inferno" in 1911, considered the first Italian feature film.
To then remember "The Leopard" by Visconti, "Nights of Cabiria" by Fellini, " quel pasticciaccio brutto di Via Merulana " by Gadda, many of Totò's films, up to "the stolen children" by Amelio, " il marchese del Grillo” by Monicelli, “il Vigile” by Zampa and many others until the recent “all you need is crime” by Giallini.
The Colli Albani Film Festival was therefore born from the need to honor this territory linked to cinema in the best possible way, giving space to Italian and foreign authors to present their works, creating concrete opportunities for professionals in the cine-audiovisual world.
Furthermore, it will be an opportunity for the local population to get closer to cinema to see and vote for the works selected at the festival.
LOCATION
Grottaferrata ALFELLINI CINEMA
Recently reopened and completely renovated thanks to the commitment of Davide Fontana in collaboration with the Municipality of Grottaferrata and with the support of Manuele Ilari and the Madison circuit.
Introductions, presentations and meetings for the selected works
Will be 4 out-of-competition screenings
2 of these screenings will be of old or recent films set in the Colli Albani area with guests and introduction.
2 instead will be current Italian or foreign films with guests and introduction.
CIMASUB 2025. The 49th edition of the San Sebastián International Underwater Film Festival, to be held on 13, 14 and 15 november 2025, is organised by the Subacuáticas Real Sociedad, and aims to raise awareness of the underwater world, and raise awareness of respect and care for our seas and oceans, through the dissemination of audiovisual works.
Petronila. Burgos Film Festival is organised by the Fundación Círculo Burgos.
Petronila. Burgos Film Festival, among other activities, has a large area dedicated to Ibero American short films with social themes, where different competitions coexist:
- Official Competition (Ibero-American)
- Castilla y León Competition
- Young Audiences
These sections have economic prizes that will recognise the best works in each category.
The festival is completed with special screenings and other contents of great quality and interest, where the links between cinema and social commitment are strengthened.
With the aim to encourage the creation of meeting spaces for the world of medium-length films, as well as fostering interest in cinematographic creation, the Manzanares El Real City Council's Department of Culture organizes the fourth edition of the International Festival of Medium-Length Films of Manzanares El Real called FIMMER.
All those films with a duration between 30 and 60 minutes produced after January 1, 2024 may be submitted to the contest. And each author or producer may submit up to a maximum of two works.
Entries can be submitted online, through the festhome.com platform or by email to fimmerfestival@gmail.com, where the documentation required in the bases must be included, and where the technical characteristics of the files to send.
The deadline for receiving the files is open on july the 1st 2025 and will close on September the 15 2025.
7th Ooty Short Film Festival (Ooty SFF)
December 26-28, 2025
The Nilgiris Film Club (NFC) is thrilled to announce the 7th edition of the Ooty Short Film Festival (Ooty SFF), scheduled to take place from December 26th to 28th, 2025. We cordially invite filmmakers from across the globe to join us in celebrating the art of independent short films in the picturesque mountains of the Western Ghats.
About the Festival
Since its inception, Ooty SFF has grown into a vibrant platform for showcasing exceptional short films. Our carefully curated sections feature some of the most remarkable experimental and artist-made short films, ensuring a diverse and inspiring cinematic journey for all attendees.
In 2025, we are excited to introduce a new initiative: Citizen Jury, A citizen jury at our short film festival evaluates films from a public perspective, offering a crucial non-industry viewpoint.
Our Vision
At Ooty SFF, we strive to curate a program that embodies unique and original artistic visions. Our focus is on short films that boldly push the boundaries of both form and concept, opening up numerous avenues for interpretation and understanding.
We have a special interest in works by emerging filmmakers and artist-made shorts, believing that these voices bring fresh and innovative perspectives to the cinematic landscape.
Opportunities for Filmmakers
Ooty SFF is more than just a screening platform. We provide filmmakers with:
A platform to share their work with a discerning audience
Exposure to diverse filmmaking styles and narratives
Opportunities to be part of a growing community of independent filmmakers
Recognition through our Golden Elephant Awards for Indian filmmakers and digital awards (NFTs) for international filmmakers, ensuring both physical and modern digital forms of recognition
Submit Your Film
We welcome submissions from filmmakers of all backgrounds and experiences. If you have a short film that challenges conventions, explores new territories, or tells a compelling story in an innovative way, we want to see it!
Join us for the 7th Ooty Short Film Festival and be part of a celebration of cinematic creativity in the heart of the Nilgiris.
The Ooty Short Film Festival is produced by the NilgirisNext Foundation for Arts & Culture (NXF), formerly known as Nilgiris Film Club (NFC).
The Messina Film Festival – Cinema&Opera is a meeting and discussion place for delving into the relationship between cinema and opera through various artistic perspectives and trends. The Messina Film Festival is the only event in the Italian cinematic landscape that addresses this interaction and offers the public a diverse cultural program consisting of screenings, concerts, presentations, and exhibitions. The entire program is exclusively dedicated to the relationship between the Seventh Art and one of the greatest Italian cultural traditions, Melodrama. There are non-competitive sections and a section dedicated to short films, which is competitive in nature. The competition is thematic, and only works with a maximum duration of 15 minutes (including titles) are admitted, which must feature stories inspired by operatic works or their characters, or that include music or arias from operas, or a setting in an opera theater.
The festival aims to promote cinematographic culture through short films.
The Friends of Ribadesella Cultural Association was born in 1986, with the vocation of disseminating culture among the citizens of Ribadesella and its council, its statutory objectives being very broad (giving conferences, organizing exhibitions, publishing books, protecting cultural and historical heritage , artistic, ethnographic, natural or scientific of the town; also activities of a sporting or social nature) currently having about a thousand members, who support our cultural trajectory.
Barcelona Queer Film Festival is a Queer Film Festival (LGTBIQ+) that runs its second edition in Barcelona, Spain. There will also be activities related to Queer literature and Art the days before the festival.
The festival screenings will take place on November 28, 29 and 30 2025 at the Cinema Maldà in Barcelona.
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Any individual or legal entity, whether participating individually or collectively, may take part without age restrictions. Submissions can include any audiovisual production in 4K, 2K, Full HD, HDV, or HD formats. Productions that have been previously screened or featured in other showcases and festivals are eligible. Submissions must have been completed during the current year or the previous year.
All works recorded in digital format will be accepted for all sections that form part of the official selection.
DICHO Y HECHO PRODUCCIONES SL It is an entity whose corporate purpose is the production of all types of projects, including cinematographic works, as well as the organisation of events, among which the short and feature film festival called Ibicine Ibiza Film Festival stands out, which is planned throughout the year and held between January and April.
Ibicine is a festival that supports emerging national, international and Balearic talent, with the aim of promoting emerging filmmakers and generating links with established talent, placing special importance on short films and rewarding the technical and artistic aspects of these film productions with the Astarté Awards, a statuette created and produced in Ibiza in honour of the Phoenician goddess who left her mark on the island.
In addition to the SOC Official Short Film Section, the festival features Parallel Sections, as well as the SOL Official Feature Film Section and projects in development thanks to the Ibiza Film Market industry conferences held as part of the festival, to promote professional cinema on the island, creating a meeting point with the national and international industry to generate and strengthen relationships within the sector: creators, producers, platforms, buyers, etc.
All these activities come together in Ibiza as a setting for synergies, new projects and learning, with the signing of contracts and the generation of business for the film industry. And they are linked to their environment, their professionals and their audience.
Ibicine has been selected by UNESCO as the festival representing Spain in the Movie Travel film tourism routes, has received recognition from the Consell d'Eivissa, has been awarded the Business Excellence Award for Best Festival in the Balearic Islands by Acquisition International magazine and the 2023 Hospitality Award for Festival of the Year by LUXlife magazine.
Since 2022, the Festival has collaborated with the Spanish Film Academy, forming part of the list of festivals that give access to the Goya Awards in the categories of Fiction, Animation and Documentary, in this 9th edition for the Goya Awards, being the only festival in the Balearic Islands with this award.
This means that the fiction, animation and documentary short films awarded the Astarté for best fiction short film and the Astarté for best documentary short film will be directly eligible for the pre-selection of nominations for the Goya Awards. The short films selected in the Official National Section of Ibicine may be included in the list of nominees for the Goya Awards if, in addition to this selection, they are selected by six other festivals collaborating with the Academy. ***
***To consult the rules for participation in the 40th edition of the Goya Awards,
click on the following link (short films on page 40): /https://www.premiosgoya.com/pdfs/bases-de-los-40-premios-goya/
***To consult the list of festivals collaborating with the Goya Awards:
/https://www.premiosgoya.com/pdfs/bases-de-los-40-premios-goya/ Annex V
In addition, since 2023, Ibicine has been a qualifier for the Forqué Awards in the same categories and for the Fugaz Awards in the category of best fiction short film.
The Ibicine selection committee is made up of professionals from different sectors of the industry who work together to ensure that the selection is made carefully and always meets the criteria of professional quality, diversity and equality, with varied themes and genres, in order to achieve an annual programme that allows viewers to enjoy and learn about the seventh art through different stories and perspectives.
The jury for each edition of Ibicine is made up of an average of between five and seven professionals from the film industry, who also represent different guilds. The jury is chaired by a professional selected by the festival's board of directors, who has the power to break ties and speak to the media on behalf of the rest of the jury. The jury is composed mainly of members of the Spanish Film Academy, as well as international members.
Ibicine has been sponsored by actresses Kira Miró, Paz Vega, Cayetana Guillén-Cuervo, Nadia de Santiago, Inma Cuevas and Michelle Calvó and, since the first edition, by actor and comedian Jon Plazaola, who accompanies us in each edition as a lifetime sponsor of the festival.
To date, we have celebrated and recognised the talent of Spanish and international figures, awarding the Astarté de Honor prize for their film careers to: actress Terele Pávez, director Isabel Coixet, the Association of Women Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media (CIMA), actor and director Paco León, actress Yolanda Ramos, comedian Eva Soriano, journalist and film critic Cayetana Guillén-Cuervo, international producer and screenwriter Axel Kuschevatzky, FILMIN co-founder Jaume Ripoll, international actor Leonardo Sbaraglia, actor Javier Gutierrez, actress Cecilia Suárez, and director Carmen Vidal.
Ibicine is made possible thanks to the support of island institutions such as the Consell d'Eivissa, Ibiza Travel, Eivissacultural.es and Adlib Ibiza; l'Ajuntament d'Eivissa, l'Ajuntament de Santa Eulària des Riu and l'Ajuntament de Sant Antoni de Portmany, as well as sponsoring companies, collaborators and media partners such as IB3, Diario de Ibiza, TEF, Cadena SER, Noudiari and Periódico de Ibiza. It is thanks to them and the Ibicine team that this cultural event in Ibiza is possible and has become an essential annual fixture.
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The Fugitif Short Film Festival is an international festival of competitive short films. This event, thanks to a demanding selection, responds to a desire to offer a high quality artistic and cultural experience. Since 2021, the event has been held at the renowned Utopia cinema in the heart of Avignon.
The festival explores three captivating themes: The Night, LGBTQIA+ and student films. It showcases the full diversity of cinema, bringing together a wide range of genres: fiction, live action, animation, documentary, experimental, and many more.
Details of the event's sponsors will be announced shortly. A huge thank you to everyone who is supporting and taking part in the Fugitif experience!
- PUBLIC SCREENINGS -
The event takes place at the Utopia cinema in the centre of Avignon. It will provide a unique opportunity for filmmakers and film school students to meet, exchange ideas and participate in the cultural weaving of the audiovisual sector.
A jury of professional artists will be present at the screening to determine the winner of the Fugitif Award.
- PROGRAMME -
Registration opening - 15 April 2025
Early deadline - 25 May 2025
Regular deadline - 25 August 2025
Late deadline / Registration closing - 15 september 2025
Selected films announcement - 15 November 2025
Public / Jury screening - 16 January 2026
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- 2025 THEME #1: THE NIGHT -
1. The theme THE NIGHT can be approached literally and/or metaphorically. It can be a detail or a main element of the film.
2. Duration: 2 to 25 minutes.
3. All styles and genres are accepted: live-action, animation, fiction, documentary, comedy, horror, etc.
4. The date of creation is not restrictive.
- 2025 THEME #2: LGBTQIA+ -
1. The LGBTQIA+ theme is an opportunity to discover and highlight the great variety, abundance and exceptional creativity of LGBTQIA+ cinema.
2. Duration: 2 to 25 minutes.
3. All styles and genres are accepted: live-action, animation, fiction, documentary, comedy, horror, etc.
4. The date of creation is not restrictive.
- 2025 THEME #3 STUDENT FILMS -
1. The STUDENT FILMS theme highlights the diversity and creativity of cinema students and reveals the talents of the future.
2. Duration: 2 to 25 minutes.
3. All styles and genres accepted: live action, animation, drama, documentary, comedy, horror, etc.
4. The date of creation is not restrictive.
- REGISTRATION FEES -
Early-bird: 15€
Regular deadline fee: 20€
Late deadline: 25€
In the case of cancellation or disqualification for failure to comply with the imposed regulations, entry fees are non-refundable.
- SPONSORS -
- Utopia: an exceptional cinema in the heart of Avignon
- Domaine de Montine: prestigious wine cellar in the Rhône-Alpes region
- Dragonframe (Essential animation software)
- Storm sonorisation (Audio-visual equipment shop)
SOCIALMED VALÈNCIA is the first Mediterranean Social Film Festival, which pays special attention to cinema and artistic creation related to social issues geographically and culturally linked to the Mediterranean Sea. The festival is based in the city of Valencia and will host its main event once a year in spring, although the first edition in 2021 was held exceptionally in 19-27 November 2021. This call for entries applies to the competitive and informative sections of the festival.
As organisers and promoters of the festival, VSRIGHTS (the Valencian Agency for Human Rights) and the ACM Foundation invite MedCités / MedCities, the network that coordinates 63 city councils and unions of municipalities from across the Mediterranean region through sustainable development projects, strategic urban city plans and the development of urban services, to collaborate in the promotion of the festival and the reception of submissions from its members. In addition, the organising entities are members of the network.
13th version of the International Documentary Film Festival Globale - Bogotá
The Globale International Documentary Film Festival - Bogotá invites documentary filmmakers and audiovisual producers to submit proposals that revolve around the struggle against Fascism.
About the festival
Globale—Critical and Emancipatory Perspectives is a non-profit and non-competitive festival that exhibits documentaries with political and social themes. It was founded in Berlin in 2003 and later replicated in Warsaw, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, and Bogota, where it has been held since 2011.
Its objective is to generate scenarios of denunciation, dialogue, awareness, and analysis of reality based on the themes established for each version. Thus, it proposes transforming established cultural, social, and economic models. For them, we resort to the documentary without a hierarchy of formats, media, qualities, or academic or industrial validations.
We love horror and we're very excited to watch your films!
The Bloody Horror International Film Festival (BHIFF) is an international festival seeking the best in indie horror (both amateur and professional).
The festival is set up in two yearly sessions. Selected films will be recognized and awarded in various categories.
BHIFF has made a point to keep our entry fees low as to give everyone the chance to enter, and we offer a high number of award categories!
BHIFF is headquartered in Canada, but its panel of judges is set in different parts of the world and comes with a variety of horror film expertise.
As of June 2025, BHIFF will now be sharing more content on social media! We think this is a great way to help promote your work/creations for everyone to see! We hold the rights to use any material submitted and will use this to promote your amazing creations! We may use film trailers, posters and clips of submitted films (even non-inning films)
Here at BHIFF, we feel everyone's work is a masterpiece! We have the hard job of choosing our Official Selections and Winners. This doesn't mean we didn't love all the films. We aren't always able to screen all of the Official Selections and Honorable Mentions because we have time limits at the venues.
So, we feel that sharing on social media is a great way to get everyone work seen!
We have partnered up with the nice folks over at B-Movie TV!
B-Movie TV is a Live TV Channel that is available via Roku Box. B-Movies 24/7!
Every film that wins BHIFF's Baddest B-Movie award will be exclusively screened LIVE on B-Movie TV's channel! How cool is that?!
Lots more exciting stuff coming soon!
We're always very excited to see your creations!
