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Deadline
15 May 2023


Published: 10 Nov 2022
 Does NOT have submission fees
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DokStation

Bucharest, Romania


In the fall of 2015, DokStation introduced itself as a unique, cutting edge music documentary film festival in Bucharest, Romania. It has since established itself as one of the premiere niche festivals in the country, but more importantly as a vital part of the local cultural scene. Now in its 8th year, the festival has expanded to include year-round programming, unique pop-up events, and special screenings including world and national premieres.

DokStation tells the true stories behind the music and examines music in all its complexity and history, focused exclusively on showcasing amazing national and international non‐fiction music documentaries, covering all genres of music during five days.

For all passionate about independent film and music across all genres, DokStation provided the unique opportunity to watch great music documentaries as they were meant to be seen on the screen and venues, but at full volume.

The 2022 DokStation edition presented 28 fascinating and compelling music documentaries, most of them Romanian premieres (about prominent figures such as Leonard Cohen, Jim Morisson, a-ha, Sinead O’Connor, Kate Bush, Bryan Ferry, Sheryl Crow, King Crimson, Shane MacGowan, Bee Gees, Cesária Évora), accompanied by Q&A sessions with directors and other key players involved, gigs, and DJ sets themed on the films presented across five alternative Bucharest venues.

The 2023 DokStation Festival will take place from September 20-24 in Bucharest, Romania. Next September, DokStation will continue to discover, exhibit and champion compelling non-fiction music films, covering all genres of music, hosting interactive panels and live music events.

www.dokstation.ro


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THE PARADOX OF PURITANISM

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Published: 10 Nov 2022


 
 


It is well known that John Ford was an angry despot on his shooting sets, capable of savagely beating his main actors, of publicly humiliating his brother, of throwing his actresses into a swimming pool. An unrepentant alcoholic, he exercised tyrannical violence with the malice of one who knows that he has at his disposal the necessary power to exercise it.

I don't think we can and should not excuse John Ford for those behaviors, neither in the 30s/40/50s nor now in 2022. But neither can we ignore them, as if they were acceptable, nor cancel John Ford entirely, as if we hope that great creators should not have serious character flaws. What we can do is assume the natural imperfection of the human condition, accept John Ford as a great creator with terrible flaws that should never be silenced, and appreciate his films to a greater or lesser extent. It's easy to say, very hard to do.




 
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Deadline
11 Dec 2022


Published: 09 Nov 2022
 Has submission fees
Short films
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Hispanic International Film Festival

Rehoboth Beach, United States


From the creators of the Depth of Field International Film Festival, Docs Without Borders Film Festival, and the WRPN.tv Women’s International Film Festival (among a few other successful festivals) and, under the umbrella of the WRPN.tv Network we bring you the Hispanic International Film Festival (HIFF)


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
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Deadline
15 Jul 2023


Published: 08 Nov 2022
 Has submission fees
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Prokuplje Film Festival

Prokuplje, Serbia


Prokuplje Short Film Festival, founded in 2011, is the youngest film festival in Serbia. In Prokplje is event where audience can see the best from the field of documentary, experimental, animated and fiction from around the world. Thousands of films from all over the world arrive at the festival's address, and it has been reflected by the numerous audiences in Prokuplje, but also in other cities in Serbia and the region,because the team organizes Tour in which the best films are presented in over 30 cities. The lack of the Cinema, as well as the lack of a movie as a subject at school, prevents young people from learning about this art.

In order to see something of this content, the young people must go to Nis, or even to Belgrade. This is an opportunity to see the latest short film achievements from all around the world in Prokuplje. In recent years, according to research, there is a decline in audience attendance at the festivals all over the world. So because of that and because of the introduction of the film to young people, we brought the work with them, in all primary and secondary schools, which are potential audiences and will be animated by the presentation of festival films and the discussion on the significance of the Festival. In addition to work with young people in Prokuplje,the Film Club Prokuplje is the first to start animating the audience from the rural areas, which are completely excluded from all events, especially cultural events.


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Deadline
24 Mar 2023


Published: 08 Nov 2022
 Does NOT have submission fees
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13è Mostremp, Cinema Rural al Pallars

Tremp, Spain


Rural themed short film contest.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
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Deadline
23 Nov 2022


Published: 08 Nov 2022
 Does NOT have submission fees
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Cypriot and Greek Film Festival of Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain


1. The Festival is held for the fifth year. The aim of the Festival is to present to the spanish public modern Greek and Cypriot short and feature films in an effort to highlight contemporary artistic currents and producers from Greece and Cyprus - films produced from January 2020 until today. This Festival can become a bridge of communication between these Mediterranean countries through works of the seventh art. Furthermore, we believe that with such a festival the Greek and Cypriot expatriates of Barcelona will strengthen their national ties and the spanish-catalan public will get to know the character of Cyprus and Greece. The Festival has been embraced by the local Greek community and by locals who show a special interest in contemporary greek cinema.


2. Individual Objectives:

2.1 Projection of Cyprus and Greece as a film setting and film production location.
2.2 Promotion of cultural diversity through the filming and promotion of new films.
2.3 Support the emerging creative initiative of contemporary films, especially those made in Cyprus and Greece.
2.4 Promoting the creation of social ties between Barcelona and Greece and Cyprus.
2.5 Strengthening the cooperative relations between companies and creators.

3. The Cypriot and Greek Film Festival of Barcelona is organized by OKTANA Casa de Cultura and sponsored by the Cultural Services of the Deputy Ministry of Culture of Cyprus, the Hellenic Cinema Center and the Hellenic Diaspora Secretariat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece. It is also supported by the Cypriot Embassy of Spain, the Hellenic Embassy of Spain, the online movie platform Filmin, the Greek Community of Catalonia, the Official Language School of Barcelona, ​​the Under-Minister of Tourism of Cyprus and local companies such as Punt de Gir.


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Logo of INTERSECCIÓN - A Coruña International Film Festival

Deadline
31 May 2023


Published: 08 Nov 2022
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films

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INTERSECCIÓN - A Coruña International Film Festival

A Coruña, Spain


INTERSECCIÓN - A Coruña International Film Festival is committed to the freest currents of auteur cinema. Its program welcomes independent films created from risk and innovation and offers the public the chance to see groundbreaking and vibrant works.

The festival explores new cinematographic languages and defends courage, diversity and curiosity in creation.


GOYA!

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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental



 
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Deadline
03 Feb 2023


Published: 08 Nov 2022
 Does NOT have submission fees
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Alterna Independent Film Festival

Zaragoza, Spain


ALTERNA - International Independent Film Festival is a film festival created to promote and exhibit national and international audiovisual works of independent production and/or distribution with auteur, underground and experimental film narratives.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of Wallachia International Film Festival

Deadline
03 Sep 2023


Published: 07 Nov 2022
 Has submission fees
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Wallachia International Film Festival

Bucharest, Romania


Wallachia International Film Festival is a highly professional, industry connected film festival, an exclusive independent grassroots film festival taking place in an exquisite location in Downtown Bucharest, only hundreds of meters away from Dracula’s former court in the grand Old Town!

We won multiple cinema prizes including important awards at major film festivals, like Cannes, Locarno, Montreal, London, Milan, Miami and Atlanta. Also, our advertising work received accolades at Clio, Effie, In-Awe, Lion Awards, ANDY Awards and Ad’Or, while working for companies like Coca-Cola, UNICEF, McDonalds, Renault, Yahoo! and Nestlé-Purina.

But there’s nothing we love more than indulging ourselves with cinematic candies from all over the world, under the autumn night sky of Wallachia. We will be arguing for a long time about which ones we feel are the best, and about the most promising unproduced screenplays.

Welcome to Wallachia, the Legendary Land of Voivode Vlad III Dracula, universally known as Vlad the Impaler. Born in 1431, Vlad was an authoritarian Principe, he revolutionized the affairs of Wallachia and refused to pay tribute to the sultan Mehmed II, resulting in a bloody war with the Ottomans. Multiple works containing stories about Vlad's cruelty were published soon after his assassination in 1475. In 1897, Bram Stoker downgrades Prince Vlad to Count Dracula, a blood-sucking vampire inspired by Wallachian ancient folklore. Loosely based on the book, Dracula (1931) casts immortal Bela Lugosi as the doomed romantic Count.

Just think cinétopia! Feel hundreds of years of mythic Wallachian history under the night sky! It’s a 100% natural film affair!

We watch all movies, we read all screenplays and we select exclusively based on artistic merits.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
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Deadline
30 Apr 2023


Published: 07 Nov 2022
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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The Cannes International Pan African Film Festival

Cannes, France


The International “Festival International du Film Panafricain” (FIFP) in Cannes is a platform that exhibits cinema and its professions, arts and entrepreneurship, as well as innovation, culture and events.

The FIFP was created and founded by Mr. Eitel Basile NGANGUE EBELLE and the “Association Nord Sud Développement, agréée jeunesse et Education Populaire Ministère de la santé, de la jeunesse et des sports n° 06514”.

As a driving force behind the PanAfrican Cinema and Arts industry, the Festival is constantly seeking specific solutions for the development of PanAfrican Cinema and Arts.
With a booming Pan-African market (from Africa to the Americas through the Caribbean, Europe and Asia), the Festival benefits from expertise in the development of cinema and Fashion as well as the development of cultural affairs.

Since its creation in 2006, the DIKALO AWARDS (meaning « message » in the Cameroonian language Douala) has been awarded by a professional jury for the best short and feature films (fiction), the best long and short documentaries, the Dikalos Peace Award, as well as the best actor and actress awards.

The FIFP is a felt moment. It is a unique experience where PanAfrican cinema and African cultures and those of its diaspora around the world are the central focus. An exceptional energy is felt.

Since 2018, the FIFP in Cannes has included along with its projections, a market: the Entrepreneurship Salon for Culture and Well-Being. The objective is to enhance the economy of PanAfrican cinema.

A few years from now, the market which features pan-African arts will generate considerable sums. « Tomorrow is now ». This enormous potential must be brought forward into the light.

Such an “active dream” is an ideal that has made Africans and their diaspora what it is today. This was Mandela’s and Obama’s vehicle, as well as many others…

Pan-Africanism is an aggregate of universalism. It contains all of the lights, those of ancient Egypt and those of the future. In short, a constant beauty.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other



 
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Deadline
01 May 2023


Published: 07 Nov 2022
 Has submission fees
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NIAFFS (NOIDENTITY - International Action Film Festival - Spain)

Sevilla, Spain


In 2007 Joaquín Ortega (Director, actor, stuntman and stunt coordinator) created under his trademark NOIDENTITY his international stuntmen team. In 2010 he founded the independent production company NOIDENTITY Films and has already produced two films privately and a program TV. In 2013 he continues to advance its intention to generate film industry and makes the first action film festival in Spain.

So this way born NIAFFS (NOIDENTITY - International Action Film Festival - Spain), with the intention of generating film industry and promote international action films.


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 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other



 
Logo of Lumiére Standalone Film Festival & Awards

Deadline
25 Mar 2023


Published: 07 Nov 2022
 Has submission fees
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Lumiére Standalone Film Festival & Awards

Los Angeles, United States


Ashok Khullar and Kumaar Aadarsh, founder and President, welcome you to the UVT Standalone Film Festival & Awards (UVTsffa). This is a unique kind of film festival for independent filmmakers/content creators where there are no barriers to borders, languages, genres, etc. Based in California, USA, this festival is having an online Award Nomination Festival, live screenings, and Standalone Award Show in Los Angeles.

SFFA is consolidating filmmakers around the world for a wonderful presentation of cinematography and the unveiling of new talents. A committee comprising members from the film industry preview submitted films and select good works of motion pictures for the Award Nomination Festival.

The selected films participate in The Awards nomination Festival which is held for 4 months between Dec-March.

Films screen through this secure server screener where visitors and guests from around the world can witness and vote for the film. On the basis of viewers' choice and votes, films nominated for 42 categories of Awards which screen live in Hollywood and to honor filmmakers, actors, technicians at The UVT Standalone Awards Show in Los Angeles on the Last day of live screenings.

Theatre venue is in the heart of Hollywood. We will screen all nominated films here as well as look forward to create year-round screening, filmmaking, and writing opportunities and to that end we are launching new festivals as part of the UVT Standalone Film Festival & Awards.

UVT SFFA Submissions are for feature narratives, Short films, Shows, Series, documentaries, and animation as even experimental films and music videos.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
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Deadline
15 Nov 2022


Published: 06 Nov 2022
 Does NOT have submission fees
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Breaking Walls Dance Films

Cairo, Egypt


Open call for filmmakers!

Be part of the 3rd edition of Breaking Walls Dance Films and submit your film now.

Breaking Walls Dance Films (BWDF) is the first Dance Film Festival in Egypt and the Region.

BWDF is an international event showcasing the best in dance film from around the world, which will take place in Cairo, in December 2023. We will host a special program of dance films alongside the festival's various programs of workshops and live performances.

Knowing that the application will be no later than November 5, 2023.


ON THE SIDELINES OF THE FESTIVAL:

- We welcome documentaries and feature films to be shown on the sidelines of the festival, provided that these films are dance-related.

- If the film includes non-English narration, English subtitles are required. English scripts are required for all films.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of Festival Jeunesse En Court

Deadline
14 May 2023


Published: 06 Nov 2022
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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Festival Jeunesse En Court

Villeneuve Lès Maguelone, France


The Jeunesse En Court Festival is a short film festival that aims to honor the first cinematographic achievements of young people aged 10 to 22 in order to reveal new talents.

The Prize-giving ceremony will take place on Saturday 11 June in Villeneuve-Lès-Maguelone.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
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Deadline
20 Jan 2023


Published: 05 Nov 2022
 Has submission fees
Short films
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The Napoleon Festival

Paris, France


The Festival Napoleon takes place in one of Paris's most iconic movie theaters: Cinema Club de l'Etoile. Located at the corner of Champs Elysees avenue, this movie theater is right at the corner of the Arc of Triumph. The goal of the film submission is to award filmmakers during the physical award ceremony on February 12th, 2023 at 8pm. All film types and languages are welcome. We will screen several of the selected films.

A Press Release will be published on hundreds of websites with the names of all participants. The winners will receive extensive press coverage.

Welcome, filmmakers, to the Festival Napoleon of Paris. The award ceremony will also award essential personalities of the cultural world.

The Film Festival is created by David Serero, who has been producing film festivals for more than ten years worldwide.

IMPORTANT: The Festival Napoleon is in partnership with the City of Paris.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Music Video



 
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Deadline
01 Nov 2023


Published: 05 Nov 2022
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UN COURT TOURNABLE

Bobigny, France


Un Court Tournable is a shorts films festival event that aims to be a place of discovery of new talents in the field of cinema.

Personalities will sponsor some of our events as a guest of honor, an opportunity to share experience with this artistic universe.

The festival have 4 editions by year.

The screening will take place:

CINEMA MAC MAHON
5 Avenue Mac-Mahon
75017 Paris
http://www.cinemamacmahon.com/
Métro: Charles de Gaulle Etoile (ligne 1, 2 et 6)
Parking: Indigo Wagram ou Mac Mahon

or

ECOLES CINEMA CLUB
23 rue des Ecoles
75005 Paris
https://pariscinemaclub.com/ecoles/
Métro: Maubert-Mutualité, Cardinal Lemoine (ligne 10)


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Experimental



 
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Deadline
30 Nov 2022


Published: 05 Nov 2022
 Does NOT have submission fees
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Actrum International Film Fest (AIFF)

Rivas Vaciamadrid, Spain


ACTRUM is a non-profit Cultural Association that works in all areas of the artistic sector.

In this festival, the finalist works will be screened online and it will be open to the public, who will have to vote through our website for their 3 favorite shorts/feature films from each section to award the public prizes.

Register your project! We accept any gender.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Settimo Short Film Festival

Deadline
12 Feb 2023


Published: 04 Nov 2022
 Has submission fees
Short films


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Settimo Short Film Festival

Settimo Milanese, Italy


Settimo International Short Film Festival Seventh edition. Organized by Pro Loco Settimo Milanese with Association Semeion Teatro, Auditorium Settimo Milanese, in partnership with Fedic and under the patronage of the City of Settimo Milanese.

An evening dedicated to international short films of less than 15 minutes.

Short films can be based on any subject or concept.

The event will be held from 9 to 10 May 2025 at the Anna Marchesini film theater, via Grandi 12 Settimo Milanese.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Experimental



 
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Deadline
13 Jan 2023


Published: 04 Nov 2022
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Cinalfama Film Observatory

Lisbon, Portugal


The CINALFAMA FILM OBSERVATORY, held in a historic neighborhood, emerges as a transformative cultural initiative that strengthens the community network. By showing independent films, the project not only widens access to alternative and innovative narratives but also stimulates cultural engagement among residents, fostering a sense of identity and belonging.

This regular event, which takes place at Museu do Fado Auditorium, becomes a meeting point where generations cross paths, sharing experiences and reflections that transcend mere film viewing. In addition, by being located in a neighborhood with a rich historical heritage, the observatory revitalizes the urban space, attracting visitors and enhancing the appreciation of the local heritage, generating a very positive cultural dynamic

The Cinalfama Film Observatory is a regular cinema competition in January, April, and October.

The winning films of each of the three editions (Jan, Apr, Oct), will be showcased in our annual outdoor cinema event, Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Festival, in July 2025.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
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Deadline
30 Nov 2022


Published: 04 Nov 2022
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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Hator Hator Horror Fest

Azpeitia, Spain


Horror and animation film festival in Azpeitia.


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 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other