ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival proudly provides the platform for independent filmmakers to express authentic, cinematic storytelling in the most compelling ways possible.
As one of the world’s most recognised independent film festivals in the world, ÉCU embraces innovation and creativity and allows directors in competition to showcase their films to audiences who love and appreciate independent cinema. Filmmakers who are selected into ÉCU’s Official Selection join an active community of creatives who are continually pushing the boundaries of independent cinema.
Since its inception in 2006, ÉCU has forged a path for independent film and the scope of its presence has grown to a global scale with the festival often being referenced as the European equivalent of Sundance; an honour that we don’t take lightly.
"Paris has become my second home, and ÉCU my creative family. Mr.Scott Hillier is now the father of my independent spirit. I’m deeply honored and grateful for the Audience Award, and truly moved to see my film open the official 2025 trailer. Thank you from the bottom of my heart." Fumitaka Otoguro producer of Tokyo Strange Tale winner of the Audience Award 2025
"This festival is an outstanding, welcoming, and attentive event for independent film lovers, catering to both the audience and filmmakers. It devotes considerable attention to the presentation and dissemination of films and their creators, and also meticulously analyzes film themes and content. The team of festival organizers is exceptional, demonstrating great care and responsibility. We are very happy that our film PURGA was featured in this festival. Highly recommended!" - Gintare Valeviciute Brazauskienė, Co-director of PURGA, the winner of the Best European Independent Animation award 2024
"Great opportunity for independent filmmakers around the world, the festival has values and I like the way people engaged and watched all the films with passionate." - Abdulmohsen Almutairi, director of Memories from the North, ÉCU 2023 Official Selection
"It is always an absolute joy to present one's work at ECU. The team are fantastically helpful, the jury extremely competent, and the selection of the highest quality. I would recommend participating to anyone who's in love with indie filmmaking!" - Celina Liesegang, producer of Viscera: Autopsy of a (non)human body, ÉCU 2022 Official Selection
"It was an absolute privilege to be part of the ÉCU Film Festival and in the company of so many incredible and high quality independent films! What truly fantastic programming and as a filmmaker you are really made to feel part of a passionate global community of people who really believe in the same values around story telling and visual expression. Thank you to the whole team behind the scenes." - Karina Astrup, producer of MORGANA, ÉCU 2021 Official Selection
Each year, our festival takes place in Paris during the springtime, which is not only a beautiful season but also an exciting time of year for ÉCU, because that is when we showcase roughly around 60 of the World’s very best independent films. Although ÉCU emphasises European talent, it also recognises the genius of international filmmakers with several categories allocated to non-European films.
The next ÉCU, the 21st edition, will take place on April, 2026 in Paris, France.
ÉCU isn’t just about screening an amazing slate of films over its three-day event in Paris. There are also professional workshops led by experts in the industry, Q&A’s held with the attending filmmakers after every screening session and a chance to network with fellow filmmakers, producers, agents, industry representatives, prospective film buyers and, of course, the cinema-loving public. At ÉCU, there is a dialogue focusing on celebrating but also critiquing the world’s best indie cinema of today.
Though ÉCU’s main event IS the three-day festival in Paris each spring, there is even more! Thanks to our 50+ partner festivals, partner organisations, film centres and film commissions, ÉCU goes on an annual world tour called ÉCU-On-The-Road. This gives award-winning films (as well as many of the Official Selection films) the opportunity for their films to reach a broader, global, international audience.
ÉCU-On-The-Road showcased films in over 80 countries around the globe in 2016 to 2025 at special ÉCU mini-festivals, partner festivals, cultural institutions and film schools, including an amazing seven day special festival in São Paulo, Brazil. The event was made possible through the support of Caixa Cultural, São Paulo and was a huge success. ÉCU also held special events in Berlin (Germany), Atami (Japan) and was part of festivals in Lebanon, Italy, Russia, USA, Romania, Austria, Denmark and other countries. This gives ÉCU filmmakers great exposure to audiences that they may never have reached otherwise.
Since 2006, ÉCU has helped the careers of hundreds of independent filmmakers, actors, DPs, editors, screenwriters and we are honoured to give aspiring film directors the chance for their voices to be seen and heard.
Above all, we are proud to be a filmmakers’ festival!
Asian Film Centre Global Fest is an annual event designing to spot filmmaking talent and matching them with international sales agents. AFC Global Fest is all about true indie spirit. It is designed to be the bridge between independent filmmakers and international sales agents. Winning films will get a chance to be represented at global film markets.
With substantial revenue (sometimes well above 50 percent) coming from exploitation outside of a film’s home country, it is vital that producers should target and then structure deals with foreign sales agents.
What is an international sales agent?
An international sales agent is the conduit to your film’s distribution outside of its country of origin. The sales agent will acquire a set of rights from you, pitch and sell these distribution rights to potential distributors around the world, draft distribution agreements, deliver the physical and electronic materials of your film to these distributors and, finally, collect and pay the revenue due to you. An international agent will be your partner for years, helping craft the commercial life of your film on the world stage.
What is an independent cinema?
“independent cinema” as film outside the established system of filmmaking. Probably even more widely, beyond the established system of values: the experimental, low-budget, underground, various new wave, and so on.
Why should you submit to AFC Global Fest?
Because it is path-breaking, one of its kind event. Asia is the biggest film market of the world, e.g. Chinese film market and the Indian Film market. This is your chance to show your presence in Asia. As the submission is free you can always take a chance.
Join us for the Eighth Annual Green Bay Film Festival.
GBFF festival takes place over several weeks starting mid-January and wrapping up March of 2018. Specially selected films have an opportunity to be played in the festival segment called "Films Around Town" (playing in various venues around town) leading up to a weekend event March 1-4, 2018 at St. Norbert College.
This year the festival is focusing on more networking opportunities for filmmakers over the March 1-4 weekend! More events, engagements and seminars all within walking distance of the St. Norbert college venues. We also provide the filmmaker “Green Room” where your conversation and networking continues throughout the weekend!
GBFF has a multitude of categories! We have specific category types so your film has a better opportunity to get selected. So, if you find your film fits in Animation, Children & Family, Cultural, Thriller/Horror or is a Wisconsin made film, you’ll want to be sure to select that option! GBFF always has a Short film segments, documentaries and features playing during their weekend sessions. Plus, be sure to consider submitting to GBFF's ever popular Saturday Night THRILLER & HORROR segment. This year our special Thursday night choice will be chosen from the topic “Storytelling”. Something most of your films Do!
This Year's Categories Are:
ANIMATION • CULTURAL FILMS • CHILDREN & FAMILY • DOCUMENTARIES • FEATURES • SHORTS • THRILLER & HORROR • WISCONSIN’S OWN
We hope you will attend and help us create an experience that goes beyond "watching a movie"! We connect filmmakers and audiences in a community setting! We include “talkbacks” following the films between our filmmakers and audiences and for those hot topic’s, we bring in specialists from various fields.
We delight in giving our Filmmakers extraordinary welcomes in traditional Midwest fashion. Make your Name and Film headlines to a community thirsty for talent with a thriving knowledgeable film base.
As one filmmaker said, “Green Bay is the perfect place to host a film festival. The talent is real and everyone’s doors are open.” We couldn’t agree more.
African Smartphone International Film Festival (ASIFF) é o festival de smartphones mais prestigiado em África, uma plataforma que mostra novos talentos usando ferramentas simples, prontamente disponíveis, que muitas vezes é negligenciado; O smartphone.
A ASIFF oferece aos novos cineastas emergentes uma plataforma internacional para mostrar ideias, talentos e criatividade, independentemente do orçamento.
Incentivar profissionais, amadores e aspirantes a cineastas a compartilhar suas histórias filmadas em smartphones, tablets e webcams para ser tela na tela grande.
O festival inclui: Exibições de filmes, Comentários de fotos, Workshops, Apresentações especiais,
Painéis de passo, Networking, Mentorship, eventos tapetes vermelhos, cerimônia de gala.
Somos um dos mais valiosos festival de cinema para cineastas emergentes independentes e novos, ajudamos você com tudo o que você precisa para se promover como cineasta e seu filme.
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- Todos os filmes selecionados oficialmente recebem um certificado de participação,
- Seu filme será listado em blogs populares.
- Gravação ao vivo do seu filme Q & A sessão com fotos.
- Seleção oficial Laurel
- Negócio mundial de distribuição
O Festival Villa del Cine é uma experiência de quatro dias em que as ruas e os teatros de Villa de Leyva, na Colômbia, se tornam um palco dedicado a celebrar, incentivar e recompensar a sétima arte.
Corto Dorico is co-organized by Nie Wiem and the Ancona City Council, in partnership with the Marche Cultural Foundation.
Additional financing is provided by other associations and private sponsors.
Corto Dorico Film Festival was created in 2004. Since then it has become one of the main Italian Film Festival primarly dedicated to short films.
The primary goal of the Corto Dorico Festival is to present an overview of the Italian short film world and its authors. The main mission of the festival is to scout, promote and support new points of views, poetics and film concepts. From classic narrative to experimental forms, from documentaries to animation and so forth, Corto Dorico is cinema without discrimination of genre and format.
Corto Dorico has two competitive sections:
- Short Italian Film Competion
- Amnesty International/Italy International Short Film Competition “Running Out of Rights”
Short Italian Film Competition
Is open to submissions of short films in Italian language directed by Italian citizens, residents, or individuals domiciled in Italy (Italian or non-Italian); Italian citizens resident or domiciled abroad (submitting films in a different language other than Italian) may also apply. Non-Italian citizens (resident or domiciled outside of Italy) can also submit a film as long as it has been shot in Italian language.
Amnesty International/Italy International Short Film Competition “Running Out of Rights”
This section, created in partnership with Amnesty International Italy, will accept submissions of short films of every genre that are related conventionally or less conventionally, with the themes of civil and human rights. A selection will be screened during the festival and the best short film will be honoured with the Amnesty International Italy Award.
IMPORTANT. ONLY ROLLED SHORT FILMS IN SORIA. SPAIN
Soria Imagina is a section of the International Short Film Contest Ciudad de Soria. Only short films shot entirely in the city or province of SORIA that have finished their production as of September 2017 and with a maximum duration of 5 minutes may be presented.
The Austin Comedy Short Film Festival is a bi-annual event for comedy filmmakers and screenwriters from all over the world to showcase their creative works in Austin, Texas. We screen short comedy films in a "back to back" format on HD Blu-Ray DVD at the Alamo Drafthouse - Lakeline in Austin. The Austin Comedy Short Film Festival is searching for funny and engaging films to entertain a comedy loving audience. Did you know that the Austin Comedy Short Film Festival posts about each and every official selection on social media? Don't miss this marketing opportunity to get more exposure for your work creative work.
O City in Film Award distinguirá os melhores filmes relacionados com questões urbanas. Pode ser ficção ou documentário, um recurso curto ou longo. Estamos à procura de filmes que se relacionem com a cidade, onde a cidade desempenha um papel relevante no humor, tema ou narrativa do filme.
Todos os gêneros e durações são bem-vindos.
Os 4 filmes selecionados serão exibidos ao vivo e o melhor filme premiado em setembro de 2018, bem no coração da histórica Lisboa, na mística Alfama.
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O Prémio CIDADE EM FILME é uma secção especial paralela dos Prémios CINALFAMA LISBOA INTERNACIONAL CINALFAMA LISBOA E ENCHE UMA DATA ESPECIFICA DO PROGRAMA DE EVENTOS PRÉMIOS ANUAIS CINALF
Indie-AniFest (Korea Independent Animation Film Festival) organized by KIAFA, the Korean Independent Animation Filmmakers' Association. Indie-AniFest presents spectacular independent animated films from Korea and Asia. The festival offers a diverse range of works and opportunities for filmmakers as well as a chance to interact with audiences. We strive for the values of independence, experimentation, passion and vision by working together with independent animation directors.
The "Oregon Short Film Festival" is a showcase of independent short films from around the world for the Portland, Oregon audience in the Northwest USA. One full Saturday of 100 short films will be compiled and screened at the Avalon Theater on Blu-Ray DVD. All short films that are under 20:00 minutes in length are eligible for submission. We are looking for creative works with good acting, original ideas, fresh concepts, great production value and strong writing. The Oregon Short Film Festival is diverse accepting films from all cultures, races, religions, lifestyles and ideologies. The Oregon Short Film Festival screenings will be thought provoking, fun, colorful, passionate, action packed as well as, cutting edge and experimental. Diversity is the theme of this festival. Check out our website and Facebook to see the hundreds of posts and articles that we create to promote the creative work of each filmmaker and screenwriter. Please submit your film or screenplay and get the recognition that your creative team deserves.
Avalon Theater
3451 SE Belmont St
Portland, OR 97214
O Festival Internacional de Documentários de Santiago (FIDOCS) é o principal evento de transmissão, difusão e competição de cinema documental no Chile e na América Latina.
Focado na promoção do diálogo e da reflexão, bem como na formação de públicos para a apreciação do documentário em um contexto de transformação permanente, o FIDOCS busca explorar os múltiplos caminhos disponíveis na produção de documentários, bem como nas tendências próprias das obras de não ficção. Em seu programa, o FIDOCS incorpora os trabalhos de diretores experientes e emergentes para abordar a questão do “O REAL” e, ao fazer isso, considera as várias dimensões, fronteiras disciplinares e tensões da pergunta “o que é real?” , assim como o próprio gênero documentário, tem a nos oferecer.
Ao longo de sua história, o FIDOCS se posicionou como um dos festivais de documentários mais ilustres da América Latina, sendo uma plataforma privilegiada para exibir o cinema contemporâneo e promover o pensamento crítico. Ano após ano, sob sua abordagem curatorial seletiva, o FIDOCS não apenas convida importantes expoentes dos setores audiovisuais nacionais e internacionais a exibirem seus trabalhos em Santiago, mas também, ao usar esta cidade como um centro cinematográfico, convida esses expoentes a questionar, interpretar e reescrever o status da prática contemporânea do cinema documental hoje.
Para a promoção, posicionamento e exibição de filmes chilenos e internacionais, o FIDOCS exibe três competições principais. Essas seções incluem: COMPETIÇÃO INTERNACIONAL; COMPETIÇÃO CHILENA e COMPETIÇÃO EMERGENTE DE CURTAS METRAGENS NACIONAIS.
Além disso, o FIDOCS tem a principal atividade da indústria, DOCS IN PROGRESS, para trabalhos latino-americanos em andamento, onde o júri (editores, diretores, designers de som, produtores, programadores), além de escolher um vencedor, alimenta os cineastas para realizar a pós-produção de seus filmes e incentivar sua difusão e transmissão. Esta seção é executada em conjunto com a seção WIP do CHILEDOC CONECTA.
O festival também realiza importantes atividades de treinamento e extensão em sua ESCOLA FIDOCS, onde estudantes de escolas de cinema e comunicação de todo o Chile, para que seus alunos mais destacados estejam em um espaço intergeracional e interdisciplinar com convidados de festivais internacionais e nacionais; participando de master classes, workshops, diálogos, entre outros.
Além disso, de acordo com sua vocação interdisciplinar, o FIDOCS pretende acompanhar suas exibições de outras intervenções artísticas, como instalações, exposições, performances, que, a partir de seus próprios meios expressivos, dialogam com o conceito de documentário. É assim que surge a seção FIDOCS EXPANDED, onde vários artistas, videoartistas e cineastas, todos ligados às áreas de som ou visual, exibem seus trabalhos.
Finalmente, os filmes escolhidos serão exibidos após a conclusão do festival, em diferentes regiões do Chile e no exterior, na seção BEST OF FIDOCS. O objetivo é a extensão cultural do festival em nível territorial, dando ênfase à circulação dos filmes em nível regional, podendo programar réplicas no território nacional e no exterior.
*O FIDOCS será realizado com exibições teatrais.
O XVI Festival de Cinema: Infância e Adolescência -2025, é um festival com espaços de circulação e formação audiovisual para crianças, adolescentes e jovens, com exposições, atividades recreativas, oficinas, painéis e discussões, cujo objetivo fundamental é promover Bogotá, como uma cidade pioneira na América Latina em termos de uma infância e adolescência visíveis, protagonistas e cheias de direitos por meio da construção audiovisual.
A participação é gratuita para a exibição e circulação de conteúdo audiovisual. O concurso será realizado de 2 a 6 de setembro de 2025. Crianças e adolescentes terão acesso a um programa audiovisual composto por curtas-metragens nacionais e internacionais de animação e ficção, séries de televisão e a categoria “PRÊMIO FESTICINE”, concedida a audiovisuais feitos por crianças na Colômbia. Eles serão acompanhados por atividades recreativas para refletir sobre o eixo temático: “CULTURA CIDADÃ E MEIO AMBIENTE”.
ONLY FOR LATINAMERICAN FILMMAKERS / SOLO PARA CINEASTA LATINOAMERICANOS
O FECILI (International Cine Libre Fest) nasceu como uma iniciativa cultural que tem por objetivo difundir as produções cinematográficas colombianas, latino-americanas e internacionais.
Sendo uma plataforma de exposição, pretendemos realizar formas e educar pessoas com diferentes atividades não formais para ensinar. Chamaremos as pessoas que veem no cinema artístico e na linguagem audiovisual uma possibilidade de se encontrar, aprender, conversar e se divertir.
O Festival Internacional Cine Libre, organizado pela Corporación Cine Libre, nasceu como uma iniciativa cultural, liderada por jovens que querem que diferentes vilas e cidades tenham arte em seus corações. Este Festival de Cinema será em El Carmen de Viboral. Antioquia.
Apostamos em promover o cinema como uma ferramenta de transformação social, criar uma plataforma cultural e um artista expositor, para permanecer juntos em uma rede de festivais que pode nos ajudar a transmitir conhecimento.
Os filmes selecionados serão projetados nas horas que aparecem na programação do festival e em nosso site oficial www.fecili.com e redes:
https://linktr.ee/cinelibrefest
Somos fãs de um espectro que abre o caminho para outras experiências e onde cidades e vilas podem desfrutar de muita diversidade de cultura, público, pessoas, tudo isso conectado a um mundo maravilhoso chamado Festival Cine Libre-fecili.
Horrorvision is organized by Spooky High School and Grace Xtreme Maniac, but we have a number of collaborators, who selflessly and raring help us make this festival possible.
