Baja CineFest is an online international film festival aimed to inspire, motivate and award filmmakers from across the globe. Each year we will honor the best films in various competition categories and we will give recognition and highlight the best talented people in front and behind the camera.
Baja CineFest is proud to accept all kind of films and genres, even the films that have been overlooked by larger festivals. We want commercial films, underground films, experimental films, comedic films, etc. We got professional judges for every taste, three professional filmmakers and three professional screenwriters.
Films will not be physically screened for the public. Once the Official Jury has concluded the judging process, winners and awards will be announced publicly on our website.
We look forward to watch your work!
The nineteenth version of the Muestra Cine + Video Indígena, organised by the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, opens its call for entries from 21 November to 7 March 2026 to films by indigenous and non-indigenous filmmakers whose central theme is indigenous peoples, especially in Latin America.
The curatorial committee of the festival will place special emphasis on selecting works that portray cultural and territorial aspects of these nations, such as: processes of safeguarding cultures, protection and defence of territories and the environment, human rights, identity tensions and political reflections. In addition, works spoken in indigenous languages and which have been made in a participatory manner with indigenous communities or through the training processes of indigenous film schools will be highlighted.The nineteenth version of the Muestra Cine + Video Indígena, organised by the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, opens its call for entries from 30 November to 7 March 2025 to films by indigenous and non-indigenous filmmakers whose central theme is indigenous peoples, especially in Latin America.
The curatorial committee of the festival will place special emphasis on selecting works that portray cultural and territorial aspects of these nations, such as: processes of safeguarding cultures, protection and defence of territories and the environment, human rights, identity tensions and political reflections. In addition, works spoken in indigenous languages and which have been made in a participatory manner with indigenous communities or through the training processes of indigenous film schools will be highlighted.
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.
ONE HORIZON is an open and free platform for all cultures, religions and nations. It claims to broaden people's horizons and to open up new perspectives on the current refugee situation through openness and togetherness. Movies of refugees and the escape issue are creatively staged during the festival.
For the first time, ONE HORIZON took place on July 22th + 23th 2017. This event was also a special one because it had never existed in Germany that way before.
The film festival was organized by a group of students as part of a study project of the Lutheran University of Applied Sciences Ludwigsburg, led by Sebastian Weimann, an independent filmmaker and the initiator of the film festival. It was very important to everyone to set up this project together as it combines social work with the film industry.
The film festival also wanted to provide an opportunity to network and promote open and inclusive thinking. They have made a difference and created a weekend to remember for a long time.
In 2019 it is time again!
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General regulations
International Festival Screen Culture “Thelovetcheskoje Kino” (hereinafter - Festival) is held among collectives (groups) of youth production in different forms of art, connecting with cinema, television, photography and different digital technologies.
Festival events are directed to formation and evaluating new global culture of production and reproduction age-diverse communicative samples of generations interplay and provides conditions of establishing new information community (environs), new culture of information society, where social-noetic (immaterial) factors of evaluating are information and knowledge. Festival holding promotes establishing of screen culture as a part of general information culture of present society.
General guiding of Festival methodology and organization is brought into action of Educational Complex “Nasha Shkola” (Russia, Novosibirsk).
Time, conditions, place and procedure of organization and holding of regular Festival are annually established of special document – Standing Order of Holding.
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Agenda Brasil is now in its 11th edition and will be held in Milan. Film screenings will take place at Spazio Oberdan, whereas other cultural events will be held in different locations in Milan.
Agenda Brasil is the most important event related to Brazilian culture in Italy. Every year it shows the best of contemporary Brazil through film, music and literature. The program consists in several feature films and documentaries (not yet released in Italy, in original language with Italian subtitles) as well as literary cafés, musical aperitifs, concert, meetings and debates with directors. During the event the public can get closer to Brazilian culture, going beyond any stereotypes.
Tokyo Sun Film festival attemtps to setting up in Tokyo to provide independent filmmakers with a platform that offers them interaction, networking and greater visibility.
Our screening takes place at the cinema chupki theatre in the tabata District, located in the north of Tokyo - a hip location in Tokyo for independent, counter-culture and progressive thinking.
Kultura Communication Desarrollo-KCD NGOD (hereinafter the holder or KCD NGOD, indistinctly) registered in the General Register of Associations of the Basque Country with Tax ID G-95550943, and address at Beurko Viejo 3, Pabellón 38, Oficina 12, BarakaldoBizkaia (Vizcaya) 48902, Spain, will hold a festival dedicated to screening diverse and
socially-committed films, films that are usually excluded from conventional screens.
KCD NGOD, organisers of the 19th International Unseen Film Festival “Film Sozialak” of Bilbao (Basque Country) and commissioned to organise the International Unseen Film Festival “Film Sozialak” is a non-profit organization whose aim, among others, is to promote Human, Intercultural, Equitable and Sustainable Development through
Communication and Culture.
The International Unseen Film Festival “Film Sozialak” Bilbao is an annual celebration dedicated to screening diverse film content that is socially committed, films that are usually excluded from conventional screens.
With the continuous work that is being done, the festival has become an indispensable meeting place for all those interested in communication for social transformation and the defence of human rights. The Festival is also a space of recognition of all those people who, through their audio-visual work, reflect different realities of humanity.
The Festival has 4 main lines of action:
Sustainability, Gender Equity, Interculturality and
Human Rights.
Since 2009 the Festival embraces diversity and equality as an essential part of our core values. For the Festival, the participation of people belonging to ethnic, religious, gender identity, cultural and other minorities is of utmost importance, since their participation in public affairs and in all aspects of political, economic, social and cultural life of their countries is essential to maintain their identity and fight against exclusion.
Since its beginning, the festival has applied parity quotas and positive actions for equality, both in the selection of the films, as well as in their dissemination, the presence of women filmmakers, and the selection of the people on the jury, as well as other actions.
The Festivaldistributes awards in 13 categories totaling 23,500 euros. This is a strategy, not so much to encourage competition, but to support social filmmakers.
The main venue of the festival is the Azkuna Zentroa Alhóndiga Bilbao and the Golem cinemas located there. The official dates are 14 to 21 October 2027, although promotional screenings will be held in August and September. These screenings will also enter the competition with the votes of the public. Films awarded at the festival will be
screened again at the end of October or the beginning of November. In total there will be
at least 30 screening venues of which 21 are mainstream education colleges in the Basque Country at secondary level and vocational training.
The Festival holds Cine Forum and for this purpose the organization invites filmmakers of Social Cinema from different parts of the world to come to Bilbao.
Since 2015, the Festival is also committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Goals proposed by the United Nations.
The 11th edition of 24 Risas por Segundo, International Film and Comedy Festival, will take place from May 17 to 23 in Mexico City, and for that reason, we are calling on Mexican and international filmmakers to submit their comedy films (shorts and features) to be part of our program.
IndieFlicks is the UK's monthly film festival, supporting the best up and coming filmmakers from around the world. IndieFlicks is continuously growing, hosting simultaneous screenings in Manchester, London and Sheffield. We also host a repeat screening the following week in Liverpool.
"They only pick the best films for their screenings so it's not only a great festival to enter, but a great film night to attend. I've enjoyed every film i've seen so far.”
Chris Cronin, Director.
How our monthly festival works…
Our Monthly Festival is a showcase of Short films from around the world, screening 50 minutes of short film in the first half, followed by our selected Feature Short in the second. We also host a Q&A with filmmakers able to attend and talks with local creatives.
At each event, two films will be selected to win either one of our awards:
The People’s Choice Award
The Directors Choice Award
Films included in the first half are nominated for our 'The People's Choice Award’; This is evidently voted for our audiences on the night and votes are calculated collectively from all of our venues.
In the second half of the night we host our 'Feature Short', one film no longer than 50 minutes. This is our headliner for the event. This film is awarded, ‘The Directors Choice Award’, one that our Judging panel felt deserves recognition.
"Not only is IndieFlicks a brilliant opportunity to network within the Manchester filmmaking community, it offers insight into short filmmaking approaches worldwide."
Martyn Ellis, Sound Engineer, Noise Four
Notifications:
Filmmakers will be notified throughout the year. If successful, your film will be screened on the first Wednesday of a selected month.
LATIUM emerges as a festival that has the task of bringing together the best independent cinema in Latin America with the intention of promoting change towards a responsible lifestyle, promote the arts, education and social activism, by sensitizing the public for reasons social world. It also works as a forum for expression, dissemination and promotion of a genuine representative of our culture and Latin American cinema, catapulting new talent and consolidating it as a viable option for the creation of independent audiovisual productions. And the creation of a network of organizations and institutions that share and promote activities for solving social and environmental issues.
OBJECTIVE
The Festival proposes to convene and disseminating films that contribute, from its significance and its artistic values, the enrichment and reaffirmation of Latin American cultural identity; and catapult new talent as a viable option for the creation and enlargement of the Latin American audiovisual market.
To show films that make us think, awaken our conscience, denounce injustice and reflect the social and cultural diversity of humanity. This is the objective of The Human Rights Film Festival, which will celebrate its 23 annual festival this year.
The Human Rights Film Festival, with the central headquarter in Barcelona, is the oldest independent Human Rights Film Festival and one of the most important festival on Human Rights in all Spain and widely internationally established festival on Human Rights.
Since 2013, the International Human Rights Film Festival – Colombia has offered audiences an audiovisual, cultural, and academic program that contributes to audience development, the strengthening of the film and cultural industries, the creation of spaces for dialogue around life, reconciliation, the promotion and defense of human rights, and the construction of ideas for peace.
The Festival is the ideal platform for Colombia’s and the international film community committed to storytelling with a human rights perspective. It serves as a key space for the promotion, circulation, distribution, and exhibition of audiovisual works with limited commercial demand due to their social and thematic focus.
The Festival takes place simultaneously in the cities of Barranquilla, Medellín, Cali, Bogotá, Manizales, Pereira and Quibdó, as well as in about twenty municipalities across the country.
The municipality of Gravina di Catania and the cultural associations “Gravina Arte” and “No_Name”, organize the event “Via dei Corti” – 12th edition of the Independent Short Film Festival.
"0+" International film festival is aimed at:
1. promotion and popularization of high-quality films, which foster a positive, creative and formative worldview in children and young people, strengthen common human values like family, childhood, friendship, kindness, nature, love for a profession, etc.
2. integration of cinema and education by creating a collection of value-oriented films for carrying out educational screenings in schools and social institutions of Russia.
Film For All festival is an international & independent film competition. FFA fest sees film as an art that has the power to bridge cultures, individual’s unspoken language and light up the collusion of the human involvement. This festival seeks to enhance, to educate, and to create interest the planet through the medium of film. FFA fest will support each participant for revealing their unique vision as a true masterpiece. FFA fest is highly committed of providing facilities for short and feature length films and filmmakers to express their realizations, also they will learn from fellow filmmakers, and construct their own networks for future collaborations.
Filmmakers from all across the world, students and professionals alike, will be encouraged to send their unique work which will be carefully chosen by some of the greatest minds in the industry and screened in the banner of Film For All Festival. Every year, Selection Board will award the best films of each category.
The focus is to discover and emerge international filmmaking talent, which shows originality, imagination and the ability to express the untold words. FFA will be showing the way of filmmaking along with everything which are essential for film. Every year FFA will arrange an international film festival with the great support of numerous film loving people.
The film screenings will take place in the capital city of Bangladesh. Dhaka is an emerging cultural hub in South Asia. This cultural city will take all film enthusiasts to a renowned creative environment. FFA fest is an open platform for them who are interested to share their language through lens.
POST ALLEY FILM FESTIVAL, presented by Women in Film Seattle, takes place MARCH 20, 2027 at SIFF Film Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
PAFF is a day of woman centric & eccentric short films from around the block and around the world - diverse voices that remind us of our shared humanity: a venue for stories by women of any identity.
Past festivals included early work of Megan Griffiths, SJ Chiro, Lynn Shelton, Robin Wright Penn, and Ana Lily Amipour.
Awards, Q&As, prizes and surprises, and a silent auction. Filmmakers attend an invitational "end of evening" reception. PAFF is sponsored by Laughing Dog Pictures and Women in Film Seattle a 501(c) 3 organization since 1990 … promoting respect for all, on and off set and screen.
www.womeninfilmseattle.org
https://womeninfilmseattle.org/post-alley-film-festival
Ticket sales will be available at SIFF.net.
PAFF has been in existence since 2003 originating in Post Alley, Seattle, WA, (in Pike Place Market) and didn't happen every year between then and now. 2025 was our 15th Edition. And we persevere.
Post Alley Film Festival screens at SIFF Film Center (at Seattle International Film Festival*) which rests on the traditional homelands of the Coast Salish People.
Native American and indigenous filmmakers of the Pacific Northwest who identify as women receive a submission waiver. Please contact virginia@laughingdogpictures.com
(*PAFF is not part of SIFF, however Women in Film Seattle is a community sponsor of SIFF.)
Every film is carefully judged. ALL films are screened by the curator, Virginia Bogert, a filmmaker and winner of the Seattle Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film. She is President Emerita WIF Seattle and a programmer and judge for multiple national and international festivals.
PS The official PAFF website is still under construction, most information resides here and on https://womeninfilmseattle.org/post-alley-film-festival.
You can contact us via postalleyfilmfestival@gmail.com,
https://www.facebook.com/PostAlleyFilmFestival,Instagram, and at virginia@laughingdogpictures.com
