Since 2019, the FICC - International Cannabis Film Festival - has put the theme of cannabis on the table through cinema and culture, helping to break down prejudices regarding its different uses, providing information and contributing to access to more rights.
The Festival takes place in Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and the incorporation of Brazil for our next edition.
The FICC grows in public, alliances, support and exposure in the media, achieving, between face-to-face and virtual spectators, an audience of more than 4,000 people.
With different categories of national and international competition with cash prizes, specialized juries and a public award chosen by the vote of the viewers through our website: www.ficc.ar
Our intention is to provide information through cinema, as a trigger to debate, break down taboos, normalize regulation, from its medicinal, recreational, industrial, cultural, educational and social aspects, without promoting consumption.
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.
CELEBRATING THE ART OF DOCUMENTARY STORYTELLING
Welcome to the DocuVision International Film Festival (DVIFF), dedicated to documentary and docu-drama filmmaking from around the world. DVIFF is brought to you by the team behind the WRPN.tv Entertainment Network, which includes WRPN Women's International Film Festival, Nature Without Borders International Film Festival, Religion & Faith International Film Festival, and other acclaimed festivals in our network.
WHAT MAKES DVIFF UNIQUE
Documentary-Focused Programming: DVIFF proudly stands as one of the few festivals with dedicated categories for both documentaries and docu-dramas. We celebrate the full spectrum of non-fiction storytelling, from traditional documentaries to narrative-driven docu-dramas that blend factual content with dramatic interpretation.
Distinct Documentary Categories: Environmental, Human Spirit, Social Issues, Wildlife, Docu-drama Shorts, Docu-drama Features, and many more specialized categories designed to honor diverse documentary voices.
Beyond Live Screenings: While many festivals end with a single screening, DVIFF empowers filmmakers with opportunities for worldwide distribution through our established industry partners, ensuring your work reaches audiences far beyond the festival circuit.
SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
DVIFF invites submissions for written works across all genres:
• Feature-Length Screenplays
• Short Screenplays
• Teleplays
Rhodium Award winners receive exclusive submission access to Polaris Pictures, a respected film finance company that does not accept unsolicited material.
Note: Polaris Pictures operates independently. DVIFF facilitates introductions for top winners but does not control their decisions.
DISTRIBUTION PATHWAYS
Best of Festival winners receive guaranteed distributor review by our exclusive partners:
• World Wide Motion Pictures Corporation (WWMPC.COM) — Features
• Adler & Associates — Features and shorts
• Cardinal XD — Features and shorts
• CCS Releasing — Features and shorts
We don't just hope distributors notice your work—we guarantee they review it. While other festivals invite distributors and cross their fingers, DVIFF delivers your film directly to industry professionals who are actively seeking content.
THE FEEDBACK COMMITMENT
DVIFF believes in transparency and filmmaker development.
For Films: If your documentary is not selected, you'll receive detailed feedback explaining why, plus the opportunity to resubmit for the next competition completely free after addressing the outlined issues.
For Screenplays & Novels: Rejected submissions receive specific feedback on what needs improvement, with free resubmission available within 30 days of the final deadline or for the following season.
This level of support and second-chance opportunity is rare in the festival world—we invest in your growth as a storyteller.
INDEPENDENT EVALUATION SYSTEM
DVIFF employs a merit-based judging system where each entry is evaluated on its own unique qualities rather than compared against other submissions. Judges focus entirely on your work when it's under review, scoring according to performance criteria that assess artistic and technical achievement independently.
AWARD RECOGNITION LEVELS
• Best of Festival (qualifies for distributor review and live screening)
• Best of Show
• Award of Outstanding Excellence
• Award of Excellence
• Award of Exceptional Merit
• Award of Merit
• Kudos Endeavor Award
LIVE SCREENINGS & GLOBAL EXPOSURE
Best of Festival winners screen at our Live Screening Event at the Rehoboth Beach Cinema Art Theater. These presentations capture authentic audience reactions that distributors find invaluable when evaluating market potential.
WRPN.tv Entertainment Network: Award-winning documentaries may receive optional exposure on our streaming platform, connecting your work with global audiences across dozens of countries—reach that independent filmmakers typically cannot access on their own.
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
• Film Festival Alliance Member: WRPN.tv maintains industry affiliations with leading festival organizations
• Paid Professional Judges: All selection and awarding judges are compensated professionals, not volunteers
At DVIFF, we're committed to more than collecting submission fees. We're invested in your success as a documentary filmmaker.
ART-KINÉ invites audiovisual filmmakers to submit their short films for inclusion in its general programming. The purpose of this event is to create a space for exhibition, exchange, and connection between the audience and new audiovisual narratives, promoting a diversity of perspectives and formats. This call is exclusively for exhibition purposes (non-competitive).
LA HOGUERA INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF INDEPENDENT AND AUTEUR CINEMA OF CATRAL
IDENTITY
La Hoguera International Festival of Independent and Auteur Cinema of Catral (hereinafter referred to as “Festival La Hoguera”) was established in Catral (Alicante) to create a space for cinema that asks no permission: cinema made with conviction and a personal point of view, that embraces formal experimentation, and that stands apart from strictly commercial circuits.
The festival does not seek products designed to fit commercial expectations, but films with a voice. Works that burn from within. During the festival, Catral becomes a meeting point between filmmakers and audiences who understand cinema as an act of freedom: films made out of necessity, not formula.
Because, before becoming an industry, cinema was, and still is, people gathered in the dark around a story.
Terror Matanza Film Fest is an international film festival based in La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina, dedicated to horror, fantasy and science fiction cinema.
Created by independent filmmakers and genre enthusiasts, the festival was born with the purpose of promoting and celebrating independent audiovisual works from around the world, providing a space where emerging and established filmmakers can share their stories with an audience passionate about genre cinema.
We welcome films that explore fear, imagination and the unknown through original storytelling, compelling visuals and creative filmmaking. Whether psychological horror, supernatural tales, monsters, science fiction, dark fantasy or experimental genre films, we seek works that leave a lasting impression.
Our mission is to connect filmmakers, artists and audiences while supporting independent cinema and encouraging new voices within the international genre film community.
The festival will present Official Selections and award the following categories:
Best Film
Best Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Makeup & Special Effects (FX)
Jury Special Mention
Audience Award
From the heart of La Matanza, Buenos Aires, we invite filmmakers from every corner of the world to become part of this celebration of horror, fantasy and science fiction.
Independent genre cinema from Argentina to the world.
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Terror Matanza Film Fest es un festival internacional dedicado a celebrar el cine de terror, la fantasía y la ciencia ficción en todas sus formas.
Nuestro objetivo es brindar un espacio de exhibición y encuentro para realizadores independientes de todo el mundo, promoviendo obras que desafíen la imaginación, exploren nuevos lenguajes audiovisuales y mantengan vivo el espíritu del cine de género.
Buscamos cortometrajes y largometrajes capaces de sorprender, inquietar y emocionar al público, desde propuestas clásicas hasta las más experimentales. Creemos que el terror, la fantasía y la ciencia ficción son herramientas únicas para contar historias, reflejar nuestros miedos, cuestionar la realidad y expandir los límites de la creatividad.
Además de las proyecciones, buscamos generar un punto de encuentro entre cineastas, artistas y espectadores apasionados por el cine fantástico.
Durante el festival se otorgarán los siguientes reconocimientos:
Mejor Cortometraje
Mejor Fotografía
Mejor Guion
Mejor Maquillaje y Efectos Especiales (FX)
Mención Especial del Jurado
Premio del Público
Sean bienvenidos a Terror Matanza Film Festival.
Al Este is a festival coming out from the french festival A l'Est du Nouveau. Present in Colombia since 2018, the mission of the festival is to promote film culture of the other Europe, that relegated to independent circuits, owning however, an invaluable wealth and tradition. Thus, Al Este - Colombia seeks to spread the filmography of Central and Eastern Europe into a profitable cultural exchange with South America.
ACAS HUÁNUCO E.I.R.L., in coordination with the *Asociación Cultural Amigos por Siempre* (recognized as a "Cultural Hub" [Punto de Cultura] under Directorial Resolution No.
0143-2020/MC) and with the support of the Ministry of Culture of Peru, invites audiovisual creators, producers, film students, cultural institutions, and the general public to participate in the 13th Huánuco Film Festival 2026 (FENACI 2026).
The festival will take place in various free-access cultural spaces across the city of Huánuco—including streets, parks, and main squares—as well as in different provinces within the Huánuco department and in regions bordering it. The initiative aims to decentralize access to cinema, foster audience development, and strengthen the growth of both Peruvian and international filmmaking.
Additionally, part of the program will be broadcast live via the festival's official social media channels, enabling viewers from across Peru and abroad to participate.
Join us April 23–25, 2027 for the 21st West Chester Film Festival! Experience a full weekend of events, parties, pop-ups, workshops, and more in scenic West Chester, PA, just a short ride from Philadelphia.
Films will be shown at our main venue, the Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center.
Short films, up to 30 minutes in length, by independent filmmakers from around the world are accepted. Submissions are juried by a panel of industry professionals and winners are chosen according to content, innovation, and technical execution.
The Fest weekend includes Filmmaker Workshops presented by filmmaking professionals, Meet & Greets, networking opportunities, and parties! Known as a Filmmaker Friendly Festival, it is a great way to join a community of filmmakers and celebrate a shared love of short film.
Welcome to the Genoa International Film Festival: where Independent Cinema meets the Italian Riviera!
We are a new, yet ambitious, international film festival, now working on its second edition, born to provide a high-quality platform for independent cinema. We invite you to join us in Genoa - the heart of the beautiful Italian Riviera - for four days of screenings, talks, and networking, all hosted in a historic cinema within the medieval city center.
For our 2027 edition, we are open to short films of any genre (including documentaries and animation), with a maximum runtime of 40 minutes, completed from 2025 onwards, and feature films up to 120 minutes.
We are incredibly proud of the achievements of our inaugural edition: we received over 300 submissions from more than 60 countries and welcomed people from all over the world over the span of three days. The program featured distinguished titles and filmmakers including Pantyhose (Oscar 2026 Shortlist); Ocean of Mothers (from Netflix director Leticia Prisco); I’m Glad You’re Dead Now (winner of the Palm d’Or for Best Short Film) as well as many more short film coming from Clermont-Ferrand, TIFF and other successful film festivals.
At GIFF, we truly care about filmmakers and their work. To show our support, we offer a transparent and straightforward submission model: a single entry allows your film to be considered for every main award category. No more multiple submissions or exorbitant fees. We do our best to stand by your side.
All selected films will be screened during the festival. The director, along qith one additional crew member, will receive full access to all festival events (screenings, networking events and caterign) as well as provided accommodation.
If your project focuses on specific themes — such as Environment, Gender Equality, or Youth & Education — you can submit to the dedicated category to compete for an additional award. This special focus adds an extra opportunity for your work without changing your eligibility for all other festival prizes. In other words: you don’t need to pay twice.
We are also proud to support new talent and our local film community through the Best Student Short and Best Italian Short Film categories. For both, the same rule applies: by entering the specific category, you receive a dedicated spotlight while remaining in the running for every single award the festival offers.
Send us your best work: GIFF is waiting for you!
FRAME-SE Resende is a national pocket film festival focused on boosting, broadcasting, and awarding audiovisual productions created exclusively through mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets. The event consolidates itself as a major competitive showcase and a hub for fostering the creative economy, encouraging filmmakers, independent collectives, and producers from all over Brazil to submit their works and compete for recognition on the big screen.The backbone of the project is its National Competitive Showcase, which takes over the professional theaters of Cine Show for 7 weeks of public screenings. There, films compete for outstanding official awards for the best works across various technical and artistic categories, culminating in a glamorous Grand Gala Night complete with a red carpet. Aligned with its role of social impact, the festival actively drives audience development by engaging the region's school ecosystem (both public and private networks). This synergy opens space for the Student Parallel Showcase, an exclusive window that offers students the unique opportunity to experience hands-on production and exhibit their original creations within the official programming of a major film festival.
FRAME-SE Resende is a national pocket film festival dedicated to fostering and rewarding the creativity of filmmakers from all across Brazil through films shot on mobile phones. With a 7-week Competitive Showcase on Cine Show screens and a major awards ceremony at the Gala Night, the festival also drives audience development and cultural inclusion, bringing students from public and private schools to an exclusive Parallel Showcase. It is mobile technology at the service of the power of independent cinema.
Director General's Statement"The smartphone that isolates today will be the lens that connects the filmmaker to recognition and the celebration of their art on the big screen tomorrow." The central focus and raison d'être of FRAME-SE Resende is to reward independent creative excellence and encourage those who produce cinema using the technology they carry in their own pockets. Our main course is the festival itself, its national competitive showcase, and the major awards that celebrate the talent of filmmakers from all over the country. Our great cherry on top is utilizing this driving force to invite schools—regardless of whether they are public or private—and fulfill the indispensable role of audience development. Through a Student Parallel Showcase, we give students the chance to get hands-on and see their creations included in the rigor of a true film festival, while maintaining absolute neutrality and focusing entirely on the transformative power of art.
— Edgar Ziler Freitas, Director General
Baba Yaga International Horror Film Festival (Baba Yaga Horror Film Fest) is an independent international film festival dedicated to showcasing bold and high-quality horror cinema from around the world.
The festival focuses on strong genre storytelling — from atmospheric and psychological horror to intense, audience-driven films. We welcome both arthouse and mainstream approaches, as long as the film delivers a compelling and authentic experience.
The project is built around the idea that horror is a safe space to confront fear:
“Let fears exist only in cinema.”
The festival operates primarily in an online format, featuring quarterly selections and an annual final round. All films are reviewed by the festival team and jury through private screenings.
Selected films will be included in the Official Selection and may be considered for future offline showcase events.
We aim to support filmmakers who are passionate about the genre and open to different forms of horror expression — from minimalistic indie projects to visually striking works that leave a lasting impact.
Asha Ereal Media was founded in the year 2011 by a group of cultural enthusiasts, who make their hobbies available to a wider audience in Acting, Anchoring, Direction, photography and other cultural activities.
We are now one of the leading film festival (CINEMASCOPE AWARDs) in the world. Our motto is to promote talented artists/Filmmakers around the globe through our festival. IISFF provides a platform for Young, Students & Professional Filmmakers to show their talents within a very short time span and express their views & Ideas to the wider audience all over the world as well as they can convey any social message to the society.
INDIAN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL(IISFF) "CINEMASCOPE" where the various Short Films, Documentaries, Animation Films from the country and the world will be screened and awarded. This year we also have various attractions. This time the number of CINEMASOPE AWARDS is higher than ever, which has given our film festival at the highest level.
The presence of renowned public figures of various cultural aspects will add flavor to this festival.
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We welcome all the dedicated people to join us in our festival and make this festival grand success years by years.
Thank you,
Team IISFF, CINEMASCOPE AWARDS
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Algeciras Fantástika is a multidisciplinary cultural event specialized in matters of fantastic nature, suspense, terror and science fiction, organized by Algeciras City Council and the University of Cadiz.
Oaxaca Sports Film Festival 2027 - Where Film and Sports Inspire the World
Welcome to the Oaxaca Sports Film Festival 2027, an international event dedicated to celebrating the power of film to tell the stories that arise from sports.
Based in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico, our festival brings together filmmakers, athletes, producers, and lovers of cinema to screen works that explore the discipline, passion, resilience, and social impact of sports on the lives of individuals and communities.
We believe that sports are much more than just competition: they are a tool for transformation, inclusion, identity, and hope. That is why we seek films that inspire, move, and provoke reflection—ranging from widely recognized disciplines such as soccer, boxing, and track and field to emerging and extreme sports, as well as traditional sporting expressions from different cultures.
Our goal is to provide a platform for emerging and established filmmakers from around the world, promoting stories that connect with diverse audiences through the universal language of sports.
Whether your film explores personal growth, teamwork, inclusion, high performance, health, or the challenges athletes face both on and off the field, the 2027 Oaxaca Sports Film Festival is the place to share it.
Hello! We are BARCIFF • Barcelona Indie Filmmakers Festival, an international film festival with screening events in Barcelona, Spain, and a member of IBERIFF • Iberia Indie Film Festivals. IBERIFF celebrates independent artists and showcases new productions from across the globe in Barcelona (BARCIFF), Madrid (MADRIFF), València (VALÈIFF), Seville (SEVIFF), Lisbon (LISBIFF), and Montpellier (MONTIFF).
BARCIFF shares the mission of its associate festivals in supporting emerging talents, encouraging artistic exploration, fostering networking, promoting cultural exchange, engaging with the local community, and providing a platform to celebrate and showcase the work of independent filmmakers.
Fiction, animation, documentary, and experimental films of any genre or subject are welcome!
Rural FilmFest, member of Green Film Network (GFN) and Pantalla Federation, is an international itinerant film festival, which offers a current overview of international documentary film, fiction and animation in a short, medium and long format related to the rural world, ecology, sustainability and natural and cultural resources. Rural FilmFest is not a common film festival, it is a unique and unrepeatable event. It is a summer camp, with excursions, multi-adventure, geocaching awards ceremony (Yes, you read that right. As a filmmaker you will have to find your trophy at the closing gala via GPS coordinates), international coexistence, dance, party and lifelong friendships. It is the experience of your life and if you attend, you will not want it goes over and you will want to return next year... Just read the reviews to discover the opinions of other filmmakers who have attended the Rural FilmFest. If you have a fiction film, animation or documentary whether it is a short film or a feature film, do not hesitate to submit.
Cinema 4L was created with the intention of bringing the best short format cinema to the smallest towns and rural areas of the Valencian Community.
A Film Festival that selects independent films that would otherwise be inaccessible to the public of these locations.
Outdoor screenings from our 4L with the highest quality, where the audience will decide with their vote the best short film.
ondon ArtHouse Film Festival (LAHFF)
The London ArtHouse Film Festival (LAHFF) is an international combined arts festival dedicated to celebrating independent storytelling, artistic excellence and creative innovation.
Held in London, one of the world's most diverse cultural capitals, LAHFF provides a platform for emerging and established filmmakers, artists and creatives from around the globe to showcase their work, exchange ideas and connect with new audiences.
Now celebrating its 6th Edition, LAHFF continues to champion originality, inclusivity and the power of storytelling through film, photography, music and emerging creative technologies. Guided by the 2027 theme, "Inclusivity – Every Story Matters," the festival embraces diverse voices and perspectives while fostering meaningful cultural dialogue.
Beyond film screenings, LAHFF offers a dynamic programme of educational and industry events, including workshops, presentations, networking opportunities and LAHFF Conversations—an annual series exploring the future of storytelling, creativity and the creative industries.
The festival welcomes submissions across a broad range of categories, including Feature Films, Short Films, Documentaries, Animation, Music Videos, Student Films and AI Films. Every Official Selection is automatically nominated for the LAHFF Awards, with winners revealed exclusively during the Closing Night Awards Ceremony. In recognition of outstanding artistic achievement, the jury may also present Jury Recognition to exceptional works that cannot be included in the official screening programme due to programming limitations.
LAHFF is committed to creating an inclusive, accessible and inspiring environment where creativity flourishes, new collaborations begin and every story has the opportunity to be seen, heard and celebrated.
Every Story Matters.
7th Erotic and Post-Porn Film Showcase of Bogotá
More of a faggot is the one who does not love.
We are Love, we are Counterculture.
Since time immemorial, humanity has felt its emotions on the surface and in a visceral way; we have felt love and hate voraciously toward others and toward ourselves. Wars have been fought for love and crimes have been committed out of hate—hate for what we do not understand and with which we do not agree or have not shared.
As humans, we have shaped the narrative of different periods as we have seen fit; after all, history is written by the winners, and those who win are rarely fair to those who are not on their boat.
Although it seemed that the days of hate, double standards, and intolerance had been left behind, the news and headlines speak to a completely different reality. Increasingly, cases of harassment and hate crimes against members of the LGBTIQ+ community are heard of and witnessed, and worse still, the pressure of traditional powers against us is felt more and more.
While we have to endure harassment and violent behavior disguised as satire or humor, while we have to endure explicit hatred and contempt in their communications, intolerance toward our very existence resurfaces from the darkness where those who once suffered it had managed to banish it, and it takes aggressive and violent form against us, threatening our well-being.
When the heteronormative, patriarchal political and religious world creates laws that exclude a part of the population; when it is frowned upon for two men to walk down the street holding hands and they are confronted by generally conservative, God-fearing adults; when hate crimes are committed against trans people or anyone considered different from the social canon of man or woman, it is necessary that we draw the line and not allow apathy, hatred, and cruelty to continue unchecked toward a future in which exclusion once again becomes the norm, in which loving becomes a crime again.
That is why we call on the excluded, the queer, lesbians, gays, trans people, intersex people, transvestites, drag queens and drag kings… the maricas, hermaphrodites, putos, the members of the alphabet, muff-divers, faggots, butterflies, benders, and many more names we have been called over time,
Come and hang out,
Come and show your way of loving,
Come and let us celebrate the fact that we continue along this path for which many gave their lives, and for which we cannot allow it to have been in vain.
In times of hate, loving is revolutionary.
