The Traveling School Film Festival (FIFE) is an annual event showcasing cinema, audiovisual media, and digital creation. It is an initiative of the Mboro International Center for Practical Training and the NGO Youth and Development, and relies on the partnership of the Girl Guides and Boy Scouts of Senegal, the Jokkoo Consulting Agency, and several other stakeholders in Senegal and around the world.
To manage the regular organization of the film festival it initiated, an Economic Interest Group (GIE) was established: GIE Les Associés du Film d’École (School Film Associates), whose primary mission is the annual organization of the Traveling School Film Festival, FIFE.
Children's, Nature & Wildlife Film Festival is an India’s independent film festival promoted by Miniboxoffice India. The Children's, Nature & Wildlife Film Festival aim is to showcase & promote professionally made entertaining, enlightening & encouraging feature films, short films, animation & documentaries among target audience. The festival accept all genres of children’s, Nature, Climate & Wildlife films be it a fantasy, motivational, drama, disability, educational, science fiction, adventurous, parenting etc.
The Children's, Nature & Wildlife Film Festival is a boutique of children’s, Nature, Climate & Wildlife films celebrating childhood & nature. The festival objective is to bring the world class cinema to the door step of children’s which provide alternate source of learning & help in understanding the culture of other nations and nature through the art of cinema. CNWFF also giving exposure of film education through various workshops & master classes. At the same time providing platform to the filmmakers in reaching out wide audience through CNWFF.
The festival helps in raising the standards of quality content for children’s & nature films and also helps to boost-up the film market. We hope that CNWFF will prove a milestone for filmmakers in their career & a rich experience for audience as well.
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.
The screenlights Film Festival is a dynamic and evolving cinematic celebration now entering its second year. Founded by filmmakers and visionaries Dinkar Jadhav and Omkar Jadhav, the festival aims to provide a platform for both emerging and established filmmakers to showcase their work. With an emphasis on innovative storytelling, diverse genres, and creative expression, the festival is quickly becoming a hub for independent cinema enthusiasts.
Stories of sea, life, and cinema.
At the Corto e Cultura Film Festival, cinema comes alive among the ancient walls of Manfredonia and the Gargano sea: shorts and documentaries that tell stories of the world, emotions, and people—with poetry, humor, and heart.
Every screening is a journey: stories of life, love, challenges, dreams, and landscapes that speak about us. A festival where the audience is not a passive spectator, but a protagonist: they applaud, reflect, laugh, and decide the Audience Award.
The competition includes several sections:
Narrative Shorts – life stories, emotions, and small and great gestures that reveal the human experience.
Short Documentaries – authentic perspectives on the world, blending reality and poetry.
Environmental / Green – ecology, sustainability, territory, climate change.
Territorial / Local – works connected to the festival’s territory.
Animations – imagination and creativity to explore social and cultural themes.
Debut Works – innovative, experimental pieces dedicated to emerging talents.
International
Organized by Angeli, founded by Anna Rita, the festival supports young artists, celebrates the territory, and brings cinema beyond borders: submissions come from Italy, Europe, and America, confirming Corto e Cultura’s international vocation.
For info and submissions: www.cortoecultura.com
– info@cortoecultura.it
Come to Manfredonia, listen to the sea, experience cinema. Here, stories come alive.
20. VUKOVAR FILM FESTIVAL / CROATIA
One of the largest and undoubtedly one of the most important film festivals in Croatia is moving forward! The 20th Vukovar Film Festival will take place from September 2th to 5th, 2026, thus staying in its familiar and much-loved time slot—at the end of summer, right between the end of the vacation season and the start of the new school year.
Founded in 2007, the festival is dedicated to showcasing the best of contemporary cinema from around the world, with a special focus on films from the Danube region and other countries.
The festival typically features a variety of film categories, including feature films, short films and documentaries. It highlights works that deal with global issues, social themes, and personal stories, offering a platform for emerging filmmakers as well as established names. VFF is known for its welcoming atmosphere and connecting filmmakers.
A signature feature of the Vukovar Film Festival is its location in the historic town of Vukovar, offering a unique setting that enhances the festival experience. Vukovar’s remarkable architectural and cultural backdrop is making the festival not just a celebration of cinema, but also a tribute to the power of storytelling and the importance of preserving cultural heritage.
Held under the open sky, the festival's central screen is located in the unique park of Eltz Castle, which itself provides an unforgettable setting and backdrop for both the opening and closing ceremony. The city of Vukovar is in those days is a place where people that are making the films and people that are enyojing the films are met.
Cinema under the stars is a special experience on all four days of the festival, from Wednesday to Saturday. On Wednesday, September 2th, the festival's grand opening and film screenings will be held in the gardens of Eltz Castle and on September 5th, film screenings, a closing ceremony and awards ceremony will be held. Representatives of films nominated in the official competition will receive an invitation to live screenings and the festival itself.
The festival's commitment to innovation, creativity, and artistic expression has made it a key player in the regional film festival scene.
Welcome to the Indie Innovators Film Festival 2026—where creativity meets innovation and every story has a place to shine! We’re thrilled to celebrate bold, original voices from all corners of the indie film world. Whether your film is a gripping drama, a laugh-out-loud comedy, an eye-opening documentary, or and fantasy,
The Festival de Cine de Madrid - PNR is organized by Plataforma Nuevos Realizadores (PNR), a non-profit association founded in 1987 by emerging Spanish filmmakers, producers, and technicians. For nearly forty years, the association has championed the creation and production of audiovisual works in Spain and promoted their exhibition in movie theaters and other distribution channels.
PNR’s long-standing commitment to film and audiovisual production is renewed each year with the celebration of the FCM-PNR, through which the association seeks to fulfill several of its founding objectives.
Film submissions may be made via Festhome from February 2 to April 1, 2026, at 11:59 PM.
MI PRIMER FESTIVAL (MY FIRST FESTIVAL) - International film festival for children, Barcelona & Madrid - 19th edition: from November 7 to 22, 2026.
"Mi Primer Festival" is an International film festival for children from 2 to 12 years. My First Film Festival features over 100 films in a total of 21 screenings. In short, MPF is a film extravaganza that showcases both different techniques and formats and the creativity of artists from all around the world.
The international competition of SHORT FILMS for children will include 4 programmes:
- International Short Competition for children over 3 years old
- International Short Competition for children over 5 years old
- International Short Competition for children over 7 years old
- International Short Competition for children over 10 years old
The international competition of FEATURE FILMS will include one programme of films, with a maximum of 10 titles.
The festival will take place in November simultaneously in Barcelona and Madrid and is a great opportunity for boys and girls from 2 to 12 years old to discover unique and unprecedented cinema.
The festival also programs films that have not been created specifically for children, which is why it encourages film directors as well as distributors to present their works even if they have not been conceived for this audience profile. Younger viewers rise to the challenge, and the introductions and discussions that accompany viewings provide a good context for understanding and enjoying the films.
The Novelda Film Festival Acan Awards
The Novelda Film Festival Acan Awards, organized by the Novelda film and art association, announces the bases to qualify for the awards of its 6ª edition to be held on June 15 and 21, 2026.
The aim of the contest is to promote film culture. Culture is considered a source of wealth and, in this sense, the local promotion of the cultural offer also serves to promote the economic and local development of our municipality. The city of Novelda deserved a Film Festival that would put the municipality on the map of the main festivals in the province of Alicante.
In this sixth edition, it is also sought to promote the making of short films that show the culture of the municipality of Novelda and Alicante. In this edition of the Festival we also open to National Feature Films and Italy as a guest country.
Cortos en Grande Short Film Festival is an event organized by Fundación Viart that seeks to promote young creation and give a new opportunity to new generations of filmmakers, highlighting and rewarding their work and talent. Its main objective is to be a platform for dissemination and real support for the development of emerging cinema, providing its filmmakers with a space for the presentation and development of their artistic proposals.
3rd Edition · Festival Internacional de Cine de Loreto (FICLO)
The Festival Internacional de Cine de Loreto (FICLO) invites filmmakers from Mexico and abroad to submit their short films to the Official Competition of its third edition, which will take place in person from April 15 to 17, 2026, in Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
The Official Selection of FICLO brings together contemporary short films that propose a personal vision of current cinematic language. Works that take formal risks, do not follow established trends, and trust in the power of their form to engage in dialogue with the viewer.
Selected short films will not only be screened, but will also be part of a curated program of public discussion and critical reflection, aimed at reading the concerns, tensions, and forms of contemporary cinema.
22nd LesBiGayTrans International Film Festival of Paraguay
Asunción – 2026
Aireana, a lesbian rights group and organizer of Paraguay's 22nd International LesBiGayTrans Film Festival, invites people interested in film and audiovisual media from around the world to participate in this year's edition of the festival.
PRESENTATION
The Association "Amics del cinema de la Vall de Ribes" presents the 10th edition of the Gollut Festival.
The GOLLUT FESTIVAL is an exhibition of social and environmental cinema with the aim of inclusion and awareness of different diversities.
We are committed to auteur cinema, ethical and aesthetic commitment, creative freedom, exploring and experimenting with new narratives and forms of audiovisual representation.
The festival aims to decentralise culture from the big cities, rejecting the idea that culture has to have a centre that defines its peripheries.
This year the festival wants to investigate the ways in which cinema can influence and shape a territory and its inhabitants: their memories, imaginaries and collective fictions. We are interested in exploring the way in which cinema represents rural environments, processes of de-ruralisation both on a local and global scale, from gazes that question hegemonic narratives.
The Asian Film Festival, Los Angeles Hollywood is a non-profit organization of the film industry in the United States, headquartered in Los Angeles, through various projects and activities, screening filmmakers around the world, filmmakers of outstanding works, help them to increase exposure, in the industry, docking resources.
The Asian Film Festival founded by Asian Film Festival Committee and American International Chamber of Commerce, we are international non-profit organization with offices in Los Angeles, New York, Beijing and other cities. Commissioners, writers & directors work with Asian Films because we know how to support creative people & deliver visionary films & television drammas.
The American International Chamber of Commerce has been a dedicated partner of Asian countries on diversified economic and cultural development and exchanges from the since the establishment in 1990.
In keeping with our long-term commitment, we encouragement and recognition that support from Asian entrepreneurs and investors, filmmakers ’s creativity and production and build strong, each institutions, production companies and studios will lead to greater economic opportunities in film industry for all Asian countries.
The AFF, Asian Film Festival is dedicated to strengthening Asian and Hollywood film and culture exchange and collaboration, promoting innovative development in film industry and fostering creativity in filmmaking in the world.
We believe film also in the future of Asian same as Hollywood as well. The American International Chamber of Commerce and Asian Film Festival reiterates its unwavering commitment to working with all Asian countries in film industry as they build a A brilliant, rich and successful future. We send our warmest wishes for continued prosperity and success of Asian Film Festival in the years ahead.
Chulpicine began its work in 2002 with the first ever Itinerant Children & Youth Film Festival in Quito. The warm welcome that the project received allowed the festival to become an annual event during the months of July to September, bringing an educational and entertaining event at no cost, to sectors with few cultural activities.
Thanks to the positive reaction, Chulpicine became a cultural and educational non-profit foundation in June 2004. After more than 10 years of experience, Chulpicine have reach a stable proposal and working methodology that has spread at national level. The Festival has promoted the creation of coaching staff; cultural managers working in different communities; and a large group of followers.
Chulpicine has designed a set of activities and workshops for institutions, community organizations or outreach workers to educate and train in different areas related to cinema, audiovisual, communication and Internet used as social intervention tools. These activities and workshops have been the beginning of a formation of learning communities by harnessing the capabilities of young people, as well as the setting up of an active and engaged network of social facilitators through the film and audiovisual work.
The Foundation carries out the following program lines: training; intervention; appropriation of public spaces; diffusion and production. This line of work is an alternative to foster community networks to develop communication skills, analysis and reflection in the various stakeholders of the community, thereby strengthening its organizational and self-development skills.
The foundation has a multidisciplinary team currently working on the projects. These people are responsible for different areas: there is a psychologist, a producer, a programmer, a communicator and an accountant.
In addition, every year about 12 people are hired to assist in the implementation of activities. This group is made up of people who have worked in the past in the festival and some new young people that wish to join the group. Also, each year we have the support of volunteers from different organizations.
The Spi Stories Short Film Festival reaches its fourteenth edition. The competition, created by the publisher LiberEtà and the CGIL Pensioners Union, has chosen the title "Chissà se fuori..." ("I wonder if out there...") for this edition. You can participate to the competition by creating a video with a maximum length of eleven minutes, released in 2025. The Spi Stories Short Film Festival reaches its fourteenth edition. Created by the publishing house LiberEtà and the CGIL Union of Retirees, this year’s competition takes on the title “I Wonder If Out There… Telling Stories of Solitude, Rediscovering Community.”
This edition focuses on solitude—whether chosen or endured—on community, and on the ties that hold us together. There are moments when each of us feels vulnerable. Not only when the body slows down, but when something cracks in our connection with others: when our voice no longer finds an answer, when the world seems to move forward without us.
Solitude and fragility are not exceptions; they are part of the human condition. They cross generations, hide behind lives that look busy and fulfilled, and reveal a fundamental need we all share: to be seen, heard, acknowledged.
“I Wonder If Out There…” was born to tell these stories. To give shape and voice to what often remains in the shadows—or is mistakenly thought to belong only to certain people: the sick, the elderly, those living on the margins. But solitude has many faces, and fragility does not belong to one stage of life. There are young forms of fragility—lives that struggle to find a place in the world. There are collective solitudes that inhabit crowded cities. There are lives full of noise but empty of presence.
The competition invites filmmakers to explore that subtle space between the “inside” and the “outside”: those who remain within the boundaries of community, those who are pushed out, those who step outside in search of air, those who get lost, and those who find their way again thanks to a gesture, a word, a glance.
“Outside” is not only what separates us—it can also be what reconnects us. Outside is the square, the street, the group, the voice calling our name. Outside is the threshold where encounters can begin again.
Fragility is not a weakness but a possibility. Those who acknowledge their own fragility are already “outside” a world that demands strength and self-sufficiency at all costs. They choose to remain open, to welcome others, to build relationships. In this sense, fragility becomes a political act: it forces us to rethink how we live together, how much room we give to care, listening, and solidarity.
“I Wonder If Out There…” does not ask for pity, but for awareness. It calls on participants to tell—through any form of visual language—the story of fragile lives that endure, of solitude seeking a passage, of the need for community that runs through our everyday lives. It is an invitation to open the door, to look at what lies outside—and perhaps also at who we are leaving outside.
Participants can enter the competition with a video of up to eleven minutes, produced after January 2025.
