The Universe Multicultural Film Festival seeks to bring to the best of classic and contemporary filmmaking from the world; Committed to enlightening the public with a unique international film program, a forum for cultural understanding and enriching educational opportunities. The Festival focuses on showcasing diverse cultural and heritages films, supports the creation and advancement of innovative and artistic cinematic works of both emerging and seasoned filmmakers and proudly embraces the passion, independent spirit and vision of these talented artists. With the integration of the local community and educational institutions into all aspects of the Festival, the Festival stimulates an interest in the study and appreciation of film and encourages people of all ages and background to participate and share the harmony universe.
CINEMA26 – The 5th Córdoba Film Week aims to bring together a broad and varied selection of the best Spanish films released throughout the year, with a special focus on feature films and short films involving Andalusian production or participation.
The 5th edition of CINEMA26 will take place from November 26 to December 3, 2026.
Bucharest Short Film Festival [BSFF]
Independent is the key word for Bucharest Short Film Festival [BSFF], as it is founded by independent film professionals and focuses on independent artists in cinema, from all over the world. Bucharest Short Film Festival aims at recognizing, showcasing and spreading-out the most professional, most innovative, and most interesting fresh short international films, while always prioritizing independent short films.
Bucharest Short Film Festival will showcase some of the finest short international film in Narrative, Animation, Student, Experimental, Documentary, Music Video and Human Rights. We take to heart the amount of work put into each film. Therefore, the festival rules ensure that each movie is reviewed at least two times and well-debated by our team. Some of the awarded films will also be screened at other international film festivals.
Independent artists and their short films will meet an effervescent, and a quite experienced with cinema and film festivals audience, ensuring quality networking, and engaging opportunities, while the selected films will be determined by a panel of industry experts.
Bucharest Short Film Festival is building a strong community of interest around international independent film professionals and film lovers, in the heart of one of the most interesting emergent capitals of arts and culture, a city that never sleeps – Bucharest.
The festival will run film screenings, preceded or followed by artists Q&A, or networking side events, and, surely, parties, that all take place in various conventional and unconventional stages around Bucharest, as in cinemas, open spaces, and even summer theatres. Bucharest, you’ve heard about it, eventually – a city for young people. Well known for different things – like “Old Paris” nickname, in its bourgeois times, before the communism decades, or the world’s biggest parliamentary building [and one of the largest buildings of any kind], from its communism times, new architecture, or the explosive contemporary art scene, and the also quite impressive underground arts and music and nightlife communities, in its current times.
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The national-regional Festival "Corto Cortismo" of Miguelturra (Ciudad Real), aims to promote short films as a means of audiovisual expression, contributing to their recognition, dissemination and appreciation as an essential means of transmitting culture. Considering it at all times CINEMA with capital letters and taking this format as a fundamental and essential part of CINEMA, we encourage you all to participate in it, as a platform for the exhibition of good work, which is surely being done by many people who He loves CINEMA as a profession and as one of the means of projection of Culture.
Our Festival presents a double modality of participation: regional and national, this, in turn, divided into the section of adult fiction short films, and the modality of children-family animation short films.
The regional modality will host all those works that come to us from people or teams that, in some way, have links with the region of Castilla-La Mancha and have been carried out in the last year.
For its part, the national modality will exhibit those works that are presented and that have been made in the last two years and have not been presented in previous editions of this Festival.
The Apatzingán International Film Festival invites Mexican and foreign filmmakers to register their cinematographic work for its fourth edition that will take place from February 20 to 23, 2025 in the city of Apatzingán in Michoacán, Mexico; in its different categories of official competition:
fiction feature film
Any national or foreign fiction production with a free theme, whose final production is from october 2023 to 2025, with a duration of more than 90 minutes, may be registered. These productions may be taken into account even if they have been premiered, participated in other festivals or similar, except that they have applied or selected in the third edition of AFIC.
fiction short film
Any national or foreign fiction production with a free theme, whose final production is from october 2023 to 2025, with a duration of one to 31 minutes, may be registered. These productions may be taken into account, even if they have been premiered or participated in other festivals or similar, except that they have applied or selected in the third edition of AFIC.
documentary feature
Any national or foreign documentary production with a free theme, whose final production is from october 2023 to 2025 with a duration greater than ninety minutes, may be registered. Said productions may be taken into account even if they have been premiered or participated in other festivals or similar, except that they have applied or selected in the third edition of AFIC.
documentary short film
Any national or foreign documentary production with a free theme may be registered, whose final finished production is from october 2023 to 2025, with a duration of one to 31 minutes. Said productions may be taken into account even if they have been premiered or participated in other festivals or similar, except that they have applied or selected in the third edition of AFIC.
children's short film
Any national or foreign production of free-themed fiction whose audience is aimed at children, where the final production is from october 2023 to 2025, with a duration of one to forty minutes, may be registered. These productions may be taken into account, even if they have been premiered or participated in other festivals or similar, except that they have applied or selected in the third edition of AFIC.
THE XI ARCTIC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL "GOLDEN RAVEN"
March 29 – April 11, 2027 • Anadyr, Chukotka, Russia
Free submission • Deadline: November 30, 2026
Golden Raven is the easternmost international film festival in Russia. It takes place in Anadyr, the capital of Chukotka, on the shores of the Bering Sea, where Russia's new day begins. For two weeks every spring the Arctic town becomes a meeting point for filmmakers from all over the world, and your film meets an audience unlike any other.
A festival that keeps growing
The jubilee X edition received 3,394 submissions from more than 100 countries. Festival films were screened in 67 regions of Russia and in six countries, from Minsk to Buenos Aires, reaching a combined audience of over 130,000 viewers. The Grand Prix went to a film from China, chosen not by a jury but by the audience in Anadyr.
What we are looking for
Full-length films: stories of the Arctic and the North, of indigenous peoples around the world, of nature and the relationship between people and their environment. We look for films where the North is not an exotic backdrop but a living world of people, characters and destinies.
Short films: Arctic and northern themes are our priority, but films of other themes are welcome too.
All films must be completed on or after January 1, 2025.
Competition sections
— International competition of full-length feature and documentary films
— International competition of full-length animated films
— International competitions of short feature, documentary and animated films
— FilmRising! — interregional competition for filmmakers from Russia's North, Siberia and Far East
— NEW: AI Film Competition
NEW in 2027: AI Film Competition
For the first time, Golden Raven opens a competition for films created with generative artificial intelligence. It is open to features, shorts, animation, experimental and hybrid works from 1 minute long, where more than 50% of the main visual sequence is created with generative AI. There are no thematic restrictions. Applicants disclose the AI tools used and the creative contribution of the team. The winner is chosen by audience vote.
Awards
The Grand Prix, the Big Golden Raven statuette, is awarded by audience vote. An international jury awards Golden Raven statuettes for best film, directing, screenplay and cinematography in the full-length competition, and Golden Raven medallions in the short film, animation and FilmRising! competitions. The festival also presents a Press Award and a children's audience award for the best animated short.
Hospitality
For each film selected for the full-length competitions, the festival covers economy flights within Russia to Anadyr and back, hotel accommodation and meals for one representative. Official invitations for visas are provided to representatives of competition films.
More than screenings
— Full halls and Q&A sessions with filmmakers after the screenings
— An industry program: panels, round tables and master classes. Past speakers included filmmakers from Korea, China and Russia
— An animation lab run with the legendary Soyuzmultfilm studio
— Opening and closing ceremonies with concerts, theatre performances and creative meetings with actors and directors
— The "Golden Raven Camp": yarangas, traditional Chukchi food, games and crafts
— For guests: dog sled rides, trips into the tundra and tours of the Arctic's easternmost town
Submission
Submission is free. Working languages: Russian, English, Chinese. Selected films provide an English or Russian subtitle file and a DCP by February 1, 2027. The official selection will be announced by March 25, 2027.
Come to the edge of the world and bring your film to the Golden Raven.
La misión del MiamisFF es construir puentes de dialogo e intercambio cultural entre los realizadores cinematográficos y la audiencia a través de experiencias cinematográficas en corto que promuevan una visión enfocada en las buenas causas haciendo uso de formas estéticamente innovadoras. Estamos comprometidos con la búsqueda de nuevos talentos que puedas hacer una diferencia con su arte.
Podemos ofrecerles un espacio dedicado para presentar su talento a una nueva audiencia, representantes de la industria cinematográfica y distintas organizaciones.
Estamos ubicados en la ciudad de Miami, Florida y el festival proyecta cortometrajes de 30 minutos o menos y apoya el creciente movimiento para exhibir y expandir el arte cinematográfico en formato corto proporcionando un espacio para construir una comunidad comprometida con las artes, ya que nuestra filosofía consiste en concebir al cortometraje como verdaderas obras de arte que me merecen su propio espacio de exhibición.
The Festival de Cinema de Terror de Sabadell, celebrates the Seventh Edition of our Fiction Short Film Competition.
They have space for all the short films of Terror, Gore, Thriller, Fantastic, Science-Fiction, Dark Humor or Freak, in all their meanings and variants.
The 25th Almería International Film Festival will be held in Almería (Spain), in order to promote the province of Almeria through the strengthening the historical links of the province with the audiovisual industry and culture, from Friday 13th November to Sunday 22st November 2026. The Festival is organized by Almería Provincial Council.
The Ciné-Beyrouth Festival is an annual festival dedicated to Oriental cinema and Lebanese international society.
The Ciné-Beyrouth Film Festival aims at challenging filmmakers through short films fiction and documentary.
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Organized by Histérico- Associação de Artes (Histérico - Arts Association).
This event has the Gardunha Mountain has the main reason.
The theme is the ‘Paranormal’. This must be explicit on films at contest.
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The 14th Torino Underground Cinefest will take place in late September 2027 at the splendid "Cinema Baretti", in the heart of "San Salvario", one of the city’s most vibrant districts. Once again, this edition confirms the partnership with the distribution company "Piano B", which will ensure theatrical and television distribution of selected feature films and documentaries deemed most suitable for commercialization. Thanks to the collaboration with "Streeen!", several selected titles will also have the opportunity to be distributed via streaming.
In addition, the festival is pleased to continue its partnership with Sooner.de, which will once again provide distribution opportunities for selected films on its platform, as well as on Amazon in Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and the United States, offering filmmakers further international exposure and audience reach.
Cash prizes will be awarded for Best Feature Film. In addition, special awards will be presented for Best Short Film, Best Documentary, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Sound Design. An Audience Award and mentions from our media partners are also planned.
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-- AI VISIONS – Torino Underground Cinefest --
Torino Underground Cinefest (TUC) proudly launches AI VISIONS, a new competitive section dedicated to films created partially or entirely using Artificial Intelligence.
This section celebrates independent voices exploring the intersection of cinema and machine creativity. From fully AI-generated narratives to hybrid human-machine collaborations, AI VISIONS showcases how filmmakers are redefining storytelling, aesthetics, and authorship.
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The festival is supported by media partnerships and cultural organizations from the region.
*Note to sales companies and distributors: No screening fees will be paid for festival selections.
“It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all.”
― Andrei Tarkovsky
ARACNEA FILM AND BOOK FESTIVAL is organized by the Cultural Association ARACNEA - APS CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC CENTER, will be held in Castellaneta (Ta), for the length of 3 days, on in the second week of April.
It is an independent festival, entirely dedicated to cinematographies and cultures from all over the world.
The organization of events subsequent to the date of the Festival is foreseen, involving schools and experts in the local sector, all linked by the common thread of audio-visual training for the youngest and by the concrete link with the territory.
Announcing our Summer Term Short Film, and Script Writing Competition!
This time we have multiple categories:
- ‘Open’ allows anything and everything, giving filmmakers the freedom and flexibility to create something unique!
- 'Silent Film' is a category that is open to both filmmakers, and scriptwriters who want to get creative with stage directions! We define a silent film as something that features no dialogue.
- 'Monologue' is a category open to both filmmakers and scriptwriters which emphasizes dialogue! Create a monologue that is 3-5 mins in length, on any topics, scenario or theme that you like!
Filmmakers can submit short films, 3-5 minutes in length, of any style, theme or genre. Scriptwriters should submit a scene, or collection of scenes that is four to five pages long, anonymously to our email account filmatjesus@gmail.com.
Outside of your specific subject, this is a wonderful opportunity to experiment with the film industry. And between the workload of the two terms, to essentially let loose. Get together with some friends – actors, musicians, camera crew – and let your creativity wander!
This competition is open to students at the University of Cambridge, Anglia Ruskin University, CATS Cambridge and alumni. And keep an eye out for regular prompts on our social media pages if you’re looking for inspiration.
As per previous film competition rules, if you are using actors, permission forms must be sent in. Any music must be royalty-free. And the film must only include the title, not the filmmakers name so that the judging is completely fully anonymous. The deadline for submissions is September 7th 2024.
Por 13º año consecutivo, la Asociación de Personas con Discapacidad Verdiblanca y el Ayuntamiento de Almería lanzan el Festival Inclusivo de Cortometrajes Gallo Pedro, dedicado a obras audiovisuales creadas en torno a la inclusión de las capacidades o habilidades diferentes, con el objetivo principal de crear conciencia y sensibilizar a la población sobre las personas con diversidad funcional.
Daejeon International Short Film Festival (DISFF) 2026
[Overview: Globalization of Local Stories]
Welcome to the 5th Daejeon International Short Film Festival (DISFF), hosted in Daejeon, the "Silicon Valley of Korea" and a global hub of science and technology. DISFF is a premier platform for filmmakers worldwide to explore the intersection of cutting-edge technology and the timeless art of storytelling. Our mission is to discover innovative voices and globalize local narratives through the power of short cinema.
[Why Submit to DISFF?]
A Hub for Innovation: Located in a city that leads AI and scientific research, we provide a unique stage for films that challenge the boundaries of traditional filmmaking.
Diverse Categories: From our specialized AI*SF Section to our Global Short Film and Student categories, we welcome a wide range of genres and formats, including vertical and short-form content.
Networking & Growth: DISFF isn't just a screening; it’s a vibrant networking hub connecting local artists with international creators and industry professionals.
Historical & Cultural Depth: We celebrate the "Daejeon Spirit," honoring local history while looking forward to a future shaped by digital transformation.
[Key Highlights for 2026]
Special AI*SF Section: Dedicated to films utilizing AI technology or exploring sci-fi themes.
Global Networking Events: Workshops and talk sessions with renowned directors and tech experts.
Inclusive Celebration: A festival for everyone, supporting cultural enjoyment for the socially vulnerable and fostering the next generation of filmmakers.
The International Short Film Competition will be held for two days within the framework of Horrorcon Spain. This contest seeks to highlight the best works of the genre and provide a platform to emerging and established filmmakers.
Founded in 2000, the Fiaticorti Film Festival is one of Italy's earliest national festivals dedicated to short films. Every summer, it takes place in the enchanting grounds of Villa Lattes in Istrana, near Treviso (Italy).
The name chosen for the event carries a dual meaning: on one hand, 'fiato corto' (out of breath/shortness of breath) is the result of a short-term physical exertion (much like short films are brief in duration); on the other hand, a film with a maximum running time of 20 minutes can evoke powerful emotions in the viewer, leaving them literally 'breathless'.
Over its more than twenty-year history, Fiaticorti has stood out for the international reach of both the works submitted and the guests hosted throughout its editions. At the same time, it maintains a strong focus on the local area and the creativity of regional talent, showcasing the artistic and cinematic potential of filmmakers from the Veneto region.
From 2000 to the present day, Fiaticorti has reviewed and received over 7,000 audiovisual works from more than 120 countries, building a high-quality historical film archive dedicated to short cinema.
Starting in 2026, the Municipality of Istrana has entrusted the artistic direction of the 24th edition to Andrea Grespan—who previously played a key role in the festival's organization—alongside Sara Ricciardi and Livio Meo, representatives of Cineforum Labirinto, an association with extensive experience in organizing film events across the province of Treviso.
Engativá is the third most populous locality in Bogotá; however, it is one of the least developed in terms of culture and cinema. There is talk of the cultural movements in Bosa, Kennedy, Ciudad Bolívar, and Suba, but Engativá is not mentioned. We are organizing this event to put the locality on the national and international map, with a large-scale event and outstanding films from around the world. Join us in making Engativá the epicenter of cinema in Bogotá and turning the Engativá International Film Festival into one of the country's most important film events.
