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Deadline
25 May 2016


Published: 29 Mar 2016
 Has submission fees
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International Festival Signes de nuit

Paris, France


Since 2003 the international Festival SIGNES DE NUIT is active in Paris, Berlin, Saarbrücken and with special screenings world wide. The festival in Paris actually presents around 300 films coming from around 50 countries at different places in Paris. In Berlin the festival will be performed in the legendary cinema Babylon.

The International Festival SIGNES DE NUIT based in Paris is made up of films, which reflects new views, original imagery and critical approach to the crucial points of the modern human existence. It is a place for cinema that expands its own boundaries, that is astonishing, different, potentially free from the pressure of tradition, ready to give itself to the unpredictable experimentation.

The minor costs of digital production makes an independant- from comercial influences and any kind of censorship- production possible. These independant productions create an alternative, an artistic space very subtle and accessible to all, in contrast to what mass media offer.

This opposition and the preservation of the free cultural space is the goal of the International Festival Signes de Nuit, which has realized screenings and interventions in 29 different countries including Algeria, Australia, Chile, Cuba, Lebanon, Lithuania, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Peru, Russia, Tunisia, Turkey and the United States beside the screenings in main festival in Paris.


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Logo of Movement Latino Film Festival

Deadline
25 Oct 2016


Published: 28 Mar 2016
 Has submission fees
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Movement Latino Film Festival

Los Angeles, United States


Welcome to the Movement Latino Film Festival. We are an exciting new film festival created by Latino artist, actors, filmmakers and journalist aimed at showcasing and highlighting Latino filmmakers and talent.

We are currently accepting feature length, short, documentary, experimental films and webisodes. We are also accepting screenplays both full and short length, we are also reading treatments as well.

Our festival will be located at the Monica Film Center within close proximity to the Santa Monica Pier and just one block away from the 3rd Street Promenade. Come bring your best work and celebrate our opening year which will host workshops, networking opportunities and competition comradery. Our festival also guarantees a 30-60 day written review of your film from the date of submission. Join the Movement! Let your voice be heard! We look forward to viewing your work.


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Deadline
10 Dec 2016


Published: 26 Mar 2016
 Has submission fees
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Sofia MENAR Film Festival

Sofia, Bulgaria


Sofia MENAR Film Festival is organized by Pozor company.

Sofia MENAR Film Festival makes Bulgarian audience familiar with the culture and traditions of the Islamic world. The programme of Sofia MENAR Film Festival presents the best of Middle East and North Africa cinema productions, including feature films, documentaries and short projects. A lot of accompanying events are organised within the frames of the festival. These events are particularly selected and bound up with the countries of this region, representing traditions and customs of the ethnic groups that inhabit its lands.

The festival is held every year in January and runs at the same time in Sofia and other major Bulgarian cities. MENAR is organised by "Pozor" as one of a kind Balkans` largest cultural event representing Muslim world and its traditions.

Amongst the directors whose films have been presented during the festival are names such as Abbas Kiarostami, Majid Majidi, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Ümit Ünal, Asghar Farhadi, Panahbarkhoda Rezaee, Hany Abu-Assad, Bahman Ghobadi, Reza Mir-Karimi, Eran Riklis, Derviş Zaim, Hüseyin Karabey, Susan Youssef, Nacer Khemir, Nadir Mokneche ...

Sofia MENAR Film Festival continues the tradition of "Flowers of the Qu`ran" Film Festival, organised 4 years on end, from 2009 to 2012 making the Bulgarian audience acquainted with more than 120 film productions that bring the spirit of the East.

The term MENAR, for "Middle East and North Africa Region", is an acronym often used to cover an extensive area, stretching from Morocco to Iran, including the majority of both the Middle Eastern and Maghreb countries.


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Logo of InFest Rubí

Deadline
13 May 2016


Published: 25 Mar 2016
 Has submission fees
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InFest Rubí

Rubí, Spain


The InFest Film Festival is a 2-day freak short film Festival which is held in Rubí, a city of asphalt, industry and smoke located in the Valles Occidental, a region located near Barcelona (Spain).

The InFest festival emerges as a firm and clear proposal: that Rubí be known as the Rubiwood of the Vallés district. During the last 9 years, InFest has organized the best possible short film experience: outdoors screenings, concerts, bar service and all kinds of activities related to cinema. What else can we ask for?

The InFest is devoted to showcase new short films (produced after year 2020) showing Sci-Fi, Fantastic, Freak and Horror elements. Short films cannot exceed 15 minutes length (credits excluded). Foreign films MUST be dubbed or subtitled in Spanish or Catalan, or the film will not be accepted.

In 2025, InFest will celebrate its 10th annual edition. After the COVID-19 pandemic, the InFest was moved to the amphitheater of The castle of Rubí ("El Castell"), a defensive construction from the 13th century, which can host public events with more than 2000 people. The amphitheater features seats, stage and bar! Jury Prize and Audience Award will receive 1000 and 250 euros, respectively.


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Logo of  Humanizarte UABC Non-competitive Shortfilms showcast

Deadline
30 Apr 2016


Published: 25 Mar 2016
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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Humanizarte UABC Non-competitive Shortfilms showcast

Tijuana, Mexico


Acquire, understand and apply knowledge in different areas of the humanities and social sciences, through a multidisciplinary space.

Invited filmmakers to his short films projected in the space you humanize UABC 2016.


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Logo of Capricorn Film Festival

Deadline
23 Sep 2016


Published: 25 Mar 2016
 Has submission fees
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Capricorn Film Festival

Yeppoon, Australia


The Capricorn Film Festival is a not for profit organisation that discovers local, national and international cinema gems, and shares them with a diverse audience of film lovers.

The Capricorn film festival was established to encourage production, not just exhibition. Our event is not just about ‘showing’ films – it’s about ‘making’ them. We aim to provide you with the opportunity to showcase your work to as wide an audience as possible, and help you promote your career and film-making endeavours.

The event is held mid year, where a crowds of thousands from all over Central Queensland enjoy five days of cinema, supporting filmmakers from the region and all corners of the globe.

Shortlisted films are screened at the event with a total prize pool of $4,000 in cash and prizes awarded between the winners of each category.

The festival is open to any level of filmmaker, from amateur to professional and is supported by some of Australia's premiere filmmakers and industry companies.

We appreciate our Festival ALUMNI. Contact us to receive your DISCOUNT coupon code on any upcoming entries.


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Logo of Bienal Internacional de Video y Cine VIDEOFEST

Deadline
01 Aug 2016


Published: 25 Mar 2016
 Does NOT have submission fees
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Bienal Internacional de Video y Cine VIDEOFEST

Mexicali, Mexico


The State Government, thru the Cultural Institute of Baja California (ICBC), in an effort to encourage the study of the audiovisual culture, calls all international visual and interdisciplinary artists, as well associations and cultural and educational institutes to participate in the festival to be held in Mexicali, Tijuana y Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, from the 5th through the 16th of November of 2018.


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Logo of Indie Chicks International Film Festival

Deadline
25 Oct 2016


Published: 25 Mar 2016
 Has submission fees
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Indie Chicks International Film Festival

Los Angeles, United States


Welcome to the Indie Chicks International Film Festival. We are a film festival created by female Indie Filmmakers for female Indie Filmmakers we do however encourage all filmmakers of all genders to submit for we are seeking a diverse multi racial multi gendered screening event. This year we will be at LA LIVE and screening great indie films on the big stage!

Our festival will include film screenings, Q&A talks from directors, networking opportunities and visiting distribution representatives.

We are currently seeking films produced, written or directed by women of all ages.
Feature and Short narrative and documentary films, Webisodes, Scripts and music videos are accepted. We look forward to seeing your film so show us what you got!


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Deadline
15 Oct 2016


Published: 25 Mar 2016
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BIG CROSS LOS ANGELES CHRISTIAN FILM FESTIVAL

Los Angeles, United States


WE ARE BIG CROSS!
We are the Big Cross Los Angeles Christian Film Festival.
We are a Christian Film Festival catered to promoting films and stories centered around the gospel. We are looking for submissions of all Christian genre types from Christian horror, Christian dramas, Christian romance & Comedy, End Times genre films and biblical. Films must have a Christian theme in order to be considered for qualification in this years program.


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Logo of Curtas Lapa Film Festival

Deadline
31 May 2016


Published: 25 Mar 2016
 Has submission fees
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Curtas Lapa Film Festival

Copacabana, Brazil


Cine Curtas Lapa is an independent, non-profit festival with free entry. The Festival aims to show films that were made or have as their theme the city of Rio de Janeiro in order to promote the Brazilian audiovisual industry, especially short films from Rio in the city's most traditional nightlife neighborhood. The idea is to bring a program of fiction, animation and documentary shorts to the public of Lapa, enriching the cultural life of the bohemian neighborhood.

This year, 2024, the Festival turns 13 years old. For more information visit our website. (https://cinecurtaslapa.wixsite.com/my-site)

There will be popular and professional jury voting for short films. The winner of each category will receive a certificate and the festival trophy.


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Logo of Ravenna Nightmare Film Fest

Deadline
15 Aug 2016


Published: 24 Mar 2016
 Has submission fees
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Ravenna Nightmare Film Fest

Ravenna, Italy


This is where we start, the dark side of movies, inspired by the legendary Pink Floyd’s album.

We start with the dark side, not visible to the naked eye, mysterious, obscure - a side with blurred boundaries and infinite nuances, where nothing is certain, precise, predetermined. Not visible rather than invisible, lying under the surface, or elsewhere, it’s something that can’t be simplified as it continuously alludes to deeper meanings. It’s the side of cinema that is never accommodating and always inquiring, making us question the meaning of what we see, listen, perceive.

If you look closely, you’ll see that there’s a dark side to everything. You find it in Brothers Grimm’s folk tales, in Fritz Lang’s fantastic and apocalyptic visions, in Stephen King’s archetypes of narrative fiction, in Stanley Kubrick’s unforgettable imagery, in Homer’s poems as in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings epic. From the Holy Scriptures to Game of Thrones, the dark side is the driving force behind every art form and Ravenna Nightmare Film Fest is its cinematographic icon.

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NOTICE SPECIAL FEE FOR MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS
Considering the high request for participation from film schools and institutions, we established a special fee for multiple submissions from the same school/insitution: 10€/4 short films. Please contact us at info@ravennanightmare.it to take advantage of this discount.


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Logo of Axolotl de Cine Escaparates Film Festival

Deadline
15 Jul 2016


Published: 24 Mar 2016
 Has submission fees
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Axolotl de Cine Escaparates Film Festival

Mexico, Mexico


Axolotl Film Festival of Mexico City with Cactus Films invite Mexican and international filmmakers residing in and outside the country to participate in its second edition to be be held from the 9th to the 13th of November, 2016 in the windows of different shops on the main streets of the Historical Center of Mexico City.

The shop windows are natural screens, generally disregarded, ready to present and recreate our lives and experiences in Mexico City. Commercial establishments are no longer meeting places for citizens and, conversely, are spaces that separate us. We believe that cinema can generate and promote a sense of community among the residents and the visitors of the city.

All participating short film and video need to reference, in their subject matter, characters, settings and/ or storyline, to Mexico City. The short films could have been produced in Mexico City, in other states or abroad.


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Logo of Birth Injury Guide“s Advocacy Film Festival

Deadline
01 Aug 2016


Published: 24 Mar 2016
 Does NOT have submission fees
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Birth Injury Guide“s Advocacy Film Festival

Houston, United States


BirthInjuryGuide.org is hosting an online film festival to highlight films that advocate and educate about the frequency and cause of birth injuries. The best short film will receive a $1000 scholarship towards education in the field of health care and health advocacy.


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Logo of Hendaia Film Festival

Deadline
15 May 2016


Published: 24 Mar 2016
 Has submission fees
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Hendaia Film Festival

Hendaye, France


(En español debajo)

The HFF is the first short film festival in Hendaye. Since its creation in 2013, on the initiative of the association Begiradak, this Festival focuses on the distribution of films that value differences (both linguistically and culturally and socially):

The presented works can participate and be judged by a jury of recognized professionals of the sector.

An international official section.

In addition, short films and documentaries out of competition will be presented in the context of a focus, a tribute, a previews or exceptional sessions.-------------------------------------------------

El HFF es el primer festival de cortometrajes en Hendaya. Desde su creación en 2013, por iniciativa de la asociación Begiradak, este Festival se centra en la distribución de películas que valoran las diferencias (tanto lingüísticas como culturales y sociales):

Los trabajos presentados pueden participar y ser juzgados por un jurado de reconocidos profesionales del sector.

Una sección oficial internacional.

Además, cortometrajes y documentales fuera de concurso se presentarán en el contexto de un enfoque, un homenaje, una vista previa o sesiones excepcionales.


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Logo of IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival

Deadline
15 Sep 2016


Published: 24 Mar 2016
 Has submission fees
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IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival

Pernik, Bulgaria


Founded in 2003, IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival is dedicated to short films, new media and digital arts. Originating as a competitive forum for student films, it has grown to be a recognized platform for the expression of both young artists and established professionals – the only one of its kind in Bulgaria serving this particular sector of contemporary culture, and one of the oldest short film forums on the Balkans.

IN THE PALACE is a Goya Awards qualifying festival, Student Academy Awards® qualifying festival, and an Academy Awards®/OSCAR® qualifying festival for shorts in the categories of Best Animation, Best Fiction, Best Documentary, and Best National Film. IN THE PALACE is a member of the international network of festivals and institutions serving the short film sector – the Short Film Conference.

22nd IN THE PALACE will take place in the Palace of Culture Pernik (Pernik, Bulgaria) from June 28th until July 5th 2025.

IN THE PALACE is an established international festival dedicated to short films and digital arts and also presents special competitive programs for feature films and film series.

The program consistс of several main components:

• International and national, professional and student competitive programs in fiction, documentary, animation, experimental - for short and feature films and series

• ON FOCUS film programs & screenings

• Q & A sessions

• FILMER FORGE: industry market, industry meetings, film pitching session, educational program

• International Interdisciplinary Science Conference

• Video library

• Film events and initiatives for general audience

• Parties

IN THE PALACE takes place over a week and offers a range of events, activities, and programs for both - local and international film industry and audience. IN THE PALACE is a cultural meeting point of film industry, artists, students, educational institutions, and the general public, that provides access to the latest trends, developments, and learning in the arts and culture through screenings, training and interdisciplinary exchange. Since 2018 the Festival organizes the International Interdisciplinary Science Conference.


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Logo of Wildlife Vaasa Festival

Deadline
01 Jun 2016


Published: 23 Mar 2016
 Does NOT have submission fees
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Wildlife Vaasa Festival

Vaasa, Finland




Wildlife Vaasa International Nature film festival is located on the West Coast of Finland, and it was held in the city of Vaasa every second year, since 2002. Since its conception, it has grown in stature receiving commendation from participants, delegates, media and the public world-wide. The upcoming 9th biennial edition of the festival will be organized from 26th - 30th September 2018 and it will host the 9th international nature film competition. The competition aims to raise public awareness , as well as to participate in a global dialogue about Nature and The Environment. Therefore, only Nature and Science related to Nature documentaries produced after 2016 are accepted in the competition. The festival calls especially for films related to ENERGY and CLIMATE CHANGE. Wildlife Vaasa Festival the only sustainable film festival of its kind in Scandinavia.


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Logo of Molinos de Papel, Maipú Children Film Festival

Deadline
01 May 2016


Published: 23 Mar 2016
 Does NOT have submission fees
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Molinos de Papel, Maipú Children Film Festival

Maipù, Argentina


MOLINOS DE PAPEL

First Children's Film Festival Maipú
MAIPU (BUENOS AIRES) ARGENTINA
MOLINOS DE PAPEL, The Children's Film Festival held in Maipú Maipú (Buenos Aires) Argentina.

MOLINOS DE PAPEL is organized by the Graduate Marina Golé, Secretary of Culture of Maipu as a representative of the Ministry of Culture of the Municipality of Maipú and Raùl Etchelet, CEO and executive producer.


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Logo of Bengaluru International Short Film Festival

Deadline
31 May 2016


Published: 23 Mar 2016
 Has submission fees
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Bengaluru International Short Film Festival

Bangalore, India


You’ve chosen to film. Chosen to put together a visual piece of art if we may say so. Today when anyone with a camera can, in theory, make a film... how will you make your short film stand out? What you intend to do with your film is what the Bengaluru International Short Film Festival is all about. We will be what you create. 

After the tremendous success that was BISFF 2023, we are all set to host the 11th edition. Just as every year, this is an attempt to understand the medium a little better and go a little further in inventing new forms of storytelling as filmmakers.

The festival showcases shorts from across the world, creating a physical space for a great audience experience and bringing together a keen audience for the filmmakers. BISFF also exhibits works by past masters who have dabbled in short filmmaking that today is viewed as an art form that needs a unique approach. Additionally, the festival presents talks and panel discussions with leading thinkers and industry practitioners, enabling budding makers to interact with the best in the industry. BISFF also includes hands-on learning experiences in workshops and demonstrations by professionals, putting together an exclusive audience experience and perhaps space for makers to find what they are looking for.  


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Logo of International Film Festival Villavicencio

Deadline
06 Jun 2016


Published: 23 Mar 2016
 Does NOT have submission fees
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International Film Festival Villavicencio

Villavicencio, Colombia


We are a festival that emphatically promotes independent social cinema, that cinema that tells stories of people, places, conditions and situations common to the bulk of humanity. In other words, stories of flesh and blood, sensitive and true.

On the other hand, we are convinced that cinema is the most important tool of social and cultural transformation in the world; and that festivals are alternative media and windows of exhibition, whose specific function is the dynamic interaction with the target audience, in order to reach levels of deep awareness for those spectators.

Therefore, we want to introduce ourselves to you, filmmakers, in a formal and honest way, pretending to be considered a bridge between those who see, interpret and shape reality in a different way and the inhabitants of our region; a region located in Colombia, which urgently needs to hear messages of social and cultural hope through art, in order to achieve inner peace and radical changes in their lives.


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Logo of Chicago Caribbean Film Festival

Deadline
16 May 2016


Published: 22 Mar 2016
 Has submission fees
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Chicago Caribbean Film Festival

Oak Park, United States


The Chicago Caribbean Film Festival is the only Caribbean Film Festival in the Midwest. We work along with the Piton International Film Festival (PIFF) (Saint Lucia); the Houston Caribbean Film Festival (HCFF); and now the Boston Caribbean Film Festival (BCFF). More details to follow about the BCFF. We hold the film festival in June to honor National Caribbean American Heritage Month (CAHM).

The Chicago Caribbean Film Festival (CCFF) will be held from June 09, 2018 to June 30, 2018 at the Oak Park Public Library (Main Library), 834 Lake Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60301, in the Veteran's Room. The Chicago Caribbean Film Festival (CCFF) will now screen films at North Park University (NPU), 3225 Foster Avenue, Carlson Building #13, Chicago, Illinois 60625. The NPU film festival dates have not been scheduled yet. Moreover, CCFF will be hosting a Caribbean Book Festival to correspond with the film festival.


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