It is our pleasure to announce that the 6th Ammar Popular Film Festival (APFF) will be held in Tehran, Iran .
In collaboration with the Office of Studies for Islamic Revolution Cultural Front, the festival will focus on screening short, feature & semi- feature films, in various categories including Documentaries, Fictions, Animations, etc. addressing cultural, socio-economical, environmental and political issues that endanger peace, freedom and justice in human society.
DATE AND LOCATION
The 29th edition of the European Short Film Festival of Bordeaux will take place from March 26th to 27th 2026. The projection nights will take place at the UGC Ciné-Cité cinema in Bordeaux.
GOALS
The European Short Film Festival of Bordeaux aims to promote the short film format to the Région Aquitaine's audience. It facilitates the access to cinema for a large public, from all ages. It also supports the discovery of talented directors coming from all over Europe.,It’s a way for the filmmakers to be appreciated by a jury, no matter if they are mere enthusiasts or professionals.
Since its foundation, with Michelangelo Antonioni as its godfather, the Capalbio Film Festival has been a showcase for the next generation of cinematic talent from around the world. During its 22nd edition, Capalbio hosted the first Sundance Institute Screenwriters Workshop as an European exclusive.
From Stoker to Rice; from Nosferatu to classic Hammer onto Twilight, The Strain and beyond - the vampire genre is the world’s most enduring and influential horror genre straddling film, television, literature, theatre, games and new media.
IVFAF brings together vampire media-makers from across the World in one cross-industry event – an intense four-day programme of film screenings, book launches, readings, theatre, seminars, workshops, networking events, a trade fair and parties.
And where else to hold this unique event but in Transylvania - within the walls of the dramatic medieval citadel that was the birthplace to the real Vlad Dracula?
Selected Feature, Short and Smartphone movies will be shown in a network of subterranean pop-up cinemas in the heart of Sighisoara’s medieval citadel. There will be an intense programme of seminars, workshops, director Q&As, a pitching competition and plenty of networking events and parties.
Delegates with an Executive Badge will also get access to the VIP Bar and a private lunch at nearby Fagaras Castle – Vlad Dracula’s base for six years.
Our vision at IVFAF is to be a unique World leading one-stop meeting of the vampire industry, networking filmmakers and performing arts professionals with funders, promoters, distributors and of course each other.
We screen the best documentaries from around the world at the Roxie Cinema, the oldest art house theater west of the Mississippi. Many of our titles end up with calendared runs at the Roxie later in the year. We get great press coverage in San Francisco, the second largest film market in the country, plus industry reviews.
San Francisco is a very receptive town for documentaries and our fest has built a passionate following over the past 24 years.
LAST YEAR'S PRESS COVERAGE: https://sfindie.com/press-coverage
SF DocFest is an annual festival devoted to documentary cinema. Since 2001, this event has brought the most weird and wonderful aspects of real life to the big screen.
"What makes the scrappy San Francisco Documentary Film Festival a treasure to SF Bay Area filmgoers is its willingness to take that extra step to show films a little more out there than bog standard documentaries." - Peter Wong, Broke Ass Stuart
“Docfest offers a zippy blend of politics, music, social issues and youth-oriented subcultures. The good news is that DocFest promotes documentaries as a vibrant, irreverent form of entertainment to a younger demographic, blasting the notion of educational films to smithereens. There’s no room for anything approximating — watch it, I’m about to blaspheme – the obsessively measured and utterly somnambulant musings of Ken Burns.” – Michael Fox, KQED
“Since its inception, DocFest (May 31-June 15 at the Roxie and the Vogue, with opening night at Alamo Drafthouse) has compiled a colorful scrapbook of genuine characters in contrast to the current events survey, educational seminar or social-issue forum that defines many documentary series… There are one or two people in Off the Charts you won’t soon forget, which could be said about nearly every film in DocFest. That’s one of the pleasures of scrapbooks.” – also Michael Fox, KQED
Michael Fox just loves DocFest, here's another:
"Welcome to SF DocFest, the beloved annual compendium of odd, unusual nonfiction films from every nook and corner of our bizarro country and beyond. Waving off the pedigreed, high-profile docs that premiere at Sundance, get theatrical releases (or these days, national virtual releases) and chart a course for the Academy Awards, SF DocFest’s programmers opt for poignant, intimate works that miss the mainstream by dint of their iconoclasm and/or lack of a marketing hook." -KQED
"This week brings the kickoff to the 20th edition of SF Docfest, the rapidly-becoming-venerable nonfiction showcase that nonetheless continues to put the fun in documentary cinema appreciation. While other such showcases tend to be soberly issue-themed, focusing on the environment, activism, or some such, Docfest pursues—though not exclusively—colorful human interest stories, musician profiles, and other subjects on which there will not be a class quiz afterward." - Dennis Harvey, 48Hills
Mario Cervantes ha organizado el XIII Festival de cine social ManzanaREC que tendrá lugar en febrero de 2025 en la localidad de Manzanares (Ciudad Real). Los trabajos serán exhibidos en la Sala de la Casa de Cultura de Manzanares.
BSFF believes in short films! Recognizing the important role shorts have in cinema, storytelling, and culture, BSFF wants to help empower the next generation of artists. The Boston Short Film Festival is an annual event showcasing shorts films with an edge. The BSFF focuses on the unconventional, the unusual, the underground, the intuitive, the innovative, the minimalistic and the true artists of our time. Based in Boston/Somerville (MA, US) the festival aims to screen up to 100 short films. All screenings will take place in the MicroCinema theatre at the Somerville Theatre.
FEAST YOUR EYES
The festival discovers, supports and develops new talent in filmmaking, providing a platform for emerging and established filmmakers from around the world, and an unique focus on Boston based filmmakers. Connecting industry and audiences, the festival celebrates the creativity, diversity and impact of short film. There will be unmissable evening screenings where audiences can watch the best new short films from the hottest new talent, and opportunities to network with the industry. So whether you are a filmmaker looking to launch or develop your career, an Industry professional wanting to stay ahead of the game or a film lover wanting to soak up the festival atmosphere by watching great films, come along and feast your eyes.
A fun filled film festival over 6 nights at HighPoint Shopping Centre in Melbourne's West. Joy To The West is the theme for this festival of film celebrating the Christmas season. Projector Bike will be showing festive family favourites sure to warm the most dedicated of grinches out there! As well as films from the West of Melbourne for the people of the West.
With an international call out for film entries we look forward to bringing you truly global insights into the festive season. Our submissions call out is still open so please head here to enter. There is a cash prize for the overall winner.
Each screening will be either family friendly or suitable for adults. Please see below for more information. All of the screenings are completely free.
1. Wednesday November 25th 8 - 10 pm Family friendly
2. Saturday December 12th 6.30 - 8.30 pm Family friendly
3. Sunday December 13th 6.30 - 8.30 pm Family friendly
4. Sunday December 20th 9.00 - 11.00 pm Adults
5. Sunday December 21st 9.00 - 11.00 pm Adults
6. Sunday December 22nd 9.00 - 11.00 pm Adults
DocsBarcelona é um festival internacional especializado no gênero documental composto por seções de competições internacionais e nacionais, seções não competitivas e retrospectivas. O Comitê de Direção Artística e Programação seleciona todos os documentários que compõem essas seções.
O DocsBarcelona celebrará a 28ª edição de 8 a 18 de maio de 2025.
O festival de cinema LA MIRADA TABÚ quer motivar artistas e criadores a mostrarem sua visão do conceito de “tabu”, que é amplo e diversificado, abrangendo desde os sonhos, o inconsciente, os mundos mentais e os fantasmas que os povoam, o mistério, a magia, até a realidade não contada, o não dito, “as roupas penduradas”, no local de trabalho, emocional, familiar, vital... de uma visão como Por mais édrico que seja o pensamento humano: casual, humorístico, dramático, onírico... sempre pelo respeito por todas as formas de pensar e pela criatividade.
LA MIRADA TABÚ lança um convite para trazer à luz o mundo pessoal e intransferível de cada criador, que, como pudemos verificar ao longo da história da arte e do cinema, por meio de grandes nomes da cinematografia mundial, se conecta com o imaginário mais profundo, desconhecido e elusivo dos espectadores
The festival is an event aimed at the talent of film professionals, artists and students, to emerge creativity with the noble diffusion of values and deep thought.
It is the festival with more theaters of release in Catalonia, 10 theaters.
It has an exclusive entrance to the city center, the emblematic Plaza de la Independencia.
It is the oldest festival in Catalonia after Sitges,
All the films in the world are registered.
400 films are screened between feature films, shorts, documentaries, etc.
It has more than six thousand spectators.
O Festival Europeu de Cinema Fantástico de Murcia SOMBRA é um projeto que visa divulgar e servir como referência aos filmes de fantasia produzidos na Europa, bem como apoiar a produção europeia, nacional e regional de gênero.
The Superman Celebration Film Festival is for films in the comics, superhero, science fiction, and fantasy genres. It is especially geared towards films about superheroes, super-villains, or films that fit in the general superhero archetype, including fan-made films about existing characters in comics and film, as well as superheroes/super-villains of the entrant's own creation. The films must be 20 minutes or less in length and be family-friendly.
The Superman Celebration Film Festival is a family-friendly film festival and contest dedicated to showcasing films that appeal to fans of science fiction, comics, video games, and fantasy, with a special focus on films that fit within the archetypes covered by comic books. Sponsored and hosted by Superman Celebration, the world's largest festival dedicated to Superman, and the Metropolis Chamber of Commerce, the Superman Celebration Film Festival screens films from around the world and celebrates the creativity and ingenuity of filmmakers as they bring to life their favorite characters from comics books, films, television, literature, and other media, as well as those of their own creation.
The festival is open to short, family-friendly fan films of 20 minutes or less. All submissions must fit the genres covered by comics and pop fandom, including science fiction, video games, fantasy, and fan films. (For a definition of what a fan film is, please see the end of the article.) There is no admission charge to attend the festival, and there is a nominal submission fee of $10 USD.
Introduced at the 2015 Festival, the "Super Grab Bag" category is a challenge for filmmakers to create a fan film with three off-the-wall required elements. This year's required elements are a map, an banana, and a private detective.
Films will be screened during Superman Celebration in Metropolis, Illinois, June 9th-12th, 2016. Trophies and prizes will be awarded during a special ceremony. Date, time, and location will be announced on the Superman Celebration website at www.supermancelebration.net.
The deadline for entry is April 15th, 2016 at 5:00 pm CST. .
Superman Celebration attracts around 40,000 fans from around the world every year. It is sponsored by the Metropolis Chamber of Commerce and the City of Metropolis, Illinois and is held annually during the second weekend in June. The festival features celebrity appearances, comics artists and writers, musical acts, a costume contest, and a wide array of programming for superhero fans of all ages.
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DEFINITION OF A FAN FILM: A fan film is a film or video inspired by a film, television program, comic book or a similar source, created by fans rather than by the source's copyright holders or creators.
Lyon International Film Festival also known as LIFF International Film Festivals for all Short, Documentary, Feature, Music video, Web Series, Animation, Experimental. Basic object of LIFF is Provide to group of vibrant film enthusiasts who are committed in creating spaces for independent cinema and devoted to spreading of the knowledge of the modern visual art form to all interested.
Your film will be viewed by our international community and will be judged by a jury of film professionals. Judges will award the best films in each category. We, at Lyon International Film Festival, aim at bringing out the best films from around the globe. LIFF's library will has some very remarkable award winning films from across the globe.
Cafodd LLAMFF ei eni yn fynyddoedd Eryri sy'n gartref i rai o'r dringwyr, mynyddwyr, padlwyr, beicwyr mynydd ac anturiaethwyr arloesol yn y byd.
Gan gynnig sgiliau awyr agored, gweithgareddau teuluol a dosbarthiadau meistroli gan athletwyr a noddir yr wyl.
Já estão abertas as inscrições para o 13º Festival Internacional de Cinema em Balneário Camboriú, um evento completo que apresenta o melhor do cinema brasileiro e estrangeiro para o público.
A curadoria busca apresentar o trabalho de diretores estreantes ou consolidados, que estimulem diferentes tipos de sensibilidade, através de filmes exclusivos e inéditos de longa, média e curta-metragem, além de obras audiovisuais inovadoras realizadas em diferentes formatos de produção e destinadas às variadas formas de exibição.
Cineastas, profissionais e artistas que participam das atividades junto ao público e contribuem para a formação de cinéfilos, novos profissionais e pensamento crítico.
O Mercado Audiovisual, inclui o Concurso de Roteiro, Encontro de Coprodução, Sala dos Realizadores, Foco País e outros.
A Residência Audiovisual proporciona Oficinas, Palestras e Debates do público com artistas e profissionais.
"A cada ano o FICBC fica mais completo, sem se esquecer jamais de dar visibilidade a cada filme selecionado. Foram muitos os encontros entre o público e profissionais e entre profissionais de diferentes países que possibilitaram a consolidação de novas coproduções”, afirma André Gevaerd, fundador e diretor do festival. Para a curadora, Barbara Sturm, o objetivo é “mostrar o melhor do cinema de arte atual em produções nacionais e internacionais e colocando os diretores para interagir junto ao público e à imprensa.”.
Trata-se de um evento cultural com formato inovador que se consolidou como um acontecimento de grande importância. Diversos veículos de comunicação seguem seu desenvolvimento e o colocam como parte oficial do calendário anual dos grandes festivais de cinema. Em dez anos, aprensentou importantes convidados como os diretores Carlos Sorín, Frederike Jehn, Helene Klotz, Hanna Doose, Beto Brant, Renato Ciasca, Sérgio Machado, Rubens Velloso, Patrícia Moran, Francisco Garcia, Chico Faganello, David Schurmann, o artista Hans Op de Beeck, as atrizes Bianca Byington, Paula Braun, Djin Sganzerla, Christiane Tricerri, os atores Marcos Azevedo e Ivo Muller, o crítico Rodrigo Fonseca, entre muitos outros, que marcaram presença e tiveram contato direto com o público.
AS DIFERENTES SESSÕES DO FESTIVAL:
Internacional: exibe filmes brasileiros e estrangeiros que fazem sua estreia internacional ou nacional. São aceitos filmes de curta, média e longa-metragem, brasileiros e estrangeiros, que participam de uma competição.
Nacional: exibe filmes Brasileiros em uma competição que leva um panorama do melhor produzido pro produtores e diretores do país.
Vivo: aberta a novas manifestações da linguagem audiovisual através de novos meios de produção e diferentes suportes de exibição. Cinema expandido, cinema ao vivo, instalações e formatos que ultrapassam as possibilidades da sala escura.
Catarina: projeta filmes realizados por diretores catarinenses ou que possuam alguma relação – diretor, produtor, elenco, equipe, locação, outros – com o estado de Santa Catarina.
Noturna: abre uma janela para o cinema fantástico em sessões noturnas.
Corujinha: traz programação para todas as idades, formando jovens cinéfilos.
O Festival Internacional de Cinema Independente STUFF MX na Cidade do México celebra sua décima primeira edição de 22 a 30 de agosto de 2026 e convida oficialmente cineastas, cinegrafistas e produtores audiovisuais de todo o mundo a inscrever todos os seus materiais cinematográficos e videoclipes em todos os formatos, gêneros e categorias de qualquer duração, incluindo animação, documentário e ficção. A chamada para inscrições estará aberta de 1º de setembro de 2025 até 31 de maio de 2026, às 23h59 CST (Horário Padrão Central), horário de Washington, DC (CST), horário da Cidade do México.
O Festival de Cinema de Medina (SECIME) é um dos eventos mais consolidados no cenário cinematográfico nacional, identificado como uma das principais referências para a promoção e divulgação de curtas-metragens. Conseguiu se consolidar como um festival com personalidade própria, apostando tanto em talentos emergentes quanto nas trajetórias mais consolidadas.
O festival é sinônimo de compromisso com o curta-metragem, colocando-se no epicentro de uma oferta audiovisual endossada pela Academia de Artes e Ciências Cinematográficas da Espanha como um dos principais festivais na pré-seleção de candidatos ao Prêmio Goya. Além de ter desde 2016 com o reconhecimento da AIC (Short Film Industry Association).
Sua oferta abrange seis competições em nível nacional e internacional, a fim de cobrir todos os gêneros e formatos audiovisuais - ficção, fantasia e animação - além de oferecer um espaço para documentários e videoclipes. Aumentar a oferta por meio de vários ciclos, como The Image of History, The Classics Chair e Museum Afternoons.
Além disso, entre seus objetivos está a promoção, criação e produção audiovisual através do Concurso Nacional de Projetos de Curta-Metragem e a influência no crescimento da indústria audiovisual de Castela e Leão com a pré-seleção de obras para o Projeto Quercus.
O festival completa sua oferta através do compromisso com novas formas de comunicação e divulgação do audiovisual através dos espaços de reunião, streaming e a contribuição teórica oferecida pelas masterclasses conduzidas por e para profissionais.
Se você quiser saber mais sobre nossas propostas, acesse nosso site: http://medinafilmfestival.com ou entre em contato conosco em info@medinafilmfestival.com
O Cryptshow Festival é uma iniciativa que promove o gênero de fantasia e terror. Todo mês de julho preenche Badalona de Zumbis, alienígenas, vampiros e assassinos em série mais infames. E muito horror... o horror!
Animalada, Seville Animation Festival announces its fith Animation Short Film Competition.
Animalada Sevilla’s main objective is to bring the world of animation from all areas to the public in general.Also intends to create a meeting point and discussion for fans and industry professionals, promoting the exchange of ideas, coworking between companies and producing and showing the potential of our community to the world.
Finally, the project was created with the intent to arouse the interest of young creatives in the animation as a valid professional commitment to their future by providing training and bringing them closer to the higher schools worldwide.
Animalada Sevilla is born to become a reference in our community as a meeting place between professional and novice artists who aspire to enter the sector, thereby promoting industry growth and the addition of new talent.
