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Santander International Independent Film Festival (2026) - SANFICI

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SANFICI is a space to generate meetings at different levels, with an overcoming and innovative will. First of all, it is a space for the relationship between spectators, filmmakers and theorists around cinema and all border and heterodox manifestations. Secondly, it is a special and temporary meeting point.

SANFICI wants to become, year after year, the place of convergence for world independent cinema. But it also wants to be the space where the past and the future dialogue. The place where the most diverse film traditions are embraced with their riskiest proposals.





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Logo of International Film Festival Cúcuta
Published: 27 Aug 2025
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films



International Film Festival Cúcuta

Deadline: 10 Sep 2025

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

Independent.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation



Cúcuta, Colombia



 
 
 
 
Logo of Ural Shorts
Published: 27 Aug 2025
Film festival
 Has submission fees
Short films



Ural Shorts

Deadline: 25 Nov 2025

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

On the border of Europe and Asia, in the 300-year-old city called the "Russian Manchester" in the middle of the Ural Mountains —
we organize an International Short Film Festival with a quarterly Official Selection and Live Screenings every summer, autumn, winter and spring.

NOW OPEN: Submissions for the Ural Shorts Summer 2025

Grand Prix: $1,000

Ural Shorts consists of four Seasons and Annual Award Event. Every Season the selection committee watches privately the submitted short films and chooses the Official Selections. All selected films enter the competition for the Season Awards.

Within 10 days after the Official Selection list is published the jury announces the Season Winners. The winning films enter the Screening Program in cinemas and on television for all to see. [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Nizhny Tagil, Russia



 

 
Logo of FCMF-Festival de Cinema Mulheres no Futebol
Published: 27 Aug 2025
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films



WFFF-Women In Football Film Festival

Deadline: 08 Sep 2025

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

The WOMEN IN FOOTBALL FILM FESTIVAL is an international competitive event with a conceptual and curatorial approach focused on women's football. The festival highlights the role of women in sports cinema by showcasing their representation in the creation, production, and dissemination of audiovisual works centered on football.

The WOMEN IN FOOTBALL FILM FESTIVAL is a space where international film productions on women's football and other related topics can come together. This is particularly important in the run-up to the 2027 Women's World Cup, which Brazil is hosting for the first time. It aims to be a true beacon for generating knowledge, providing collective support, and promoting, disseminating, reflecting on, and appreciating the football cinematography created by cis [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



São Paulo, Brazil



 
Logo of Montenegrian Online Smartphone International Film Festival (MOSIFF)
Published: 26 Aug 2025
Film festival
 Has submission fees
Short films



Montenegrian Online Smartphone International Film Festival (MOSIFF)

Deadline: 01 May 2026

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Montenegrian Online Smartphone International Film Festival (MOSIFF) organisers are pleased to invite all filmmakers, entertainers, creative industry stakeholders, movie lovers and smartphone users to the prestigious festival.

MOSIFF provides new emerging film makers an international platform to showcase ideas, talents and creativity irrespective of the budget.

Encouraging professionals, amateurs and aspiring film makers to share their stories shot on a smartphones, tablets, and webcams to be screen on the big screen.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Podgorica, Montenegro



 
 
 

 
Logo of Tigers Dance Film Festival
Published: 26 Aug 2025
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films



Tigers Dance Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Mar 2026

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Tigers Dance is a film festival dedicated to short dance for the camera films that are appropriate for all audiences. It will be adjudicated as part of a middle school class about Dance on Film, and we hope to include a wide variety of short dance films in our program.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Urbana, United States



 
Logo of XIX Cine del Mar International Film Festival (Punta del Este, Uruguay)
Published: 26 Aug 2025
Film festival
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Short films
Feature films



Cine Del Mar 19 (Punta Del Este, Uruguay)

Deadline: 08 Jun 2026

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

This cultural proposal takes place within the framework of the commemoration of a new anniversary of Punta del Este, celebrating the best independent cinema from around the world. It began as a Mercosur cinema and grew to become an international festival. Cine del Mar has been declared of Presidential Interest and is sponsored and supported by the Ministry of Tourism, the Municipality of Maldonado, the Municipality of Punta del Este, the Ministry of Education and Culture through ACAU (Uruguayan Film and Audiovisual Association), and the embassies of the participating countries.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Punta del Este, Uruguay



 
 
 

 
Logo of AmiCorti IFF
Published: 26 Aug 2025
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Short films
Feature films



Amicorti International Film Festival

Deadline: 20 Jan 2026

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

AmiCorti International Film Festival – 8th Edition
June 2–7, 2026 | Roccaraso (AQ), Italy
"Cinema that inspires change, gives voice to the silenced, and unites communities.”

Founded in 2019, the AmiCorti International Film Festival is an independent and socially engaged event that celebrates its 8th edition in 2026 in the beautiful mountain setting of Roccaraso, Italy, hosted at the historic Cinema Roma.

Each year, the festival becomes a platform for auteur and independent films that tackle urgent and universal themes such as human rights, social justice, environmental sustainability, inclusion, and collective memory.

We welcome short films, feature films, documentaries, animated films, and music videos from all over the world—works that spark reflection, promote [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Peveragno, Italy



 
 
 
 
Logo of Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival - FICCI
Published: 26 Aug 2025
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 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films



Festival Internacional De Cine De Cartagena De Indias- FICCI

Deadline: 30 Nov 2025

Call for entries

OSCAR Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

The Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival (FICCI) is a cinematographic event with a social and cultural vision and, by choice, free and open to all. Each year, FICCI interprets the particular circumstances of Colombia, Ibero-America, and the world, offering a world-class edition guided by the preservation of freedom and the expansion of cultural dialogue through films, industry gatherings, and academic events that are relevant, human, subtle, and in constant conversation with its audience and cultural stakeholders. The festival seeks to be a space for encounter and exchange, a platform to elevate human awareness, strengthen democracy, and contribute to the creation of free, inclusive, and conscious societies.

The Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Cartagena de Indias, Colombia



 
 
 

 
Logo of LIFE AFTER OIL International Film Festival
Published: 26 Aug 2025
Film festival
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films



LIFE AFTER OIL International Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Jan 2026

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

LIFE AFTER OIL International Film Festival is an environmental & human rights film festival

As we are preparing for the post-petroleum era?

This festival starts with the intention of overshooting the simple exposure. Although it is important to raise public awareness on the risks connected to the exploitation and to the use of natural resource in the production of fossil fuels, still remains, the enormous and dramatic problem of the disasters caused by the lack of energy, with particular reference to the water supply, highly relevant to the world population. The main objective of the festival will be, therefore, not only emphasizing problems related to the use of fossil fuels, but especially identifying the alternatives which take into account, according to the present [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Sassari, Italy



 
 
 
 
Logo of Short Short Story Film Festival
Published: 26 Aug 2025
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films



Short Short Story Film Festival

Deadline: 03 Nov 2025

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

The Short Short Story Film Festival is a competitive international festival of films that tell a story in under six minutes.

For 2025, the 18th edition of the festival returns with a unique closed event. The festival celebrates brevity in film-making, with films from across the globe, both live-action and animated.

The festival consists of two programs, Heartstrings and Headtrip, each with a distinctive tone yet wide-ranging styles and topics.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



N/A, United States