OPEN CALL AT https://docsbarcelona.com/
DocsBarcelona is an international festival specializing in the documentary genre comprised of international and national competition sections, non-competitive sections, and retrospectives. The Artistic Direction and Programming Committee select all of the documentaries that make up these sections.
DocsBarcelona will celebrate the 28th edition from May 8 to 18, 2025.
The FIRE!! Mostra is the first LGBT film festival in Spain: established in 1995 by Casal Lambda, in Barcelona, it addresses affective diversity in its broadest sense through a careful selection of feature films, documentaries and short films. A selection of art-house cinema and an educational approach are its main characteristics.
Throughout two weeks at the beginning of June - mainly at the French Institute but also at other different indoor or open-air venues in the city -, a wide range of public is invited to enjoy this Barcelona cultural landmark, with stories and testimonials of free people, creators who break barriers and fighters for human rights, all of whom help with love to build a fairer and freer world.
The festival's name is a tribute to the late 20s New York magazine of the same name, FIRE!!, led by the black gay writer Richard Bruce Nugent, portrayed in one of the most iconic films of the festival, Brother to Brother, which we screened a few years ago.
FICCUE was born from the need to promote local, national and international cinema in Cuenca and its province of a genre as yet unexploited as comedy. Addressing this genre as the exclusive objective of this festival makes it unique both on a national and international scene, making Cuenca the headquarters of comedy cinema.
1. Brain Film Fest
The Brain Film Fest (BFF) is an international film festival dedicated to highlighting and promoting the creation and dissemination of feature films and short films about any aspect of the brain, from its amazing abilities and conditions to its pathologies. The BFF is jointly organized by the Pasqual Maragall Foundation and Minimal Films. In addition to being a film competition, the BFF will also organize throughout the festival other in-person and online social, cultural and/or scientific events that focus on the brain.
The 8th edition of the Brain Film Fest will be held from March 12 to 16, 2025.
Welcome to the Tenth Trujillo Film Festival 2023
Registration from August 1 to September 10, 2023
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Festival start: October 16, 2023
End of Festival: October 21, 2023
The Trujillo Film Festival is a non-profit event, the only one of its kind in the country, entirely dedicated to disseminating Peruvian cinematography.
The initiative has won three times the prize of the National Contest for Cultural Management for Cinema and Audiovisual, granted by the Ministry of Culture, thanks to its promoting role and decentralizing work of our cinema.
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.
Within the framework of the multiple activities presented and organized by Andares: Cinematographic Actions, we are pleased to present the second edition of our Contemporary Film Festival. Another short, careful and compact edition to celebrate cinephilia in the peruvian fall.
Festival Description
The “ I Festival CineAndo con mi gente: video participativo y cine comunitario” (First Festival “CineAndo with my people: participatory video and community cinema)”, which will take place on 15 and 16 November in the city of Cali, Colombia, is an event that brings together amateur filmmakers, students, artists and members of the community to share, explore and celebrate audiovisual creativity that emerges from a collective and collaborative perspectives. The Festival’s main objective is to provide an inclusive space where individual and collective voices come together to share their stories in ways that reflect the reality, diversity and aspirations of their communities..
Through the screening of videos, short films and other audiovisual works, the festival offers a platform for the presentation of productions resulting from the active participation and collaboration of different actors. These audiovisual creations can address a wide range of local and global issues, including analysis of socio-cultural situations, reflections on society and personal experiences.
The festival is not limited to the screening of films. It also encourages interaction and dialogue through conversations, talks and interactive workshops. These spaces seek to allow participants to explore a series of topics such as differences and similarities between community cinema and participatory video, learnings and lessons, and challenges of collaborative audiovisual production techniques.
In addition to celebrating creativity and participation, the festival also has a commemorative component as it makes memory of social leaders and communities who have been victims of the conflict in the country. In so doing, the Festival also
provides opportunities for reflection on issues such as human rights, social justice and historical memory. In this sense, the festival can include screenings that pay homage to territorial leaders and debates that promote reflection on social change through cinema and audiovisuals.
SANTO DOMINGO GLOBAL FILM FESTIVAL
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FILM REGISTRATION
The following terms and conditions (Terms) govern the registration of a cinematographic work (The FILMS) for the Santo Domingo Global Film Festival (FCGSD) (The festival) to be considered in the present edition.
The registration process will be exclusively through the official festival platforms, which will be announced on the call. This document shall precede any other document prepared by FCGSD or anyone else.
Please email any request or concern related to these Terms to FTerms@tamoencine.org.
Open call for filmmakers!
Be part of the 3rd edition of Breaking Walls Dance Films and submit your film now.
Breaking Walls Dance Films (BWDF) is the first Dance Film Festival in Egypt and the Region.
BWDF is an international event showcasing the best in dance film from around the world, which will take place in Cairo, in December 2023. We will host a special program of dance films alongside the festival's various programs of workshops and live performances.
Knowing that the application will be no later than November 5, 2023.
ON THE SIDELINES OF THE FESTIVAL:
- We welcome documentaries and feature films to be shown on the sidelines of the festival, provided that these films are dance-related.
- If the film includes non-English narration, English subtitles are required. English scripts are required for all films.
CinEuphoria Awards are an annual event from CinEuphoria blog that took place for the first time in January 2010 and, since then, takes place each year on January 13th when all the winners are announced. At this online film festival with a jury composed by a group of moviegoers, the main purpose is to celebrate cinema as a whole, reviewing all the films regardless of it's origin, lenght or director.
13th of the Sant Andreu de la Barca Film Festival and framework of the Oriana Awards delivery
The gala is held at the Nuria Espert Theater, where in one night the work of a year of filmmakers of short films, documentaries, web series and feature films is brought together.
The Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival is a cinematographic event socially and culturally minded and by choice, free for anyone to access. FICCI constantly reads the particular circumstances of our country and our world to produce every year a world class version of our festival, guided by the preservation of freedom and the amplification of the cultural conversation through films and academic events that are relevant, humane, subtle, sophisticated, and act as a vehicle to enhance human consciousness, expand democracy and help create free, progressive and inclusive societies.
The Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival (FICCI) is the oldest and most permanent forum in the Americas for Colombian, Ibero-American and world cinema. Being an active part of the world cinema map since 1960, in the 64th edition, it will continue to provide spaces for memory, reflection, diverse voices, and as always, for the best cinephilia.
The Festival values the creative freedom of the world’s filmmakers and has space for films of any format, length, nationality, theme, genre or technique, that meet the highest standards of quality, take on narrative risks, and propose contents of great human and cinematic relevance, pertinence, and sustainability.
The Render Festival is a space that was created in the classroom, with the aim of strengthening and promoting spaces for training, creation, and film exhibition that allow students from different regions of Peru to develop their skills in the audiovisual profession.
For the seventh edition, the festival addresses a historical moment in which every day new possibilities and threats emerge, Does the future cause us fear or excitement? We want to explore what cinema has to say about the lurking crises: ecological, economic and political. And about the new possible paths. How does technological innovation transform the way we create, watch and consume moving images?
In a society where technological changes and revolution is already part of the global daily life, we propose a critical look at it, through young filmmakers. How the process of creation changes as a result of a galloping technology is the perspective that will redirect us. This call is aimed at filmmakers who are currently studying at universities or other schools or institutions of higher education in any country.
Consequently, as part of the activities of the festival, which will be carried out through the present, we open the call for our international short film competition, which consists of 3 categories that we will explain in the following section. We have also opened a competition called “Latin American Opera primas”, whose call for entries will begin on December 9, 2024.
Brasil es reconocido internacionalmente por su rica producción artística y cultural. En este contexto, la 14ª Muestra de Cine Latinoamericano de Canoa Quebrada, conocida como "CURTA CANOA", tiene como objetivo promover la accesibilidad al universo audiovisual, difundir la cultura y destacar el trabajo de talentosos artistas brasileños y latinoamericanos. A través de un programa diverso y de alta calidad, el festival ofrece una experiencia enriquecedora tanto para la comunidad local como para los turistas, y lo mejor de todo: completamente gratis.
El objetivo principal de este proyecto es resaltar la importancia y resaltar la realización de la 14ª edición del festival Curta Canoa, que tendrá lugar en Praia de Canoa Quebrada (Aracati - CE), del 20 al 25 de noviembre de 2023. promover una exhibición competitiva de películas y cortometrajes nacionales y latinos, además de mostrar largometrajes invitados. Además, el evento también incluye seminarios, conferencias, espectáculos musicales y acciones que abordan temas cruciales, como el medio ambiente, la educación y los movimientos sociales. Un aspecto fundamental es la inclusión de la comunidad en el proceso de organización y ejecución del festival, convirtiéndolo en un fiel reflejo de la participación e implicación local.
El festival Curta Canoa promueve un intercambio cultural entre realizadores y espectadores, durante seis días de intensa programación. Con talleres, seminarios y conferencias, el evento capacita a estudiantes de escuelas públicas y fortalece los centros de cine de Aracati. El principal objetivo es ampliar el acceso a la formación audiovisual y contribuir al desarrollo cultural de la región.
Durante el Festival contamos con la participación de reconocidos profesores de cursos audiovisuales tanto en la capital de Ceará como en otros estados. Están invitados a impartir talleres, seminarios y conferencias complementarias, con actividades prácticas que complementan los contenidos tratados en el aula. Además, valoramos las raíces culturales de la región, ofreciendo espacios para presentaciones de grupos y artistas locales. Como es tradición, también rendimos homenaje a personalidades relevantes de la cultura brasileña.
Brasil tiene un circuito de festivales audiovisuales reconocido mundialmente, compuesto por eventos de diferentes tamaños, historias, conceptos y singularidades. Estos festivales tienen valor e importancia significativos, llevando la riqueza creativa del audiovisual brasileño a todo el país, superando las limitaciones del circuito comercial presente en apenas el 8% de los municipios del territorio nacional. En Ceará, después de 14 años de existencia, el Festival Curta Canoa ha alcanzado notable protagonismo y relevancia en el escenario audiovisual. El festival recibió más de 7.800 inscripciones de cortometrajes hasta 2021 y realizó 69 talleres en el municipio de Aracati. Nos hemos convertido en parte indispensable del calendario cultural del estado y, por qué no decirlo, de Brasil. Cada año, movilizamos a los productores que deseen exhibir su trabajo en exposiciones competitivas y participar de las capacitaciones técnicas que se ofrecen durante el programa.
El proyecto hace una importante contribución social a la comunidad de Praia de Canoa Quebrada. Los residentes están cada vez más involucrados, lo que ha impulsado el desarrollo local. El proyecto ofrece oportunidades para que adolescentes, jóvenes y niños de escasos recursos aprendan cine y se inserten en el mercado cultural, a través de la formación continua en el centro de cine y animación. La realización del Festival de Cine Latinoamericano de Canoa Quebrada, conocido como Curta Canoa, tiene una relevancia significativa para el desarrollo del audiovisual en Ceará y Brasil. Moviliza una amplia red de profesionales y productores, generando beneficios sociales para la población local y promocionando la región y los municipios vecinos en los medios internacionales. El festival despierta el interés del público por las exposiciones y destaca el potencial del mercado audiovisual local, nacional e internacional.
MUFF / Mieres Under-60' Film Festival is a fresh, young and groundbreaking international short film festival that is committed to new talent. It is the biggest short film festival in Asturias (Spain) and is held in Mieres.
It is made up of various competitive sections (International, European Schools, MUFFY), complemented with parallel sections and training and industry activities.
CALL FOR OFFICIAL SELECTION MICMXIFF5
The call for entries opens on Friday, August 11, 2023 at 12:00 noon.
The closing date for feature and short films will be Friday, January 12, 2024 at 23:59 hrs.
THE 5th EDITION OF THE MICMXIFF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL will be held from March 16 to 23, 2024.
The MICMXIFF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL seeks to promote and disseminate the film production of Mexico and the world through the meeting and collaboration of its industries, the formation of new talents and the dissemination of films from the region so that they can access a wider audience.
REGISTRATION AND SELECTION
- All materials are evaluated by a selection committee made up of specialists and people from the industry chaired by the general direction of the MICMXIFF.
- The programming team may adapt the works to any sub-category not specified in the call for entries, either by any genre pattern, theme or technique that is in demand in the submitted works, for example: horror, stop motion, horror, etc.
To be considered, films must be submitted in the following manner:
- Fill out the registration form available at www.micmxiff.com and at Festhome.
- Entries must be accompanied by digital screeners.
- The selection of the works will be the responsibility of the festival's programming team and members of the pre-selection juries.
- The selection will be final.
- Send PRESS KIT including the following materials: still photo of the work (in jpg or tif format at 300 dpi); synopsis of the work (English and Spanish); brief biography of the director (English and Spanish); photograph of the director (in jpg or tif format at 300 dpi); technical file with list of credits in Festhome.
- The registration and participation of a film implies full acceptance of these rules and the dates stipulated in the Call for Entries.
JURY
- The jury will be made up of renowned professionals from the film industry and the cultural sphere.
- Its members will be nominated by the Organizing Committee.
- Each institution invited by the MICMXIFF will select and nominate its representative(s).
- Members of the MICMXIFF may be present at the jury deliberations but may not cast a vote.
- The final decision of the jury is final. No official award may be declared void.
- The awards for Best Film in each section may not be declared ex aequo.
- If the Jury so decides, honorable mentions may be given and/or more than one film may be awarded if the Jury so decides (statuette only).
- The Audience Award will be given to the film rated best by the audience.
- The public will cast its vote during the public screenings.
EXHIBITION
- The Festival Management will decide on the order and date of exhibition of each film.
- Entries may be selected for out-of-competition screenings.
- The selected works may be part of the national and international screenings in which the MICMXIFF participates during 2024.
- All films selected for the MICMXIFF must submit a final exhibition copy in DCP or Blue Ray digital format.
- For competing sections, films in Spanish must be subtitled in English; films in other languages must be subtitled in Spanish and English.
- Subtitling costs are the responsibility of the applicant.
The Akida International Film Festival For Schools came as a sub-category of the famous Akida International Film Festival in order to give schools the best documentaries and educational films to their students.
With the possibility of various programs, we give students a more entertaining way to learn and participate actively in the festival.
The Short Short Story Film Festival is a competitive international festival of films that tell a story in under six minutes.
For 2024, the 17th 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.
