Paradox Film Production, in association with Appleton Private University, invites you to participate in the first Paradox Film Festival, a short film competition that celebrates imagination, social and anthropological approaches in film.
What are we looking for?
Short films that explore human diversity, give voice to stories that promote social justice and equality, and invite us to reflect on the world around us. We are looking for films that use cinema as a tool for social change and transformation.
Welcome to the Ottumwa International Film Festival, a vibrant celebration of cinema held at the stunning Bridge View Center theater on March 21 and 22, 2025. Over the course of two days, we will showcase an eclectic mix of short and feature films from a diverse array of categories, promising to captivate audiences with a rich tapestry of storytelling.
Our festival is dedicated to highlighting the creativity and passion of filmmakers from around the globe. We take pride in curating a program that includes thought-provoking dramas, riveting documentaries, heartwarming comedies, and groundbreaking animated films. Each screening offers a unique glimpse into different cultures, perspectives, and artistic visions.
In addition to the screenings, we will host engaging Q&A sessions with filmmakers, providing an intimate platform for attendees to delve deeper into the creative processes behind the films.
To honor the outstanding achievements in filmmaking, we will present awards in various categories, including Best Feature Film, Best Short Film, Audience Choice, and more. These accolades celebrate the innovation, talent, and dedication that drive the art of cinema forward.
Join us at the Ottumwa International Film Festival for two unforgettable days of cinematic discovery and community. Whether you're a filmmaker, a film lover, or simply curious, we invite you to immerse yourself in the magic of the movies and the spirit of storytelling.
Highlight the talents of directors in short formats,
Promote meetings between different players in the cinema and audiovisual sector.
Offer the opportunity to broadcast their production on the big screen.
The World Wildlife Film Festival is an online celebration of the environment, nature, and the human relationship with the planet. This festival seeks to inspire, inform, and encourage action through powerful visual storytelling that highlights the beauty of the natural world, the challenges it faces, and the sustainable solutions we can adopt to protect it.
Through diverse narratives, from documentaries and short films to animations and experimental visuals, the festival aims to spark meaningful conversations around environmental conservation, climate change, and eco-friendly lifestyles. We invite filmmakers, activists, nature lovers, and change-makers from across the globe to come together and celebrate the planet we share.
Mexican film festival, exclusively for horror and terror films, as well as the subgenres: gore, supernatural horror, k-terror, j-terror, slasher, rural terror, etc.
Tuth Horror Film Festival receives films from all over the world. The main requirement: Cause fear.
The Río Negro International Social Film Festival is an audiovisual festival that aims to promote cinema within the country and abroad. The festival will be held in March with a competition of feature films and short films, both fiction, animation and documentary. There will also be talks and workshops.
Emerging Talent Film Festival - Winter 2024/25
Are you an ambitious filmmaker or screenwriter who wants to move forward in your career? Do you have a new short film or screenplay that deserves recognition? Could you be a rising star of tomorrow?
The Emerging Talent Film Festival has live screenings four times a year, numerous awards in many categories combined with a unique networking event. It is organised by the programmers from the New Renaissance Film Festival - one of Film Freeway's top 20 best-reviewed festivals, known for artistically-driven programming. From our inception in 2016, we have been introducing promising filmmakers and screenwriters to producers and industry professionals to help them with their careers. Since 2021, NRFF London has awarded more than £5,000 in cash prizes to emerging talent thanks to the generosity of our patron. These artists are individuals with a genuine commitment to working in TV and film and who are producing exciting, new work.
Why should you submit?
• Your film will be watched and judged by A JURY of established producers, directors and filmmakers from the TV and film industry.
• You have the chance to WIN LAURELS for your film or screenplay i.e. Finalist, Official Selection and Winner. These seals of approval can open doors to other festivals and marketing opportunities.
• If you are a filmmaker, GET YOUR FILM SCREENED. A selection of the nominated films will have a live screening at the cinema during the festival
• Selected filmmakers will be invited to ATTEND OUR NETWORKING EVENT in London with members of the jury, NRFF's patron Katie Partridge (the Saphira Group), representation from production companies and fellow filmmakers. Filmmakers will have a chance to articulate what their needs are to the various parties
• Selected screenwriters will be invited to PITCH YOUR SHORT FILM SCRIPT to the audience present at the awards presentation and the networking event.
How does submission process work?
• Although we advise you to submit into one of the MAIN CATEGORIES as well as one of the SUB CATEGORIES, feel free to pick and choose.
• After we've received all submissions we will decide who will be a Finalist. Each Finalist will receive a laurel and will compete with all other Finalists to be Officially Selected.
• Those who are Officially Selected will receive a laurel for this and will be Nominees in the various categories.
• All Nominated Films will be invited to attend the Awards Presentation and the Networking Event in London. A selection of the nominated films will have a live screening at the cinema during the festival.
• The Winners will be announced at the Awards Presentation. The winners will receive a Winners Laurel.
• A selection of the winners will be invited to the workshops and the screenings at the NRFF London festival in London in September
Reviews:
"Jan and Massi's festival is fiercely dedicated to promoting the highest caliber of independent cinema around today. Their commitment to championing filmmakers who they believe in is unparalleled in my experience. I've made friends and potentially collaborators for life. I am so privileged to have been a part of this inspiring and life-changing festival.” (Zoë Greenbaum, Emerging Talent Winner)
“I honestly can’t praise this festival high enough! Jan and Massimo are two of the best, most passionate festival directors I’ve ever met. Brilliant audiences that genuinely want to be there, an amazing cinema and brilliant networking throughout. I’m not alone in saying this festival has probably changed my career! Thank you!” (Nicholas Connor, Emerging Talent Winner)
“It's a brilliant festival. One I will continue to submit to throughout my filmmaking career.” (Chris Overton, Oscar Winner)
“This festival is incredible - its focus is on the filmmaker and spotlighting original talent, whether new or emerging, and the art form of filmmaking.” (Reneque Samuels, Emerging Talent Finalist)
“NRFF is a great festival with a lovely film community. I am honoured to have won Emerging Talent and make connections with talented filmmakers at my screening and the award night.” (Michelle Jones, Emerging Talent Winner)
“This was my first in-person film festival and they did an amazing job! Thank you so much for awarding my short script the best young talent screenplay. It means so much! This is definitely a film festival to submit to.!” (Niamh Dann)
“Jan and Massimo present an event that makes me as a filmmaker proud to have been selected. Their "eye" is exactly the one you want on your film. They "see" what you mean and they value a story well told. They inspire me.” (Stephen Mills, Winner)
“What a unique and powerful force of film this is! Always a great venue and always empowering the independent film maker! Thank you for our Award for ‘Swivel’ and for everything you do to push artists, community and film to be all of who we are!” (Lois Norman, Winner)
Descubierto Film Festival emerges as a meeting place between spectators and audiovisual creators of the fantasy genre.
The competitive selection of short films will be interested in bringing together works with fantasy themes with risky visual languages and innovative proposals. On the other hand, there will be a regional film show where the filmography of local authors will be exhibited. In this way, we seek to be a window for stories told from different perspectives.
Additionally, the Festival will organize parallel activities aimed at complementing the cultural programming.
The KATZE Film Festival is thrilled to announce its return for the third year in 2025, inviting you to join us on an extraordinary journey to the edges of society, the human experience, and cinematic innovation. At KATZE, we are dedicated to exploring uncharted territories and embracing the unconventional. Our festival is a platform for filmmakers who dare to challenge norms, provoke thought, and redefine the boundaries of cinema.
From thought-provoking dramas to mind-bending experimental films, the KATZE Film Festival 2025 will showcase a diverse range of works that captivate, inspire, and challenge the status quo. We invite filmmakers from around the world to submit their visionary creations and be a part of this cinematic exploration.
Take a moment to browse through the photos from KATZE 2024, showcasing the vibrant atmosphere of last year's festival.
For those who missed out or want to reminisce, we encourage you to explore the trailers from previous years, featuring an exceptional lineup of films:
Video Trailer 24 - https://youtu.be/9hCT6q_TkXI?si=xTLmlhZWFbt-pSdS
Video Trailer 23 - https://youtu.be/m73bqSX1JCg?si=xWdbFbVzOjDknyCy
Under the IIFF initiative, we strive to connect creators and viewers worldwide. Embracing our position on the periphery, we continue to grow and build meaningful connections.
At KATZE, we celebrate new voices and perspectives that often go unnoticed, shining a light on the hidden gems of the film industry.
Unleash your creativity. Explore the unknown. Embrace the Edge.
Section that has been several years and invites you to participate in a contest where you must terrorize the audience in just 2 minutes, has prizes in money to the first, second and third place, plus a recognition to the most popular audience, elected through popular vote among those who attend the night function. Jury made up of local and national filmmakers and festival personalities and the audiovisual media.
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The “Cachinus de Cine” Festival is organized by the Cultural Association of Cilleros (A.C.D.C.) and the Town Hall of Cilleros.
The festival "Cachinus de Cine" was born with the hope of bringing the seventh art to the children and youngest so that they have the posibility to learn trough this art to know and understand better the world around them. Also to get the posibility to express their concerns through the images.
It will take place at the beginning of May in Cilleros, a town located in "Sierra de Gata" in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, at the East of Madrid (Spain).
An enclave that are still preserving his nature and tradition over the years.
It is surrounded by rivers of crystal clear water, natural pools and mountains that invite you to explore their paths.
We wish this festival to be a meeting point where we can meet people and cultures from all over the world and get to know ourselves too.
Exchanging concerns and experiences with all the participants is also part of the dream with which this festival is born.
The Esoteric International Film Festival collects the best esoteric films from around the world, which were created both by professionals and by enthusiasts, and helps to get them across to the Russian audience.
We admit only the esoteric films, both modern and historical ones. As well as those films, where esoteric world is an important part of the synopsis.
Esoteric International Film Festival invite filmmakers who make films and documentaries about ghosts and spirits, brownies and witches, fairies and sorcerers, exorcism and parapsychology, telekinesis and transmission of thoughts at a distance, prophetic dreams and premonitions, alchemy, amulets, amulets, non-traditional religious cults, voodoo religion, animism, shamanism, theosophy and anthroposophy, the hidden edges of reality and other dimensions; self-discovery, the search for the meaning of life, the search for yourself in this world and your mission, life after death, human energy, chakras, aura, meditation, yoga, retreats, spiritual practices, spiritual teachers and ashrams, reincarnation and the recollection of past lives, the power of thoughts and the work of the subconscious; alternative medicine and non-standard methods of treatment, the universal mind, the energies of the new time, high vibrations, etc.
All films must be in English (orRussian). Alternatively, have the English or Russian subtitles (with the exception of all films without words), regardless of the country of production.
All best films that were selected for the vscreening, will be shown on the big screen during the solemn final ceremony on February 01-02, 2025 in Moscow, Russia and will be able to struggle for the main prize and the title of the "Best Esoteric film". As well as for the oteric in the standalone nominations.
Produced by the Municipality of Colonia Santa Teresa and the narrative journalism platform Angular; declared of Legislative Interest and declared of Cultural Interest by the government of the Province of La Pampa, the IV International Documentary Film Festival "PampaDocFest", will be held in person in the town, from April 10 to 12, 2025. This festival aims to stimulate and facilitate meetings between members of national and international cinematography and to present non-fiction films.
In addition, it seeks to promote the meeting between filmmakers, technicians and those interested in this genre, creating a space for exchange and dialogue. It is proposed to promote a training space to contribute to the development of culture and the dissemination of documentary film, promoting a critical and reflective vision of reality. Likewise, the festival aims to promote local cultural development, providing opportunities for new generations of creators and encouraging the growth of a community committed to art and culture.
- The festival provides accommodation and internal transportation during the festival period
Alexandria short film festival ( Egypt ) was founded by Alexandria Art Circle Association in order to give a chance for filmmakers to present their work to the public and this in the heart of Alexandria to be a lighthouse of cinema in the world.
The festival is held annually and its first edition was in 2015.
The festival aims to provide a suitable atmosphere to exchange experiences between filmmakers from all over the world and give opportunities for short filmmakers to present their films whether narrative, documentary, or animation in front of the audience, with the aim of conducting fruitful discussions between the filmmaker and the audience and providing a safe platform for presenting their work.
The festival aims to develop and advance short cinema .
Brussels Short Film Festival is an exhibition intended for cinema lovers, both audience and professionals. The purpose is to promote and circulate short films and to generate contacts between audience, young directors and professionals.
Since 2018, the winner of the Great Prize of the International competition will be eligible for consideration in the Animated Short Film/ Live Action Short Film category of the Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules.
LA International Film Festival is dedicated to discovering emerging storytellers.
Competitive sections for feature-length fiction films; a diverse selection of documentary films; selected to showcase break-out global talent in Los Angeles.
Our mission is to discover and showcase new filmmakers with fresh stories in independent cinema.
The festival includes special screenings co-presented in cooperation with the following Oscar® qualifying film festivals: Locarno International Film Festival (Switzerland), Gijon International Film Festival (Spain) and Cartagena International Film Festival, FICCI (Colombia).
HARD:LINE International Film Festival aims to present the various faces of extreme cinema.
The question as to what is meant by the term “extreme” can be understood by looking at the content of our wide selection of fantastic films. “Extreme” is often defined by an explicit splatter aesthetic but it can also be represented by unusual story-telling methods or an exotic visual language. Thus, we are meticulously selecting such examples that could be important in the future of the genre. We have not set any boundaries in our search and whether a film is a pearl of the independent scene, fun splatter or no-brainer, H:LIFF loves special films!
HARD:LINE International Film Festival is no warehouse festival where the priority is to show as many films as possible but rather concentrates on presenting a few glowing examples of everything that extreme film can be.
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Settimo International Short Film Festival Seventh edition. Organized by Pro Loco Settimo Milanese with Association Semeion Teatro, Auditorium Settimo Milanese, in partnership with Fedic and under the patronage of the City of Settimo Milanese.
An evening dedicated to international short films of less than 15 minutes.
Short films can be based on any subject or concept.
The event will be held from 9 to 10 May 2025 at the Anna Marchesini film theater, via Grandi 12 Settimo Milanese.
Guajarati cinema is one of the major regional and vernacular film industries of the cinema of India has produced more than thousands of films since its inception and still many films including motivational films releases every year.
Ahmedabad – A world heritage city also carries its legacy of Gujarat film industries. The city has cultivated many great filmmakers and artists.
I acquired an idea to start this festival with an assistance of very recognized members of cinema industry.
AIFF is the pioneer in Gujarat to provide platform for filmmakers, musician, animation maker, editor, ad film maker, DOP, script writer, art director etc. to promote their work in the group of experts.
We are expecting great participation with enthusiasm from filmmakers and other industry professionals from India and abroad. The main agenda of AIFF is to provide platform for talent irrespective of newbie or experienced filmmakers.
The 1st AIFF-22 will provide you an environment to flourish your skills in cinema and is definitely will be contributed hugely to your progress as a filmmaker.
AIFF is one of the feather from the bouquet of an idea of omguru and one of his determined dream. He wanted to make a platform for young and amateur filmmakers, musician, animation maker, editor, ad film maker, DOP, script writer, art director etc .
AIFF is the 1st organization in Gujarat who is willing to provide platform for the creativity of an emerging artists.
