The Villammare Festival Film & Friends is organized by the Villammare Film Festival-Golfo di Policastro Association. The competition between short films was the beginning and is still the backbone of the Villammare Festival. The attention to the short genre wants to be an opportunity to give space to experimental cinema, to young talents, and to the evolution of cinematographic languages. The Villammare Festival Film & Friends wants to be an opportunity for international filmmakers and an occasion to contribute to the cultural liveliness and the promotion of the territory south of Salerno in a wider context.
It includes a competition between short films, one between feature films, meetings with personalities from the world of culture and cinema, attention to soundtracks and environmental themes, debates, in-depth analysis, shows and tasting moments after watching the film.
Place des courts is a non-profit 1901 law association, our desire to promote and publicize short films by inviting them to rural areas, share our passion by organizing outdoor festivals, and discover the talent of directors and comedians. in places of conviviality.
In the 2026 edition of the Quibdó Africa Film Festival, we descend into a profound and resonant space where Africa and its global Diaspora converge under the enigmatic banner of NOIR. This festival is far more than a series of film screenings it is a transformative cultural odyssey featuring immersive workshops, critical dialogues, and artistic exhibitions. It is a journey through shadow and revelation, traversing time from the echoes of the past and the complexities of the present, into the speculative futures waiting to be imagined. This event is not merely about showcasing films; it is about navigating a space that embodies both deep memory and radical representation, a space that compels us to confront our histories and the multitude of identities we inhabit and forge.
The 2026 festival will convene a groundbreaking assembly of visionary Afro-diasporic filmmakers, representing a dynamic artistic vanguard that boldly reconfigures reality through the potent fusion of art, historical reclamation, and speculative fiction. These creators engage in a vital dialogue within this curated cinematic universe, challenging and transcending conventional narratives to illuminate the full spectrum of the Black experience.
At the pulsating core of our 2026 vision lies the afrodisruptive power of NOIR. This cinematic approach is designed to challenge, destabilize, and transform. It is potent, impactful, and intellectually thrilling. It seeks to disrupt the comfort of the status quo, to overturn simplistic narratives and reinvigorate our collective imagination. This revolutionary concept offers a 360-degree reexamination a critical and celebratory reinterpretation of traditions, identities, and futures through a distinctly Black lens.
In essence, the Quibdó Africa Film Festival 2026 is not merely an event; it is a cultural awakening. It is a deliberate plunge into the creative darkness where new light is forged, and a celebration of the relentless, transformative spirit of global Afro cinema and artistry.
LUCES CAMEROS ACCION is a short film festival with two sections.
1 – “Rural World" Section
International section of short films in Spanish or Spanish subtitles.
Recorded in villages in rural areas or dealing with rural idiosyncrasies.
Premiered from January 1, 2024.
2 – “Cameros" Section
The works submitted will be original pieces that are not accessible through Internet.
With 30% of the "footage" recorded in recognizable places of Cameros (New and old Cameros located in La Rioja Spain).
Deadline for submission of works:
"Rural World" section: before May 31, 2025.
"Cameros" section: before July 21, 2025.
Screenings and Awards Ceremony:
19,20,21,22 and 23 of August in villages of Cameros, La Rioja, Spain.
The Rabat Handifilm Festival is an annual artistic and sociocultural event.
In addition to promoting the seventh art through the promotion of film productions dealing with the theme of disability, it aims to develop a constructive vision on the use of the image of people with disabilities in cinematographic and artistic works in general, and to foster a culture that embraces diversity.
By building ties of communication, networking, mutual assistance, and partnership with similar events nationally and internationally, Handifilm strives to raise awareness of Morocco, its unique characteristics, and its potential in terms of cinema and civilization in general.
An important milestone for the International Humorous Short Film Festival State aKorti, between laughter and the other, we arrived at the 18th Edition
The show, as always, is open to film makers and directors of all nationalities. Participation is free.
AZYL SHORTS is a unique event in Slovakia as well as in Central Europe. We create a space for presenting the authors of short films and music videos. Our main goal is not only to carefully prepare the competition itself, but to create a platform which will ensure the promotion of the artists to the professional and general public alike.
We would be delighted to invite you to our four days event in Banská Bystrica in October 2026.
We have 3 competitive categories:
- 1 Minute Films
- 5 Minute Films
- Music videos
The programme includes the screenings of not only the competitive sections, but also the best shorts from Oscars, Cannes, Berlinale... and other prestigious festivals. Also curatorially compiled selections of our jurors from V4 countries at the Cinema of Museum SNP (Museum Of Slovak National Uprising). We will bring many more short films sections that are either geographically specified or theme focused such as Ukrainian selection of old school animated shorts, etc.
In our programme you can also find great side events – masterclasses, discussion, film workshop for young filmmakers and of course evening off-program as concerts, parties and film quizzes.
The best films from the festival will be presented not only in Slovakia, but also in different parts of the world, such as Hungary, Poland or Czech Republic, where the viewers will be able to see the best-ranked movies of the current year – The Best of AZYL 2026.
Ipiales Cine Sin Fronteras as an audiovisual scenario promotes the development of projects or independent production and supports the production of audiovisual arts, as well as highlighting their role in the formation of audiences.
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ONLY FOR SPANISH FILMMAKERS // SOLO PARA CINEASTAS ESPAÑOLES
El Festival PSICURT está organizado por el Colegio Oficial de Psicología de Cataluña, el Ayuntamiento de Reus y el Ayuntamiento de Tarragona.
El objetivo es dar a conocer los diferentes ámbitos de la salud mental (prevención, promoción e intervención) a través del cine. Un proyecto cultural, social y de salud que permita promover la creación artística y la sensibilidad del público con la salud mental.
CARTON is an international animated film festival whose main objective is to bring together animators, directors, producers, cartoonists, cartoonists, and the entire community to see, enjoy and promote the world of animation as a means of communication and expression of ideas. artistic, technical and political.
The Festival consists of a competitive section of animated shorts. After a pre-selection carried out by the organizing committee, the material is evaluated by a prestigious jury that changes from year to year. Since its inception in 2011, Juan Pablo Zaramella, Tomas Welss, María Verónica Ramirez, Raúl Manrupe, Irene Blei, Salvador Sanz, and Ayar Blasco, among others, have passed through the Carton jury.
The competitive section is divided into the following categories: Fiction/Narrative, Experimental/Non-narrative, Video Clip, Series, Micro-shorts and Training Workshops.
In addition to the competition, the Carton Festival is completed with talks, videoconferences, workshops, feature film screenings and a comic book fair.
The STUFF MX International Independent Film Festival in Mexico City celebrates its eleventh edition from August 22 to 30, 2026, and officially invites filmmakers, videographers, and audiovisual producers from around the world to submit all their film materials and music videos in all formats, genres, and categories of any length, including animation, documentary, and fiction. The call for entries will be open from September 1, 2025, until May 31, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. CST (Central Standard Time), Washington, D.C. time (CST), Mexico City time.
Patagonia Eco Film Fest, calls filmmakers from all over the world to participate in the 9th International Environmental Film Festival of Patagonia which will take place in Puerto Madryn city, Chubut, Argentina from September 5-10, 2024.
The festival will accept documentary, fiction, animation films, about environmental issues.
Transhumant Festival is an engaged cinema event to do the social transformation.
It aims to reach audiences far away from culture, both geographically and by social circumstances to make them participants and show topics that concern society and that are not sufficiently disseminated in movie theatres, media or usual audiovisual distribution channels.
It will showcase national and international cinematographic works and photojournalism reportages that focus on:
- Social, political, environmental, mountain, journalistic or historical research.
- Showing some form of activism in favour of human rights and respect for the environment.
- Valuing positive human relations and diversity of cultures.
- Valuing the equity between women and men.
The CalellaFilmFestival is a festival dedicated to all those Low Budget films of national or international production, with the aim of rewarding and promoting films made with few media but with high artistic value.
The CalellaFilmFestival has two sections:
"Low Budget" section
The selected feature films will compete as best productions of the year in the national or international scope, with an investment of less than 500,000 euros.
Section "Creative Rosebud Awards"
All those productions that throughout the year have stood out for their creativity and originality, both in the field of national and international production, with an investment exceeding 500.00 euros will compete.
Read the bases to register your movie.
The festival will be held from october 31 to november 8 to 4, 2025 in Calella de Mar (Barcelona) in the Sala Mozart and other rooms attached to the festival. For schedules, passes and more information go to the festival website.
www.calellafilmfestival.com
The "Tels Quels Festival" will be run by the non-profit-making association "Tels Quels" in Brussels on October 2024.
The Tels Quels Festival is an event aimed at the general public, designed to promote and spread the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) Culture. In this framework, a LGBT Short Film Contest is being held.
