The “Memorables Film Festival” is a film festival and competition created with the aim of showcasing and promoting the creation and dissemination of short films about Alzheimer’s and its effects on patients and their families.
In this new edition, the festival broadens its scope to include all neurodegenerative diseases, while maintaining its social mission of raising awareness and sharing knowledge about the impact these conditions have on individuals, families, and society.
It is organized by CIEN (Center for Research on Neurological Diseases) and the Reina Sofía Foundation Alzheimer Center.
CIEN presents the “Memorables Film Festival” as a film festival with the purpose of giving visibility to neurodegenerative diseases and how they affect different aspects of our lives. Likewise, the short film competition encourages the creation and creativity of audiovisual content that contributes value to dissemination, knowledge, and social awareness surrounding these diseases.
SydFest Independent Film Festival is an annual festival which celebrates Independent Australia and international films of all genres.
All the selected films will be screening in a theatre during our annual event in Jun, 2025 in Sydney Australia.
The festival is dedicated to supporting and recognizing indie filmmakers from all over the world.
We showcase Their best new short films that excellence in storytelling, promise informative, fascinating and riveting entertainment.
All entries are screened privately to jury members who are award winning filmmakers of the past editions in various categories. All entries will be played in their entirety and We do not promote favouritism. All the selected films are then nominated for the annual screening and the competition of the festival.
We screen all finalist films and not just films from attending filmmakers.
Before and after screening sessions festival goers will be encouraged to network and socialize at the theatre.
Additional networking venue will be selected and announced during the screening sessions.
- Indoor screenings
- Industry workshops and seminars
- Networking events
- Opportunity to pitch to investors
we open to any suggestion that can help us to continuously improve in supporting and recognizing indie filmmakers from all over the world.
There are four themes
1) works of a social nature or focused on the theme of the female condition
2) work on the theme of comedy in all its facets
3) "No Language" jobs
4) works on the environmental theme with shorts or documentaries
The announcement of the International Internet Short-film Festival "Diogenes 2026"
Slogan: Cinema Without Borders
Humor en Corto - Humor in Short
The XXIV edition of Arrigorriaga's humor short film festival, the oldest in Spain.
From December the 14th to the 19th, 2026, in Lonbo Aretoa, Arrigorriaga, Spain.
EBROCORTO, the international festival of musical short films, will celebrate its seventh edition in 2024 in Miranda de Ebro.
The Festival offers, through the selected works, a different way of enjoying music.
The central theme of each work must be music in all of its ramifications. It can be any type of music or any discipline in which music plays a fundamental role or, barring that, any work in which music is a notable element of the narration.
EBROCORTO is a film competition organized by the Asociación Amigos de Rafael Izquierdo and has the collaboration and sponsorship of the City Council of Miranda de Ebro.
Experience the latest Festival Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPUHR_YotMI&ab_channel=MiraBanLtd
Welcome to the seventh edition of the MiraBan UK Film Awards (MUFA), an annual London-based Independent Film Festival driven by diversity and inclusivity, and BFI member.
MUFA is the brainchild of MiraBan Ltd, a creative content company specialising in film festival management and distribution, brought to life by its dedicated fans, followers, and subscribers.
Our primary goal is to shine a global spotlight on emerging and seasoned independent filmmakers, celebrating artistic excellence while highlighting exceptional British and International films that champion diversity.
Inaugurated on December 7th, 2018, the first MUFA edition premiered at the iconic Electric Cinema, a historic venue that holds a legacy of pioneering filmmaking. With a heritage dating back to 1910, the Electric Cinema was one of Britain's first electrically powered motion picture exhibition locations—a hub for independent film pioneers.
MUFA is a festival of and for independent filmmakers, embracing diversity and inclusivity in auteur cinema. Behind MUFA's success stands a team of active film practitioners who share a passion for elevating independent cinema.
MUFA welcomes submissions across a range of categories, including International and UK Feature Films, Short Narratives (Comedy or Drama), Comedy, Drama, Documentary, Experimental, Animation, Editing, Screenplay, Film Score, Acting Performance, Film Script, and more.
Learn more about us on Youtube, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook:
Visit our website: mirabanukfilmawards.co.uk
At Phenomena Festival, we celebrate the most imaginative and captivating genre films from around the world. From fantasy and sci-fi to horror and thrillers, we're on the hunt for the most unique and surreal films to showcase for a global audience of film enthusiasts.
Our goal is to discover films that not only entertain, but also have a deeper meaning or message hidden within. These are the films that stay with us long after the credits have rolled, the ones that transport us on a journey beyond the ordinary. We believe that genre films offer a rare opportunity to combine art and entertainment in a meaningful way, and we're passionate about promoting and celebrating this type of storytelling.
The festival takes place in the bustling metropolis of São Paulo, Brazil, and in the picturesque coastal town of Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, with a full week of screenings, panel discussions and workshops. As one of the biggest markets for independent films, São Paulo is the perfect location to showcase the best in genre filmmaking.
So if you're a filmmaker or artist with a genre-bending film, we invite you to submit your work to Phenomena Festival. We welcome diversity and originality, and impose no ratings restrictions. Join us for a week of great films and an unforgettable experience. Submit your film now!
DIVERSE CINEMA
International LGBT Film Festival of Colombia
We touch the fibers of the human being through the projection and circulation of inclusive and friendly cinema with the community; recognizing and rewarding the new acting talents of the continent and generating value to diverse communities and the Seventh Art, to change the stereotypes of Colombian society.
With our “OWN BRAND” Diverso Cinema we promote Latin American and world cinema through films, documentaries, short films and feature films that tell stories of the lives of diverse communities.
We have opened inclusive spaces such as: (Universities, Theaters, Restaurants and Bars) for the projection of films that leave an education in the spectators, encouraging a two-way economic interaction that benefits the community.
We generate income through the sale of the Ticket Office, promoting new experiences combining the seventh art and cultural tourism.
“We have managed to impact more than 3,000 spectators in general; in cities where we have screened FILMS, DOCUMENTS, SHORT FILMS, and FEATURES among others, many of them based on real events by people like you or me.
One of the longest running film festivals of its kind worldwide. It is a short film festival open to non-professional productions, film school students as well as commercial productions. It is held annually during the last week of November.
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The CINALFAMA FILM OBSERVATORY, held in a historic neighborhood, emerges as a transformative cultural initiative that strengthens the community network. By showing independent films, the project not only widens access to alternative and innovative narratives but also stimulates cultural engagement among residents, fostering a sense of identity and belonging.
This regular event, which takes place at Museu do Fado Auditorium, becomes a meeting point where generations cross paths, sharing experiences and reflections that transcend mere film viewing. In addition, by being located in a neighborhood with a rich historical heritage, the observatory revitalizes the urban space, attracting visitors and enhancing the appreciation of the local heritage, generating a very positive cultural dynamic
The Cinalfama Film Observatory is a regular cinema competition in January, April, and October.
The winning films of each of the three editions (Jan, Apr, Oct), will be showcased in our annual outdoor cinema event, Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Festival.
Corti a Ponte is a great little festival in the Venice area.
Films are screened in Italian or in original language with Italian or English subtitles in front of an audience from 3 to 99 year old.
Epic ACG fest is a unique event showcase animation, comics and games. Though screening, exhibition and competition, bring together the creative elements, the artists and the general public from worldwide.
During the festival, EACG is also hosting the Live Demonstrations, Networking Receptions, Master Workshops, Panel Discussions, Business Symposiums, Recruiting and the Professional Exhibits offered throughout the event as well as the One-On-One Personal Consultations with creative professionals from top studios and educational institutions both local and international. The Award ceremony is a red carpet event that provides recognition and great memories.
Epic ACG fest will screening animations from worldwide.
Due to the Pandemic, there will be no screenings of Films and no Exhibition of Works of Art in theaters, it will be a Virtual Festival from October 30 to 31 BA2026.
Art Non Stop Festival, is the International Film and Art Festival born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which takes place from October 26 to 28. Organized by the Producer Arte Non Stop, combining Cinema, Painting and Sculpture under the exclusive theme of cinema.
The reason for the Festival is to Promote Art in all its Expressions. Providing a new space year after year to the Artists and Sculptors, to interact their works of art together with the Films of Art and Fiction that participate from all over the world in different contests and categories, with functions and exhibitions open to all public.
It is an Official Independent Festival, free exhibitions and with itinerant venues that it renews year after year - Non-conventional Projection, Not in Cinemas - because its seeking to discover and promote new Art Spaces and create new viewers.
That is why it calls the Artists to Carry out Workshops live to create Works of Art intervened by all the Artists present, with the idea that they are Donated to beneficial institutions
Making Films and Art Works Exhibitions, Free exhibitions from October 30 to 31.
CINE / CINEMA
1 -Competencia Oficial Largometraje Internacional
Para aquellos realizadores que cuenten con 2 (dos) o más películas de largometraje (nacional y/o internacional) de ficción, animación y/o documental (Realizado en cualquier formato). Duración Superior a los 60 (sesenta) minutos.-
-Competition Official International Feature Film
For those filmmakers who have 2 (two) or more feature films (national and / or international) of fiction, animation and / or documentary (Made in any format). Duration exceeding 60 (sixty) minutes. -Títulos Incluídos-
2 -Official Competition Debut Film
For those filmmakers who present their first feature film (national and / or international) of fiction, animation and / or documentary (made in any format) Duration of more than 60 (sixty) minutes. -Including Titles
3 -Competition Official Animation
For those filmmakers who present their feature film (national and / or international) of fiction and / or animation made in any format. Free run time. -Including Titles
4 -Official Documentary Competition
For those filmmakers of documentary (national and / or international) of fiction documentary, animation documentary and / or real documentary (made in any format). Duration exceeding 45 (forty-five) minutes. -Including Titles-
5 -Competition Medium-length Official Competition
For those filmmakers who present their film (national and / or international) of fiction, animation and / or documentary (Made in any format). Duration from 10 (ten) minutes to 44 (forty four) minutes -including titles
6 -Competition Official Short film
For those filmmakers who present their short film (national and / or international) of fiction, animation and / or documentary (made in any format). Duration LESS than 10 (ten) minutes -including titles-
A New Season of WISFFF is about to start. Wait for the White Stag Banner to Beckon you to Adventure!
The Wild Indie Sci-Fi & Fantasy Film Festival is soon back for a new season. Last season, the Phoenix from the Ashes was appropriate… this season the White Stag calls to you to follow us for an amazing adventure in film.
Welcome to the new season of WISFFF.
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So, what is WISFFF?
We're an independent, filmmaker-run festival celebrating the films and filmmakers working in our favourite genres: science fiction, fantasy, horror and all the strange, wonderful things that live somewhere between them.
We're specifically a short-film festival, with categories for Micro (2 minute), Mini (10 minute) and Short (25 minute) films. We’ve been asked to run for full length features, but if you want that you’re going to have to bombard us with messages.
With WISFFF, you enter your film once and we assess it across all the categories for which it is eligible. You don't need to keep paying to enter cinematography, directing, VFX, performance, production design, etc. If we think you've done something particularly well, we want our judges to notice it.
There are awards, laurels and, in selected categories, prizes. We're always trying to find more useful prizes for filmmakers rather than simply adding things for the sake of having a longer list.
Prize sponsors and additions for the new season will be announced as they are confirmed.
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WISFFF at Genesis Cinema, London
WISFFF found a home at Genesis Cinema in London, and we rather like it there.
It's a proper cinema with great character, awesome picture and stunning sound, but more importantly there's a wonderfully welcoming, film-obsessed atmosphere to the place.
Our screenings have increasingly become more than simply sitting in the dark watching films. Filmmakers meet filmmakers. People talk. Contacts get swapped. Projects get discussed. An unexpected amount of networking happens.
Which is exactly how we like it and we’ll encourage it more.
WISFFF continues to grow, with films arriving from around the world and an increasing range of ideas appearing on screen.
Please keep doing that.
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Yes, Horror Counts.
We get asked this surprisingly often.
Yes. Horror is included. It even has its own subgenre award. Indeed last season a Horror won the overall award.
Science fiction, fantasy, horror, thriller, animation, fan films, pulp, comedy, documentary, music videos, pilots and films that are frankly rather difficult to describe are all welcome — provided there's a home for them somewhere within the wonderfully elastic boundaries of sci-fi and fantasy.
The festival is open to filmmakers from the UK, worldwide, the Up/Down/LSide/RSide Dimensions and, naturally, the Outer Spiral Arm of the Galaxy.
English is the festival's first language. Films in other languages are very welcome, but they need English subtitles/closed captions.
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About Those Discount Codes…
If we've seen an advert, trailer or post for your film and sent you a discount or waiver code, there's a reason.
We'd genuinely like to see your film.
We make films and enter festivals ourselves, so we know how many automated "special offers" filmmakers receive during a festival marketing cycle.
That's not what we're trying to do.
If we've contacted you, something about your film caught our attention and made us think it might belong at WISFFF.
And if we didn't happen to see your advert?
Ask us.
Filmmaking is about networking after all.
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A Small but Important Thing About WISFFF
We're independent.
We're filmmakers too.
We know what it's like to make something with too little money, too little time, a crew held together by enthusiasm and caffeine, and then send that film out into the festival world wondering whether anybody is actually going to watch it.
We watch the films.
That's rather the point… send those adventures in space, time, and magic our way.
Welcome to the new season of the Wild Indie Sci-Fi & Fantasy Film Festival.
Let's see what you've made.
The Ciak Film Award is an International Film Festival dedicated to Short Films lasting no more than 40 minutes, of any theme done in an original or surprising way, structured in three categories:
NARRATIVE SHORT FILMS
DOCUMENTARIES
MUSIC VIDEOS
The Short Films are selected by an internal jury and screened in a Theater in one of Rome's most characteristic areas: the Teatro Trastevere.
The first inaugural edition took place on June 7, 2025, and we are now working to prepare the 2026 edition, which will also take place in June.
The Anatomy Crime – Horror International Film Festival (A.C.H.I.F.F.) is an annual international showcase dedicated to independent filmmakers. Founded in 2017 by THE BASEMENT, a nonprofit Cultural and Educational Organization (B.C.E.O.), the festival was created by creators, for creators — offering a platform where powerful stories can thrive regardless of budget.
In an industry dominated by studios and large‑scale productions, independent voices often struggle to be heard. A.C.H.I.F.F. exists to change that. We champion filmmakers with limited resources but strong artistic vision, giving them international visibility and meaningful recognition.
At A.C.H.I.F.F., every participant is acknowledged. Gold and Silver winners receive official certificates, while all filmmakers — regardless of category or distinction — receive personalized poster‑awards. With a wide range of award categories spanning narrative, performance, technical craft, and visual identity, the festival ensures that every creator leaves with something significant. Winners, nominees, and finalists may also acquire handcrafted bust‑awards made from resin and hand‑painted, offering a unique physical keepsake of their achievement.
A New Monthly Format
Beginning this year, A.C.H.I.F.F. adopts a monthly structure. Filmmakers submit their short films to the category of their choice (Horror, Crime, General/Sci‑Fi/Thriller, or Micro Short). Each month, the jury evaluates submissions and announces monthly winners, nominees, and finalists.
Annual Audience Award Selection: From the year's total submissions, the festival jury selects a total of 13 representative short films which compete and are screened for the annual Audience Award.
Annual Categories & Screenings (Directing, Cinematography, Editing, etc.): Annual awards are rarely presented and films are screened only in exceptional cases, exclusively when their form, structure, or originality is such that we ensure the audience must not miss them.
Recognition & Prestige
A.C.H.I.F.F. is an IMDb‑verified festival, ensuring that every official selection and award is formally recognized. Over the years, the festival has attracted filmmakers whose works have been screened at major international festivals and awards, including the Academy Awards (U.S.), Sitges, Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, Cannes, Sundance, and Tribeca.
This growing network highlights A.C.H.I.F.F. as a trusted platform for independent voices in horror, crime, and beyond.
✨ Submit your film and join a festival that celebrates bold storytelling, supports independent talent, and brings unforgettable visions to the screen.
The Rethink Dance Film Festival is entering Season 6 this fall! This festival showcases artists in front of and behind the camera working to challenge the traditional structures of choreographic storytelling and artistic expression.
Through art, the work of choreographers, dancers and filmmakers should inspire our communities to discover our shared humanity.
Films submitted to the festival should reflect the beauty and synchronicity between the choreography of dance with the choreography of cinematography.
Narrative films of any length are eligible, as well as documentary films that capture stories from and around the world of dance.
Categories for 2023:
- Narrative Short Film
- Narrative Fiction Feature
- Documentary Short Film
- Documentary Feature Film
- Animation / Experimental Film
- Ballet Short Film
- Student Choreographers & Filmmakers
- Youth Choreographers & Filmmakers (Ages 13-19)
- Mobile Dance Films
- Youth Dance Films (Ages 13-19)
- Dance Music Video
- Photography Contest
The purpose of the festival refers to awareness of both the external filters on the screen, including censorship (commercial, ideological, aesthetic), and the internal filters of screen perception and projection, including self-censorship. NEFILTRAVANAE KINO is an exploration of aestheticization and commodification in art. The next aim of the festival is to expose the complexity, manysidedness, and variety of filmmaking.
NEFILTRAVANAE KINO (NoFilter Kino) is a film festival that is held by the Short Movie Club, the platform for cinematic projects. NEFILTRAVANAE KINO is ADAMI Media Prize qualified festival. The International Film Studies Conference is held at the same time as the film festival. In this way, film theory and practice are integrated together at the NEFILTRAVANAE KINO.
Originally the festival was held in Belarus, but because of political repression and publicly stated anti-war stance, screenings and events can be held in different countries. First of all in Poland (Warsaw), Germany (Berlin, Hamburg), Lithuania (Vilnius). For example, the 11th and 10th Nefiltravanae Kino took place in Warsaw, Berlin, Hamburg, Vilnius and Helsinki. The content of past years' film programs can be found on the website https://shortmovie.club/programmes/
The festival will be held in a hybrid format. We will have a part of live screenings and online screenings on a video platform https://film.nofilterkino.org/ . The video is cryptographically secured. In addition, we pay attention and promote films from our previous years that are released to the public on the Internet after their festival curcuit.
Nefiltravanae Kino involves theater, artists to interpret symbols and history. We work with the audience's reaction and participants' as well.
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The concept of the NEFILTRAVANAE KINO (NoFilter Kino):
ALIENATION PROBLEM
We live in a world of malls and cinema multiplexes. We see that indie cinema and non-commodity art go to the periphery of public attention. Primitive attractions replace the cinematography. The escape audience is alienated behind the big screen. So modern mainstream cinema is part of a manipulating tool that leads to the society of alienation. Thus the tendency is that indie cinema becomes more unreadable for the wide audience. We should understand the context of the filmmaker to understand the independent cinema. That is why the NEFILTRAVANAE KINO concept implies the physical presence of filmmakers.
FILM SELECTION PROBLEM
Filmmakers shoot millions of movies. And thousands of short film festivals organize screenings all over the world every year. On average, several thousand films are submitted to a film festival. So various good films can be neglected for whatever reason. Often selecting probability is like winning a lottery. As a result, filmmakers are left with no feedback. It is a paradox that no one can hear you in the age of the Internet! The mainstream culture prefers attractions and casual viewing.
Also, this idea is based on the film selection problem. Perhaps it’s no surprise one person, i.e. programme director at best, or even students of film schools make a preliminary decision to select a movie. Сoncordance of judges or previewers is more seldom thing than the difference of background, tastes. So selection or judging can be one-sided or perfunctory. It is not bad as the programme director has a good taste and aesthetic sensitivity, of course. But we’ve discovered another conception of “unfiltered cinema”. We matched it against “the best of the best” way. This way aids to perceive cinematic idiom without the dictate of art-curators.
CELEBRATION OF INDIE CINEMA
So the NoFilter Kino tries to avoid “the best of the best” way but it does not ignore it completely, sure. The festival selects fiction, animation, documentary, experimental and virtual reality sections. A jury awards the best film in every section. The festival holds the screenings at cinema theatres, the National Centre for Contemporary Arts, and art-spaces.
Our aim is to gather people in art, to have a dialogue to be happy with smart communication.
Cinema is art but not sport. The key point of our project is to establish communication between the filmmaker and the audience.
Please, read about the festival history through the link to the festival's website. http://shortmovie.club/history/
