The 16th edition of Arraial Cine Fest will be held from July 01th to 05st, 2026 online on the festival's official website and Porto Seguro Culture Center and SESC Porto Seguro.
SAN BENEDETTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ( Terms, Rules, prizes and motivations can be translated in 22 languages visiting our site https://www.sanbenedettofilmfest.it)
"MAGICSCREENPLAY" ( Terms, Rules, prizes and motivations can be translated in 22 languages visiting our site https://www.sanbenedettofilmfest.it/magic-screenplay/)
We built a festival in total freedom, without any external conditioning. An International Short Film Competition. A window on cinema from a privileged viewpoint: the city of San Benedetto del Tronto. Born in 2017, the SBFF has become one of the leading international events for the Adriatic Riviera and the Piceno region. The events will take place at the Palazzina Azzurra in San Benedetto del Tronto (AP) on Viale Buozzi 14.
"MAGICSCREENPLAY" - (Collateral Event to the SAN BENEDETTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL) was born from the need to combine the scenic, architectural and natural beauties of the Marche Region in syncrasia with the cultural, social heritage and identity need of the places and the human and professional resources that come from them, evolve and hope for an ever-increasing expansion of training, skills and abilities.
The Contest was born within a strategy of discovery and promotion of national and international emerging talents and represents the exclusive context to select, through a Quality Jury, the best pitch, with a predefined theme, to be declined into a consequent script.
After the selection, the one deemed to perform best will be subjected to development through the creation of a short film with a total length of no more than 15 minutes, produced by the Associated Professionals Association of Art & Management "IL SERPENTE AUREO," in collaboration with and with the support of the FILM COMMISSION MARCHE, the MARCHE REGION and under the patronage of the City of San Benedetto del Tronto.
ARTIST'S VISIONS - VISIONS FROM THE WORLD
- " There is no art form like cinema to strike the conscience, shake the emotions and reach the secret rooms of the soul" Ingmar Bergman
- " Life in the depths is completely different from life on the surface and has mysterious and terrifying aspects" Dario Argento
- " I am not an artist but a craftsman" "The heart must mediate between the brain and the hands" Fritz Lang
- " I steal from every single film ever made. If I like things I mix them together. And if people don't like it, then don't go see it.... I steal from everything.... Great artists steal not make homages" Quentin Tarantino
- " No matter where the world goes, even if I can't speak a foreign language, I don't feel out of place. I think of the earth as my home. "Akira Kurosawa
- " An essential element of all art is risk..." Francis Ford Coppola
- " Cinema is a mode of expression that allows one to express all the nuances of a thing and its opposites..." Catherine Breillat
- " Unlike all other art forms, cinema is able to capture and render the passage of time, to stop it almost to possess it in infinity. I would say that film is the sculpture of time. "Andrei Tarkovsky
- " I am just a storyteller and film seems to be my medium. I like it because it recreates life in motion, enhances it ... it is my way of telling a story. "Federico Fellini
- " The art of film can only really exist through a highly organized betrayal of reality" François Truffaut
- " I work with my dreams or nightmares" David Cronenberg
- " If I can't get the characters to talk, then I give up " Quantin Tarantino
- " The poet stretches out his hand to lead us beyond the last horizon, beyond the top of the pyramid, to that land that extends beyond the true and the false, beyond life and death, beyond space and time, beyond reason and fantasy, beyond spirit and matter." Alejandro Jodorowsky
- " Cinema is the 'only art form in which the works move and the viewer remains motionless " Ennio Flaiano
- " Cinema is a cultural industry. Making films also means assuming a social and moral responsibility. Therefore, we should not produce what we can sell, but sell what we want to produce " Franco Cristaldi
- " I think that scandalizing is a right.... " Pier Paolo Pasolini
- " To act is to listen... " Pupi Avati
- " I think the past affects the ability to tell stories" Joel Coen
- " Cinema is beautiful if it can read reality " Ettore Scola
- " Cinema consists of two things: a screen and chairs. The secret lies in filling them both " Roberto Benigni
Theme
Our theme is simple and it is just one word: INNOVATION
Motivation
We encourage filmmakers to come up with innovative concepts and tell unique stories that promote peace and prosperity in their countries.
Vision
Promote international solidarity and a myriad of opportunities for filmmakers, businesses and broadcasters through film.
Mission
Create a self sustainable film industry and a new world class breed of filmmakers.
Background History
The Ekurhuleni International Film Festival was formed as a result of Siyafunda Programme an initiative by Rhythm Cycle Trading Projects in partnership With Ekurhuleni’s Metropolitan Municipality: Department: SRAC: Performing Arts division .The purpose of the Programme is to empower the unemployed youth economically and provide them with vital filmmaking skills. Promote the local businesses in the film industry and promote Social cohesion and mainstream youth development. Promoting indigenous music and instruments and participation in the arts is one of the key roles of the Programme.
The Cinematography wing of the project initiated the Ekurhuleni International Film Festival through one of its partners Rhythm Cycle Projects a local Film & Television film production company. The purpose of the festival is to empower Emerging local and international filmmakers. This will provide filmmaking skills; create networking opportunities with local and international broadcasters. This will also promote the local businesses through the film industry and mainstream economic development across a myriad of sectors of the economy.
Introduce young aspirant filmmakers to wildlife filmmaking
Educate the people about the natural world and films
Create networking opportunities for local filmmakers, broadcasters and funders
Promote indigenous music
Enrichment of the arts
Promote culture and heritage
Boost tourism
Mainstream youth development
Attract broadcasters
Create jobs and economic opportunities
Aims & Objectives
1.To ensure that every government department has a progress report on video in preparation for the next financial year.
2.To educate people how our government operates and help them identify what, how they can contribute to boost our economy and get benefits.
3.To develop an advertising medium for SMMEs, Big companies, banks and Educational institutions to generate revenue for the project to empower participants while they are studying.
4.To create a local film industry that will alleviate poverty in rural areas by making films that will tell their stories and attract the international market.
5.To transfer filmmaking skills to the youth out of school and the unemployed.
6.Showcase South Africa’s storytelling talent and introduce a new generation of characters through film and TV productions .
7.To establish partnerships with other territories to implement Co-Production Treaties that RSA signed with other countries to grow our local film industry.
Programme
Registrations
Welcome and Official Opening
Exhibitions
Workshops
Seminars
Screenings
Adjudication
Networking Sessions
Fun walks
Wine tasting
Ekurhuleni International Film Awards
XI edition of the Zinetxiki Zinemaldia - International Film Festival for Children and Youth, organised by the cultural association Begira Elkartea, will take place in Bilbao and other Basque cities and towns from 12 to 27 December 2026.
Zinetxiki Zinemaldia aims at offering worldwide quality audiovisual contents to a family audience. Through the projection of selected works in several competitive categories, the festival seeks to promote the audiovisual education and the creation of new audiences.
The Víctor Grífols i Lucas Foundation awards this prize to an audiovisual project, with the winning entry receiving 5000 euros to support the production of the finished work.
The prize aims to promote education, discussion and analysis of bioethical issues with a social impact, through work aimed at a general audience.
«38Retinas» is an annual, traveling, thematic film festival that aims to bring comedy short films to the municipalities of the El Bierzo region that request them
The Ponferrada International Film Festival is an event specialized in the dissemination and promotion of short films from all over the world, regardless of their production format, distribution, exhibition, category, genre, or theme.
Short films, in addition to being a learning resource for new professionals in the film industry and a promotional tool for making the leap to feature films, can also be a highly creative and free form of expression, storytelling, and experimentation, independent of the market.
We are also committed to highlighting films that, regardless of their length, reflect the cultural, social, and linguistic diversity of any region of the world as part of the memory of peoples and the most unknown universal audiovisual heritag
The festival has an international character and all authors with films in compliance with other propositions can participate. Films selected for competition will be judged in two categories:
1. FILM RECIPE - a sort of documentary that should display complete image and/or text instructions for preparation of culinary creations (meals, drinks or deserts), including information about required ingredients and sequence of work. Based on those, after watching film one should be able to prepare the recipe.
2. OPEN CATEGORY - a film that should thematize or depict content related to food and/or drink.
Duration of individual films submitted is limited to 15 minutes.
Late Deadline – May 31, 2026
One of Latin America’s leading genre film festivals is now accepting submissions.
17th Edition | São Paulo, Brazil | September 8–13, 2026
✔️ 1,503 films submitted in the last edition
✔️ 110 films selected for the official program
✔️ 90,000+ audience across all editions
✔️ 1,600+ films showcased over 16 editions
Cinefantasy – International Fantastic Film Festival was created to promote and celebrate fantastic cinema in all its forms, including horror, fantasy, science fiction, and hybrid genres.
Over sixteen editions, Cinefantasy has established itself as a key platform for genre filmmakers, presenting bold and innovative works from around the world.
The festival has expanded beyond São Paulo with screenings across major Brazilian cities such as Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Fortaleza, Porto Alegre, Manaus, and Santos, as well as international collaborations in Spain, Chile, Peru, and Colombia.
Held in São Paulo — one of the largest cultural capitals in the world — Cinefantasy offers filmmakers international exposure and the opportunity to connect with audiences, critics, and industry professionals passionate about fantastic cinema.
The 17th edition will take place from September 8 to 13, 2026, featuring competitive screenings, special programs, and immersive experiences.
Thousands of submissions are received every year, and the selection reflects a highly curated and competitive process.
Submit your film today and be part of Cinefantasy 2026.
The "Corto di sera" Festival takes place in August in Itala, in the province of Messina since 2012.
Participation to the Festival is free and open to all Italians and foreign authors, single filmmakers orcollectives/associations.
- The Festival is exclusively dedicated to short films that last less than 20minutes.
- Any genre will be accepted (documentary, fiction, classic and/or digital animation)
- All foreign works shot in any language which is not Italian must be subtitled in Italian . Non-subtitled foreign short films will not be selected.
- Each author may submit up to a maximum of three works.
- The organizers reserve the possibility to create additional sections.
Festival’s purpose is to promote the independent short film production in all its forms as an artistic and expressive language. The aim of to create an annual event in Italy where filmmakers, video makers, professionals or enthusiasts cinema can meet and connect different experiences.
The 15th FICCI-ON - Ciudad Rodrigo International Film Festival aims to promote educational, social and spiritual films made around the world.
The theme of the festival will therefore be educational, social and values-based; including all those films that promote child development in all its aspects.
Values-based films that deal with the subject of human rights, as well as intercultural dialogue. There will also be room for films with ethnographic themes, social denunciation or commitment to the development of the culture of Peace. Regarding spiritual themes, this is a very broad section where religious and/or spiritual films will be included, regardless of the confession and creed of the film and its authors.
Discover Festival PROTESTA, where cinema ignites social change.
This international event celebrates films that challenge, question, and inspire. With a diverse lineup of documentaries, fiction, and animation in both feature and short film formats, Protesta is a crucible for filmmakers committed to questioning and challenging the status quo.
We embrace creativity, positive social impact and innovative storytelling. With more than 11 editions, PROTESTA is the primary social impact festival in Catalonia and a main player in social cinema in Spain. Join us next October in the culturally vibrant town Vic in a series of parallel activities designed to enrich, educate, and inspire.
La Oca Loca&Prisión Film Fest
Festival Internacional de Cine
Two Sections: JURY PRIZE FOR BEST FICTION SHORT FILM (Jury composed of prisoners from the Daroca Penitentiary Center - Spain) and PRIZE FOR BEST SHORT FILM MADE BY FILM WORKSHOPS IN PENITENTIARY CENTERS - FICTION AND/OR DOCUMENTARY - (Jury composed of Professionals from the audiovisual sector).
This is the only online Film Festival in the world in which the prisoners belonging to the Film Workshop of the Daroca Penitentiary Center (Spain) have an intense and active participation:
Viewing, pre-selecting and deciding the Awards (along with a Jury of professionals of the sector);
Participating in the filming of a comedy sketch alongside an honored star, as well as in all the previous phases – such as the script, planning, acting, lighting, sound and production – and in its post-production;
And in the preparation and conduct of interviews with the aforementioned honored star and other illustrious visitors to the prison.
A job lasting several months that has a very positive impact on their social reintegration.
MI PRIMER FESTIVAL (MY FIRST FESTIVAL) - International film festival for children, Barcelona & Madrid - 19th edition: from November 7 to 22, 2026.
"Mi Primer Festival" is an International film festival for children from 2 to 12 years. My First Film Festival features over 100 films in a total of 21 screenings. In short, MPF is a film extravaganza that showcases both different techniques and formats and the creativity of artists from all around the world.
The international competition of SHORT FILMS for children will include 4 programmes:
- International Short Competition for children over 3 years old
- International Short Competition for children over 5 years old
- International Short Competition for children over 7 years old
- International Short Competition for children over 10 years old
The international competition of FEATURE FILMS will include one programme of films, with a maximum of 10 titles.
The festival will take place in November simultaneously in Barcelona and Madrid and is a great opportunity for boys and girls from 2 to 12 years old to discover unique and unprecedented cinema.
The festival also programs films that have not been created specifically for children, which is why it encourages film directors as well as distributors to present their works even if they have not been conceived for this audience profile. Younger viewers rise to the challenge, and the introductions and discussions that accompany viewings provide a good context for understanding and enjoying the films.
The festival intends to promote Independent national and international Cinema.
For eight years our festival has become the reference point for independent directors from all over the world.
We are looking for the best stories to show to our loyal audience.
-History-
Since 2015, the year of its foundation, the festival has stood out for the quality and social value of the selected works.
In ten editions we have selected and screened 221 works from 70 countries and awarded 250 prizes!
By promoting independent cinema from all over the world we have received works starring world-famous actors such as Salvatore Esposito (Gomorra, Fargo), Denis Lavant (Holy Motors, Tokyo!).
In the 2021 edition we had the honor of awarding the actor Giuseppe Fiorello in his latest film "L'afide e la formica", winner of the award for best feature film.
Over the years we boast of having successfully promoted dozens of independent documentaries, which have been a real window on the world for us.
We try to improve ourselves every year, giving you directors the opportunity to receive important recognition for your work and the stories you want to tell.
Roma Short Film Festival was founded in 2020 by several Iranian and Italian artists. From the very beginning, the festival’s aim was to act as a bridge: introducing Iranian short films to Italian cinema lovers and showcasing Italian cinema to Iranian film enthusiasts.
Over time, this mission grew and began to encompass a much broader range of countries. The festival started modestly by organizing small screenings in both countries and introducing filmmakers from each side to one another. Gradually, the number of non-Italian filmmakers increased, and the event gained a truly international dimension.
Today, filmmakers from all over the world submit their works to the Roma Short Film Festival, and we continue our efforts to serve as a bridge connecting Asian film audiences with European ones.
The festival aims to create an opportunity for emerging filmmakers. Our goal is to support low budget and underground films that create new experiences and narrate unique stories with limited resources.
Understanding how filmmakers around the world work, how young filmmakers get creative to get past the obstacles of production, and how their attempts can lead to a new form of cinema are among the things we care about. We strive to play a small role in the emergence of the new generation in the world of independent filmmaking by helping young filmmakers, actors, cinematographers, editors and producers to be heard and to get their messages across.
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The Roma Short Film Festival, Worldwide
We are proud to announce that the Roma Short Film Festival, through inter-festival connections across the globe, has the opportunity to screen accepted films in a different country each time. This global tour of the Roma Short Film Festival provides filmmakers with the chance to share their works with a broader audience—viewers from all over the world, not just Europe. Our focus is on countries with a more diverse audience. We are thrilled to announce that the films of this edition of the Roma Short Film Festival (June 2026) will be screened in Asia, in the Middle East.
The Cinema e Arte Association, in collaboration with the Municipality of Sestriere, organizes “SESTRIERE SPORT AWARDS Film Festival", an international competition on sports cinema.
It will be a cinema event in which directors, independent directors, film companies and private productions will have the chance to participate by sending works such as fictions, commercials, short and feature films, documentaries, animated films and television programs, through an international competition call. The event’s theme will be the world of sports, expressed in all of its disciplines and events, great achievements, sports culture, the lives and stories of the characters who more than others have excited the public with their great achievements.
Gambeta Film Fest is a space for the creation and exhibition of films focused on football, where movies, short films and documentaries come together to tell stories that play out on screen, understanding football as a form of cinema of life.
