Panòptic Festival is an international film and visual arts festival focused on the impact of digitalization and new technologies on contemporary society. The festival accepts fiction, documentary, and animation short films (up to 30 minutes) produced after January 1, 2024. Films may be submitted in any language (subtitles required in Catalan, Spanish, or English). Awards include Jury Award (€300), Audience Award (€150), and a €50 screening fee for all selected films.
Submission deadline: March 15, 2026.
FILMAY 2026 will be the 8th edition of the short film festival held in Kumanovo.
The festival started in 2019, following the idea for inspiring, supporting and enhancing short film production.
It also intends to engage and empower viewing desire and aspirations for enjoyment of short films.
The 3rd International Comedy Film Festival will present to the public contemporary worldwide film production dedicated to the comedy genre in its various variants, enabling the circulation of films that do not find space in the traditional commercial distribution and exhibition medium.
Cryptshow Festival is an initiative that promotes the fantasy genreand terror. Every July fill Badalona de Zombies, aliens, vampires and serial killiers most infamous. And to much horror ... the horror!
The Elche Film Festival, organized by Mediterraneo Foundation's main objective is to offer a cultural space to filmmakers and moviegoers.
In a constant commitment to the promotion of culture and supporting emerging values of cinema, focusing on innovation, public conversation with the authors and the elimination of technological compete when barriers and vote.
Al Este is a festival coming out from the french festival A l'Est du Nouveau. Present in Peru since 2008, the mission of the festival is to promote film culture of the other Europe, that relegated to independent circuits, owning however, an invaluable wealth and tradition. Thus, Al Este seeks to spread the filmography of Europe, Latin America and Asia.
We take the pleasure and great honor to warm invitation to the galaxy of filmmaker to the 9th edition of Haryana International Film Festival 2026.
We are hoping for all your blessings and active participation.
HIFF - Haryana International Film Festival is Successful Step towards the International recognition of Haryanvi Culture & Haryanvi Peoples.
HIFF will make endeavors towards imparting a novel
identity to the world cinema, through conducting film festivals in the cities of Haryana every year. HIFF will try to work on all the technical and academic aspects of cinema. The organization will make attempts to connect the world cinema with the common public and making it a social concern, through conducting various seminars, debates and discussions.
9th Haryana International Film Festival ( HIFF-26 ) , will be one of the biggest Academic and Glamour Film Festival in the World. This Five days Festival will showcase a diverse, language independent, selection of the best feature films, documentaries and short films from around the world, on themes of Hindi and English and other Haryanvi cultures and identities.
In addition, the festival also features concerts, gala events, film parties, seminars, workshops, Film Bazaar and networking opportunities with government representatives, business leaders, local organizations that support film development, film stars, producers, directors, members of the media and more.
HIFF 2026
Vision and Mission :
HIFF will provide an opportunity to heighten awareness of Hindi and English and Haryanvi culture and identities to audiences of all cultural backgrounds.
HIFF will present films in their original languages with subtitles in an effort to build cross-cultural bridges.
HIFF 2026 To Create Global platform for Independent Filmmakers & Youth Worldwide Towards Uniting The World & supporting Global Harmony & Peace.
To encourage Film locations exchange, Film Culture & enhance Film Tourism Art , culture & technological exchange between film-makers
The Festival also aims to provide a platform to young Haryanvi to showcase their creativity.
The Vision and Mission of HIFF is guided by an advisory board composed of respected political, business, arts, community and media leaders.
Oaxaca Sports Film Festival 2026
Welcome to the Oaxaca Sports Film Festival 2026, a unique celebration of cinema and sports in the heart of Oaxaca, Mexico. Our festival shines a spotlight on inspiring, thrilling, and motivating stories that explore the deep connection between sports and the human experience, from popular disciplines like soccer and boxing to extreme sports and lesser-known activities.
In a setting full of sporting passion and cinematic creativity, our mission is to provide a platform for filmmakers from around the world—both emerging and established—to share their visions of how sports can transform lives. Whether your film tells a story of personal triumph, teamwork, or pushing the limits of human potential, the Oaxaca Sports Film Festival 2025 aims to showcase those stories that inspire through action.
Categories Accepted
Feature Films: Fiction, documentary, or animation focused on sports themes.
Short Films: Short-form fiction, documentary, or animation related to the world of sports.
Experimental Films and New Narratives: Innovative audiovisual pieces that explore sports from unique perspectives.
Nutrition in sports: Films about nutrition in sports and health.
Diversity in sports: LGBT+ Stories in sports.
Submission Rules
Films must be related to sports or address sports themes, whether in fiction, documentary, animation, or experimental formats.
We accept films of all genres from any country.
English or Spanish subtitles are required for films that are not in these languages.
Submission does not guarantee selection for the festival.
About Oaxaca
The Oaxaca Sports Film Festival 2026 takes place in one of the most beautiful and culturally rich cities in Mexico. Known for its vibrant art scene, colonial architecture, and world-renowned cuisine, Oaxaca offers the perfect backdrop for a festival that unites the passions of film and sports. Attendees will not only enjoy incredible screenings but also immerse themselves in the rich cultural heritage of the region.
Let's take a shot with shorts!
The best film festival from Moscow, Russia supported by Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and city authorities.
"Short Shot" - Monthly Awards and Screenings.
Festival is dedicated to filmmakers from all over the World.
Sending us your artwork is not sending it to a Black Hole.
We consider each film, each video!
Each director has a chance to introduce himself and his artwork and greet audience through our social media pages!
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Все русскоязычные фильмы могут участвовать в фестивале БЕСПЛАТНО.
Ищите соответствующую категорию и подавайте ЛЮБОЙ фильм в любом жанре!
Фильмы должны быть с субтитрами на английском языке! Без субтитров фильм не будет принят к рассмотрению!
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We are creators as well and we watch artworks with passion and professional interest.
We believe, that each film, each creator, each director deserve confession!
We are creating community of film lovers and filmmakers.
We communicate a lot, we discuss a lot in our social media!
Join us and be part of Short Shot Fest family!
Our jury selects every month the winning short films for each category:
Best Short Film
Best Short Comedy
Best Short Drama
Best Short Horror
Best Short Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Best Narrative Short
Best Student Short
Best Animation Short
Best Documentary Short
Best Experimental Short
Best Music Video
Best Mini Short
Best Mobile Phone Short (incl vertical)
Best Series (Web/TV)
Best Fashion Short
Best Commercial/Ad/TVC
Also, we provide chance for MOSCOW film creators to take a chance in showing our beautiful city in their movies.
How we do?
Choose one or more categories and submit your short film.
Usually, our submissions start on 1th-4th of the month and end on the same day next month.
EACH submitted film will receive a short review from our judge team (on request)
PLEASE NOTE: We don't screen the films online! The members of the jury watch the films online and they choose the Official Selections.
In 5-7 days after the deadline day for submissions we publish the Official Selections list and we notify the filmmakers via e-mail.
During the next 5 days our members of the jury decide the winners for each category.
After that we publish the Winners list and we notify filmmakers by e-mail. The lists are published on social media and on our dedicated website: shortshotfest.com
In the last week of the month we screen the awarded films in art - center "Efir" in the heart of Moscow.
From August, 2024 we are OPEN for new season 2025/2026!
The Grand Finale 2025/2026 will be held in August, 2026 in Moscow.
International judge team, great networking and friendly atmosphere — that’s Short Shot Fest.
Stay tuned and check our website: shortshotfest.com
Moscow International Children’s Film Festival invites children, teenagers, youth, parents and teachers to get acquainted with the best films for children, teenagers and youth and films made by children and teenagers (under 18) under the guidance of adults.
The film festival presents to the public the best films from all over the world made by adults for a children’s audience, as well as films made by children and teenagers from different cities and countries, trying themselves as producers, screenwriters, actors, directors, animators.
The extensive program of the Moscow International Children’s Film Festival is designed for children (6+), teenagers planning to go to the film and art schools, their parents and teachers.
The film festival brings together filmmakers making films for children with young filmmakers who make their first steps at film and video creation. Our goal is to inspire and support young filmmakers, and give wide audiences the opportunity to get acquainted with modern films for children and teenagers.
The Moscow International Children’s Film Festival is a large-scale festive event with an extensive and vibrant program of films on the big screan for children and teenagers, as well as parents, a series of meetings with directors and master classes from leading film experts representing various film schools.
All best films that were selected for the screening, will be shown on the big screen during the solemn final ceremony on March 19 – 22, 2026 in Moscow, Russia and will be able to struggle for the main prize and the title of the “Best film”. As well as for the prizes in the standalone nominations.
film/Documentory/music vedio/Animation/VFX/CGI/2D/3D/other
*Mumbai Entertainment International Short Film Festival*
*Organized BY*
mumbai Entertainment
& Yogeshpatilfilms
*world all contries participated now*
INDEPENDENT CINEMA IN THE HEART OF MEDIEVAL ITALY
The Cultural Association Aedon is pleased to present the 5th Festival dei Lumi, an arts festival that takes place annually in Soriano nel Cimino, in the heart of the Cimini mountains, in the province of Viterbo.
A PLACE FULL OF HISTORY, LOVED BY ARTISTS
A place steeped in history, which belonged to the greatest families of the Italian papal aristocracy (Orsini, Colonna, Albani), it retains a strong tradition and in its recent history was the creative residence of world-famous Italian artists such as PierPaolo Pasolini, who lived in the of Chia, or Luigi Pirandello who also dedicated a poem to the beech forest of Soriano nel Cimino, from which he was greatly entranced.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOUR ART
Festival dei Lumi aims to propose independent Italian and international cinema to the Soriano audience.
We are looking for spontaneous films, created by artists who have the courage to use their intelligence and put their essence into their work. We are looking for sincere works, we don't care about the budget, the genre, the nation, the medium used for filming.
We are looking for artists who care about their work, who love the creative process and who don't make art out of vanity.
Welcome to the PLA. Juneda Rural Film Festival, a space for advocacy, dissemination and celebration of cinema that is in dialogue with the rural environment.
Resistance International Film Festival (RIFF) is a major international cinematic event dedicated to storytelling about human dignity, justice, freedom, and resilience.
With nearly four decades of history, the festival was held biennially for many years and has now become an annual international film festival.
The 19th edition highlights themes such as resilience, courage and dedication, hope, social progress, and collective awareness, while embracing new creative technologies including artificial intelligence and multimedia storytelling. RIFF welcomes feature films, documentaries, short films, animation, screenplays, AI-based works, and research projects, and aims to connect filmmakers worldwide through cinema, dialogue, and cultural exchange.
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.
DIGO – I International Film Festival on Gender and Sexual Diversity of Goiás, is the first film festival in the heart of Brazil to address issues such as Diversity, Gender and Sexuality, by showcasing contemporary audiovisual work and urging historical reviews. Our main goal is to raise awareness on this topic, in order to promote inclusion, social change and respect for others. As an international event, the DIGO team also believes in the importance of cross cultural communication.
International African Film Festival in Argentina // FICAA 2026
Registration rules for the 2026 edition.
Call for entries is open until 28 February 2026.
This Festival, organised by Observatorio Sur, aims to promote the culture, history and film production of African and Afro-descendant filmmakers, as well as productions by authors of other nationalities who, through their work, offer new perspectives on the realities of Africans and Afro-descendants.We invite film directors, filmmakers, documentary makers and video artists to submit their material offering different perspectives on Africa.
The festival will be held in cinemas in August 2026 in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Neuquén (Patagonia) and Córdoba, as well as on tour.
We welcome independently produced works made in African countries or related to the African continent, its people and its diaspora.
The aim of this festival is to promote the culture, history and film production of African filmmakers, filmmakers of African descent and filmmakers of other nationalities whose works open a window onto the different realities of Africans and people of African descent.
FICAA is a space for dissemination, reflection and encounter around African cinema, conceived from its aesthetic, political, historical and cultural diversity. Based in Argentina, the festival offers a plural and critical perspective that recognises the multiplicity of film traditions on the African continent and its diasporas.
Saraqusta Film Festival is a film and tv series festival about the historical genre in its broadest sense. It was created with the aim of exhibiting and promoting feature films, documentaries and series using the past and the historical context as a common thread.
Submissions are open to Spanish and International works, real-image or animated that deal with the historical genre or whose theme, context or set design are historical or refer to a period of the past.
13th Annual International Student Film Festival 2026 Opavský páv
Opavský páv is an International Student Film Festival in Opava.
Opavský páv is a project of Institute of Movie, Television and Broadcast Creation at the Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava.
Festival is a nonprofit, entrance to all screenings is free.
