Four films of any genre enter the competition, going through two semifinals before reaching the grand final, where only one will be crowned the winner. The audience and the jury will select the finalists.
In addition to thrilling matchups, we will have discussions with the filmmakers, live music, and plenty of opportunities for networking and socializing.
⚫ Club Benares | Battle Royale
Semifinal #1 | Two short films compete, one advances.
Semifinal #2 | Two short films compete, one advances.
Final | The two winners face off in the grand final.
Since 2004, Festimaj has offered international screenings for short films made by children and young people aged 4 to 30, as well as by professionals with no age limit. The selected films are then screened across five continents thanks to co-organizers around the world.
The proposed theme is optional, but a dedicated program is created around it.
A festival of diversity that brings these original films to audiences in more than 35 countries.
An international network of professional filmmakers, co-organizers, and distributors that enables children, youth, and adults to access these unique programs.
An ethical cinema of socially engaged films addressing crucial societal issues: education, tolerance, migration, peace education, children’s rights, ecology… as well as the fight against discrimination, bullying in schools, abuse, corruption… so many important topics to help build a sense of citizenship, change perspectives, and open up to others.
Access to culture for thousands of children and young people, reaching over 300,000 viewers through more than 150 physical and digital screening venues (anyone can register to watch the films from home).
The films will be divided into different programs:
Films for 4-6 year olds
Films for 7-11 year olds
Films for 11-15 year olds
Films for 15-18 year olds
Student directors
Animations
All audiences
The InFest Film Festival is a 2-day freak short film Festival which is held in Rubí, a city of asphalt, industry and smoke located in the Valles Occidental, a region located near Barcelona (Spain).
The InFest festival emerges as a firm and clear proposal: that Rubí be known as the Rubiwood of the Vallés district. During the last 9 years, InFest has organized the best possible short film experience: outdoors screenings, concerts, bar service and all kinds of activities related to cinema. What else can we ask for?
The InFest is devoted to showcase new short films (produced after year 2020) showing Sci-Fi, Fantastic, Freak and Horror elements. Short films cannot exceed 15 minutes length (credits excluded). Foreign films MUST be dubbed or subtitled in Spanish or Catalan, or the film will not be accepted.
In 2025, InFest will celebrate its 10th annual edition. After the COVID-19 pandemic, the InFest was moved to the amphitheater of The castle of Rubí ("El Castell"), a defensive construction from the 13th century, which can host public events with more than 2000 people. The amphitheater features seats, stage and bar! Jury Prize and Audience Award will receive 1000 and 250 euros, respectively.
RULES OF THE CALL FOR DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS MENORCA DOC FEST 2025
The Menorca Doc Fest is a film and photography festival that aims to raise public awareness through the documentary genre, understanding it as a tool to promote critical thinking about the phenomena of the past and present that affect contemporary society.
The International Film Festival - El Cine Suma Paz is an event that takes place for the first time and brings together cinematographic content related to the Culture of Peace and the protection of the environment.
Only for Spanish Filmmakers.
LAZOS es un festival de cine surgido en la zona de Montes Torozos como una iniciativa para promover y divulgar el cine de provincias, alejándose del modelo industrial centralizado en las grandes ciudades.
The festival was created in 2015 and has the goal to become a space for professional development for filmmakers and amateurs that are looking for a platform to show their films and do some networking.
It has different categories for competition open for high school and university students (in Mexico) and international filmmakers. In addition, it has two international film exhibitis, one for gender and sexual diversity and one for long feature films.
You can find more info in cchfilmfest.com
The Caracas Film Criticism Festival is conceived as a space to reflect and reward the expression of significance of film criticism in various national and international works. From In this way, it seeks to encourage, promote and disseminate Venezuelan cinema, as well as the analysis depth of the cinema made in Venezuela in comparison with the international cinema awarded in the festivals in Berlin, Cannes, Locarno, San Sebastián and Venice.
The Caracas Film Critics Festival is designed as a space for reflection which aims to reward the best national and international works, according to the standards of film criticism.
In this way, we seek to carry out an in-depth analysis of the cinema made in Venezuela and abroad.
Of it, as well as encourage, promote and disseminate the cinematographic act. From a point of view external, thanks to the participation of foreign collaborators.
Submissions now open for Fringe Flicks:
Season 4 – a quarterly, underground cinema series in Liverpool curated by People Versus TV (PVTV). We’re looking for short films that embrace the strange, the satirical, the surreal, and the subversive.
Whether you’re an outsider artist or a polished provocateur, we want your work — especially if it’s funny, furious, anarchic, unconventional, absurd, or just plain weird.
What We’re Looking For
We welcome submissions from filmmakers, video artists, and hybrid creators working in:
- Experimental cinema
- Surreal, absurdist, and dreamlike shorts
- Political and social satire (especially that punches up)
- DIY, lo-fi, or formally inventive filmmaking
- Narratives that challenge norms or twist expectations
We don’t care if your camera’s cheap — we care that your vision is bold.
Why Submit to Fringe Flicks?
Fringe Flicks champions short films that don’t fit the mainstream festival mould. We screen to real, engaged audiences in Liverpool’s underground arts scene, and we value imagination over polish. Our screenings are social, low-pressure, and focused on creative exchange.
On top of all that, our Audience Choice Award that now includes a free DCP for future work, thanks to The DCP Works. Whether you're a DIY filmmaker, emerging artist, or experimental veteran, this is a space for cinema that bites, glitches, provokes and delights.
Who Can Submit?
We welcome submissions from anyone, anywhere — regardless of background, training, or budget. We especially value voices that aren’t often heard in mainstream film spaces, but most of all we’re looking for imaginative stories told in distinctive ways. Tell the stories you want to tell, in the way only you can.
Screening Details
Selected films will screen at:
- Fringe Flicks: Season 4
- Hosted at DoES Liverpool (The Tapestry, 68–76 Kempston St, L3 8HL)
- Pay What You Can, not-for-profit events
- Dates: Friday 15 May, September, and November 2026
Each event includes a curated mix of experimental shorts across two halves, with an intermission, refreshments and community atmosphere. The bar stays open after the screenings, providing an excellent opportunity for filmmakers and audience members to connect, network, and share their thoughts.
How to Submit
Submissions are open exclusively on Festhome.
Contact Information:
For questions, please email us at peopleversustv@gmail.com.
We can’t wait to see your work and celebrate all things unconventional, surreal, and creative with you at Fringe Flicks!
The You Are the Judge Web3 International Film Festival, brought to you by the creators of WTe, the Web3 film-watching and trading platform, redefines the festival experience by letting audiences decide the winners with NFT Festival Passes.
With the motto "You are the judge, everyone is a judge," we democratize film selection, focusing on Drama, Horror, Action, and Erotica. Our goal is to find films that blend artistic expression with commercial potential, fostering a community-driven environment using Web3 technology.
Award winners receive prize money in USDT on a specified blockchain, along with free international distribution services. We promote the winning films globally, returning the distribution revenue directly to filmmakers. We believe in the commercial value of films selected by our audience.
Join over 500 filmmakers and 3,000 film fans from 50+ countries for a unique mix of screenings, Q&A sessions, and discussions.
You Are the Judge Web3 International Film Festival is not just a celebration of cinema; it's a pioneering event at the intersection of creativity, technology, and community, embracing the decentralized future of the film industry.
Save the dates for our highly anticipated 7th edition, set against the backdrop of Beijing, China, from December 27th to 29th, 2025. We welcome submissions across four categories: Drama (short & feature), Action (short & feature), Horror (short & feature), and Erotica (short only).
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"你是评委"Web3国际影展由WTe发起创办，通过大众评审现场投票确定获奖影片，把内容"好坏"的定义权交给观众。"你是评委"影展立足大众视角，推崇观众热爱，致力于把兼顾艺术表达与商业价值的电影短片作品推向国际市场。
电影节将为大众评选出的优胜影片提供国际宣传发行服务，投票观众可在一定程度上参与获奖影片发行分成。
第七届电影节将于12月27-29日在北京举办。
The Canadian Independent Film Festival (CIFF) is an independent festival born in Canada, the land of diversity.
The vision of the CIFF is to establish Montreal as a center for local and international filmmakers to share global perspectives as well as independent thoughts to a large audience through film.
The mission of the CIFF is to promote independent film culture and encourage its development along side with empowering minorities.
No Premiere Status is required.
The Ciné-Beyrouth Festival is an annual festival dedicated to Oriental cinema and Lebanese international society.
The Ciné-Beyrouth Film Festival aims at challenging filmmakers through short films fiction and documentary.
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The 14th 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.
The FiCSor main objective to contribute to the struggle for recognition of the social, cultural and linguistic rights of the Deaf community. In this connection, we believe that this artistic event is an excellent opportunity to raise awareness of the cultural, linguistic, social and anthropological perspective of Deaf people.
The International Unseen Film Festival 'Social Films' from Bilbao (Basque Country, Spain) is organized by Kultura, Communication y Desarrollo KCD NGOD; Organization dedicated to promoting a human, intercultural, equitable and sustainable development through Communication and Culture.
The International Unseen Film Festival 'Social Films' from Bilbao is an annual celebration dedicated to show a cinema full of diversity and social commitment, a cinema that is usually excluded from commercial screens.
The Festival is centered on four major themes: Sustainable Development, Human Rights, Interculturality and Gender Equity.
With its continuous work, it has become an indispensable appointment for all those interested in communication for development and social transformation.
The Festival is also a recognition of all people who make a communication that allows to reflect through their audiovisual works all those different causes and problems of humanity.
Montenegrian Online Smartphone International Film Festival (MOSIFF) organisers are pleased to invite all filmmakers, entertainers, creative industry stakeholders, movie lovers and smartphone users to the prestigious festival.
MOSIFF provides new emerging film makers an international platform to showcase ideas, talents and creativity irrespective of the budget.
Encouraging professionals, amateurs and aspiring film makers to share their stories shot on a smartphones, tablets, and webcams to be screen on the big screen.
The Crevillent Short Film Festival, organized by the Creadores de Crevillent Association and the Hon. City Council of Crevillent, announces the guidelines for competing for the awards of its fifth edition, to be held on June 6 and 7, 2025.
The aim of the competition is to promote short films. Culture is considered a source of wealth, and in this sense, fostering local cultural offerings also contributes to the economic and local development of our municipality. In this fifth edition, the goal is also to continue encouraging the creation of short films within the local category, showcasing the municipality's culture and further enriching the cultural scene.
The ZAFIC Festival 2025 call will have 6 lines of development that will be called "Capsules", which will be aimed at 5 different industries with the objective of articulating Cinematography and audiovisual, with new creators and cultural managers.
The capsules that will be developed in the call are:
1. Cinematographic capsule.
2. Musical capsule.
3. Literary capsule.
4. gastronomic capsule.
5. Dance capsule.
6. Cápsula Market Fest
Similarly, different categories detail in each capsule that detail diverse interests, genres and creation formats, as well as their requirements and who can take part.
These projects can come from any country or region, and must be originally developed, subtitled or folded to the Spanish language.
