CORE International Film Festival is an event dedicated to finding the coolest short films out in the world. We're set on selecting short films that make us say "wow" and giving others a chance to see this incredible content for themselves. We're a collective of filmmakers working in the industry, and we're looking to expand our network with you! To give you a chance to screen your work with us, and network to form a connection within the film industry for yourself.
With that, we've also officially partnered with SMG Media, which will allow all of our curated short films to be eligible for a distribution deal. In short, this partnership is designed to help filmmakers earn revenue through short film distribution with Shami Media Group, if they're interested.
Our main goal is to shed light onto creations that deserve it, and to form connections between cool creators in the film world. We want independent filmmakers to get some of the recognition that they deserve. We want to bring you new opportunities to find like-minded individuals to enjoy your work, and potentially work with professionally in the future.
Officially selected films will be added to the CORE Featured Creators Catalog, where they will hold a permanent place to celebrate their achievement in excellence forever.
With that, of course, the selected films will be screened live at the Boston Premiere for the CORE International Film Festival 2020. The screening night will be a formal networking mixer followed by the official premiere and awards ceremony.
The CORE International Film Festival selections will be judged and decided on by experienced, award-winning independent filmmakers working in the industry. With that, the screening will have industry guest speakers in attendance to present awards to our filmmakers. So whether you're officially selected or not, the festival will be a blast all around!
The mission of the International Nature Film Festival is to raise the awareness of the public regarding to the protection and conservation of biological diversity, natural resources, values and beauties of the world with a special emphasis on Europe and the Carpathian Basin through the display of films connected to the topic. The festival brings a good opportunity for filmmakers, professionals and the public to meet and initiate conversation on these important issues through different meetings and conferences within the framework of the event and to enjoy nature films at the same time.
Within the framework of the 2019 Festival two different Film Reviews will be organized.
1. INTERNATIONAL FILM REVIEW
Categories:
Nature Films (films introducing our natural resources, wildlife, landscapes and the changes)
Documentaries on nature protection and conservation (films introducing the themes of biological diversity, the effects of climate change and people who protect the environment and live in harmony with nature)
television productions/ independent films
short films, videos, independent short films (max. 26 minutes)
Scientific documentaries (educational documentary films, the role of science in the protection of natural resources, in the adaptation of man, opportunities and ideas that nature provides to scientists)
Travelogues and expedition documentaries (the adventure that must be seen, “know your world” documentary films)
Animations (focusing on nature conservation and protection and ecological footprint)
2. CARPATHIAN BASIN FILM REVIEW
Categories:
Natural resources and the heritage of the Carpathian Basin (the Carpathian Basin is one of Europe's special climatic and geological place with a wealth of treasures and values. Protecting and preserving them is a very important mission.)
Nature films
Documentaries
Cultural values (rural life, life in the countryside, traditions)
The motto of the festival is: "By humanism to peace and friendship". It is held every two years. Bulgarian Red Cross is the main organiser of the forum.
It has a growing importance as a powerful tool for the dissemination of humanitarian and cultural values through cinema. The Festival is traditionally attended by the most senior leaders of the international Red Cross organisations. The International Committee of the Red Cross, the League (now Federation) of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the World Health Organisation, UNESCO, SIDALC, the Association of Film Producers, Association of Film Distributors, the International Organisation of Film Critics, National cinematographies and film production houses.
The Barcelona Olympic Foundation, with the support of the Barcelona City Council, organizes the BCN Sports Film 2025 – 15th BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL FICTS FESTIVAL and forms part of the WORLD FICTS CHALLENGE 2025.
The BCN Sports Film 2025 will be held in Barcelona from 17th to 25th February 2025. This fifteenth edition of the Festival will have a competitive nature.
The fifteenth edition of the festival will have a hybrid format so, there will be face-to-face screenings and online screenings. The rights that the authors assign, therefore, are both for the face-to-face sessions that are held in the official venues of the contest, as well as for the sessions that will be held online through an online platform.
These Rules & Regulations have been approved by the BCN Sports Film 2025 Organising Committee. Your taking part in BCN Sports Film 2025 implies the total acceptance of these regulations.
We are a platform for the exchange of ideas between young filmmakers and seasoned members of the film industry. A source of energy to promote the exhibition, learning and development of the film industry in the southern region of Veracruz.
The 8th Kinodot Experimental Film Festival
Kinodot Competition
Kinodot competition includes only one category: Experimental films. There is no genre, topic or length restrictions.
Award
Kinodot Jury Prize for the best experimental film.
The winner of Kinodot competition is decided by professional international jury.
Screening Fees
Starting from 2020 we have canceled the cash prize. Instead all films selected for Kinodot competition are now offered the screening fee of $40. For us it's a way to express our support and appreciation to the filmmakers, whose work we admire.
Submission and Other Terms
The festival will take place in St. Petersburg in the second half of May 2020 (the exact dates will be announced in January). Experimental films of any length, finished not earlier than 15.01.2018 can be submitted.
The deadline for applying to Kinodot competition is February 28. The entry fee is $10. Kinodot is an independent festival (so far, knock on wood) and the submission fees are our only source of funding.
By submitting the film to Kinodot Competition the copyright owners agree that, if selected, the film will be screened up to 4 times during the festival and up to 2 more times in the next two years during non-commercial promotional Kinodot screenings.
You can submit your film to Kinodot at Festhome.
The History
Kinodot was launched in 2012 as online minimalist short film festival at kinodot.com. In time the project has developed into independent international experimental film festival with live screenings in movie theaters and unconventional venues in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Originally films submitted to Kinodot had to match at least one of the four selection criteria*:
No Money - films made without a budget;
No Mumbling - films without dialogue or narration;
No Music - films without a music score;
No Montage - films made without editing, i.e. filmed in one shot.
*It’s no longer a requirement, rather a tribute to tradition. Yet in general we still give preference to minimalist films.
Kinodot was created to support and distribute new experimental films, and to inspire filmmakers to experiment in their own way. We promote freedom of ideas, formalism, simplicity and self-restriction as oppose to the secondary film production and self-censorship of high budget festivals. We believe that a great film can be created with very basic means, without special education or expensive equipment. We also believe that creating and following a strict set of formal rules can have a liberating effect on every artist.
Film and Cultural Association of nonprofit "LABORATORIO DEI SOGNI", organizes in 2019, the 9th edition of the competition "KALAT NISSA FILM FESTIVAL" in CALTANISSETTA [Sicily].
The festival is aimed at directors and to Italian and foreign Filmmakers, to schools, associations and companies that have produced short films.
In order to enhance, promote and spread the short film as a particularly good form of expression and the current social and cultural level; to develop the potential of the artistic languages of the new media; to respond to the cultural growth of the young emerging filmmakers, the festival follows the logic of giving the greatest possible visibility to short films that will come.
A jury will select them for various events and screenings. Photographic exhibitions, meetings with personalities from the world of cinema and various events will host the event.
For the sixth consecutive year, thanks to the collaboration between KALAT NISSA FILM FESTIVAL and the CESMA - THEMATIC GROUP FOR SONORA CINEMATOGRAPHY, the prestigious one was established:
BEST SOUND PRIZE 2019 CESMA - Lambda
http://www.cesma.ch/bsp
http://www.audiolambda.com/home/
The International “Festival International du Film Panafricain” (FIFP) in Cannes is a platform that exhibits cinema and its professions, arts and entrepreneurship, as well as innovation, culture and events.
The FIFP was created and founded by Mr. Eitel Basile NGANGUE EBELLE and the “Association Nord Sud Développement, agréée jeunesse et Education Populaire Ministère de la santé, de la jeunesse et des sports n° 06514”.
As a driving force behind the PanAfrican Cinema and Arts industry, the Festival is constantly seeking specific solutions for the development of PanAfrican Cinema and Arts.
With a booming Pan-African market (from Africa to the Americas through the Caribbean, Europe and Asia), the Festival benefits from expertise in the development of cinema and Fashion as well as the development of cultural affairs.
Since its creation in 2006, the DIKALO AWARDS (meaning « message » in the Cameroonian language Douala) has been awarded by a professional jury for the best short and feature films (fiction), the best long and short documentaries, the Dikalos Peace Award, as well as the best actor and actress awards.
The FIFP is a felt moment. It is a unique experience where PanAfrican cinema and African cultures and those of its diaspora around the world are the central focus. An exceptional energy is felt.
Since 2018, the FIFP in Cannes has included along with its projections, a market: the Entrepreneurship Salon for Culture and Well-Being. The objective is to enhance the economy of PanAfrican cinema.
A few years from now, the market which features pan-African arts will generate considerable sums. « Tomorrow is now ». This enormous potential must be brought forward into the light.
Such an “active dream” is an ideal that has made Africans and their diaspora what it is today. This was Mandela’s and Obama’s vehicle, as well as many others…
Pan-Africanism is an aggregate of universalism. It contains all of the lights, those of ancient Egypt and those of the future. In short, a constant beauty.
KYIV INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (#KISFF) is largest short film festival in Ukraine.
The widest panorama of contemporary short films, classical and latest achievements of Ukrainian cinema, special events, and world premieres, educational and professional sections — all in our five-day marathon in the city center.
It’s a happening for those who are fond of real cinema – the most important art for us!
The Sicilia Queer filmfest – International New Visions Festival is a project whose aim is to promote the cinematographic culture and the fight against social discrimination, and to protect and sustain the culture of diversity through the promotion of non-compliant movies, exploring horizons in search of a new perspective towards the cinema of the future. The festival intends to promote young actors, emerging and independent cinematography, new forms of expression connected to the experimentation and innovation of traditional and non-traditional languages.
Live Entertainment, LLC, Russia in co-operation with EVENT FILM, Canada proudly present an annual festival event – International Horror, Action and Fantastic Film Festival & Awards "DROP".
The festival is being annually held in the city of Moscow since the year 2011 and contains 4 events:
- opening screening
- closing awards ceremony
- master-class and Q&A with movie stars
- film festival competition program screenings in cinema theatres
The Awards ceremony takes place in a big concert venue (changing every year) and consists of the show program and the ceremony of granting awards which is divided into the following jury voting categories:
- awards granted to local film distribution companies for the blockbusters screened in cinema theatres of Russia in the reported year;
- awards granted to young directors and producers as competition program. The category is called “Hope for Survival”;
- awards granted to World stars for the contribution to horror genre
The Awards ceremony is always visited and recorded by a large number of mass media.
The Master-class is a so-called Q&A horror convention held in a cinema theatre in a form of a question-answer session between the star guests of the festival and the audience + autograph session. The event usually ends with a premier film screening.
The festival program is a week non-stop screening of new movies in several Moscow cinema theatres. The films-participants of the competition program are being selected by the festival’s jury. Submissions are being analysed and accepted by the festival's organization committee during the whole year.
The festival's schedule usually also contains a pre-party and an after-party arranged for the honored guests and winners.
The TV version of the festival is televised by Tricolor TV platform.
The festival specializes in all sub-genres of horror and action film industry, i.e.: cartoon horror, comedy horror, psychological thriller, trash horror, zombie horror, giallo, slasher, suspense, detective, action, fantasy, sci-fi etc. Starting from the year 2013 the festival also specializes in survival horror video games sphere.
The festival is annually visited in person by World-known honored guests. The previous years’ guests were: Eric Roberts, Stuart Gordon and Bryan Yuzna, Jodelle Ferland, Costas Mandyllor & Tobin Bell, Lloyd Kaufman, Akira Yamaoka, Marco Ristori and Luca Boni, Preity Uupala, Yeppe Laursen, Silje Reinaamo, Daniel Licht, A.J. Annila, Leonid Kuravlev, Igor Zhizhikin, Oliver Robins, Corbin Bernsen, Lauren Esposito, John Kassir, James Russell, Mick Garris, Shawn Hall, Liesl Ahlers, Kyle Catlett, Lina Leandersson, Richard Cutting, Helen Crevel, Javier Botet, SWERY, Adnan Koc, Naomi Grossman & Ben Wolf, Sergio Stivaletti
...and many others
A great number of star winners also annually send their exclusive video messages which are being screened during the ceremony.
A more detailed information about the festival can be found on the English version of our web site, on Wikipedia and in social media.
The Universe Multicultural Film Festival seeks to bring to the best of classic and contemporary filmmaking from the world; Committed to enlightening the public with a unique international film program, a forum for cultural understanding and enriching educational opportunities. The Festival focuses on showcasing diverse cultural and heritages films, supports the creation and advancement of innovative and artistic cinematic works of both emerging and seasoned filmmakers and proudly embraces the passion, independent spirit and vision of these talented artists. With the integration of the local community and educational institutions into all aspects of the Festival, the Festival stimulates an interest in the study and appreciation of film and encourages people of all ages and background to participate and share the harmony universe.
MADTerrorFest was created with the purpose of covering the vacuum that exists in Madrid regarding the genres of fantasy films and terror concerns.
There is lot of talent already discovered and above all to be discovered. So we have proposed to dig up all that potential and make it available for the lovers of this type of film, which we tell us of course.
We want to do a festival of short films that gradually give rise to the International Film Festival of horror and fantastic of Madrid, and become a reference within the national and international scene.
And of course we want you enjoy it as much as we do to prepare it.
Or better yet, that you may suffer uncompromising hitting boats like maniacs in your seat; We know that you love.
Segunda edición del Festival de Cine en Corto Ciudad de Vera.
La SECCIÓN OFICIAL del II Festival de Cine en Corto Ciudad de Vera está dirigida a los cortometrajes de ficción. Puede participar cualquier director/a nacional e internacional. Uno de los requisitos es que la duración no exceda de 20 minutos y que, si el idioma original del cortometraje no es el español, este sea subtitulado al mismo.
El concurso CORTO EN 48 HORAS BAYRA, que se realizará entre el 29 y 31 de marzo de 2019, será una de la actividades que envolverá a la ciudad en esa sensación de vivir un rodaje de cine. El día 29 de marzo se hará público el tema del concurso y el día 31 de marzo será el límite para entregar los cortometrajes realizados.
The Addis International Film Festival (AIFF) is an annual film festival created by Initiative Africa in 2007 and held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The festival is the largest independent documentary cinema festival in Africa and it was established as a unique initiative seeking to use the power of documentary films to support innovative ways of creating awareness on social issues.
The festival is a celebratory and educational event showcasing a carefully curated selection of films from both seasoned and emerging filmmakers addressing a wide range of themes such as peace building, inequality, women empowerment, children's rights, and much more.
The 18th Edition of the Addis International Film Festival (AIFF). As Ethiopia's established social activist, Initiative Africa will be hosting a five-day documentary film festival starting May 15th to May 19th, 2024, bringing more than 30 local and international movies, under the themes of Action for Peace, Security, and Reconciliation, Gender Equality and Inclusivity, Food and Environmental Security, and Health Care which will be taking place at the Alliance Ethio-Française, Hager Fikir Theater, Goethe-Institut Äthiopien and Italian Cultural institute in Addis Ababa.
The audience of the festival are mostly the youth and educated community who have the courage to change their society. We screen the films for free with no payment required for entrance.
FEST - NDNFF #21
21st of June - 29th of 2025 | Espinho, Portugal
FEST – New Directors | New Films Festival is an all-encompassing celebration of the new tendencies of world cinema. The event focuses on a competitive and non-competitive showcase of the most promising new figures and works from around the globe.
The 21st edition of the festival will take place between the 21st of June and the 29 June 2025, in the seaside town of Espinho (Portugal).
The selection is divided into several categories which include Feature Film and Short Film competitions in the Fiction, Documentary, Animation, Experimental Non-Narrative formats, as well as content adequate for children and teenagers. The event also includes non-competitive sections that range from retrospectives to showcases that can be Shorts, Features or Series.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
We are accepting films under the following formats:
A) Fiction and Non-Fiction feature films (minimum length is 55 minutes) from directors who are on their first or second feature-length project, regardless of age.
B) Fiction, Documentary, Animation, and Experimental Short films (up to 54 minutes of duration) from directors who have completed no more than two feature films, regardless of age.
C) Fiction, Documentary, Animation, and Experimental Series (up to 55 minutes of duration) from directors who have completed no more than two feature films, regardless of age.
Candidates must choose one of the available submission categories. Do not worry if your film fits different categories (Ie: Hybrid productions), as all submissions will be considered for the different competitions. If your film is also eligible for the NEXXT competition (focused on academic productions) but you wish the film to be considered for all other competitions please mention in the comment section of the submission the academic institution where the film was produced. If you have any doubts at all please do not hesitate to contact us at films@fest.pt.
Throughout the years' FEST has selected for its feature film competitions films such as Celine Song’s “Past lives”; Ainhoa Rodríguez´s "Mighty Flash"; Teodora Mihai´s “The Civilian”; Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid with "Enforcement"; Julie Lecoustre, Emmanuel Marre´s “Zero Fucks Given”; P.S. Vinothraj “Pebbles”; Eugen Jebeleanu´s “Poppy field”; and Valdimar Jóhannsson´s “Lamb”, all of this on the fiction side, then in the Documentary side, Karima Saidi´s "A way Home", Michał Edelman´s "Last Knights Of The Right Side", Franz Böhm´s "Dear Future Children" among many others.
FEST’s Short Film sections are known for its wide variety of styles and filmic visions, having been throughout the years a platform for the launch of new artists such as Govinda Van Maele (Luxembourg), Christos Massalas (Greece), Mati Diop (France), Adriano Valerio (Italy), Patrick Vollrath (Germany), Ninja Thyberg (Sweden), Manuel Abramovich (Argentina), Daria Belova (Russia), Simon Mésa Soto (Colombia), Aga Woszczynska (Poland), Jela Hasler (Switzerland), as well as hundreds of other up-and-coming filmmakers.
FEST also includes a series of other activities that run parallel to the festival, in particular, FEST – Training Ground (one of Europe’s largest film forums) and FEST – Pitching Forum (film project competition), and others. For more information please visit our website at www.fest.pt
One more year we are excited to bring you the 21st Radio City International Short Film Festival. Our festival gathers local, national and international films which will be projected in large-screen and accessible to everyone.
The 21st edition of the Festival will take place from April 20 to May 13 in Valencia.
CALL FOR ENTRIES
WE CARE Film Festival on disability issues
(wecarefilmfest14@gmail.com)
Deadline: 30 NOVEMBER 2024
13 JANUARY 2024
Sub: Submit your film on disability issues
Dear Sir/Madam,
Building of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, RPD Act and the National Trust Act, BROTHERHOOD, is hereby inviting short films and documentaries on disability issues from worldwide filmmakers for the 20th edition of the WE CARE Film Festival scheduled from 13-18 January 2025 at INOX, Goa.
The WE CARE Film Festival aims to raise awareness about disability issues, dispel misconceptions and prejudices about persons with disabilities, and drive attitudinal and behavioural change.
We hereby invite you to submit your short films, documentaries, or feature films (within four categories: up to 5, 30, 60, and 120 minutes) to the Film Festival.
Themes of the short film and documentaries on benchmark disabilities as per RPD Act 2016 and UNCRPD
1. Inclusive/special education practices and/or models
2. Experiences of persons with disabilities in pursuing education
2. Livelihood/Income-generating initiatives for and/or by persons with disabilities
4. Independent living models of persons with disabilities
5. Accessible and barrier-free environment - success stories and initiatives
6. Musical video showing persons with disabilities
7. Sportspersons with disabilities - their triumph and success stories
8. Showing extra-ordinary talents/abilities of persons with disabilities
9. Assistive technologies and artificial intelligence being used by persons with disability in all spheres of their lives and their impact in education, employment, mobility etc.
10. Innovation in education, health, employment, accessibilities, entertainment for persons with disabilities
12. Initiatives aimed at creating awareness of various disability issues
13. Rehabilitation of persons with disabilities
14. Sustainable development models for the welfare of persons with disabilities on any issue
15. Overcome Mental Health / Psychological issues among persons with disabilities and their families
16. Impact of Central/State Government schemes/initiatives among persons with disabilities
PARTICIPATORY RATING PROCESS
A preview committee will select the final films to be screened. The last date for receiving the entries is 30 NOVEMBER 2024.
The organizers encourage all filmmakers (with or without any impairment) to produce audio-visual content that complies with all accessibility standards and guidelines. To be considered for screening at the We Care Film Festival, all films should contain captions and subtitles in English. Filmmakers are also requested to make films with audio descriptions.
For further information and complete guidelines, please refer to the enclosed WE CARE Film Fest documents:
• Submission Requirements
• Entry Form
• Undertaking by the Filmmaker
Awards & Prizes
