The FICCIONS DE CIÈNCIA festival aims to promote dialogue between science and society. With an interdisciplinary approach, it highlights cinematic works that explore science from diverse perspectives, including its social, ethical, and emotional implications, as well as its connection to fields such as art, health, and culture. The festival seeks to foster public debate on the scientific and technological challenges of our time and to emphasize the role of science in culture, showcasing how it can inspire narratives in both fiction and documentary formats that bring science closer to the public.
Furthermore, during the first edition of "Ficcions de Ciència," there will be a thematic section dedicated to mental health. This section aims to address one of the most urgent and complex issues of our time: emotional and mental well-being in a scientifically and technologically advanced but socially challenging world.
The section will feature short films (both fiction and documentaries) that delve into topics such as the science behind mental disorders and their understanding, mental health in relation to society and social inequalities, and the impact of scientific research on personal and collective narratives.
Through this approach, the section seeks not only to raise public awareness about the importance of mental health but also to provide a space for reflection on how science can help us understand and tackle these challenges.
Il Concorso ART JUKEBOX è aperto a registi, case di produzione, enti, società e associazioni legate al mondo della musica. Il Festival si terrà a Bergamo e Seriate (BG) dal 18 al 21 giugno 2025.
Possono essere inviati documentari, cortometraggi, lungometraggi, fiction, film d’animazione, videoclip e opere d’ingegno prodotte dopo il 2020.
Saranno valutate e premiate opere cinematografiche dedicate alla musica in tutte le sue declinazioni.
“ART Jukebox” è operativamente inserito nell’organizzazione della “Festa Europea della Musica - Città di Bergamo” del prossimo giugno 2025.
Ogni regista/produttore può partecipare al Concorso iscrivendo uno o più film.
La partecipazione al Concorso è gratuita.
Scadenza bando: 15 aprile 2025.
We are excited to announce the first open call for short films based on celluloid film with no boundaries on genre. Experimentations, found footage, archive's creative use and mixed media are welcome, as well as any language that challenges the orthodoxy.
AdriatiKino is a screening organized by local filmmakers in collaboration with Luma Experimental Film Lab and Teatro Nuovo di Capodarco in Fermo (Italy), close to the Adriatic Sea. Inspired by its historical spirit of connecting cultures, Adriatikino aims to be an encounter to nourish a film lover community, to promote interchange between filmmakers and film lovers, as well as to spread analog film practices.
The event includes screenings and workshops. The movie theater Teatro Nuovo di Capodarco is the main venue for an open air digital screening (inside screening if raining) where there will also be an informal dinner.
Luma experimental Film Lab is a second venue for an analog projection (Super 8 and/or 16 mm) and a film workshop promoting dark room experience.
We are seeking short films that use celluloid film, no longer than 15 min, and should be submitted digitally with a link to an online screener.
Screening dates: 29 - 31 May 2025
Venues: Cortile Clareni at Nuovo Teatro di
Capodarco, Capodarco di Fermo (FM), Italy
Luma Experimental Film Lab, Fermo (FM), Italy
FRAME Film Festival es un festival de cortometrajes itinerante, sin una única ubicación, que se celebrará en la provincia de Tarragona.
El FRAME Film Festival consta de dos fases.
• FASE CLASIFICATORIA
• FASE FINAL
El objetivo principal es difundir y promover la cinematografía en general y el cortometraje en particular, apoyando a las directoras y los directores de cortometrajes y creando un espacio donde puedan dar a conocer sus trabajos.
Pero sobre todo trabajamos para que las y los cineastas se sientan acogidos y vivan la experiencia de visitarnos cómo si estuvieran en familia. LA GRAN FAMILIA DEL CORTOMETRAJE!
Otro motivo es ampliar la oferta de acontecimientos culturales para hacer llegar el cortometraje a a poblaciones que no tengan la oportunidad de disfrutar de nuestro cine en formato CORTO.
En el FRAME Film Festival queremos darle al público que sigue y disfruta los cortometrajes, la oportunidad de decidir sobre la selección de las películas que pasarán a la FASE FINAL para recibir los premios TALENTO FRAME.
Third edition of the Rural and Mountain Festival of Cervera de Pisuerga.
This festival was born out of the need to give visibility to rural and mountain works. To value the natural environment from a rural, ethnographic, sporting and heritage value point of view.
Experience the spine-chilling allure of the Darkness Con Film Festival! Immerse yourself in a captivating fusion of Haunts, Horror, and Pop Culture. Sign up now for a cinematic journey that will send shivers down your spine and awaken your darkest senses. Don't miss out on the ultimate celebration of all things eerie and entertaining!
We are a small festival that started with the sole objective of supporting and disseminating the many short films that are created year after year all over the world. To support new and not so new authors.
We are a group of film fanatics and our festival is not for profit but to enjoy and have a good time, that's why we have chosen Humour, Comedy and Smile as the genre to take the reins of our adventure. This is our first edition, we hope there will be many more.
Me Mondo Fest. seeks to share audiovisual creation in short film format with as many people as possible and to support the short film as a form of creativity in itself and not just as a means to reach feature films.
We seek to bring film screenings and audiovisual art closer to the general public by trying to move away from the usual cinemas and venues for this medium. Taking the projectors out of the cinemas and placing the moving image in different environments that provide a different way of assimilating the works.
AnimArte is an international festival of animated films made by children and youth, and made for children and youth.
The AnimArte Festival is just for Animated Short Films!
The maximum duration of each film is 15 minutes.
In 2025 will be held the 18th edition of AnimArte and the festival will take place in October!
For International Students (students from around the world), there are two competitive categories (only for animated short films): Maxi (18 years or over) and Mini (under 18 years).
For International Professionals there are two categories: "Environmental films", and "World Cultures" .
The selected animations will be projected following the program prepared by the Festival's organization board.
If the film has dialogues in language other than Portuguese, it will be necessary the sending of a text file with the dialogues of the film in English (if possible, with the time code) to the email: animarte@vouanimarte.com.br.
A version of the film with English subtitles is welcome to facilitate the work of translation and subtitling for the Portuguese, but the version that will be shown at the festival must be submitted without subtitles.
There are also 2 exclusive categories (only for Animated short films) just for students who are enrolled in educational institutions in Brazil: Maxi (University Students) and Mini (High School Students, and Students of Elementary Education).
Welcome to the 16th Cinefantasy!
We created CINEFANTASY – INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL to encourage, discuss, and promote fantastic cinema and its universe. Over fifteen editions, we have presented 1,500 films, held more than 100 educational activities, received 8,000 film submissions, and attracted an audience of over 90,000 people.
Now, in 2025, the 16th CINEFANTASY arrives in São Paulo from September 2 to 7, bringing a vibrant program with competitive screenings, special exhibitions, and immersive experiences for all genre lovers.
Come be enchanted, surprised, and celebrate this magical and extraordinary universe with us!
The XI edition of the Guayaquil International Film Festival will be celebrated in from july 30th – august 6th, 2025 from the city of Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador. With screenings in theatres and workshops, forums, and master classes. The biggest filmmaking experience in town.
After the success of the last edition in 2024, the Nazra Palestine Short Film Festival is back!
2024 marked a year of global mobilization and renewed focus on Palestine, and, to date, the task of spreading and amplifying Palestinian stories and culture so that they can reach an audience as wide as possible continues to prove essential.
After eight years of cultural engagement, in 2024 the works supported by Nazra were hosted in more than 50 cities, thanks to the support of local associations and partners who decided to adopt the films and bring them to their communities. In some cases, Nazra even managed to host the filmmakers during screening events, thus shortening the distance between Palestine and Italy.
In 2025 Nazra intends to continue its mission by deepening its roots in local communities and remaining committed to creating opportunities for Palestinian voices and stories to be heard.
It is therefore with enthusiasm that we announce the 2025 call for submissions of short works from and about Palestine.
The eligibility requirements remain unchanged from previous editions: works can be by Palestinian and non-Palestinian authors but must focus on the theme of Palestine. For the 2025 edition, works produced in 2019 or later will be accepted, with a maximum length of 30 minutes. All works must have English subtitles.
Taking into account the period in which we all live and the current circumstances in Palestine, the four categories established last year are confirmed for this edition:
Fiction, Documentaries, Experimental Works and the category Gaze on Gaza, created to contain reports shot during the genocidal war currently underway on the Strip and the West Bank, where ‘Gaza’ serves as a symbol for the entire Palestine archipelago.
Works can be submitted up to April 15, 2025.
Go to https://nazrafilmfestival.com/call-2025/ for more info.
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.
Mecal Pro, the Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival, will celebrate its 27th edition. The long history of MECAL PRO has consolidated it as one of the most important short film festivals in Europe and the world, thus receiving the support of local, national and international institutions. We have screened in 2024 more than 300 short films in 29 sections that we program.
Mecal is strongly committed to promoting the exhibition and dissemination of audiovisual creations in the short format, not only with the public, but also in having creators and distributors meet through different activities. Mecal is also devoted to foster emerging talent, by holding events and awards specially aimed at young creators. In this sense, it also works as a short film dissemination network, organising screenings both at a national and an international level, collaborating with festivals, embassies, and institutions around the world.
The first and the most important Freak Festival in Spain. We also accept horror and fantastic film. With an audience of 1.800 people every day from monday to friday and we would love to screen your shortfilms.
The Film Tracks Film Fest wants to be a meeting point between fans of filmic language, propose quality works.
A special prize will go to a short film about the MEDITERRANEAN.
We love Cinema and how we want to spread it.
Film Festival “Seize the Film“ is focus on projections of films related to the topic of disability/at least one actor is disabled person and it has editions in Novi Sad (Serbia), Rijeka (Croatia), and Kotor (Montenegro).
In addition to screenings of films on the topic of disability, the Festival also has accompanying programs and post-production - Film Caravan, which includes screenings in cultural spaces, schools, other festivals and „Seize the film Kids“ - screenings of films suitable for children aged 7-12 (in Serbia).
The 12th Annual Toyama International Film Festival will take place in June of 2025 in Toyama Prefecture. With such great success in previous years, we are excited to once again share the visions of filmmakers from all over the world with our local community in the countryside of Japan.
Submissions will be open until April 14th, 2025.
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The Annual Toyama International Film Festival (TIFF) began in the rural prefecture of Toyama, Japan. Started by a few English teachers in the area, we hoped to reach people not just in Japan, but around the globe.
The first TIFF took place in a small room inside of a shopping center, where about 70 people watched the 10 films we had received. The following year was a tremendous success with over 100 submissions from different countries, quite a step from our first year. The event was held in the city of Toyama at a local independently-owned venue, Bodegas-Mambo with around 80-100 guests coming to view the films. Every year since, we hope to expand even further and provide an even larger venue for participants and the movie-going community in Japan.
Today, with over 3000 submissions each year from countries around the world, TIFF has become a highly-anticipated annual event and a staple of Toyama's international community.
Note: Due to time constraints, we cannot accept films that run over 10 minutes. However, any genre of short film will be considered for exhibition.
