The FINECAA is an animation film festival dedicated to new experiences/ new technologies. It welcomes any animated short film - partially or entirely produced in animation - which will have participated in renewing the cinematographic genre, whether from a technological point of view, in its format, its storytelling, its narrative construction, the production methods or its relation to the public.
The third edition of the CALI HORROR FILM FESTIVAL opens its doors to submit your horror audiovisual material in 2025, following two successful editions in 2023 and 2024.
It's a space where audiovisual filmmakers of the genre can showcase their creations and receive the appropriate recognition, and also where horror fans can enjoy cinema and share experiences related to this genre.
From September 5th to 7th, we will have three days full of short and feature films, audiovisual creation workshops, and an artistic and commercial exhibition focused on horror.
WE'RE GOING ALL OUT THIS YEAR!
PLUM! is an international animated film festival that aims to disseminate and promote the art of animation in its diversity of techniques, voices and stories through the exhibition of works by local artists and from the rest of the world.
We wish to generate a platform for independent animation with an emphasis on those works that expand the visual, conceptual and narrative limits of animated cinema and, at the same time, build a meeting point to promote creativity, exchange and collaboration between artists and the general public.
The two main competitions, one for animated shorts produced in Latin America and those from the rest of the world will complement each other with the other activities organized by the PLUM! festival: retrospectives, special programs, activities for children and adolescents, workshops related to the production of animated content, discussion panels, exhibitions and installations, creation of video games and special screenings with the CineMóvil in other parts of the Calchaquíes Valleys, among others. We seek to give the festival an eco-sustainable profile, diverse and inclusive and generate a close bond of respect, work and cooperation with the different communities that make up the Tafí Valley.
Embark on a cinematic journey with us as we launch the inaugural edition of Decolonizing Frames, a cinematographic review born from a Ph.D. project dedicated to decoloniality, in collaboration with Gomboc and their Ortometraggi Film Festival.
Decolonizing Frames aims to unravel narratives beyond the confines of North-American and European perspectives, celebrating the alternative knowledge and identities of indigenous and native people all over the world.
Nowadays we are living the consequences of colonialism in all its aspects: racism, patriarchy, cultural, economical and political capitalism and hegemony.
Decolonizing Frames seeks to address and dismantle these legacies by shedding light on alternative narratives. Through short films, we aim to disrupt the status quo, encouraging a reevaluation of societal norms and fostering appreciation for diverse knowledge systems and ways of life.
Our goal is to challenge preconceptions and foster appreciation for alternative identities often marginalized as inferior. Through the powerful medium of short films, we encourage producers to showcase the richness of cultures, native languages and ways of living, contributing to a collective understanding of decolonial perspectives. As Freya Schiwy states, “videomakers are then also involved in what might be called a “knowledge revolution”, an effort at decolonizing the mind”.
As the first edition of this cinematographic review, Decolonizing Frames seeks to be a catalyst for meaningful conversations, amplifying voices and narratives that have been historically overlooked. We invite filmmakers to be part of this transformative journey, submitting works that contribute to the discourse on decoloniality and pave the way for future editions of exploration and discovery.
The 1st edition of Decolonizing Frames will be held in 2024 in Turin and Milan. It will premiere in schools participating in the associated Ph.D. project, engaging with students and educators in a multimedial exploration of alternative knowledge. Subsequently, the cinematic review will extend its reach to public spaces in both cities, ensuring broader visibility and encouraging public discourse. In order to enganche the engagement, selected directors will have the opportunity to participate in online interviews, so that they can interact directly with their public and share their visión on decoloniality, fostering a deeper undestanding of the narratives presented in their films.
You have unitil 15 September, 23:59 to submit your short films.
Your short films must intimately explore the core theme of decoloniality: from unconventional agricultural practices to distinct political governance models in indigenous communities, from the intersectionality of identities of marginalized communities to alternative educational systems that prioritize indigenous knowledge, native languages, traditional wisdom and cultural revitalization, thus challenging colonial norms and fostering a deeper understanding of alternative narratives.
The Central University International Film Festival (FICUC) and the Central University film program are once again present to invite students, alumni and the public to the eighth edition of FICUC.
“Finding a possible cinema” will be the vision of the festival during this new edition of the festival. Under this slogan, the festival seeks new visions of cinema, ones that are open to exploration, both aesthetically and thematically, and to that of its production models or schemes. This year the festival seeks to generate encounters with a new national cinema, which moves away from traditional models and proposes an alternative, creative and recursive production.
The eighth edition of FICUC opens the call to all types of national and international short films made during undergraduate, graduate, master's, etc. academic periods. Also, short films made outside of academic periods, but certified by the university of these participants, i.e., creation labs, workshops, etc.
The competition will be divided into four categories: national, international, school and national feature films. Each category will consist of a winning film and an honorable mention, which will be awarded by the juries of each category.
The Festival Internacional de Cine de Oriente (FICO) presents its 17th edition, to be made between the 8th and the 11th of November 2024, in the beautiful town of Concepción, in the Antioquia region of Colombia.
The Festival Internacional de Cine de Oriente in this edition, recognizes the cinematographic production effort both national and international, and its official competition Vitascopio 2024 will be made up of national and international short films to be presented and awarded during the festival.
Under the main theme "Times of Women", will take place our official competition VITASCOPIO 2024, opening its doors to short film productions in fiction, animation and documentary, which will make part of the main short film competition to be screened along the general program throughout our festival, aiming to promote and stimulate the growth of cinema both in a local level as well as an international one.
DA Z DIGITAL ARTS ZURICH is a leading international festival for Digital Arts.
The DA Z Festival invites to its DA Z AWARD competition in the sections of VIDEO/FILM, VIRTUAL REALITY and MIXED REALITY works.
Like the entire festival, the DA Z AWARD expected and promotes excellence in storytelling, execution and critically questioning the digitalization of our society.
Kumar Aadarsh, founder and Ashok Khullar, President, welcome you to the UVT Standalone Film Festival & Awards (UVTsffa). This is a unique kind of film festival for independent filmmakers/content creators where there are no barriers to borders, languages, genres, etc. Based in California, USA, this festival is having an online Award Nomination Festival, live screenings, and Standalone Award Show in Los Angeles.
SFFA is consolidating filmmakers around the world for a wonderful presentation of cinematography and the unveiling of new talents. A committee comprising members from the film industry preview submitted films and select good works of motion pictures for the Award Nomination Festival.
The selected films participate in The Awards nomination Festival which is held for 4 months between Dec-March.
Films screen through this secure server screener where visitors and guests from around the world can witness and vote for the film. On the basis of viewers' choice and votes, films nominated for 42 categories of Awards which screen live in Hollywood and to honor filmmakers, actors, technicians at The UVT Standalone Awards Show in Los Angeles on the Last day of live screenings.
Theatre venue is in the heart of Hollywood. We will screen all nominated films here as well as look forward to create year-round screening, filmmaking, and writing opportunities and to that end we are launching new festivals as part of the UVT Standalone Film Festival & Awards.
UVT SFFA Submissions are for feature narratives, Short films, Shows, Series, documentaries, and animation as even experimental films and music videos.
Open call for filmmakers!
Be part of the 3rd edition of Breaking Walls Dance Films and submit your film now.
Breaking Walls Dance Films (BWDF) is the first Dance Film Festival in Egypt and the Region.
BWDF is an international event showcasing the best in dance film from around the world, which will take place in Cairo, in December 2023. We will host a special program of dance films alongside the festival's various programs of workshops and live performances.
Knowing that the application will be no later than November 5, 2023.
ON THE SIDELINES OF THE FESTIVAL:
- We welcome documentaries and feature films to be shown on the sidelines of the festival, provided that these films are dance-related.
- If the film includes non-English narration, English subtitles are required. English scripts are required for all films.
The Apatzingán International Film Festival invites Mexican and foreign filmmakers to register their cinematographic work for its fourth edition that will take place from February 20 to 23, 2025 in the city of Apatzingán in Michoacán, Mexico; in its different categories of official competition:
fiction feature film
Any national or foreign fiction production with a free theme, whose final production is from october 2023 to 2025, with a duration of more than 90 minutes, may be registered. These productions may be taken into account even if they have been premiered, participated in other festivals or similar, except that they have applied or selected in the third edition of AFIC.
fiction short film
Any national or foreign fiction production with a free theme, whose final production is from october 2023 to 2025, with a duration of one to 31 minutes, may be registered. These productions may be taken into account, even if they have been premiered or participated in other festivals or similar, except that they have applied or selected in the third edition of AFIC.
documentary feature
Any national or foreign documentary production with a free theme, whose final production is from october 2023 to 2025 with a duration greater than ninety minutes, may be registered. Said productions may be taken into account even if they have been premiered or participated in other festivals or similar, except that they have applied or selected in the third edition of AFIC.
documentary short film
Any national or foreign documentary production with a free theme may be registered, whose final finished production is from october 2023 to 2025, with a duration of one to 31 minutes. Said productions may be taken into account even if they have been premiered or participated in other festivals or similar, except that they have applied or selected in the third edition of AFIC.
children's short film
Any national or foreign production of free-themed fiction whose audience is aimed at children, where the final production is from october 2023 to 2025, with a duration of one to forty minutes, may be registered. These productions may be taken into account, even if they have been premiered or participated in other festivals or similar, except that they have applied or selected in the third edition of AFIC.
We are an International Short Film Festival, which works in the Dissemination and promotion of Venezuelan cinematography, Latin American and worldwide in four countries simultaneously;
And of all its cultural scope. Try to show cinematographic works that entertain, but above all, that exert an influence education in children, youth and the general population.
The Universal Movie Awards (UNIMAA) is an annual international reputable Award. The event is based in the Western State of Africa Nigeria.
Our vision is oriental value based on enriching the entertainment industry through the promotion of excellent creative works by Motion Picture practitioners.
The mission of Universal Movie Awards is: "the celebration of professional Excellence in the Global Film/Television Industry." It will also promote the appreciation of Arts and Culture through motion picture arts and sciences around the globe.
UNIMAA also runs a movie academy designated for the development of contemporary talents in the motion picture industry.
This award is founded and established by Hope Obioma Opara in 2020. He is also the President/ CEO of Supple Communications Limited under which the Awards platform is Holden. He is the publisher of Supple Magazine, a film festivals/Awards and culture magazine in Africa. www.supplemagazine.org.
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*
5th WORLD SHORT FILM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024
FESTIVAL START: 09 NOVIEMBRE 2024
FESTIVAL END: 09 NOVIEMBRE 2024
REGISTRATION START: JUNE 16 2024
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 15 2024
NOTIFICATION DATE: OCTOBER 01 2024
DESCRIPTION OF THE FESTIVAL
The CINE MUNDO International Festival has as its sole interest and objective the dissemination of cinema in the short film format. All kinds of productions are accepted, whether professional or amateur, and of any year.
The objective of the Festival is to disseminate and at the same time recover quality short film productions and highlight their values, through a careful selection, to share with the general public in a virtual way and if health conditions allow it, perform functions at the same time face-to-face.
Due to the health characteristics that prevail throughout the world and in the local environment, this festival is online dissemination to be able to carry out the best quality material for people and to avoid their attendance in closed places that can violate your physical health
CINE MUNDO opens its registrations for the official competition 2024, which is its 5th edition, and these are its categories:
- Free category maximum 15 min.
- LGTB category and Gender maximum 15 min.
- TERROR category maximum 15 min.
- FICTION SCIENCE category maximum 15 min.
- ANIMATION Category maximum 15 min.
- THRILLER maximum 15 min.
- ECOLOGY Y ENVIRONMENT maximum 15 min.
- HUMAN RIGHTS maximum 15 min.
- HUMOR AND COMEDY maximum 15 min.
Muestra de Cine Social
Luminiscence.
Presentation
The Social Film Festival organized by Luminiscence Studio since 2013 has no competitive character, our intention is to screen projects with a clear social commitment, bringing the works presented to the public closer so that a link can be created between filmmakers, the public and organizers.
Ibicine Asociación Cinematográfica de Ibiza (IACI) was born out of love for cinema and the island of Ibiza with the firm commitment to provide the island with activities related to cinema as well as a film programme that opens the range of cultural activities on the island to new audiences and thus turn Ibiza into a meeting point for the national and international film sector.
Ibicine, Ibiza Film Festival, is one of the annual activities of IACI, organized by the Association and by the production company Dicho y Hecho Porducciones.
Ibicine is a festival that is committed to emerging national, international and Balearic Island talent, which seeks to enhance emerging filmmakers and generate links with established talents, giving special importance to the short film and its technicians, rewarding by categories the technical and artistic aspects that have a place in these film productions with the Astarté awards. a statuette created and made in Ibiza in honour of the Phoenician goddess who left her mark on the island.
In addition to the Official SOC Short Film Section, the festival also has Parallel Sections, as well as the Official SOL Feature Film Section and the projects in development thanks to the creation of the Ibiza Film Market Project Forum, organized by BIAM (Balearic Islands Audiovisual Market) within the framework of the festival, to promote professional cinema on the island, so that a meeting point is generated with the national and international industry to generate and strengthen relationships within the sector: creators, producers, platforms, buyers, etc.
All these activities come together in Ibiza, a perfect place to disconnect from the routines and stress of the big cities and, in this perfect setting, synergies, new projects and learning take place, closing contracts and thus generating the film industry in an unparalleled environment.
Ibicine has been selected by UNESCO as the representative festival of Spain in the Movie Travel film tourism routes, has received recognition from the Consell d'Eivissa, has been awarded the Business Excellence Award as Best Festival in the Balearic Islands by Acquisition International magazine and Festival of the Year 2023 - Spain by LUXlife magazine.
Since 2022 the Festival has been a collaborator of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain, being part of the list of festivals that qualify for the Goya Awards, in the categories of Fiction, Animation and Documentary, in this 8th edition for the Goya Awards 2026.
In this way, the fiction, animation and documentary short films awarded with the Astarté for best fiction short film and with the Astarté for best documentary short film, will opt directly for nomination for the Goya awards, and those selected in the Official Section of Ibicine will be able to opt to enter the list of qualified for the Goya if they add, along with this selection, six other selections in festivals collaborating with the Academy. ***
To consult the rules of participation in the 39th edition of the Goya Awards
Click on the following link (short films on page 39) : https://www.premiosgoya.com/pdfs/bases-39-premios-goya/
To consult the list of festivals collaborating with the Goya awards:
https://www.premiosgoya.com/pdfs/listado-festivales-39-premios-goya/
In addition, the short film awarded with the Astarté for best fiction short film will be qualified for the Fugaz 2025 awards of Cortoespaña.
Ibicine's selection committee is made up of professionals from the sector from different guilds: editing, directing, scriptwriting, cinematography, acting and production; and works together so that the selection is careful and always responds to the criteria of professional quality, diversity, equality with varied themes and genres, to achieve an annual program that manages to take viewers to enjoy and learn from the seventh art through different stories and perspectives.
The jury of each edition of Ibicine is made up of an average of between five and seven professionals from the film sector, also representatives of the different guilds. The jury is chaired by a professional selected by the board of directors of the Association, who has the power to break the tie in the event of a tie, in addition to attending to the media on behalf of the rest of the jury, it is always made up of a large part of members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain, as well as international members.
Ibicine has been sponsored in each of its editions by the actresses Paz Vega, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, Nadia de Santiago, Inma Cuevas and Michelle Calvó and sponsored, since the first edition, by the actor and comedian Jon Plazaola, who accompanies us in each edition as a lifetime sponsor of the festival.
To date, we have celebrated and recognized the talent of national and international talents, rewarding their film careers with the Astarté de Honor award to: the actress Terele Pávez, the director Isabel Coixet, the Association of Women Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media CIMA, the actor and director Paco León, the actress Yolanda Ramos, the comedian Eva Soriano, the journalist and film disseminator Cayetana Guillén Cuervo, the international producer and screenwriter Axel Kuschevatzky, the co-founder of FILMIN Jaume Ripoll and the international actor Leonardo Sbaraglia.
Ibicine is possible thanks to the support of island institutions such as the Consell d'Eivissa, l'Ajuntament d'Eivissa, l'Ajuntament de Santa Eulària and l'Ajuntament de Sant Antoni de Portmany, as well as that of sponsoring companies, collaborators and the media dissemination of media partners such as IB3, Diario de Ibiza, TEF, Cadena SER and Periódico de Ibiza. It is thanks to them, the passionate team and the volunteers who join every year, that this cultural meeting in Ibiza is possible and has become an essential annual event for all film buffs.
The Ituango Film Festival is a space for meeting, reflection and training around the cinema. Children, young people and adults see in this important event the possibility of valuing and recognizing their history, their territory, their present and their future through the seventh art and the audiovisual in general. Currently, the community of Ituango works on processes of memory reconstruction and tell their own stories and artistic and cultural strategies that promote territorial peace are consolidated. At the same time, the festival is presented as a space for the protection and reconstruction of the social fabric of vulnerable populations.
A series of audiovisual, cinematographic and complementary activities will be part of the official program with the possibility to bring the film festival activities to diferent villages of the municipality. Among them are:
•Audiovisual Creation and Experimentation Laboratory.
•First Meeting of Regional Producers.
•National Feature Film Competition NUDO DE PARAMILLO.
•National Short Film Competition NARRATIVES OF THE REGION.
•GUEST COUNTRY Cultural and Cinematographic Exhibition.
•Thematic Forums.
The festival, in addition to being included in the Municipal Development Plan “Ituango Nos Une y merece Salir Adelante” 2024 - 2027, manages resources through public calls and alliances with public and private sector entities.
In 1998, the Benalmádena Cinematographic Youth Association (ACIBE) recovered the spirit of the defunct SICAB (Benalmádena International Author's Film Week, 1969-1989) to undertake the project of creating a film festival for the city. The result, after seventeen years of management, is the Benalmádena International Short Film and Alternative Film Festival (FICCAB), a meeting forum for lovers of quality cinema. More than four hundred short films are presented each year at a festival for all ages that unites the glamor of the stars to the best auteur, independent, alternative and unknown cinematographies, paying special attention to European ones.
Empowered WOMXN, 2025 (Online)
Back for the fourth time, GIFF is excited to present Empowered WOMXN 2025. This event celebrates the stories, strengths, and journeys of women through films created by female filmmakers, celebrating International Women’s Day with powerful stories from around the world.
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Narrative Shorts
*there is no submission fee to submit a film
