During one week of the year over 100,000 film-lovers gather in over 400 Cinemas across 6 Continents to view and vote on the Finalists Films' in the Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival - MANHATTAN SHORT is more than just one of the largest short film festivals in the world....it's the World's First Global Film Festival.
If making short films is about getting your work out there, nothing compares to MANHATTAN SHORT.
Every Film Selected is eligible to enter the Oscars:
MANHATTAN SHORT does a full week's run in a cinema in Los Angeles, California. This theater booking means all ten finalists in the 2025 MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival will be eligible to enter the Oscar competition for 2026.
MANHATTAN SHORT is now in compliance with the rules governing the Oscar Awards set forth by the Academy of Motion Pictures of Arts and Sciences
Featured Musical Artist
We are excited to announce that the MANHATTAN SHORT will be featuring a Musical Artist or Band leading up to and throughout the duration of the Festival each year.
The selected Musician or Band will have his/her music featured in over four hundred venues and to over 100,000 people worldwide during the MANHATTAN SHORT intermission and in all promotional materials leading up to the festival dates, including exclusive headline billing on our website. This is a tremendous opportunity for new or unknown musical talent to have their music broadcast to our ready-made worldwide audience of eager festival attendees. It is also a unique chance to gain name recognition and immediate exposure. Check ManhattanShort.com to enter the Musical Artist Comp.
The Rome Independent Film Festival (RIFF) is Italy 's first independent and international film festival. Its aim is to unite enthusiasm for films and filmmaking among young filmmakers with the realities of film production and distribution.Since its first edition in 2001, RIFF has become an event that is followed with more and more interest by the public in Rome and a reference for worldwide filmmakers. In these years, the Riff has received works coming from the 5 continents, ending up being an attentive witness representative of the directions and passions of the independent film industry.
(r)evolution AI - the RIFF new section dedicated to the production of films and videos with the application of AI technology.
From this year the RIFF celebrates visual storytelling created with artificial intelligence.
This new competition section promotes innovative applications of AI technology in audiovisual production and presentation.
We want to position Miscellaneous GLBT International Film Festival of Panama, as the best choice for film screenings with issues related to sexual diversity.
Culture & Tourism Film Festival (CTFF) - Jaipur, India
World Culture Summit (WCS) & World Film Tourism Summit (WFTS)
26 – 28 August 2025 | Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
A grand celebration of global culture and tourism through the medium of films, the Culture & Tourism Film Festival showcases films that highlight the beauty and diversity of both. Join us in the Pink City, Jaipur, as we celebrate the rich intersection of different cultures and civilizations through cinema. Films are the carriers of culture, and cinema serves as a powerful medium to reflect and share these narratives. During the festival, not only will we enjoy this cinematic journey, but we will also host the World Culture Summit (WCS) and World Film Tourism Summit (WFTS), bringing together voices from around the world to discuss culture, cinema, and tourism.
Organised by
Jaipur Film Market-JFM, International Cinema Centre-ICC, Jaipur International Film Festival JIFF Trust & Aryan Roj Foundation
For more: https://jaipurfilmmarket.org/CultureTourismFilmFestivalJaipur.php
World Student Film Festival (WSFF) - Jaipur, India
World Student Cinema Summit (WSCS)
26 – 28 August 2025 | Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
The World Student Film Festival is a global celebration dedicated to students studying cinema from around the world. It offers a unique platform for emerging filmmakers to showcase their work, engage in discussions, and contribute to the evolving landscape of world cinema. Recognizing the absence of such festivals in India, this initiative has been launched to fill that gap. Alongside the festival, the World Student Cinema Summit (WSCS) will also be held annually, fostering interaction, learning, and collaboration among student filmmakers. Jaipur is excited to welcome these young visionaries who are shaping the future of cinema.
Organised by
Jaipur Film Market-JFM, International Cinema Centre-ICC, Jaipur International Film Festival JIFF Trust & Aryan Roj Foundation
For more:
https://jaipurfilmmarket.org/WorldStudentFilmFestivalJaipur.php
SANTA BARBARA INDIE FILM FESTIVAL
A Festival to celebrate the art of Independent & Youth (18 and under) filmmakers.
Join us for our 3rd edition in sunny Santa Barbara, CA! We’ve expanded our categories to spotlight more short film genres and local area talent, while staying true to our mission: amplifying stories from Indie filmmakers of all ages.
WHY SUBMIT?
IMDb-Listed Festival → Winners can add their official selection/award to IMDb.
Dedicated Youth Category → Filmmakers 18 & under showing their work to the world!
Local Filmmaker Focus → New categories for Santa Barbara area filmmakers.
Great Networking → Connect with others at our filmmaker after-parties.
Scenic Screening Venues → Films showcased in Santa Barbara’s historic Alhecama theater. An intimate and hidden gem.
Abycine Lanza se ha convertido en la plataforma de referencia del audiovisual independiente nacional y de desarrollo del talento español. Cada edición sumamos nuevas alianzas y adhesiones que completan un programa de encuentros y talleres de formación así como los pitchs de los diferentes foros que conforman Lanza. Más de 250 profesionales españoles y europeos pasan cada año por este meeting point fundamental de la industria.
Se trata de una experiencia 360º que combina una serie de actividades con las que reforzar conocimientos sobre elementos claves en la realización cinematográfica (producción, marketing, participación de la audiencia, venta y la distribución de películas…) con la orientación personalizada, la retroalimentación grupal y el networking ampliado. Además, el importe total de los premios otorgados asciende a más 55.000€ con partners como CMM (Castilla-La Mancha Media), Filmin, ECAM o MAFIZ.
Distribuidores, festivales y agentes de ventas tienen la oportunidad de conocer propuestas emergentes del panorama independiente nacional. Por otro lado, los proyectos, reciben un valioso feedback y crean sinergias muy valiosas para la maduración, fortaleciendo la colaboración y asesoría de expertos, para lograr avanzar y consolidarse.
En su 10ª edición se desarrollará por primera vez una zona profesional específica para el cortometraje alineada con el compromiso de Abycine Lanza por visibilizar el cortometraje.
8th Aryan International Children’s Film Festival of Jaipur
Aryan ICFF Jaipur INDIA
August 26-28, 2025, ICFF Jaipur INDIA
IN THE NAME OF & IN THE LOVING MEMORY OF ARYAN ROJ
(26 AUGUST 2013 TO 20 SEPTEMBER 2018)
CELEBRATE CHILDREN’S CINEMA WITH MAKERS
Organized By Aryan Roj Foundation & Jaipur International Film Festival Trust
(50k students participated in 2024 & around 80k students will participate in 2025)
ALL FORMATS, ALL GENRES, ALL DURATIONS ARE ACCEPTED FROM ALL CONTINENTS
TNFF is all about celebrating, educating, empowering, promoting, and proliferating amazing quality independent Cinema in Chennai (Formerly known as Madras) the capital city of the State of Tamil Nadu. TNFF aims to give opportunities to independent filmmakers to showcase their creativity. Introducing our audience to Independent content is our mission.
The 3rd Tamil Nadu Film Festival will be a Film Festival with live screenings at multiple locations.
The Tamil Nadu Film Festival (TNFF) offers 10 days of celebration, with live screenings of Local & International amazing quality independent Cinema. Film categories include Narrative Features, Animated Features, Documentary Features, Short Documentaries, Short Films, Short Animation Film, Music Videos, Short-short films and Student Productions from film schools.
Your film will be categorized in one of these following sections;
1. International Mix (for international cinema)
2. Indian Mix (for new discoveries and promising talents from the Indian film world)
3. Tamil Mix (for challenging new trend Tamil Cinema)
4. Generation Next – Grade Schooler: 5-12 yrs. (films for young audiences)
5. Generation Next – Teen: 13-18 yrs. (films for adolescent audiences)
6. Campus Student Mix (Student films from all over the world)
Keeping the event truly international TNFF will have the following programs; press opportunities, networking occasions, industry attendance, Discussion Forum & high-quality Workshops.
The important guests who adorned our 2nd TNFF Award Ceremony and made the event memorable are; our Chief Guest Mr. Thambi Ramaiah, a director, lyricist, and a National Award-Winning Indian actor. Mr. Ravindhar, Cinematographer AND OUR JURY MEMBER has an impressive legacy spanning over four decades IN THE FILM INDUSTRY & Mr. Sab John Edathattil, Screenwriter AND OUR JURY MEMBER, with 34 years of screenwriting career & has had about 32 screenplays filmed. He is one of the leading screenwriting and storytelling voices in South India, especially in the Malayalam and Tamil film industry.
The VIP's who graced the online 1st Tamil Nadu Film Festival (TNFF 2020) are Rev. Fr. A.J. Thamburaj, S.J., Rector, Loyola College, for the academic year 1983-84. He is the pioneer who introduced the VISCOM course at Loyola College, for the first time in city of Chennai, the state Tamil Nadu and the country India; Mr. DSR Subash, PRESIDENT, Tamil Nadu Union of Journalist; Mr. Bh. S. S. PRAKASH REDDY, Regional Secretary, Federation of Film Societies of India; Dr. M. Davamani Christober, Principal & Secretary, The American College, Madurai; S. S. Stanly (Film Director); Mr. S. Theodore Baskaran, film historian, Researcher, author, writer, actor, and speaker; Mr. Aranthai Manian, A Script writer, Director in films and TV serials; A Radio Broadcaster and an Orator; Mrs. Uma Vangal, filmmaker, film professor, Fulbright scholar, columnist, public speaker and media analyst; Mr. Mohan V. Raman, Indian actor, writer, Voice artist and orator. In 2017 and 2019, he was a Jury member for the National Film Award for Best Writing on Cinema; Mr. Hariharan Krishnan, He is a Professor, Arts and Director Media Lab at KREA University; Mr. Ajayan Bala, author, publisher, script writer, Film critic of Tamil cinema (Kollywood) He has authored some 30 books on various topics and nine among them are on cinema alone; Girish Wankhede (Trade Analyst); Mr. Vivek Mohan, winner of the President’s National Film Award in 1999; Mr. Kichas (KRISHNASAMY GOPALSAMY) (DOP), multiple award winner; Mr. Ranjith Shankaran, Associate Professor, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Mahindra University, Hyderabad; Ms. Sharada Ramanathan (Film Director), winner of three National Film Awards for her directional debut in the 2007 Tamil film “Sringaram”; and Mr. Balaji Mohan (Film Director, Actor and Producer).
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We request all entries submitted from India to email or call us if you have payment related issues.
All Indians who require a GST INVOICE kindly email us with your complete GST BILLING INFORMATION. We can provide you with it when the funds are released from this platform.
We request all to submit your entry via one of submission partners. We are a ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY FIM FESTIVAL and so do not accept DVDs or CDs.
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
IV Zamora film festival falls in love.
Comedy short films and feature films may be entered.
Short films:
-Comedy fiction or animation
-Special section Zamora falls in love: held in Zamora
Feature films:
-comedy fiction
Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival is an annual event held in Alexandria, Egypt. It aims to disseminate film culture and the progress achieved in various branches of film art and to strength the relations among filmmakers throughout the world in general and Mediterranean countries in particular.
Born in 2009 in order to highlight and encourage artistic expression, film and cultural identity of the region. Promoting the permanence of cultures and strengthening the cultural policies of the city as a mechanism for citizen and community participation; thus supporting the development, exhibition and dissemination of film and the visual arts in the city of Guadalajara de Buga and Valle del Cauca; proposing dialogue between the various expressions of art today and their participation mechanisms mainly in the youth population. This festival seeks to create spaces for discussion, artistic and audiovisual creation in a participatory manner.
The festival became the first event of its kind in this area, for display, training, capacity building and collective on the subject of film and visual arts in Guadalajara de Buga and Valle del Cauca.
The Ourense Film Festival (OUFF) presents annually a selection of the most innovative and outstanding films and audiovisual productions in Galicia, Europe, Latin America and the rest of the world. The OUFF receives each year works from a hundred of countries, whose common denominator are their socially aware subjects and their innovative forms.
The International Film Festival of Leon IFFOL, invites all filmmakers to participate in the IFFOL Official Call 2025 from April 1 to August 05 of this year, being able to apply with fiction, non-fiction or animation feature film, short film or short documentary to be part of the 11th Consecutive Edition to be held between 5 to November 9 of this year. Those selected may be part of the three competitive sections of the festival: International Talent, Local Talent and University Talent.
(10th) Sixteen International Film Festivals in Jaipur, India by Jaipur International Film Festival-JIFF from August 26-28, 2025 16IFF INDIA
Around 50 thousand students participated in 2024 & around80000 students will participate in 2025.
A SPECIAL, UNIQUE SPECTRUM INTERNATIONAL CINEMA CELEBRATION BASED ON 16 SUBJECTS.
ALL FORMATS, ALL GENRES, ALL DURATIONS ARE ACCEPTED FROM ALL CONTINENTS
CHOOSE YOUR FILM FESTIVAL, You can choose one or more, please write us:-
1) Women Film Festival in Jaipur (Films made by women, based on women)
2) Children Film Festival in Jaipur
3) Tribal Film Festival in Jaipur
4) Global Human Rights Film Festival in Jaipur
5) International Culture and Tourism Film Festival in Jaipur
6) Environment Film Festival In Jaipur
7) Love & Romantic Film Festival
8) Political ^ Corruption Based Film Festival
9) Democracy Film Festival
10) International Animation Film Festival
11) International Student Film Festival
12) War & Peace Film Festival
13) Horror Film Festival
14) Financial Crises and Development Film Festival
15) Ad Film Festival
16) Science Film Festival
Now submit also - Song
NOTE:-
All these film festivals will be organized together.
Please submit and updates us about your submission at 16filmfestivals@gmail.com your submission is for which film festival out of 16 above.
Submit one time, pay one time for your film. If you want to enter your film in one or more film festivals as above, do not submit again, do not pay again, just mails us for other film festivals name we will include.
for more- http://jiffindia.org/16IFF.html
Rueda Libre (Freewheel) is the official call of shortFilms to Cine Libre FilmFestival, we take for symbol THE WHEEL that evokes the hills of Fredonia where children running down with wheels and tires. Now cinema is taken Fredonia and the concept of roll changes cinematically .
Now in its thirteenth year, the Northeast Film Festival showcases top independent films from filmmakers, as well as new talent. The diverse array of films, selected by a committee, includes features and shorts from all genres, as well as documentaries and screenplays. The festival is hosted in Teaneck New Jersey at the historic Teaneck Cinemas; with planned parties to kick off the festival in style and spirit. In addition, we offer an atmosphere for the film enthusiast to interact with filmmakers as well as filmmakers being able to interact and network with each other and industry professionals.
The festival includes after parties, to offer opportunities for interacting and networking with other filmmakers, actors, and film festival goers. In past years, Harry Lennix, Lloyd Kaufman, Danny Roebuck, Matthew Modine, Vinnie Pastore, David Harris, Robert Clohessy, Brian O'Halloran, Fatima Ptacek, Gianni Russo, Duane Whitaker, Jefferson White, producers from NBC, among many others attended the festival's after parties (and festival).
A Mostra Cinema das Gurias é um evento dedicado a exibir, valorizar e celebrar o audiovisual feito por mulheres cis e trans. Focada em curtas-metragens de ficção, documentário, animação e experimental, a Mostra busca dar visibilidade a diferentes olhares e narrativas femininas, fortalecendo o protagonismo das mulheres no cinema brasileiro. A 2ª edição acontece nos dias 14, 15 e 19 de outubro de 2025, com sessões gratuitas na Cinemateca de Curitiba.
Dear friends and friends:
Once again we have the honor of inviting you to be part of our festival for which we look for films of any duration, theme or origin that, embracing the tools of real cinema, represent diverse points of view on the contemporary human experience.
In this version we are once again a face-to-face space, returning our hearts to the collective bodies of the desert. AricaDoc was born as a path to explore alternatives to the competition and commodification that industrial logics impose on the cinematographic arts.
Promoting a sensitive and political meeting based on the active search for new ways to feel our relationship with the world around us.
We are deeply grateful to each and everyone who has joined the communities of audiences of the festival from distant territories, thinking of them and them is that at least part of the program will be available on an online viewing platform, for access from Peru, Bolivia and Chile.
For this year the activities will be concentrated between October 3rd to 12th. Being this call open between June 26th and July 27th, through FESTHOME.
Thanking you in advance for your kind participation.
Kindly say goodbye
Arica Doc Team
