Logo of Taita Taveta Film Festival

Deadline
01 Feb 2024


Published: 30 Jan 2024
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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Taita Taveta Film Festival

Voi, Kenya


Welcome to the Inaugural Taita Taveta Film Festival! The Festival was founded out of a strong desire to promote Taita Taveta filmmakers while simultaneously showing off Taita region, its people, talent, and culture through quality cinema. The Taita Taveta Film Festival will be an annual two-day celebration of film and creativity featuring industry panels, peer-to-peer interviews, evening afterparties, live screenings, Q&A’s and overall fun times.

Every year, the Festival will invite artists from all over the region to give their own interpretation of the world of today and tomorrow. Our vision is to achieve longevity while still remaining faithful to our founding purpose: to draw attention to and raise the profile of films, with the aim of contributing towards the development of cinema, boosting the film industry worldwide and celebrating cinema at an international level. We will always painstakingly curate our offering to ensure we showcase hidden gems alongside more mainstream films.

We also recognise that we are in a world of constantly changing images; as such, we must continue to reinvent ourselves from the inside. We endeavour to do so by constantly asking ourselves questions about the various aspects of the event that we can best prepare for the future with conviction and commitment, while staying attuned to the issues of our time.


Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of 24 Risas por Segundo

Deadline
01 Feb 2024


Published: 30 Jan 2024
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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24 Risas por Segundo

Ciudad de México, Mexico


The ninth edition of 24 Risas por Segundo, Comedy Film Festival, will be held on May 6 to 11 in Mexico City and that is why we CALL Mexican and foreign filmmakers to register their comedy films (short films and feature films) to be part of our programme.


International Festival

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Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation



 
Logo of Festival Internacional De Cine Social Del Río Negro

Deadline
01 Feb 2024


Published: 30 Jan 2024
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Festival Internacional De Cine Social Del Río Negro

Viedma y Patagones, Argentina


The Río Negro International Social Film Festival is an audiovisual festival that aims to promote cinema within the country and abroad. The festival will be held in March with a competition of feature films and short films, both fiction, animation and documentary. There will also be talks and workshops.


International Festival

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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of Vegan Çîftlîk Short Film Festival

Deadline
01 Feb 2024


Published: 30 Jan 2024
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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Vegan Çîftlîk Short Film Festival

Izmir, Turkey


Vegan Çiftlik
International short film festival
İzmir / Türkiye


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of Engativá International Film Festival

Deadline
31 Jan 2024


Published: 29 Jan 2024
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Engativá International Film Festival

Bogotá D.C., Colombia


Engativá is the third most populous locality in Bogotá; however, it is one of the least developed in terms of culture and cinema. There is talk of the cultural movements in Bosa, Kennedy, Ciudad Bolívar, and Suba, but Engativá is not mentioned. We are organizing this event to put the locality on the national and international map, with a large-scale event and outstanding films from around the world. Join us in making Engativá the epicenter of cinema in Bogotá and turning the Engativá International Film Festival into one of the country's most important film events.


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Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation



 
Logo of KINO Athens, International Independent Film Festival of Athens

Deadline
31 Jan 2024


Published: 29 Jan 2024
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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KINO Athens, International Independent Film Festival of Athens

Athens, Greece


>> IFFA | INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL OF ATHENS, a yearly event taking place in March.
1 - 10 | 3 | 2024


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Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Bollywood USA International Film Festival

Deadline
31 Jan 2024


Published: 29 Jan 2024
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Bollywood USA International Film Festival

Rehoboth Beach, United States


Celebrating Outstanding Filmmakers and Writers from all over the world

The Bollywood USA International Film Festival is a highly esteemed and prestigious event that celebrates the vibrant, colorful, and diverse world of cinema from around the globe. This remarkable festival is an essential platform for filmmakers, talented actors, and industry professionals to come together and showcase their outstanding work. It features an array of films, including captivating feature films, thought-provoking documentaries, engaging short films, inspiring music videos, creative screenplays, and even novels that have been adapted for the screen.

This festival promotes cross-cultural understanding and encourages the appreciation of cinema internationally. The event attracts a diverse audience, allowing viewers to experience a rich tapestry of storytelling that transcends geographical boundaries. By highlighting various cinematic styles and narratives, the Bollywood USA International Film Festival plays a crucial role in fostering dialogue among different cultures and paving the way for future collaborations within the global film industry.

Don’t forget feedback, which is the one element most festivals ignore.

We don't just charge you a fee and ignore you if you're rejected.

With us, rejected films have access to feedback, the one element most festivals ignore.

Instead of paying submission fees and getting nothing in return, EVERYONE who submits to BUIFF will receive EITHER OF TWO benefits:

Either 1) your film is already competition caliber and becomes an Official Selection,

OR 2): You’ll receive a letter outlining exactly what prevents it from being accepted.

If you can make corrections, you can resubmit for FREE.

First-time filmmakers: when have you ever received a letter and had the festival explain WHY your film was rejected?

Much less let you resubmit for FREE, even the following season (In case you did not have enough time to fix it)


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Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of VeCine - Festival De Cine Social Y Comunitario

Deadline
31 Jan 2024


Published: 29 Jan 2024
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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VeCine - Festival De Cine Social Y Comunitario

Bogotá, Colombia


VeCine - Social and community film festival, was born with the initiative of promoting the circulation and appreciation of short films of Colombian production with their public exhibition, sowing the seed of cultivating the viewer's gaze and strengthening the formation of audiences, decentralizing the vision of art in the city and circulating the works through vital spaces that allow listening, reflection and community participation of those stories that explore relevant social issues through audiovisuals.

Announcement

In this first version, the festival will be held in the south of the city of Bogotá, Colombia, between February 23 to March 3, 2024, with the support of the Scholarship for the strengthening of cultural and creative projects in the town of Tunjuelito - It's Local Culture Fourth Version.
Registration of audiovisual works for the competition and official selection will be open from Wednesday, January 10, 2024 to Wednesday, January 31, 2024 through the Google Forms registration form https://forms.gle/aNXM7KrhxWDxYME56

Participation categories

Film minutes / short films of 3 to a maximum of 20 minutes in length of any genre (fiction, documentary, animation and/or experimental) completed or released as of January 1, 2021, of Colombian production or directed by Colombian filmmakers / creators, can participate. in any of the following thematic selection categories:

• Conflict, memory, peace and/or reconciliation
• Women and gender.
• Environment and/or climate change.
• Stories of the territory. (Works made, produced or inspired in the town of Tunjuelito)
• Childhood and adolescence. (Works aimed at children: boys, girls and/or adolescents)


Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Experimental



 
Logo of Valdivia Horror Film Fest

Deadline
31 Jan 2024


Published: 29 Jan 2024
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Valdivia Horror Film Fest

Valdivia, Chile


Section that has been several years and invites you to participate in a contest where you must terrorize the audience in just 2 minutes, has prizes in money to the first, second and third place, plus a recognition to the most popular audience, elected through popular vote among those who attend the night function. Jury made up of local and national filmmakers and festival personalities and the audiovisual media.


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 Terror



 
Logo of Esoteric International Film Festival

Deadline
31 Jan 2024


Published: 29 Jan 2024
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Esoteric International Film Festival

Moscow, Russia


The Esoteric International Film Festival collects the best esoteric films from around the world, which were created both by professionals and by enthusiasts, and helps to get them across to the Russian audience.

We admit only the esoteric films, both modern and historical ones. As well as those films, where esoteric world is an important part of the synopsis.

Esoteric International Film Festival invite filmmakers who make films and documentaries about ghosts and spirits, brownies and witches, fairies and sorcerers, exorcism and parapsychology, telekinesis and transmission of thoughts at a distance, prophetic dreams and premonitions, alchemy, amulets, amulets, non-traditional religious cults, voodoo religion, animism, shamanism, theosophy and anthroposophy, the hidden edges of reality and other dimensions; self-discovery, the search for the meaning of life, the search for yourself in this world and your mission, life after death, human energy, chakras, aura, meditation, yoga, retreats, spiritual practices, spiritual teachers and ashrams, reincarnation and the recollection of past lives, the power of thoughts and the work of the subconscious; alternative medicine and non-standard methods of treatment, the universal mind, the energies of the new time, high vibrations, etc.

All films must be in English (orRussian). Alternatively, have the English or Russian subtitles (with the exception of all films without words), regardless of the country of production.

All best films that were selected for the vscreening, will be shown on the big screen during the solemn final ceremony on February 07-08, 2026 in Moscow, Russia and will be able to struggle for the main prize and the title of the "Best Esoteric film". As well as for the oteric in the standalone nominations.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Alexandria Short Film Festival

Deadline
31 Jan 2024


Published: 29 Jan 2024
 Has submission fees
Short films

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Alexandria Short Film Festival

Alexandria, Egypt


- The festival provides accommodation and internal transportation during the festival period

Alexandria short film festival ( Egypt ) was founded by Alexandria Art Circle Association in order to give a chance for filmmakers to present their work to the public and this in the heart of Alexandria to be a lighthouse of cinema in the world.

The festival is held annually and its first edition was in 2015.

The festival aims to provide a suitable atmosphere to exchange experiences between filmmakers from all over the world and give opportunities for short filmmakers to present their films whether narrative, documentary, or animation in front of the audience, with the aim of conducting fruitful discussions between the filmmaker and the audience and providing a safe platform for presenting their work.

The festival aims to develop and advance short cinema .


OSCAR!

International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Experimental



 
Logo of FICCUE - Festival Internacional de cine de comedia de Cuenca

Deadline
31 Jan 2024


Published: 29 Jan 2024
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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FICCUE - Festival Internacional de cine de comedia de Cuenca

Cuenca, Spain


FICCUE was born from the need to promote local, national and international cinema in Cuenca and its province of a genre as yet unexploited as comedy. Addressing this genre as the exclusive objective of this festival makes it unique both on a national and international scene, making Cuenca the headquarters of comedy cinema.


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Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of IMAXINARIA - Afundación International Animation Film Festival

Deadline
31 Jan 2024


Published: 29 Jan 2024
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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IMAXINARIA - Afundación International Animation Film Festival

A Coruña, Spain


IMAXINARIA IS AN INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE CITY OF A CORUÑA, SPONSORED BY AFUNDACIÓN

A project that seeks to promote and showcase non-commercial animated films to the general audience. The festival was also created as a meeting point for professionals in the animation industry, in which Galicia has a wide and recognized innovative tradition. The festival is directed by Matilde Rodríguez, curator of the International Exhibition of Contemporary Illustration (MiiC), and filmmaker Alberto Vázquez, a leading figure in current animation and winner of several national and international awards.


CULTURE X FOOD

IMAXINARIA is part of Afundación's "Culture for Food" programme. An initiative that appeals to the participation of citizens and gives answer to the call for solidarity of the local Food Banks. Therefore, the tickets to the festival are free in exchange for non-perishable food. This social commitment is also reflected in the festival's own contents.


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Short film festival


 Animation



 
Logo of San Roque International Short Film Festival

Deadline
31 Jan 2024


Published: 29 Jan 2024
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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San Roque International Short Film Festival

San Roque, Spain


46nd San Roque International Short Film Festival.


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Short film festival


 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Terror



 
Logo of ANDALESGAI: Andalusian gay, lesbian, bisexual and transexual Film Festival

Deadline
31 Jan 2024


Published: 29 Jan 2024
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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ANDALESGAI: Andalusian gay, lesbian, bisexual and transexual Film Festival

Sevilla, Spain


Festival accepts movies of interest for gay, lesbian, bisexual, intersexual and transexual people. To participate in the competitive section (prizes), these films should have not been programmed on TV, screened in comercial venues or another spanish festival excluding the organized by Fundacion Triangulo. In any case, copyleft or copyright should be later than 2022.


International Festival

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Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic



 
Logo of Festival Cortogijón

Deadline
31 Jan 2024


Published: 29 Jan 2024
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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Festival Cortogijón

Gijón, Spain


X CortoGijón Festival

The Gijón Short Film Festival arises
in 2015 as a parallel section within the
Aula 18 National Short Film Contest
in the delivery After the disappearance of
emblematic festival three of the programmers
decide to maintain their essence by transferring
the festival to Gijón. It is in the second edition
that of 2016, where the festival moves to the
municipal centers of the city to develop a festival with an eye on short films and music. Since then
to the competitive sections (Official Section,
Asturias Section) And to the sample sections
(Panorama Asturias and Mirada FICX) have been
there have been concerts that have given luster to the
cultural spaces of the city and that have
served to put the climax to each projection.

Names like Marilia, Pablo Und
Destruktion, Marem Ladson, Tiger and Diamond,
David Feito… confirm the high level
musical that lives the festival and its local and regional look.

In 2020 Laboral City of Culture joins
with a new screen inside CortoGijón
thus amplifying collaborations between
all cultural entities in the region started in 2017 with the Mirada Ficx section in
collaboration with the Gijón Film Festival.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of HARD:LINE International Film Festival

Deadline
31 Jan 2024


Published: 29 Jan 2024
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films

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HARD:LINE International Film Festival

Regensburg, Germany


HARD:LINE International Film Festival aims to present the various faces of extreme cinema.

The question as to what is meant by the term “extreme” can be understood by looking at the content of our wide selection of fantastic films. “Extreme” is often defined by an explicit splatter aesthetic but it can also be represented by unusual story-telling methods or an exotic visual language. Thus, we are meticulously selecting such examples that could be important in the future of the genre. We have not set any boundaries in our search and whether a film is a pearl of the independent scene, fun splatter or no-brainer, H:LIFF loves special films!

HARD:LINE International Film Festival is no warehouse festival where the priority is to show as many films as possible but rather concentrates on presenting a few glowing examples of everything that extreme film can be.

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THANK YOU FOR BEING A FILMMAKER!

You and your work are the reasons why we do exist!


MELIES!

International Festival

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Feature film festival


 Terror



 
Logo of XIII  International Festival of Short Films and Functional Diversity FicAndaina

Deadline
31 Jan 2024


Published: 29 Jan 2024
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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XIII International Festival of Short Films and Functional Diversity FicAndaina

Redondela, Spain


Festival of short films related to functional diversity or featuring people with disabilities.


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Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation



 
Logo of Jaipur International Film Festival

Deadline
30 Jan 2024


Published: 28 Jan 2024
 Has submission fees
Short films
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Jaipur International Film Festival

Jaipur, India


History

The Cinematic Olympics - Unborn

JIFF is the World's Biggest Competitive Film Festival (in fiction films).

The Jaipur International Film Festival, the world's fastest growing film festival, is held every year in January in Jaipur, India

Launched in January 2009, Jaipur International Film Festival -JIFF became expanding establishing name in organizing world film festival every year in Rajasthan.

The purpose of this film festival is to promote new movie makers, exchange of knowledge, information, ideas & culture between India & other nations in context of their social and cultural ethos. JIFF also promotes friendship and co-operation among people of the world through the medium of films & documentaries.

Though the film festivals have became a regular affair in most countries yet most of them cater only to selected audience as well as entertain the commercially successful film makers and related personalities. However, JIFF intends to organize a festival that connects the film fans & movie goers with the world, especially the serious filmmakers & their associates so as to bring about greater understanding of the art of film making.

The Seventeenth JIFF 2025 received 2408 films from 88+ countries and 241 films nominated for screening.

The Sixteenth JIFF 2024 received 2971 films from 82+ countries and 329 films nominated for screening.

The Fifteenth JIFF 2023 received 2205 films from 63+ countries and 282 films nominated for screening.

The Fourteenth JIFF 2022 received 2100 films from 52+ countries and 279 films nominated for screening. (COVID 19 - Hybrid Edition)The Fourteen JIFF 2022 received 2100 films from 52+ countries and 279 films nominated for screening. (COVID 19 - Hybrid Edition)

The Thirteenth JIFF 2021 received 2121 films from 85+ countries and 266 films nominated for screening. (COVID 19 - Online Edition)

The Twelfth JIFF 2020 has received 2411 films from 100+ countries and 240 films nominated in competition for screening.

The Eleventh Aryan JIFF 2019 has received 2221 films from 103 countries and 232 films nominated for screening.

The Tenth JIFF 2018 has received 2019 films from 100+ countries and 136 films nominated for screening.

The Ninth JIFF 2017 has received 2004 films from 100+ countries.

The Eighth JIFF 2016 has received 2176 films from 100+ countries.

The Seventh JIFF 2015 has received 1807 films from 100+ countries.

The Sixth JIFF 2014 has received 1587 films from 90+ countries.

The Fifth JIFF 2013 has received 1397 films from 90 countries.

The Fourth JIFF 2012 has received 902 films from 70 countries.

18000 film lovers and film makers visited the festival.

The third JIFF 2011 was held with overwhelming response & it was a feather in crown.

The second JIFF 2010 was held with overwhelming response & it was a feather in crown.

The first JIFF 2009 was a first milestone towards success.

NEW CATEGORIES:
Sridevi JIFF Indian Panorama (All submitted films will be included automatically in this panorama from India only without any additional fee or you can submit directly in this panorama only, made/produced in all regional languages) new from JIFF 2019

Focus Country, Guest Country, Tribute, Retrospective and more - By Invitation Only

NEW CATEGORIES:
(You can submit according to your submission eligibility or write us for any support at myjiffindia@gmail.com)

JAIPUR CRITICS – For feature fiction films only, best film award from film critics. Total nominations: Around 5 films.

HONORARY ASIA - We welcome you in JIFF 2026 as senior and experienced film producer and director. This category is only for Asian continent for feature fiction films, who have produced/directed minimum 5 films in their respective career, we request you please submit your film/s produced/released/un released after 1st Jan. 2024 or film in post-production. It is non-competitive international nominations category, in this category will screen top two or three films out of all submissions.

WELCOME REGARD - For directors and producers 1st feature fiction film, in other words this submission should be first project/film as a director or producer. It is competitive international nominations category, in this category will screen top two or three films out of all submissions.

THESE ARE DIFFERENT SUBMISSION BETWEEN MAIN SUBMISSION IN THE FEATURE FILM (FICTION) CATEGORY.

OLD IS GOLD - screenings (by invitation only)
Classic World (Classical films from India and the world) – By Invitation Only

Films made by Crowdfunding (mention in the submission form)

Films made by/with Co-Production (mention in the submission form)

Web Series (up to 30 minute/s)

Mobile Film Making on Social Issues (film should be shoot by mobile camera, up to 30 minute/s)

Submit Song/Ad Film//Music/Album/Poster/Live performance

Top 10 Dialogue.


NEW CATEGORIES FROM JIFF 2025:

Films Nominated at Oscar 2026 (Short Fiction/Live Action) - Official entry to the Oscars
Films nominated at Oscar 2026 (Short Documentary) - Official entry to the Oscars
Films nominated at Oscar 2026 (Feature Fiction) - Official entry to the Oscars
Films nominated at Oscar 2026 (Feature Documentary) - Official entry to the Oscars

Films nominated at Oscar 2026 (Academy Awards, USA)
from different countries as official entry to the Oscars and official nominations through various ways, will be directly part of the competition in JIFF 2026. The awards will be separate for these categories and will be finalized by international jury members (World cinema leaders). Few top films will be screened in JIFF 2026 for global audience. Other rules will be the same as film submission in JIFF 2026.


NEW CATEGORIES FROM JIFF 2026:

Best OTT Platform, Best OTT Short Fiction Film (released on OTT, between January 2023 and December 2025)

Best OTT Feature Fiction Film (released on OTT, between January 2023 and December 2025)

Best Photograph (New from JIFF 2026)


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Madeira Fantastic FilmFest

Deadline
30 Jan 2024


Published: 28 Jan 2024
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Madeira Fantastic FilmFest

Funchal, Portugal


Madeira Fantastic FilmFest. An international film festival and the first regional event dedicated to showing and promoting high-quality films in the fantastic, horror and thriller genres. It is the festival that gives filmmakers from all over the world the opportunity to present their films to the Madeiran public.

The festival places special emphasis on showing films by Madeiran filmmakers, with the aim of supporting and promoting the production of films made on the island.
It takes place in Funchal, the capital of Madeira Island in Portugal.


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