Blog: Film festivals

This is film festival of underwater films, in city of Neum in Herzegovina (BA).

For the love of our nature, we started festival to promote all kind of underwater film's art, no matter what camera you use, no matter amateur or extreme proff - welcome.

Festival is place to meet face to face, authors, public, journalists, a few days in Neum in Herzegovina county.

Want to host all finalist 2 nights in Neum, that authors can notice how spectators enjoy watching underwater arts.

Please note, films must be shot at least 50% of the time underwater.

Filmed in 2025, 2024, 2023.

From YouTube, Twitch, IGTV, TikTok, Spotify, Facebook and beyond, web content is king. And we want to celebrate you! ACTORS whether you are creating your own content or starring in other web series style show and video, this fest is for YOU!

IMDb qualifying!

After years of running Chicago Comedy Film Festival, LA Comedy Film Fest and America's Funniest Viral Videos, we see the need to add another event to our programming. Web content often gets lost in the traditional festival circuit and we're out to change that. In the Spring of 2022 LA Web Series Fest will all take part during LACFF! It's hard to predict what the "new normal" will be for events, but we plan to have this portion of LACFF at a fun live venue in 2022.

¡Hola! We are MADRIFF • Madrid Indie Film Festival, an international film festival with screening events from Madrid, Spain, and member of the IBERIFF • Iberia Indie Film Festivals, which celebrates and showcases new productions and independent artists from all over the world in Madrid (MADRIFF), Barcelona (BARCIFF), València (VALÈIFF), Seville (SEVIFF), Lisbon (LISBIFF) and Montpellier (MONTIFF), that you can also find them here in Festhome.

MADRIFF shares the mission of its associate festivals of supporting emerging talents, encouraging artistic exploration, fostering networking, promoting cultural exchange and engaging the local community by providing a platform to present the work of independent filmmakers.

Fiction films, animation, documentary and experimental works of any genre and subject are welcome!

Organized by “NO_NAME”, "CineMigrare – Rassegna Internazionale di Cinema Senza Frontiere" is a festival totally dedicated to movies, short movies and documentaries speaking about immigration and cultural integration.

The 10th edition in 2026 of CineMigrare Festival will take from 7th to 21th July in Pedara (CT).

Several SPECIAL GUEST are invited to this second edition and they will be awarded with the CineMigrare Award 2026.

Foreing authors are invited to send their short movies with italian subtitles. Info: info@cinemigrare.it // www.cinemigrare.it

(En español debajo)

The HFF is the first short film festival in Hendaye. Since its creation in 2013, on the initiative of the association Begiradak, this Festival focuses on the distribution of films that value differences (both linguistically and culturally and socially):

The presented works can participate and be judged by a jury of recognized professionals of the sector.

An international official section.

In addition, short films and documentaries out of competition will be presented in the context of a focus, a tribute, a previews or exceptional sessions.-------------------------------------------------

El HFF es el primer festival de cortometrajes en Hendaya. Desde su creación en 2013, por iniciativa de la asociación Begiradak, este Festival se centra en la distribución de películas que valoran las diferencias (tanto lingüísticas como culturales y sociales):

Los trabajos presentados pueden participar y ser juzgados por un jurado de reconocidos profesionales del sector.

Una sección oficial internacional.

Además, cortometrajes y documentales fuera de concurso se presentarán en el contexto de un enfoque, un homenaje, una vista previa o sesiones excepcionales.

The VI Córdoba International Film-Minute Festival is a cultural and artistic event organised with the support of Grupo Cine Minuto and Subsecretaría de Cultura, Secretaría de Extensión Universitaria, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. It will be held in Córdoba, Argentina, on the 11th and 12th of May, 2023, and will be subsequently extended into travelling exhibitions, alternative projections and complementary exhibitions in its website.

We strive to give a platform for the best of indie horror, celebrating the most creative ideas of up-and-coming indie horror filmmakers, digital art creators, actors, and artists of all forms. And we wanna help you get to the next level in your film journey!

Direct? Write? Produce? Act? Model? Have a monologue? We want to see it!

This festival was inspired to honor the life of actor and military veteran, Maria Ortiz, who committed suicide. We honor her memory by the creation of a small scholarship for a female military veteran in need. Want to nominate someone for the fiscal sponsorship?
screamqueenshockathon@gmail.com

Kultura Communication Desarrollo-KCD NGOD (hereinafter the holder or KCD NGOD, indistinctly) registered in the General Register of Associations of the Basque Country with Tax ID G-95550943, and address at Beurko Viejo 3, Pabellón 38, Oficina 12, BarakaldoBizkaia (Vizcaya) 48902, Spain, will hold a festival dedicated to screening diverse and
socially-committed films, films that are usually excluded from conventional screens.

KCD NGOD, organisers of the 19th International Unseen Film Festival “Film Sozialak” of Bilbao (Basque Country) and commissioned to organise the International Unseen Film Festival “Film Sozialak” is a non-profit organization whose aim, among others, is to promote Human, Intercultural, Equitable and Sustainable Development through
Communication and Culture.

The International Unseen Film Festival “Film Sozialak” Bilbao is an annual celebration dedicated to screening diverse film content that is socially committed, films that are usually excluded from conventional screens.

With the continuous work that is being done, the festival has become an indispensable meeting place for all those interested in communication for social transformation and the defence of human rights. The Festival is also a space of recognition of all those people who, through their audio-visual work, reflect different realities of humanity.

The Festival has 4 main lines of action:
Sustainability, Gender Equity, Interculturality and
Human Rights.

Since 2009 the Festival embraces diversity and equality as an essential part of our core values. For the Festival, the participation of people belonging to ethnic, religious, gender identity, cultural and other minorities is of utmost importance, since their participation in public affairs and in all aspects of political, economic, social and cultural life of their countries is essential to maintain their identity and fight against exclusion.

Since its beginning, the festival has applied parity quotas and positive actions for equality, both in the selection of the films, as well as in their dissemination, the presence of women filmmakers, and the selection of the people on the jury, as well as other actions.

The Festivaldistributes awards in 13 categories totaling 23,500 euros. This is a strategy, not so much to encourage competition, but to support social filmmakers.

The main venue of the festival is the Azkuna Zentroa Alhóndiga Bilbao and the Golem cinemas located there. The official dates are 14 to 21 October 2027, although promotional screenings will be held in August and September. These screenings will also enter the competition with the votes of the public. Films awarded at the festival will be
screened again at the end of October or the beginning of November. In total there will be
at least 30 screening venues of which 21 are mainstream education colleges in the Basque Country at secondary level and vocational training.

The Festival holds Cine Forum and for this purpose the organization invites filmmakers of Social Cinema from different parts of the world to come to Bilbao.

Since 2015, the Festival is also committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Goals proposed by the United Nations.

International short film festival dedicated to science fiction, fantasy and horror. It is located in the Gracia district in Barcelona.

One of the main events dedicated to the promotion of contemporary production of Ibero-American animation cinema reaches its 18th edition punctuated with attractions, in addition to the already traditional parade of the main animated productions in Portuguese and Spanish.

Only for Spanish Filmmakers.

Organized by the Brazilian Vegetarian Society, the event was launched in 2009, in the city of Curitiba, and aims to create a debate on animal rights and the socio-environmental impacts that the interaction of humans with other animals can bring.

The films are shown to the general public free of charge, and previous editions brought together renowned artists, environmentalists, activists, authorities, writers and, above all, admirers and defenders of animals.

Bayelsa International Film Festival - BIFF is established with aim to engage filmmakers, artists, performers, academics and members of the creative community to unravel the delicacies of diversities and locate common grounds across cultures and societies.. To provide an exciting, educative, and information oriented Film Festival.

Bayelsa International Film Festival - BIFF is established with aim to engage filmmakers, artists, performers, academics and members of the creative community to unravel the delicacies of diversities and locate common grounds across cultures and societies.. To provide an exciting, educative, and information oriented Film Festival.

Bayelsa International Film Festival - BIFF is established with aim to engage filmmakers, artists, performers, academics and members of the creative community to unravel the delicacies of diversities and locate common grounds across cultures and societies.. To provide an exciting, educative, and information oriented Film Festival.

BIFF is designed to be an intimate and eloquent filmmaker festival where film enthusiasts can get first hand insights from directors, writers, actors and producers from the premiering films. With commitment, BIFF will be presenting an annual film festival and art exhibition to provide both professional and amateur filmmakers with a space for display and dissemination of their works. At the same time, a strong focus on the BIFF as a place for the world to discover recent talents in African films and filmmakers. The event also offers master classes, panel discussion and workshop to augment this diverse programming.

Vent del Nord – Film Festival is the festival of the Puig de les Basses prison.

This festival will aim to choose the favorite short film rated by the inmates.

The selected ones will be chosen by a small group conformed of film lovers, and the winner will be chosen by the audience of inmates attending during the final day show.

The municipality of Gravina di Catania and the cultural associations “Gravina Arte” and “No_Name”, organize the event “Via dei Corti” – 12th edition of the Independent Short Film Festival.

Only for Spanish filmmakers.

Luberon Film Festival

International Film Festival hosted by the city of PERTUIS. He will be celebrating his 5th year. The LFF forwill reward at the end of these 5 days in a feature film and short film section the Lavender of Gold for the best film.

The San Diego International Kids' Film Festival promotes the idea of entertainment with education. Supported by many across the world, the festival supports the entertainment and education industries by showcasing international films, and gives young, aspiring filmmakers a channel to communicate to an international community. The resulting collaboration produces a unique multicultural experience, engaging young viewers with positive media, as a diverse education.

We are a monthly short film festival which takes place one Monday per month at the Cinéma les 5 Caumartin in PARIS. We award ONE PUBLIC AWARD per edition. This prize gives access the following year to the GRAND FESTIVAL where the best film prize, jury prize and super audience prize will be awarded in front of a jury of professionals. Come and try your luck!