To be considered for selection, kindly read the following rules thoroughly before submitting. Flouting any of the Eligibility Rules & Terms below may lead to a disqualification of your work. Please read before submitting:
General Rules
* BSIFF accepts films in the following forms: Features, shorts and episodic series.
* Feature-length, short films and episodic series must be at minimum Ghana premieres. This means, you should not have been screened publicly in Ghana prior to the 2024 Festival.
* Features and short films including episodic series must not be available online in any form, for any period of time at the time of submission.
* All films must be in English, subtitled in English or English versioned. Non-English language works must have English subtitles at the time submitted. Dialogue lists will not be accepted. Films that do not comply will be immediately disqualified.
* All films submitted must have been completed after January 2022. Any film created before the year 2022 will not be accepted.
* All films must not have submitted to the Festival previously in any stage of completion (i.e. films that were submitted in previous years will not be reconsidered. If you have questions, please contact bsiffsubmissions@gmail.com.
* If you are a student or representing a film school, you have to submit a soft copy of your Student ID or submit proof (an email confirmation from the Head of the Department of the film school via bsiffsubmissions@gmail.com ) that you are currently a student at that school.
* It is the sole responsibility of the applicant to secure clearance from all copyright holders of materials included in the submitted film. BSIFF will not be held responsible for the unauthorised inclusion of copyrighted materials within or relating to the submitted film. BSIFF reserves the right to disqualify any film with unauthorised copyrighted materials.
* You will be required to provide a properly completed and signed official BSIFF "Film Information Form” which will be provided by the Festival upon selection.
*Submission Categories*
Submissions to the Festival are divided into seven categories:
* Ghanaian Showcase (Odehye3): All fictional films (feature-length, short or episodic series) produced in Ghana and/or directed by Ghanaian filmmakers. The director must currently reside in Ghana or be able to provide proof of Ghanaian citizenship. If the film is co-directed, at least one of the directors must meet this criteria.
Please note: Animated films are not acceptable in this category. If you have an animated film, submit into the Animated Film category
* Africa Rising Showcase: All films (feature-length, short or episodic series) produced in Africa and/or directed by African filmmakers. The director/producer must currently reside in an African country. If the film is co-directed/produced, at least one of the directors/producers must meet this criteria.
Please note: Animated films are not acceptable in this category. If you have an animated film, submit into the Animated Film category.
* International Showcase: All fictional films (feature-length or short) produced outside of Ghana and Africa and/or directed by non-Ghanaians/non-Africans. Please note: Animated films are not acceptable in this category. If you have an animated film, submit into the Animated Film category.
* Documentary: A non-fiction film of any length about real events and people, often transcending traditional narrative structures. Documentary is the creative treatment of reality.
* Film School/Student category: Film must be made entirely by students in a film school with technical support from the school but without financial or technical support from broadcasters or production houses.
Please note: For this category, evidence of a student card and/or an email confirmation from the Head of the Department of the film school is a must and should be submitted to the Festival at the time of submission in order for the film to qualify. Failure to submit proof warrants an automatic disqualification.
* Animated Film: An animated film of any length (feature-length, short or episodic series) from Ghana, Africa and any part of the world.
* Music Film (Music Video): A music video with strong story-telling, conceptualization, and film production from any part of the world. Please note: Music Videos must be under 10 minutes and from any year, regardless of budget, popularity, or language.
*Fees*
BSIFF is a non-profit organization. Submission fees support administrative expenses related to cataloguing and previewing each film and for programming consideration.
Kindly note the submission fees into BSIFF:
* Early-bird entry fee = $25 dollars [December 15th - February 15th]
* Late submissions = $30 dollars [February 16th - April 30th]
* Film Schools/Students = $5 dollars
* Submission fees are non-refundable.
Programming Consideration
* BSIFF accepts Ghanaian, African and international films of all lengths and subject matter.
For the purposes of eligibility and program consideration, BSIFF uses the following definitions:
Feature-Length: 60 minutes or longer
Short: Less than 60 mins
Episodic Series: Episodic Series: Long-form fictional films that can't be told within the framing of a feature-length film and is therefore broken into episodes. No set runtime.
Programming Decisions
* All BSIFF screening programs are curated and all submissions will be considered by our programming team.
Applicants will be notified of programming decisions via email by August 2024. Final programming, categorization and slotting of films will be determined by the Festival programming team. Their decision is final.
*BSIFF is under no obligation to provide comments or feedback regarding the submitted film to the applicant or any other representative of the submitted film.
*BSIFF reserves the right to determine which award category and program the film will reside in if selected.
AMOR International LGBT+ Film Festival is the first international film festival in Santiago of Chile focused on the subject of sexual and gender diversity, of independent and competitive nature. The seventh edition of AMOR Festival will take place from June 27th to July 2nd, 2023, in a hybrid format, with digital and physical screenings and activities specifically at national territory.
As in every edition, the festival is proposed as an inclusive space where the programme invites different sectors of society to approach cinema focused on LGBT+ themes (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transsexuals and all sexual, identity and gender diversities); a safe space for the community in which they can participate, make visible, identify and share. AMOR Festival has positioned itself as an event of high artistic quality that seeks to exhibit the most interesting and unique national and foreign titles that expose diversity, as well as outstanding films that have won awards at world-renowned festivals; and as a space where programming is structured based on gender equality in competitions and activities, giving visibility to women filmmakers.
Love is totally transverse to any sexuality, so with AMOR Festival we hope to contribute to the inclusion of sexual diversity, to strengthen understanding and to celebrate the visibility of sexualities through the seventh art.
Puerto Madero IFF is an online annual competition based of the technical execution of films.
All submission are evaluated on each technical category: Script, Cinematography, Sound, Acting and Direction.
At the end of each year we announced the official selection films based on their creativity and technical execution.
Our festival is ONLINE only at the moment, we are working hard to make an annual event with public screening.
All the Official Selections and Winner are posted in our Social Network with a growing audience of more than 4600 followers and also on our web site.
All Official Selection will receive laurels.
The winner film will receive a technical reviews and laurels.
Piggy Bank International Short Film Festival promotes both amateur and professional, independent films. This is an annual film festival. The 5th PBISFF will be taking place very soon in JAIPUR (INDIA).
This is an open film festival. All categories of films will be accepted. We have no rules on when the film was created or where it has been screened. We want to see your masterpiece.
The competition section provides an opportunity for upcoming filmmakers to showcase their work to a global audience. Over 30 films have been showcased during the festival. The festival is not just about unique films; it's also a wholesome package of entertainment.
For more details, visit www.pbisff.com
The Kashmir International Film Festival is a not-to-profit, non-commercial & Kashmir’s only independent film festival, established in the year 2016 in Bandipora Kashmir with a mission to celebrate the cinema & work of aspiring, young, independent & professional filmmakers. Its aim is to recognize the enlightening, entertaining & progressive new age cinema of youth & experienced filmmakers.
Founded by the Wular Trust Bandipora, Kashmir International Film Festival-16 provides chance to filmmakers to showcase their creativity. While the festival is open to filmmakers of all age, we feel that just as it is imperative that we should support and encourage participation by filmmaking community members & professional, it is also important that we find and cultivate the future members of this creative industry.
The purpose of this film festival is to promote new movie makers, exchange of knowledge, information, ideas & culture between different nations in context of their social and cultural ethos. KIFF also promotes friendship and co-operation among people of the world through the medium of films & documentaries.
CROSSING THE SCREEN is an international film festival meant to showcase innovative and independent forms of visual art from all over the world.
The Festival is devoted to discovering and celebrating unique voices and up-and-coming new cinema talents, who are not afraid to transcend traditional storytelling.
IMPORTANT CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: Due to the current Coronavirus outbreak, in the best interest of public health, we have decided to move our 5th edition online. We have also revised our submission rules. Please check them before submitting.
FICARQ is the International Film & Architecture Festival of Spain to screen both documentary and fiction films where architecture plays the main role.
This year, following the success of previous editions (in Avilés and Oviedo, Asturias, Santander, Madrid and Barcelona).
The official competitive sections are ARTE EN EL SÉPTIMO ARTE (fiction films) and ARQUITECTURAS FILMADAS (documentaries).
In this new edition of FICARQ, in addition to being a bridge between the cinematographic and architectural arts, we want to be a bridge between generations and for this reason we dedicate a special mention to those proposals that come to the festival made by people who are younger that twenty-five y.o. and over fifty y.o.
With this, we intend to encourage the participation of citizens, especially in the fiction and documentary short or micro-film categories to give a space of recognition to all those people who, by age range, are further away from the conventional circuits of audiovisual production and film festivals. cinema.
we sincerely believe in the transforming power of art and culture in our society and in this way we give way to many points of view of creation in freedom, showing in each city in which FICARQ is organized a window open to its citizens and their concerns, whether conventional through the urban, rural or archaeological landscape, as well as other ways of relating to their environment as occurs in urban art or showing forms of expression of people within an architectural environment such as contemporary urban dance, streetdance, breakdance, parkour movement, etc.
2021-FICARQ'S LEITMOTIV:
CLIMATE CHANGE AS UNCERTAINTIES POSED TO US IN THIS NEW NORMALITY, WHERE SOLID SOCIAL AND FAMILY STRUCTURES DILUTE IN AN INFINITE SUCCESSION OF NEW BEGINNINGS BECAUSE THE LACK OF AN INSURED FUTURE.
The CalellaFilmFestival is a festival dedicated to all those Low Budget films of national or international production, with the aim of rewarding and promoting films made with few media but with high artistic value.
The CalellaFilmFestival has two sections:
"Low Budget" section
The selected feature films will compete as best productions of the year in the national or international scope, with an investment of less than 500,000 euros.
Section "Creative Rosebud Awards"
All those productions that throughout the year have stood out for their creativity and originality, both in the field of national and international production, with an investment exceeding 500.00 euros will compete.
Read the bases to register your movie.
The festival will be held from october 31 to november 8 to 4, 2025 in Calella de Mar (Barcelona) in the Sala Mozart and other rooms attached to the festival. For schedules, passes and more information go to the festival website.
www.calellafilmfestival.com
We like the small cinema. We like crafts. And we like the craftsman film, produced by authors who leave their mark where others seek only stubs. Ascaso movie is like a small forgotten jewel large commercial circuits.
A cinema with quality and warmth. In light of the moon and stars of the Pyrenean night, when even the late summer, we can enjoy together from film to cool.
Five days of cinema and good vibes. In the Pyrenees. each year, in late August, when on-site supervisory celebration was held. From Tuesday to Sunday we offer feature films on the north was short on the side of film and always, at the end of the day, talks with the presence of actors and / or directors with whom to share his films and his work.
Ascaso is not a market. On the contrary, we want a place of rest and relaxation around the cinema and its authors.
Category C: “Finished short-film 2020/21/22”
Category description:
Summa3D competition category aimed at those producers, directors and screenwriters who have completed an animated short film during the years 2020, 2021 or 2022, which will be evaluated in the artistic field.
A STEP TOWARD THE OSCARS
for FOX, NBC, CBS and Authority Magazine.
REVIEWS
"My favorite festival" Alex Proyas (I Robot, The Crow, Dark City)
"Other nominees included already famous people! It really was an honor to be nominated alongside such great nominees" Lisa Hurel.
“I truly cannot say enough good things about the Paris Art and Movie Awards. My experience with this event was easily the best and rewarding” - Ev Duran.
"One of the most organized and professionally run festivals I've been to! The official selections were of a high standard and the networking was incredible" - Jami Ramberan.
"One of the best festival experiences I've had. Magnifique!" Warren Paul Glover.
"The Fisherman's Diary" won twice at the PAMA in 2020, and is now selected to the 2021 , to represent its country.
"Game Changer" won an, his director Aviv Mano then worked on Disney’s COCO and TOY STORY 4 (2018).
"The Wishgranter" won an, an EMMY AWARD, and a (2016).
"Legacy of Lies" is distributed by Lionsgate (2020).
"Sgt Stubby", an unlikely hero, got a distribution deal at (2018).
"Curpigeon" got selected to, won the AMAZON VIDEO DIRECT Film Festival Stars (2016).
"Whisper" screened at FILMQUEST (2015).
"None of That" was STAFF PICK by (2015).
through the years included:
- John Lunn, 2 times Prime Time Emmy Award Winner, composer of "Downton Abbey"
- Monica Cruz, "Un Paso Adelante"
- Olivia Sandusky, journalist, NBC
- Mark Dacascos, actor, "John Wick III"
- Samuel Arnold, actor, "Emily in Paris"
- Patrick Fabian, actor, Emmy Award Nominee “Better Caul Saul"
- Claire Kopsky, Emmy Award-winning Journalist, CBS
- Jamie Campbell, producer, "Sex Education"
- Cindy Mollo, Eddie Award Winner, 4 time Emmy nominee, editor for "Ozark"
- Rena Owen, actress, "Star Wars Ep II" & "ep. III"
- Fola Evans-Akingbola, actress, "The Night Agent", "Siren", "Game of Thrones'
- Michelle Tesoro, SXSW winner, Eddie Award Winner, editor, "The Queen’s Gambit"
- Paz de la Huerta, actress, Boardwalk Empire
- Brent Huff, director & actor "The Rookie", 'The Rookie Feds", 'The West Wing"
- Max Markson -rep. A. Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson, JCVD...
- Cole Sibus, actor "Stumptown', Olympic Gold Medal Athlete
- Mina Sundwall, actress, Netflix’s “Lost in Space”, DC’s “Legends of Tomorrow”
Our line up included through the years: Kirsten Dunst, Sam Rockwell, Vladimir Cosma, Kristanna Loken, Mark Dacascos, Caterina Murino, Andrew J. West, Hugo Becker, Jansen Panettiere, Leslie Bibb, Melanie et Alain Doutey, Macarena Gomez, French Prime Minister Edith Cresson, French Minister Frederic Lefebvre, Emma Bell...
We celebrate filmmakers and we focus on the humans making the movies : each director/attendee gets to talk about his movie.
You meet new audience, screen and show your latest work, connect with fellow professionals, share your passion with screenings and special events all over the city, including red carpets, movie premieres, parties, filmmaker’s networking, numerous Q&A's, international spotlights, industry talks and masterclasses, art performances and exhibitions, live music…
AN INDEPENDENT MOVIE FESTIVAL WITH
- Awards
- Photocall
- Artistic Recognition
- Networking
- award ceremony
https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0005834/2019/1
Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival is a monthly online festival with live screeenings. Our festival is a brilliant opportunity to participate in inernational competition.
The films of the Official selection and the winners will be selected each month, so the filmmakers will know about jury’s decision very quickly.
Every film in the official selection has a chance to be a winner and to be shown along with other films-winners at the gala-screening once a year.
Winners will be announced on our website and social media pages every month.
Take the experience with Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival and your film will has a chance:
– to be chosen in Official selection;
– to be a winner in one of the categories;
– to be screened at the festival event.
Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival is an independent festival for independent filmmakers. Our festival has emerged as the online festival and monthly film club. Currently it is an online festival with the annual gala screenings of the winning films.
Selected films and the winners will be announced on 25th day the following month.
“Films of the month” will be shown at the annual event.
If there is something we all have in common, it is movement. As Akram Khan put it: “Movement is the essential ingredient of how the world continues, or survives.”
When our body’s movement fuses with the cinematographical movement, one of the most original film genres is born: dance film. While words can mislead, the body language does not lie.
Choreoscope is the International Dance Film Festival of Barcelona. A unique event dedicated not only to those passionate about dance, but also to those who enjoy quality cinema. Born in 2013, with three full-house celebrated events, our goal is to promote the strong ties with art in general and with film and dance in particular.
Movies do not know any boundaries. Dance does not either. There is a common language joining them. The universal language of movement. Choreoscope ́s mission is to connect this fascinating language with an audience eager to experience something new, different, something special. Choreoscope Barcelona is the dance film festival of those who go one step further.
The nineteenth version of the Muestra Cine + Video Indígena, organised by the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, opens its call for entries from 21 November to 7 March 2026 to films by indigenous and non-indigenous filmmakers whose central theme is indigenous peoples, especially in Latin America.
The curatorial committee of the festival will place special emphasis on selecting works that portray cultural and territorial aspects of these nations, such as: processes of safeguarding cultures, protection and defence of territories and the environment, human rights, identity tensions and political reflections. In addition, works spoken in indigenous languages and which have been made in a participatory manner with indigenous communities or through the training processes of indigenous film schools will be highlighted.The nineteenth version of the Muestra Cine + Video Indígena, organised by the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, opens its call for entries from 30 November to 7 March 2025 to films by indigenous and non-indigenous filmmakers whose central theme is indigenous peoples, especially in Latin America.
The curatorial committee of the festival will place special emphasis on selecting works that portray cultural and territorial aspects of these nations, such as: processes of safeguarding cultures, protection and defence of territories and the environment, human rights, identity tensions and political reflections. In addition, works spoken in indigenous languages and which have been made in a participatory manner with indigenous communities or through the training processes of indigenous film schools will be highlighted.
International Film Festival "Prvi kadar"/First Frame is an important film event in Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose mission is to promote film art of authors from all over the world. The Festival is of competitive character neither. Films compete in two categories: documentary and short films.
Fifteen editions of the festival, a large number of authors interested in the festival, proving that the festival recognized among artists all over the world, as an important and prestigious film event.
Festival selections confirm continuity, primarily artistic approach, on which is built the whole idea of the first frame. In considering the relationship between themes and ideas, stress is given to the author's attitude or an artistic idea.
Rich noncompetitive and competitive program of high artistic quality, educational programs, lectures DokMasterClass, Film Campus of art documentaries, exhibitions, promotion of book of film art, numerous guests from the world of film, proof that the festival from year to year expanding, enriching the content of the program. This years Festival will takes place from 20th to 24th November 2023 in East Sarajevo and Zvornik, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A horror film contest. Prizes include promotion on the Hollywood Investigator website, award plaques, screening at fan conventions (previous screenings at World Horror Con, Loscon, Tuscon.)
Tabloid Witch founder Thomas M. Sipos is the author of Horror Film Festivals and Awards (McFarland 2012) and Horror Film Aesthetics (McFarland 2010), available on Amazon.com.
Aware of the importance of audiovisual media in Spanish society today and, trying to make them both a comunication and education media, to promote values of solidarity and tolerance, the International Social Film Festival of Castilla-La Mancha was born and it will be held in Toledo, It will continue in Toledo, Torrijos, Cuenca, Olías del Rey...
In this Festival are invited to take part to public and private entities that share the same concerns.
The Festival consists of several sections, including a contest of short and documentaries, social issues include: xenophobia, generational conflict, child labor, domestic violence, social roles, ecology, children´s rights, coexistence, etc.
