Logo of Highland Park Independent Film Festival

Deadline
01 Sep 2015


Published: 14 May 2015
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Highland Park Independent Film Festival

Playa Del Rey, United States


HIGHLAND PARK INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (HPIFF) fosters emerging and established filmmakers by providing forums for screening projects, networking with industry professionals and mentoring student filmmakers in Northeast Los Angeles. All films will screen at the historic Highland Theatre on a DCP system


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of Los Angeles Short Film Festival

Deadline
01 Jan 2016


Published: 14 May 2015
 Has submission fees
Short films


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Los Angeles Short Film Festival

Los Angeles, United States


Welcome to the Los Angeles Short Film Festival. This is an International Film Festival.

This is an International Film Festival. Everybody can submit. Film festivals are still the best place to screen independent work and get it noticed. With YouTube and Vimeo so overcrowded, good shorts often drown in a sea of bad. Showing the best of the best is a priority at Los Angeles Short Film Festival. We provide filmmakers an opportunity to share their shorts with an enthusiastic and responsive audience that’s eager to see new films, new faces, and new art. Los Angeles Short Film Festival – where emerging talent finds a place to shine!


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of International Hollywood Short Film Festival

Deadline
15 Nov 2015


Published: 13 May 2015
 Has submission fees
Short films


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International Hollywood Short Film Festival

Los Angeles, United States


Hollywood: A mecca for aspiring actors, writers, directors, producers. For anyone serious about "breaking in," all roads lead to Hollywood. Come to the Hollywood Short Film Festival, meet interesting people, full of passion and make new connection.

Get noticed!


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Unofficial Google+ Film Festival

Deadline
15 Aug 2015


Published: 11 May 2015
 Has submission fees
Short films


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Unofficial Google+ Film Festival

Fairview, United States


Our festival can be attended from anywhere in the world with a computer, smart phone, or tablet. We strive to bring more attention and recognition to brilliant filmmaking being created around the world and help to connect filmmakers with one another.

By recreating the film festival experience online and offering it for free, as well as holding live events simultaneously around the globe, our short film festival will bring a much higher viewership than any other festival in the world.

A live, online, interactive, global, short film festival that extends and broadens viewers outside the common film festival experience and allows a much larger audience to enjoy the films from the comforts of their own homes.

The Unofficial Google+ Film Festival is complete with several film panels as well as live Q&A sessions with the filmmakers after each block of short films. This new and innovative festival is the future of the digital age for filmmakers and film fans everywhere. Movies are seen by thousands of attentive and film loving people around the world all at the same time (instead of being limited by a smaller geographical location).

Our mission is to become the world’s premier online, interactive, short film, and web series film festival to close out the year of all other film festivals.

In addition, select films will be invited to be seen at the Sunur Village Festival from August 19 - August 23 as well as the Open Air Cinema at Kuta Beach, Bali at the Blue Sapphire Club & Bar at the Stones Entertainment Centre from September 18 - September 20, 2015


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of Cinecipó - Insurgent Film Festival

Deadline
08 Jun 2015


Published: 11 May 2015
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Cinecipó - Insurgent Film Festival

Belo Horizonte, Brazil


Documentaries, fictions, animations and experimental.

Political, social, racial, gender issues, etc.


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Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SANTANDER

Deadline
05 Jul 2015


Published: 09 May 2015
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SANTANDER

Bucaramanga, Colombia


The 12th edition of the FICS will take place in Bucaramanga – Santander from September 27 to October 1, 2022. The call in all official competitive categories, will be open from June 24 to August 19, 2022. For this edition, the Festival will have prizes in effective, recognition support for audiovisual development.

The Social Education and Communications Corporation PRESS LIBRE, whose trajectory of more than twenty years, in the leadership of the development of the media in Santander, supports and qualifies the suitability of the FICS.

The FICS is made up of the presidency of the film director Sergio Cabrera and is headed by its director, Oscar Fonseca, in accompaniment of administrative partners.

Its main objective is to work for the formation of a public criticism and for the consolidation of spaces for discussion and appreciation around a real film culture in the region and in the country.

The department of Santander as the headquarters of the FICS, is among other
the department with the highest average economic growth annual and is promoted as one of the most popular tourist destinations
important, a cultural epicenter of enterprising people, who opens its doors to new markets.

The competitive sections of the FICS are windows to the development of the
culture and the film industry, with new looks towards Ibero-America, maintaining its strong commitment to cinema national, supporting the cinema made in Colombia and Latin America


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Experimental



 
Logo of Plataforma De Estrenos- Cortodeón

Deadline
20 May 2015


Published: 08 May 2015
 Has submission fees
Short films


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Plataforma De Estrenos- Cortodeón

Madrid, Spain


ONLY FOR SPANISH FILMMAKERS // SOLO PARA CINEASTAS ESPAÑOLES.


Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Territorio Flamenco

Deadline
02 Aug 2015


Published: 08 May 2015
 Has submission fees
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Feature films


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Territorio Flamenco

Madrid, Spain


“Territorio Flamenco” is created with the aim of promoting through the cinema another view regarded to the Flamenco as cultural heritage.

This program responds to the intention of dealing with the Flamenco from its cultural environment, anthropologic and social, with special attention to the role of the woman though its evolution.

We want that it would be a tool that open the door to the perception and vision that Spanish artists and world audiovisual artists have from the Flamenco. For this reason, we will give priority to the accessible suggestions to people with audible or visual disabilities.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of Indie Fest USA International Film Festival

Deadline
19 Sep 2015


Published: 08 May 2015
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Indie Fest USA International Film Festival

Seal Beach, United States


It's time to have your film showcased at the Indie Fest USA International Film Festival! We have several new and exciting events and changes in store, all for the benefit of the filmmakers and your audiences. We are unique and proud that many films we have showcased and screened have received theatrical distribution, ancillary distribution and a few have even received Oscar consideration.

Check out this promo video by one of the filmmakers who attended in 2010, it captures the spirit of Indie Fest USA!

https://www.facebook.com/IndieFestUSA/videos/510289675808266/

Indie Fest USA Int’l Film Festival was established in 2007 and is an exciting and entertaining eclectic mix of exceptional independent films from the U.S. and International filmmakers

To date we have screened over 2580 independent films from around the world, been attended by more than 2500 filmmakers and 23,000 film fans and go the extra step to provide an entertainment experience for everyone attending the film festival Complementing this we add red carpet events, special guests and celebrities including Academy Award nominees and Golden Globe Winners, opening and closing night parties, daily seminars and socials plus networking galore.

Combined with our sponsors and supporters we proudly present a festival which has worked hard for our reputation of being truly filmmaker friendly and willing to do everything we can to promote and showcase great independent films. We are an nontraditional film festival at nontraditional yet fun and exciting venues. We spotlight you the filmmaker and writer.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Experimental



 
Logo of El Pecado International Short Film Competition

Deadline
29 Jun 2015


Published: 08 May 2015
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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El Pecado International Short Film Competition

Llerena, Spain


The deadline to register for the XXIII International Short Film Festival “El Pecado 2024” is open. This year we increased the amount of the prizes: 1,500 euros for the winning fiction short film and 700 euros for the other four main prizes. The deadline to register is from Monday, April 8 to Friday, May 31 of this year. The duration will not exceed 20 minutes (21 including credits). If it has spoken sound, Spanish or subtitles in this language will be used.
Works made before 2022 will not be admitted to the competition. The festival awards almost €5,000 in prizes and five Pata Negra hams from Extremadura. More information at www.certamenelpecado.com.

Awards for short films of animation, fiction, humor and made in Extremadura. We also have a public award.

It stands out for the large audience that attends the screenings and for using different squares and architectural spaces of special beauty as screening locations.


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 Fiction  Animation  Other



 
Logo of FENAVID Santa Cruz International Film Festival

Deadline
31 Jul 2015


Published: 08 May 2015
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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FENAVID Santa Cruz International Film Festival

Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia


The FENAVID International Film Festival is held annually in the city of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Organized by the Audiovisual Foundation (FUNDAV), the Festival has become the most important film event in Bolivia and one of the most relevant in Latin America.

Since its first version, carried out in 2001, more than 10,000 audiovisual works from 30 countries have been presented at this meeting, which has transcended the borders of Bolivia and America.

In each version, FENAVID offers the public more than 150 screenings of feature films, short films, music videos and a series of audiovisual works that are exhibited free of charge for the public.

FENAVID always has first-rate guests. The event was attended by internationally renowned figures such as Celso Franco, protagonist of "7 boxes", Marisol Correa, Colombian actress, Alexandre Rodrigues and Leandro Firmino de Hora (protagonists of the acclaimed Brazilian film "Ciudad de Dios"), the Argentine producer Vanessa Ragone (winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 2010), Bolivian directors Marcos Loayza and Rodrigo Bellot and Argentine actress Aymará Rovera, to name a few.

Beyond glamor and film screenings, FENAVID is a macro meeting where producers, directors, actors, specialists and a whole multitude of people passionate about cinema converge.

During the days of its realization, the Festival has a series of parallel activities, such as children's film shows, video clip competition, workshops, talks, colloquia and debates.

One of the most anticipated events of FENAVID is the Santa Cruz 100X100 Film Production Meeting. It consists of bringing together 25 emerging film talents in Latin America. The chosen ones travel to Santa Cruz de la Sierra and, during the development of the festival, have the mission of producing a short film in 100 hours.


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Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Music Video



 
Logo of New Media Film Festival

Deadline
25 Apr 2016


Published: 08 May 2015
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films

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New Media Film Festival

Los Angeles, United States


CALL FOR ENTRIES

15th Annual www.NewMediaFilmFestival.com
Honoring Stories Worth Telling
June 5-6 2024
In 90064 area.


Content creators who submit, whether officially selected or not, have opportunities outside of the normal festival process. Everything from distribution, connections to other festivals, conferences, press opportunities and more.

Thinking about submitting? Here is what you should know!

• Emmys ® Consultant for one entry (we can broadcast)
• 25 Categories
• In competition for Grand Prize - $45,000 in Awards
• In competition for Best of Category & Audience Awards
• Judges from HBO, Marvel, Grammys, ATAS (Emmys) and more.
• Have opportunities outside of festival
• Top 3 Scripts get $1000.00 in Writing Industry Perks
• We are a UFFO code of practices Member
• Submit- Online, Public, Novice & Expert Content
• No cut-off date to when your project was completed.
• We accept projects whether or not you have distribution.
• We also have no festival exclusivity clauses - and you have FULL CREATIVE RIGHTS for your content.
• Your project is not only limited to one category. Make sure to check out all our categories and submit to the ones that fit your content. You must pay a new submission fee per each category.
• We accept content that has already been published online or made public
• We accept all formats.

In a world where technology is ever-evolving, it is a story that will satiate the soul of humans.
Not just any story, but stories worth telling.

The New Media Film Festival team works hard to produce a cutting-edge, fair, upscale festival devoted to upcoming and seasoned content creators that highlights and honors stories worth telling globally. www.NewMediaFilmFestival.com

If accepted into festival:
• Receive All Access Pass to festival
• Be part of the Q & A in your screening session (scripts included).
• Walk the Red Carpet for Press Interviews
• Be part of the VIP Soiree, honoring the nominees.
• Press in our monthly newsletter to 80,000.
• Be in competition for $45,000 in Awards – judges from Marvel, HBO, Emmys & more.

Join us:
• 1st Major Festival celebrating innovation, story, mediums & platforms
• Screenings with Q & A’s
• VIP Soiree-Red Carpet Press Junket
• Networking Lounge w/ actor headshot drop off
• Producer Panel & Pitching
• New Media Marketing Table (place one-take one)
• VR, International Art Exhibit, Musical Opener


CATEGORIES
3D, 360, AR, AI, 5D, Animation, Apps, Digital Comics, Documentary, Drone, Feature, Mobile/Tablet, Music Video, New Media, Pilots, Podcasts, Scripts, Shorts, Sniplers – 30 second pitch, SRC- Socially Responsible Content, STEAM, Student, Trailers, Virtual Reality, Web Series


Put your innovative work forward and join the unique community of content creators at New Media Film Festival® - submit today! www.NewMediaFilmFestival.com

What attendees are saying:
“A very unique curation of films, new media and scripts. And a very entertaining event. The hosts and show staff went out of their way to make sure this was a memorable and special event.” – Jim Wilmer
“New Media Film Festival is one of the best and best run in LA. With so many different platforms falling under "new media" it's refreshing to see a festival that understands that Content is King! And the Opening night VIP reception was a terrific networking opportunity that we took full advantage of.” - Steven Wishnoff


“Worth The Entry Fee”
- Movie Maker Magazine


“Makes The Cutting Edge Accessible”
– Huffington Post


“I thank NewMediaFF for what they’ve done for young filmmakers”
-Roger Corman


”The role of this fest is bringing the Best in New Media to the World”
-Festival World


“Stories that exemplify the power of the cinematic arts to inspire and transform” - Hero Complex


SUBMIT TODAY http://www.NewMediaFilmFestival.com/submit.php


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Festival de Courts Métrages de la Côte Bleue

Deadline
20 Jun 2015


Published: 07 May 2015
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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Festival de Courts Métrages de la Côte Bleue

Carry le Rouet, France


The 8th Short Film Festival of the “Côte Bleue” (FCMCB) is a festival for young film directors up to 30 years of age. We are committed to showcasing the works of emerging filmmakers and helping them distribute and promote their shorts. The competition is open to young people from all over the world.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Experimental



 
Logo of Lahore Fashion Film Festival

Deadline
15 Sep 2015


Published: 06 May 2015
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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Lahore Fashion Film Festival

Lahore, Pakistan


Lahore Fashion Film Festival promises to bring Fashion Designers, filmmakers and advertisers to a single platform. Best fashion films will be awarded with prizes. Lahore is the cultural hub of Pakistan and here in Lahore, we are going to connect Brands, Filmmakers, Producers and advertising agencies. LFFF is showcase of big brands from all over the world to local brands or emerging brands of Pakistan in the art of film. There is nothing been experienced like that before in Pakistan. This year LFFF will be held in November 21st and 22nd, 2015.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Other



 
Logo of Intermediaciones, video art and experimental video

Deadline
30 Jun 2015


Published: 06 May 2015
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Intermediaciones, video art and experimental video

Medellín, Colombia


Cinema Workshop Project, Magic Eye Audiovisual Production Company and Wild Wood Corporation invite artists, visual artists, filmmakers, professionals, students and amateurs, to present their work in Intermediations, a Video Art and Experimental Video Showcase.

The Showcase will take place in the City of Medellin, Colombia. It is a non-competitive event, that seeks to promote and divulge different practices surrounding audiovisual works, specifically, artistic and experimental video.

Entries will be exhibited in three categories: Local, National and International exhibitions.


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Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of XV FILM FESTIVAL: CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE - 2024

Deadline
10 Jul 2015


Published: 06 May 2015
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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XV FILM FESTIVAL: CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE - 2024

Bogotá, Colombia


The XV Film Festival: Childhood and Adolescence -2024, is a festival with spaces for circulation and audiovisual training for children, adolescents and young people, with exhibitions, recreational activities, workshops, panels and discussions, whose main objective is to promote Bogota as a pioneer city in Latin America in terms of a visible, protagonist and full of rights childhood and adolescence through audiovisual construction. Participation is free of charge to the activities of exhibition and circulation of audiovisual content.

The Contest will be held from September 7 to 13, 2024.

Children and adolescents will have access to an audiovisual program made up of national and international animation and fiction short films, television series and the "FESTICINE AWARD" category, which is given to audiovisuals made by Colombian children. They will be accompanied by playful activities of reflection on the thematic axis: "TERRITORIES OF KNOWLEDGE, BIODIVERSITY AND INCLUSION THROUGH FILM".


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 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic



 
Logo of Festival de Cine Entre Largos y Cortos Oriente

Deadline
07 Jul 2015


Published: 06 May 2015
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Festival de Cine Entre Largos y Cortos Oriente

Lecheria, Venezuela


Year 2021

The purpose of the “Entre Largos y Cortos Oriente ELCO” Film Festival aims to contribute great achievements to both the film-making community and the attending public, thus enriching future proposals of different genres and promoting film culture throughout the eastern part of the country; where professionals, amateurs and students from the different audiovisual media schools in the country, together with directors, producers, actors and a distinguished work team, lovers of the cinematographic field, will be able to show and enjoy the wonderful world of national cinema. That is why, in this 10th edition, the festival seeks to adapt to new modalities, due to the pandemic we are experiencing in the world and its restrictions, creating a platform of the festival called ELCO that will be our new form of exhibition and leaving behind our predecessor the ELCO Festival that was held since 2011 with an attendance of more than 2,800 people until its ninth installment with a total of 5,900 people who attended in person, with a great reception in the cinematographic medium.
This VOD platform was born with a new and renovating intention, where we will call on filmmakers to join together to show the world Venezuelan cinema together with Spanish-speaking countries that from this year will be part of this great window.

Our Mission: Promote, Disseminate and Promote Venezuelan and Hispanic film culture, with Venezuela being the official headquarters.
Planted objectives:

• Promote Venezuelan and Hispanic Cinema.
• Encourage the Production of Audiovisual Projects, Venezuelan and Hispanic speaking.
• Be a platform for learning and distraction for all families


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival – Curta Cinema

Deadline
24 Jul 2015


Published: 06 May 2015
 Has submission fees
Short films

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Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival – Curta Cinema

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


FESTIVAL CURTA CINEMA
33a edição
Festival Internacional de Curtas do Rio de Janeiro
17 a 24 de abril de 2024
Rio de Janeiro – RJ - Brasil

Festival Curta Cinema - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival - is exclusively dedicated to the promotion and exhibition of short-length audiovisual works. We are a competitive festival that exhibits films produced in digital format with a maximum length of 30 minutes. The programming of Festival Curta Cinema consists on: International and National Competition, Latin American and Rio Panorama, Youngsters Panorama and Special Programs. Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival – Curta Cinema - qualifies the winners of its National and International Grand Prix for an Oscar nomination according to the rules of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Deadline for entries for international films in the Festival Curta Cinema 33a edição - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival: February 5th.
Address to which send correspondence and material:
Festival Curta Cinema 33a edição - Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival
Associação Franco Cultural
Att: Aílton Franco, Jr. – Festival Director
Avenida Beira Mar, 242/502 - Centro
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil – Zip Code 20021-060
Tel.: (55 21) 2553 8918
email: programa@curtacinema.com.br
website: www.curtacinema.com.br


OSCAR!

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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of Certamen Nacional de Cortometrajes Torrevieja Audiovisual

Deadline
30 May 2015


Published: 06 May 2015
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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Certamen Nacional de Cortometrajes Torrevieja Audiovisual

Torrevieja, Spain


ONLY FOR SPANISH FILMMAKERS!!!


Short film festival


 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other



 
Logo of Palena Film Festival

Deadline
30 Jun 2015


Published: 05 May 2015
 Has submission fees
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Palena Film Festival

Palena, Italy


The 14th edition 2023 of the Palena Film Festival invites you to submit your short film, animation or music video.

The Palena Film Festival is a four-day competition that will take place in Palena (CH) - Italy from 10th to 12th August 2023.
The prize-giving night will take place at the Aventino Theatre “Ettore Maria Margadonna” in Palena, on 12th August 2023 (21:00 local time).

Founded in 2008 by the cultural association of Palena (Associazione Culturale Palenese) and recognized as one of the most important short film festivals in the world, the Palena Film Festival (previously kwown as “Premio Cinematografico Palena” since its inception nine years ago) has received over 10500 short films, animations and music videos from more than 125 countries of all 5 continents through the years in the past nine editions.

The Palena Film Festival is open to any director and/or screenwriter together with their own, recently made productions of all kind of styles and subjects.

Each director can submit short films, animations or music videos (entry fee for each project).

The running time of the films must not exceed 40 minutes (opening and closing credits included).

The deadline for submitting entries is 30th June 2023 (23:59 local time).

The admission fee is fixed to €20.00 (EUR) for each project.

The Palena Film Festival celebrates two eminent representatives of the community of Palena: the Italian screenwriter Ettore Maria Margadonna (received Academy nomination and Nastro d’Argento Italian Film Award; worked in “Bread, Love and Dreams” of Luigi Comencini with Vittorio De Sica and Gina Lollobrigida; “Bread, Love and Jealousy” of Luigi Comencini with Vittorio De Sica and Gina Lollobrigida; “Scandal in Sorrento” of Dino Risi with Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren and Tina Pica; “Bread, Love and Andalusia” of Javier Setó with Vittorio De Sica, Carmen Sevilla and Vicente Parra; actor in “The White Sheik” of Federico Fellini with Alberto Sordi and Giulietta Masina) and the American singer and television personality Perry Como (Grammy Award, known for popular songs such as “Magic Moments”, “Papa loves mambo”, “Caterina”, “Here we come a-Caroling”, “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas“; worked with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, also known for popular television shows such as “The Perry Como Show” and “The Perry Como’s Kraft Music Hall).

Notable features of the festival include:
• over 10500 short films, animations and music videos received

• over 125 countries involved

• all 5 continents involved

• President of the jury is Prof. Marta Fontana

• the jury, nominated by the cultural association of Palena, consists of engineers, artists and representatives of the world of culture, film, performing arts and music.

• past personalities/celebrities attending have included, among the directors: Giuseppe Marco Albano (Nastro d'Argento and David di Donatello Italian Film Awards), Sydney Sibilia (Ciak D'oro and Italian Golden Globe Film Awards; worked in "Smetto quando voglio"), Alessia Scarso (worked in “Italo”), Pierluigi Ferrandini (worked with Sergio Rubini), Piero Messina (worked with Paolo Sorrentino and Juliette Binoche), Floria Sigismondi (MTV Video Music Awards, MTV European Awards and Juno awards; worked with Katy Perry, Christina Aguilera, Interpol, The White Stripes, David Bowie, Sigur Rós, Sheryl Crow, The Cure, Björk, Muse, Justin Timberlake and Marilyn Manson)

• among the actors: Raoul Bova (Nastro d'Argento and Italian Golden Globe Film Awards), Alessandro Haber (David di Donatello, Nastro d'Argento and Italian Golden Globe Film Awards), Claudia Pandolfi, Ricky Memphis, Jane Alexander, Alessandro Preziosi, Donatella Rettore, Nino Frassica, Giancarlo Magalli, Corrado Oddi, Enzo Salvi, Toni Bertorelli, Sergio Fiorentini, Gabriele Pignotta, Anna Orso, Lindsay Kemp, Michela Andreozzi, Elisabetta Ferracini, Alessandro Borghi, Giancarlo Ratti

• among the artists, musicians and bands in the music videos: Duran Duran, Royksopp, Gnars Barkley, Moby, Rob Thomas, Korn, Modest mouse, Nicky Romero with Nile Rodgers, Offspring, Samuel Beam (Iron and Wine), Subsonica, Nek, Fabio Concato, Dolcenera, Mango with Franco Battiato, Peppino Di Capri, Teatro degli orrori

• among the special guests: Randall Paul (Actor)(worked in "Eyes wide shut" of Stanley Kubrick with Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and Sydney Pollack; "Four Weddings and a funeral" of Mike Newell with Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell; “Mission Impossible" of Brian De Palma with Tom Cruise, Jon Voight and Jean Reno; "La Verità sta in cielo" of Roberto Faenza with Riccardo Scamarcio, Maya Sansa and Greta Scarano)Giulia Di Quilio (worked in "The great beauty" of Paolo Sorrentino) In 2018 he is one of the protagonists of the comedy It is not true but I believe it and also enters as guest in the soap opera" soap opera, playing the role of Clara Fiorito. Mauro John Capece (director), Corinna Coroneo (actress), Corrado Oddi (actor), Prof. Gian Piero Consoli (professor of History and Criticism of Cinema at the G. D'Annunzio University of Chieti - Italy), Maurizio Becker (editor in chef of musical magazines "Classic Rock" and “Vinile”) Sharon Salerni (photographer) Celeste Di Febo (Producer FASA), Mila Cantagallo (Journalist Rete 8) Dott.ss Paola Bellarosa (Abruzzo Region)

The Palena Film Festival enhances and promotes Palena, its territory and its cultural vocation which, during the years, has identified itself through this distinctive event.
Local history, heritage and artistic compositions all complement to make the right background to visual and musical means of expression.
The festival also presents a range of special events included film workshops, retrospectives and non-competitive feature films screening that are attended by the whole town, its city authorities, tourists and keen filmgoers.

The Palena Film Festival is promoted by the cultural association of Palena (Associazione Culturale Palenese), the Region of Abruzzo, the Municipality of Palena, Province of Chieti, Chamber of commerce of Chieti and Abruzzo Tourism Promotion.


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