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Brussels Short Film Festival is an exhibition intended for cinema lovers, both audience and professionals. The purpose is to promote and circulate short films and to generate contacts between audience, young directors and professionals.

Since 2018, the winner of the Great Prize of the International competition will be eligible for consideration in the Animated Short Film/ Live Action Short Film category of the Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules.








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Published: 16 Nov 2024
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FIDBA International Documentary Film Festival

Deadline: 14 Mar 2025

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In recent decades, and at one time to the emergence of new technologies that have ended up scanning most of the processes of the film, the documentary has known a notorious and systematic growth around the world. In our country, and for more than one decade, a production before linked almost exclusively to fiction has been swelling their ranks with new topics, new approaches, new geographies, new dilemmas.

It is in this context that FIDBA is proposed as the 1st. International Film Festival dedicated to this genre which films with the same fans - as long as we believe that the forms and the doings of the documentary film are different from those of the fiction - may meet and dialogue among them and with the public. If the documentary is a meeting point for the FIDBA, it is [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Other  Experimental



Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina



 
 
 
 
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Published: 11 Nov 2024
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Screamfest® Horror Film Festival

Deadline: 19 Aug 2025

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Calling all independent filmmakers! Screamfest® Film Festival is back for its 25th annual 10-day event, showcasing the best in horror cinema from around the world. Held this October at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Los Angeles, our festival is a must-attend event for horror fans and industry professionals alike.

Don't just take our word for it - some of the biggest horror publications have dubbed us the 'Sundance of Horror.' Our festival has also been featured in 2024 New York Times at Top 5 Halloween Festivals Worth Traveling For. Moviemaker Magazine's lists of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee for 2023, 50 Best Genre Fests in the World 2021, 25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee & 13 Film Festivals to Die For, and 30 Bloody Best Genre Fests in the World 2019.

As the [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Beverly Hills, United States



 
 
 

 
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Published: 09 Nov 2024
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IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival

Deadline: 31 Dec 2024

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Founded in 2003, IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival is dedicated to short films, new media and digital arts. Originating as a competitive forum for student films, it has grown to be a recognized platform for the expression of both young artists and established professionals – the only one of its kind in Bulgaria serving this particular sector of contemporary culture, and one of the oldest short film forums on the Balkans.
IN THE PALACE is a Goya Awards qualifying festival, Student Academy Awards® qualifying festival, and an Academy Awards®/OSCAR® qualifying festival for shorts in the categories of Best Animation, Best Fiction, Best Documentary, and Best National Film. IN THE PALACE is a member of the international network of festivals and institutions serving the [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Pernik, Bulgaria



 
 
 
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Published: 17 Sep 2024
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Festival Internacional De Cine De Gijón / Xixón

Deadline: 23 Sep 2024

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GIJÓN/XIXÓN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (FICX) aims to showcase a wide and varied selection of auteur cinema currently being produced worldwide and especially focused on innovative films and emerging filmmakers. High quality, personal, young in its shape, edgy and independent cinema at a creative level. During its selection process, the Festival will prioritise those works of interest that have their World, International, European or Spanish premiere at FICX as well as those that do not have commercial distribution agreements in the Spanish territory.

Acknowledged as “Specialized Festival” by the FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Association)

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Gijón, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 14 Sep 2024
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Muestra de Cine Internacional de Palencia

Deadline: 30 Nov 2024

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The Palencia International Films Festival is organised by the Association Friends of the film and the Popular University of Palencia.

This edition is number 34, and during all these years, our philosphy has been considering cinema a tool of development and social cohesion.

Our festival colaborates with the Spanish Cinema Academy, and its a qualifyer festival for the GOYA shortfilm Awards.

In addition, the short film awarded the first prize by the jury at the MCIP (the Milagros Alcalde Award) will go directly to the Short List finalist of the FUGAZ Awards, making up the short list of films that will then be evaluated for nomination by the commission that awards these prizes each year.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Palencia, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 10 Sep 2024
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Ibizacinefest - 10º Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Ibiza

Deadline: 12 Jan 2025

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We conceive IBZCF as a window into contemporary cinema, its new trends and creators who contribute new narrative paths to create vibrant, necessary, and modern films.
The 10th edition of IBZCF will take place in 10 venues across the island's five municipalities and online on the Filmin platform. Ibizacinefest renews its commitment to Ibiza and its culture through a program of national and international titles never before seen on the island, exclusive premieres in the Balearic Islands and Spain, activities aimed at professionals, short film sections to discover and promote local and Balearic talent, and our educational program with special screenings to create new audiences.

Reflection will also be given space through open discussions on the relationship between cinema and [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Ibiza, Spain



 

 
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Published: 02 Sep 2024
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BIFFF - Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival

Deadline: 12 Feb 2025

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Every year, during the month of April, the city of Brussels becomes the capital of all things Fantastic. The BIFFF, one of the biggest International Fantastic Film Festivals of the world (certainly the craziest), screens more than 100 movies during its 13 days marathon, ranging from Fantasy to Thriller, Sci-Fi, Cult, Horror, Anime, Experimental, underground, etc., of which some 90 features and 100 shorts in World, International, European or Belgian premiere.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Bruxelles, Belgium



 
 
 
 
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Published: 30 Aug 2024
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Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival

Deadline: 30 Apr 2025

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Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival is one of the most prestigious film festivals in Portugal, reaching its 34th edition in 2026.

The festival will be held from 17th to 26th July 2026 and its main objective is the promotion of audiovisual and film production, selected according to quality criteria, at an event which focuses not only on the discovery of new films and directors, but also on the legacy of cinema.

Fiction, animation, documentary, and experimental films, as well as music videos, no longer than 60 minutes (unless otherwise noted), produced in 2025 or 2026 are eligible for the various competitions.

Out-of-competition programmes will highlight not only a selection of worldwide contemporary short films but also the relations between shorts and [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Vila do Conde, Portugal



 
 

 
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Published: 24 Jul 2024
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Mammoth Lakes Film Festival

Deadline: 03 Mar 2025

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We are the West Coast’s premier festival dedicated to showcasing fresh and innovative filmmaking, screening everything from festival favorites like Damsel (starring Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska), to world premieres like Netflix favorite Abducted in Plain Sight.

We are committed to discovering and supporting emerging filmmakers. There’s a reason MovieMaker magazine has named Mammoth Lakes Film Festival as one of the “Top 50 Film Festival’s Worth Your Entry Fee” for the last nine years in a row: We put our filmmakers first! And now we are one of the "Top 25 Coolest Festivals in the World" named by MovieMaker Magazine — a true testament to the experience you will have with us.

We always secure top-level press to attend the festival in order to get exposure for our [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Mammoth lakes, United States



 
 
 
 
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Published: 23 Jul 2024
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Festival Jóvenes Realizadores

Deadline: 31 Aug 2024

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Focused since more than three decades ago on the discovery of new talents and the diversity of contemporary cinema, Granada Film Fest has a special interest in upcoming filmmakers of all nationalities, open to films decided to explore new audiovisual forms regardless of their definition, genre, format or duration.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Granada, Spain