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Bengaluru International Short Film Festival

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You’ve chosen to film. Chosen to put together a visual piece of art if we may say so. Today when anyone with a camera can, in theory, make a film... how will you make your short film stand out? What you intend to do with your film is what the Bengaluru International Short Film Festival is all about. We will be what you create.

After the tremendous success that was BISFF 2024, we are all set to host the 15th edition. Just as every year, this is an attempt to understand the medium a little better and go a little further in inventing new forms of storytelling as filmmakers.

This year the Festival will be a HYBRID Version, having both Online and Venue Screenings. Online Screenings will be only for INDIAN Geography

The festival showcases shorts from across the world, creating a [...]



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Logo of 7º Festival Internacional De Cinema Ambiental Da Serra Catarinense
Published: 17 Dec 2024
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7º Festival Internacional De Cinema Ambiental Da Serra Catarinense

Deadline: 31 Mar 2025

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O FICASC objetiva promover através do cinema socioambiental uma reflexão na sociedade contemporânea sobre temas ambientais considerados de extrema urgência e relevância. O festival não se limita meramente a exibir filmes, mas através deles promover uma ampla discussão nos mais variados setores da sociedade, levando conhecimento e entretenimento à crianças, jovens e adultos.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Experimental



Urubici, Brazil



 
 
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Published: 17 Dec 2024
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Festival Eszena

Deadline: 09 Feb 2025

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Eszena is a young film festival that was born in Zaragoza, in 2023, with the intention of creating a space for the exhibition of audiovisual projects of young people.

Eszena arose from the need to bring cinema closer to young people and put them (ourselves) as a priority, because Generation Z needs spaces to show their creations, resources to advance them and meeting points to continue nurturing the young artistic fabric.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Zaragoza, Spain



 

 
Logo of Festival Panòptic Mataró
Published: 13 Dec 2024
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Festival Panòptic Mataró

Deadline: 28 Feb 2025

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PANÒPTIC. MATARÓ FILM FESTIVAL
7th Edition

Panòptic Film Festival is a film and visual arts festival that explores the role of the digital era and its impact on society: the impact on power relations, social control, as well as in the areas of ethics, freedoms and human rights. Through the audiovisual, Panòptic Film Festival wants to generate thought, debate and knowledge around the moment of radical transformation that as a society we are living in the context of the digital era.

The 6th edition of the festival will take place in May 2025 in the city of Mataró (Barcelona, Spain).

The Official Selection and the Out of Competition selection are based on artistic, thematic and technical criteria.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Mataró , Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR THE ELDERLY
Published: 13 Dec 2024
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La Gran Pantalla - Festival Internacional de Cinema de les Persones Grans de Barcelona

Deadline: 28 Feb 2025

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La GRAN pantalla is an intergenerational cinematographic meeting space that seeks to dismantle stereotypes about older people through cinema. We look for stories that allow us to generate new readings and discourses about older people, beyond the conventional representations that are usually associated with this stage of life.

La GRAN pantalla seeks to delve into topics such as the sexuality of older people, the digital divide, unwanted loneliness, palliative care, intergenerational dialogues, cohousing, LGBTIQ+ older people, dignified death, migrant older people and all the visions that this population group may have about contemporary social problems such as the climate crisis, demographic change, new forms of families and organization, international conflicts, urban [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Barcelona, Spain



 
 
 

 
Logo of Tigers Dance Film Festival
Published: 09 Dec 2024
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Tigers Dance Film Festival

Deadline: 16 Mar 2025

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Tigers Dance is a short film festival dedicated to short dance for the camera films that are appropriate for all audiences. It will be adjudicated as part of a middle school class about Dance for the Camera, and we hope to include a wide variety of short dance films in our program.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Urbana, United States



 
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Published: 09 Dec 2024
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Ethereal Code International AI Film And Art Festival

Deadline: 05 Feb 2025

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The ETHEREAL CODE International AI Film and Art Festival stands as a global celebration of the transformative synergy between artificial intelligence, filmmaking, and art. This pioneering event is dedicated to exploring the endless possibilities that AI brings to the realms of creative expression, pushing the boundaries of what is achievable in storytelling, cinematography, and artmaking.

The festival serves as a vibrant platform for innovation, imagination, and collaboration, bringing together filmmakers, technologists, artists, researchers, and audiences from around the world. By showcasing groundbreaking AI-driven films and artworks, it seeks to illuminate the ways in which artificial intelligence can revolutionize traditional approaches, creating entirely new paradigms in [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



New Delhi, India



 

 
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Published: 07 Dec 2024
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Festival Cortogijón

Deadline: 28 Feb 2025

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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
 [...]

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Gijón, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of IndiFest - Barcelona Indigenous Film Festival
Published: 06 Dec 2024
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Indifest - Festival De Cinema Indígena De Barcelona

Deadline: 16 Feb 2025

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IndiFest is festival organized by alterNativa in collaboration with CLACPI (Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Cine y Comunicación de los Pueblos Indígenas), with the aim of giving its own voice to the indigenous peoples and to demand the fulfillment of their Rights.

The Festival’s main objective is to promote the Identity and the Rights of the indigenous peoples through audiovisual tools. The festival includes screenings at physical venues as well as an online week event.

IndiFest is complemented with other activities such as political incidence and conversations with indigenous leaders.

A commitment that enhances the decentralization of cultural habits as well as the communication of indigenous peoples concerning their Rights and intercultural relations.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Barcelona, Spain



 
 
 

 
Logo of Zero Plus International festival of films for children and youth
Published: 05 Dec 2024
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Zero Plus International festival of films for children and youth

Deadline: 01 Apr 2025

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"0+" International film festival is aimed at:

1. promotion and popularization of high-quality films, which foster a positive, creative and formative worldview in children and young people, strengthen common human values like family, childhood, friendship, kindness, nature, love for a profession, etc.

2. integration of cinema and education by creating a collection of value-oriented films for carrying out educational screenings in schools and social institutions of Russia.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Tyumen, Russia



 
 
 
 
Logo of BaAR | 1º Festival De Cine Argentino De Barcelona
Published: 03 Dec 2024
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BAAR | 2º Festival De Cine Argentino En Barcelona

Deadline: 31 Aug 2025

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Feature film festival

Only for Spanish and Argentinian Filmmakers.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



BARCELONA, Spain