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Isla Calavera · Canary Islands Fantastic Film Festival City of La Laguna

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The Canary Islands Fantastic Film Festival City of La Laguba - Isla Calavera opens the call for entries for feature and short films, fiction and documentary in real image and animation.



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Logo of International University Film Festival Lanterna
Published: 12 Oct 2024
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Short films



International University Film Festival Lanterna

Deadline: 10 Jan 2025

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Students, filmmakers, and cinema lovers,

It is with great excitement that I welcome you to the fifteenth edition of the LANTERNA International University Film Festival.

This is no ordinary edition: we’re celebrating fifteen years of stories, voices, and narratives that have crossed our lives and left a mark.

In this very special edition, we want to look back with gratitude and look forward with boldness. Fifteen years of university cinema is not just a journey—it’s a statement of purpose. Of who we were, who we are, and what we aspire to tell.

Cinema is not just what we see:
It’s what we feel without knowing how to explain it.
It’s what connects us without saying a word.
It’s what, from the university, invites us to see the world differently.

I invite you to be part of [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental



Ciudad de México, Mexico



 
 
 
 
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Published: 07 Oct 2024
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Flame Firstcut

Deadline: 10 Dec 2024

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Welcome to FirstCut, one of India’s premier international student film festivals, organized by FLAME University, Pune.

FirstCut provides a dynamic platform for young filmmakers across the globe, encouraging them to explore film as a medium of growth and change.

In 2025, FirstCut Take 11 received 565+ submissions from students representing 55+ countries.

At the final event, shortlisted films will be screened for a live audience and evaluated by a distinguished jury from the Indian film industry. The screenings will be followed by engaging panel discussions and talks with renowned film personalities.

We believe creative freedom is essential, which is why participants have complete freedom in choosing their themes and styles.

In addition to categories in fiction, animation, [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



Pune, India



 
 
 

 
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Published: 03 Oct 2024
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Does NOT have submission fees
Short films



Happy Valley Animation Festival

Deadline: 01 Dec 2024

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

The Happy Valley Animation Festival takes place in State College, PA (Happy Valley) and is an open international animation competition that seeks to showcase animated works in a range of categories. HVAF is screened and exhibited locally and throughout the Pennsylvania State University (University Park) as well as online. We encourage submissions by students, early career, and practicing professional artists, designers, and filmmakers in any of the three categories that include: Animated Short Films, Experimental Animation, and Animated Motion Graphics & Design.

HVAF is a collaboration between organizers and volunteers and is sponsored by the Digital Arts & Media Design (DART) Program and the School of Visual Arts at Penn State, and the Animation Club at Penn State.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



University Park, United States



 
 
 
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Published: 02 Oct 2024
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Feature films



Marere Film Festival. Festival De Cine Y Arte

Deadline: 18 Jan 2025

Call for entries

International Festival

Feature film festival

Objective

Marere Film Festival main objective is to promote and screen feature films related to art in any of its major artistic forms (cinema, painting, sculpture, architecture, music, dance, literature, and their derivatives), as well as other audiovisual and cinematic works that bring culture closer to the public.

Dates and Venue

The second edition of Marere Film Festival will be held from March 17 to 22, 2026, in Jávea. The central location will be the Jayan Cinema, located at C/ Santísimo Cristo del Mar 14, CP 03730 Jávea (Alicante).

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



Javea, Spain



 

 
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Published: 02 Oct 2024
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Short films



NIKON FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline: 10 Jan 2025

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

It's a free and open to all short film festival based in Paris (France). Concept is simple : submit 2min20 shortfilms about an imposed theme each year. For this 15th edition, it'll be "A human superpower". To participate, you must register on our website www.festivalnikon.fr/en until January 15, 2026

IMPORTANT: PLEASE NOTE THAT FILMS OVER 2MIN20 WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED INTO THE COMPETITION AND WILL BE IMMEDIATELY EXCLUDED WITHOUT VIEWING.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Paris, France



 
 
 
 
Logo of Salas de los Infantes Short Film Festival
Published: 02 Oct 2024
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Does NOT have submission fees
Short films



Certamen De Cine Corto De Salas De Los Infantes

Deadline: 03 Nov 2024

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Film-makers from all over the world are welcome to partcipate.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Salas de los Infantes, Spain



 

 
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Published: 01 Oct 2024
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Festival De Cine Global Santo Domingo (fcgsd)

Deadline: 30 Nov 2024

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FIAPF Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

Since its first edition, the Santo Domingo Global Film Festival (FCGSD) has taken firm steps to grow both nationally and internationally while remaining true to its mission. The festival aims to offer Dominicans, as well as all visitors to the country during the event, the opportunity to access the unique perspective that cinema provides on "global issues" through "personal stories." In doing so, it seeks to foster learning and adaptation in a world driven by knowledge and globalization.

The festival’s mission remains to bring the best international narrative and documentary films to a diverse audience, advancing the understanding of the global challenges we face. Beyond this, it has contributed—whether significantly or modestly—to enhancing cinematic culture in the Dominican [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic



 
 
 
 
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Published: 27 Sep 2024
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Internacionalen Etnografski Filmski Festival `ilindenski Denovi´-Bitola

Deadline: 30 Apr 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

“From the roots to the flower” is this year's slogan of the first edition festival Ilinden Days. We started the creation of our film program from the roots of the Bitola's film tradition, the one of the Manaki brothers – the first cinematographers in Macedonia and in the Balkan, who left us invaluable testimonies of the everyday life and the great events of their time, engraved on the film tape. They actually made the first ethnographic documentaries.

It was natural that the Festival Ilinden Days, which has risen to international level, to include in its rich program a festival of ethnographic films. Then the creation of new customs and beliefs. All covered by the artistic passion of the artists, who follow the need to leave indelible traces with their cameras.

In addition [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



BITOLA, North Macedonia



 
 

 
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Published: 24 Sep 2024
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Festival du film fantastique de Bourg-en-Bresse

Deadline: 05 Jan 2025

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

13th edition of the fantastic film festival of Bourg-en-Bresse.

SHort film competitions (french languages, international, middle school) and also screening of features films.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Bourg-en-Bresse, France



 
 
 
 
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Published: 22 Sep 2024
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Cortisonici International Short Film Festival

Deadline: 31 Dec 2024

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

International short film festival - MX 15 min.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Varese, Italy