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FIDBA International Documentary Film Festival

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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 [...]



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Published: 11 Jan 2023
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Vegan Çîftlîk Short Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Mar 2023

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International Festival

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Vegan Çiftlik
International short film festival
İzmir / Türkiye

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Izmir, Turkey



 
 
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Published: 06 Jan 2023
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Chennai World Cinema Festival -2025

Deadline: 15 Sep 2023

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Welcome to the CHENNAI WORLD CINEMA FESTIVAL-2025!

Chennai World Cinema Festival successfully held its inaugural event on September 19th-25th, 2025.

700 seater Sri Devi Karumari Theater.
A widescreen is like an IMAX theatre.
The theatre has a 4K projection and Dolby Atmos sound system.

Three days,
18 screenings,
27 Short Films & Feature Films,
All visitors were admitted free of charge.

The 1st Chennai World Cinema Festival was held from October 4 to 10, 2024.

200 seater Prasad Preview Theater.

The theatre has a 4K projection and Dolby Atmos sound system.

3300 submissions from 114 countries.

6000 visitors.

Seven-day screening.

Eight venues.

38 Short Films and Movies.

Ambassador of Venezuela's two-day participation.

Direct participation of 42 foreign and domestic [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Chennai, India



 
 
 

 
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Published: 07 Dec 2022
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Festibaldo, Festival de curtmetratges del barri de Sant Roc

Deadline: 15 Jan 2023

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International Festival

Short film festival

The FestiBaldo was born with great enthusiasm and also a lot of effort, in the Sant Roc neighborhood (Badalona), in 2022. It is a festival organized by the 4th year ESO students of the Institut Escola Baldomer Solà.

Given that we, the 4th year ESO students, are at the end of the road at this educational stage, we are faced with concerns, fears and many doubts about the future, so we would like to see the representation of adolescents who are in the same situation as us.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Badalona, Spain



 
 
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Published: 02 Dec 2022
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Concurso de Cortometrajes CREAT RIVAS

Deadline: 22 Jan 2023

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HIGHLIGHTED

Short film festival

La 24ª edición del Concurso de Cortometrajes de Rivas Vaciamadrid se realizará en Rivas Vaciamadrid (Madrid) del 12 al 22 de marzo de 2025.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Rivas Vaciamadrid , Spain




 
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Published: 02 Dec 2022
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Muestra De Cine Documental Musical De Gijón

Deadline: 01 Jul 2023

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International Festival

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THE GIJÓN 2025 FESTIVAL

4 GIJÓN MUSIC DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
August 2025

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Gijón, Spain



 
 
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Published: 26 Nov 2022
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FICARQ - Festival Internacional De Cine Y Arquitectura de España

Deadline: 30 Nov 2022

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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, [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



MADRID, Spain



 
 

 
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Published: 24 Nov 2022
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Festival Internacional De Films de Futur Font D’en Fargues

Deadline: 23 Jan 2023

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F5 is an international short film festival organized by FFCINEMA in Barcelona in which filmmakers of any nationality can participate. The projections and the awards ceremony will take place on March 29, 2025 at the Casal de la Font d'en Fargues.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Barcelona, Spain



 
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Published: 23 Nov 2022
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Acid´animé Contest

Deadline: 01 Apr 2023

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Acid'Animé Fest is an Paris international short-film competition. Our mission is to bring international independent animated short films to the widest possible audience in Europe and beyond. We want to give this opportunity to young filmakers and animators.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Paris, France




 
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Published: 22 Nov 2022
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Sehsüchte Internationales Studierendenfilmfestival

Deadline: 08 Jan 2023

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International Festival

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The 54th edition of the Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival, one of the biggest film festivals for young filmmakers in Europe, will take place from 23rd April to 27th of April 2025 in Potsdam. It offers up-and-coming filmmakers from all over the world a platform to present their works to a broad audience and come into contact with the industry. Founded in the 1970s as a showcase for young filmmakers in the GDR, Sehsüchte has established itself over the decades as an internationally important festival and has become an integral part of the Berlin and Brandenburg cultural landscape.

Sehsüchte sees itself as a place of encounter and creativity, as an event of cultural diversity and a celebration of cinema, today as well as tomorrow. The festival is planned, organized [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Potsdam, Germany



 
 
 
 
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Published: 17 Nov 2022
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Festival de Málaga

Deadline: 15 Jan 2023

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1. OBJECTIVES

The objectives of Festival de Malaga are to disseminate and promote Spanish films and their general cultural sphere. In this sense, the Festival is also a platform for Latin American film productions. Its functions include hosting an event for the different professional sectors of films in Spanish (construed as films produced in Spain and all of Latin America, including Brazil) to boost their development and promote international sales.

In compliance with these objectives, the 28th Edition of Festival de Málaga will be held from 14th to 23rd March 2025.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Málaga, Spain