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Saraqusta Film Festival

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Saraqusta Film Festival is a film and tv series festival about the historical genre in its broadest sense. It was created with the aim of exhibiting and promoting feature films, documentaries and series using the past and the historical context as a common thread.

Submissions are open to Spanish and International works, real-image or animated that deal with the historical genre or whose theme, context or set design are historical or refer to a period of the past.



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Published: 14 Sep 2024
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Palencia International Film Festival

Deadline: 30 Nov 2024

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GOYA Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

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

This edition is number 36, 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: 11 Sep 2024
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Short Short Story Film Festival

Deadline: 03 Nov 2024

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International Festival

Short film festival

The Short Short Story Film Festival is a competitive international festival of films that tell a story in under six minutes.

For 2026, the 19th edition of the festival returns with a unique closed event. The festival celebrates brevity in film-making, with films from across the globe, both live-action and animated.

The festival consists of two programs, Heartstrings and Headtrip, each with a distinctive tone yet wide-ranging styles and topics.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



N/A, United States



 
 
 

 
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Published: 05 Sep 2024
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Festival De Cine Escolar Raúl Ruiz

Deadline: 10 Nov 2024

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International Festival

Short film festival

Overview

Organized by ONG Acción Intercultural and Liceo Artístico Guillermo Gronemeyer, the 6th Raúl Ruiz School Film Festival invites young creators to participate in its November 2026 edition in Chile. Inspired by the legacy of the acclaimed Chilean filmmaker, this in-person festival celebrates audiovisual experimentation, artistic research, and bold cinematic exploration. Submissions are open to fiction, documentary, animation, video art, dance film, video essays, and hybrid formats.

Categories

Bodies (School Category): Explores the body as presence, memory, emotion, performance, or transformation.

Memory and Territory (School Category): Investigates the relationship between identity, landscape, soundscapes, heritage, and community stories.

Games and Perception (School [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Quilpué, Chile



 
 
 
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Published: 31 Aug 2024
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Lens Dans FestIval

Deadline: 30 Sep 2024

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International Festival

Short film festival

Lens Dans is a Video Dance Festival dedicated to promoting, cultivating, and celebrating video dance projects created by artists from diverse disciplines and backgrounds.



Lens Dans brings together screenings of selected video dance projects from our open call, live performances, workshops, conferences, open mics… AND MUCH MORE!



The first edition took place at La Vallée in Brussels on 11, 12, and 13 June 2021, becoming one of the first cultural events to take place after lockdown. Since then, Lens Dans has continued to grow, with three more editions held across Brussels and Barcelona!

For our 4th edition we are coming back to Barcelona, Spain from November 12-14th, 2026 and Brussels, Belgium on the 28th of November!



This year, we are launching OPEN CALLS for VIDEO [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Brussels / Barcelona, Belgium



 
 

 
Logo of Short Film Festival For Long Times
Published: 25 Aug 2024
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Festival Cortos para Tiempos Largos

Deadline: 20 Sep 2024

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International Festival

Short film festival

The "Festival Cortos para Tiempos largos" is a proposal for the training, creation and circulation of audiovisual content carried out by young Colombians since 2020 with a clear purpose, to connect people and stories. The festival is not looking for winners, it is conceived as a space for the dissemination and visibility of audiovisual products, carried out for academic and non-profit purposes, where all those who wish to be part of a great story can participate.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Pereira, Colombia



 
 
 
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Published: 07 Aug 2024
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Feature films



Festival Internacional de Cine de Iquique

Deadline: 30 Sep 2024

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

This 2026, the International Film Festival of Iquique (FICIQQ) will celebrate its 16th edition. FICIQQ is a unique film festival in the Tarapacá Region, and this edition is funded by the 2026 Audiovisual Promotion Fund, together with the production of Volcánica Films.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Iquique, Chile



 
 
 

 
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Published: 02 Aug 2024
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Hator Hator Horror Fest

Deadline: 15 Nov 2024

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International Festival

Short film festival

Horror and animation film festival in Azpeitia.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Azpeitia, Spain



 
 
 
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Published: 23 Jul 2024
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Alicante Smartphone Internacional Film Festival

Deadline: 10 Nov 2024

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International Festival

Short film festival

The festival will take place in Alicante from November 16 to 21, 2026.

Only short films produced exclusively with a smartphone will be accepted.

Both national and international short films are eligible to participate.

The theme is open to all genres and subjects.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



alicante , Spain



 

 
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Published: 17 Jul 2024
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Tracce Cinematografiche film Fest

Deadline: 15 Apr 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

The Film Tracks Film Fest wants to be a meeting point between fans of filmic language, propose quality works.

A special prize will go to a short film about the MEDITERRANEAN.

We love Cinema and how we want to spread it.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Nettuno, Italy



 
 
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Published: 16 Jul 2024
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Vegan Çîftlîk Short Film Festival

Deadline: 01 Nov 2024

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International Festival

Short film festival

The fifth of the short film event themed "Animal Freedom" organized by Vegan Çiftlik will be held on July 15-18, 2027.

The purpose of the festival is to encourage the production of and provide a space for sharing short films and video artworks that draw attention to the violations of rights in farms, slaughterhouses, laboratories, zoos, circuses, natural habitats and many other areas in line with human desires, and the fact that even the most basic rights of animals are not recognized in the legal plane by being seen as property.

The works sent to the Festival will be displayed at the camp that will be held at Vegan Çiftlik between July 15-18, 2027.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Izmir, Turkey