filmmakers


6123 legitimate festivals waiting for your film. 
218000 films already found theirs.

















Find the latest calls for entries for film festivals all over the world




Santander International Independent Film Festival (2027) - SANFICI

Logo of Santander International Independent Film Festival (2027) - SANFICI

SANFICI is a space to generate meetings at different levels, with an overcoming and innovative will. First of all, it is a space for the relationship between spectators, filmmakers and theorists around cinema and all border and heterodox manifestations. Secondly, it is a special and temporary meeting point.

SANFICI wants to become, year after year, the place of convergence for world independent cinema. But it also wants to be the space where the past and the future dialogue. The place where the most diverse film traditions are embraced with their riskiest proposals.



Festival Viewfinder
Festivals list and information at a glance

Screening Room
Present your film in the best possible streaming quality

Statistics
Check statistics about all your submissions










































   Excellent support


   Security & streaming DRM


   We do not sell your info to others

   Film Links


   Direct communication


   Rent on your own VOD page

   Save on entry fees


   Festival fraud protection


   Special services








Film Links



A festival that is not on our list? A distributor requesting your film? Use Film Links to send your film and keep it protected while knowing when and where they watch it



 














Sell or rent your film in your own terms



   Interact directly with your viewers


   Keep your film’s distribution rights


   Check statistics about your sales and viewings


   We handle the technology and you handle the art










Save on entry fees



Most recent calls for entries and upcoming deadlines.


 
Logo of INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL TINDIRINDIS
Published: 14 May 2025
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films



INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL TINDIRINDIS

Deadline: 31 Aug 2025

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

The festival will offer diverse program, featuring films of the famous directors, debutants and animation students from various countries, many of whom were awarded at numerous international animation festivals.

International Animated Film Festival "Tindirindis "- is not a commercial film scene. The festival's mission - to deliver the widest range of the animation world: the different styles, the schools work, to show the animation, which encourages creativity.
Artistic animation, author retrospectives, the films, which stimulate creativity. 22 years festival is running every year in Lithuania, showing the best non-commercial animation works from around the world. Competition programs include short and feature films for children, adults, experimental, student, debut, and music [...]

 Animation



Vilnius, Lithuania



 
 
 
Logo of MINIDOC
Published: 09 May 2025
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films



MINIDOC

Deadline: 07 Oct 2025

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

The theme must focus, from the values ​​of solidarity, tolerance, culture of peace, nature and commitment to gender equality, on ways of life, traditions, trades, crafts, sustainable economy, respect for the environment and living beings, that is, all aspects of the diversity of human culture, with a specific section dealing with issues of the peoples of Siberia and Central Asia.

 Documentary  Animation



Polán, Spain



 

 
Logo of Homeless Film Festival
Published: 09 May 2025
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films



Homeless Film Festival

Deadline: 31 Jul 2025

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

Bizitegi has been organizing the Homeless Film Festival in Bilbao since 2016, creating awareness-raising sessions on social inclusion through cinema and theatre.

The Bizitegi Team works for the incorporation into society of people at risk or in a situation of social exclusion in Bizkaia through intervention processes, aimed at improving their living conditions, and through these awareness-raising and denunciation actions that allow raising awareness in building a fairer society.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental



Bilbao, Spain



 
 
 
Logo of BCN Sports Film – 17th Barcelona International FICTS Festival
Published: 07 May 2025
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films



BCN Sports Film – 17th Barcelona International FICTS Festival

Deadline: 30 Sep 2025

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

The Barcelona Olympic Foundation, with the support of the Barcelona City Council, organizes the BCN Sports Film 2027 – 17th BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL FICTS FESTIVAL and forms part of the WORLD FICTS CHALLENGE 2027.

The BCN Sports Film 2027 will take place in Barcelona on dates yet to be determined during February of 2027. In this seventeenth edition, the festival will have a competitive nature.

The seventeenth edition of the festival will have a hybrid format so, there will be face-to-face screenings and online screenings. The rights that the authors assign, therefore, are both for the face-to-face sessions that are held in the official venues of the contest, as well as for the sessions that will be held online through an online platform.

These Rules & Regulations have been [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Barcelona, Spain



 
 

 
Logo of Ànima Jove Fest
Published: 02 May 2025
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films



Ànima Jove Fest

Deadline: 31 Jul 2025

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Ànima Jove, Festival Internacional de Curtmetratges d’Animació d’Altafulla is a festival dedicated to contemporary animation cinema, connecting international audiovisual creation with its local cultural context.

The festival showcases a selection of national and international animated short films that reflect the narrative, aesthetic and thematic diversity of contemporary animation.

Beyond film screenings, the festival creates a meeting space for audiences, filmmakers and industry professionals, and promotes activities related to education, cultural reflection and digital culture.

The festival takes place in Altafulla (Catalonia – Spain) and is part of a broader cultural project aimed at bringing contemporary animation to new audiences while strengthening the local creative [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Altafulla, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of Palafrugell Short Film Showcase
Published: 02 May 2025
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films



Palafrugell Short Film Showcase

Deadline: 27 Jul 2025

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

The Palafrugell Short Film Showcase aims to be a small exhibition of different short films, created by young filmmakers. In this way, it seeks to create a space for cultural exchange while also serving as a meeting point for future creative synergies.

Over its three editions, the showcase has brought together filmmakers from across Spain and other countries, whose works have been premiered in various film festivals. At the same time, it has also exhibit professionals short films by contemporary filmmakers.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Madrid, Spain



 

 
Logo of International Short Film Festival Vitafest 2026
Published: 29 Apr 2025
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films



International Short Film Festival Vitafest 2026

Deadline: 23 Jun 2025

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

VITAFEST, Vitacura International Short Film Festival is a festival dedicated to national and international short films and a meeting point for diverse agents of the Chilean audiovisual industry.

Now in its eight edition, VITAFEST has established itself as one of the main platforms for the short film format in Latin America, a meeting point for the various agents of the local audiovisual industry and an official showcase for the new local talented filmmakers.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Santiago, Chile



 
 
Logo of VIII Edición Cinema Miúdo
Published: 26 Apr 2025
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films



VIII Edición Cinema Miúdo

Deadline: 04 Aug 2025

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

The Ames International Children's Film Festival is back, an event that wants to make children dream, think, smile, and awaken emotions, consciences, and illusions. It will be held from November 12 to 15, 2026.

This year's edition will take SCIENCE as a cross-cutting theme. This theme will be complemented by film screenings of works that explore and popularize science.

Let the rattles ring and the spinning tops spin, the 9 International Children's Film Festival of Ames begins.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Ames, Spain



 
 

 
Logo of Lloret Negre
Published: 24 Apr 2025
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films



Lloret Negre

Deadline: 31 Jul 2025

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

Lloret Negre is the first noir genre festival of the Costa Brava. It's objetive is to promote the noir genre and as well as Lloret de Mar and it's heritage.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Lloret de Mar, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of Lights Cameros Action
Published: 23 Apr 2025
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films



Lights Cameros Action

Deadline: 01 Jun 2025

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

LUCES CAMEROS ACCION is a short film festival with two sections.

1 – “Rural World" Section
International section of short films in Spanish or Spanish subtitles.

Recorded in villages in rural areas or dealing with rural idiosyncrasies.

Premiered from January 1, 2025.

2 – “Cameros" Section
The works submitted will be original pieces that are not accessible through Internet.

With 30% of the "footage" recorded in recognizable places of Cameros (New and old Cameros located in La Rioja Spain).

Deadline for submission of works:
"Rural World" section: before April 16, 2026.
"Cameros" section: before July 21, 2026.

Screenings and Awards Ceremony:
18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 of August in villages of Cameros, La Rioja, Spain.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



El Rasillo, Spain