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Screamfest® Horror Film Festival

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Calling all independent filmmakers! Screamfest® Film Festival is back for its 25th annual 10-day event, showcasing the best in horror cinema from around the world. Held this October at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Los Angeles, our festival is a must-attend event for horror fans and industry professionals alike.

Don't just take our word for it - some of the biggest horror publications have dubbed us the 'Sundance of Horror.' Our festival has also been featured in 2024 New York Times at Top 5 Halloween Festivals Worth Traveling For. Moviemaker Magazine's lists of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee for 2023, 50 Best Genre Fests in the World 2021, 25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee & 13 Film Festivals to Die For, and 30 Bloody Best Genre Fests in the World 2019.

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Published: 12 Mar 2024
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EUREKA University Film Festival

Deadline: 01 Jun 2024

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10th EUREKA UNIVERSITY FILM FESTIVAL 2025

The conditions described below correspond to the requirements proposed by EUREKA University Film Festival and its programming team. The registration and selection of audiovisual pieces sent by those students and filmmakers who would like to be part of the official programming depend on these requirements, bases and conditions.

EUREKA University Film Festival is an event initially organized by students from the University Jorge Tadeo Lozano of Bogota and students from different universities in Colombia. The festival will take place from October 14 to 18, 2025 in the city of Bogotá D.C., Colombia.

The call for entries will be open from April 10th until June 03rd, 2025. The only platform we will enable to receive the audiovisual [...]

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Bogotá D.C., Colombia



 
 
 
 
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Published: 11 Mar 2024
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Kaaffilm International Short Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Jul 2024

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International Festival

Short film festival

The 4º Kaaffilm International Short Film Festival is an independent celebration dedicated to short films a cinematic form that often doesn't receive the mainstream spotlight it deserves. We proudly accept submissions from around the world, offering a platform for stories that challenge, inspire, and redefine cinema.

For our 2025 edition, the festival will be held entirely online, bringing powerful short films directly to a global audience. Official selections will be screened on our secure platform, giving filmmakers international exposure without borders.

The Kaaffilm Short Film Festival remains a vital space for both emerging talents and established voices a key showcase for independent cinema worldwide. Our competition program attracts industry professionals from across [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



Milan, Italy



 
 
 

 
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Published: 10 Mar 2024
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Festival de Cortometrajes Rodinia

Deadline: 24 Jul 2024

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17th Rodinia Short Film Festival 2025

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Rodinia, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 04 Mar 2024
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RiR · Festival Internacional De Curtas De Comedia

Deadline: 30 Jun 2024

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International Festival

Short film festival

The eighth edition of RIR (International Comedy Shortfilm Festival), a theme festival where humor is the fundamental base.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Allariz, Spain



 
 

 
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Published: 03 Mar 2024
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EDITA Certamen Social Audiovisual

Deadline: 26 May 2024

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Short film festival

EDITA is a short film festival focused on social transformation. Its goal is to increase critical capability, involve society in the promotion of human rights through film making, besides making the public feel the calling of social change.

ASAD aspires to encourage the debate and the critical reflection about these topics through the participants’; works and proposals. We want to know new social imaginaries, look from other perspectives and approximate to non-hegemonic proposals which support human rights, gender equality, and sustainable human development.

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Granada, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 02 Mar 2024
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CortogeniAl, Festival De Cine Y Cortometrajes

Deadline: 01 Jun 2024

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International Festival

Short film festival

The celebration of the XVI Edition of the CortogeniAl Film and Short Film Festival will take place in the town of Puente Genil (Cordoba, Spain) between October 10th and October 18th of 2025.

It is welcome any person (film director, production or distribution) who has the legal control of the work or works submitted may participate.

REQUIREMENTS:

− Short films must have been produced in 2024 or 2025.

− Short films shall not last more than 20 minutes.

− Every filmmaker may submit as many works as desired.

− Productions not filmed in Spanish as main language must be submitted with Spanish subtitles for their exhibition.

− Filmmakers will be owners of the legal rights to their works and the responsible of the authorship rights of the short films.

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Puente Genil, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 02 Mar 2024
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Endimaris Sitges

Deadline: 01 Sep 2024

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Short film festival

Competitive festival of short films with a 2SLGTBIQ+ theme, produced in the 24 months prior to the event, held in the town of Sitges (Barcelona - Spain).

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Sitges, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 02 Mar 2024
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Utsav International Film Festival

Deadline: 31 Oct 2024

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Feature film festival

Utsav – Celebration or Festival

We have started this LGBTQ+ & Independent Film Festival for cinema lovers. This film festival will be a celebration of creativity and ideas. After a successful completion of the first edition of the festival, we are now ready for the second edition.

LGBTQ+ cinema globally as well as in India has become an important part of the film industry. OTT platforms have increased the reach of these films to a larger audience. Of course, these avenues are mostly for mainstream cinema and filmmakers. There are a lot of independent film makers who also have interesting stories to present. We hope that this festival will be a platform for these independent film makers and their wonderful stories.

Each film has various components – story, script, [...]

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Mumbai, India



 
 
 

 
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Published: 02 Mar 2024
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II Festival Internacional De Cine Social De Majadahonda (misfe’25)

Deadline: 31 Jul 2024

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Short film festival

Following the success of the first edition, we are organizing the Second Edition of the Majadahonda International Social Film Festival (MISFE'25). We firmly believe that cinema is a tool for social transformation and that by promoting the dissemination of critical and high-quality films, we can educate and raise awareness within the community about important social issues.

MISFE'25 not only promises to be a showcase for cinematic talent but also addresses and highlights social issues of interest, as films can serve as educational tools and catalysts for dialogue on relevant topics.

We aim to contribute to the development of Majadahonda and enrich its cultural offerings, as the diversity of films presented at the festival can enhance the community’s cultural life by exposing [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Majadahonda, Spain



 
 
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Published: 02 Mar 2024
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BAAR | 2º Festival De Cine Argentino En Barcelona

Deadline: 30 Jun 2024

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Short film festival

Feature film festival

Only for Spanish and Argentinian Filmmakers.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



BARCELONA, Spain