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Message To Man

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The 35th Message to Man International Festival of documentary, short fiction, animated, and experimental films will take place from 17 to 25 October 2025 in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Over the years, the Festival has hosted distinguished figures of world cinema, including Werner Herzog, Ulrich Seidl, Claude Lanzmann, Isabelle Huppert, Fanny Ardant, Agnès Varda, Mira Nair, Paolo Sorrentino, Alan Berliner, Eric Roberts, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Abdellatif Kechiche, Udo Kier, and many others.

With its history spanning three decades of cinema development, Message to Man was founded in 1989 in Leningrad by filmmaker Mikhail Litvyakov, who now serves as the Honorary President of the Festival.

In 2010, Alexei Uchitel, a renowned director of documentaries and feature films, assumed the role [...]



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Published: 03 Aug 2023
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VIII Edición Cinema Miúdo

Deadline: 04 Sep 2023

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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 13 to 16, 2025.

This year's edition will take HUMAN RIGHTS as a cross-cutting theme. The title of this year's edition will be “Let's defend peace and human rights”, with special emphasis on the importance of the UN Declaration of Human Rights and its dissemination in the seventh art. This theme will be punctuated with film exhibitions of pieces that deepen and disseminate this defense of human values and social awareness.

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

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Ames, Spain



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Published: 01 Aug 2023
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FICL Leon International Film Festival

Deadline: 05 Aug 2023

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The International Film Festival of Leon IFFOL, invites all filmmakers to participate in the IFFOL Official Call 2024 from April 1 to August 05 of this year, being able to apply with fiction, non-fiction or animation feature film, short film or short documentary to be part of the 10th Consecutive Edition to be held between October 30 to November 03 of this year. Those selected may be part of the three competitive sections of the festival: International Talent, Local Talent and University Talent.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



León, Mexico



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Published: 26 Jul 2023
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Rani Durgavati International Film Festival

Deadline: 10 Sep 2023

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International Festival

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The Rani Durgavati International Film Festival is designed to celebrate Cinema.

RDIFF is committed to Showcase films from amazing filmmakers across the globe. The festival welcomes films from around the world.

RDIFF is a Jabalpur, India based international film festival with screenings and Q&A and a twice-yearly awards event. One event is totally dedicated to Short Films and other event is for Full Length Films.

Our First Edition SUCCESSFULLY launched on 5th October 2023 for Short Films.
in June 2024 our Full Length Films Edition was a success.
The 3rd Edition for short films category was completed on 5 Oct 2024. Honorable MLA Shri Abhilash Pandey distributed the Awards.

Entries for edition 04 are open from 25/01/2025.
There will be two events every year.

Our main focus [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Jabalpur, India



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Published: 22 Jul 2023
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Festival of Future Storytellers

Deadline: 15 Sep 2023

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Festival of Future Storytellers has been one of the most important festivals for young filmmakers worldwide since 1981. Each year, it offers young filmmakers from all over the world a platform for presenting their own short films and exchanging ideas about filmmaking. Each November, Munich becomes the focal point of up-and-coming international filmmaking — a place for lively exchange, networking, and discussion.

The short fiction, documentary, and animated films screened in international competition are eligible for valuable prizes, which are awarded by an independent festival jury. In addition, Festival of Future Storytellers presents a DACH Short Film Competition, in which short films from the DACH region will be programmed. An extensive supporting programme with panels and [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



München, Germany



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Published: 20 Jul 2023
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FIC John Lee - Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Villa De Mazo

Deadline: 15 Aug 2023

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International Festival

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The International Short Film Festival John Lee - Villa de Mazo is a cultural project that allows Villa de Mazo (La Palma, Canary Islands) to be known as the ideal setting for film shooting, at the same time that it tries to bring the seventh art closer to citizens, making anyone Anyone who wants can participate in a real shoot and thus learn how cinema works from the inside.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Villa de Mazo, Spain



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Published: 19 Jul 2023
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Festival Internacional de cortometrajes Gastro Cinema

Deadline: 01 Sep 2023

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INTERNATIONAL GASTRONOMY FICTION AND DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS FESTIVAL.

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Alicante, Spain



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Published: 19 Jul 2023
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Claqueta Emérita

Deadline: 30 Sep 2023

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Only for Spanish Filmmakers.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Mérida, Spain



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Logo of International Short Film Festival Vitafest 2025
Published: 18 Jul 2023
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Festival Internacional De Cortometrajes Vitafest 2025

Deadline: 10 Sep 2023

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International Festival

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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 sixth 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



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Published: 16 Jul 2023
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FICCAB - Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes y Cine Alternativo de Benalmádena

Deadline: 17 Sep 2023

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International Festival

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In 1998, the Benalmádena Cinematographic Youth Association (ACIBE) recovered the spirit of the defunct SICAB (Benalmádena International Author's Film Week, 1969-1989) to undertake the project of creating a film festival for the city. The result, after seventeen years of management, is the Benalmádena International Short Film and Alternative Film Festival (FICCAB), a meeting forum for lovers of quality cinema. More than four hundred short films are presented each year at a festival for all ages that unites the glamor of the stars to the best auteur, independent, alternative and unknown cinematographies, paying special attention to European ones.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Arroyo de la Miel - Benalmádena, Spain



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Published: 15 Jul 2023
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We Cam Fest

Deadline: 31 Mar 2024

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WE CAM FEST is the first inclusive film festival in Colombia. It brings together the cinematographic content related to disability in the world. An innovative proposal that, in addition to showing other perspectives of life through cinema, seeks to be a platform for the creation of content made by and with people with disabilities, in order to recognize their contribution and talent for the environment and society.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Bogotá, Colombia



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