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ShorTS International Film Festival

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ShorTS International Film Festival (ShorTS IFF) is organised by the Maremetraggio Association and financed by public entities and private sponsors.

Since 2000, ShorTS IFF has been a landmark for short films and up and coming cinematographers at international level. In every edition, ShorTS IFF aims to make the short film genre known to a broad and heterogeneous audience, with particular attention to the young with specific sections for children and teenagers aged 6 to 14.



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Logo of FIIN - International Nature Image Festival
Published: 06 Mar 2018
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FIIN - International Nature Image Festival

Deadline: 30 Jun 2018

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International Festival

Short film festival

The main objective of the Short Film Festival is the dissemination of ecosystems and biological heritage through cinematographic and audiovisual works selected through quality criteria.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



Vila Real, Portugal



 
 
 
Logo of Over The Fence Comedy Film Festival & A World of Dark Comedy.
Published: 11 Jan 2018
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Over The Fence Comedy Film Festival & A World of Dark Comedy.

Deadline: 21 Sep 2018

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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Hamilton Hill, Australia



 
 
 

 
Logo of International Unseen Film Festival Social Films from Bilbao
Published: 10 Jan 2018
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Festival Internacional De Cine Invisible Film Sozialak De Bilbao

Deadline: 15 May 2018

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Kultura Communication Desarrollo-KCD NGOD (hereinafter the holder or KCD NGOD, indistinctly) registered in the General Register of Associations of the Basque Country with Tax ID G-95550943, and address at Beurko Viejo 3, Pabellón 38, Oficina 12, BarakaldoBizkaia (Vizcaya) 48902, Spain, will hold a festival dedicated to screening diverse and
socially-committed films, films that are usually excluded from conventional screens.

KCD NGOD, organisers of the 19th International Unseen Film Festival “Film Sozialak” of Bilbao (Basque Country) and commissioned to organise the International Unseen Film Festival “Film Sozialak” is a non-profit organization whose aim, among others, is to promote Human, Intercultural, Equitable and Sustainable Development through
Communication and Culture.

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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Barakaldo, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of XIIl  Cinemart International Short Film Festival
Published: 02 Jan 2018
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Xlll Festival Internacional De Curtmetratges Cinemart

Deadline: 30 Mar 2018

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International Festival

Short film festival

The Festival is organized by the CinemArt Association of Pineda de Mar, it is an international festival with the aim of promoting a specific space for the discovery, screening and dissemination of short films.

The main thematic axis of the festival is that of comedy; however, the theme and genre of the productions is free. Quality and originality will be prioritized as the main objective, and that the production is unprecedented.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Pineda de Mar, Spain



 
 

 
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Published: 02 Jan 2018
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16° Cine Versátil- Asia LGBTQ+

Deadline: 01 Jun 2018

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International Festival

Short film festival

Diversity Short Film Festival- Argentina
LGBT VIDEO ART- Anniversary Edition- 16 years

2027

Edition 16

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The 16th edition will include a non-competitive exhibition dedicated to LGBT+ shortfilms from Asia.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Buenos Aires, Argentina



 
 
 
 
Logo of CINHOMO - International LGBTIQ+ Film Festival
Published: 28 Nov 2017
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Cinhomo - Muestra Internacional de Cine y Diversidad Sexual de Castilla y León

Deadline: 15 Feb 2018

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International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

The International Film and Sexual Diversity Festival CINHOMO accepts LGBTIAQ-themed films of all nationalities, which will be eligible in the various sections of the festival: Fiction Feature Films, Fiction Short Films, Documentary Feature Films and Documentary Short Films.

The works must not have been exhibited in commercial theaters, broadcast on TV or be available to the public on the Internet or any other platform in Spanish territory prior to the celebration of the festival and must be copyrighted after 01/01/2024. Feature films must be unpublished in the Community of Castilla y León; in the case of short films it will not be exclusive but it will be positively valued. The organization reserves the right to include in the out-of-competition program films that do not meet [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Valladolid, Spain



 
 
 

 
Logo of Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival
Published: 11 Nov 2017
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Sehsüchte Internationales Studierendenfilmfestival

Deadline: 07 Jan 2018

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International Festival

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From April 21 to 25, 2027, the 56th edition of the Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival, one of Europe's largest festivals for up-and-coming filmmakers, will take place in Potsdam. It offers up-and-coming filmmakers from all over the world a platform to present their work to a wide audience and build contacts in the industry.

Started in the 1970s as a GDR film festival for young filmmakers, Sehsüchte has established itself over the decades as an internationally important film festival and has become an integral part of Berlin and Brandenburg's cultural landscape.

Sehsüchte sees itself as a place of encounter and creation, as an event of cultural diversity and a celebration of cinema, today and tomorrow. The organization and implementation of the festival is entirely [...]

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Potsdam, Germany



 
 
 
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Published: 07 Nov 2017
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Premios Quirino de la Animación Iberoamericana

Deadline: 08 Dec 2017

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HIGHLIGHTED

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Os Prémios Quirino surgiram em 2018 para reconhecer o talento da animação ibero-americana e estabelecer ligações entre a indústria de ambos os lados do Atlântico.

Dez anos depois, são o principal ponto de encontro do setor.

O que começou por ser uma gala reúne hoje uma cerimónia de entrega de prémios, um Fórum Internacional de Coprodução e Negócios e programas que abordam o futuro da indústria.

Todos os anos, Tenerife recebe profissionais da América Latina, Espanha, Portugal e Andorra durante três dias de gala, negócios e trabalho coletivo.

Em dez anos, os Prémios Quirino receberam mais de 2 200 obras candidatas, agendaram mais de 8 700 reuniões B2B e entregaram 85 prémios em 10 categorias a criadores de 23 nacionalidades ibero-americanas.

Assim, os Prémios Quirino prestam [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Tenerife, Spain



 
 
 

 
Logo of NIKON FILM FESTIVAL
Published: 03 Nov 2017
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NIKON FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline: 10 Jan 2018

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International Festival

Short film festival

It's a free and open to all short film festival based in Paris (France). Concept is simple : submit 2min20 shortfilms about an imposed theme each year. For this 17th edition, it'll be "SURPRISE". To participate, you must register on our website www.festivalnikon.fr/en until January 15, 2027

IMPORTANT: PLEASE NOTE THAT FILMS OVER 2MIN20 WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED INTO THE COMPETITION AND WILL BE IMMEDIATELY EXCLUDED WITHOUT VIEWING.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Paris, France



 
 
 
 
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Published: 12 Oct 2017
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Muestra de Cine Internacional de Palencia

Deadline: 18 Dec 2017

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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.

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Palencia, Spain