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FIDBA International Documentary Film Festival

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In recent decades, and at one time to the emergence of new technologies that have ended up scanning most of the processes of the film, the documentary has known a notorious and systematic growth around the world. In our country, and for more than one decade, a production before linked almost exclusively to fiction has been swelling their ranks with new topics, new approaches, new geographies, new dilemmas.

It is in this context that FIDBA is proposed as the 1st. International Film Festival dedicated to this genre which films with the same fans - as long as we believe that the forms and the doings of the documentary film are different from those of the fiction - may meet and dialogue among them and with the public. If the documentary is a meeting point for the FIDBA, it is [...]



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Logo of FIIN - International Nature Image Festival
Published: 06 Apr 2021
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FIIN - International Nature Image Festival

Deadline: 30 Jun 2021

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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 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ORIGEN
Published: 05 Apr 2021
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INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ORIGEN

Deadline: 30 Jun 2021

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Origin is an International Audiovisual Festival, which takes place in the small Granada town of Orce, known for its archaeological sites cradle of the first settlers of Europe, as well as for the peculiarity of its landscapes, its history and gastronomy.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Orce, Spain



 
 
 

 
Logo of ZINETXIKI ZINEMALDIA - International Film Festival for Children and Youth
Published: 30 Mar 2021
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ZINETXIKI ZINEMALDIA - International Film Festival for Children and Youth

Deadline: 04 Jun 2021

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IX edition of the Zinetxiki Zinemaldia - International Film Festival for Children and Youth, organised by the cultural association Begira Elkartea, will take place in Bilbao and other Basque cities and towns from 14 to 29 December 2024.

Zinetxiki Zinemaldia aims at offering worldwide quality audiovisual contents to a family audience. Through the projection of selected works in several competitive categories, the festival seeks to promote the audiovisual education and the creation of new audiences.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Bilbao, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of 22° MonFilmFest, Giochi Di Cinema Senza Frontiere
Published: 29 Mar 2021
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22° MonFilmFest, Giochi Di Cinema Senza Frontiere

Deadline: 13 Jun 2021

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Immagina, Associazione Culturale, organizes the 22nd edition of the MonFilmFest.

The MISSION: the search for new stories and new talents in cinema through "a game" that defines and determines "a way of producing".

The CHARACTERIZATION: the MONFILMFEST has maintained its root "games of cinema without borders" in the Monferrato region. Without any obligation on regulations, we give guidelines consistent with our past, and WE START FROM THE IDEA OF TELLING from the Monferrato, THE PLANET, in its multiple physical, anthropic, political, and economic aspects with its evident environmental criticalities and its resistant beauties.

The CINEMA GAMES are the tool to fulfill our mission:

1. SEVEN DAYS FOR A FILM
It is a game that tests the ability to produce a film in Seven Days by [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Casalborgone, Italy



 
 
 

 
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Published: 24 Mar 2021
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XV FILM FESTIVAL: CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE - 2024

Deadline: 31 May 2021

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The XV Film Festival: Childhood and Adolescence -2024, is a festival with spaces for circulation and audiovisual training for children, adolescents and young people, with exhibitions, recreational activities, workshops, panels and discussions, whose main objective is to promote Bogota as a pioneer city in Latin America in terms of a visible, protagonist and full of rights childhood and adolescence through audiovisual construction. Participation is free of charge to the activities of exhibition and circulation of audiovisual content.

The Contest will be held from September 7 to 13, 2024.

Children and adolescents will have access to an audiovisual program made up of national and international animation and fiction short films, television series and the "FESTICINE AWARD" [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Bogotá, Colombia



 
 
 
 
Logo of FanCineQueer | International LGBTI Film Festival of Extremadura
Published: 19 Mar 2021
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FanCineQueer | International LGBTI Film Festival of Extremadura

Deadline: 30 Jul 2021

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International Festival

Short film festival

FanCineQueer, the International LGBTI Film Festival of Extremadura, celebrates this year its 27th edition between the 8th and the 17th of November launching its traditional Short Films Call with the purpose of recognising, visibilising and fostering the production and dissemination of recent or unreleased LGBTI works.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Badajoz, Spain



 
 
 

 
Logo of Ojo de Pescado - International Film Festival
Published: 18 Mar 2021
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Ojo de Pescado - International Film Festival

Deadline: 31 May 2021

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OJO DE PESCADO International Film Festival for Children and Youth is an annual event in Chile that gathers the most recent and exclusive film and TV contents from all over the world aimed at children and youth.

The Festival is organized by the OJO DE PESCADO CULTURAL CORPORATION, an exploration and action platform that, through the exhibition of films and the promotion of audiovisual creation, aims to help guarantee the right of children and young people to the integral education and communication and expression of their opinions.

The 11th edition of Ojo de Pescado Film Festival will take place online through the entire Chilean territory and in person only in the Region of Valparaíso (if the health situation allows it) between november 5 and november 15, 2024,

Competition [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Valparaíso, Chile



 
 
 
 
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Published: 17 Mar 2021
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State aKorti

Deadline: 30 Jun 2021

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International Festival

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An important milestone for the International Humorous Short Film Festival State aKorti, between laughter and the other, we arrived at the 16th Edition

The show, as always, is open to film makers and directors of all nationalities. Participation is free.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Viagrande, Italy



 
 

 
Logo of Macau International Short Film Festival
Published: 17 Mar 2021
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Macau International Short Film Festival

Deadline: 20 Jun 2021

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International Festival

Short film festival

MACAU INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (“FESTIVAL”) is an annual worldwide audio-visual festival that aims to motivate overseas and Macau short film and music videos productions to compete in this FESTIVAL.

The Festival compromises two separate competitions:
- SHORTS International Short Film Competition
- VOLUME International Music Video Competition

“SHORTS” awards the best shorts-films in the three categories of Fiction, Documentary, and Animation. And “VOLUME” awards the best winning music video incorporating Macau original music. A list of Macau original songs is available on the Festival's WEBSITE for download purposely for VOLUME.

SHORTS is open for submission from 16 March to 16 June 2024, and VOLUME is open for submission from 16 March to 20 July 2024.

The Festival [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Macau, Macao



 
 
 
 
Logo of ZINEBI - International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao
Published: 16 Mar 2021
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ZINEBI - Festival Internacional de Cine Documental y Cortometraje de Bilbao

Deadline: 25 Jul 2021

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ZINEBI
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT FILM OF BILBAO

It got started in the year 1.959 and organized by the Cultural Department of Bilbao City Hall, ZINEBI will celebrate its 66th edition from the 8th up to the 15th of November, 2024.

It is the only international Class A festival in Spain in the documentary and short film category recognised by FIAPF since 1974, recognised by the Hollywood Academy as a qualifier for the Oscars among the short films from the official palmares and qualifier as well by the Spanish Academy for the BAFTA Awards and the GOYA Awards.

ZINEBI is a festival which holds all the most current forms and formats, innovative and suggestive and that is making a steady bet for the emerging authors. The line-up of the international schedule [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Bilbao, Spain