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FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival

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FEST - NDNFF #21
21st of June - 29th of 2025 | Espinho, Portugal

FEST – New Directors | New Films Festival is an all-encompassing celebration of the new tendencies of world cinema. The event focuses on a competitive and non-competitive showcase of the most promising new figures and works from around the globe.

The 21st edition of the festival will take place between the 21st of June and the 29 June 2025, in the seaside town of Espinho (Portugal).

The selection is divided into several categories which include Feature Film and Short Film competitions in the Fiction, Documentary, Animation, Experimental Non-Narrative formats, as well as content adequate for children and teenagers. The event also includes non-competitive sections that range from retrospectives to showcases that [...]



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Published: 21 Sep 2024
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ANDALESGAI: Andalusian gay, lesbian, bisexual and transexual Film Festival

Deadline: 31 Dec 2024

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Festival accepts movies of interest for gay, lesbian, bisexual, intersexual and transexual people. To participate in the competitive section (prizes), these films should have not been programmed on TV, screened in comercial venues or another spanish festival excluding the organized by Fundacion Triangulo. In any case, copyleft or copyright should be later than 2022.

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Sevilla, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 18 Sep 2024
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MY FIRST FESTIVAL

Deadline: 30 Nov 2024

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SUBMISSIONS 2025
MI PRIMER FESTIVAL, 10TH EDITION

The call is open until November 30!

The international film festival for children and youth MI PRIMER FESTIVAL (MPF) that sows the love for cinema. It is in our hands to find ways to encourage and promote that girls, boys, adolescents and young people understand what is happening in the world and show them ways to initiate change.

MPF invites you to participate in its 10th edition, we will celebrate our first ten years, which will take place during 2025 in different regions of Peru, taking as a starting point our first event in Lima that will be from February 16 to 22, 2025 in person, thanks to different venues and cultural centers.

MI PRIMER FESTIVAL aims to create a space for the exhibition of national and international [...]

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Lima, Peru



 
 
 

 
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Published: 14 Sep 2024
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AI ARTIST FESTIVAL

Deadline: 30 Nov 2024

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The AI ARTIST supported by ASSOCIATION FRANCE CHINE DES NOUVEAUX CINEMAS、 ONED Pioneer Imaging Laboratory 、PixVerse. Supported and co-organized by China's largest technology media 36Kr.

Film Festival aims to explore the intersection of artificial intelligence with film and video, fostering innovative applications of AI technology in film and video production and presentation, and advancing the development of the future film industry.

The festival will hold screenings and creator exchange activities every three months to keep up with the rapid development and updates in AI technology, fostering ongoing innovation and collaboration in the film and video industry. Through these initiatives, the festival aims to nurture a dynamic community of creators, artists, and innovators [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Experimental  Music Video



Beijing, China



 
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Published: 14 Sep 2024
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Muestra de Cine Internacional de Palencia

Deadline: 30 Nov 2024

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GOYA Qualifiers

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The Palencia International Films Festival is organised by the Association Friends of the film and the Popular University of Palencia.

This edition is number 34, 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



 
 
 

 
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Published: 13 Sep 2024
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ONED ART&EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline: 10 Jul 2025

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ONED was founded in 2019, We focus on unconventional images, experiments, and extreme themes. From 2023 the official selection will be screened in China and France. We cooperate with China's largest experimental culture company, Toulouse Art Fair in France. Hope to normalize the unconventional

We cooperate with the Toulouse Experimental Exhibition in France, and it has now developed into the largest experimental film festival in China.This will be a great opportunity to showcase in front of China’s avant-garde artists and audiences

We have signed contracts with more than 40 livehouses in China, focusing on experimental and avant-garde images, combined with electronic music performances, to bring a different film festival experience to the new generation of creators.We hope [...]

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Peking, China



 
 
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Published: 11 Sep 2024
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Acid´animé Contest

Deadline: 28 Jan 2025

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Acid'Animé Fest is an Paris international short-film competition. Our mission is to bring international independent animated short films to the widest possible audience in Europe and beyond. We want to give this opportunity to young filmakers and animators.

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Paris, France




 
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Published: 07 Sep 2024
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Connect to Prosper - Global Video Challenge

Deadline: 28 Mar 2025

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Are you a creative filmmaker, storyteller, or digital artist? Join our global challenge and showcase your talent on an international stage! In 2025, we honour the 695th Lord Mayor of London, Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli, whose visionary theme, "Connect to Prosper," redefines global connections and innovation. This is your chance to shine and be part of a historic celebration.

We invite teams of up to three members, aged 34 and under, to create a short video (2-5 minutes) that embodies the theme:

"Connect to Prosper: Celebrating Global Connections through Visual Arts"

Your mission is to capture how connections foster prosperity, innovation, and growth in our interconnected world. Showcase how the City of London serves as a global hub of knowledge and innovation, [...]

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Tipton, United Kingdom



 
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Published: 31 Aug 2024
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Ti-Kreyollywood

Deadline: 17 Nov 2024

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Ti-Kreyollywood is a quarterly event dedicated to short films, held before and after the Kréyol International Film Festival (KIFF) to which it is affiliated. The aim is to provide a second chance for short films that were not selected for KIFF and to offer a new opportunity for older productions that deserve to be seen in this context.

Please note that if your film is produced after January 1, 2019, you will participate in the Kreyol International Film Festival (KIFF2025), which will take place from September 26 to 30, 2025, in Paris.

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Paris, France



 
 

 
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Published: 16 Aug 2024
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Pune Animation Film Festival

Deadline: 10 Dec 2024

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Pune Animation Film Festival (PAFF) is India's leading film festival dedicated to Animation Films. The 5th Edition of PAFF will be held after November.

PAFF is organized by VEDA Animation College (MCE Society, Pune) with the aim of bringing some of the most amazing visuals of the Animation Industry and students of India.

PAFF is a platform for students and professionals to showcase their work to the fraternity and get applauds.

All shortlisted films shall be screened at our Venue. Movie Directors and other members will be invited to talk about their experience and journey of animation film making in India.

PAFF is the stage to guide, direct, motivate and illuminate millions of creative souls through your works and words.

For details, visit [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Pune, India



 
 
 
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Published: 13 Aug 2024
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Festival Internacional De Cortometrajes Visualízame En Tu Memoria

Deadline: 15 Jan 2025

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V International Short Film Festival "Make me visible in your memory" aims to promote reflection on death and the subsequent process on personal and family, social and historical memory.

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Almería, Spain