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Message To Man

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The 36th Message to Man International Festival of documentary, short fiction, animated, and experimental films will take place from 16 to 24 October 2026 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: 09 Apr 2016
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OUFF · Ourense Film Festival

Deadline: 01 Sep 2016

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HIGHLIGHTED

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The Ourense Film Festival (OUFF) presents annually a selection of the most innovative and outstanding films and audiovisual productions in Galicia, Europe, Latin America and the rest of the world. The OUFF receives each year works from a hundred of countries, whose common denominator are their socially aware subjects and their innovative forms.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation



Ourense, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 02 Apr 2016
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mónFILMAT - International film and landscape Festival - Amposta

Deadline: 17 Apr 2016

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monFILMAT is an international film festival where the landscape has a specific weight in the development of the plot, in fiction, the documentary, the creation of author or children's entertainment.

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From june 11th to 14th, 2026, in Amposta.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



Amposta, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 18 Mar 2016
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My First Film Festival

Deadline: 31 May 2016

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MI PRIMER FESTIVAL (MY FIRST FESTIVAL) - International film festival for children, Barcelona & Madrid - 19th edition: from November 7 to 22, 2026.

"Mi Primer Festival" is an International film festival for children from 2 to 12 years. My First Film Festival features over 100 films in a total of 21 screenings. In short, MPF is a film extravaganza that showcases both different techniques and formats and the creativity of artists from all around the world.

The international competition of SHORT FILMS for children will include 4 programmes:

- International Short Competition for children over 3 years old

- International Short Competition for children over 5 years old

- International Short Competition for children over 7 years old

- International Short Competition for children [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



Barcelona, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 17 Mar 2016
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Macau International Short Film Festival

Deadline: 16 Jun 2016

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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 was previously known as "Sound & Image Challenge" and was first launched in 2010 focusing only on an audiovisual competition for local talent. This initiative was co-founded with professionals in film, music, sound and image fields, with two priorities: to promote the Creative Industries in the audiovisual sector and highlight the local talents in the production of sound and moving image design. Over the years, it expanded across 5 continents, grew and gained recognition, and finally became a short film festival in 2015.

The Festival will be held from 6 to [...]

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Macau, Macao



 
 
 

 
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Published: 02 Mar 2016
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Muestra Cine+video Indígena

Deadline: 31 May 2016

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The nineteenth version of the Muestra Cine + Video Indígena, organised by the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, opens its call for entries from 21 November to 7 March 2026 to films by indigenous and non-indigenous filmmakers whose central theme is indigenous peoples, especially in Latin America.

The curatorial committee of the festival will place special emphasis on selecting works that portray cultural and territorial aspects of these nations, such as: processes of safeguarding cultures, protection and defence of territories and the environment, human rights, identity tensions and political reflections. In addition, works spoken in indigenous languages and which have been made in a participatory manner with indigenous communities or through the training processes of [...]

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Santiago , Chile



 
 
 
 
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Published: 02 Mar 2016
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Международный фестиваль анимационных фильмов «Анимаёвка – 2026

Deadline: 30 Jun 2016

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Mogilev State Enterprise "Kinovideoprokat" welcomes you and informs that in September 2026 in the city of Mogilev, Republic of Belarus, the XXVIII International Festival of Animated Films "Animaevka-2026" will be held.

Over the years, the festival has become a celebration of animation for children and adults. Events are held in all regional centers of Belarus.

For viewing, film screenings of competitive and non-competitive programs, creative meetings with the creators of animated films, master classes, exhibitions of children's fine and decorative and applied arts are organized.

As part of the treatment:

- competition of animated films;
- competition of children's animation creativity
- competition of children's fine and decorative and applied arts.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Mogilev, Belarus



 

 
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Published: 02 Mar 2016
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SIFF | Santander International Film Festival

Deadline: 31 Mar 2016

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In the early days of cinema, with the advent of the cinematograph, the avant-garde artists found a new medium of expression, called seventh art, which was soon adopted by the major studios.

Thus, the space occupied by the Santander International Film Festival — Picknic Film Festival, is a place where films of reduced visibility and distribution, but selected for prestigious film festivals, with the approval of the press, have the possibility to be screened.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Santander, Spain



 
 
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Published: 28 Feb 2016
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Cartoon Club - Festival Internazionale Del Cinema D’animazione, Fumetto E Games

Deadline: 11 Jun 2016

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EUROPEAN ANIMATION AWARDS Qualifier

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Cartoon Club – International Festival of Animation Cinema, Comics and Games, now at its 42nd edition, is one of the best known festivals on the Italian scene.

It is a remarkable window for animation, short films in particular, including fiction, educational, experimental, and computer graphic works, with a whole section solely dedicated to comics: Riminicomix.

The Festival features SHORT ANIMATED FILMS in various sections:

The CARTOON CLUB AWARD: open to short animated films made by professional filmmakers and production companies.

The SIGNOR ROSSI AWARD: open to animated shorts made by secondary school and university students, and by the students of animation film schools.

The CARTOON KIDS AWARD: open to animated shorts aimed at a children’s audience. Among the films [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Rimini, Italy



 
 
 

 
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Published: 21 Feb 2016
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Luna de Cortos Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes

Deadline: 22 Apr 2016

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THE FESTIVAL: MOVEMENT OF CULTURE

The Festival was born with a very specific mission: it aims to stimulate public attention towards an open and wide representative space, such as the rural environment, makes its outdoor projections, open to all, the best exponent. Youth and adults, generations separated by years and experiences, gather around a screen, which is the focus of the light of a past and a future: culture is timeless, culture unites, and film language will be the link common to temper emotions and feelings, to treasure memories, to provoke lively gatherings.

In this way, all attendees of the event can enjoy a heterogeneous and dynamic speech. Through this cultural impulse, the different currents of creativity allow viewers to move and explore new and old codes in a [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Veguellina de Órbigo, Spain



 
 
 
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Published: 21 Feb 2016
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FECISO- Festival Internacional de Cine Social de Castilla-la Mancha

Deadline: 20 May 2016

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Aware of the importance of audiovisual media in Spanish society today and, trying to make them both a comunication and education media, to promote values of solidarity and tolerance, the International Social Film Festival of Castilla-La Mancha was born and it will be held in Toledo, It will continue in Toledo, Torrijos, Cuenca, Olías del Rey...

In this Festival are invited to take part to public and private entities that share the same concerns.

The Festival consists of several sections, including a contest of short and documentaries, social issues include: xenophobia, generational conflict, child labor, domestic violence, social roles, ecology, children´s rights, coexistence, etc.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Torrijos, Spain