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The 27th Kinoarte Film Festival, to be held from November 2nd to November 9th, is receiving applications for its competitive sessions of short films. Films up to 25 minutes long, produced from January 2024 may participate in the Ibero-American, National, Paranaense and Londrinense competitions.



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Logo of Cinestesia Fest Festival Internacional de Cortos universitarios
Published: 12 Nov 2017
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Does NOT have submission fees
Short films



Cinestesia Fest Festival Internacional de Cortos universitarios

Deadline: 15 Apr 2018

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

The International Festival of University Short Films ''CINESTESIA FEST' is an international cultural space that was born in 2017 at the Los Libertadores University Foundation, located in Bogotá, Cartagena, Colombia.

The main objective is to offer spaces to new audiovisual filmmakers and students affiliated to a University from any country in the world, to be able to exhibit their projects, generate ties of recognition and reflection, the training of audiences. It stands out, among other things, having international guests of high prestige such as the nominees for the Goya awards (Mario Campoy, Nacho Rui Pérez, David Desola, Jose Luis Pechorroman, Jonas Trueba) the Colombians (Harold trumpeter, Miguel Urrutia, Aida Morales, Santiago Henao, Jaime Manrique, Jose Alejandro [...]

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BOGOTA, Colombia



 
 
 
 
Logo of Fantastic and Terror Short Film Festival La Vieja Encina
Published: 02 Oct 2017
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Short films



Fantastic and Terror Short Film Festival La Vieja Encina

Deadline: 15 Nov 2017

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

The Culture Department of the Hon. City Council of San Nicolás del Puerto and the Punto Vuela of San Nicolás del Puerto announce the 11th "La Vieja Encina" 2025 Horror and Fantasy Short Film Festival, to be held on October 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, 2025.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other



San Nicolás del Puerto, Spain



 
 
 

 
Logo of El Festivalico Short film and Videoart festival
Published: 14 Sep 2017
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Short films



El Festivalico Short film and Videoart festival

Deadline: 15 Nov 2017

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

The Festivalico is a videoart and short film non competitive showcase.

CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION:

Any individual or legal entity, regardless of nationality, may participate.

Short films must have a maximum duration of twenty minutes.

Submitted works must have been produced after January 1, 2023.

If the spoken language is not Spanish, the film must include subtitles.

All themes are accepted, divided into the following sections: fiction, documentary, animation, and video art.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Caravaca de la Cruz, Spain



 
 
 
Logo of Premio Leggimontagna - Cortomontagna
Published: 19 Aug 2017
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Does NOT have submission fees
Short films



Premio Leggimontagna - Cortomontagna

Deadline: 30 Sep 2017

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Cortomontagna prize is exclusively dedicated to short films.

The prize’s main theme is Mountain life, told and documented through a video that expresses the author's point of view and interpretation.

Possible takes on the main theme can range from the narration of sporting activities (skiing, climbing, hiking - for example), to naturalistic-environmental themes, to facts and life stories of communities or mountain territories.

The award has two categories:

- Short Films from the World, reserved for short films with an international character, concerning facts, situations, people and places beyond the borders of Italy.

- Short Films from Italy, reserved for short films concerning facts, situations, people and places within the borders of Italy.
At the time of entry, [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Tolmezzo, Italy



 
 
 

 
Logo of FIIN - International Nature Image Festival
Published: 28 Jul 2017
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Short films



FIIN - International Nature Image Festival

Deadline: 29 Sep 2017

Call for entries

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  Terror  Other  Experimental



Vila Real, Portugal



 
 
 
Logo of MALDITO FESTIVAL  Videopoetry
Published: 26 Jul 2017
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Short films
Feature films



MALDITO FESTIVAL Videopoetry

Deadline: 06 Sep 2017

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

MALDITO FESTIVAL is a videopoetic contest held in the city of Albacete (Spain) since 2017.

The festival announces the International Videopoetry Contest and the International Poetic Film Showcase with the purpose of making visible two disciplines that, both together and separately, are much more distant and forgotten than we would like.

We, as lovers of poetry, image and the expressive possibilities of their symbiosis, propose a line of action, encouraging the approach of the general public to videopoetry and poetic films.

MALDITO seeks to vindicate these disciplines as art that connects people, that transmits feelings and promotes original or different ways of seeing the world, to try to be a grain of sand that makes any kind of visual or poetic art stop being marginal and [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Albacete, Spain



 
 

 
Logo of International Short Film Festival on elderly people  (FICMA Salamanca)
Published: 25 Jul 2017
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International Short Film Festival on elderly people (FICMA Salamanca)

Deadline: 15 Sep 2017

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International Festival

Short film festival

The International Festival of Intergenerational Short Films on the Elderly (FICMA) was born within the Federation of Associations of the Elderly of Salamanca (FAMASA) with the aim of providing a cultural offer that contributes to improving the quality of life of the elderly, even with dependence or disfunctions by bringing them closer to a full citizenship and offering the cultural heritage of which they are protagonists. It is celebrated every year between September and October since 2016 in the city of Salamanca, being a meeting of intergenerational culture

The Festival poses as a place of debate and discourse for questions such as: How has cinema treated old age? The reflection of the role of the elderly in the family, sentimental, emotional and social relationships. The [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Salamanca, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of CortogeniAl, Cinema and Short Films’ Festival
Published: 07 Jul 2017
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Short films



CortogeniAl, Cinema and Short Films’ Festival

Deadline: 01 Oct 2017

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

The celebration of the XVI Edition of the CortogeniAl Film and Short Film Festival will take place in the town of Puente Genil (Cordoba, Spain) between October 10th and October 18th of 2025.

It is welcome any person (film director, production or distribution) who has the legal control of the work or works submitted may participate.

REQUIREMENTS:

− Short films must have been produced in 2024 or 2025.

− Short films shall not last more than 20 minutes.

− Every filmmaker may submit as many works as desired.

− Productions not filmed in Spanish as main language must be submitted with Spanish subtitles for their exhibition.

− Filmmakers will be owners of the legal rights to their works and the responsible of the authorship rights of the short films.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Puente Genil, Spain



 
 
 

 
Logo of Festival  Kinoarte de Cinema
Published: 05 Jul 2017
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Short films



Festival Kinoarte de Cinema

Deadline: 01 Sep 2017

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International Festival

Short film festival

The 27th Kinoarte Film Festival, to be held from November 2nd to November 9th, is receiving applications for its competitive sessions of short films. Films up to 25 minutes long, produced from January 2024 may participate in the Ibero-American, National, Paranaense and Londrinense competitions.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Londrina, Brazil



 
 
 
 
Logo of International Children“s and Youth Film Festival, Calibélula
Published: 13 Jun 2017
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Short films
Feature films



International Children“s and Youth Film Festival, Calibélula

Deadline: 20 Jul 2017

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

The International Festival of Children and Youth Film CALIBELULA, FICIJCALIBELULA - is created through a group of friends who love cinema, who see the need to generate new exhibition and training spaces, for a very special audience that is children and young people .

The purpose is to train audiences through cinematographic audiovisual material made by and for children, youth and adults that promotes conflict resolution and peaceful coexistence through the construction of values ​​and principles.

Generate new exhibition alternatives that consolidate processes of formation and creation expressed in the production and audiovisual realization, with understanding and critical sensitivity, trying with this to involve from an early age this target population through the cinema as [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Cali, Colombia