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HARD:LINE International Film Festival

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HARD:LINE International Film Festival aims to present the various faces of extreme cinema.

The question as to what is meant by the term “extreme” can be understood by looking at the content of our wide selection of fantastic films. “Extreme” is often defined by an explicit splatter aesthetic but it can also be represented by unusual story-telling methods or an exotic visual language. Thus, we are meticulously selecting such examples that could be important in the future of the genre. We have not set any boundaries in our search and whether a film is a pearl of the independent scene, fun splatter or no-brainer, H:LIFF loves special films!

HARD:LINE International Film Festival is no warehouse festival where the priority is to show as many films as possible but rather [...]



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Published: 24 Sep 2025
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Cuenca Internacional Film Festival

Deadline: 17 Apr 2026

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Cuenca International Film Festival 2026

Where the world's stories find their echo in the Andes.

The Cuenca International Film Festival (FICC) is one of the pioneering film events in Ecuador. With more than twenty years of history, it has become a strategic meeting point for international filmmakers, producers, distributors, and programmers, consolidating Cuenca as an epicenter of cinema in Latin America.

Throughout its history, the FICC has featured important figures, names that reaffirm the festival's mission to build bridges between the global industry and local narratives.

In 2022, the festival expanded its reach with the creation of Shortfest Cuenca, a platform specialized in short films that functions as a laboratory for narrative innovation and the discovery of new [...]

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Cuenca, Ecuador



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Published: 24 Sep 2025
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Breaking Walls Dance Films

Deadline: 15 Nov 2025

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Open call for filmmakers!

Be part of the 5th edition of Breaking Walls Dance Films and submit your film now.

Breaking Walls Dance Films (BWDF) is the first Dance Film Festival in Egypt and the Region.

BWDF is an international event showcasing the best in dance film from around the world, which will take place in Cairo, in January 2026. We will host a special program of dance films alongside the festival's various programs of workshops and live performances.

Knowing that the application will be no later than November 15, 2025.


ON THE SIDELINES OF THE FESTIVAL:

- We welcome documentaries and feature films to be shown on the sidelines of the festival, provided that these films are dance-related.

- If the film includes non-English narration, English subtitles are required. [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Cairo, Egypt



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Published: 23 Sep 2025
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Concurso Internacional De Videoarte Erótico Medinaceli EROS

Deadline: 10 Oct 2025

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The 2nd Medinaceli EROS International Video Art Competition offers a unique opportunity for artists who explore the human body and its erotic drive as the central theme of their creations, allowing them to connect with their audience.

This competition aims to bring together a diverse range of audiovisual productions, both nationally and internationally, from a fresh and original perspective.

Its main goal is to provide artists with a platform to showcase their work in a specific venue, La Maison D'EROS in Medinaceli, thereby facilitating public engagement with sensual art.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Medinaceli, Spain



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Published: 23 Sep 2025
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Certamen De Cine Corto De Salas De Los Infantes

Deadline: 02 Nov 2025

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Film-makers from all over the world are welcome to partcipate.

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Salas de los Infantes, Spain



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Published: 23 Sep 2025
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Concurso Iberoamericano de Cortometrajes Versión Española – La 2 / SGAE

Deadline: 01 Jan 2026

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El programa “Versión Española” (TVE) y la Fundación SGAE (SGAE), convocan el XXIII Concurso Iberoamericano de Cortometrajes “Versión Española / SGAE”, orientado a la difusión y fomento de los nuevos autores en el sector de la creación audiovisual

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Madrid, Spain



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Published: 23 Sep 2025
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Roshani international film festival

Deadline: 25 Jul 2026

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Film Education and Welfare Foundation Aurangabad Present, 7th Year, Roshani International Film Festival chhatrpati sambhaji nagar Aurangabad (M.H) INDIA uses media platform as a tool to connect audiences across cities, countries, and continents. With simultaneous screenings (OFFLINE FESTIVALS) and live Q&A’s, audiences are given the chance to experience a film festival from miles away. From the peak of Everest to the penguins of Antarctica, #RIFF brings the Northern and the Southern Hemispheres together. Because the love for cinema stretches beyond borders.

#RISFF established from pride of India, chh. sambhajinagar Aurangabad, Maharashtra. City of ancient 57th century Mughal Empires now beat with #Digitalindia in 2025 providing wide platform for students to professionals - [...]

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CHHATRPATI SAMBHAJI NAGAR [Aurangabad], India



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Published: 23 Sep 2025
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Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Chia

Deadline: 05 Jun 2026

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The Chia Film Festival was born as a tribute to expressive freedom, experimentation, and the poetics of reality that defined the Nouvelle Vague.
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Set in an enchanting landscape, among the hills of Tuscia and the historic village of Chia, the festival celebrates cinema as an act of artistic revolution, showcasing short films, feature films, and documentaries that embody the innovative spirit of independent cinema—just as Truffaut, Godard, Varda, and Rohmer once did.

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chia, Soriano, Italy



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Published: 23 Sep 2025
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The 12th Sahar International Short Film Festival 2025

Deadline: 20 Nov 2025

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The Sahar International Short Film Festival is a platform for art and poetic filmmakers, animator, documentary makers..., who are working in drama and fiction from around the world to showcase and encourage passionate emerging or established filmmakers.


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Oldham, United Kingdom



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Published: 23 Sep 2025
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Underneath the Floorboards

Deadline: 24 Mar 2026

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Underneath the Floorboards is based in London's buzzing artistic area of Hackney.

For our 15th Edition we will be continue our online event, which will be screened for a four weeks by our online platform: https://www.visualcontainer.tv/ which screens worldwide to maximises our international exposure. We got over ten thousand views last time around, and this time we're aiming for more.

Our showcase is open to artists and filmmakers from all around the world whose work has an experimental, non-linear narrative form. We want to see variety, whether it be experimental film, video art, visual art, digital art, experimental documentary or animation. We focus especially on avant-garde storytelling.

No bias, no prejudice, we don't care if you didn't study in the most prestigious art [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



London, United Kingdom



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Published: 23 Sep 2025
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Eurodesk León

Deadline: 16 Oct 2025

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Eurodesk's fundamental mission is to raise awareness among young people about mobility opportunities and encourage them to become active citizens.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



León, Spain



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