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shnit worldwide shortsfestival

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The shnit worldwide shortsfestival is a premier platform for the exhibition and promotion of short films. This festival is a unique transnational event held simultaneously in ten cities across five continents. The festival consists of three main segments:

▪ shnit PLAYGROUNDS* | Running until August 31st, 2025
▪ shnit EXPANDED | Running until September 30th, 2025
▪ shnit FINALE | Amsterdam – September 30th, 2025

The winner of the WORLDWIDE COMPETITION, as well as the shnit audience-nominated films of the WORLDWIDE & INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, will become eligible to enter the 2026 Oscars® in accordance with the rules of the 98th Academy Awards® [Cinematic release].

Over the past twenty-three years, shnit has evolved into a major international short film festival, continuously [...]








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Logo of Cortogenia International short film festival
Published: 15 Dec 2017
Film festival
 Has submission fees
Short films



Cortogenia International short film festival

Deadline: 30 Sep 2018

Call for entries

GOYA Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

Cortogenia is short film festival held all year along.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror



Madrid, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of shnit worldwide shortsfestival
Published: 08 Dec 2017
Film festival
 Has submission fees
Short films



shnit worldwide shortsfestival

Deadline: 20 Jun 2018

Call for entries

OSCAR Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

The shnit worldwide shortsfestival is a premier platform for the exhibition and promotion of short films. This festival is a unique transnational event held simultaneously in ten cities across five continents. The festival consists of three main segments:

▪ shnit PLAYGROUNDS* | Running until August 31st, 2025
▪ shnit EXPANDED | Running until September 30th, 2025
▪ shnit FINALE | Amsterdam – September 30th, 2025

The winner of the WORLDWIDE COMPETITION, as well as the shnit audience-nominated films of the WORLDWIDE & INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, will become eligible to enter the 2026 Oscars® in accordance with the rules of the 98th Academy Awards® [Cinematic release].

Over the past twenty-three years, shnit has evolved into a major international short film festival, continuously [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Bern, Switzerland



 
 

 
Logo of Screamfest® Horror Film Festival
Published: 25 Nov 2017
Film festival
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films



Screamfest® Horror Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Aug 2018

Call for entries

MELIES Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

Calling all independent filmmakers! Screamfest® Film Festival is back for its 25th annual 10-day event, showcasing the best in horror cinema from around the world. Held this October at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Los Angeles, our festival is a must-attend event for horror fans and industry professionals alike.

Don't just take our word for it - some of the biggest horror publications have dubbed us the 'Sundance of Horror.' Our festival has also been featured in 2024 New York Times at Top 5 Halloween Festivals Worth Traveling For. Moviemaker Magazine's lists of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee for 2023, 50 Best Genre Fests in the World 2021, 25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee & 13 Film Festivals to Die For, and 30 Bloody Best Genre Fests in the World 2019.

As the [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Beverly Hills, United States



 
 
 
 
Logo of Bogota Film Festival
Published: 16 Nov 2017
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films



Festival de Cine de Bogotá

Deadline: 01 May 2018

Call for entries

HIGHLIGHTED

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

Internationally, the Festival will award the Best Film, among the first three feature films of a director who has not yet made the fourth, with the Pre-Columbian Circle in its Gold, Silver and Bronze categories. As well as the Pre-Columbian Gold Circle for Best Director, Best Social Documentary, Art and the Environment.
At local level, the Pre-Columbian Gold Circle will be awarded for Best Colombian Film short and feature films.

Non-competitive categories: International Short Films, Animation, Sacred Films, Films for Children and Blinds.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Bogotá, Colombia



 
 
 

 
Logo of ShorTS International Film Festival
Published: 24 Oct 2017
Film festival
 Has submission fees
Short films



Shorts International Film Festival

Deadline: 28 Feb 2018

Call for entries

HIGHLIGHTED

International Festival

Short film festival

ShorTS International Film Festival (ShorTS IFF) is organised by the Maremetraggio Association.

Since 2000, ShorTS IFF has been a landmark for short films and up and coming cinematographers at international level. In every edition, ShorTS IFF aims to make the short film genre known to a broad and heterogeneous audience, with particular attention to the young with specific sections for children and teenagers aged 6 to 15.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Trieste, Italy



 
 
 
 
Logo of Mammoth Lakes Film Festival
Published: 29 Sep 2017
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 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films



Mammoth Lakes Film Festival

Deadline: 05 Mar 2018

Call for entries

HIGHLIGHTED

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

We are the U.S. west coast premier destination festival for films such as fest favorites like Damsel starring Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska, to world premiere new discoveries like Netflix favorite Abducted in Plain Sight and many more.

We are dedicated to discovering and supporting the next generation of filmmakers. There’s a reason MovieMaker magazine has named Mammoth Lakes Film Festival as one of the “Top 50 Film Festival’s Worth Your Entry Fee” for the last nine years in a row: We put our filmmakers first!

We focus on bringing top-level press and industry professionals to the festival to get maximum exposure for our filmmakers. Past attendees included Variety, Hollywood Reporter, The LA Times, A24, Greenwich Entertainment, MovieMaker Magazine, and more.

The 11th [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Mammoth lakes, United States



 
 
 

 
Logo of FIDBA International Documentary Film Festival
Published: 26 Sep 2017
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Short films
Feature films



Fidba, Festival Internacional De Cine Documental de Buenos Aires

Deadline: 24 Jan 2018

Call for entries

HIGHLIGHTED

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

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 [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina



 
 
 
 
Logo of FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival
Published: 02 Sep 2017
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 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films



FEST - New Directors | New Films Festival

Deadline: 04 Mar 2018

Call for entries

HIGHLIGHTED

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

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 [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Espinho, Portugal



 
 
 

 
Logo of Elche Cinema Festival
Published: 25 Apr 2017
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films



Festival de Cine de Elche

Deadline: 09 Jun 2017

Call for entries

GOYA Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

The Elche Film Festival, organized by Mediterraneo Foundation's main objective is to offer a cultural space to filmmakers and moviegoers.

In a constant commitment to the promotion of culture and supporting emerging values of cinema, focusing on innovation, public conversation with the authors and the elimination of technological compete when barriers and vote.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Elche, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of Mecal Pro,  27th Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival
Published: 14 Apr 2017
Film festival
 Has submission fees
Short films



Mecal Pro, 27º Festival Internacional De Cortometrajes Y Animación De Barcelona

Deadline: 15 Dec 2017

Call for entries

GOYA Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

Mecal Pro, the Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival, will celebrate its 27th edition. The long history of MECAL PRO has consolidated it as one of the most important short film festivals in Europe and the world, thus receiving the support of local, national and international institutions. We have screened in 2024 more than 300 short films in 29 sections that we program.

Mecal is strongly committed to promoting the exhibition and dissemination of audiovisual creations in the short format, not only with the public, but also in having creators and distributors meet through different activities. Mecal is also devoted to foster emerging talent, by holding events and awards specially aimed at young creators. In this sense, it also works as a short film [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Barcelona, Spain