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Published: 17 Aug 2024
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European Short Film Festival of Bordeaux

Deadline: 05 Jan 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

DATE AND LOCATION

The 29th edition of the European Short Film Festival of Bordeaux will take place from March 26th to 27th 2026. The projection nights will take place at the UGC Ciné-Cité cinema in Bordeaux.

GOALS

The European Short Film Festival of Bordeaux aims to promote the short film format to the Région Aquitaine's audience. It facilitates the access to cinema for a large public, from all ages. It also supports the discovery of talented directors coming from all over Europe.,It’s a way for the filmmakers to be appreciated by a jury, no matter if they are mere enthusiasts or professionals.

 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Talence, France



 
 
 
 
Logo of 9ed. IBICINE, Ibiza’s Film Festival - Astarté Awards
Published: 16 Aug 2024
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9ed. IBICINE, Ibiza’s Film Festival - Astarté Awards

Deadline: 15 Sep 2024

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GOYA Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

DICHO Y HECHO PRODUCCIONES SL It is an entity whose corporate purpose is the production of all types of projects, including cinematographic works, as well as the organisation of events, among which the short and feature film festival called Ibicine Ibiza Film Festival stands out, which is planned throughout the year and held between January and April.

Ibicine is a festival that supports emerging national, international and Balearic talent, with the aim of promoting emerging filmmakers and generating links with established talent, placing special importance on short films and rewarding the technical and artistic aspects of these film productions with the Astarté Awards, a statuette created and produced in Ibiza in honour of the Phoenician goddess who left her mark on the [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Ibiza, Spain



 
 
 

 
Logo of Mammoth Lakes Film Festival
Published: 24 Jul 2024
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Short films
Feature films



Mammoth Lakes Film Festival

Deadline: 03 Mar 2025

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Short film festival

Feature film festival

We are the West Coast’s premier festival dedicated to showcasing fresh and innovative filmmaking, screening everything from festival favorites like Damsel (starring Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska), to world premieres like Netflix favorite Abducted in Plain Sight.

We are committed to discovering and supporting emerging 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! And now we are one of the "Top 25 Coolest Festivals in the World" named by MovieMaker Magazine — a true testament to the experience you will have with us.

We always secure top-level press to attend the festival in order to get exposure for our [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Mammoth lakes, United States



 
 
 
 
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Published: 20 Jul 2024
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Mecal Pro, 28º Festival Internacional De Cortometrajes Y Animación De Barcelona

Deadline: 15 Apr 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

Mecal Pro, the Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival, will celebrate its 28th 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 2025 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



 
 
 

 
Logo of Diputación de Jaen Short Film Festival against Gender violence
Published: 17 Jul 2024
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Does NOT have submission fees
Short films



XIII Festival De Cortometrajes Diputación De Jaén Contra La Violencia De Género

Deadline: 15 Sep 2024

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GOYA Qualifiers

Short film festival

The topic of the work will be the violence of gender, in any of its manifestations, its prevention and sensitization against it, being able to present documentaries and short films of plot fiction.

The jury will have special consideration for those works that address this issue by focusing on the youth world.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Jaén, Spain



 
 
 
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Published: 16 Jul 2024
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Short films
Feature films



CINEMA25 - IV Semana del Cine de Córdoba

Deadline: 15 Oct 2024

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Short film festival

Feature film festival

CINEMA25 - 4th Córdoba Film Week aims to bring together a broad and varied selection of the best Spanish films released throughout the year, with special attention to films and short films with Andalusian production or participation.

The 4th edition of CINEMA25 will be held from November 21 to 28, 2025.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Córdoba, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 02 Jul 2024
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43èmes Rencontres Du Cinéma Latino-américain - Pessac - Long-métrages

Deadline: 15 Nov 2024

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Feature film festival

The festival "Rencontres du cinéma latino américain" organized by France Amérique Latine Comité Bordeaux Gironde is 43 years old.

The missions developed since the creation of this event are:

- To make the Latin American continent known: its cultures, its struggles, its peculiarities...
- To increase the visibility of little-known works.
- To share the political and artistic visions of Latin American countries.

The feature film program is divided into two categories: films in competition and those not participating in the competition. Depending on the year, the film committee reserves the right to add a category to the selection.

The film committee will decide the dates and times of the screenings of each film.

This information will be published on the website:
 [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Bordeaux, France



 
 
 
 
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Published: 02 Jul 2024
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Rencontres Du Cinéma Latino-américain - 43ème édition - Pessac - Compétition : Courts-métrages

Deadline: 30 Sep 2024

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HIGHLIGHTED

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Short film festival

This year, for the 42nd Rencontres du Cinéma Latino-Américain, a festival organized by the association France Amérique Latine in Bordeaux, The cinema team would like to propose for the 4th consecutive year an official competition of short films.

These 12 films selected by the employees and volunteers of the association will be presented to students who will award different prizes and use the short films as a study support.

The scholar work on and with the short films will start in september: the final answer of your participation in the official competition will be given at the beginning of december.

The Award winners will be notified after the Festival is concluded.

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The Festival reserves the right to place entries into alternative categories if they feel it [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Bordeaux, France



 
 
 

 
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Published: 20 Jun 2024
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Short films



Brussels Short Film Festival

Deadline: 31 Jan 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

Brussels Short Film Festival is an exhibition intended for cinema lovers, both audience and professionals. The purpose is to promote and circulate short films and to generate contacts between audience, young directors and professionals.

Since 2018, the winner of the Great Prize of the International competition will be eligible for consideration in the Animated Short Film/ Live Action Short Film category of the Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Brussels, Belgium



 
 
 
 
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Published: 16 Jun 2024
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Short films
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Santander Festival Internacional De Cine Independiente (2026) - Sanfici

Deadline: 15 Dec 2024

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HIGHLIGHTED

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

SANFICI is a space to generate meetings at different levels, with an overcoming and innovative will. First of all, it is a space for the relationship between spectators, filmmakers and theorists around cinema and all border and heterodox manifestations. Secondly, it is a special and temporary meeting point.

SANFICI wants to become, year after year, the place of convergence for world independent cinema. But it also wants to be the space where the past and the future dialogue. The place where the most diverse film traditions are embraced with their riskiest proposals.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Bucaramanga, Colombia