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Brussels Short Film Festival

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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.



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Published: 14 Aug 2023
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Chennai World Cinema Festival -2025

Deadline: 01 Mar 2024

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Welcome to the CHENNAI WORLD CINEMA FESTIVAL-2025!

Chennai World Cinema Festival successfully held its inaugural event on September 19th-25th, 2025.

700 seater Sri Devi Karumari Theater.
A widescreen is like an IMAX theatre.
The theatre has a 4K projection and Dolby Atmos sound system.

Three days,
18 screenings,
27 Short Films & Feature Films,
All visitors were admitted free of charge.

The 1st Chennai World Cinema Festival was held from October 4 to 10, 2024.

200 seater Prasad Preview Theater.

The theatre has a 4K projection and Dolby Atmos sound system.

3300 submissions from 114 countries.

6000 visitors.

Seven-day screening.

Eight venues.

38 Short Films and Movies.

Ambassador of Venezuela's two-day participation.

Direct participation of 42 foreign and domestic [...]

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Chennai, India



 
 
 
 
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Published: 10 Aug 2023
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Ahmedabad International Film Festival

Deadline: 31 Aug 2023

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Guajarati cinema is one of the major regional and vernacular film industries of the cinema of India has produced more than thousands of films since its inception and still many films including motivational films releases every year.

Ahmedabad – A world heritage city also carries its legacy of Gujarat film industries. The city has cultivated many great filmmakers and artists.

I acquired an idea to start this festival with an assistance of very recognized members of cinema industry.

AIFF is the pioneer in Gujarat to provide platform for filmmakers, musician, animation maker, editor, ad film maker, DOP, script writer, art director etc. to promote their work in the group of experts.

We are expecting great participation with enthusiasm from filmmakers and other industry [...]

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Ahmedabad, India



 
 
 

 
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Published: 03 Aug 2023
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Babylon Documentary Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Aug 2023

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The Babylon International Documentary Film Festival is the first international documentary film festival in Iraq. The festival is a 5 days special event that aims to empower and uplift documentary filmmakers from the MENA region as well as shedding light on Human Rights topics in the region, while also fostering cooperation and cultural exchange between international filmmakers. The festival focuses on showcasing a diverse range of international independent documentary films, with a special emphasis on promoting and supporting MENA talent.

The festival's primary goal is to provide a community for MENA documentary filmmakers to showcase their works and gain recognition on an international stage. The festival actively seeks to empower and uplift filmmakers to tell stories about [...]

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Baghdad, Iraq



 
 
 
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Published: 28 Jul 2023
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15° Cine Versátil- VIDEOARTES LGBT+

Deadline: 04 May 2024

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Diversity Short Film Festival- Argentina
LGBT VIDEO ART- Anniversary Edition- 15 years

2025

Edition 15

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The 15th edition will include a non-competitive exhibition dedicated to LGBT+ video art and parallel exhibitions of collaborating festivals.

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Buenos Aires, Argentina



 
 
 

 
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Published: 26 Jul 2023
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Rani Durgavati International Film Festival

Deadline: 10 Sep 2023

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The Rani Durgavati International Film Festival is designed to celebrate Cinema.

RDIFF is committed to Showcase films from amazing filmmakers across the globe. The festival welcomes films from around the world.

RDIFF is a Jabalpur, India based international film festival with screenings and Q&A and a twice-yearly awards event. One event is totally dedicated to Short Films and other event is for Full Length Films.

Our First Edition SUCCESSFULLY launched on 5th October 2023 for Short Films.
in June 2024 our Full Length Films Edition was a success.
The 3rd Edition for short films category was completed on 5 Oct 2024. Honorable MLA Shri Abhilash Pandey distributed the Awards.

Entries for edition 04 are open from 25/01/2025.
There will be two events every year.

Our main focus [...]

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Jabalpur, India



 
 
 
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Published: 20 Jul 2023
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Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes John Lee - Villa De Mazo

Deadline: 15 Aug 2023

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The International Short Film Festival John Lee - Villa de Mazo is a cultural project that allows Villa de Mazo (La Palma, Canary Islands) to be known as the ideal setting for film shooting, at the same time that it tries to bring the seventh art closer to citizens, making anyone Anyone who wants can participate in a real shoot and thus learn how cinema works from the inside.

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Villa de Mazo, Spain



 
 

 
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Published: 20 Jul 2023
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Tracce Cinematografiche film Fest

Deadline: 15 Apr 2024

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The Film Tracks Film Fest wants to be a meeting point between fans of filmic language, propose quality works.

A special prize will go to a short film about the MEDITERRANEAN.

We love Cinema and how we want to spread it.

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Nettuno, Italy



 
 
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Published: 19 Jul 2023
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Festival Internacional de cortometrajes Gastro Cinema

Deadline: 01 Sep 2023

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INTERNATIONAL GASTRONOMY FICTION AND DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS FESTIVAL.

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Alicante, Spain



 

 
Logo of International ShortFilm Festival Vitafest 2025
Published: 18 Jul 2023
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Festival Internacional De Cortometrajes Vitafest 2025

Deadline: 10 Sep 2023

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VITAFEST, Vitacura International Short Film Festival is a festival dedicated to national and international short films and a meeting point for diverse agents of the Chilean audiovisual industry.

Now in its sixth edition, VITAFEST has established itself as one of the main platforms for the short film format in Latin America, a meeting point for the various agents of the local audiovisual industry and an official showcase for the new local talented filmmakers.

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Santiago, Chile



 
 
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Published: 15 Jul 2023
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We Cam Fest

Deadline: 31 Mar 2024

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WE CAM FEST is the first inclusive film festival in Colombia. It brings together the cinematographic content related to disability in the world. An innovative proposal that, in addition to showing other perspectives of life through cinema, seeks to be a platform for the creation of content made by and with people with disabilities, in order to recognize their contribution and talent for the environment and society.

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Bogotá, Colombia