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Message To Man

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The 36th Message to Man International Festival of documentary, short fiction, animated, and experimental films will take place from 16 to 24 October 2026 in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Over the years, the Festival has hosted distinguished figures of world cinema, including Werner Herzog, Ulrich Seidl, Claude Lanzmann, Isabelle Huppert, Fanny Ardant, Agnès Varda, Mira Nair, Paolo Sorrentino, Alan Berliner, Eric Roberts, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Abdellatif Kechiche, Udo Kier, and many others.

With its history spanning three decades of cinema development, Message to Man was founded in 1989 in Leningrad by filmmaker Mikhail Litvyakov, who now serves as the Honorary President of the Festival.

In 2010, Alexei Uchitel, a renowned director of documentaries and feature films, assumed the role [...]



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Logo of BCN Sports Film – 17th Barcelona International FICTS Festival
Published: 07 May 2025
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BCN Sports Film – 17th Barcelona International FICTS Festival

Deadline: 30 Sep 2025

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The Barcelona Olympic Foundation, with the support of the Barcelona City Council, organizes the BCN Sports Film 2027 – 17th BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL FICTS FESTIVAL and forms part of the WORLD FICTS CHALLENGE 2027.

The BCN Sports Film 2027 will take place in Barcelona on dates yet to be determined during February of 2027. In this seventeenth edition, the festival will have a competitive nature.

The seventeenth edition of the festival will have a hybrid format so, there will be face-to-face screenings and online screenings. The rights that the authors assign, therefore, are both for the face-to-face sessions that are held in the official venues of the contest, as well as for the sessions that will be held online through an online platform.

These Rules & Regulations have been [...]

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Barcelona, Spain



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Published: 02 May 2025
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Ànima Jove Fest

Deadline: 31 Jul 2025

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Ànima Jove, Festival Internacional de Curtmetratges d’Animació d’Altafulla is a festival dedicated to contemporary animation cinema, connecting international audiovisual creation with its local cultural context.

The festival showcases a selection of national and international animated short films that reflect the narrative, aesthetic and thematic diversity of contemporary animation.

Beyond film screenings, the festival creates a meeting space for audiences, filmmakers and industry professionals, and promotes activities related to education, cultural reflection and digital culture.

The festival takes place in Altafulla (Catalonia – Spain) and is part of a broader cultural project aimed at bringing contemporary animation to new audiences while strengthening the local creative [...]

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Altafulla, Spain



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Published: 02 May 2025
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Palafrugell Short Film Showcase

Deadline: 27 Jul 2025

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The Palafrugell Short Film Showcase aims to be a small exhibition of different short films, created by young filmmakers. In this way, it seeks to create a space for cultural exchange while also serving as a meeting point for future creative synergies.

Over its three editions, the showcase has brought together filmmakers from across Spain and other countries, whose works have been premiered in various film festivals. At the same time, it has also exhibit professionals short films by contemporary filmmakers.

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Madrid, Spain



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Logo of International Short Film Festival Vitafest 2026
Published: 29 Apr 2025
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International Short Film Festival Vitafest 2026

Deadline: 23 Jun 2025

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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 eight 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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Logo of VIII Edición Cinema Miúdo
Published: 26 Apr 2025
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VIII Edición Cinema Miúdo

Deadline: 04 Aug 2025

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The Ames International Children's Film Festival is back, an event that wants to make children dream, think, smile, and awaken emotions, consciences, and illusions. It will be held from November 12 to 15, 2026.

This year's edition will take SCIENCE as a cross-cutting theme. This theme will be complemented by film screenings of works that explore and popularize science.

Let the rattles ring and the spinning tops spin, the 9 International Children's Film Festival of Ames begins.

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Ames, Spain



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Published: 24 Apr 2025
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Lloret Negre

Deadline: 31 Jul 2025

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Lloret Negre is the first noir genre festival of the Costa Brava. It's objetive is to promote the noir genre and as well as Lloret de Mar and it's heritage.

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Lloret de Mar, Spain



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Published: 23 Apr 2025
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Lights Cameros Action

Deadline: 01 Jun 2025

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LUCES CAMEROS ACCION is a short film festival with two sections.

1 – “Rural World" Section
International section of short films in Spanish or Spanish subtitles.

Recorded in villages in rural areas or dealing with rural idiosyncrasies.

Premiered from January 1, 2025.

2 – “Cameros" Section
The works submitted will be original pieces that are not accessible through Internet.

With 30% of the "footage" recorded in recognizable places of Cameros (New and old Cameros located in La Rioja Spain).

Deadline for submission of works:
"Rural World" section: before April 16, 2026.
"Cameros" section: before July 21, 2026.

Screenings and Awards Ceremony:
18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 of August in villages of Cameros, La Rioja, Spain.

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El Rasillo, Spain



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Logo of FESCISE - Festival Internacional De Cine Secuencias
Published: 22 Apr 2025
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FESCISE - Festival Internacional De Cine Secuencias

Deadline: 08 May 2025

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Festival of sequence shot or continuous shot.

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MATURÍN, Venezuela



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Logo of Cuenca del Salado International Short Film Festival
Published: 22 Apr 2025
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Cuenca del Salado International Short Film Festival

Deadline: 04 Jul 2025

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Rauch, Argentina



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Logo of Silence, ça touille ! Foods and movies festival
Published: 19 Apr 2025
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Silence, ça touille ! Foods and movies festival

Deadline: 01 Jul 2025

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FOOD FILMS _ THIS YEAR'S THEME FOR 2026: JAPAN AND ITS CUISINE

This festival, created by cinema and gastronomy professionals, was born from their passion for these two themes; and from 2 books we wrote: 'les petits plats du grand écran' (Little Dishes of the Big Screen) (1999) (Canal + edition) and Ciné-bouffe (Cinema-Food) (2001) (Hors Collection edition); as well as from a first International Film and Gastronomy Festival that took place in Dijon (2004 and 2005).

It is therefore with a 'gourmand' pleasure that we decided to once again pay tribute, through this festival, to the delicious films (whether sharp or savory) evoking gastronomy, and to the most exquisite table scenes, to try to understand why and how they were 'cooked' by the directors who imagined them.

We also [...]

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LOCRONAN, France



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