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The Dallas International Film Festival

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Join us for the Dallas International Film Festival 2027, April 22 – 29, 2027!
DIFF 2027, the 21st annual Dallas International Film Festival, will screen the best narrative and documentary features and short films from across the globe.

The 21st annual Dallas International Film Festival doesn’t just screen films. The interaction between story tellers, audiences and the Texas community is what we strive to develop both during the festival and throughout the year.

DIFF 2027 is a global adventure that features premiere screenings, nightly red carpets, eye-opening documentaries, intriguing short films, filmmaker panels, award presentations, daily filmmaker happy hours, and an enhanced filmmaker hospitality program that includes city tours and a Festival Lounge where filmmakers, [...]



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Published: 27 Dec 2022
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The International Space Film Festival Tsiolkovsky

Deadline: 15 Jan 2023

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The Tsiolkovsky International Space Film Festival (Tsiolkovsky ISFF) is held annually in Kaluga. Films and programs about space and its relationship with science, art, and culture take part in the competitive, non-competitive, and retrospective screenings of the Festival.

The purpose of the Tsiolkovsky ISFF is not only to present new films about space, but also to promote all areas of science and art, one way or another related to space, to strengthen the traditions of international dialogue between scientists and filmmakers to solve urgent problems of the development of modern science, culture and new technologies. In addition, the Festival carries an important educational mission on all issues related to the past, present and future of space research and space activities.

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Kaluga, Russia



 
 
 
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Published: 02 Dec 2022
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African Indigenous Language Film Festival (Ailff)

Deadline: 01 Feb 2023

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Welcome to the African Indigenous Language Film Festival, a dynamic platform celebrating Africa’s rich storytelling heritage.

Founded in 2023, our festival showcases films that honor, preserve, and promote indigenous languages while addressing vital social and global issues.

We are dedicated to amplifying indigenous voices in cinema through a carefully curated selection of feature films and documentaries, believing in the power of film to bridge cultures and challenge perceptions.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic



Lagos, Nigeria



 
 
 

 
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Published: 29 Nov 2022
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Xlll Festival Internacional De Curtmetratges Cinemart

Deadline: 31 Mar 2023

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The Festival is organized by the CinemArt Association of Pineda de Mar, it is an international festival with the aim of promoting a specific space for the discovery, screening and dissemination of short films.

The main thematic axis of the festival is that of comedy; however, the theme and genre of the productions is free. Quality and originality will be prioritized as the main objective, and that the production is unprecedented.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Pineda de Mar, Spain



 
 
 
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Published: 29 Nov 2022
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Festival Cortogijón

Deadline: 15 Mar 2023

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XIII CortoGijón Festival

The Gijón Short Film Festival arises in 2015 as a parallel section within the Aula 18 National Short Film Contest in the delivery After the disappearance of emblematic festival three of the programmers decide to maintain their essence by transferring the festival to Gijón. It is in the second edition that of 2016, where the festival moves to the municipal centers of the city to develop a festival with an eye on short films and music. Since then to the competitive sections (Official Section, Asturias Section) And to the sample sections (Panorama Asturias and Mirada FICX) have been there have been concerts that have given luster to the cultural spaces of the city and that have served to put the climax to each projection.

Names like Marilia, Pablo Und [...]

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Gijón, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 22 Nov 2022
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Sehsüchte Internationales Studierendenfilmfestival

Deadline: 08 Jan 2023

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From April 21 to 25, 2027, the 56th edition of the Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival, one of Europe's largest festivals for up-and-coming filmmakers, will take place in Potsdam. It offers up-and-coming filmmakers from all over the world a platform to present their work to a wide audience and build contacts in the industry.

Started in the 1970s as a GDR film festival for young filmmakers, Sehsüchte has established itself over the decades as an internationally important film festival and has become an integral part of Berlin and Brandenburg's cultural landscape.

Sehsüchte sees itself as a place of encounter and creation, as an event of cultural diversity and a celebration of cinema, today and tomorrow. The organization and implementation of the festival is entirely [...]

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Potsdam, Germany



 
 
 
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Published: 12 Nov 2022
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Zinegoak BILBAO LGTBIQA+ FILM FEST

Deadline: 31 Dec 2022

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Zinegoak is organized by Zinegoak Association and will take place in the city of Bilbao, Spain, June 2027.

All films which have an approach to sexual and gender diversity and LGTBQ+ families, which have been produced after January 1st, 2025 and never had been broadcasted or commercially released in Basque Country.

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Bilbao, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 06 Nov 2022
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Breaking Walls Dance Films

Deadline: 15 Nov 2022

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Open call for filmmakers!

Be part of the 6th edition of Breaking Walls Dance Films.

Breaking Walls Dance Films (BWDF) is the first and only dance film festival in Egypt and the region. Since 2021 we have screened 129 films from more than twenty countries, and we programme deliberately towards work that rarely reaches Egyptian screens — recent editions have introduced audiences to films from Tunisia, Malta, Hungary and Indonesia.

The 6th edition runs 10 to 20 January 2027. Screenings take place in Cairo and, just as importantly, outside it — in Minya, Mansoura, Sohag and Qena. In several of those governorates, our screenings were the first time dance film had ever been shown publicly. Every screening is free and open to the public, and every selected film is shown at least [...]

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Cairo, Egypt



 
 
 
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Published: 04 Nov 2022
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Hator Hator Horror Fest

Deadline: 30 Nov 2022

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Horror and animation film festival in Azpeitia.

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Azpeitia, Spain



 
 

 
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Published: 02 Nov 2022
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FESTIVAL DU CINEMA DOCUMENTAIRE MEDITERRANEEN EN TUNISIE

Deadline: 30 Apr 2023

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DOCUMED - MEDITERRANEAN DOCUMENTARY CINEMA FESTIVAL
IN TUNISIA
9th Edition - 2026

DocuMed – Mediterranean Documentary Cinema Festival in Tunisia, organized annually by the Tunisian Documentary Cinema Association, offers screenings of creative documentaries from countries around the Mediterranean. It aims to promote the influence and dissemination of documentary films in Tunisia and to promote exchanges between professionals, creators and the public in a spirit of openness to anthropological, cultural and social diversity.

DocuMed:
- Carries humanist values, based on openness to other cultures, freedom of creation and sharing.

- Demonstrates its belonging to the world, its openness to its Maghreb, Arab and Mediterranean [...]

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TUNIS , Tunisia



 
 
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Published: 01 Nov 2022
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Festival Internacional De Cine De Terror De Valdivia

Deadline: 01 Mar 2023

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Section that has been several years and invites you to participate in a contest where you must terrorize the audience in just 2 minutes, has prizes in money to the first, second and third place, plus a recognition to the most popular audience, elected through popular vote among those who attend the night function. Jury made up of local and national filmmakers and festival personalities and the audiovisual media.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Valdivia, Chile