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Sax International Film Festival

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The Sax International Film Festival, in the province of Alicante, qualifier for the Goya Awards, arises through the initiative of the filmmaker and writer Miguel Herrero Herrero. Since its creation in 2006, the festival has had the support of the Sax City Council and is backed by: Generalitat Valenciana, Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), University of Alicante, (UA), Alicante Provincial Council,... In the festival the best short films and feature film projects compete in competition. The event has numerous cinematographic activities: shows, exhibitions, concerts, book presentations, courses, workshops, tributes, master classes and meetings with renowned professionals such as the actor and director Aldo Sambrell, the animator and director Raúl García, the actor Carlos [...]



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Published: 03 Mar 2026
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Monstro - 6º Festival De Cinema Fantástico De Jacareí

Deadline: 02 Apr 2026

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Monstro – 6th Jacareí Fantastic Film Festival is an event dedicated to celebrating fantastic cinema in all its forms — horror, fantasy, science fiction, surreal, experimental, and beyond. Held in Jacareí, in the Vale do Paraíba region (São Paulo State, Brazil), the festival has established itself as a platform for exhibition, discovery, and appreciation of films that explore imagination, the uncanny, and the extraordinary.

In its 6th edition, MONSTRO reaffirms its commitment to aesthetic, cultural, and narrative diversity, welcoming local, regional, national, and Latin American productions, while encouraging emerging talents and promoting representation within the genre.

More than a festival, MONSTRO is a meeting point for filmmakers and audiences passionate about cinema that [...]

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Jacareí, Brazil



 
 
 
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Published: 03 Mar 2026
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Gastro Film Fest

Deadline: 31 May 2026

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The festival has an international character and all authors with films in compliance with other propositions can participate. Films selected for competition will be judged in two categories:

1. FILM RECIPE - a sort of documentary that should display complete image and/or text instructions for preparation of culinary creations (meals, drinks or deserts), including information about required ingredients and sequence of work. Based on those, after watching film one should be able to prepare the recipe.

2. OPEN CATEGORY - a film that should thematize or depict content related to food and/or drink.

Duration of individual films submitted is limited to 15 minutes.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Experimental  Music Video



Osijek, Croatia



 
 

 
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Published: 03 Mar 2026
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L`Hospitalet Shortfilms Festival

Deadline: 14 Jul 2026

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The L’Hospitalet Short Film Festival celebrates its 21st edition, firmly established as a landmark cultural event in the city. Over the past two decades, it has supported and promoted the talent of young filmmakers committed to human rights, cooperation, and a culture of peace.

In this edition, the festival also introduces the thematic focus “Territories”, an invitation to engage in dialogue with other realities, explore new physical and symbolic geographies, and decentralize perspectives in order to amplify diverse voices and non-hegemonic viewpoints.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain



 
 
Logo of RIR · International Comedy Shortfilm Festival
Published: 03 Mar 2026
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RIR · International Comedy Shortfilm Festival

Deadline: 30 Jun 2026

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The nineth edition of RIR (International Comedy Shortfilm Festival), a theme festival where humor is the fundamental base.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Allariz, Spain



 
 

 
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Published: 03 Mar 2026
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Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces. Independent Documentary Film Latin American Festival

Deadline: 01 May 2026

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Open from March 2 to May 1, 2026

Voces Contra el Silencio, Video Independiente A.C., the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, with the support of TV UNAM and the UNAM Film Archive, invite filmmakers to participate in the fourteenth edition of the Hispano-American Independent Documentary Film and Video Encounter: Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces, to be held from September 4 to 12, 2026, in Mexico City and in different states across the Mexican Republic, in a hybrid format.

The main objective of Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces is to serve as a window that brings together independent documentary cinema from Mexico, Latin America, and Spain, through free, accessible, and open spaces that embrace a diversity of perspectives, encourage collective action, and foster [...]

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Tlalpan, Mexico



 
 
 
 
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Published: 03 Mar 2026
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EDITA Social Film Festival

Deadline: 20 May 2026

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EDITA is a festival of short-films with the aim of social transformation through audiovisual creation, encouraging critical thinking, engaging citizens in the promotion of rights and making the viewers feel seen and motivated pursue a social change.

Through this festival, ASAD aims to discover and share new social imaginaries, change the point of view and get closer to non-hegemonetic proposals evoking social justice, human rights, gender equity and environmental sustainability

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Granada, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 02 Mar 2026
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T-Short Animated Film Festival

Deadline: 17 May 2026

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On November 27 and 28, 2026, the T-Short Festival will take place at the Kinemathek Karlsruhe cinema in Karlsruhe, Germany.

From November 30 to December 13, 2026, the festival films will be available online only for residents of Germany, as well as for festival participants and guests.

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T-Short Festival for professionals from all over the world and animated movie fans in Germany.

Only short films up to 15 minutes are presented at the festival, preferably without monologues and dialogues.

Films finished after January 1, 2024 are accepted for selection.

T-Short Festival treats any auteur animated films with trepidation, however, it prefers abstract, experimental, and surreal animated films.

T-Short doesn’t target children’s audience and doesn’t allow [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Karlsruhe, Germany



 
 
 
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Published: 02 Mar 2026
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Festival de Cine de Barracas

Deadline: 21 May 2026

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We want to organize this FOURTH EDITION, a call for short and long films, where THE MEMORY are the main theme in the selected works.

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CIUDAD AUTONOMA DE BUENOS AIRES, Argentina



 

 
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Published: 01 Mar 2026
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Certamen Cinematográfico Amigos De Ribadesella

Deadline: 01 Sep 2026

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The festival aims to promote cinematographic culture through short films.

The Friends of Ribadesella Cultural Association was born in 1986, with the vocation of disseminating culture among the citizens of Ribadesella and its council, its statutory objectives being very broad (giving conferences, organizing exhibitions, publishing books, protecting cultural and historical heritage , artistic, ethnographic, natural or scientific of the town; also activities of a sporting or social nature) currently having about a thousand members, who support our cultural trajectory.

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Ribadesella, Spain



 
 
 
Logo of FanCineQueer | International LGBTI Film Festival of Extremadura
Published: 28 Feb 2026
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FanCineQueer | Festival internacional de cine LGBTI De Extremadura

Deadline: 31 Jul 2026

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Short film festival

FanCineQueer, the International LGBTI Film Festival of Extremadura, celebrates this year its 29th edition between the 6th and the 15th of November launching its traditional Short Films Call with the purpose of recognising, visibilising and fostering the production and dissemination of recent or unreleased LGBTI works.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Badajoz, Spain