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FIDBA International Documentary Film Festival

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In recent decades, and at one time to the emergence of new technologies that have ended up scanning most of the processes of the film, the documentary has known a notorious and systematic growth around the world. In our country, and for more than one decade, a production before linked almost exclusively to fiction has been swelling their ranks with new topics, new approaches, new geographies, new dilemmas.

It is in this context that FIDBA is proposed as the 1st. International Film Festival dedicated to this genre which films with the same fans - as long as we believe that the forms and the doings of the documentary film are different from those of the fiction - may meet and dialogue among them and with the public. If the documentary is a meeting point for the FIDBA, it is [...]



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Published: 05 Feb 2018
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Mister Vorky

Deadline: 30 Apr 2018

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Mister Vorky is an International Festival of One-Minute and Short films, which promotes the best one-minute and short films from all continents. The organizers of the festival is the Independent Film Center Vorky Team, which in this way pays tribute to the great Serbian-American film artist Slavko Vorkapich-Vorky.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Experimental



Ruma, Serbia



 
 
 
 
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Published: 25 Jan 2018
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Semana de Cine de Lugo

Deadline: 22 May 2018

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47th Lugo Film Week (Spain). Celebrated from September 22 to 27, 2025 (SECILUGO 47).

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Experimental



Lugo, Spain



 
 

 
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Published: 11 Jan 2018
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Muestra Cine+video Indígena

Deadline: 30 Apr 2018

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The nineteenth version of the Muestra Cine + Video Indígena, organised by the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, opens its call for entries from 30 November to 7 March 2025 to films by indigenous and non-indigenous filmmakers whose central theme is indigenous peoples, especially in Latin America.

The curatorial committee of the festival will place special emphasis on selecting works that portray cultural and territorial aspects of these nations, such as: processes of safeguarding cultures, protection and defence of territories and the environment, human rights, identity tensions and political reflections. In addition, works spoken in indigenous languages and which have been made in a participatory manner with indigenous communities or through the training processes of [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Santiago , Chile



 
 
 
 
Logo of International Unseen Film Festival Social Films from Bilbao
Published: 10 Jan 2018
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Festival Internacional De Cine Invisible Film Sozialak De Bilbao

Deadline: 15 May 2018

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The International Unseen Film Festival 'Social Films' from Bilbao (Basque Country, Spain) is organized by Kultura, Communication y Desarrollo KCD NGOD; Organization dedicated to promoting a human, intercultural, equitable and sustainable development through Communication and Culture.

The International Unseen Film Festival 'Social Films' from Bilbao is an annual celebration dedicated to show a cinema full of diversity and social commitment, a cinema that is usually excluded from commercial screens.
The Festival is centered on four major themes: Sustainable Development, Human Rights, Interculturality and Gender Equity.
With its continuous work, it has become an indispensable appointment for all those interested in communication for development and social transformation.

The [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Barakaldo, Spain



 
 

 
Logo of Zero Plus International festival of films for children and youth
Published: 08 Jan 2018
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Zero Plus International festival of films for children and youth

Deadline: 15 May 2018

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"0+" International film festival is aimed at:

1. promotion and popularization of high-quality films, which foster a positive, creative and formative worldview in children and young people, strengthen common human values like family, childhood, friendship, kindness, nature, love for a profession, etc.

2. integration of cinema and education by creating a collection of value-oriented films for carrying out educational screenings in schools and social institutions of Russia.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Tyumen, Russia



 
 
 
 
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Published: 02 Jan 2018
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Daroca & Prisión Film Fest - Festival de Cine de Daroca

Deadline: 15 May 2018

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Daroca&Prisión Film Fest
Festival Internacional Cine de Daroca

This is the only online Film Festival in the world in which the prisoners belonging to the Film Workshop of the Daroca Penitentiary Center (Spain) have an intense and active participation:

Viewing, pre-selecting and deciding the Awards (along with a Jury of professionals of the sector);

Participating in the filming of a comedy sketch alongside an honored star, as well as in all the previous phases – such as the script, planning, acting, lighting, sound and production – and in its post-production;

And in the preparation and conduct of interviews with the aforementioned honored star and other illustrious visitors to the prison.

A job lasting several months that has a very positive impact on their social [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Daroca, Spain



 

 
Logo of XI Pineda de Mar International Short Film Festival
Published: 02 Jan 2018
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Xl Festival Internacional De Cortometrages De Pineda De Mar

Deadline: 30 Mar 2018

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International Festival

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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: 02 Jan 2018
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15° Cine Versátil- VIDEOARTES LGBT+

Deadline: 01 Jun 2018

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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.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Buenos Aires, Argentina



 
 
 

 
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Published: 16 Dec 2017
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Cortoons Festival Gandía 2025

Deadline: 31 Mar 2018

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Cortoons Gandia is the International Animated Film Festival of Gandia, organized by Cortoons Festival, the city of Gandia, la Generalitat Valenciana, through the Institut Valenciá de Cultura (Culturarts), and the participation of Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) Campus de Gandia.

In the 2016, after 12 years of great success in Rome, Cortoons international festival of animated films, he moved to Spain in the beautiful town of Gandia in the province of Valencia.

The 21th Cortoons Festival Gandia edition will be a great festival of animated films for professionals, animation film funs and all the general public.

The competition categories are:

International animated short film from 1 to 4 minutes

International animated short film from 4 to 20 minutes

Spanish [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Gandia, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 16 Dec 2017
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FANTBilbao - Festival De Cine Fantástico De Bilbao

Deadline: 15 Mar 2018

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Bilbao City Council is currently organizing the 31st BILBAO FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL – FANT2025, to take place in Bilbao from 2nd to 10th of May 2025.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Barakaldo, Spain