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Screamfest® Horror Film Festival

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Calling all independent filmmakers! Screamfest® Film Festival is back for its 25th annual 10-day event, showcasing the best in horror cinema from around the world. Held this October at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Los Angeles, our festival is a must-attend event for horror fans and industry professionals alike.

Don't just take our word for it - some of the biggest horror publications have dubbed us the 'Sundance of Horror.' Our festival has also been featured in 2024 New York Times at Top 5 Halloween Festivals Worth Traveling For. Moviemaker Magazine's lists of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee for 2023, 50 Best Genre Fests in the World 2021, 25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee & 13 Film Festivals to Die For, and 30 Bloody Best Genre Fests in the World 2019.

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Logo of Zero Plus International festival of films for children and youth
Published: 31 Mar 2017
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Zero Plus International festival of films for children and youth

Deadline: 01 Jul 2017

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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  Other



Tyumen, Russia



 
 
 
 
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Published: 27 Mar 2017
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Premios Claqueta Fidec 2025

Deadline: 01 Jun 2017

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The Claqueta Awards were born in 2011 to promote the efforts of new talents and students from film schools around the world, and to promote film culture in the city of Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona).

It is a non-profit event that has the support of different public institutions, social entities and private sponsors.

The Claqueta awards, not only exhibit, also perform various events such as meetings with artists and students, academic conferences, debates, among others. It is an interesting way to approach and connect the works to the public.

The Claqueta Awards have been selecting the best cinema pieces around the world for 9 years to exhibit at the festival, promoting the development of cinema with a clear international character.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain



 
 
 

 
Logo of My First Film Festival
Published: 26 Mar 2017
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Mi Primer Festival

Deadline: 31 May 2017

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MI PRIMER FESTIVAL (MY FIRST FESTIVAL) - International film festival for children, Barcelona & Madrid - 17th edition: from November 9 to 23, 2025.

"Mi Primer Festival" is an International film festival for children from 2 to 12 years. My First Film Festival features over 100 films in a total of 21 screenings. In short, MPF is a film extravaganza that showcases both different techniques and formats and the creativity of artists from all around the world.

The international competition of SHORT FILMS for children will include 4 programmes:

- International Short Competition for children over 2 years old

- International Short Competition for children over 4 years old

- International Short Competition for children over 7 years old

- International Short Competition for children [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Barcelona, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of  Seize the Film- FILMS ABOUT DISABILITY
Published: 16 Mar 2017
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Uhvati Film /// Seize the Film- FILMS ABOUT DISABILITY

Deadline: 15 Jun 2017

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Film Festival “Seize the Film“ is focus on projections of films related to the topic of disability/at least one actor is disabled person and it has editions in Novi Sad (Serbia), Rijeka (Croatia), and Kotor (Montenegro).

In addition to screenings of films on the topic of disability, the Festival also has accompanying programs and post-production - Film Caravan, which includes screenings in cultural spaces, schools, other festivals and „Seize the film Kids“ - screenings of films suitable for children aged 7-12 (in Serbia).

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Novi Sad, Serbia



 
 

 
Logo of Cinespaña, Festival de Cinéma Espagnol & Portugais de Toulouse
Published: 02 Mar 2017
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30° Cinespaña, Festival de Cinéma Espagnol & Portugais de Toulouse

Deadline: 30 Jun 2017

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HIGHLIGHTED

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ONLY FOR SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE PRODUCTIONS

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Toulouse, France



 
 
 
 
Logo of Villa de Ayerbe International Short Film Festival `CAJAL AWARDS´
Published: 02 Mar 2017
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FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CORTOMETRAJES VILLA DE AYERBE `PREMIOS CAJAL´

Deadline: 30 Apr 2017

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The Ayerbe Film Festival Association launches this second stage of the "Villa de Ayerbe International Short Film Festival".

Since the 18th edition, with new members in the organization, we want to give a great boost to the festival. In addition to the international competition, we have created a new section dedicated to Science and Research to give greater visibility to the event and from this edition onwards, the awards are now called "CAJAL Awards".

We want to continue with the idea of ​​collaboration with neighboring towns.

This collaboration is carried out in this way: All the selected short films may be screened locally collaborator simultaneously with the development of the Festival and their votes will serve to award the public prize.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Ayerbe, Spain



 

 
Logo of Luna de Cortos International Short Film Festival
Published: 23 Feb 2017
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Luna de Cortos Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes

Deadline: 22 Apr 2017

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THE FESTIVAL: MOVEMENT OF CULTURE

The Festival was born with a very specific mission: it aims to stimulate public attention towards an open and wide representative space, such as the rural environment, makes its outdoor projections, open to all, the best exponent. Youth and adults, generations separated by years and experiences, gather around a screen, which is the focus of the light of a past and a future: culture is timeless, culture unites, and film language will be the link common to temper emotions and feelings, to treasure memories, to provoke lively gatherings.

In this way, all attendees of the event can enjoy a heterogeneous and dynamic speech. Through this cultural impulse, the different currents of creativity allow viewers to move and explore new and old codes in a [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Veguellina de Órbigo, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 18 Feb 2017
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Mister Vorky

Deadline: 07 May 2017

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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  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Ruma, Serbia



 
 
 

 
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Published: 18 Feb 2017
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Toyama International Film Festival

Deadline: 12 May 2017

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The 12th Annual Toyama International Film Festival will take place in June of 2025 in Toyama Prefecture. With such great success in previous years, we are excited to once again share the visions of filmmakers from all over the world with our local community in the countryside of Japan.

Submissions will be open until April 14th, 2025.

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The Annual Toyama International Film Festival (TIFF) began in the rural prefecture of Toyama, Japan. Started by a few English teachers in the area, we hoped to reach people not just in Japan, but around the globe.

The first TIFF took place in a small room inside of a shopping center, where about 70 people watched the 10 films we had received. The following year was a tremendous success with over 100 submissions from different countries, [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Toyama, Japan



 
 
Logo of Paraguay LesBiGayTrans International Movie Festival
Published: 16 Feb 2017
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Festival Internacional de Cine LesBiGayTrans

Deadline: 01 May 2017

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21th LesBiGayTrans Film Fest International in Paraguay

Aireana, a lesbian rights group, organizer of the 21th edition of the LesBiGayTrans International Film Festival of Asunción welcomes you.

Entries may be submitted until May 15, 2025.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Asunción , Paraguay