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Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival

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Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival (TINFF)
A Canadian Screen Award–Qualifying Festival
A Telefilm Canada–Qualifying Festival
One of Telefilm Canada’s 25 Approved Medium-to-Large Scale Film Festivals (2026–2027)

An Official IMDb Festival

The Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival (TINFF) is one of Canada’s leading multicultural film festivals—recognized nationally and internationally for championing diversity, inclusion, and global storytelling. TINFF is proud to be:

• A Canadian Screen Award–Qualifying Festival
• A Telefilm Canada–Qualifying Festival
• One of Telefilm Canada’s Top 25 Medium-to-Large Scale Film Festivals for 2026–2027

• An official IMDb festival
• A registered Canadian non-profit organization headquartered in Toronto
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Published: 01 Dec 2025
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Short Movie Club Film Festival Nefiltravanae Kino

Deadline: 22 Jan 2026

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

The purpose of the festival refers to awareness of both the external filters on the screen, including censorship (commercial, ideological, aesthetic), and the internal filters of screen perception and projection, including self-censorship. NEFILTRAVANAE KINO is an exploration of aestheticization and commodification in art. The next aim of the festival is to expose the complexity, manysidedness, and variety of filmmaking.

NEFILTRAVANAE KINO (NoFilter Kino) is a film festival that is held by the Short Movie Club, the platform for cinematic projects. NEFILTRAVANAE KINO is ADAMI Media Prize qualified festival. The International Film Studies Conference is held at the same time as the film festival. In this way, film theory and practice are integrated together at the NEFILTRAVANAE [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Warsaw, Poland



 
 
 
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Published: 01 Dec 2025
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Festival Du Court D’art District #7

Deadline: 01 Feb 2026

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Short film festival

Art District Radio & 20MAX TV organize its 9th edition of its short movie festival named "Festival du Court d'Art District" around a free theme this year that will take place on March 20, 2026 at Cinema L'ENTREPOT in Paris, France in partnership with Festhome.

This festival will accept any short movie from 1 to 20 minutes filmed after January 1, 2023. Any genre of films is accepted such as fictional or animated ones or short documentary. Those films could be made using cameras or smartphones and in French language or subtitled in French. At least one representative must be attended the festival if selected.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Paris, France



 
 
 

 
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Published: 01 Dec 2025
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CORTI A SUD - (PFF) Polla in Corto

Deadline: 30 Apr 2026

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International Festival

Short film festival

ORGANIZERS

Cultural Association Time & Memory organizes the fourteenth edition of the Short Film Festival called "SHORT TO SOUTH", to be held in Polla (SA)ITALY from the 20 - 21 June 2026 at the Auditorium "Holy Nicolicchio".

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Polla, Italy



 
 
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Published: 01 Dec 2025
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Rieti e Sabina Film Festival

Deadline: 18 Oct 2026

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“RIETI & SABINA Film Festival”
2026


The “RIETI & SABINA Film Festival” aims to provide an opportunity for audiences to discover talents, Authors, Actors, Directors, and Filmmakers, to foster synergies between Film Professionals and emerging talents.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Roma, Italy



 
 
 

 
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Published: 01 Dec 2025
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Ostia International Film Festival

Deadline: 06 Sep 2026

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Ostia International Film Festival 2026

promotes and spreads all the activities relating to the world of Cinema, including through TV, Streaming, Theatre, the Web, and Social Media.

Purposes:
In collaboration with public and private entities, the promotion and spreading of culture, cinematographic and artistic production, and of the audiovisual works submitted every year to the Festival;
organize happenings, shows, events, and exhibitions related to the Audiovisual, Artistic, and Cultural sector at national and international levels through the Festival;
bring together and promote the training of people and artists of any age and social background involved in creative film and audiovisual production;
Create works connected to the world of Cinema, Art, Photography, and Culture in general.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Roma, Italy



 
 
 
 
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Published: 01 Dec 2025
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Muestra Cine+video Indígena

Deadline: 07 Mar 2026

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Feature film festival

The nineteenth version of the Muestra Cine + Video Indígena, organised by the Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, opens its call for entries from 21 November to 7 March 2026 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  Music Video



Santiago , Chile



 
 
 

 
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Published: 01 Dec 2025
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Adriatikino Adriatic Film Exhibition celebrating Analog Footage Film

Deadline: 18 Apr 2026

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We are excited to announce the second open call for short films based on celluloid film with no boundaries on genre. Experimentations, found footage, archive's creative use and mixed media are welcome, as well as any language that challenges the orthodoxy.

AdriatiKino is a screening organized by local filmmakers in collaboration with Luma Experimental Film Lab and Teatro Nuovo di Capodarco in Fermo (Italy), close to the Adriatic Sea. Inspired by its historical spirit of connecting cultures, Adriatikino aims to be an encounter to nourish a film lover community, to promote interchange between filmmakers and film lovers, as well as to spread analog film practices.

The event includes screenings and workshops. The movie theater Teatro Nuovo di Capodarco is the main venue for an [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Fermo, Italy



 
 
 
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Published: 30 Nov 2025
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FEMcine 16 Festival Cine De Mujeres

Deadline: 02 Jan 2026

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Feature film festival

FEMCINE was created to discover and support the work done by female filmmakers and to share films with gender-based subjects with a broader audience. FEMCINE invites female directors from Chile and the rest of the world to participate in one of its three competition categories: International Feature Length Competition, International Short Film Competition, and the Chilean Film School Short Film Competition.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Santiago, Chile



 
 
 

 
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Published: 30 Nov 2025
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Brèves D`images, Festival International Du Court-métrage De La Jeunesse Francophone

Deadline: 30 Apr 2026

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International Festival

Short film festival

Brèves d’Images, the International Short Film Festival of Francophone Youth, dedicated to young people in Occitanie!

The festival highlights emerging talents aged 3 to 22, offering them real visibility for their short, original, and socially engaged works.

Brèves d’Images encourages both individual and collective projects, allowing young creators to explore every step of the filmmaking process: scriptwriting, shooting, editing, sound mixing… It also serves as a genuine springboard for aspiring filmmakers.

Every year, the festival begins with a call for projects.

Once submissions close, all received films are viewed and preselected. This preselection is far from trivial: it can lead to increased visibility on the festival’s social media, publication on the official YouTube [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Quint-Fonsegrives, France



 
 
 
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Published: 29 Nov 2025
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Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival

Deadline: 31 Aug 2026

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Short film festival

We are an independent festival dedicated to bring together established musicians and filmmakers in a forum to celebrate the short films. Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival celebrates the artistic, educational and historical importance of short films and music. It gives independent film artists a platform for sharing their work and creating a dialogue with the community. It promotes the discussion and study of filmmaking.

DISFMF is the largest independent short film festival in Ireland, in 2026 we are celebrating the 15th anniversary.

In 2025 we selected over 90 short films from all over the world, the festival has brought established, emerging and award-winning filmmakers to the public attention.

Back in the cinema, the festival took place at the Cineworld, [...]

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Dublin, Ireland