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Santander International Independent Film Festival (2026) - SANFICI

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SANFICI is a space to generate meetings at different levels, with an overcoming and innovative will. First of all, it is a space for the relationship between spectators, filmmakers and theorists around cinema and all border and heterodox manifestations. Secondly, it is a special and temporary meeting point.

SANFICI wants to become, year after year, the place of convergence for world independent cinema. But it also wants to be the space where the past and the future dialogue. The place where the most diverse film traditions are embraced with their riskiest proposals.



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Logo of New York State International Film Festival
Published: 26 Nov 2024
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New York State International Film Festival

Deadline: 31 Jul 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

The New York State International Film Festival is located in the heart of New York, Albany at The Linda Performing Arts Studio.

Since 2016, we have screened over 400 short films from all around the globe.

We have connected filmmakers with their audiences through short films each year, and we'd like to thank everyone for joining us! We continue to aspire to become one of the greatest film festivals in the nation. We are an international short film festival.

The festival invites people from all over the Capital Region of New York and all over the world.

Everyone is welcome to submit their short films.

We support students and first-time filmmakers too. We encourage all types of documentaries, animation, drama, comedy, experimental, music videos and horror short films.

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Albany , United States



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Published: 26 Nov 2024
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Urban Mediamakers Film Festival

Deadline: 01 Sep 2025

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"Content Creators Changing the World, One Project at a Time" is the theme of the 24th Urban Mediamakers Film Festival, October 13-19, 2025.

The festival is in-person and virtual with select in-person screenings and events throughout Gwinnett County, GA -- Duluth, Lawrenceville, Lilburn, Norcross, Snellville -- and Atlanta. UMFF features a daily virtual space with guest speakers, sessions and content creators Q&A.

Recognizing media as a powerful tool of choice for entertaining, informing, and inspiring, this annual content creators' festival showcases international, urban independent media. We are open to all creators, and we emphasize work produced by or featuring individuals of color - African, African-American, Asian, Black, Hispanic, Latino Native American, and Pacific [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Lilburn, United States



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Published: 25 Nov 2024
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The International Space Film Festival Tsiolkovsky

Deadline: 15 Jan 2025

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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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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Kaluga, Russia



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Published: 25 Nov 2024
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Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival

Deadline: 30 Jul 2025

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Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival is an annual event held in Alexandria, Egypt. It aims to disseminate film culture and the progress achieved in various branches of film art and to strength the relations among filmmakers throughout the world in general and Mediterranean countries in particular.

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Cairo, Egypt



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MIRADA CORTA Short Film Festival

Deadline: 18 Feb 2025

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After an incredible edition last January with 8 Live Screenings at the Cine Tonala and Le Cinema IFAL and 30 Programs at Visiones Únicas, USD 5000 in Cash Prizes, 30 Q&A's with international artists, networking cocktails and all sold out sessions, SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR THE NEW SEASON.

Mexico city is an icon of Latin American Independent Cinema and Mirada Corta presents the most outstanding films each season, inviting the audience to enjoy the diverse genres proposed in each competition: narrative, documentary, experimental, animation, horror, and comedy.

With a dedicated space for filmmakers, industry professionals, and special guests, the aim of MIRADA CORTA is to create an encounter that fosters creative and production possibilities in a relaxed and professional [...]

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Ciudad de México, Mexico



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Published: 25 Nov 2024
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MEET Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Jan 2025

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We are pleased to announce the 7th edition of the MEET Film Festival, promoted by the MEET Association (Movies for European Education and Training).

A widespread festival organised in three territorial events:

Ercolano - Naples and Mazara del Vallo - Sicily (April 2025).
Garbatella - Rome (May 2025).

The main objective of the MEET Film Festival is to ​​create a bridge between schools and cinema as a means to encourage the use of audiovisual language ​​in teaching and learning, facilitating dialogue and social inclusion.

The Festival aims to raise awareness of the links between culture, education, training and cinema and to become an innovative environment where schools, institutions, associations and independent film directors can meet, discuss and exchange audiovisual [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Roma, Italy



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Published: 25 Nov 2024
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Folkestone Film Festival

Deadline: 24 Jan 2025

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Welcome to Season Three! FOLKESTONE FILM FESTIVAL is an IMDb QUALIFYING FESTIVAL. We hold frequent screenings and accept submissions from around the world and you are welcome to be as experimental as you wish. We champion independent filmmakers with original ideas and good production values. Subtitles are encouraged but not compulsory. Our panel of filmmakers and vocational artists will endeavour to provide selected films with custom laurels and bespoke artworks.

IMDb link:
https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0073770/overview/?ref_=login


YouTube Channel:
https://youtube.com/@folkestonefilmfestival?si=D-ntZzi7Li9k0hEF

We look forward to celebrating your work!

We are an ongoing festival which holds regular indoor/outdoor screenings. We will notify all successful submissions via [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Folkestone , United Kingdom



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Published: 25 Nov 2024
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Celebra el Mundo

Deadline: 16 Dec 2024

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We are pleased to announce the opening of the call for entries for the film festival "Celebrate the World: Holidays in Film". This festival aims to explore and celebrate the diversity of festivities and rituals around the world through the art of cinema.

We are looking for films, documentaries and short films that capture the essence of celebrations and traditions from different cultures, showing how people from different regions of the world commemorate their most significant events. Whether it is a traditional festival, a vibrant carnival, an ancestral ritual or a religious holiday, we want your work to be part of this unique experience.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Popayán, Colombia



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International Experimental Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Aug 2025

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Open Call – International Experimental Film Festival 2025

The 3rd International Experimental Film Festival (IEFF) – 2025
organized by the Institute for Experimental Arts

“The future of film is female and experimental. We need to destroy and reconstruct cinema itself.” – Maya Deren

About the Festival The 3rd International Experimental Film Festival is an international encounter dedicated to experimental film art, announcing its call for submissions. The festival will take place in Greece, creating a dynamic space for screenings, installations, performances, conferences, film concerts, and workshops. The festival seeks to expand the possibilities of film beyond traditional formats and spaces, creating a zone of creative contagions between cinema and the visual arts, historical [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Athens, Greece



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Published: 25 Nov 2024
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Yellowstone International Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Nov 2025

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In the city of culture, art, and heritage. Yellowstone International Film Festival is dedicated to celebrating the world-class cinema. Yellowstone International Film festival is home to independent cinema from around the world.

YIFF puts filmmakers first and provides the opportunity for recognition and publicity for quality films and documentaries. Our aim is to be an advocate for filmmakers with a unique vision and to promote their work by showcasing it to a large audience. which is why our mission is to carefully consider and select a wide range of films to promote to the indie film-loving crowd.

YIFF will be a global adventure of the premiere, screenings, nightly red carpets, daring documentaries, eye-opening short films, We also focus films under special categories such [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Noida, India



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