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Cuenca Internacional Film Festival

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Cuenca International Film Festival 2026

Where the world's stories find their echo in the Andes.

The Cuenca International Film Festival (FICC) is one of the pioneering film events in Ecuador. With more than twenty years of history, it has become a strategic meeting point for international filmmakers, producers, distributors, and programmers, consolidating Cuenca as an epicenter of cinema in Latin America.

Throughout its history, the FICC has featured important figures, names that reaffirm the festival's mission to build bridges between the global industry and local narratives.

In 2022, the festival expanded its reach with the creation of Shortfest Cuenca, a platform specialized in short films that functions as a laboratory for narrative innovation and the discovery of new [...]





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Published: 04 Jan 2026
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Short films



LA Shorts International Film Festival

Deadline: 29 May 2026

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International Festival

Short film festival

LA Shorts International Film Festival ranks among the most prestigious and largest international short film festivals in the world.

The Festival is accredited by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences OSCAR®, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts BAFTA and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television (ACCT) presenters of the Canadian Screen Awards and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain (Goya Awards).

We are proud to have 68 filmmakers from LA Shorts earned an Academy Award® nomination.

Celebrating 30 years, LA Shorts is the longest-running short film festival in Los Angeles. The festival screens 400 films and attracts over 10,000 attendees each year including Hollywood industry professionals and emerging independent filmmakers.

LA [...]

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Burbank, United States



 
 
 
 
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Published: 04 Jan 2026
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Siliguri International Short Film Festival

Deadline: 30 Nov 2026

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Film Making is an art and it needs more patience and determination to recreate your ideas to a motion picture. Films Festivals although are typically annual events, they acknowledge various genre of films, mostly from across the globe and encourage people engaged in cinema. They also provide an opportunity for unknown filmmakers to get their movies in front of a real live audience and to have their films reviewed by professional critics. Filmmakers whose movies get accepted into a festival also get valuable press attention and exposure to prospective agents and buyers, not to mention a sometimes sizeable cash award if they win.

From time immemorial, films have played a very important part in bringing people of varying backgrounds together and entertaining them. But, most of [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



SIliguri, India



 
 

 
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Published: 04 Jan 2026
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GLOBAL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA

Deadline: 23 Oct 2026

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

Films are really a strong medium to share, yes to share, but what creates a filmmaker is a sense of what to share. Through vantage point we see that entertainment is just the medium to share realm of life with film lovers. If we penetrate the meaning of life sometime we feel that there is no such meaning or purpose to life, yes! Sometime, but we must have to give a great meaning or purpose to life to create it more beautiful for the whole world as a one family, for whole humanity or for our next generation.

GIFFI honours films of world with a vast array of awards in different categories and genres. Our mission is to discover diverse new voices & to promote the artists’ work through numerous platforms. In each edition, Filmmakers can submit their projects to have them judged by [...]

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KOLKATA, India



 
 
 
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Published: 04 Jan 2026
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Schécci Short Movie Award

Deadline: 05 May 2026

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

The Schécci Short Movie Award is an international competition dedicated to short-form cinema, created with the aim of promoting creativity, narrative research, and technical quality in the short film format. The festival welcomes works from all over the world, offering emerging and professional filmmakers a space for visibility and artistic exchange.

The competition is open to fiction short films, documentaries, experimental films, animated films, and music videos, produced with professional production standards. Each filmmaker may submit multiple works and enter the same work into multiple categories, in accordance with the procedures established by the submission platform.

Selected works are evaluated by a jury composed of directors, film industry professionals, critics, [...]

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Grottaglie, Italy



 
 

 
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Published: 04 Jan 2026
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World Cinema Day Festival-26

Deadline: 17 Jan 2026

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World Cinema Day Festival is a tribute to the power of cinema as a universal language — a day that honours storytelling, creativity, and cultural exchange across the globe. World Cinema Day reminds us that films do more than entertain; they preserve history, challenge perspectives, connect societies, and give voice to stories that deserve to be seen and remembered.

Marking this important day, the World Cinema Day Festival presents a rare and prestigious selection of films from around the world. Only few films from each country are chosen, making every selection exclusive and deeply meaningful. These films represent the finest cinematic works, selected for their originality, artistic merit, and storytelling excellence.

This is not a festival of numbers, but of distinction. [...]

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Greater Noida, India



 
 
 
 
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Published: 03 Jan 2026
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Short Out

Deadline: 30 Apr 2026

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Short film festival

Short Out is a film festival conceived as a space for reflection on the issues shaping suburban and peripheral areas.

The enhancement of peripheral spaces is today a crucial topic for exploring expanding territories and understanding an urban context increasingly oriented toward centralization.

Within the margins lies an unexpressed — or still unexplored — artistic vitality. Short Out aims to bring this creative energy to light, starting from Lainate, on the edge of the metropolitan city of Milan.

The fifth edition of Short Out Festival will take place from Tuesday 7th to Sunday 12th July, within the natural spaces and courtyards of Villa Litta — an emblem of the artistic, historical, and cultural heritage of the city of Lainate.

Short Out aspires to be a widespread [...]

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Lainate, Italy



 
 

 
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Published: 03 Jan 2026
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Retrokultfest. Festival de cine y cultura audiovisual retro de Alicante

Deadline: 02 Feb 2026

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Participate in the festival with your audiovisual piece. Create a video in the format of TikTok, a reel, a YouTube shot with a free theme but including some kind of reference to retro audiovisual culture (movies, songs, culture from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s).

The deadline for submitting entries to the competition is February 2, 2026.


A meeting point for film fans, film industry professionals and audiovisual dissemination professionals that aims to share knowledge and generate synergies between all those interested in cinema and audiovisual production from the second half of the 20th century (especially B-series and genre films) but also, and with special emphasis, on current productions that draw on the sources of retro and cult cinema from the 60s onwards.

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ALICANTE, Spain



 
 
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Published: 03 Jan 2026
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ANIMAR | FESTIVAL DE CINEMA DE ANIMAÇÃO

Deadline: 17 Apr 2026

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Feature film festival

ANIMAR is an animation film festival where the magic of animation comes to life. Guided by a passion for captivating visual narratives, the festival presents a free and diverse program that engages children, teenagers, adults, film and audiovisual students, professionals in the field, animation enthusiasts, and curious people of all ages.


The festival takes place in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in the North Zone, in the traditional neighborhood of Marechal Hermes — a territory deeply connected to the history of Brazilian cinema and also to suburban popular culture in its multiple expressions. The region is part of the cinematic imagination of the Rio suburbs: affectionately nicknamed "Marechalwood". It has been the setting for landmark productions of national cinema and a [...]

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil




 
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Published: 02 Jan 2026
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Lóstrego Festival

Deadline: 12 Jul 2026

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Feature film festival

FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL

“Lóstrego” is not just a festival; it is a meeting point for fans, professionals, and enthusiasts of fantastic cinema. We want this festival to be an inclusive and vibrant space where all attendees can enjoy a carefully selected program and participate in various activities and events that we have lovingly and dedicatedly prepared.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



A Coruña, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 02 Jan 2026
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Kaaffilm International Short Film Festival

Deadline: 31 Jul 2026

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Kaaffilm International Short Film Festival 5th Edition (2025)

The Kaaffilm International Short Film Festival returns for its 5th edition, continuing our commitment to celebrating short films a cinematic language that often speaks the loudest in the fewest minutes.

Kaaffilm is an independent platform devoted to discovering, supporting, and showcasing filmmakers who push the boundaries of storytelling, vision, and form.

In 2025, the festival will be held entirely online, offering creators and audiences worldwide a seamless and secure digital experience. All official selections will be screened on Kaaffilm’s verified platform, ensuring both accessibility and authenticity for a truly borderless cinema.

Kaaffilm remains a vital hub for emerging voices and established creators, [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Milan, Italy