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Saraqusta Film Festival

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Saraqusta Film Festival is a film and tv series festival about the historical genre in its broadest sense. It was created with the aim of exhibiting and promoting feature films, documentaries and series using the past and the historical context as a common thread.

Submissions are open to Spanish and International works, real-image or animated that deal with the historical genre or whose theme, context or set design are historical or refer to a period of the past.








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Published: 20 Dec 2025
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Short films



MEDINA FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline: 31 Jan 2026

Call for entries

GOYA Qualifiers

Short film festival

39th Edition of the Medina del Campo Film Week. Qualifying festival for the GOYA Awards of the Film Academy.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Music Video



Medina del Campo, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 20 Dec 2025
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Feature films



INTERSECCIÓN - A Coruña International Film Festival

Deadline: 31 Jul 2026

Call for entries

GOYA Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

INTERSECCIÓN – A Coruña International Film Festival supports the freest currents of auteur cinema. Its programme showcases independent films created through risk and innovation and offers audiences the opportunity to experience bold and vibrant works.

The festival explores new cinematic languages and defends courage, diversity and curiosity in creation.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



A Coruña, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 17 Dec 2025
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GFFF - Galician Freaky Film Festival

Deadline: 11 May 2026

Call for entries

MELIES Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

The Galician Freaky Film Festival is the ultimate freak film and culture event. International in scope and specialised in fantasy cinema with themes of horror, science fiction or any subgenre that can be framed within the “freak” concept.

Founded in 2017 and based in Vigo, the GFFF showcases carefully selected films that are usually excluded from conventional distribution, presenting world and international premieres never before seen in Galicia, and also offering parallel activities such as workshops, professional meetings and special sessions for new talents.

The GFFF is a Competitive Member of the Méliès International Festivals Federation (MIFF), a global network of genre film festivals spanning 21 countries and more than 800,000 attendees per year. This membership allows [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Vigo, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of Concurso de Cortometrajes CREAT RIVAS
Published: 17 Dec 2025
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Does NOT have submission fees
Short films



Concurso de Cortometrajes CREAT RIVAS

Deadline: 15 Jan 2026

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HIGHLIGHTED

Short film festival

Only Spanish Productions.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Rivas Vaciamadrid , Spain



 

 
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Published: 16 Dec 2025
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CARTOON CLUB - INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ANIMATION CINEMA, COMICS AND GAMES

Deadline: 30 Apr 2026

Call for entries

EUROPEAN ANIMATION AWARDS Qualifier

International Festival

Short film festival

Cartoon Club – International Festival of Animation Cinema, Comics and Games, now at its 42nd edition, is one of the best known festivals on the Italian scene.

It is a remarkable window for animation, short films in particular, including fiction, educational, experimental, and computer graphic works, with a whole section solely dedicated to comics: Riminicomix.

The Festival features SHORT ANIMATED FILMS in various sections:

The CARTOON CLUB AWARD: open to short animated films made by professional filmmakers and production companies.

The SIGNOR ROSSI AWARD: open to animated shorts made by secondary school and university students, and by the students of animation film schools.

The CARTOON KIDS AWARD: open to animated shorts aimed at a children’s audience. Among the films [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Rimini, Italy



 
 
 
 
Logo of Oldenburg International Film Festival
Published: 14 Dec 2025
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Oldenburg International Film Festival

Deadline: 12 Jun 2026

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HIGHLIGHTED

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

“One of the World's Leading Indie Film Fests” - The Hollywood Reporter

Rated among the top 5 Film Festivals worldwide for Independent Films by American film critic Chris Gore in his esteemed “Ultimate Film Festival Guide”, and ranked “Top 25 Coolest Festivals in the World” by MovieMaker, Oldenburg has fostered its success with a strong commitment to innovative and Independent filmmaking.

“If there's anything that could be considered the Promised Land of Independent Cinema in Europe today, it is Oldenburg.” - Accred - L'actualité des festivals de cinéma

Labelled ‘the German Sundance’ by Variety, Hollywood Reporter, and Screen International, amongst others, Oldenburg has evolved while preserving its intimate atmosphere and founding purpose: to celebrate and support the diverse [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Oldenburg, Germany



 
 
 

 
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Published: 09 Dec 2025
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BIFFF (Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival)

Deadline: 19 Jan 2026

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MELIES Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

Every year, during the month of April, the city of Brussels becomes the capital of all things Fantastic. The BIFFF, one of the biggest International Fantastic Film Festivals of the world (certainly the craziest), screens more than 100 movies during its 13 days marathon, ranging from Fantasy to Thriller, Sci-Fi, Cult, Horror, Anime, Experimental, underground, etc., of which some 90 features and 100 shorts in World, International, European or Belgian premiere.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Bruxelles, Belgium



 
 
 
 
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Published: 02 Dec 2025
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Does NOT have submission fees
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Feature films



Bilbao Fantasy Film Festival

Deadline: 07 Feb 2026

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MELIES Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

Bilbao City Council is currently organizing the 32nd BILBAO FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL – FANT2026, to take place in Bilbao from 8th to 16th of May 2026.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Barakaldo, Spain



 
 
 

 
Logo of Sant Joan D`Alacant Film Festival
Published: 21 Nov 2025
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Does NOT have submission fees
Short films



Sant Joan D`Alacant Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Feb 2026

Call for entries

GOYA Qualifiers

Short film festival

ONLY FOR SPANISH FILMMAKERS // SOLO PARA CINEASTAS ESPAÑOLES (EXCEPT THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY SECTION, WHICH IS INTERNATIONAL)

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Sant Joan d’Alacant, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of Screamfest® Horror Film Festival
Published: 21 Nov 2025
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 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films



Screamfest® Horror Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Aug 2026

Call for entries

MELIES Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

2024 New York Times names Screamfest as one of the top 5 Halloween Film Festivals Worth Traveling For!

The 26th annual Screamfest® Horror Film Festival will take place at the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood.

Some of the largest horror online publications have called it the "Sundance of Horror."

Dread Central's Best Genre Fests 2025-26
Moviemaker Magazine's 50 Film Festival's Worth the Entry Fee 2023

50 Best Genre Fests in the World 2021

25 Film Festival's Worth the Entry Fee & 13 Film Festivals to Die For
30 Bloody Best Genre Fests in the World 2019.

Screamfest® Horror Film Festival is the largest and longest running horror film festival in the United States. Paranormal Activity was discovered and premiered at the festival in 2007.

The festival showcases new genre [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Beverly Hills, United States