Blog: Film festivals

The International Film Festival of Barbate, is a cultural alternative that aims to put Barbate on the map of the international film industry as a forum for meeting, exhibition, presentation and projection of fantastic and science fiction films made all over the world. the heir to Fantarifa, the fantastic film festival of Tarifa and is twinned with the Sitges festival.

WOW'21 - World of Women 2021 AT Fillum

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Come, join us on #WOW21 - A Short Film and Storicals (Music Videos) Contest for Women Centric films.

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Fillum is a Boston, USA based innovative mobile streaming app that brings Short Films and Storicals ( Music Videos) across multiple languages, to millions of film enthusiasts around the globe. Fillum offers an extensive library of qualified, rich, short film content and Storicals ( Music Videos) consumable easily on your smartphone. Being on the Fillum platform will give filmmakers a showcase for their work, an opportunity to make promotional and ‘behind the scenes...’ videos, win awards and monetize their film on the App. Fillum is a popular OTT and has a vast global viewership. Top directors and filmmakers from around the world are with Fillum and you might just get to connect with some of them. Fillum really cares about good cinema and music videos and looks forward to seeing your brilliant work. Fillum truly believes in the spirit of One World, One Love - Stories !!

WOW'21 - A Short Film AND Storical ( Music Videos) Contest, for Women based films. Keeping in mind our vision of bringing to the fore, the work of every FilmMaker on our platform, we believe that WOW'21 will only enhance the value and volume of outstanding content we currently offer.

FilmMakers from all over the world who have made short films OR StoricalsTM ( Music Videos) that are Women centric or Women oriented are invited to participate.

All shortlisted films AND StoricalsTM ( Music Videos) will be streaming on the App.

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The Shawna Shea Film Festival (SSFF) is a fringe independent international film festival. We love quirky and experimental films as much as we love straight narratives. All are welcome.

Established in 2012 the SSFF is a fundraiser for the Shawna E Shea Memorial Foundation Inc, a 501(c)(3), to honor Shawna's unique independent spirit by highlighting truly independent films that share the same quality.

The funds raised from the festival go towards scholarships and fellowships, including a Women in Film Fellowship.

Every year we have an opening night networking party and on the closing night we have an awards ceremony and party with food and a band. It is a party!

Why trust us?
We are a new addition to the crowded area of film festivals, but we are working hard to earn the reputation of a respected one. Since we are operated by the oldest and one of the most esteemed private film schools in Poland, we are grouping professionals with the serious filmography under the belt.
Our festival has a real audience and real happening.

We are producing this Festival as we were making a film — to gather a real audience in front of the screen and make them love what they see.
Every edition serves to pick up innovative and original shorts, with unique voice and artistic qualities, and select them for screenings program.
It is film we care about.

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We value good films. That's why we make them timeless.

The Idea behind our festival is to bring attention to the spirit of cinema which consists of Time, Memory, and Stream of Thoughts.

Festival is a yearly festival with an online competition. Once a year, there will be a physical Four Seasons Event – screenings of awarded and curated selection of films at the theater in the center of Wrocław.

See our website www.timelessawards.art for more info.

You know it better than anyone: making a film of less than 4 minutes requires a lot of talent and creativity. That's why the Très Court has been honoring them for more than twenty years with its International Festival, which takes place simultaneously in June in about fifty places on the five continents. The screenings take place exclusively on the big screen, in theatres or outdoors, for an audience as faithful as it is fervent.

The Très Courts are divided into six selections, two of which are in Competition: International Competition, Women's Words Competition, French Selection, Family Selection, Documentary Selection, and the Laugh(before the end of the world) Selection.

Whether you are a novice or a professional, classic or avant-garde, as long as your film does not exceed 4 minutes, do not hesitate to try your luck, especially since the registration of your film(s) is free. All genres are accepted: fiction, documentary, animation, CGI, drama, comedy, documentary and even gore or horror films.

Bucharest Short Film Festival [BSFF]

Independent is the key word for Bucharest Short Film Festival [BSFF], as it is founded by independent film professionals and focuses on independent artists in cinema, from all over the world. Bucharest Short Film Festival aims at recognizing, showcasing and spreading-out the most professional, most innovative, and most interesting fresh short international films, while always prioritizing independent short films.

Bucharest Short Film Festival will showcase some of the finest short international film in Narrative, Animation, Student, Experimental, Documentary, Music Video and Human Rights. We take to heart the amount of work put into each film. Therefore, the festival rules ensure that each movie is reviewed at least two times and well-debated by our team. Some of the awarded films will also be screened at other international film festivals.

Independent artists and their short films will meet an effervescent, and a quite experienced with cinema and film festivals audience, ensuring quality networking, and engaging opportunities, while the selected films will be determined by a panel of industry experts.

Bucharest Short Film Festival is building a strong community of interest around international independent film professionals and film lovers, in the heart of one of the most interesting emergent capitals of arts and culture, a city that never sleeps – Bucharest.

The festival will run film screenings, preceded or followed by artists Q&A, or networking side events, and, surely, parties, that all take place in various conventional and unconventional stages around Bucharest, as in cinemas, open spaces, and even summer theatres. Bucharest, you’ve heard about it, eventually – a city for young people. Well known for different things – like “Old Paris” nickname, in its bourgeois times, before the communism decades, or the world’s biggest parliamentary building [and one of the largest buildings of any kind], from its communism times, new architecture, or the explosive contemporary art scene, and the also quite impressive underground arts and music and nightlife communities, in its current times.

Festival Cine en las Sierras, is an international film festival, which takes place in the city of San Francisco del Monte de Oro (San Luis) Argentina.The FILM FESTIVAL IN THE SIERRAS, SAN FRANCISCO DEL MONTE DE ORO opens its 2nd CALL 2022 and is open from February 25 to April 25, 2022 in JULY and closes on AUGUST 22, 2021, it is aimed at filmmakers and producers national and foreign provincial films that have made feature films, short films and minute films aimed at children and families; as well as Mexican and/or foreign mini-filmmakers between 5 and 14 years old, between 15 and 18 years old and I publish in general up to 30 minutes of short films sent in their original language with Spanish subtitles in the case of foreign languages. They can be recorded with professional film equipment

The objective of the call is to ensure that children in vulnerable situations and the general public can access valuable content that awakens emotions and empathy in them, that leaves them learning and makes culture reach them through cinema as factors determinants for their identity and social inclusion and improvement of their reality by contributing to Mex society

The sample of films that are part of the 2021 Selection of the CHURUMBELA Children's Film Festival will be included in the following categories:NATIONAL PRODUCTION
Children's short film
-Fiction
-Animation
-Documentary film

INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION children's short film
Fiction
-Animation
-Documentary film

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The works can be registered by the filmmakers, producers and/or distributors at no cost since the festival is non-profit and what we want is to bring their stories to many children so that they serve as a reflection, inspiration, awareness and to generate self-confidence.

In this edition, we extend the production date of the works, which can be carried out between 2019 and 2022.

The official selection will be published from June 20, 2022 on social networks and the official website of the Festival:

Registration must be done only through FESTHOME/ www.festhome.com or by sending an email to cinefestivalsierras21@gmail.com with the following information:

• 2 Stills in .jpg format (300 dpi),
• Movie poster in .jpg format (300 dpi),
• Photograph of the director in .jpg format (300 dpi),
• Technical sheet (You can

The final exhibition formats will be exclusively in digital downloadable file, H264 compression, 4K (4096 x 2160) and/or in H264, (3840 x 2160) in the case of Mini-filmmakers, it can be received in an HD format (1920 x 1080) type .mov or .mp4.

It is requested to send a subtitled version in case the work is made in a language other than Spanish.

Send movie trailer for dissemination and promotion.

The deadline for receiving exhibition material is February 25 to April 25, 2022

The CHURUMBELA CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL will take place from September 25 to December 5, 2021; It is supported by the Mexican Institute of Cinematography (IMCINE), the Trust for the Promotion and Development of Mexican Cinema in Mexico City (PROCINE) and important alliances have been established with the private initiative and benchmarks in the film industry such as EFD MÉXICO, EWOK POWER RENT, COVESTRO, INTEGRAL SERVICES among others.

Thanks to this collaboration, it is possible to bring cinema closer to children for free so that they can immerse themselves in the wonderful world of cinematography.

In this 5th edition we will reach more girls and boys who live in vulnerable communities in other states of the republic through workshops and film screenings based on the programming that you can consult at: churumbelafest.com/programación2021.


Due to its social and supportive nature, access to the Churumbela Children's Film Festival is free, fosters an inclusive environment and promotes dialogue, the seventh art and artistic expression as tools for social transformation.

«The Oscars of the university cinema»

Villanueva Showing Festival is an International Short Film Festival for young people between 15 and 25 years old, organized by Universidad Villanueva. This initiative aims to encourage young people to reflect on universal human values ​​through audiovisual language. For this reason, each edition challenges the young cinematographic promises to create their own piece on a specific theme based on a universal value.

This festival, in which more than $ 22,000 in prizes are awarded every year, offers great visibility to young cinematographic talents before an international jury of experts, producers, directors, scriptwriters, actors and other professionals from the sector who attend the ceremony annually of awards ceremony, held in an iconic place of the capital of Spain, presented by a recognizable figure from the film world.

IMPORTANT / MANDATORY

In this edition Villanueva Showing Film invites us to reflect about the following topic: TO BE DETERMINED (we'll announce the new topic soon!). All short films presented must be related to this topic.

The u22 Festival is the young film festival of Barcelona, the meeting and networking point for young filmmakers from all over the world. From 25th to 29th September 2024 at the Joan Miró Foundation of Barcelona, and online in Filmin.

International short film festival - MX 15 min.

The 7th AmiCorti International Film Festival (AmiCorti IFF) is a premier cultural and cinematic event set to take place from June 23-28, 2025, in the historic town of Ivrea, Italy, specifically at the "AUDITORIUM MOZART." This festival is dedicated to celebrating the best of contemporary cinema, with a strong emphasis on emerging directors, independent filmmakers, and unique artistic perspectives. The festival aims to be a global meeting point for the film community, offering both in-person and virtual participation options to ensure wide accessibility. Selected films will be showcased on the exclusive AmiCorti platform, providing a focused and engaged audience.

The festival is recognized for its commitment to fostering creativity, innovation, and the exploration of social issues through film. It promotes cultural exchange, diversity, and inclusivity, making it a significant event in the international film festival circuit.

Event Type
The AmiCorti International Film Festival (AmiCorti IFF) is classified as a Cultural and Arts Event, with a specific focus on Film and Media. It is an International Film Festival that celebrates and showcases a diverse range of cinematic works from both emerging and established filmmakers worldwide. The event includes competitive and non-competitive sections, special programs, workshops, and awards ceremonies, making it a comprehensive platform for cinematic expression and appreciation.

Mission and Objectives
The mission of AmiCorti IFF is to nurture and showcase innovative cinema that contributes to the global dialogue on critical contemporary issues. The festival provides a platform for filmmakers to present their work to an international audience, promoting the exchange of ideas, cultural perspectives, and artistic techniques. The festival emphasizes diversity, inclusivity, and the exploration of social issues, aiming to highlight the transformative power of cinema.

Submission Categories
The festival features several competitive and non-competitive categories, each designed to highlight different aspects of cinematic excellence:
International Feature Film Competition
Eligibility: Fiction and documentary feature films (over 40 minutes) completed before December 31, 2024.

Awards: Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay.
Jury: An international jury of at least seven esteemed figures from cinema, television, and journalism will select the winners.
International Short Film Competition
Eligibility: Italian and international short films with a maximum duration of 30 minutes, completed by December 31, 2024.

Awards: Best Short Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay.
Jury: An international jury will evaluate the submissions and determine the winners.
National Short Film Competition
Eligibility: Italian short films (up to 30 minutes) completed by December 31, 2024.

Awards: Best National Short Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay.
Jury: A national jury of seven members will oversee this section.
International Animated Short Film Competition
Eligibility: Animated short films completed before December 31, 2024.

Award: Best Animated Film.
Jury: An international jury, comprising at least seven members, will judge this category.
International Social Theme Short Film Competition
Eligibility: Short films that address significant social issues, completed by December 31, 2024.
Award: Best Social Theme Short Film.

Jury: The winners will be selected by a jury of seven individuals with expertise in cinema and social issues.
International Music Video Competition
Eligibility: Music videos completed before December 31, 2024.
Award: Best Music Video.
Jury: A jury of at least three members will assess the entries in this category.

Non-Competitive Sections
Agenda 2030
Description: This section is dedicated to films that focus on social issues aligned with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The selected works will be recognized for their impactful storytelling and contributions to raising awareness on global challenges.

Mentions: Best Direction, Best Photography, Best Actor.

Short Films Out of Competition
Description: An open and inclusive section for short films of all genres, formats, and dates. This section provides filmmakers with the opportunity to showcase their work without the pressures of competition.

Special Program
Workshop: “Easy Filmmaking”
Description: A hands-on workshop aimed at guiding participants through the basics of filmmaking, from concept to production. This program is designed to make filmmaking accessible to everyone, regardless of their prior experience.

The FIRE!! Mostra is the first LGBT film festival in Spain: established in 1995 by Casal Lambda, in Barcelona, it addresses affective diversity in its broadest sense through a careful selection of feature films, documentaries and short films. A selection of art-house cinema and an educational approach are its main characteristics.

Throughout two weeks at the beginning of June - mainly at the French Institute but also at other different indoor or open-air venues in the city -, a wide range of public is invited to enjoy this Barcelona cultural landmark, with stories and testimonials of free people, creators who break barriers and fighters for human rights, all of whom help with love to build a fairer and freer world.

The festival's name is a tribute to the late 20s New York magazine of the same name, FIRE!!, led by the black gay writer Richard Bruce Nugent, portrayed in one of the most iconic films of the festival, Brother to Brother, which we screened a few years ago.

La Palma, the green heart in Canary Islands, is suffering a catastrophe generated by the vulcanic eruption in Cumbre Vieja. This hadn't happened since 1971, when volcano Teneguía exploded in the same island. Thousands of hectares, crops and buildings are being destroyed by lava flows, leaving a lot of devastation and pain.
This festival is born from the deep desire of helping in this crisis. An online festival, accessible and free for the public, made up of shortfilms from all around the world. We hope to bring comfort and evasion to those people (children and adults, senior citizens, families) who have lost everything and fight everyday during this disaster. Or those who are dedicating body and soul to provide shelter for the homeless, the firefighters who have not slept for days, the police who take care of the population, the donors of food and clothing, the volunteers who are helping to load trucks of personal objects, or saving pets and lost animals -this Festival for all of them.
Fee entries (5 euros per short) will be FULLY DONATED TO PALYATE THE DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE VOLCANO, to the following associations, town councils and animal shelters: (more will be added to the list)

Ayuntamiento de los Llanos de Aridane
La Unión Palmera Animalista
Protectora De Animales Y Plantas Benawara de La Palma
Ayuntamiento de Cabildo de la Palma
Brigada de Rescate Orión
Ayuntamiento de El Paso
Asociación de Celiacos y Sensibles al Gluten de Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Protectoras UPA, Benawara y Aanipal

Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival is one of the most prestigious film festivals in Portugal, reaching its 33rd edition in 2025.

Assuming as the main objective the promotion and diffusion of cinematographic and audiovisual works, selected according to quality criteria, Curtas Vila do Conde focuses on the discovery of new films and filmmakers and also on the recognised legacy of Cinema.

Short film competitions with animations, documentaries, fiction films, experimental films, and music videos, produced in 2024 or 2025, no longer than 60 minutes (exception made, under 30 minutes of duration, for Curtinhas – youth and children; My Generation – competitive section aimed for teenagers; Take One! – student films; and Music Videos), preferably with subtitles in Portuguese or English, are admitted to the various competitions.

Side programs, to be progressively announced, will highlight not only a selection of worldwide contemporary short films but also the relations between shorts and features, music and film, or art and cinema.

15th edition of the International Film Festival for children and teenagers "AniFestROZAFA2024" October 8-12, 2024 in Shkodër, Albania.

The International Jury of the AniFestROZAFA2024 festival will be established in cooperation with the European Children's Film Association ECFA.

The main objectives of the festival organizers will be to stimulate films for children.

The evaluation of the artistic values will be done by an international jury and by a special jury consisting of 23 children aged 8-12 years.

Films to compete in the 14th edition of the Films to compete in the 15th edition of the International Film Festival for Children and Teenagers must have been produced after June 1, 2022.

DEADLINES APRIL 15, 2024

Competitors are notified that online registration, based on the regulation, at FestHome.
A short film not longer than 17 minutes is accepted.

There are no restrictions on the number of movies you record.

Before you fill in the Entry Form, please read the regulation of the " AniFestROZAFA2024 ".

( The Events and Editions of the Festival have been designed, organized, and carried out by the non-profit organization, "AniFest".

The project is equipped with the Certificate of Registration of Authors’ Rights (Copyright) No. 99, RDA, dated 19. 06. 2013, on the category of works of art, “Projects”, Article 7; Letter b.

It also has the Certificate of Registration of the Activity. Certificate of Registration of the Object of Activity No. 202, RDA, dated 03. 06. 2013.

The project is equipped with the Certificate of Registration of Authors’ Rights (Copyright) No. 99, RDA, dated 19. 06. 2013, on the category of works of art, “Projects”, Article 7; Letter b.

It also has the Certificate of Registration of the Activity. Certificate of Registration of the Object of Activity No. 202, RDA, dated 03. 06. 2013.

SUBMISSIONS START: 15 Apr 2024
SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: 05 Jun 2024

The list of films selected for the final will be published on September 10, 2024, on the official website of the festival: http://anifestrozafa.al

Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival(UMFF) is the first international mountain film festival in South Korea, dedicated to presenting and promoting films & culture dealing with mountains, adventure, exploration, nature, and the environment. The festival also provides an opportunity for filmmakers and mountaineers to meet and exchange ideas through seminars, events, screenings, and social gatherings.

The 9th UMFF will be held in Ulsan & Ulju, South Korea in autumn, 2024.

We present the 2024 edition of the Arcicorto Film Festival.

The Festival was born from the need and the desire to shorten the distance between cinema and spectator, thus favoring low and medium cost self-productions, in order to make the public participate as much as possible.

El Consejo Regional Indígena del Cauca en el marco de la Minga del Arte que se realizará en Popayán los días 19, 20 y 21 de noviembre convoca a realizadores originarios a participar de la Muestra de Cine y video de los Pueblos Originarios -CRIC
Esta Muestra tiene como objetivo fomentar y reconocer la producción audiovisual de las culturas originarias y el respeto hacia su cultura, promover el acceso al uso de medios audiovisuales y aportar a la difusión de los pueblos indígenas de América y del mundo.

La Minga del Arte es un proceso que trabaja en torno a la garantía del derecho a la comunicación indígena, en donde “el arte indígena es un catalizador de los elementos fundamentales de las formas propias de comunicación indígena. El arte indígena tiene que ver con: espiritualidad, ritualidad, comunicación con la naturaleza, espacios de pensamiento, palabra y organización comunitaria, dialogo intergeneracional y de las mujeres indígenas, formas de expresión del conocimiento y pensamiento indígena, representación simbólica, artística en todas sus manifestaciones, conocimiento tradicional, propiedad intelectual colectiva, valores de la solidaridad, autonomía y buen vivir”

The UK festival circuit is dominated by voices and teams well on their way to success as artists, and the threshold for entry to most festivals is correspondingly high. However, we believe there is a wealth of talent below that threshold that deserve the encouragement and affirmation of an audience.

Based at the charming Curzon Cinema in Clevedon, the remit of Homegrown Shorts is to find and encourage the young and developing cinematic voices of the South-West of the UK.

Cinema Camp Film Festival is a short film festival open to filmmakers from all over the world that has a double function: on one hand, serve as a platform for the dissemination of the short film in those places where it does not have much presence, and on the other hand, to function as an educational and formative tool, allowing the young spectators, who mostly make up their audience, to learn and draw inspiration from the visualization of the different cinematographic works.

The functioning of the festival, open to all types of audiences, is very simple: among all the short films received, a final selection will be made, which will be the one screened in the different sessions of the festival (which will take place in different Spanish cities at throughout the summer). Assistants to each of these projections will be the ones in charge of choosing their favoire short film. The short film that gets the most votes will win the Best Short Film Award of the festival.

Likewise, a specialized jury formed by professionals from the cinematographic sector will grant the different special mentions: Best Direction, Best Photography, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor/Actress.