Blog: Film festivals

TAXCO Mexico, light city and Magic Town, one of the most impressive locations in the world, invites you to the 10th EDITION OF TAXCO FILM FEST.

The objective is to present a selection of the best short films in the fiction, animation, experimental and documentary genres in order to allow the dissemination, dialogue and evaluation of the development and importance of the short film within audiovisual production.

The festival is composed by :
- the official short films competition.
- many special screenings.

The Ensenada International Film Festival (FICE) invites you to participate in its sixth edition. It will take place in the City of Ensenada, Province of Buenos Aires on September, 2024 (the date of the festival can be modified within said month).

FICE's search will focus on cinematographic works that address a critical, poetic or aesthetic reflection around water. In this sense, water may appear as a central or tangential element in the development of narratives.

Because we are inhabited, stirred and agitated by this river that feeds us, from the FICE, we are looking for those works that, like water, can poetically penetrate all the reality that we are able to cover.

The BRUGGGORE Horror Movie Festival is Switzerland’s only (and therefore leading) Film Festival focusing solely on Horror Movies. It's situated in Brugg only 25 minutes from Zurich, 40 minutes from Basel and 60 minutes from Bern. Films are screened in 3 different categories: Fresh from the grinder – current festival films and brand new releases. Gutted millennials – extreme movies from the early 2000s. Rotten meat – Horror classics from the 70s to the early 90s.

RIZOMA is a unique international festival that combines film, art, music, conferences and community engagement to build each edition around a central concept.

Like the rhizome itself, RIZOMA is interconnected, interdependent and non-hierarchical. RIZOMA values that the different branches of culture feed and inspire each other. We believe in the horizontality of a rhizome so it is important to bring together emerging and established artists so that some feed off each other and of course the public as a part of the festival.

Known for having brought to Madrid for the first time creators of the stature of David Lynch, John Waters and Debbie Harry. RIZOMA also stands out for its efforts to bring to light the work of new Spanish artists. To this end, it has created the RIZOMA CINEMA Award, for the distribution of the winning film.

The 15th edition of Arraial Cine Fest will be held from February 17th to 21st, 2025 online on the festival's official website.

The Yebes City Council (Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain) and Mitad & Mitad Producciones organize 4661 FILM FEST, the IV Yebes-Valdeluz Space & Sci-Fi Short Film Contest, named in honor of the asteroid discovered by Miguel de Pascual Martínez on November 17, 1982, at Yebes Astronomical Center. The Film Festival wich will take place on the previous week of Expoastronómica 2023 fair.

Fundación Todo por el Cine, AC, organizer of the International Film in the Field Festival, invites national and international filmmakers to participate in the contest that will be held in the 13th edition of the International Film in the Field Festival (FICC) a celebrate in the months of October and November, presenting itself in 50 rural communities of the Mexican Republic.

The INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FILM IN THE FIELD (FICC) promotes dialogue between rural communities in Mexico and film production in short film, with the intention of generating new circuits, projecting outdoor cinema.

We support the cinematographic production of short films that explore the cultural and natural conditions in which human beings live, cultural diversity and its link with nature. Likewise, we seek agents of change and original initiatives that encourage a positive change in the care of the environment.

THEME: "Sowing awareness"

We are interested in all kinds of environmental issues and traditions. We seek to disseminate messages that usually do not receive the necessary coverage, much less in rural communities where cultural and artistic exhibitions are sadly absent.

The 23th Almería International Film Festival will be held in Almería (Spain), in order to promote the province of Almeria through the strengthening the historical links of the province with the audiovisual industry and culture, from Friday 15th November to Sunday 24st November 2024. The Festival is organized by Almería Provincial Council.

BLUEZ Dolphins Monthly Online Short Film Fest (AUGUST EDITION):
SUBMISSIONS START: 01 AUGUST 2021.
SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: 31 AUGUST 2021.
NOTIFICATION DATE: 1 SEPTEMBER 2021.


Festival Opening Date 01 July 2021
July Edition July 31, 2021
August Edition August 31, 2021
September Edition September 30, 2021
October Edition October 31, 2021
November Edition November 30, 2021
December Edition December 31, 2021
January Edition January 31, 2022
February Edition February 28, 2022
March Edition March 31, 2022
April Edition April 30, 2022
May Edition May 31, 2022
June Edition June 30, 2022
Notification Date July 5, 2022
Event Date July 10, 2022

Every month from the 1st until the 31st of the calendar our submissions are open, the first days of the next month our special jury selects the WINNERS of the previous month.

BLUEZ DOLPHINS Monthly Online Short Film Fest also known as BDMOSFFEST, is a reputable monthly online international short film competition and annual online film festival based in one of the elegant cities in the world, Delhi. Which is focusing on international independent cinema and also all new filmmakers to promote their work through an online platform.

BLUEZ DOLPHINS Monthly Online Short Film Fest is a short film competition runs on a monthly virtual online basis. BDMOSFFEST is dedicated to international short films of all genres , We are accept indie filmmakers from all over the world and short films of all genres, documentaries, animations and music video.

Your film will be reviewed by BDMOSFFEST screeners team and the highest scored ones will be selected as Official Selection receiving corresponding Laurels. Then, our jury will choose the winners in each category and they will receive the Official Laurels and Certificates. The BDMOSFFEST Best Jury Choice Award choose from any categories, announced as the winner of the Month Laurels and Certificates.

The winners of each month are eligible to participate in the main ceremony, which will be held once a year.In this Yearly ceremony The BDMOSFFEST Best Annual Jury Choice Award choose One selected project from any categories will be receive 100 USD cash prize and trophy along with Laurels and Digital Certificate.

MyCinema GFF aspires to empower storytellers by offering them a platform to showcase their creation. Cinema knows no boundaries and so does an online film festival; a unique opportunity for the film makers to charm global audiences. The film festival will be screened on my CinemaHall platform, a Digital Multiplex especially designed for Indie film makers.

The selected films will be screened on the platform for a period of one month as part of the film festival. The winners will be announced in a virtual online event, which will be simultaneously broadcasted on the social media channels & the platform. All rights of the Film, will remain with the original film maker. my CinemaHall will merely have TVOD license, i.e., the right to stream the said film on the online platform for the exhibition period.

The International Festival of Fantasy and Horror Films Horror Online Art presents its X edition. The festival has projections of short films in Official Section and feature films out of competition.

During last years, the festival been has celebrated in different spaces of Navarre, such as the Cultural Hall of El Corte Inglés of Pamplona, the local ‘Café con Letras’ in Estella o in Civivox Iturrama.

OMOVIES@SCHOOL

School year 2023/24

4rd edition

International Call for Partecipation for audiovisual works on the themes of the fight against homophobic bullying, gender-based violence, gender identity and sexual orientation bullying, intended for schools of all levels, cinema schools, informal groups and individual directors.

Deadline: march 31, 2024

Introduction

The Association i Ken ONLUS, on the occasion of the 4nd edition of the International Film Festival "OMOVIES @ SCHOOL" announces a competition for audiovisual works on the issues of combating bullying, homophobic bullying, gender violence, gender identity and sexual orientation.

The festival is a project carried out in collaboration with the educational institutions, so it follows the programming and the educational calendar for the school year 2023-24. During this period will be organized activities related to cinema, the festival and the themes it addresses in collaboration with the schools involved. The festival will take place throughout the school year and will end by June 2024 with the viewing of the works in competition, both online and in presence, and the dates will be established in agreement with the school directors.

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR THE FOLLOWING SESSIONS OF THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM:

01 - Short, Medium and Feature Film
02 - Short, Medium and Feature Television Work
03 - Series TV Show - Pilot Episode or First Episode
04 - Internet Work - Short, Medium and Feature Film
05 - Internet Work - Pilot Episode or First Episode

Cinego Shorts is initiating a special 2-day virtual screening to highlight Mental Health through specifically curated films with the aim of tackling the stigma and discrimination associated with the health condition on the occasion of World Mental Health Day 2021.

We invite all the filmmakers to submit their films that explore the concept of Mental Health, and highlight various ways that this term can be understood and reflected. If you think your story is compelling and fits within the theme, then submit your films and be a part of this virtual event.

*There is no entry fee to submit a film.

Screening Rules
Selected films will be screen via our official YouTube channel and accessible free to watch globally. All the rights belong to the author of the films and will be properly quoted while screening and will be offline after the event.

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Please email cinegoshorts@gmail.com if you have any questions about the submission process. We look forward to receiving your submissions and please help us to spread the word about the event which will be held in October 9-10 2021, online via our YouTube channel.

Due to the #Covid19 pandemic where social distancing is a must, we are hosting our event through online streaming on our official YouTube channel. We look forward to your enthusiastic involvement in Cinego Shorts curated theme ‘Mental Health’ by submitting short films that you have made from 2015 onwards. The films must have credits included, English subtitles embedded, and shared as 1080P MOV/MP4 files.

La deuxième édition du Festival de Dreux organisé par l’association LES LUMIÈRES DE LA VILLE, se déroulera les 10 et 11 juin 2022. Il propose une compétition de courts-métrages dont les protagonistes sont des femmes, des masterclass de femmes engagées, des interventions d'associations et une remise des prix pour clôturer l'évènement.

Retrouvez l'actualité du Festival sur :
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/Festivaldreux
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/festival_dreux/

Leonid Khromov International Film Festival (LKIFF) was founded in 2020 by producer and entrepreneur Leonid Khromov. LKIFF is an independent platform for international cinema, where bright and ambitious beginners and experienced filmmakers can present their films to the international community.

The LKIFF jury consists of creative and vibrant people who are professionals in their fields (actors, producers, directors, film critics, etc.). Full-length, short and documentary films are accepted for participation in the film festival.

The third LKIFF 2022 film festival is planned to be held in the second half of March 2022 in Moscow (Russia) in the format of an international film award (awards ceremony), at which, after the awards ceremony, the premiere screening of the winner's feature film (Grand Prix) and the winner's short film (Best Short Film) will take place !

We invite everyone to take part in our film festival! Good luck to all the nominees!

In recent decades, and at one time to the emergence of new technologies that have ended up scanning most of the processes of the film, the documentary has known a notorious and systematic growth around the world. In our country, and for more than one decade, a production before linked almost exclusively to fiction has been swelling their ranks with new topics, new approaches, new geographies, new dilemmas.

It is in this context that FIDBA is proposed as the 1st. International Film Festival dedicated to this genre which films with the same fans - as long as we believe that the forms and the doings of the documentary film are different from those of the fiction - may meet and dialogue among them and with the public. If the documentary is a meeting point for the FIDBA, it is insofar as it proposes an interpellation to the little-known memoirs, disturbing present and (our) future in suspension. FIDBA will then be an approach not only among audiences, filmmakers and thinkers linked documentary but also in relation to the always stimulating possibilities that allow you to open this space to other border and heterodox expressions framed inside of what we would call "non-fiction" and that encourage us to dialogue with contemporary expressions that go beyond even the scope of the film.

FIDBA will pay special attention to those filmmakers for whom cinema is linked to a form of research and knowledge of the world that surrounds us as to the portrait of human beings whose conditions of life, in certain historical and social contexts, allow you to ask us about our. It is, therefore, authors who not only reflect reality but also ethical and moral relationship which involves filming the other.

FIDBA aims to become a point of support for filmmakers seeking to widen the perception of reality and to films which represent a step forward in the effort to understand it and anticipate it. So, it will make focus on films whose aesthetic originality put at risk not only an idea of the documentary but also a thought about the same film and its possibilities. Since this focus implies questioning the status of the real front of the camera or of the film in relation to reality, this is as inseparable from the mediations that arises.

This time to bring to the Colombian stage all the productions and experiences that have already turned Latin America with great and successful results because they are increasingly sought after and recognized by the public.

What is the mission?

Become one of the main platforms for promotion, circulation, exhibition and distribution of horror, suspense and / or science fiction audiovisual works in the country with the purpose of publicizing and supporting quality productions to promote the evolution of cinema, favoring the development of the industry and to screen films of this kind on a large scale.
With the spirit of exchange that characterizes the Latin American universe, the Bogotá Horror Film Festival will provide venues for meeting professionals from the sector and their audience; a public alive and eager of searches that take them to transcend in the human thing.

What is the Vision of the Festival?

Bogotá Horror Film Festival is a cultural event that aims to create a space where you can live together, share and disseminate the best of cinema genres of horror, suspense and / or science fiction, Latin American and the world. Lovers of this type of cinema, besides being spectators, will have the opportunity to participate in different dynamics, screenings, talks, workshops and much more.