Blog: Film festivals

Horror Ciclos Shorts Fest is an international film festival that encompasses horror, fantasy, suspense, and mystery, dedicated to all the people who love this genre. Its country of origin is Colombia, but it is created for the whole world. Horror Ciclos Shorts Fest aims to discover national and international audiovisual talent and awaken the imagination of horror short and feature film creators. The submission period for productions will end on february 25, 2025. Collectives, students, filmmakers, producers, enthusiasts, and the general public from all countries can participate in the competition.

In 2025 the festival will take place in Rio de Janeiro and Niterói, and submissions are open for short and feature films on environmental issues, Human Rights and sustainability.

The festival shows annually the best recent films and videos on environmental issues, to create awareness, provoke debate and to widen knowledge and conscience on the need of urgent changes in the behavior of people, governments and companies, in order to preserve the planet.

All screenings are free of charge and some films might be screened online, with all security granted and geo-blocked to Brazil, if necessary.

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*Mumbai Entertainment International Short Film Festival*

*Organized BY*
mumbai Entertainment
& Yogeshpatilfilms

*world all contries participated now*

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Guess who's back, ready for another spin of the wheel for the 4th Clapham International Film Festival in 2025.

CIFF screens features and shorts from the cutting edge of the cinematic experience and we are committed to providing a platform for daring independent voices.

Our commitment is not limited to the films we select, and we offer feedback to all submitters if requested. We're proud to have screened many films that have gone through our development process, as well as uncovering rough diamonds and beaming their shine out on the big screen.

The festival is also fun, the main ethos of our work.

In 2025 we're back at it, organising premieres, screenings and events to bring some real magic to our local cinemas. We're slated to occur at some point in September/October, tbc once we're a bit further down the line.

Let's make it happen.

We love horror and we're very excited to watch your films!

The Dark Scream Film Festival (DSFF) is an international festival seeking for the best horror films.

The Selected films will be recognized and awarded in various categories.

DSFF has made a point to keep our entry free as to give everyone the chance to enter, and we offer number of award categories!

DSFF's panel of judges is set in different parts of the world and comes with a variety of horror film expertise.

Your drive, your vision and the often seemingly insurmountable challenges that you face bringing your ideas to life are what makes us proud to champion your films and bring them in front of a highly appreciative audience.

Submit your film to us today and let us help and support you to gain true recognition and become a celebrated winner of the Dark Scream Film Festival.
We're very excited to see your creations!

Horror, Thriller, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Fantastic etc.
(Short Film: 30 minutes or less)
(Feature Film: 60 minutes or more)

The Galician Freaky Film Festival is an international freak and underground festival, which admits films belonging to the horror, fantasy, science fiction, comedy, freak or B series genres.

In 2021, “The Biggest Little Fest In Europe” was heralded as "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 voices and visions of independent filmmakers, to honor the creativity of the artists upon which the Festival depends, and to create a unique experience and inspiring meeting place for filmmakers, audiences, and media professionals.

“Oldenburg - renown for its determination, cinephilia, and openness for the extremes - impresses with its brilliant programming.” - GRIP

Additionally, in an effort to raise awareness and build bridges between worlds through the common language of film, Oldenburg is the only Film Festival in the world that annually screens part of its regular program to incarcerated individuals who share the experience with members of the general public in an actual high-security Prison environment, known as ‘The Alcatraz of the North’.

“Oldenburg thrives as a discovery channel.” - Screen International

In addition to supporting the discovery of new artists, Oldenburg has hosted the German Premieres of films by such acclaimed filmmakers as Darren Aronofsky, Brian De Palma, Steven Soderbergh, Michael Polish, Johnnie To, Chan-wook Park, Monte Hellmann, & Takeshi Kitano amongst others. Guests of honor have included Jim McBride, Larry Clark, Philippe de Broca, Andrzej Zulawski, Ken Russell, Jerry Schatzberg, James Toback, Radley Metzger, Ted Kotcheff, Phedon Papmichael, George Armitage, Christophe Honoré, Edward R. Pressman, Bruce Robinson, William Freidkin, Ovidio Assonitis, and Peter & John Hyams who have all attended the festival for Retrospectives of their work.

“Just as impressive as the films was the festival itself, which, under the inspired direction of Torsten Neumann, combined intelligent cinephilia with a laid-back atmosphere of democratic equality.” - Sight and Sound

Nicolas Cage, Seymour Cassel, Asia Argento, Keira Knightley, Deborah Kara Unger, Mira Sorvino, Bobcat Goldthwait, Michael Wadleigh, Joanna Cassidy, Luke Wilson, Ben Gazzara, Stacy Keach, Amanda Plummer, Keith Carradine, Matthew Modine, Sean Baker, Andrea Rau, Mattie Do & Noémie Merlant are amongst many who have attended as honored guests or for Tributes in their honor.

“Alongside Venice and Toronto, Oldenburg is considered one of the most important Autumn Festivals for Independent Cinema” - de Telegraaf

Rated #1 in Germany on The Most Important Autumn Film Festivals List for and by the German Film Industry (Blickpunkt Film), and #3 internationally after Venice & TIFF, Oldenburg is regarded as “one of the most important European festivals for independent cinema" (Tagesschau).

“Oldenburg is a pilgrimage for cineastes.”- Die Zeit

People Versus TV (PVTV) invites filmmakers, video artists, and creators of all stripes to submit their films for Season 3 of our Fringe Flicks series!

We’re on the lookout for unconventional work that defies norms and embraces the subversive, absurd, and surreal. Whether you’re a seasoned filmmaker or just starting out, we want to see your bold and boundary-pushing creations.

What We’re Looking For

We’re passionate about work that’s:

- Weird, anarchic, and fun

- Absurdist, surreal, or experimental

- Satirical and subversive, especially satire that punches up

We encourage submissions from artists at any stage of their career, and we’re particularly interested in amplifying voices from underrepresented communities.

Why Submit to Fringe Flicks?

Fringe Flicks is not just a screening series—it’s a celebration of avant-garde, experimental, and boundary-pushing work in the moving image. By participating, your film will:

- Be showcased alongside like-minded creators in Liverpool, at the heart of the city’s creative and cultural Fabric District.

- Reach an audience eager for unique, challenging, and unconventional content.

- Have the chance to spark meaningful conversations with a vibrant and engaged community of cinephiles and creatives.

Event Details

Selected films will be shown at our Fringe Flicks Season 3 events, starting with 5th June 2025 at DoES Liverpool, with further events planned for August and October (dates to be confirmed).

Submissions are open now and close on 2nd April 2025. Notifications will be sent by 23rd April 2025.

All screenings are held at DoES Liverpool, 1st Floor, The Tapestry, 68-76 Kempston St, Liverpool, L3 8HL.

Event Structure

Each Fringe Flicks night is a curated mix of independent and experimental short films, divided into two halves with an intermission:

- First Half: A selection of shorter films showcasing creativity, experimentation, and storytelling.

- Second Half: A featured short film and longer works. If we select a feature film from this callout, it will be showcased in the second half.

The bar will remain open after the screenings, providing an excellent opportunity for filmmakers and audience members to connect, network, and share their thoughts.

What We Value

We’re focused on imagination and creativity over technical perfection, especially for shorter works. While longer works should exhibit high-quality storytelling, we’re less concerned with technical polish and more with the strength of your script, dialogue, and narrative.

Future Opportunities

If your work isn’t selected for one of our upcoming events, we may still consider it for future screenings. In that case, we’ll contact you first to confirm your interest.

How to Submit

Submissions are open exclusively on Festhome.

Submissions are open now and close on 2nd April 2025.

Contact Information:

For questions, please email us at peopleversustv@gmail.com.

We can’t wait to see your work and celebrate the unconventional, the surreal, and the absurd with you!

PANÒPTIC. MATARÓ FILM FESTIVAL
7th Edition

Panòptic Film Festival is a film and visual arts festival that explores the role of the digital era and its impact on society: the impact on power relations, social control, as well as in the areas of ethics, freedoms and human rights. Through the audiovisual, Panòptic Film Festival wants to generate thought, debate and knowledge around the moment of radical transformation that as a society we are living in the context of the digital era.

The 6th edition of the festival will take place in May 2025 in the city of Mataró (Barcelona, Spain).

The Official Selection and the Out of Competition selection are based on artistic, thematic and technical criteria.

Out! Mostra de Cinema LGTBIQ+ of Balearic Islands accepts short films of all nationalities with LGBTIQ themes, which may be selected for the various sections of the festival: Short Films, and Short Films Documentaries. The works must not have previously premiered on the Internet or any other media in Spanish territory prior to the festival, and must have been copyrighted no earlier than 1st of January of 2022. All films must be yet unreleased in the Balearic Islands; in the case of the shorts films, this will not be considered a prerequisite, but will be considered positively. The organization reserves the right to include films that do not meet these conditions in the program, although not a part of the Festival’s official contest. The organization has right to include selected short film in future events of year 2025/2026 within territory of Balearic Islands.

La GRAN pantalla is an intergenerational cinematographic meeting space that seeks to dismantle stereotypes about older people through cinema. We look for stories that allow us to generate new readings and discourses about older people, beyond the conventional representations that are usually associated with this stage of life.

La GRAN pantalla seeks to delve into topics such as the sexuality of older people, the digital divide, unwanted loneliness, palliative care, intergenerational dialogues, cohousing, LGBTIQ+ older people, dignified death, migrant older people and all the visions that this population group may have about contemporary social problems such as the climate crisis, demographic change, new forms of families and organization, international conflicts, urban planning, art and social change, etc.

The seventh edition of this contest will take place from 1 to 6 July 2025 in the city of Barcelona with a showing in Mollet del Vallès and Sabadell (Catalonia).

La GRAN pantalla is an original idea of elParlante, an organization specialized in the design, implementation, and evaluation of communication strategies. For some years now, elParlante has been developing social projects for older people through theater, audiovisuals and formal education.

All official information will be published on our website: www.lagranpantallafestival.com, Facebook: www.facebook.com/lagranpantallabcn and media partners.

The International Film Festival - El Cine Suma Paz is an event that takes place for the first time and brings together cinematographic content related to the Culture of Peace and the protection of the environment.

For so long, "urban" has been seen as an extension of “black”, “underground”, “other”, “unworthy”.

We know that in every walk of life urban culture, more than ever, is revered as trend setting, forward-thinking, inclusive and innovative.

This is the reason why BAFTA, BIFA, AMAA and our industry festival partners (including Iris Prize) have officially recognised BUFF - giving our filmmakers direct opportunities to qualify for film awards. BUFF is the longest standing black-owned film festival in the United Kingdom. Founded by Emmanuel Anyiam-Osigwe MBE, filmmakers that have exhibited at our festival are now household names. Join the legacy and explore new worlds at BUFF.

why I should submit to the leading film festival in the UK for diverse programming?

At the British Urban Film Festival, we have been a pioneering platform for all facets of diversity since our formation in 2005.

Long before diversity quotas and terminology such as BAME and non-binary, we have always welcomed, showcased, given coverage to and awarded films which embrace diverse storytelling, celebrating filmmakers from diverse backgrounds representative of the 9 diversity strands:

age. disability. gender reassignment.
marriage and civil partnership. pregnancy and maternity. race.
religion or belief. sex.

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All Entertainment Catagory Accept

During one week of the year over 100,000 film-lovers gather in over 400 Cinemas across 6 Continents to view and vote on the Finalists Films' in the Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival - MANHATTAN SHORT is more than just one of the largest short film festivals in the world....it's the World's First Global Film Festival.

If making short films is about getting your work out there, nothing compares to MANHATTAN SHORT.

Every Film Selected is eligible to enter the Oscars:
MANHATTAN SHORT does a full week's run in a cinema in Los Angeles, California. This theater booking means all ten finalists in the 2025 MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival will be eligible to enter the Oscar competition for 2026.

MANHATTAN SHORT is now in compliance with the rules governing the Oscar Awards set forth by the Academy of Motion Pictures of Arts and Sciences

Featured Musical Artist
We are excited to announce that the MANHATTAN SHORT will be featuring a Musical Artist or Band leading up to and throughout the duration of the Festival each year.

The selected Musician or Band will have his/her music featured in over four hundred venues and to over 100,000 people worldwide during the MANHATTAN SHORT intermission and in all promotional materials leading up to the festival dates, including exclusive headline billing on our website. This is a tremendous opportunity for new or unknown musical talent to have their music broadcast to our ready-made worldwide audience of eager festival attendees. It is also a unique chance to gain name recognition and immediate exposure. Check ManhattanShort.com to enter the Musical Artist Comp.

Children's, Nature & Wildlife Film Festival is an India’s independent film festival promoted by Miniboxoffice India. The Children's, Nature & Wildlife Film Festival aim is to showcase & promote professionally made entertaining, enlightening & encouraging feature films, short films, animation & documentaries among target audience. The festival accept all genres of children’s, Nature, Climate & Wildlife films be it a fantasy, motivational, drama, disability, educational, science fiction, adventurous, parenting etc.

The Children's, Nature & Wildlife Film Festival is a boutique of children’s, Nature, Climate & Wildlife films celebrating childhood & nature. The festival objective is to bring the world class cinema to the door step of children’s which provide alternate source of learning & help in understanding the culture of other nations and nature through the art of cinema. CNWFF also giving exposure of film education through various workshops & master classes. At the same time providing platform to the filmmakers in reaching out wide audience through CNWFF.

The festival helps in raising the standards of quality content for children’s & nature films and also helps to boost-up the film market. We hope that CNWFF will prove a milestone for filmmakers in their career & a rich experience for audience as well.

Cine Pobre is a self-funded filmmaking genre without a set of stylistic criteria nor format boundaries, involving many geographically separated creators with at least two things in common: a strong desire to tell their story and to do so with their own resources.

Cine Pobre builds bridges based on the belief that film becomes art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. Since 2002 the 100% cartel-free intersection of culture and capabilities curating the world's best self-funded films.

The festival slogan: "On a wave of emotions!" reflects the concept: cinema should evoke the emotions of the viewer. The festival prefers films that catch and make us laugh, cry, deeply empathize. These are films with a strong catching story.

​Feature shorts of all genres (up to 40 min) and documentary films - from all over the world are considered.

Every year three unforgettable days of the sea shore velvet season await participants and guests of the festival. Cinema, emotions, the sea, the sun and live music. The festival is held in the famous art gallery "Green Pyramid", which is a stone's throw from Chersonesos - the historical center of Sevastopol.

The competition is judged by international jury.

The municipality of Gravina di Catania and the cultural associations “Gravina Arte” and “No_Name”, organize the event “Via dei Corti” – 11th edition of the Independent Short Film Festival.