Blog: Film festivals

The festival had its first edition in 2013 and has been organized annually since then by Associação Cultural Periferias in Portugal and Gato Pardo in Spain.

The project was born from a citizen initiative, supported by the municipality of Marvão from the beginning, and grew thanks to the support of diverse sponsors and collaborators.

Meanwhile, a new step was taken with the inclusion of Valencia de Alcântara (Spain) on the Festival map, thanks to the interest and involvement of the local government, Filmoteca de Extremadura and Diputación de Cáceres.

It is the intention of the organizers to contribute to an effective cultural decentralization.

We want to make accessible goods and services traditionally concentrated in big cities and which hardly reach rural populations.

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We believe that it is possible, with this strategy, to locally implement a film culture that, in the medium term, allows for the creation of a more conscious audience endowed with a plural thinking that promotes contact with art, not only as a space for leisure, but as a critical thinking platform that reflects and interacts with today's world.

The organization of the festival, with all the activities and logistics involved, constitutes a significant boost to economic activity in the most diverse areas.

We offer an opportunity for the promotion and dissemination of local products and brands. We create conditions to attract tourism flows, especially tourism that is more committed to cultural and ecological aspects.

We contribute to the local, national and international dissemination of the brand and socio-cultural identity of the municipalities of Marvão and Valencia de Alcântara.

#NarrarelFuturo: XI Film & New Media Festival is a meeting point for exhibition, training and industry where local, national and regional industry professionals interested in filmmaking and audiovisual in its most recent and interesting narrative and technical trends within the digital environment meet; transmedia, web and interactive documentaries, virtual reality (VR/AR/XR), webseries, artificial intelligence, futurisms, narratives and crowdsourcing/funding, vertical video and other film and new media concepts are some of the Festival's thematic axes.

Similarly, during the event, development and creation scenarios are carried out such as the #NewMediaLab, Ibero-American laboratory for the development of new media projects and the #HackathonVR360, which this year reaches its eighth edition.

We also open the doors to the Colombian and international creative industry to create meeting and conversation points around ongoing projects: 10 tips to #NarrarElFuturo, speed networking sessions and the launch of the Hispanic American Projects Database and the new media industry manual are some of the activities in which attendees from the industry area will be able to participate in this new version.

During the 11th version -which takes place from September 10 to 15 in person at various venues in Bogota (Colombia)- attendees will enjoy more than 65 hours of film and digital content, 100 hours of training scenarios, 40 international and national guests and a broad and diverse spectrum of topics, processes and projects under construction and development.

The annual Merlion Film Festival Singapore (MFFS) is an inspirational event bringing together all the film organisations, storytellers and artists in Singapore, to celebrate their efforts towards a sustainable future and accelerate their impact. The festival hopes to foster more collaboration, raise awareness & ignite a public passion towards independent talent film makers and artists around the world!

The Merlion Film Festival Singapore showcases a selection of world films, giving local audiences a taste of world’s diversity and creativity. Films screened are recent and have encountered success in their country of origin.

Only Argentine citizens or foreigners residing in the Argentine Republic may participate in the competition who comply with the terms and conditions of these regulations.

Biencortos was born in Maracaibo | Venezuela in 2022, as an annual showcase for regional and national productions. In its third year, in 2024, the organization led by the Proyecto Gaveta collective decides to experience ambitious growth, expanding its horizons and transforming itself into an event of greater scope.

This leap marks the beginning of a new stage for Biencortos, which seeks to consolidate itself as a platform of reference for independent cinema nationally and internationally. The festival aims to be a meeting place for filmmakers and productions worldwide, promoting the creation and dissemination of short films as a form of artistic and cultural expression.

The festival also offers parallel activities, such as workshops, talks, and special events, which promote the exchange of experiences and knowledge among film professionals and the general public. It is also conceived as a space for the community, where film lovers can enjoy a quality program and participate in various activities that can develop the region, boosting the local film industry and attracting cultural tourism.

“Shorts = Cinema” sums up the essence of Biencortos—the short film as a form of artistic and cultural expression as valid as the feature film. The festival seeks to support the value of short films and position them as a powerful tool to tell stories, reflect realities, and generate opinion.

The Dove Block Project Short Film Festival is an annual celebration of short films held in the beautiful Finger lakes city of Geneva New York.The festival showcases the short films from local film makers and other regions of the world. Offering a platform for emerging filmmakers and established ones. The festival will also host various events, including Q&A sessions with filmmakers, and special screenings.

The festival’s curator is renowned screen print artist Harold Copp, who is also on the board and planning committee at the Dove Block Project. He has numerous years of experience in curating a multitude of different events.

The festival will take place in The Dove Block Project’s very own Jim Spates Theater, a state of the art 27 seat theater within the art gallery and just a few minutes walk from Seneca lake. The theater is surrounded by a multitude of diversity featuring cuisines from around the world, historic architecture, The Smith Opera House, and Hobart William Smith College.

The festival is free to the public by reservation only.

DICFF is about celebrating comedy in film.
So often comedy is overlooked in favour of drama. Drama is in fact easier to write, direct and perform.
Comedy is much more difficult and you know if you've succeeded or failed by how many laughs you get!
So, DICFF is here to ensure comedy gets it's due. We want to support our comedic storytellers and celebrate your craft.

Short films showcase.

Ti-Kreyollywood is a quarterly event dedicated to short films, held before and after the Kréyol International Film Festival (KIFF) to which it is affiliated. The aim is to provide a second chance for short films that were not selected for KIFF and to offer a new opportunity for older productions that deserve to be seen in this context.

Please note that if your film is produced after January 1, 2019, you will participate in the Kreyol International Film Festival (KIFF2025), which will take place from September 26 to 30, 2025, in Paris.

PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW

The event, dedicated to the selection of the best short films, aims to support Abruzzo and national talents who want to try their hand at cinematographic art, expressing their skills and knowledge through the form of short films. The event aims to showcase the most deserving.

METHOD OF SELECTION OF THE WORKS

Preselection by the Examining Commission:

the works received will be viewed and pre-selected by an Examining Commission, whose judgment will be unquestionable. It will operate independently and following the indications of this regulation.

There are two sections in which you can participate: National and Abruzzo. Authors born and resident in Abruzzo can participate only and exclusively in the Abruzzo section. The Commission will be made up of the Board of Directors of Abbo Production S.R.L. Gianni Labalestra and Angelo Sateriale and will have the task of proceeding with the selection both on the basis of the production technique and the methods of expression adopted by the author for the treatment of free themes.

LIMA ALTERNA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is a Peruvian film event that disseminates the best alternative, independent and auteur cinema from all over the world. It invites Lima's audience to discover the current panorama of cinema at a global level in the different filmmaking aspects that are being developed.

The Shortfilm Festival "San Rafael in short" aims dissemination, disclosure and the screening of cinematographic works as well as the knowledge of these by the audience. The works presented not opt to a prize or award, only the assessment of the audience.

This short films contest up in order to motivate people to convey their ideas through cinema.

The theme that identifies it is based on the idea of ​​"slowness" or "slow life", what we understand as a bunch of actions (respect for the Environment and people, responsible consumption, defense of culture, decrease, life and leisure alternative, cooperation, food sovereignty, social economy ...) that make individuals improve their quality of life, control their time and be critical of the current economic and social system.

The International Film Festival of Pasto (FICPA), which celebrates its twentieth edition in October 2024, is a prominent competitive event that brings together the best of national and international cinema. With official categories covering a wide range of topics, from human rights to the environment, including animation and children's films, FICPA offers a unique platform for diversity and cinematic expression. Located in the picturesque city of Pasto, Colombia, globally recognized for its iconic Carnival of Blacks and Whites, the festival not only celebrates the art of cinema but also highlights the rich cultural heritage of the region. As the oldest event in southwestern Colombia, FICPA awards the coveted Sol de los Pastos (Sun of the Pastos) prize, establishing itself as a must-attend event on both the local and international cultural calendar.

"Visions of Destruction" encompasses an artistic representation and exploration of destructive processes, whether tangible or abstract. This perspective is manifested through various creative forms of audiovisual art, where narratives, images, or concepts related to decomposition, decay, collapse, or ruin are explored. These expressions may stem from personal reflections, social critiques, or simply aim to convey the complexities and fragilities inherent in human existence and the environment. "Visions of Destruction" invites the audience to reflect on the transience of things, providing a space to express concerns, warnings, or simply to aesthetically explore destruction.

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Aladerri International Film Festival (AIFF) is an dedicated to the celebration of ‘Short Films’ a multi-day event in Chicago supporting filmmakers and giving them an opportunity to showcase their work in an effort to bring the most inspiring and impactful voices forward.

AIFF has been created to showcase both National and International works by emerging and established artists who are passionate about storytelling via the art of filmmaking.

We aim to share great stories with the audience, while supporting independent filmmakers across the World and will screen all films accepted into “Official Selection” in front of a live audience and the opportunity to have Q&A session with on-site filmmakers September 26- 28, 2025.

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.

Bogota’s Central University’s Film School invites all students, graduates, filmmakers, and alike to participate in its seventh edition of the Central University’s International Film Festival (Festival Internacional de Cine de la Universidad Central): FICUC. A space that provides the opportunity to build new connections based on cinematographic celebration. A national and international gathering.

Since the goal of the festival is to make an encounter of diverse voices in which the transformation and filmmaking development require the integration of new perspectives, we have decided that the heart of the matter of this year is “Intervening history” By this means we will delve into the wanders, life experiences and point of views of the new emerging generations of filmmakers.

As part of the festival, we believe that cinema has been built by power and the elite in most cases. The winners have written history and that’s why we decided to create the subject of this year.

Through cinema, we intervene in history to give voice to those who haven’t had one. We re-write it so cinema won't be for a few, instead we want everyone to be able to tell their stories and our stories so that cinema embraces us all equally.

NOTE: The short films will be of free theme. Nonetheless, if the short films involve in one way or another the theme “intervening history” they’ll have more chances of being selected.

The 360 VR and AR festival, the first Virtual Reality film festival held in Spain, will celebrate its 8th edition on September 25, 26, and 27, 2024, in which the quality and innovation of the films will be rewarded. national and international virtual reality short films.

The contest is organized by Mecal, which organizes Mecal Pro, the Barcelona International Short Film and Animation Festival.

The festival is about bringing people together, behind the scenes and in the audience. While the project will be collaboratively executed, the organizing will also involve professionals who will share their skills, and sponsors who will contribute their resources. The event itself will provide a setting, much like peaceful campaign of film shows,cultural dance, music performance, games, and educational awareness where people regardless of their life experiences seat together, laugh together, cry together and exchange ideas as an audience.