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“2030 - il nostro futuro con il cinema”. Come sarà il prossimo decennio? Su cosa bisogna agire per ottenere il futuro che vogliamo? Qual è il ruolo del cinema nella sfida per il raggiungimento di tali obiettivi?
Queste sono le domande che Duemila30 pone ai suoi partecipanti. Tutti i lavori dovranno riferirsi a tali argomenti, prendendo come spunto i 17 Obiettivi per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile dell'Agenda 2030 ONU. Spunti di riflessione verranno messi a disposizione dall’organizzazione tramite i canali social e sul sito.

Animation shortfilm contest, for filmmakers living in Spain. Maximum 10 minutes. Shortfims finished after 01/01/2022.

The Houston Comedy Film Festival is a unique forum for international independent filmmakers to showcase their Comedy Feature Length and Short Films in Houston, Texas. The 10th Houston Comedy Film Festival will take place April 13th, 2019 featuring films from multiple countries around the world.

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.

El Lugar Sin Límites, está considerado entre los cuatro mejores festivales de Cine del Ecuador y es una de las actividades más importantes de la comunidad LGBTI ecuatoriana, adicionalmente es calificado como uno de los Festivales de Cine LGBTI más relevantes de la región.

Todos los trabajos deben estar doblados al español o con subtitulos en español, cuyo tema principal sea sobre LESBIANAS, GAYS, BISEXUALES, TRANS E INTERSEX.

The fourteenth edition of the Student Film Festival FENACIES Uruguay opened its inscriptions on April 1st, and will remain open until June 10th. As every year, all the students from all over the world (from Primary to University) can register their short films totally free, which will be displayed in Montevideo from September 9th to 15th.

FENACIES is an organization founded in 2011 that started with the aim of creating a cinema festival specifically to youth, where competition would be fair and creativity and effort of these would be valued.

At first, the festival was avowed of cultural interest by the Ministry of Education and Culture, educational interest by the Primary Education Council, and tourist interest by the Ministry of Tourism and Sport. Furthermore, in 2015 UNESCO declared it of educational and cultural interest.

The main aim of the festival is to strengthen the audiovisual education between the youngest, and through the short films realization they can express their ideas so that then they can see reflected on the big screen.

During the week, the short films that are selected will be shown in a public and state cinema. On September 15th will be announced the winners in the closing ceremony.

The North Europe International Film Festival is one of four Festivals presented by Fusion International Film Festivals.

With Directors Dan Hickford & Steve Grossmith at the helm; the duo love to spend as much time as possible connecting with creatives before, during and after each festival.

Our mission is to bring in film, script & photography projects from ALL over the globe. We host festivals 'Where Creative Minds Meet.'

What can Fusion International Film Festivals offer that you can't already get?
The fact is that the films, scripts & photography projects that we showcase will in the vast majority of cases be exclusive to the Film Festival circuit during that time and, from regions & countries from around the world.

Just imagine the breadth of work on-show. For genuine cinephiles, this kind of stuff is cinematic heaven. But you can't maintain a Festival with that alone. It’s the experience. We’re proud to say that what we are is a “Boutique” set of Festivals. This means that this experience is substantially different from going to a Festival held at a local multi-plex or concert hall and that means a huge advantage for you.

Our North Europe International Film Festival is all held in one convenient location; All of the screenings, meetings, networking, industry panels, Awards Night and even hotel rooms. That means that we will always be there, supporting you and your project from before the Festival starts to the closing ceremony. So we won’t be hard to find, or difficult to locate, we know how important it is for Festival organisers to be on hand and to supply that all important personal touch. How do we know? We know because we already have huge experience in running other Film Festivals and from that we also know how to make it a better experience for you. With Fusion, it will be.

Independent filmmakers and creatives face many challenges; the large competition for viewers’ attention, finding funding and getting a distributor can only be overcome by the industry coming together and creating opportunities for those who need and deserve it. Our Festival’s aim are to create an opportunity for filmmakers to show their work to the right audience at our intimate and relaxing events, and get one step closer to success by receiving recognition for their art.

An up-and-coming filmmaker can get his/her name out there and increase their awareness just by being nominated at one of the Fusion International Film Festivals. The filmmaker can receive acknowledgement upon completion of their project and having it screened. There is also the potential for awards and recognition; showcasing our Laurels on a nominated project already means that you have the talent, this means it can also attract media, professionals and film fans that are eager to see new films.

With Fusion International Film Festivals you will have the opportunity to meet like-minded people, discuss films and get to know people you wouldn't have otherwise had the opportunity to speak with; this is something that we actively encourage and you can be confident that our Festivals will be full of new projects and fresh talent.

We believe a key ingredient is the programming, so all of our Festivals are inviting and engaging. This includes professional panels, workshops, script development and even fun filled social events and, through the influence of compelling stories, Fusion International Film Festivals goes to the heart of what moves us and at the same time, reveal stories which we may not be able to see in any other venues.

We are the ideal platform for the exchange of ideas and the sharing of experiences; your journey begins by submitting today!

It has been an amazing ride for us and the feedback and reviews from filmmakers has been incredible and we would like to thank everyone that entered all of our Festivals – the growing reputation and success we have is sincerely because of you.

Festival of fantasy and horror genre shorts, open to all types of filmmakers, whether professionals or amateurs. The festival will be held in the town of Roses (Spain), from November 14 to 17, 2024. We accept short films of the Fantastic, Horror, Animation, Gore, Freak and Trash genres.

This year we incorporated a new section, La GEEK SHOCK CINEMA, on Sunday the 17th we will hold a marathon of short films, we are looking for underground, festival, comedy, gore and fantastic short films, fake trailers, so that the public can have fun, and shout at the screen, These short films that are selected WILL NOT ENTER THE COMPETITION, participation will be free, but we repeat, THEY WILL NOT ENTER THE COMPETITION, it will only be screened in said marathon, with a maximum of 15 minutes.

CINE NO VISTO
International low-budget independent film festival

PRESENTATION
Festival de Cine no Visto has the main objective of giving visibility to those independent and low or no budget productions which, for different reasons, don’t reach the major public and whose only option for a greater recognition is found in festivals.

The organization of the Festival de Cine no Visto is aware of the great effort that producers have to endure in order to carry out a project with very limited means. Technical aspects are for us just another element in the process, so the main reasons to be selected will not depend on the means used. We are much more interested in what is told and the symbolism in each shot.
We are undoubtedly going to consider all and each of the aspects: performance, editing, cinematography, music, screenplay, to sum up, everything necessary in the production of an audiovisual project.

CATEGORIES
⦁ Best feature film
⦁ Best Foreign short film
⦁ Best Andalusian short film
⦁ Best Spanish short film

*AWARDS
⦁ Best feature film (International and Andalusian)
⦁ Best short film (within each category)
⦁ Best actor (feature film)
⦁ Best director (feature film)
⦁ Best cinematographer (feature film)
⦁ Best film editing (feature film)
⦁ Best screenplay (feature film)
• Best sound
• Best music
⦁ Best film from Jaén (feature or short)

* If your film has been awarded but nobody from your team can attend to the awards ceremony, you won´t receive a physical prize.
** Some categories can be declared void if the jury considers that appropriate.

Animotion Film Festival is a competitive Film Festival dedicated to 2D-3D Animation and Stop Motion Films. The fourth Edition will be held in Florence (Italy) at Guelfi Sport Center on July 14th 2021.

An important milestone for the International Humorous Short Film Festival State aKorti, between laughter and the other, we arrived at the 16th Edition

The show, as always, is open to film makers and directors of all nationalities. Participation is free.

Cinema Grand Prix (CGP) is a festival and award event. Its goal is to promote works of excellence for the growth of film and music industry and popularizing film and art as the prime media of communication. CGP is looking for excellent works of art to be distributed in the Asian market.

We accept feature and short films and documentaries, screenplays, photos, and music videos. Juries, consist of professionals in the film and music industry, will judge the quality of each submission carefully. Films made with passion, excellent composition quality, heart-moving music, striking and outstanding images, and heart-tickling stories are qualities we are looking for and will stand out among others.

Students and newcomers are encouraged to participate in the festival to boost the reputation.

Seoul Metro International subway Film Festival(SMIFF) with cooperation of Shinhancard introduces various world-wide extreme-short films on Seoul and Barcelona subway monitors and aims to contribute in making cosmopolitan cultural environment where anyone can enjoy movies in various places beyond cinemas.

The Paris Play Film Festival receive films from all over the world, and proceeds to a quality selection.

We bring online your trailer your poster and your plot, and we nominate movies. We do NOT stream your films online.

In the end we reveal the winners and send you laurels and an official diploma.

Once a year we get the best of the best of all sessions and these films screen in Paris.
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Our competition is international.

Our objective is to mix interactive talent competition with a human scale quality selection.
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Your experience will be :
- feeling the pulse of your movie while it's promotion and stream on the POFF Platform
- follow your movie selection with us while its online competition
- use the POFF website as a complementary connection and/or a mini-website
- use our network and work to promote your film, during and after the festival
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The competition process and promotion happens online with streaming, sharing, and online Press Relations.

Submissions to open soon.
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We have original categories like Trailer, Behind the Scenes, Showreel... We love this like you do, so yes, you can show your work and win something with it !
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Every movie selected will benefit from a page of its own, will all the multimedia elements you gave to us.

Every movie officially selected will be pushed on the front page one after the other.
Every winner will stay upfront the website for several month after winning.

PURPOSE
The Festival aims at promoting expressive and artistic short film’s form giving visibility to new authors, enhancing and promoting the products of the film industry and foster the exchange and comparison of experience among filmmakers.

PLACE & DATE
The festival will take place on November 11, 2023 at Calcinaia (Pisa – Italy).

SECTIONS

Smallmovie Festival is an International short film competition that provides 3 sections:

A) Short: Section open to short films of any kind and subject,
with a maximum duration of 20 minutes, opening credits and closing credits included.

B) Under 35: Section open to short films of any kind and subject, with a maximum duration of 20 minutes, opening credits and closing credits included, made by directors who, at the time of the expiry of this announcement, have not yet turned 35

C) Tuscany: Section reserved for short films directed by Tuscan directors with a maximum duration of 20 minutes, opening credits and closing credits included.

Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre (BARS) is an international film festival devoted to the genres of HORROR, science fiction and fantasy.

Born in 2000 to put focus on independent genre film, and since 2004 in the form of a competitive festival.

The Sandalia Sustainability Film Festival has an important role in raising people's awareness of sustainability issues through cinematographic works, offering an opportunity to exchange ideas with people from all over the world, thus promoting values, spreading knowledge and techniques. , with the aim of inducing virtuous behavior, for a sustainable present and future. We assume that the first step for the awakening of consciences is to be able to access the right information, meaning the information purified by political, economic and speculative interests, the one that also reveals the truths that are often hidden.

We think that the audio-visual medium is a very effective means to inform with emotion, to suggest new possible existential models, to envisage new solutions to problems, to connect people from all over the planet, in order to safeguard Mother Earth and for a present and a future that is dignified and happily livable for everyone.

The Festival takes place in Sardinia, and in this edition it will take place, always in itinerant form, between the end of July and the beginning of October, also involving the Schools. In the various stages will be screened all the films in competition and even some out of competition, and will propose workshops, meetings with directors, seminars, conferences, shows, markets, related to the cinema and sustainability.Art.2 THEMES

All sustainability issues are allowed, at the discretion of the proposer; it will then be the pre-selection commission to assess whether the subject of the proposed film is themed, and to assess the presence of a minimum of technical-artistic requisites to be admitted to the Competition.


The film can be a denunciation, thus showing situations that do not respect the principles of sustainability, or the enhancement of sustainable practices. Both types of films are important and allowed, as the first step towards a more sustainable world is to understand in depth all the aspects resulting from what human beings do, as individuals and as groups, and in many cases this means showing unsustainable situations, and even situations that, although they seem sustainable, are not, giving all the information necessary to make them understand why they are not.


The following list shows as an example some of the areas on which the subject of the proposed film may relate: some areas concern unsustainable practices, others are virtuous models of sustainability, and still others are generic areas in which both unsustainable and practical practices can be implemented sustainable. As already mentioned, we believe that showing unsustainable choices and actions - highlighting why they are not - is one of the steps to get to put into practice, and to demand that sustainable choices and actions be put into practice.




ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY



Use of the territory and resources
Indiscriminate exploitation of resources
Environmental consequences of oil extraction
Deforestation
Land-grabbing
Water-grabbing
Military servitude
Wild urbanizations
Collection and reuse of rainwater
Pollution (air, water, earth)
Waste management and consequences on the territory
Waste reduction and recovery
Sustainable landscape design
Access to natural resources
Valorisation and preservation of natural resources
etc. etc.






Agriculture and nutrition
Industrial agriculture
Monocultures to produce fuels
The poisons used in agriculture
Additives and dyes in food
Healthy foods versus less healthy foods
Awareness of what you eat
Food waste
Food choices / eating disorders
Food at km 10.000 / food at km 0
Herbs, roots and edible spontaneous fruits
Food-forest
Natural agriculture
Biological agriculture
Permaculture
Biodynamic agriculture
Agriculture and rural culture
Food sovereignty
etc. etc.



Natural systems, ecology and health
Biodiversity
Animal rights
Bioethics
Dyeing plants
Plants as fertilizers
phytoremediation
Impact of petroleum derivatives on the environment
Effects of oil derivatives on human health
The alternatives to plastic derived from oil
etc. etc.


Earth warming
Climate changes
Resource regeneration
Renewable energy sources
Energy efficiency
Energy sovereignty
Self-production of energy
Bio-construction, ecological buildings and passive houses
Sustainable mobility



SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY

Speculative economic policies
Exploitation in the workplace
New models of societies based on equity, awareness, alternative and solidary economies
Valorization of individual differences
Resource production and distribution systems
Consumption and conscious choices
Active citizenship and participatory processes
Disurbanism and transition
Peace, nonviolence and human rights
Right to health for all
etc. etc.
Environmental Sustainability and Social Sustainability are often closely intertwined, we separately list some of their themes as an example.
However, the list is not exhaustive of all the issues concerning Sustainability.



Art.3 PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WORKS

Individuals or groups of people of any age and nationality can participate.
The author can use a pseudonym or an artistic name in the titles of the work, while in all the documents sent he will necessarily have to write the personal name, indicating in brackets the pseudonym or the name of the art used.


The works admitted to the Competition, without limits of duration, are:

documentary films
fiction film
animation film
docu-fiction
mockumentary
experimental films

The submitted works may have been produced in any year, and may have already been presented in other competitions.

The works in non-Italian language must be subtitled in Italian or in English, and must be sent by e-mail, to ssff.iscrizioni@gmail.com, the list of dialogues in English or, preferably, the .srt file in English.

Filmmakers of the Year Film Festival (FYFF) is established to support independent filmmakers to get international recognition, exposure, and opportunity for their careers.

We are looking for great film-making and piquant films and documentaries. We are focusing in every aspect of film and documentaries production, and seeking for outstanding film and documentaries produced, created, and craft carefully with passion and talent. Every brilliant filmmaker deserves an award, and we invite you to join the Filmmakers of the Year Film Festival.

Film and documentaries (any length) can join different categories and will be presented in front of a panel of juries.

Transhumant Festival is an engaged cinema event to do the social transformation.

It aims to reach audiences far away from culture, both geographically and by social circumstances to make them participants and show topics that concern society and that are not sufficiently disseminated in movie theatres, media or usual audiovisual distribution channels.

It will showcase national and international cinematographic works and photojournalism reportages that focus on:

- Social, political, environmental, mountain, journalistic or historical research.

- Showing some form of activism in favour of human rights and respect for the environment.

- Valuing positive human relations and diversity of cultures.

- Valuing the equity between women and men.

The 9th edition of SantangeloInCorto, short film review, is organized by the Sant'Antonino Martyr of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi in collaboration with the Issa Oratory. The event will take place in August 2018 in Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi (AV).

The theme of short films is free.

Participation is open to works in any language, provided they are subtitled in Italian.

The Organizing Committee reserves the right to reject works whose contents may be considered explicitly offensive to public morality and / or violating the rights of the individual or any other rights of third parties.

They can not participate in the Work Contest with a commercial use, though free of charge.
The previous participation in other national or international festivals does not preclude participation in the festival;

Videos must have a minimum duration of 90 seconds and a maximum duration of 10 minutes (including titles); Videos must have a minimum resolution of 1280x720 pixels.

Good luck!