Blog: Film festivals

ARCHIBA is a film festival looking for short films that explore the relationship of the individuals with the spaces they inhabit, the architecture and urban landscapes of the world and urban life.

Archiba's mission is to be a small mirror of life in contemporary societies, its rhythms, its pulses, how cities from all corners of the world look and feel, and thus generate a starting point for collective reflection.

The short films, documentaries, experimental and screendance films can be linked to different themes and formats, such as: biographies, documentaries, fictional stories, audiovisual self-portraits, portraits of the urban landscape, of architectural spaces, of social conflicts, diversity, LGBT+, migratory issues and other realities of life in community, ecological impact, self-sustainable development.

ARCHIBA's program will be screened at different venues around the world in 2023

To show films that make us think, awaken our conscience, denounce injustice and reflect the social and cultural diversity of humanity. This is the objective of The Human Rights Film Festival, which will celebrate its 18th annual festival this year.

The Human Rights Film Festival, with headquarters in Barcelona and offices in Paris and New York, is the most important festival on Human Rights in Catalonia, one of Spain’s most important and widely internationally established festival.

Among the Festival in Barcelona, the simultaneous venues at Paris and New York and especially more than 20 screenings in different countries, after the Festival.

BOSIFEST is the International Film Festival for and by persons with disabilities, the only one of this kind in the Southeast Europe, which will be organized this year for the fourteenth time in Serbia by the Hendi Center Koloseum. As in past thirteen years, this year on the big screen a great number of films will be shown both in competitive and non-competitive part. So far visitors of the BOSIFEST had an opportunity to watch 700 films that had life of the people with disabilities as their subject or were created by the disabled authors.

Int. Low & No Budget Video Film Festival "film-sharing"

Latest Festival 2024 Announcement

Submit Short Films Now!

Film Sharing – 21th International Low & No Budget Video Film Festival 2024

Festival Date: Sept.2024 Stuttgart, Aug. 2024 Heilbronn Oct. 2024 Mainz
Open Screenings start: Mai 2024 /Stuttgart, Heilbronn ,
Place: Stuttgart, Heilbronn, Mainz
Status: Independent Short Film Festival
Festival Niveau: Semi-Professional
Outreach: International
Submission Deadline: 10/10/2023 to 30/04/2024
Category: narrative short films, animations, comedy ( no documentray, music clips, artfilms)
Lenght: 1 - 15 min ( please don't send us films longer than 15 min!!!!)
Ages: 0-99
Internet: www.film-sharing.net (download submission form)

Short Outline:
nineteen successful years of the ‘International Low and No Budget Short film-sharing Festival’ has inspired us to continue despite the disheartening of the cultural institutions.
Budgets for culture and the arts are being cut or axed. However, humour is when, in the face of adversity, you can still laugh! This year, we will defy commercialism and
capitalism and raise up our ‘Low and No Budget Film Festival’ with the opening in Stuttgart, Heilbronn, Schwäbisch Gmünd and Mainz. Moreover, we will continue to
offer the ever increasingly popular internet forums, which publishes the un-filtered short films, as an antidote [AA antithesis, counter platform]. We will be showing the s
ubmitted films on the big screen to the interested public who can discuss and talk together before, during and after the films. We will be showing the Film Festival Programme at selected cinemas. The festival is a non-profit endeavour and a large part of the entrance tickets will remain with the cinema operators to cover their costs.

We will show all short films under 15 minutes and we look forward to receiving new productions as much as older short films or even youthful follies or transgressions!
The audience itself decides at the open screenings in April and May which films will be included and shown in the July Festival Programme. All film makers,
whose film is shown, will receive the Film Festival OSCAR 2022 programme brochures.

Internet: www.film-sharing.net
History:
The annual Film Festival was established in Vienna in 2003. Since then it turned into an annual event and has expanded mostly in Germany.

The main venues are now Stuttgart, Heilbronn and Mainz and now Schwäbisch Gmünd and Sigmaringen. All films are collected and complied and then shown at these locations. Film makers, who fall loosely under the ‘independent film makers’ category, from throughout the world, submit their short films.
Annually, we receive about 1,000 films which we then sort and compile into thematic genres.

Point of Special Attention:
The Film Festival does not award any material or monetary prizes, rather it proudly offers the broad public and large audience. A prominent feature is the so-called
‘open screenings’ that present the full and rich character of the films including those that that receive less public attention. Over 200 people come together in both
cultural centres and restaurants to rate the submitted films from over 50 countries.
We will show all short films under 15 minutes and we look forward to receiving new productions as much as older short films or even youthful follies or transgressions!
The audience itself decides at the open screenings in April and May which films will be included and shown in the July Festival Programme.

All film makers, whose film is shown, will receive the Film Festival OSCAR 2024, programme brochures .

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.

Comedy Film Festival. With professional meetings and unpublished films in Spain.

History

JIFF 2025 will be a Greatest Edition in the World Cinema History

JIFF is the World's Biggest Competitive Film Festival (in fiction films).

The Jaipur International Film Festival, the world's fastest growing film festival, is held every year in January in Jaipur, India

Launched in January 2009, Jaipur International Film Festival -JIFF became expanding establishing name in organizing world film festival every year in Rajasthan.

The purpose of this film festival is to promote new movie makers, exchange of knowledge, information, ideas & culture between India & other nations in context of their social and cultural ethos. JIFF also promotes friendship and co-operation among people of the world through the medium of films & documentaries.

Though the film festivals have became a regular affair in most countries yet most of them cater only to selected audience as well as entertain the commercially successful film makers and related personalities. However, JIFF intends to organize a festival that connects the film fans & movie goers with the world, especially the serious filmmakers & their associates so as to bring about greater understanding of the art of film making.

The Sixteenth JIFF 2024 received 2971 films from 82+ countries and 329 films nominated for screening.

The Fifteenth JIFF 2023 received 2205 films from 63+ countries and 282 films nominated for screening.

The Fourteen JIFF 2022 received 2100 films from 52+ countries and 279 films nominated for screening. (COVID 19 - Hybrid Edition)The Fourteen JIFF 2022 received 2100 films from 52+ countries and 279 films nominated for screening. (COVID 19 - Hybrid Edition)

The Thirteen JIFF 2021 received 2121 films from 85+ countries and 266 films nominated for screening. (COVID 19 - Online Edition)

The Twelfth JIFF 2020 has received 2411 films from 100+ countries and 240 films nominated in competition for screening.

The Eleventh Aryan JIFF 2019 has received 2221 films from 103 countries and 232 films nominated for screening.

The Tenth JIFF 2018 has received 2019 films from 100+ countries and 136 films nominated for screening.

The Ninth JIFF 2017 has received 2004 films from 100+ countries.

The Eighth JIFF 2016 has received 2176 films from 100+ countries.

The Seventh JIFF 2015 has received 1807 films from 100+ countries.

The Sixth JIFF 2014 has received 1587 films from 90+ countries.

The Fifth JIFF 2013 has received 1397 films from 90 countries.

The Fourth JIFF 2012 has received 902 films from 70 countries.

18000 film lovers and film makers visited the festival.

The third JIFF 2011 was held with overwhelming response & it was a feather in crown.

The second JIFF 2010 was held with overwhelming response & it was a feather in crown.

The first JIFF 2009 was a first milestone towards success.

NEW CATEGORIES:
Sridevi JIFF Indian Panorama (All submitted films will be included automatically in this panorama from India only without any additional fee or you can submit directly in this panorama only, made/produced in all regional languages) new from JIFF 2019

Focus Country, Guest Country, Tribute, Retrospective and more - By Invitation Only

NEW CATEGORIES:
(You can submit according to your submission eligibility or write us for any support at myjiffindia@gmail.com)

JAIPUR CRITICS – For feature fiction films only, best film award from film critics. Total nominations: Around 5 films.

HONORARY ASIA - We welcome you in JIFF 2024 as senior and experienced film producer and director. This category is only for Asian continent for feature fiction films, who have produced/directed minimum 5 films in their respective career, we request you please submit your film/s produced/released/un released after 1st Jan. 2022 or film in post-production. It is non-competitive international nominations category, in this category will screen top two or three films out of all submissions.

WELCOME REGARD - For directors and producers 1st feature fiction film, in other words this submission should be first project/film as a director or producer. It is competitive international nominations category, in this category will screen top two or three films out of all submissions.

THESE ARE DIFFERENT SUBMISSION BETWEEN MAIN SUBMISSION IN THE FEATURE FILM (FICTION) CATEGORY.

OLD IS GOLD - screenings (by invitation only)
Classic World (Classical films from India and the world) – By Invitation Only

Films made by Crowdfunding (mention in the submission form)

Films made by/with Co-Production (mention in the submission form)

Web Series (up to 30 minute/s)

Mobile Film Making on Social Issues (film should be shoot by mobile camera, up to 30 minute/s)

Submit Song/Ad Film//Music/Album/Poster/Live performance

Top 10 Dialogue.


NEW CATEGORIES FROM JIFF 2025:

Films Nominated at Oscar 2025 (Short Fiction/Live Action) - Official entry to the Oscars
Films nominated at Oscar 2025 (Short Documentary) - Official entry to the Oscars
Films nominated at Oscar 2025 (Feature Fiction) - Official entry to the Oscars
Films nominated at Oscar 2025 (Feature Documentary) - Official entry to the Oscars

Films nominated at Oscar 2025 (Academy Awards, USA)
from different countries as official entry to the Oscars and official nominations through various ways, will be directly part of the competition in JIFF 2025. The awards will be separate for these categories and will be finalized by international jury members (World cinema leaders). Few top films will be screened in JIFF 2025 for global audience. Other rules will be the same as film submission in JIFF 2025.

Lusomovies – Portuguese language short film festival

Third edition - Roma, Italy

Parambi productions organizing 3rd International short film festival 2024.

It is the 3rd Short Film Festival . Come Join in and make this Great Event a Success. Parambi Productions International Short Film Festival is leading an inventive International short film celebration and welcomes filmmakers. It is one of a kind short film Festival, concentrating on opportunities for worldwide movie makers.

Parambi production is Mumbai based production house which is established in 2018. Many of our production short films have been released on OTT platforms i. e. Hungama play, shemaroo, MX player, airtel xtream, Vodafone. We are giving opportunity to new comers who wants to do carrier in film industry.

To develop & encourage the upcoming artist in this industries & also to create a grand Forum for exploring the talents.

Value of organization is to a medium of exploring talent to be forum provider.
Purpose is to create awareness about this industries & make aware of basic level to upper level & also what are the steps to crack the opportunities & overcome from on front barriers.

Vision is to showcase talent on grand level in creative manner & be a source to lead that artist to grand success.

Mission is to be one of best organization to keep the stage artist alive & also one of promoter of cultural activities by the means of technology.

INTERSECCIÓN - A Coruña International Film Festival is committed to the freest currents of auteur cinema. Its program welcomes independent films created from risk and innovation and offers the public the chance to see groundbreaking and vibrant works.

The festival explores new cinematographic languages and defends courage, diversity and curiosity in creation.

In a great theatre at 10 mn from Champs Elysées in Paris France the second edition of the new international film festival dedicated to the new génération of actors and actress.

During 8 days a presentation of films from all regions of the world and open to all themes, including at least one main role in the film played by a young person under 27.

Welcome to Paris. All films selected in competition will be presented by the director and an actor invited by the festival.

A film festival organized by french directors and producers.
To participe all the films must have minimum one lead actor or actress under 27 years old in the cast.
A festival that aims to be a meeting and exchange point between different generations.
An annual meeting place for young and professional actors.
A festival aimed at all audiences.
A red carpet for everybody.
The festival is organize in cooperation with great famous feature film institutions and important broadcast channels.
Important amount of prizes.

3 selections in competition.

BIG SCREEN : feature films.
INDEPENDENT : feature films.
SHORT : short films.

Sección Oficial a concurso.
Official Competition Section.

Film Festival “Seize the Film“ is focus on projections of films related to the topic of disability/at least one actor is disabled person and it has editions in Novi Sad (Serbia), Rijeka (Croatia), Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina,) and Kotor (Montenegro).

In addition to screenings of films on the topic of disability, the Festival also has accompanying programs and post-production - Film Caravan, which includes screenings in cultural spaces, schools, other festivals and „Seize the film Kids“ - screenings of films suitable for children aged 7-12 (in Serbia).

The 11th Annual Toyama International Film Festival will take place in June of 2024 in Toyama Prefecture. With such great success in previous years, we are excited to once again share the visions of filmmakers from all over the world with our local community in the countryside of Japan.

Submissions will be open until April 14th, 2024.

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The Annual Toyama International Film Festival (TIFF) began in the rural prefecture of Toyama, Japan. Started by a few English teachers in the area, we hoped to reach people not just in Japan, but around the globe.

The first TIFF took place in a small room inside of a shopping center, where about 70 people watched the 10 films we had received. The following year was a tremendous success with over 100 submissions from different countries, quite a step from our first year. The event was held in the city of Toyama at a local independently-owned venue, Bodegas-Mambo with around 80-100 guests coming to view the films. Every year since, we hope to expand even further and provide an even larger venue for participants and the movie-going community in Japan.

Today, with over 1200 submissions each year from countries around the world, TIFF has become a highly-anticipated annual event and a staple of Toyama's international community.

Note: Due to time constraints, we cannot accept films that run over 10 minutes. However, any genre of short film will be considered for exhibition.

Ipiales Cine Sin Fronteras as an audiovisual scenario promotes the development of projects or independent production and supports the production of audiovisual arts, as well as highlighting their role in the formation of audiences.
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The Benin City Film Festival was launched in November 2018, as a new entity that offers a platform encouraging and promoting the works of local (community based) as well as National, and International emerging filmmakers. It is a cost friendly platform for showcasing these works in an environment where they have access to experienced industry professionals. BCFF is the only independent film festival in Edo State, and the only film festival that takes place in Benin City. BCFF screens premieres of international and national feature films, short films and documentaries on social issues. This year edition, with the theme CREATIVE INDUSTRY BEYOUND THE PANDEMIC is scheduled to take place at Film House Cinema, Benin City.

At least 50% of our festival schedule is dedicated to foreign films, which broadens the film culture experience to all who attend the screenings in Benin City during the festivals duration.

The Benin City Film Festival is a team of people who work effortlessly to deliver a quality service to emerging filmmakers. We will give festival contributors access to some of the Industries most prolific names, both nationally and internationally.

Objectives

The primary objectives of the Festival are to provide a resourceful platform:

1. Where the business and craft of Nigerian films are enhanced and marketed to the film content consuming world by attracting quality film resource persons, buyers and critics from all over Nigeria and around the world to BCFF events every year.

2. for viewing some of the best of feature films, documentaries, shorts, and experimental projects for the entertainment and instructions of attendees and participants at the BCFF annually.

To this end, BCFF is committed to being:

A. A place for dialogues, healthy discussions and trainings to film business and film craft professionals and amateurs in and around the world by ensuring that BCFF is attractive to international film and motion picture contents directors to help enrich festival and participants through insights from their works and about the art of filmmaking

B. A machinery for exposing the ancient City of Benin in particular and the entire Edo State in general to a sustainable long term to a long term patronage of its vast tourism realities and potential to resourceful global creative business and craft audiences.

Finally BCFF is geared towards encouraging co-production relationships in films, TV shows, Documentaries and any other rewarding motion picture content between local players.

Modalities

The film festival pursues these objectives by making local and international visitors at the festival engage in the creative film-making process discussions through symposia seminars, trainings, screenings, content critiques, tourism events and workshops as well as providing quality entertainment (music, local , and sundry other events).

---The FilmmakerDay is one of the main stages of the Torino Underground ---

Welcome back Filmmaker to the 9° edition!!

After the great success of the latest edition, submissions to the eighth edition of FilmmakerDay are now open.

The event is taking place in October 2023 in the wonderful setting of Turin, a city that has become one of the undisputed centres of the art of cinema. FilmmakerDay summons many authors from every corner of the world, as well as a wide audience of cinema lovers.

A great number of high-quality films have taken part in FilmmakerDay. Among them: News Neighbors by Bayley, directly from Sundance Film Festival; A Gentle Night by Qiu Yang, winner of Cannes Palme d'Or; In the Hills by Hamid Ahmadi, an official selection at Toronto International Film Festival.

The ninth edition of FILMMAKER DAY is now organized by the Systemout Association and ArtInMovimento Association as an event whose intention is to give value to filmmakers’ creativity.

This festival is dedicated to short and feature films of any genre and runtime. There are no rules or limitations.
The ninth edition of Filmmaker Day is taking place in Turin, at the end of october 2023, at the prestigious " Cinema Baretti".

The event derives from the need of giving space and visibility to films coming from all over the world.

Apart from the Best Film, ArtInMovimento Magazine and Italia Che Cambia, two magazines that are both Media Partner of the event, will also give special attention to the most deserving films.

MAIN FEATURES:

- Films selected by a qualified jury
- Selected films will screen at the
end of October, 2023

El Festival Audiovisual Terrícola nace con la idea de difundir el trabajo de artistas del ámbito audiovisual de nuestro país, y de la región patagónica en particular, haciendo foco en aspectos que involucran a la sociedad. Esta primera edición del festival se desarrollará los días 14 y 15 de abril de 2023 en la localidad de Lago Puelo, provincia del Chubut y las temáticas elegidas son el cuidado del medioambiente, la agroecología, el trabajo y las economías regionales.

El festival busca fomentar el potencial que tienen las realizaciones audiovisuales para difundir y tratar temáticas importantes en la actualidad, apostando a sumar espacios de interdisciplinariedad entre áreas de la comunicación audiovisual y otras relacionadas a problemáticas sociales. Durante el evento, además de proyecciones, se podrá asistir a charlas y talleres relacionados a estas temáticas.
En nuestro país, desde hace tiempo se viene planteando un cambio de paradigma en cuanto a la producción de alimentos saludables a pequeña y mediana escala, vinculada al desarrollo de economías regionales. La agroecología es un enfoque interdisciplinario que promueve el desarrollo de modelos más participativos, de bajo impacto ambiental, respetando la biodiversidad y el acervo cultural de los habitantes.

De entrada libre y gratuita, la muestra está organizada por Aguafuertes Cooperativa Audiovisual, una cooperativa formada por estudiantes y graduados/as de la Lic. en Diseño Artístico Audiovisual de la Universidad Nacional de Río Negro.
Además, cuenta con el apoyo del INCAA - Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales, y de la Secretaría de Cultura y Educación de la Municipalidad de Lago Puelo.

Se encuentra abierta la convocatoria para la categoría de Muestra No Competitiva de Cortometrajes Nacionales desde el 1º de febrero y hasta el 17 de marzo inclusive. Las bases de la convocatoria y el formulario para la inscripción de obras se encuentran en el perfil de Instagram de la Cooperativa @aguafuertes.coop.

Más información sobre la programación y actividades del Festival Audiovisual Terrícola será publicada en las redes sociales de la cooperativa, en Instagram y Facebook como Aguafuertes Cooperativa Audiovisual. Para comunicarse con la organización, escribir por correo electrónico a aguafuertescooperativa@gmail.com.

20th LesBiGayTrans Film Fest International in Paraguay

Aireana, a lesbian rights group, organizer of the 20th edition of the LesBiGayTrans International Film Festival of Asunción welcomes you.

Entries may be submitted until May 12, 2024.

Now open for new entries for our Brazil Premiere event taking place September 2023!

See our most recent festival trailer at https://trails.film

Trails Film celebrates trail stories to inspire a global community that loves trails. We consider all types of film media including feature-length, short, documentary, educational, animation, and others. Our awards recognize filmmakers for their work as storytellers, myth-makers, and advocates for trails.

We are happy to announce that the 2023 premiere will take place at the 2nd Brazilian Trail Congress in September 2023! As a nomadic festival, the selection of our exact premiere date and screening locations are determined collaboratively with local hosts and in partnership of global trail community gatherings. More information will be coming in 2023.

TRAILS
Trails weave through our lives in many ways, from spiritual pathways to recreational or everyday transit. They are political, transformational, connect us to nature, reveal history, fight climate change, bring healing, and bridge communities. We invite you to submit films that reflect any story or any relationship to trails.

No trail activity is off-limits—it could be traveling on foot, by bike, with horses, or in canoes! Or your film could feature creating trails, uncovering lost trails, or the history of places along trails. All we ask is you take us deep into your chosen story—we'll follow you all the way.

ABOUT TRAILS FILM
Trails Film is a worldwide festival and initiative of the World Trails Network. Trails Film is created by and for trail-loving communities. We are inspired by nature and culture and want to make an impact on the future of trails and our planet. We are in awe of the human spirit and all that is wild. To all of this, we dedicate our festival.

Trails Film is in its third iteration. Our second festival took place in Skiathos, Greece in September 2022 and our inaugural event took place in Santiago de Compostela, Spain in 2018. Through rich cinematography, selected films explored themes including trail creation, adventure, spirituality, healing, and diversity in nature and culture.

We all need trails. And trails need us.

WHERE WILL MY FILM BE SHOWN?
Accepted films will be shown at our premiere festival (location and date TBA) and have the potential to join the Trails Film World Tour, a traveling festival that screens films in theaters and along trail sides across the world.

WORLD TRAILS NETWORK & TRAILS FILM
The World Trails Network (WTN) is a global non-profit association of the world’s leading trails and trail destinations. Together, WTN advocates for the promotion, preservation, and enjoyment of trails for all people. Our partnership with WTN creates a dynamic gathering space for sharing and telling trail stories, meeting leaders in the field, and being inspired by remarkable trail projects.

For more information, visit worldtrailsnetwork.org.

Trails Film is produced by the World Trails Network’s Trails & Media Task Team with support from a dedicated group of professionals, volunteers, and global sponsors.

DISCOUNTED SUBMISSIONS
Discount coupons will be available to filmmakers based upon the economic conditions in which they reside. Email info@trails.film for more information.