Blog: Film festivals

Corti a Ponte is a great little festival in the Venice area.

Films are screened in Italian or in original language with Italian or English subtitles in front of an audience from 3 to 99 year old.

With the name Illusive Eye the optical process by which animation occurs in our brain by generating movement from the illusion produced by the rapid exposure to images in sequence is evoked. Animation offers the construction of credible universes, capable of freeing us from the limits of immediate reality.

With the coming of current communication technologies, animation has gained even more ground than it had in Film, Didactics and Videogames. Now, with the internet and the power of cell phones, mobile applications and the interconnection of devices and institutions with the network, animation has become an essential part of the language of interaction between the user and the world.

This audiovisual language has extended its discursive horizons as far as the human imagination reaches, and technically its evolution has allowed it to overcome reality by opening a fantastic vortex that provides immersive experiences and high doses of empathy as well as tons of fans of all ages and throughout the world, developing any theme with great aesthetic contributions and various levels of depth.

In honor of this abyss of creativity and as an invitation to immerse ourselves in it, this meeting space has been created for creators, scholars and amateurs. Looking to show not only its strength in the current film narrative but the presence of other types of speeches built on this means of visual expression: GIFs, memes, stickers, emoticons, headers, symbols for social networks, interface elements, banners, promotions , and any type of element generated from the illusion of an eye.

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.

International Environmental Documentary Film Festival 2020 (IED Film Festival 2020) is presented by Rotary International District 3202 and hosted by Rotary Club of Calicut Cyber City, Kerala, India to improve the understanding among the Rotary members and general public about environmental issues and to increases their sense of responsibility in protecting the environment. This curated Seven day online Film Festival will live stream films at the advertised time, and then broadcasted films will become available on-demand for the duration of the festival. The festival will show approximately 21 national and international documentary films on the theme of Rotary's seventh area of focus: supporting the environment.

IED Film Festival 2020 will invite members of Rotary and the general public to be part of this initiative either by submitting the films on the environment or by watching Live Stream in their comfort of home.

The documentary films will be streamed at convenient times to ensure it works for all time zones around the world. Viewers will be invited to like and comment on the films which will become a part of the deciding factor for the awards. The films will also be examined by a jury nominated by the Rotary Club of Calicut Cyber City as well as Rotary District 3202 and the awards will be given to the films that will best address the theme of the festival.

SANFICI is a space to generate meetings at different levels, with an overcoming and innovative will. First of all, it is a space for the relationship between spectators, filmmakers and theorists around cinema and all border and heterodox manifestations. Secondly, it is a special and temporary meeting point.

SANFICI wants to become, year after year, the place of convergence for world independent cinema. But it also wants to be the space where the past and the future dialogue. The place where the most diverse film traditions are embraced with their riskiest proposals.

The Esoteric International Film Festival collects the best esoteric films from around the world, which were created both by professionals and by enthusiasts, and helps to get them across to the Russian audience.

We admit only the esoteric films, both modern and historical ones. As well as those films, where esoteric world is an important part of the synopsis.

Esoteric International Film Festival invite filmmakers who make films and documentaries about ghosts and spirits, brownies and witches, fairies and sorcerers, exorcism and parapsychology, telekinesis and transmission of thoughts at a distance, prophetic dreams and premonitions, alchemy, amulets, amulets, non-traditional religious cults, voodoo religion, animism, shamanism, theosophy and anthroposophy, the hidden edges of reality and other dimensions; self-discovery, the search for the meaning of life, the search for yourself in this world and your mission, life after death, human energy, chakras, aura, meditation, yoga, retreats, spiritual practices, spiritual teachers and ashrams, reincarnation and the recollection of past lives, the power of thoughts and the work of the subconscious; alternative medicine and non-standard methods of treatment, the universal mind, the energies of the new time, high vibrations, etc.

All films must be in English (orRussian). Alternatively, have the English or Russian subtitles (with the exception of all films without words), regardless of the country of production.

All best films that were selected for the vscreening, will be shown on the big screen during the solemn final ceremony on February 01-02, 2025 in Moscow, Russia and will be able to struggle for the main prize and the title of the "Best Esoteric film". As well as for the oteric in the standalone nominations.

Jersey City Popup Film Festival (JCPFF) is designed to be a fun relaxed film festival, offering quality independent films and networking opportunities.

We strive to create opportunities for networking with fellow filmmakers and actors before and after the screenings.

Each festival will have an after party and awards.

The films, selected by a committee, include features, shorts, music videos, webisodes, and documentaries.

ONLY FOR SPANISH FILMMAKERS (and residents in Spain) // SOLO PARA CINEASTAS ESPAÑOLES Y EXTRANJEROS RESIDENTES EN ESPAÑA.

The festival features top films from the world’s filmmakers as well as introduces new, talent from around the world. Our mission is to discover high quality and ambitious films, to promote filmmakers’ works and to help them realize their dreams.

FPP believes in the power of entertainment used to help others learn (Walt Disney called it “edutainment”). The F5 initiative is intended to engage financial educators to show them the benefits of teaching financial topics using content that entertains, informs, and influences. Further, the film work will provide Florida learning leaders resources they can incorporate into their lesson plans.

The desired outcome is to get students of all ages watching your short film/video in classrooms across Florida. When they do, our next generation of Floridians will be better prepared for their financial future.

FPP is not looking for boring, industry teaching videos! Funny, dramatic, thought-provoking content, related to personal finance, that engages the audience is an essential for this Call for Submissions!

I Have Filmmaking Skills, But I Don’t Know Much About Finance . . .
Rest assured, FPP is here to help filmmakers with their financial knowledge if they have the talent to tell an engaging story! FPP is thrilled to connect filmmakers with a mentor to help with that aspect of the production. What FPP wants most is your story-telling talent!

FPP will create lesson plans around your film (if selected) opening up the possible audiences for your work.

Contact FPP@FloridaProsperityPartnership.org to be connected with a Financial Knowledge Mentor right away!

Florida Prosperity Partnership (FPP) exists to promote financial stability and economic prosperity for all Floridians. FPP is a 501(c)3 non-profit coalition of several hundred non-profit, for-profit and quasi-government entities working with low- to moderate-income (LMI) individuals and households to become more financially stable, secure, and hopefully prosperous. FPP actively partners with its member agencies, giving them a bigger, more influential voice, and increasing their capacity to impact their local communities. FPP has the reach and connections to help your work be seen by many!

Batumi International Art-House Film Festival (BIAFF) was established in 2006. The founder and organizer is “Batumi Art-house ARGANI". BIAFF is an annual event held in second half of September in Batumi (Georgia).

Festival is focusing on art-house cinema. BIAFF festival’s major sections include - International Competition (Feature, Doc and Short sections), Retrospectives, Meet the Jury, Master Collection etc. Beside film screenings, festival program includes various workshops, master classes and industry events.

We accept only films about the right to health and subtitled in Italian or English

The Fausto Rossano Award Association promotes the eighth edition of the “Premio Fausto Rossano” that will take place at the end of October 2024, in Naples, Italy. The award commemorates the life and work of Jungian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Fausto Rossano, who died in 2012.

It is the purpose of the award to combat the stigma and prejudices that surround the many forms of psychic suffering and the importance of the individual person in the concrete context of his or her life by stimulating social awareness through the language of cinematography and dialogue with authors, professionals and experts of the field.

We are an International Short Film Festival, which works in the Dissemination and promotion of Venezuelan cinematography, Latin American and worldwide in four countries simultaneously;

And of all its cultural scope. Try to show cinematographic works that entertain, but above all, that exert an influence education in children, youth and the general population.

The purpose of "Agropoli International Film Festival" is to honor the vision, the art and the work of Independent Filmmakers Worldwide.

The Live Event will be on October 2020 in the "Area of movies" in Agropoli, a beautiful village in the Cilento Coast (Italy).

In more than 36 hours of screening, the best Short Films, Videoclips, Documentaries and Feature Film will be showcased and recognized.

Please, read carefully the rules before submitting.

Aprilia Film Festival offers the opportunity to independent filmmakers from all over the world to preview their works and make them known to the public and professionals.

Short films, Documentaries, Animated Films, the categories in competition in past editions.

From the 4th edition will also be present the following categories: Music Videoclip and Web Video.

IMPORTANT!!
Short films in foreign languages will only be accepted if they are integrated with Italian subtitles.

The City in Film Award will distinguish the best films related to urban issues. It can be fiction or documentary, a short or a long feature. We are looking for films that relate to the city, where the city plays a relevant role in the mood, theme or narrative of the film.

All genres and durations are welcome.

The 4 selected films will be screened live and the best film awarded in July 2021, right in the heart of historical Lisbon, in the mystical Alfama.

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THE CITY IN FILM AWARD IS A SPECIAL PARALLEL SECTION OF THE CINALFAMA LISBON INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARDS AND IT WILL FILL A SPECIFIC DATE OF ITS MAIN EVENT PROGRAM: THE CINALFAMA ANNUAL AWARDS!

The International Short Film Festival Psarokokalo is an annual festival held in Greece since 2007. The festival aims to provide a showcase for the work of new filmmakers from around the world and to promote the diversity and richness of the short film. The festival is part of a project aiming to research, promote and develop the art of filmmaking. The festival program includes screenings of short films from Greece and abroad as well as audiovisual events, lectures, masterclasses, exhibitions, and live concerts. The quality of its screenings, lectures, exhibitions have managed to make it a reference point for cinephiles, filmmakers, professionals, and new artists. Each year the activities of the festival expanded, receiving more participation from different countries and getting bigger support from filmmakers and professionals. The festival aims to travel across borders to develop a spirit of friendship and cooperation with international festivals and filmmakers from all over the world. Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival is run by Kyklos a nonprofit organization based in Athens whose purpose is to promote actions relating to cinema and public awareness of environmental issues. ‘Kyklos’ in Greek means cycle and the vision of the cycle is the respect for fundamental rights including freedom equal opportunities and cultural diversity

The 11th Cortala Yerba Buena, Latin American Short Film Festival reports that the call for shorts is open for the eleventh edition of the Festival for film directors and producers from the entire NOA region, Argentina and the sister countries of Latin America.

The Festival will take place from Tuesday, September 15 to Monday, September 21, 2020 and adapting to the particular context of the Pandemic we are experiencing, it will be a
special edition to enjoy as Drive-in cinema and / or Online.

The festival that was born in 2006 in Tucumán is co-produced by the Municipality of Yerba Buena and the Production Company Árbol Negro Films, creator of the festival.

"Oltre lo specchio" ("Through the Looking Glass") International Film Festival is a popular showcase of the best SCI-FI and FANTASY movies from all around the world.

There are 4 main sections:

- a competitive section for full feature and short films ("Cine Futures") - with Italian premieres only;

- a non-competitive section for more experimental fiction and documentary movies ("Enlightments"),;

- a non-competitive section for more commercial and high entertainment features ("Little Futures"), especially focused on young adults, with Italian premieres only;

- a retrospective section ("Retro Futures") dedicated to a master of sci-fi and fantasy and to a special selection of movies from the past (Retro Futures is not open to submissions).

Along the screenings, there will also be other events like panels, masterclasses and workshops on sci-fi and fantasy literature, comics, tv series, videogames and on topics such as future urban development and the future of food.