Blog: Film festivals

The #MoreofPLUS Film Festival is an initiative of PLUS Positive a nonprofit organization for plus size men women and teens. The primary focus of the festival is to showcase more plus size talent on screen. At the core of this festival is the requirement that each entry must utilize plus size men (size 2x and up) and/or women (size 12 and up) as leading characters in their films. The selected finalists will be showcased during PLUS PosiCon Sept 21-23 in Atlanta

NEW DELHI FILM FESTIVAL - NDFF
21, 22 and 23 February, 2025
India International Centre-ICC, New Delhi INDIA

Human interests are changing, with changing cinema techniques and short/documentary/feature film styles are changing us and our attitude.

This attitude will now screen in the heart of Delhi through the finest global short, feature and documentary films.

ONE FILM CAN CHANGE ONE PERSON OR ALL HUMAN OR ONE COUNTRY OR WHOLE WORLD.

WELCOME TO THE CAPITAL OF INDIA

Organized by: Jaipur International Film Festival & Trust

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.

The “Shaan-e-awadh International Film Festival” is promoted by “Splash Etcetra” and organized by “Awadh Art Society”.

Splash Etcetra, a software production company and advertising firm, which was established by some professionals of the Indian Film and Television industry in 2007.

Awadh Art Society, the organizer of “Shaan-e-awadh International Film Festival (SAIFF), is a Non Government Organization, which is purely dedicated towards the artist, performer, musicians, writers, directors and other known and unknown form of art to promote Indian Art & Culture in India and Abroad.

Festival Invites all film makers, in INTERNATIONAL (WORLD CINEMA) SECTION; INDIAN SECTION (FEATURE FILMS) and THEME ORIENTED SECTION; SHAAN-E-AWADH SECTION; COMPETITION SECTION.

The festival aims to showcase the best of the latest World and Indian Cinema through this competition section. To encourage filmmakers, Festival also aims to present innovative works done by various film makers.

Fortunately the sensitivity of today's society towards animals is changing for the better. There are already many people who do not see animals solely as a product from which they are supplied or enjoyed, but as living beings with their own nature and therefore rights to respect.

There is a growing awareness that a prosperous and dignified society should not allow any kind of violence, not against animals.

People who live with animals have long known, which has been observed in several studies: "animals have emotions and experience pleasure, fear, stress, anxiety, pain or happiness." The current Law on the protection of animals, sensitive to this, defines them as living beings, endowed with physical and psychic sensibility and also voluntary movement, to which no one will cause suffering or ill-treatment or cause states of anxiety or fear.

In this legislature the Ajuntament de Sabadell, through the Department of Animal Welfare, has promoted a decided political line to ensure the protection and welfare of animals. To begin with, the Ajuntament de Sabadell in Plenary declared "Sabadell free of animal abuse" in September 2015 and, among other actions carried out, many of them in collaboration with the animalistic entities of the city, is now working on an Ordinance of Animal welfare that will not only collect the obligations of the owners, but also the rights and obligations of all citizens towards animals.

Another line of work of the Ajuntament de Sabadell is the promotion of training, diffusion and support to audiovisual production in the territory, taking into account the multiple aspects of creative and cultural work, communicative tool, economic activity and promotion of the city that have the audiovisual productions.

Joining these two objectives, the Ajuntament de Sabadell promotes the first International Animal Film Show of Sabadell, designed with the intention of promoting and recognizing quality documentary film productions, while contributing to a cultural change in favour of well-being, respect, Awareness and responsibility towards animals.

And within the framework of this exhibition, this contest is promoted for audiovisual short films related to the animal field, and which should serve to recognize creative talent, facilitate the access of citizens to quality productions and contribute to build awareness and responsibility for welfare and animal rights.

Festival of national videclips, from 7th to 10nd of November, 2019 in the city of Oviedo (Asturias)

EddiesComedyAwards at PACE Dedìcated to Eddìe Cantor, famous show man ìn Usa, Oscar © wìnner, whose famìly was from Russìa (jewìsh emìgrated), the Eddìes Comedy Awards become the European movìe Tony to promote the best ìn Euro- Amerìcan contemporary new comedy. 2017 edìtìon takes place ìn Padùa, ìt. for the PACE, Padùa Awards for Comedy Excellence.
We have 4 categorìes for thìs edìtìon: A) comedy B) dramedy C) fantaromance D) ìphone comedy format

Rules are so easy: you have to send to the festìval the lìnk to yr. Short or Feature Fìlm (short, from 1' to 30' maxìmum), yr web serìal pìlot (max 15'), ìphone format teaser (max 3') and the early bìrd ìnscrìptìon (deadlìne Aùg.30) The Fee ìs: 25euro (30 USD) for short and web pìlot; 40euro (45 USD) for feature fìlm; 15euro (20 USD) for teaser.

All the selected works take part of Euro-Amerìcan Comedy Academy and the categorìes wìnners wìll get the 2017 Eddìe Award (Certìfìcate of Award). Other prìzes are: orìgìnal paìnts by Seba Steìn well known art paìnter made for festìval, specìal promotìon on oùr dedìcated web channel, FAME awards for new dìrectors (Famoùs Award for Medìa Excellence), ìndìe creatìve productìon free tutorìng and other specìal awards.

The fìnal days and wìnners cerìmony wìll be on Oct. 6/7/8 at the GEA space ìn Padùa, ìt, at 18 Lagrange st.
The dìrector of ECAff and presìdent of Euro-Amerìcan Comedy Academy ìs Fabrìzìo Sebastìan Caleffì, an ìnt. playwrìght, screenwrìter, dìrector and actor, co-fonder of the prìvate tv ìn Mìlano (Canale5), awards wìnner and awards juror.

From October 14th to October 20th, 2019, Portland won't just be the city of roses—it'll be the city of film. All for the love of film, our weeklong event is jam-packed with networking, workshops, guest speakers, film premieres, financing talks, director Q&As and more. There's a reason Portland is different. Come be a part of what MovieMaker Magazine calls, "one of the coolest film festivals in the world."

Past attendees and alumni of the film festival include Aisha Tyler, Mario Van Peebles, Joe Dante, Sam Hamm, Mark Boone Junior, Eli Roth, Justin Long, Haley Joel Osment, Abby Elliott, Chris Williams, Chuck Palahniuk, Jason Mamoa, Doug Benson, Sally Kirkland, Joshua McDermitt, Wendy Froud, Brian Froud, Toby Froud, Vanna White, Penny Lane, Chelsea Cain, Daniel Wilson, Chelsey Reist, Isaac Feder, James Franco, Lorenza Izzo, Matt Walsh, Susan Sarandon, Michael Tully, Ryan Murdock, Kelly Reichardt, Kris Kaczor, Bryan Storkel, Leah Warshawski, Daryl Hannah, Vivian Norris, Karney Hatch, Jon Matthews, Dana Nachman, Mitchell Jackson, John Jeffcoat, Shawn Telford, Leah Meyerhoff, Mark Raso, David Zellner, Bradley King and more.

International horror film festival based in the city of Guanajuato, Mexico. All festival activities are nonprofit.

Only for Argentinian and Chilean Films.

DOCSVALPARAÍSO 4th EDITION - ONLINE Edition

DocsValparaíso International Documentary Film Festival is part of the DocsBarcelona's 3 festivals network that takes place in the cities of Barcelona, Medellín and Valparaíso. The production and development of DocsValparaíso is leaded by the SurDocs team that produced a very important festival in the south of Chile (Puerto Varas) for more than 12 years.

The main goal of the Valparaíso festival is to become one of the leading documentary festivals of Latin America in a medium term by developing the areas of expertise of DocsBarcelona: industry and professional training.

The Festival takes place in the cultural capital and most dynamic city of Chile; Valparaíso.

During the festival there will be screened national and international films, workshops, laboratories, conferences and professional exchange. We will explore new ways and formats to develop documentaries through the InterDocs meeting, a professional event designed to understand, disseminate, create, finance and exhibit the interactive documentary.

Every edition of DocsValparaíso has the goal of becoming a portrait of society while entertaining, awakening and enriching the dialog through the audience, media, institutions and professionals. We want to make the experience of watching documentaries a tool for social empowerment and change.

Meraki International Film Fest aims to promote culture Film world through audiovisual works, discovering those innovative proposals in this field.

The Luz del Desierto International Festival is an audiovisual Festival that aims to promote cinema within the country and abroad. The festival will take place in october with competition for feature films and short films, both fiction, animation and documentary. There will also be talks and workshops.

X CortoGijón Festival

The Gijón Short Film Festival arises
in 2015 as a parallel section within the
Aula 18 National Short Film Contest
in the delivery After the disappearance of
emblematic festival three of the programmers
decide to maintain their essence by transferring
the festival to Gijón. It is in the second edition
that of 2016, where the festival moves to the
municipal centers of the city to develop a festival with an eye on short films and music. Since then
to the competitive sections (Official Section,
Asturias Section) And to the sample sections
(Panorama Asturias and Mirada FICX) have been
there have been concerts that have given luster to the
cultural spaces of the city and that have
served to put the climax to each projection.

Names like Marilia, Pablo Und
Destruktion, Marem Ladson, Tiger and Diamond,
David Feito… confirm the high level
musical that lives the festival and its local and regional look.

In 2020 Laboral City of Culture joins
with a new screen inside CortoGijón
thus amplifying collaborations between
all cultural entities in the region started in 2017 with the Mirada Ficx section in
collaboration with the Gijón Film Festival.

The Dark Circle Association is proud to announce the 3rd annual The Optical Theatre Horror Film Festival taking place November 2017 in Rome. We strive to support horror, fantasy and bizarre films. The Optical Theatre is a Wikipedia and IMDB credited festival. We add to IMDB the awards to the films that win at our fest.

Official horror partners: iHORRORdb.com / DarkVeins.com / BlumHouse.com / Horror-Movies.ca / ScaredToWatch.com

Our Jurors: Ruggero Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust), Stephen Biro (Unearthed Films - Film Distributor), Michael Del Rossa (special makeup FX - I am Legend), Scott Martin (Film Distributor/Tombstone Distribution), Antonio Tentori (screenwriter - Lucio Fulci's Demonia), Gregory Burkart (Film Critic, Writer, Musician), Chris Savage (Film critic), Federico Frusciante (Film critic). More TBA.

More info: http://www.opticalfest.com/

EduDoc: Stories of Education
International Short Film Competition
The government has been the main provider of education in many parts of the world. However in emerging economies, the private sector is playing a pivotal role. Many poor parents forego free government education and spend their hard earned money on private alternatives. There have been lots of stories of creative innovations and solutions devised to tackle challenges and issues in Education.
EduDoc: Stories of Education is an International Short Film Competition by Centre for Civil Society (CCS) where we want to put Challenges, innovations and celebrations in the spotlight. The main objectives are:

• To identify and document social, political, cultural and regulatory challenges of education system through audio-visual medium
• To highlight various solutions devised by individuals, groups, communities, organizations, governments etc
• To celebrate Eduprenuership
The Theme for EduDoc: Stories of Education | 2017 is “Education: Challenges, Innovations, Celebrations”

“If you know someone who is redefining education, share their story with us in a short film.”

Public Cinemateca Foundation presents the first edition of the Children Film Festival - Ojo al Sardino in Bucaramanga, Colombia on 9-13 October 2017, to support the creation and dissemination of thoughtful, provocative, and intelligent film for children and teens ages 3-18. The Festival experience cultivates an appreciation for the arts, encourages active, discerning viewing, and stimulates lively discussion among peers, families, and the film community.

Digital Box Office (Digital Box Office, LLC) presents an opportunity for you to be honored and have your film screened at the 2nd Annual Digital Box Office Awards in Los Angeles, an event specifically created for the independent filmmaker.

Developed by Hollywood Insiders and taking place May 10th in Los Angeles, Digital Box Office is a groundbreaking film festival and global film platform that supports and caters to filmmakers as its #1 priority.

Located at the beautiful Monica Film Center in Santa Monica, the Digital Box Office Awards will screen the brightest and best independent films of the year followed by a star studded reception and awards ceremony.
Winning Filmmakers will experience:

May 10th, 2018:
6:00pm: Red Carpet Arrival and Reception at Monica Film Center in Santa Monica, CA
Q+A with Digital Box Office Organizers
7:00pm: Winning Student Film Screened + Q&A with Filmmakers
7:30pm: Winning Short Film Screened + Q&A with Filmmakers
8:00pm: Winning Feature Film Screened + Q&A with Filmmakers
9:30pm: VIP Reception and Awards Ceremony

I am Moti Singh Rathore Founder and Organiser JOIFF (JODHPUR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL).In this festival welcome all international short films/documentaries/animation films time duration -3 minute to 45 minute.

This is 3rd year running joiff-2017. Joiff start journey 2015 together with all film lovers support and warm hearting support.

Invite all film lovers internationally.jOIFF -2017 Celebrated in Jodhpur,Rajasthan,India.

thanks
Moti Singh Rathore(MONTY RATHORE)
FOUNDER & ORGANISER
JOIFF- 2017

The 4th COLOMBIAN QUEER FILM FESTIVAL is an annual non competitive LGBT film festival created by Fundación Cineteca Pública de Santander, to reward and celebrate each films of Colombian and international filmmakers, who make visible an aesthetic-political nature with discussions on gender, diversity of sexual orientation and identity along with films in commercial circuits and festivals, to generate intercultural encounters and consolidate organization processes and self-representation.
Gender doesn't define us. The sexuality-gender-body relationship surrounds us with inexhaustible questions and reflections. That’s why in this fourth edition we adopt the proposal to explore the different possibilities that this relationship offers in Cinema. #GENDERisOVER