Blog: Film festivals

Founded by longtime residents and movie veterans alike, the Sherman Oaks Film Festival looks to showcase the best undiscovered movies in the heart of Los Angeles. The neighborhood that was home the mall in Fast Times At Ridgemont High deserves a world class film festival!

TV Series + Podcast Interviews
Filmmakers who receive Grand Jury Prizes, as well as several Official Selections, receive interviews on the "Discover Indie Film" podcast with head programmer Jeff Howard. This allows filmmakers to talk about their work and their history more extensively than a festival Q&A allows. In 2019 the TV series "Discover Indie Film" premiered on Amazon Prime Video. This series is an anthology of short films selected from the filmmakers he has interviewed on the podcast.

The Sherman Oaks Film Festival is proud to announce the Hollywood professionals who comprise our Board:

Mike Flanagan: Director (Oculus, Hush, Before I Wake, Ouija 2)
Jonathan Stern: Producer (Children's Hospital, Wet Hot American Summer: 10 Years Later)
Michael Lynn : Television Producer (True Hollywood Stories)
Jamie Ball : Television Executive (Disney Channel)
Zac Reeder : Entertainment Executive (Head of Domestic Distribution at Electric Entertainment)
Shannon Makhanian: Casting Director (The Brothers Bloom, Unknown, Mysterious Skin)
Dan Mirvish: Producer/Director (co-founder of the Slamdance Film Festival)
Glen Reynolds: Producer/Manager (Conversations with Other Women, Night Train)

The Berlin Music Video Awards (BMVA) is an international event.

Filmmakers, producers, musicians and directors passionate about the art of music videos. Including full-length screenings, award ceremonies, live shows, workshops and after-parties, the five-day festival will be held at one of Berlin’s major event venues.

4 days of Filmmakers delight!

Take a look at the opening day of BMVA 2019 right here:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7at07v

Gathering Filmmakers from all over the world, the BMVA is a great opportunity for independent artists and filmmakers to get exposure and to showcase their creativity, while networking with both emerging and established industry professionals.

Not just another film festival.

Launched for the first time in 2013 by events planner Aviel Silook, the Berlin Music Video Awards is an annual independent festival whose influence among the video and music industries in Europe and abroad keeps rising.

The thrilling event provides a platform for talented filmmakers, backing both unknown and famous artists, regardless of the language, genre or origin of their work.

Non-elitist and broad-minded, the BMVA support the diversity and inventiveness of video creators, while promoting their collaboration through networking.

It is a unique space for the promotion of audiovisual content environment to the sport.

New York City Independent Film Festival (NYCIndieFF) will hold a physical festival this year. We will celebrate the Independent Filmmaker, documentaries, short and feature-length films and animation. Whether a submission is comedic, dramatic, or something in between, The NYCIndieFF is eager to embrace fresh ideas and storytelling.

Home of the NYC Indie Awards the festival aims to discover the Artist Filmmaker, showcasing them to the entertainment industry and the NYC public. All NYCIndieFF screenings take place in the historic center of NYC, Time Square which is the perfect home for an event geared toward creating incredible opportunities for independent voices.

NYCIndieFF honors the Best in Category which includes Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary, Best Short Documentary, Best Short Narrative, Best Super Short, Best Covid Diaries, as well as Best Director.

NYCIndieFF provides a showcase for the best in independent cinema, including short films, feature films, music videos, and animated works. With panels, parties and a week-long gathering of fellow indie filmmakers NYCIndieFF is the place to be June 3 to June 7, 2026 This dates may move to accommodate any and all government regulations.

Submit now to be a part of all the excitement and join our community of Filmmakers from around the world. See in this year in NYC in 2026!!

KloosterKino is the place to be for animated shorts in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Three times a year we show the best animated shorts from all over the world in a friendly setting. The screenings take place in a historic cloister, which dates back to 1909, and are not subject to admission.

KloosterKino shows work by young filmmakers, but also pays attention to classic animated film. Throughout the year we also work with other festivals and cultural organizations to arrange screenings of animated shorts.

But why animated shorts? Well, first of all, because we love them! But also because too few animated shorts are shown theatrically in the Netherlands. KloosterKino wants to show animation in all its diversity: from stop-motion to CGI, from narrative to abstract, homegrown and from far away. In doing so, we hope to aid in the diffusion of the artistic animated short.

We intend to be an alternative to the larger animation festivals by offering screenings which are both accessible and challenging. We stand for high quality animated film in welcoming surroundings. Our target audience is not just the animation aficionado, but also those who normally don’t watch animation, but are open to a surprising and stimulating program of films.

KloosterKino is a nonprofit foundation, that depends on volunteers and gifts.

It will be held in person with online activities .

In-person format, it will be held in the cities of Lebu, Capital of the Province of Arauco, and in the city of Concepción in the Biobío Region, Chile, from April 1 to 6, 2025. With national and international virtual sub-venues for the exhibition of competitions. Since 2018, CINELEBU is the only festival in Chile that qualifies short films for the Oscar® Awards in three categories: International Animation, Regional Fiction, and International Fiction. and since 2023, qualifier for the Goya Awards and Marca Chile.

ENTRETODOS 18 - Is a free entrance Festival dedicated to the exhibition and award of short films, with up to 25 minutes, of all genres and formats, that addresses issues related to Human Rights.

The Festival takes place in São Paulo. Produced by Prefeitura de São Paulo, Spcine and ESTATE Produções.

ENTRETODOS Festival team.

The Mediterranean Film Festival (MedFF) is an online festival that rewards every month the best for each category. Its objective is to promote independent films and emerging artists by making them competing with more established ones.

The MedFF born to George Beach (Fontane Bianche) in the beautiful and charming town of Syracuse (Italy). MedFF means freedom, typical of maritime cities, every participant can submit his work whatever it is.

During the summer of each year, the best of each month will come to the final live screening at George's Beach town (Fontane Bianche). Event will be on 3 June 2017 in Villa Dunardi

After the successful wrap of 3rd WIIFF, Whatashort is back again with it's 4th Annual Film Festival (WIIFF2018) with a mission to stimulate, promote and enlighten. Let's celebrate short films.

Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whatashort_Independent_International_Film_Festival

Every script has a message to convey, every camera has a story to capture and every short film has a story to captivate. If you have the imagination, message to narrate through your story and the dream to transform your vision into reality then pick up the camera and capture your vision, transform your imagination into reel.

Now accepting short films of all genres, themes or topics from all over the world.

WIIFF is an annual film festival which celebrates short films from around the world. Awards / Certificates are presented to the best of each category. All Official Selections and Winners will be listed on our website and social media, winning films will be awarded with Certificate.

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You can find Us as NOVMA FILM FESTIVAL 2017.

It´s the way of calling: NOVMA (non violence & Enviroment Film Festival)

The first edition of the NOVMA FILM FESTIVAL took place on october 2012.

ONLY FOR BRASILIAN FILM-MAKERS

FECIR - Rengo International Film Festival has twenty years of history, offering filmmakers from Chile, Latin America, and around the world a space for the dissemination, exhibition, and exchange of experiences and ideas. It promotes the creation of high artistic quality in cinema and audiovisual arts in all its forms, providing the commune of Rengo, the Sixth Region, and the country with a space for the appreciation, reflection, creation, training, and enjoyment of the art of cinema.

The BioBioCine International Festival is an intercultural gathering of knowledge and wisdom expressed through cinema. Its goal is to become a space for dialogue and reflection while promoting, supporting, and valuing national and international cinematography from a territorial and identity perspective, within the framework of its annual meeting.

The BioBioCine International Festival invites submissions from all countries and cultures for its eleventh edition. The festival's program includes competitive and non-competitive categories for feature films and short films, both fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on auteur cinema, emerging filmmakers, experimentation, intercultural dialogue, and first nations.

The first AfryKamera Film Festival was organized by FilmGramm Foundation in cooperation with the South African Embassy during the months of April-June 2006. It aimed to use cinematography to bring Africa to the attention of the Polish public. The 1st AfryKamera premiered in Warsaw and also ran in Krakow, Poznan, Lodz, Torun and Konin. The unbelievable media interest and good ticket sales during the first festival in 2006 confirmed our belief that Africa is a theme of immense interest to a growing number of people. Since the very 1st edition, AfryKamera has been well covered in the Polish media, which confirms the great marketing potential of such an event for Africa in general, as well as, for sponsors and patrons.

As it stands AfryKamera is the first African Film Festival in Central and Eastern Europe as well as the largest African-themed event in Poland and the wider region.

AfryKamera has managed to occupy a niche in the film festival market – although there are many international film festivals, they generally show a limited range of African films. AfryKamera is therefore the only festival in Poland dedicated purely to films from the continent. In the past few years the festival has decided to explore new avenues not only in the art of cinematography, but also in the presentation of African art, music, and culture.

The main events of the African Film Festival AfryKamera take place in Warsaw, Poland, traditionally in either Kino Luna or Kinoteka, the capital city's premier arthouse cinemas. The event in 2018 will last 10 days and presents 15-25 full length features and documentaries as well as some 20 short films from around the continent and from the African diapora. The key motto of the festival is "Made in Africa", as the focus is put on the quality of moviemaking on the continent and the enhanced capacity to make world-class movies.

CALLING
The association "Le Ali di Icaro", a cultural and social promotion organization based in the Valdarno of Arezzo, organizes the seventh edition of the Wag Film Festival, which will be held in December 2019 in Terranuova Bracciolini (AR) at the Auditorium " Le Fornaci ”(Via Vittorio Veneto 19).

THEME
This year the trait d'union of the projection evenings is the theme of "The meeting", understood in its multiple meanings: "encounter" as the beginning of a relationship between people who, inevitably, develop their relationship growing together; "Meeting" as a sharing of cultures, with which geographical and ethnic barriers are overcome to achieve a common goal; "Meeting", finally, as a point of arrival, the ultimate goal of a creative journey matured over time.
Every director of the Festival will have the opportunity to share his personal "encounter" with the audience of Le Fornaci, which can be a turning point in his film career or, more generally, in life.
After the extraordinary success repeated for six editions, the Youth Jury, made up of boys and girls, embellished the competition of the Wag Film Festival.
girls (18-30 years of age) appropriately selected from the schools, institutions and associations of the territory for their personal interest and passion for cinema. The Youth Jury will be in charge of viewing the films in competition to award the winners and award the prizes during the closing night.

Submissions for the 14th Festival delle Terre – International Audiovisual Award of Biodiversity - are now open. Centro Internazionale Crocevia is pleased to announce that the 14th edition of Festival delle Terre will take place in the wonderful location of Cinema Trevi, in Rome from 30 November to 3 December 2017. The Festival will be held in partnership with the National Film Library.
The Festival showcases each year in the two main section (in competition – out of competition) a wide selection of documentaries, animation and investigation movies. The purpose of the event is to give voice to farmers, local communities, indigenous and people who fight for land’s rights all around the world. The festival promote through the documentary a better understanding of the following issues: biodiversity, indigenous people, land’s rights, contemporary migrations, food sovereignty.

The International Film Festival “La Picasa” will be held in the town of Cinco Saltos (Río Negro, Argentina), on March 20, 21, 22 and 23, 2025. The Festival is organized by Picasa Team, social organizations in the region and with the collaboration of the Province of Río Negro. The programming is in charge of the Artistic Director Ivan Iannamico with the general production of Noelia Fuentes.

In order to spread the work of film students, creating audiovisual workshops in public high schools and promote the screening of short films among the general public, we present the film festival "FECIN. From school to school. Film School Fest". In its second edition, we call on all directors they are regular students or carry a maximum of two years of graduates in any film school and / or audiovisual communication in chilean territory, to submit their short films and participate in the shows scheduled between 20 and 24 November 2017 at the University of Santiago, Cineteca University of Chile, House culture Violeta Parra and "Sala K" in Santiago. The Festival includes activities such as traveling exhibition of Chilean shorts; conducting theoretical / practical audiovisual workshops in municipal schools and subsequent exhibition of the work, in addition to lectures and master classes featured professionals of the Chilean audiovisual medium.

"FECIN. From school to school. Film School Fest"is a non-profit activity, free of charge which is funded by Council for Culture and the Arts, through FONDART call 2016. All short films received will only be used for the purposes specified on the basis of this call. No prizes or awards are granted, the aim of the exhibition is to open spaces for work of students from film schools can reach a wider audience and to value the short film format.

International surf film festival with a strong social and environmental mission.

The festival will feature films under the themes
-"Education and Labor Market"
-"Bureaucracy"

Films must be long movies, 1st premier in Greece, documentaries or fiction or animation.