Blog: Film festivals

We are looking for works by audiovisual with authentic, inventive and poetic inclinations which put to the limit all languages, take ownership of old and new technologies (who believe them) and which generate sublime artistic experiences.

OMOVIES 17

Call for Participation
The International Competition
on Lesbian Gay Transgender and Questioning audiovisual works.

Deadline: september 30, 2024

Preliminary remarks

The Association i Ken Onlus announces a competition for audiovisual lesbian gay transgender and/or questioning-themed works, at the 17th edition of OMOVIES – Lesbian Gay Transgender and Questioning Film Festival. The Festival will be held both on-line and in the cinema room.

Cine Curtas Lapa is an independent, non-profit festival with free entry. The Festival aims to show films that were made or have as their theme the city of Rio de Janeiro in order to promote the Brazilian audiovisual industry, especially short films from Rio in the city's most traditional nightlife neighborhood. The idea is to bring a program of fiction, animation and documentary shorts to the public of Lapa, enriching the cultural life of the bohemian neighborhood.

This year, 2024, the Festival turns 13 years old. For more information visit our website. (https://cinecurtaslapa.wixsite.com/my-site)

There will be popular and professional jury voting for short films. The winner of each category will receive a certificate and the festival trophy.

Vagrant Film Club holds its own Film Festival which takes place in one random location on a day of Spring and Autumn equinox as well as on a day of Summer and Winter solstice.

The best films are chosen only according to the audience voting. The winners will be awarded with the souvenirs, various trophies and artifacts that are gathered during the voyages.

Vagrant film club – is a non-commercial journey of one film vagabond (guru) or a group of film vagabonds along the film routes. During the journey they gather, screen and shoot independent films. CinemaVan is a means of communication between independent filmmakers, film festivals and film societies.

Film vagabonds represent the ideology that is free from political or religious doctrines. They stand for peace, love, ecology and personal freedom. Anyone sharing the ideas and values of the cinemavan and accept its rules can join it. Vagrant musicians and artists are also welcome.

The route is based on the film festivals, film societies film cafes or just friendly invitations. Film vagabond moves on foot, hitchhiking, water-hitching, air-hitching, horse-drawn hitching, by bicycle, rowboats, sailboats or even air-balloons. Car driving, catching a cab, staying at hotels is possible only in case of emergency or for the seniors, disabled or juvenile fellow travelers. Generally, cinemavan migrates to the Southern hemisphere, subtropical or equatorial climate countries in winter.

In summer it returns to Lapland, Siberia and Northern countries. This, however, doesn’t mean that Cinema gaff cannot come to Taimyr Peninsula during hard frosts or to Congo tropical forests during the rainy season.

ONLY FOR LATINOAMERICAN FILMMAKERS // SOLO PARA CINEASTAS LATINOAMERICANOS

We provide a common platform for the authors of children's films to project their films for children and educate them through meaningful films; promoting positive values, friendship, family and co- operation among people, promotion of film art as specific artistic expression and promotion of if among children as future film professionals.

ONLY FOR SPANISH FILMMAKERS / SOLO PARA CINEASTAS ESPAÑOLES

The 8th annual SciFi Film Festival returns to Sydney’s premier screening venue at Event Cinemas, George Street from September 23-26, 2021.

SciFi Film Festival is an annual event in Sydney, Australia dedicated to celebrating and promoting fantastical science fiction, fantasy and horror genre stories, from Australia all around the world.

Our curated program includes, the latest indie and mainstream films to themed screenings and cult classics, as well as crowd pleasing events, from forums to Q&As with filmmakers and their crew, also, we have an eclectic mix of sideshow activities that are fun, quirky and will change from time to time.

India Cine Film Festival has its roots almost a decade back in northern India. The festival was launched in Meerut and was concluded successfully in Noida with participation from almost 18 countries. In year 2014 the Miniboxoffice has adopted the festival officially from its organizers and Indian Cine Film Festival are now moving with passionate minds of Miniboxoffice. The ICFF-24 aim is to give momentum to the independent cinema.

The ICFF objective is to create a platform for the meeting, sharing & development of great cinematic ideas. The festival along with international competitive films screenings also holds a film market & industry oriented master classes & discussions. The festival will provide a central point where industry people can share business and new opportunities shall be created for new talent.

The 12th edition of Indian Cine Film Festival is aimed to set new milestone and it’s an endeavor of Miniboxoffice to make it relevant for each & every participant. With this I welcome you all & see you at ICFF-24 with your cinematic craft.

13th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival-24 is a movement to recognize & popularize the work of young & experienced filmmakers from across the India & world. The humble journey of BSFF has began in year 2012 to mark the 100 years celebration of Indian cinema & to salute the contribution of the Kannada film industry towards the development of cinema in India. The festival provide platform to aspiring and professional filmmakers for showcasing their talent with networking & marketing opportunities in film industry.

The festival objective is to create short films culture in India, promotion of upcoming filmmakers, developing sources of revenue generation for short films and to make short film making a commercial enterprise. BSFF-2012-2022 were great success with huge participation of filmmakers from across the country & abroad.

BSFF-24 aim is to even bigger & better with the participation from filmmakers. This year festival will introduce more workshops & master classes. The Miniboxoffice Film Market will be the highlight for those filmmakers who want to venture into feature film production. The short film contest & festival programming will be the delight to treat.

Short Film & Animation Festival; Monthly microcinema. The longest running short film series in Los Angeles. Caters to wide audience of professional filmmakers and Film/TV industry creative leaders.

Annual Spotlight Festivals:
Women Directors ShortsFest,
African American ShortsFest

Serving as a Premier Film Festival, the Lakecity International Film Festival (LCIFF) held in Delhi was founded to showcase the leaders in contemporary film making, and aims to exhibit the most captivating and innovative content. The Biggest Event in the Capital, the two day LCIFF 2022 festival is slated to happen on December 10th & 11th 2022.

Festival Mission:
Breaking all stereotypes, LCIFF's mission is to present quality films from around the world as well as support, recognize and honor indie film makers. These films will be organized thematically, in hopes of representing the full range of the human experience as reflected by our chosen filmmakers. LCIFF will also be a vital showcase for indie short film makers as the festival has a PSA Films Category in addition to its competitive sections.

Festival Objectives:
Though 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, LCIFF intends to organize a festival that connects the film fans & movies goers with the world, especially the serious filmmaker & their associates so as to bring about greater understanding of the art of film making.

The two day festival will see people of various communities thronging the venue to enjoy films from countries including Germany, Italy, UK, USA, Russia, Bangladesh, Iran, Poland in English and the country's own languages. Indian regional language films like Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, and in south Indian language including Malayalam, Tamil, Telegu and Kanada will be showcased.

NEW RULES:
Apart from the REGULAR CATEGORIES of SUBMISSION that include FEATURE FILMS / SHORT FILMS / DOCUMENTARIES & MUSIC VIDEO, we at LCIFF have created a special new Category for WEB SERIES & STORY/SCRIPT.

Should you need more details, please feel free to get back to us:
Mohan Das
Festival Director,
Email: lakecity.mp@gmail.com
Cell: 0091-9987754342

Ankit Tandon
Festival Co-ordinator
Cell: 0091-9004925704
Email: lciff.mp@gmail.com

6th PINK CITY INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL ( PCISFF-2018) is going to be held in Pink city ( Jaipur) capital of Rajasthan state of India from 1st Sept, to 15th Sept, 2019

The Birdies Film Festival is an international festival in London with the aim of empowering young and amateur filmmakers (16-26) from all around the world to build on their skill sets and confidence in their creations.

The festival itself runs in July, with 5 awards to be won! We accept submissions of short films (Max. 15min) in the following categories:

ANIMATION
• ALTERNATIVE/EXPERIMENTAL
• FICTION (DRAMA/COMEDY)
• DOCUMENTARY
• LONDON (SET AND SHOT IN LONDON)

PLUS this year we also have THE SCHOOL PRODUCTION AWARD, which is a special one, to be given to a film realised by under 18 years old students of Surrey and London schools!

The Hon. City of Leganés, through the Delegation of Youth and Culture, and Cultural Association Cineduca aware of the importance of audiovisual media in Spanish society today, and trying to make them both a means of communication and education the school population of the city, will celebrate between October the 27th, 28th, 29th and November 3th and 4th of2015 the V Childhood Short Film Sample of Leganes.

The Festival consists of the projection of short films aimed at children and youths.

The Association “Parco Culturale Alta Langa” has organized the fourth edition of ‘Alta Langa Film Festival’.

The Works will be admitted from all over the world.

The Festival Artistic Director, Roberto Tessiore, will appoint a Selection Committee who will decide the finalists, and the Director, Gianni Farinetti will coordinate the Jury will decide the winners. The Jury’s verdict is final and unappealable.

“Delhi Women's International Film Festival – 2016”

About Festival – The Annual Delhi Women's International Film Festival (DWIFF) is one of the few international film and arts festivals dedicated to women's. This day extravaganza, consisting of indoor and outdoor red carpet film screenings, and Awards Distribution. It's a celebration of women and all who love women. DWIFF films and screenings are selected and hosted by filmmakers, professors, and other notable figures in the world of film. In addition to exhibiting the next new wave of women filmmakers, the DWIFF also makes time to pay tribute to films by women with historical significance.

Mission & Objective - The mission of the Delhi Women's International Film Festival (DWIFF) is to empower women's artistic vision internationally. With women representing only 7% of filmmakers, we would like to increase the number of women in the industry and support those women who are actively involved by assisting filmmakers and artists with the development of their craft.

The European Short Films Amarante was created in 2014 by a partnership between the Casa da Juventude de Amarante and the Cineclube de Amarante, and it´s main objectives are the promotion of European values and the citizens role in the democratic life of Europe.
We wish to disseminate new opportunities in Europe for young people, namely through Erasmus+ and Creative Programmes. We also desire to spread cinematographic practices and short films learning and to expand Amarante´s cultural offerings.

All EU citzens living in EU countries and aged between 16 and 30 years old included, may apply to the European Short Films Amarante.
For more informations, visit the "Register" section.

The Art Color Digital Cinema International Film Festival opened in 2014. The ACDCIFF offers a setting for filmmakers to premiere new work and for audiences to see innovative new films from innovative filmmakers. The festival is IMDb qualifying - the awarded films will be granted an IMDb title page.
The "Golden Piglet" award might include a cash award as well.