Blog: Film festivals

After 2 editions as "UNIFILM Fest", a change was necessary to represent the evolution of the project and its objectives. That is why the organizing committee of the third edition of University Film Festival in Puebla, now called Allucinema, is pleased to share its call 2016.

OBJECTIVES

Promote cinema culture internationally and expose the local and national university sector and the general public.
In addition, as every year, the exhibition "Allucinema" will include a selection of short films out of competition, by the programming team of the festival.

Within the same competitive categories will be awarded two additional prizes, considering the place of production or principal place of origin, can obtain a single project both.

Best Mexican Short Film
Poblano Best Short Film

The Central American Film Festival in Vienna has become a firmly rooted tradition, establishing itself as a key cultural event in the city.

Vienna, recognized as one of the world’s most important cultural hubs, provides an ideal and prestigious platform to showcase the increasingly innovative and notable productions emerging from the Central American region.

This year, the festival returns from November 17 to 22, 2025, with the hope of once again welcoming our loyal audience, who will have the opportunity to enjoy the latest and most outstanding works of Central American cinema.

The program includes the categories of Feature Film, Short Film, Documentary, and Animation, along with several non-competitive parallel sections, including: “Pioneers of Central American Cinema,” “Works in Progress,” “Guest Film,” “Bonus Films,” and “Latin American View,” the latter dedicated to works portraying contemporary life in Latin America. All details are specified in the official festival regulations.


Le Festival du Cinéma d’Amérique centrale à Vienne est devenu une tradition solidement ancrée, s’imposant comme un événement culturel de référence dans la ville.

Vienne, reconnue comme l’un des centres culturels les plus importants au monde, offre une scène idéale et prestigieuse pour mettre en lumière les productions de plus en plus innovantes et remarquables provenant de la région centraméricaine.

Cette année, le festival revient du 17 au 22 novembre 2025, dans l’espoir d’accueillir à nouveau notre fidèle public, qui pourra découvrir le meilleur et le plus récent du septième art centraméricain.

Le programme comprend les catégories Long-métrage, Court-métrage, Documentaire et Animation, ainsi que plusieurs sections parallèles non compétitives, parmi lesquelles : « Pionniers du Cinéma Centraméricain », « Œuvres en Cours », « Film Invité », « Bonus Films » et « Regard Latino-Américain », cette dernière consacrée aux œuvres qui dépeignent la vie contemporaine en Amérique latine. Tous les détails sont précisés dans le règlement officiel du festival.

FIC Multifest is an international film festival organized by Grupo Cortos Verdes Internacional, based in Guadalajara, one of the most important film production hubs in Latin America.

The festival was born with the mission of promoting and showcasing short films, feature films, documentaries, and new forms of storytelling, including those created with the support of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence.

FIC Multifest is a meeting point for innovative creators—a space that celebrates both the art and the technological evolution of contemporary cinema.

More than just a festival, Multifest has become a platform for visibility, education, and distribution of local, national, and international audiovisual works, expanding its impact through digital media, social networks, and alternative exhibition channels.

The festival positions itself as a meeting point for emerging creators, established filmmakers, allied festivals, and an audience eager for innovative content. A space where cinema is shared, evolves, and projects itself into the future.

ONLY FOR LATINAMERICAN FILMMAKERS / SOLO PARA CINEASTA LATINOAMERICANOS

Description

Noir is elusive in nature, a label savoured by the most curious lovers of mystery.

Thriller, comedy, science fiction, horror…with a taste of Noir, Read rules.

Aim

“Give them pleasure. The same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.”

A.Hitchcock

The East Coast Film Festival is an independent film festival for lovers of independent film. The festival is based at the Savoy Hotel on the Lincolnshire coast. Entry for students and Linconshire based films & filmmakers is free! ( proof required )

All film genres are accepted at the East Coast Festival with a focus on low budget independent films. Selected Film makers are invited to attend the screenings and awards ceremony on 3rd September. The selected films will also have the opportunity to be included in The East Coast Anthology DVD compilation which will be available exclusively through the East Coast Film Festival website with all proceeds donated to Starlight Children's charity.

Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival(UMFF) is the first international mountain film festival in South Korea, dedicated to presenting and promoting films & culture dealing with mountains, adventure, exploration, nature, and the environment. The festival also provides an opportunity for filmmakers and mountaineers to meet and exchange ideas through seminars, events, screenings, and social gatherings.

The 11th UMFF will be held in Ulsan & Ulju, South Korea in autumn, 2026.

The festival will accept films by filmmakers from all countries in the world.

We are pleased to inform you that the 16th Delhi International Film Festival, 2027, is being organized as a five-day event in New Delhi in collaboration with the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (Ministry of Culture). The DPRK (North Korea) and Russia will be the country partners. This includes seven editions of the 15th Delhi International Film Festival, 2027, which will run from Feb 22, 2027.

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, which functions as a component body of the government, is a key player in the Delhi International Film Festival, ensuring that whenever a film festival abroad requires Indian films to be shown, we participate with Indian programs.

The festival will feature films from over 50 countries in sections such as Indian Showcase, World Cinema, Arab Cinema, NRI Cinema, and Across-Border Cinema. The opening and closing events will be key attractions. This year is a year of focus on Arab cinema and cinema from India's Northeast.

But the most important aspect of the 16th edition is the screening of films related to women's empowerment and social issues related to children.

In previous editions, Canada, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Morocco, Tunisia, Palestine, Russia, and Israel have been country partners. Eight films screened and awarded at the Delhi International Film Festival have won National Awards, such as Agam and Dada Lakhmi, and four foreign films have been official entries for the Oscars from their respective countries.

DIFF is a unique festival of its kind, playing a vital role in promoting Indian cinema, art, and culture not only in Central Asian and Arab countries but also in European countries. DIFF has organized Indian programs in DPRK (North Korea), Sri Lanka, Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia. Last year, in collaboration with the Indian Embassy in Morocco, DIFF also organized an Indian program in Tunisia and Morocco.

Another unique feature of DIFF is its inclusive approach. All Indian regional film industries have a significant presence at the festival, and the South Indian film industry, which is particularly large, is well represented at DIFF. DIFF also supports and guides the Jharkhand and Haryana International Film Festivals, and upcoming film festivals in South India and other countries.

In a noble effort to celebrate Indian cinema, the DIFFA Awards – the Delhi International Film Festival Academy Awards – will be held annually abroad to promote and honor outstanding contributions to Indian cinema.

This year, the DIFF Lifetime Achievement Award will be given to world-renowned singers Ms. Usha Uthup and Ramesh Sippy. R.D. A tribute to Burman is being planned and in this regard, artists like Ms. Tagore, Ketan Mehta, Runa Laila, Rituparna Sen Gupta, Raghuveer Yadav, Rajpal Yadav, Ravi Kishan, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Mukesh Tiwari, Yashpal Sharma, Mita Vashisht, Chittaranjan Tripathi, Shruti Ulfat, Piyush Mishra and Renuka Shahane are planned to be invited.

It's the 9th Annual Int'l Wild Bunch Film Festival, founded in 2015 by festival directors Rock & Brenda Whitehead.

The Wild Bunch Film Festival (TWBFF) is a compelling contest. Over the past years it has managed to become a 'must attend' event by indie filmmakers and writers for the Western Genre, Western sub-genres and Western Lifestyle. It's considered the BIGGEST Film Festival of it's kind in the southwest and possibly in the USA. It has now expanded into a five day event that has gained international attention from all over the world.

Don't miss this one!! All details at www.thewildbunchfilmfestival.com

The Wild Bunch Film Festival is a public event that everyone can attend! Submissions are sent it from filmmakers, screenwriters, authors, designers, artists, photographers, musicians and others, to inspire and encourage them to continue bold artistic visions in the western genre, western sub-genre's. And now there are a few categories such as screenplays and manuscripts for "all genre" as well!

Western sub-genre's of film, screenplays and novel manuscripts can include Classical Westerns, Acid Westerns, Charro, Cabrito or Chili Westerns, Comedy Westerns, Contemporary or Modern Day Westerns, Electric Westerns, Euro-Westerns, Fantasy Westerns, Florida Westerns, Horror Westerns, Curry Westerns and Indo Westerns, Martial arts Westerns or Wuxia Westerns, Meat pie Westerns, Northwesterns, Ostern westerns, Revisionist Westerns, Science fiction Westerns, Space Westerns, Spaghetti Westerns, Weird Westerns, etc. More details on sub-genres at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_(genre)#Subgenres

Details and tickets sold on the official website as we get closer! Tickets also sold at the door, on the days of events if available. We anticipate a sellout!

For more details visit http://www.thewildbunchfilmfestival.com and sign up for our newsletter at http://eepurl.com/b-T03X to stay informed!

WHY THIS AWARD PRIZE NACIONAL DE CORTOMETRAJES "JAIME OSORIO GÓMEZ"

Community of Viterbo Caldas, has not been sufficiently fair or not had taken seriously the importance that has for a municipality that one of their children has such an impact in a trade, or art, and even more so at levels that managed it to do the Mr JAIME OSORIO GÓMEZ, who was born in ViterboCaldas, on March 7, 1947 and studied law at the Autonomous University of Colombia.

In the 1970 began to conduct business and to court political documentaries, such as Chile does not surrender, hell. He was a professor at the National University of Colombia and the school of cinema and Television of San Antonio de los Baños in Cuba, in addition to representing the Colombian producers in the Board of Directors of Proimágenes in motion. He directed the medium-length films all rights reserved, ceremony of the Benkuna and life or death, where are already insinuating clearly the characters of confession to Laura. In the 1980 was the producer of tropical snow, the Emberá and my Macondo and was Assistant Director and production of two films by Lisandro Duque: Visa USA and miracle in Rome. In 1990 he participated in the lab of the Sundance Institute directed by Robert Redford with the confession project scripts to Laura, which a year later became his debut film. In 1991 he was general producer of Nazca, series television Española, shot in 21 countries of Latin America, in addition to production of the film l'enfant du Bont du Monde for French television. But would miss more things: was the co-producer of the Virgin of assassins, Barbet Schroeder; Producer and actor of Maria full of grace of Joshua Marston and also produced La Sombra del caminante of Ciro Guerra. At the time of his death he was working on multiple film projects in various stages of production, such as Satan, directed by Andi Baiz; Child's play, directed by Carlos César Arbelaez; The taxidermist, directed by Luis Alberto Restrepo; the project colors of the mountain, also of Carlos César Arbelaez, and the feature film time of the Lions, written by himself and Jaime Escallón Buraglia. "Those who had the pleasure to shake his hand, understand the size of the huge loss that took the Colombian cinema with his departure" one of the people who have contributed most to our film to reach the upper echelons; for all the above we got in the task of creating the "Prix national of short films JAIME OSORIO GÓMEZ". Posthumous and well-deserved tribute to the mentioned in question.

The International Film Festival of Pasto (FICPA), which celebrates its 21 edition in October 2025, is a prominent competitive event that brings together the best of national and international cinema. With official categories covering a wide range of topics, from human rights to the environment, including animation and children's films, FICPA offers a unique platform for diversity and cinematic expression. Located in the picturesque city of Pasto, Colombia, globally recognized for its iconic Carnival of Blacks and Whites, the festival not only celebrates the art of cinema but also highlights the rich cultural heritage of the region. As the oldest event in southwestern Colombia, FICPA awards the coveted Sol de los Pastos (Sun of the Pastos) prize, establishing itself as a must-attend event on both the local and international cultural calendar.

Every year, the Festival presents documentaries, short films and films that are divided into Official Selection, Information Section, Premium Operas, among others. In addition, actors, directors and personalities that participate in different forums and activities of cultural and cinematographic interest are invited. Some of the artists and personalities that have visited us in the past years are: Paco León, Pablo Trapero, Martina Gusmán, Johnny Pacheco, Marlon Moreno, Manolo Cardona, Frank Perozo, Marianela Sinisterra, Jorge Alberti, Jacobo Morales, Denise Quiñones and Mirta Ibarra, among others.

The films that make up the Official Selection participate in several awards such as: Audience Award, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Film and Best Director. To achieve a fair selection, 5 members of the Jury are chosen, composed of people related to the film industry and with a great willingness to evaluate each of these films in an objective and very professional manner.

The goal of each year is to surpass the previous year and continue offering an artistic space where variety and quality predominate in each piece that is exhibited.

The film industry in Panama and its surrounding countries is rapidly evolving into a world-class destination. Increasingly, works from this region are not only finding their way to the world's most prestigious festivals, but garnering top critical recognition as well. This festival, designed to cast a spotlight on the emerging film industry in Panama and Central America, will feature works by up and coming filmmakers from the area and, through its partnership with NewFilmmakersLA, a well-established and respected presenting entity in Los Angeles, seek to build professional and artistic exchanges between Latin America and the Hollywood film world.

The Flor Azul international short film festival will be held at the 25 de Febrero Cultural Center (Caballito, City of Buenos Aires, Argentina) on September 25, 2021.

The festival is organized by the 25 de Febrero Cultural Center and the 25 de Febrero group.

SOFIA BITING DOCS presents a selection of documentary films, going into topics such as human rights, environmental problems, discrimination, disrespect for diversities, integration of minority groups - on the face of it, seemingly overexploited, but actually topical, controversial issues of key importance for the society, raising discussions and arguments. The festival focuses on all kind of curious people and spiels, shot in documentary cinema. It is fixed on stories, aiming to inform, meant to provoke, putting forward questions, intended to be debated.

Committed to celebrating the outdoor community & inspiring expression since 2012.

MOFF’s mission is to “Celebrate the active outdoor community and inspire expression.”

We do this with:
-A worldwide call for submissions for outdoor adventure shorts, short films and feature films and a juried selection process.
-The Broke and Stoked Video Contest, a short high energy video contest for Maine filmmakers.
-A screening tour of Maine, with a mix of outdoor screenings, theatre settings and educational institutions.
-Promotion and financial support of our non profit beneficiary, Teens to Trails.
-An annual red-carpet MOFF Awards Show to award the best filmmakers in several categories and recognize the art of outdoor filmmaking.

Puglia, southern Italy.

In 1945 the American army landed in southern Italy for the "liberation" campaign and suddenly passed through Molfetta, our base city. During their stay the allies reported some neighborhoods as "OUT OF LIMITS" due to the "social danger" of the people who lived there. In the first two editions, 2013 and 2014, our festival took place in two squares, Piazza San Michele and Piazza delle Erbe, near the areas still considered by many to be "out of bounds", in Molfetta.

The “Out Of Bounds” film event is run by filmmakers and focuses on empowering the best independent artists and encouraging all aspects of independent film production. We seek the unconventional, the unusual, the underground, the intuitive, the innovative and the true.

Subsequent editions took place in the cloister of the church of San Domenico, in the port area of ​​the town and in the ancient arena of the castle of Barletta, an evocative and historic medieval place and at the Artists' Citadel of Molfetta.

The special sections chosen for this edition are "Dystopian shorts”, short films dealing with themes related to pollution, war, and the exploitation of resources, including dystopian scenarios, and “Shorts on gender equality, even those directed by a male director" (INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL).

There is no submission fee for short films from Iran, Palestine, Ukraine, Venezuela, Sudan, Yemen or a State in a critical political situation.

To give visibility to films made by WOMEN of Mediterranean countries.

To promote awareness and knowledge of different cultures in order to better understand the Other.

● The KuanDog Prize is held at the 10th Kuandu International Animation Festival (KDIAF) in 2020 to provide animators a platform to screen and promote their works.

● The Festival not only injects new energy into the animation industry, but it also promotes interactions between local and international participants.

● The KuanDog Prize encourages submissions from excellent animators and filmmakers. KDIAF also offers screening programs for outstanding animated films in different categories selected from all over the world.

● Every year we have around 20,000 attendees to our events.