Blog: Film festivals

The third edition of the La Mercantil in Off Film Festival will take place in Balaguer on the October 5th 2024.

EN OFF FILM FESTIVAL is an international fiction, animation and documentary short-film festival. The program’s selection process follows a set of artistic and technical criteria.


SECTIONS

The festival is divided into the following sections:

OVC Section (Original Version in Catalan)
Short films in original version in Catalan with English or Spanish subtitles.

International Section
Short films whose original version is in any language except Catalan, with English or Spanish subtitles.

Music Video Section
In any language and/or format. Subtitles are not compulsory.

Mini Short-Film Section
Short films with a maximum duration of 5 minutes.

The theme of the work to be presented is free, as long as the theme falls within the musical genre.

THE GIJÓN 2025 FESTIVAL

4 GIJÓN MUSIC DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
August 2025

El programa “Versión Española” (TVE) y la Fundación SGAE (SGAE), convocan el XXII Concurso Iberoamericano de Cortometrajes “Versión Española / SGAE”, orientado a la difusión y fomento de los nuevos autores en el sector de la creación audiovisual

LAN Workers' Theme Film Festival is a platform that makes visible and values ​​audiovisual projects that reflect the feelings of the so-called working class, its identity traits, its aesthetics, its social and associative framework, its architecture, its capacity for struggle and adaptation and, above all, historical and collective memory.

IMPORTANT
For LAN 08 edition that will take place in June 2025 we will focus on the workers' struggle and the different conflicts generated in the defense of work in the face of the various situations that have caused the closure of numerous factories and industries.

Welcome to our 7th ANNUAL live edition of the Ravenheart International Film Festival (RIFF), held in the heart of Oslo, Norway!

We are Norway's only film festival focusing solely on fantastic cinema—the only film festival in Scandinavia. RIFF's growth has been exciting and mind-blowing every year.

Aiming to connect all domestic and foreign filmmakers through film's universal language.
Celebrating all cinema but particularly spotlighting fantastic genre films (Sci-Fi, Horror, Fantasy, Thriller, Dark Comedy and more.) RIFF is an event where all filmmakers, fans of the art of cinema, and creatives can come together to share their experiences and love for fantastic cinema genres.

RIFF submissions are open to all genre films. We are looking to showcase the best in genre film. The live event will include guest speakers, Q&As, booths, and networking opportunities. We also invite aspiring filmmakers and students to inspire one another and others to become better filmmakers.

Please visit our website for more information and updates as we get closer to the event. (www.ravenheartfilmfestival.com)

So, if you love high-quality genre films and want to join the Northern Flock, send us your film, pack your bags, leave your nest, and FLOCK ON over to Norway!

We are the FLOCK...

WE ARE RAVENHEART!

The Just A Minute Festival is an online viewers choice event that encourages people to make short films, one minute or less, using any device or media of any genre or subject matter.

There are cash prizes and there is no entry fee.

There will be a premier event at the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA and screenings at various locations.

For more information, visit our site www.JustAMinute.tv

The Short Event association is made up of 30 students from Lyon with a passion for events and a common goal: to create a festival of short films. Thus was born the Prix de Courts short film festival! A festival that focuses on and rewards short films of all levels and ages. The festival is intended as a spotlight for the participants. This event, using the codes of the seventh art as vectors of emotion and sharing, invites you to discover a specific program of short films, according to a defined theme.

This year, we've chosen the theme of passion, in the sense of that which grips the guts, that which transcends, that which inspires, that which is transmitted...

The International Film Festival "Piriápolis de Película" is an event that has consolidated itself as an essential space for the meeting of the independent production of national and international filmmakers. It is characterized by exhibiting, completely free of charge, a selection of outstanding audiovisual productions, short, medium and feature films of all genres. It also has an Iberoamerican Short Film Contest, whose objective is to stimulate and disseminate the production of short films in the region and the continent, adorned by an outstanding international jury.

film/Documentory/music vedio/Animation/VFX/CGI/2D/3D/other

*Mumbai Entertainment International Short Film Festival*

*Organized BY*
mumbai Entertainment
& Yogeshpatilfilms

*world all contries participated now*

Noctámbulo Festival is created to promote the fantasy genre in Córdoba, Spain. We will showcase and promote high-quality independent films within the fantasy genre and its subgenres.

We aim to provide a platform for independent filmmakers to exhibit their works to distributors and investors and connect with a passionate audience.

We will pay tribute to cult films that have made an impact on the history of fantasy cinema.

We will offer special screenings of premiere films and events related to the Fantasy genre.

The XI edition of the Guayaquil International Film Festival will be celebrated in from july 30th – august 6th, 2025 from the city of Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador. With screenings in theatres and workshops, forums, and master classes. The biggest filmmaking experience in town.

Toronto Teen Film Festival brings youth aged 12-19 together through stories created by them, for them. Each year, teen filmmakers submit a self-made film between two minutes up and 15 minutes. The festival's objective is to encourage and celebrate young people’s stories and storytelling. By participating in the festival, teens will learn skills, grow their talents, and meet peers. This festival is meant to be as accessible as possible.

Submissions are now open.

** IMPORTANT: ONLY SHORT FILMS MADE FROM 2022 ON, WITH CONTENT RATINGS ALL AGES (G) TO 13 YEARS OLD (PG-13) **

Cine Minhocão screens short films, with free admission, at Elevado João Goulart (Minhocão), a public road that is open to people like an outdoor park, in São Paulo, Brazil. We bring cinema to this unexpected place, to encourage socializing and the occupation of the city's space.

We have showcased more than 60 shorts from more than 20 countries since 2019, and held screenings in partnership with Cine Janela, Kinoforum International Short Film Festival, Mostra Mosca and Mostra de Cinemas Africanos.

⭐ We're looking for appealing shorts of all kinds to exhibit in 2024 in competitive screenings!

⭐ International and Brazillian short films, made in 2022 and 2023, with up to 20 minutes in length, which can be live action, animation, fiction, documentary or experimental.

Entries are open until December 10!
Screenings will be held in April and May 2024.

Cortos con Ñ. International short film festival held in the center of the city of Madrid (Spain).

Every Tuesday, at 19:30 p.m., at the La Escalera de Jacob theater (C / Lavapiés, 9 - Madrid, Spain).

Cortos con Ñ organize public screenings of short films every week in the city of Madrid.

Each short film received at Cortos con Ñ is carefully reviewed by a committee of film experts, who are in charge of selecting the best short films received at our festival.

The awards jury team is made up of notable Spanish filmmakers and producers and the jury prizes are valued at € 500.

National competition for free-themed short films made by children and young authors between the ages of 18 and 29.

Around International Awards ✈ Barcelona ✈ Paris ✈ Amsterdam ✈ Berlin.

Annual Independent event with 4 major programs for all Features, Shorts, Documentaries, Experimental, Commercial, Music Video, Animations, Student Films, TV, Series, and New Media. The international community evaluates the all-genre creations to serve ARFF Official Laurels and to certify the awarded filmmakers at the end of the annual festival run. Thus, all the ARFF Finalists will be mentioned multiple times to have the best out of the entire year altogether. Submit today to participate in all 4 programs, regarding the unique system of ARFF International. Submissions made via Festhome are getting evaluated and selected, directly for the yearly festival run and participating in the Official Certificate Program exclusively. Monthly selection is available on other associated platforms.

See you Around & Fest Regards

The National Film and Television Festival, the only Kermesse in Italy to combine the two macro-themes of communication, manages to connect, in a simple and direct way, but at the same time, criticism and analytics, themes and communication structures that accompany and sometimes affect the lives of everyone. Through stories, meetings, debates, screenings, shows, exhibitions and concerts, the greatest artists of the small and big screen are told captured by the emotion generated by the "climate" of magic that only the world of cinema and TV can give to a passionate audience of spectators.

The Festival will take place in Alicante from December 10 to 14, 2024.

Short film productions may participate exclusively with Smartphones.

The festival has a free theme.

ONLY FOR CHILEAN FILMMAKERS OR COPRODUCTION / SOLO PARA CINEASTAS CHILENOS O COPRODUCCIONES