Blog: Film festivals

Lunigiana Cinema Festival is a festival dedicate to short and feature films that takes place in the "Città Nobile of Fivizzano" , an ancient village in Tuscany on the Via Francigena.

The festival is divided in short and feature films (Fiction, Documentary, Animation)and videoclip

Short films are divided in:
- Free theme (tema libero) - Environmental theme (ambiente) - Human rights (diritti umani)

- Animation short films
The category dedicated to animated short films is free-themed

- FEATURE FILM (over 40')

- Video Clip

GAIMVA — Global AI Music Video Awards

The World Stage for AI Music Videos

GAIMVA — Global AI Music Video Awards is an international awards festival dedicated exclusively to AI-generated and AI-assisted music videos.

Created as a global stage for the next generation of audiovisual creators, GAIMVA celebrates the intersection of human imagination, artificial intelligence, music, cinematic storytelling, visual innovation, and global culture.

GAIMVA honors artists, musicians, directors, filmmakers, editors, students, AI creators, designers, creative technologists, producers, and creative teams who are using AI tools to expand what a music video can be.

This is not just a technology showcase.

This is not only an awards competition.
GAIMVA is a cultural platform for the future of music video.

Our mission is to recognize bold, original, emotionally powerful, and visually innovative works that explore new creative possibilities through human-machine collaboration. Whether a project uses AI for generative visuals, animation, world-building, editing, fashion concepts, performance design, sound, or experimental storytelling, GAIMVA exists to give that vision a world stage.

Each edition of GAIMVA is designed to take place in a different country, reflecting the festival’s international spirit and commitment to diversity, cultural exchange, and borderless creativity.

## What We Celebrate

GAIMVA celebrates music videos that combine artistic intention with AI-powered innovation. We welcome works that are fully AI-generated, AI-assisted, hybrid, experimental, narrative, performance-based, animated, vertical, student-made, or created through human + AI collaboration.

We are especially interested in music videos that demonstrate:

* Strong creative vision
* Innovative use of AI tools
* Emotional connection
* Cinematic storytelling
* Musical rhythm and editing
* Visual originality
* Cultural diversity
* Responsible AI creation
* Bold experimentation
* Human artistic intention

## Ethics & Transparency

GAIMVA celebrates AI as a powerful creative tool while recognizing the importance of transparency, authorship, consent, cultural respect, and creative responsibility.

Submitting creators must disclose the major AI tools used in their projects and confirm that they hold the necessary rights or permissions for the music, visuals, voice, likeness, and AI-generated materials included in their work.

We believe AI should expand imagination, not erase artists.

## Who Should Submit

GAIMVA is open to:

* Musicians
* Music video directors
* Filmmakers
* AI artists
* Editors
* Animators
* Students
* Producers
* Designers
* Fashion creatives
* Creative technologists
* Studios
* Agencies
* Independent artists
* Global creative teams

If your work lives at the intersection of music, video, AI, and imagination, GAIMVA was created for you.

## Festival Vision

GAIMVA believes the future of music video is not only technological.

It is human.
It is emotional.
It is diverse.
It is cinematic.
It is global.

**Human Soul. Artificial Vision. Global Stage.**

Fashion and audiovisual come together in the 1st MOARÉ 2026 Fashion Film Competition, an initiative aimed at fostering creativity, emerging talent, and new forms of visual expression linked to the world of fashion.

The competition invites creators, students, professionals, and audiovisual enthusiasts to submit short audiovisual pieces that explore fashion from an artistic, innovative, and contemporary perspective. Participating fashion films may address concepts related to design, identity, sustainability, trends, textile heritage, or any other theme connected to the universe of fashion.

The selected works will be part of the MOARÉ 2026 Fashion Film Competition, which will take place in Terrassa during the festival on October 17, 2026, offering participants a platform for visibility and exposure to audiences, industry professionals, and creative sector agents. On this day, an awards ceremony will be held at Vapor de Prodis, one of the venues of the MOARÉ Festival.

With this competition, MOARÉ reinforces its commitment to connecting fashion, visual culture, and innovation, turning Terrassa into a meeting point for new talent and creative projects.

Membrana is the Latin word for film, and we are incredibly excited to bring the Membrana Film Festival to you, and to dig deep into the roots of the magic that is filmmaking

The 3rd edition will be held at the start of August 2027 at the CULTPLEX Cinema in Manchester, England - a cinema that is at the forefront of the independent cinema scene in the UK

The festival's organiser is a filmmaker, and understands the love, care, passion, dedication, and hard work that it takes to create your film, and to bring it to the big screen

The festival promotes and celebrates the filmmaking process, and is looking for films that push boundaries, including experimental films, and that teach us about the world we live in

We are looking for global arthouse, independent films, we want to be surprised by your submissions, and we appreciate that we cannot build our festival without your films, and that we will set ourselves apart by the quality of films we receive and exhibit

We accept all genres, in any language, and enjoy to watch subtitled films that open us to new worlds, and take us to a land far far away

We welcome shorts and features, across live-action narrative, animation, and documentary, and we look forward to receiving and watching your films

Our 2026 selections were very eclectic, and included biopic, comedy, drama, experimental / abstract, factual, fantasy, horror, thriller, and more

For our 3rd Edition, we have a newly created Award - the Membrana Award for the Best Manchester-Made Film

The festival also includes a Script Competition, with separate categories for short film scripts, and feature length scripts - all genres are welcome, and we also have the option for you to receive written coverage (feedback) on your script - the winner of this year's Feature Script Competition will receive a very exciting prize which is a professional review of your treatment and financing plan by a Media Lawyer in Manchester

And finally, we have launched a new service to review and perfect the English Subtitles for your short films and feature films

An inclusive international film festival championing absolute freedom of expression, accepting short films, features, and project proposals of any genre, theme, or production year. Filmmakers worldwide are invited to submit their most innovative works, with no restrictions on premiere status, AI usage, or content.

SHORT FILM COMPETITION RULES AND REGULATIONS
10th Pilar de la Horadada International Film Festival – CORTOPILAR 2026
10th Edition of the Pilar de la Comunidad Valenciana Short Film Awards

The Terrícola Audiovisual Festival arises with the purpose of promoting audiovisual production from the country and neighboring countries, from Patagonia, and from the Andean Comarca in particular, creating a meeting space for filmmakers, the general public, locals, and tourists. Faced with the scarce film infrastructure in the region, the festival seeks to guarantee equitable access to quality productions, promote the local audiovisual industry, and strengthen the regional cultural identity.

In addition to screenings, the festival offers open talks and workshops on agroecology, ancestral knowledge, fire prevention, pollution, and regional economy, with the objective of integrating local and territorial knowledge.

The PuntodiVistaFilmFestival 2026 is an International Prize Competition for unpublished (or published, but in any case free from transfer of copyright) shorts produced from 2024 onwards, in any language ( provided that, for those not in Italian, there are subtitles in Italian, unless they are music videos).

The Festival has two sections:

Short films with a maximum duration of 20'
Social Cortospot with a maximum duration of 3'.

Italian subtitles are mandatory.

The Department of Culture of the Municipality of Mentana, organizes the seventh edition of the historical audiovisual Festival "STORY IN SHORT".

The idea was born because our territory is rich in testimonies, from the pre-Roman era up to the Risorgimento: the enhancement of this heritage therefore also passes through a film festival that collects the works of authors who have ventured into an area that is not very 'frequented' such as reconstruction and historical analysis through short films, documentaries and audio-documentaries.

There are no content limits set for participation in the festival: all of History will be the subject of the works presented.

The jury will reserve the right to select the works to be screened in the event that the number of works presented exceeds the times and possibilities of programming.

All the selected works will be presented and the author will be able to tell his work to the audience in the room.

Submit short format films and scene scripts for free to our monthly "Immersive Cinema Program" at STUDIOdB https://www.instagram.com/studio.db.berlin/ in Berlin.

We are creating an episodic program with themes which includes screenings, scene staging, improv sessions, talks on cinema, as well as musical and dance performances.

Email submissionsdbfilm@gmail.com with Title, Director’s Bio, Statement, Link to the film and PDF file for texts.

From seven continents.
From countless languages, memories, and myths.
One shared human pulse.

At the 7CIFF, films are judged continent-wise. The 7Continents International Film Festival is not just a celebration of cinema—it is a meeting of worlds. Across borders drawn by history and erased by imagination, filmmakers arrive with stories shaped by their soil, their silence, their storms, and their dreams.

Here, cinema travels freely—
from frozen landscapes to burning deserts,
from crowded cities to forgotten villages,
from intimate personal truths to bold global questions.

This festival exists to listen.
To amplify unheard voices.
To challenge familiar narratives.
And to remind us that while our cultures may differ, our stories breathe the same air.

Welcome to a festival without borders.
Welcome to 7 Continents International Film Festival
where the world watches itself, one film at a time.

7CIFF offer a valuable opportunity to attract viewers to your movie, showcase the talents involved, and open up possibilities for the film success. In 7CIFF Awards Judged Continent-Wise

At the 7Continents Film Festival, we are committed to empowering filmmakers and amplifying their voices. We provide a platform for emerging talents to showcase their work alongside industry veterans, fostering a community of collaboration, innovation, and artistic excellence. Through panel discussions, workshops, and networking events, we facilitate meaningful exchanges between filmmakers, audiences, and industry professionals, sparking dialogue and inspiring new collaborations.

Seven Continents. One Screen.

Abycine Lanza se ha convertido en la plataforma de referencia del audiovisual independiente nacional y de desarrollo del talento español. Cada edición sumamos nuevas alianzas y adhesiones que completan un programa de encuentros y talleres de formación así como los pitchs de los diferentes foros que conforman Lanza. Más de 250 profesionales españoles y europeos pasan cada año por este meeting point fundamental de la industria.

Se trata de una experiencia integral que combina una serie de actividades con las que reforzar conocimientos sobre elementos claves en la realización cinematográfica (producción, marketing, participación de la audiencia, venta y la distribución de películas…) con la orientación personalizada, la retroalimentación grupal y el networking ampliado.

Además, el importe total de los premios otorgados asciende a más 55.000€ con partners como CMM (Castilla-La Mancha Media), Filmin, ECAM o MAFIZ.

Distribuidores, festivales y agentes de ventas tienen la oportunidad de conocer propuestas emergentes del panorama independiente nacional. Por otro lado, los proyectos, reciben un valioso feedback y crean sinergias muy valiosas para la maduración, fortaleciendo la colaboración y asesoría de expertos, para lograr avanzar y consolidarse.

Singur International Film Festival 2026

Special Announcement

In its fifth year, the 2026 Singur Film Festival turns international. In addition to its existing national competition section, this year's international, non-competitive short film section will be a great addition to the program. We hope this will bring a broad cultural perspective and a deeper understanding of world cinema to local filmgoers, enthusiasts, and filmmakers.

Consequently, the Singur Film Festival will henceforth be known as the Singur
International Film Festival.

RIZOMA, Festival Internacional de Cine & Cultura Entrelaza aims to celebrate groundbreaking work on the international scene, discover and support new voices in Spanish-language cinema, and reflect contemporary trends in audiovisual creation.

Toronto International Short Animation Festival (TISAF) is a new festival dedicated to celebrating the art, imagination, and emotional power of short animation.

Launching its first edition in Toronto, TISAF aims to create a vibrant platform for Canadian and international animators, filmmakers, visual artists, and storytellers working across all forms of animation, including 2D, 3D, stop-motion, experimental, documentary, student, and hybrid animated works.

Toronto is home to a rich and growing community of artists, animators, filmmakers, designers, and cultural organizations. TISAF was created to help strengthen that ecosystem by bringing animation artists and audiences together through screenings, conversations, workshops, and networking opportunities.

Our festival is especially interested in bold visual storytelling, original artistic voices, emotionally resonant films, and works that push the boundaries of animation as a cinematic and artistic form. We welcome short films that are playful, poetic, strange, political, personal, experimental, narrative, or completely unexpected.

TISAF is more than a screening event. It is a growing cultural platform for discovery, connection, and creative exchange. Our goal is to support emerging and established animation artists, increase visibility for short animated films, and contribute to Toronto’s role as a dynamic hub for animation and independent cinema.

Selected films will be presented to Toronto audiences as part of a curated festival program designed to celebrate the diversity, craft, and future of animation.

CORTOS EN CORTO emerged 10 years ago as an initiative to promote regional, national and international film work, seeking to be a meeting point where to share face-to-face and virtual projections, as well as conferences and master classes with the creative community.

Only for Spanish Filmmakers.

lberoandronico was founded with the aim of promoting and safeguarding citizens’ participation in the cultural, civic and social life of the local area.
The Association’s activities include the promotion of culture in all its forms (including literature, theatre, music and film), initiatives aimed at the most vulnerable groups, the practice of sport, the organisation of cultural trips, excursions and guided tours, collaboration with neighbourhood committees and educational bodies, and the development of forms of social support, civic protection and environmental conservation.

The GEH Short Film Competition is a short film competition on human rights held in different localities of Gipuzkoa (Basque Country).

This competition is part of the global project human rights Giza Eskubideak Herrira (Bringing human rights to the people.). The GEH is a human rights awareness project created by the dar-dar Productions cooperative in 2015. The first editions were based in Ordizia. In 2023, the festival has developed and extended to several towns in Gipuzkoa (Euskal Herria).

The main objective of this competition is to raise awareness and educate on human rights.

Because this short film contest is a window that we open to the world, and from that window we can see the different realities that people live in different parts of the planet. In view of these realities, we intend to encourage reflection on human rights violations in different parts of the world.

Only Argentine citizens or foreigners residing in the Argentine Republic may participate in the competition who comply with the terms and conditions of these regulations.