Blog: Film festivals

After a great success of the first ever Film Festival in an ancient city of Alwar (Rajasthan, Western India)surrounded by the Aravalli range of mountains, we are proud to present the second edition. The first edition had participation from 70 countries with 470 films. The event was attended by delegates from North America, Europe, Middle East and India.

The theme of the festival is CULTURAL DISCOVERY.

Independent filmmakers and all film lovers are welcome to join us in 2 days of exciting events. In addition to live screening of your work, you will also get opportunities for networking, participation in the discussions/seminars and a co-creators' workshop on the sidelines of the main event. We offer celebrations for all who have a passion for film making and for film viewing. We value story/content over budget. If you enjoy and have courage to experiment, here is the place for you to showcase your work.
Event Attractions:
1. Cinema of all genres, any length and budget are welcome from all over the world.
2. No restriction on the year of making. May be your unrecognized old work gets discovered here.
3. Music albums/videos/trailers are also acceptable.
4. Web series/TV Pilot can also be submitted.
5. Students are encouraged to participate and show their talent.
6. A separate category for mobile film/homemade/amateur productions.
7. A co-creators' workshop for the successful entries. You can get potential partners and financiers in this event.
8. Works in progress are accepted provided the completion takes place before the event.
9. World premieres of the films are a high priority.
10. Selection and screening of the films will be as follows:
a): Official Selection: First Selection list will be named as "Official Selection". These films will get a Certificate of Official Selection.
b): FINALISTS: Second Selection will be from the Official Selection list. The films selected from the first list will be named as "FINALISTS". These films will qualify for screening depending upon requisite technical requirements.
c): SCREENING: Some of the FINALISTS will be selected for Screening.
d): AWARD WINNERS: Award will be announced on the last day of screening in the Award Ceremony.

The Dublin Smartphone Film Festival

About-
The Dublin Smartphone Film Festival (DUBSMARTFF) is an international festival dedicated to celebrating work shot on Smartphones.
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No longer is expensive technology a barrier to creativity. The mobile phone has expanded the scope and freedom for filmmakers. Now aspiring artists have the ability to write, shoot and edit, their films at the touch of a button. Smartphones are reshaping the way we approach filmmaking creating limitless possibilities in the palm of your hand.

The festival was created with the goal of encouraging these filmmakers to share the stories they have captured on mobile devices. We also aim to provide a platform to exhibit these stories to a wider audience. It is also a chance to reward storytellers, who are using these devices to push the boundaries of narrative and style.

The festival takes place in the month of January and submissions are open to anyone with a Smartphone a compelling story to tell. Throughout the year there will be events designed to challenge filmmakers and revolutionize the way we approach filmmaking.

Why Us
We are a Festival created and run by Smartphone filmmakers.
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We offer the unforgettable experience of watching your film shot with a micro device on the big screen.

Not just a festival, we are expanding beyond the confines of a single event. We will be offering unique workshops, live filming exercises and panel discussions.

We believe the cinema event is still vital for maintaining the health of cinema as an art-form. That’s why we watch hundreds of films and select those we feel have achieved incredible things with minimal resources. But that’s not all. We also help more people to use the camera in their pocket to tell powerful stories.

SHORTS in TRANSILVANIA

We know how hard it may be, for filmmakers, to produce and distribute their works, especially if those are short films and independent productions. TRANSILVANIA SHORTS [International Short Film Festival] is the useful tool for every filmmaker, in order to further showcase their films, and get their deserved public feedback and recognition. The films selected in the festival competition are further on promoted, screened at the festival, and evaluated by a team of experts in the industry. Transilvania Shorts supports filmmakers in gaining the recognition of the public passionate about cinema, and that of mass-media, and, also, in being rewarded for their work.

Come celebrate and share your passion for cinema! Held in both beautiful and medieval cities, Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, Braṣov and Târgu Mureș, Transilvania Shorts brings short films, from all over the world, to beautiful Transilvania. In the future, the festival will be extended, in order to be present in all major cities of Transilvania. This year’s Festival Program will showcase a wide variety of international short films, in the categories of: Narrative, Animation, Student, Commercial Video, Documentary, Experimental, Fashion, Music Video, Narrative, Student.

The FERRARA FILM FESTIVAL is one of the most popular film festivals in Italy and the fastest growing one since its first edition in 2016. The festival is hosted in the northern Italian City of Ferrara, a UNESCO World Heritage, one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. The Ferrara Film Festival is also an "IMDB Qualifier Festival" and "World CineX Eligible".

The Ferrara Film Festival, in just 7 editions, had big movie premieres in its competition with some of the major Italian and international movie stars. It's a global film competition that sees more than 10.000 people attending each edition, culminating with the Golden Dragon Awards Ceremony. The event includes movie themed collateral events, entertainment shows and partnerships with many world class Institutions.

FILM CATEGORIES - IMPORTANT INFO:
At the Ferrara Film Festival all the selected films will be divided in specific categories by our Organization. Our categories reflects the Global nature and relevance of our festival. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? When you submit your film, all you have to do is to choose between “Feature Film”, “Short Film” and “Documentary” then, IF YOUR FILM IS SELECTED, we'll independently put your it in the specific category.

Here below the detailed categories of FERRARA FILM FESTIVAL:
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FEATURE FILMS:
"Premiere Event"
"Premiere Autore"
"Premiere Docu"
"Premiere Unicef"
"Premiere Emilia-Romagna"

SHORT FILMS:
"Short Event"
"Short Autore"

Explore more on www.ferrarafilmfestival.com

Leonid Khromov International Film Festival (LKIFF) was founded in 2020 by producer and entrepreneur Leonid Khromov. LKIFF is an independent platform for international cinema, where bright and ambitious beginners and experienced filmmakers can present their films to the international community.

The LKIFF jury consists of creative and vibrant people who are professionals in their fields (actors, producers, directors, film critics, etc.). Full-length, short and documentary films are accepted for participation in the film festival.

The third LKIFF 2022 film festival is planned to be held in the second half of March 2022 in Moscow (Russia) in the format of an international film award (awards ceremony), at which, after the awards ceremony, the premiere screening of the winner's feature film (Grand Prix) and the winner's short film (Best Short Film) will take place !

We invite everyone to take part in our film festival! Good luck to all the nominees!

Bases
PREMIOS AUDIOVISUALES MiCe CUBA 2021

La 2na MICE Cuba organizada por la Red Unial y la A.C. Jordi el Mussol tendrá lugar en toda la República de Cuba entre el 20 de marzo al 10 de abril con la proyección de los cortometrajes seleccionados en las diversas categorías competitivas y con secciones fuera de concurso. La ceremonia de entrega de premios se llevará a cabo el sabado 10 de abril de 2021 en La Habana

La MICE es un festival de cine orientado a niños, niñas y jóvenes que toma por base la educación audiovisual. Pretendemos ser la gran pantalla del audiovisual realizado en contextos educativos y del cine profesional focalizado en educación. Hermana joven de la MICE València, en su primera edición la MICE Cuba alcanzó los 27.200 espectadores.

FilmArte Festival is the new film festival coming to Madrid. And in an Autumn Edition, visiting the creative Berlin

FilmArte aims to showcase films related to the arts. From documentaries on artists to experimental film art. Furthermore, FilmArte´s intention is to mingle different ways to express oneself through art.

Politics is a field of perverse humor, infinite intrigue, and waking terror.

Seeking sick and cynical cinema! Dystopias welcome !

SECRET TREATIES: STRANGE POLITICAL BEDFELLOWS is a short film festival that will turn back the blankets to reveal the squishy underbelly of politics.

This is an OPEN CALL for short films (less than 20 minutes) that efface ALL ideology: the sicker, the better. SECRET TREATIES is a cynical festival dedicated to RIDICULING politics, politicians, activists, media pundits, just causes, wars to end all wars, social justice, and true believers. We are sick of the lies, the lies about the liars, the righteous indignation, and the willful ignorance. We are seeking sick and cynical cinema! Dystopias welcome ! What can go wrogn?

The Secrets Film Festival is an annual event in NYC and California featuring short films centered around a common theme. Over the past eight years, the Secrets film series has explored these themes: outer space, inner space, insects, love, dreams, death, and the intoxicated life. Secrets festivals have screened in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Baltimore, DC, Los Angeles, Kentucky, and at the Berkeley Video and Film Festival 2018 and 2019. Last year's festival - Secrets of Inner Space - screened twice in New York City, is set for Los Angeles later in 2020, and is in negotiations to screen in Berlin and Amsterdam still later this year.

Welcome to our Winter Season that runs Monthly from January thru March 2025.

NewFilmmakers NY is New York's longest running year round Film Festival. Throughout it's twenty-eight year run NewFilmmakers has provided a platform for first time and veteran filmmakers.

We have taken an exciting new direction with NewFilmmakers called NewFilmmakersPlus which will move our festival into the digital age and allow us to reach international audiences.

While theaters have been closed, our online audiences have greatly exceeded those in theaters. With NewFilmmakers Plus we have added the missing audience participation to our online screenings.

Now filmmakers, cast, and crew as well as audience members can create interactive video screening rooms while watching a film. Just by pushing the START A GROUPVIEW button to the right of the film they can invite up to six people to talk about the film in a video conference. It’s almost like watching side-by-side in real life — without having to share your popcorn.

In addition our films will now be available for two weeks and screenable any time of the day instead of only one night. This allows more people to see our films and makes it easier to set up a screening event with friends and colleagues. As requested we are switching to filmmaker hosted files utilizing unlisted YouTube links which will eliminate the need to transcode and to send us large files as well as giving filmmakers control over their film.

In today’s world online screenings give filmmakers worldwide audiences instead of limited local ones. With NewFilmmakers Plus filmmakers not only reach worldwide audiences but can interact with them as they would at a traditional theater.

The Canary Islands Fantastic Film Festival - Isla Calavera opens the call for entries for feature and short films, fiction and documentary in real image and animation.

The FAM 2020 – 24th Florianópolis Audiovisual Mercosur, Festival and Forum focused on audiovisual integration in Mercosur, is a space for public formation, dissemination of regional production and meeting of professionals in the sector. This regulation has as object the competitive shows that make up the Festival, formed by selection regime with open call to the public, as well as facilitating the communication channel for the curatorship of non-competitive shows.

LAKE VIEW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is an independent film festival. Lake View Film Festival is open to all Organization /Agency /Independent /Producer/Directors. Aiming to inspire, motivate and award the truly innovative and artistic geniuses of our time. Every independent artist hopes to one day emerge from the underground scene and share their talents with the masses. Hopefully, the showcase platform we provide will help facilitate that dream. We’re excited to display a wide range of works from all genres that will have industry pros, filmmakers and filmgoers buzzing.

Our Judges will award the best films of each category. Every selected film will be given the distinction of an Official selection of the event in which Judges will award the best films of each category. All official Selected films will be screened in the event. The event will be placed in Ludhiana.
All Official Selections, Nominees, and Winners will be announced on our website and via social media.

Somos el único festival de animación de España dirigido a nuevos talentos internacionales, con programa de competición de cortometrajes de estudiantes y óperas primas. Somos un colectivo sin ánimo de lucro formado por profesores y estudiantes.

El festival es escaparate de las últimas novedades de la animación para estudiantes y profesionales de la animación.

We are looking for individuals of all races to share anecdotes of your interaction with someone of another race or ethnicity.

Tell us about a time when someone of another race (for example):

- helped you

- or when you helped them;

- or when someone of another race was courageous and defended you or you them;

- or a surprising interaction with someone of another race, that was pleasantly unexpected; -or a childhood experience with people/someone of a race that is different than your own;

- or the love you felt for someone of another race;

- or the friendship with someone of another race;

- or the kindness shown you by someone of another race/ethnicity; generosity shown/exhibited by them to you or vice versa;

- or share a childhood experience of cooperating without realizing racial difference;

- childhood experience celebrating racial difference;

- or when someone of another race was courageous and defended you or you them;

- or a surprising interaction with someone of another race, that was pleasantly unexpected;

- or the love you felt for someone of another race;

- or the friendship with someone of another race;

- or the kindness shown to you by someone of another race / ethnicity

One of the main events dedicated to the promotion of contemporary production of Ibero-American animation cinema reaches its 17th edition punctuated with attractions, in addition to the already traditional parade of the main animated productions in Portuguese and Spanish.

For the next edition, exceptionally, Baixada Animada will receive films from other countries outside the Ibero-American region that will make up the "AniMundo Show", a parallel out-of-competition show.

We proyect movies at public park, shortfilms
we use a bug beettle volkswagen purple, it adventured on the road, closer to mayan zone in communities without access to theathers .non profit proyect

Only Spanish productions.

Founded in 2002, Yogyakarta, Festival Film Dokumenter (FFD) is the first documentary film festival in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, focusing on the development of documentary film as a medium of expression and ecosystem of knowledge, through exhibition, education, and archiving.

Setting forth the notion born in a light conversation between a group of youngsters, it sought to explore the raw potential in Indonesia’s cinema: the documentary medium. Certain traits differentiate documentary films from other audiovisual products, a significant place as a media that educates, reflective, transcends time and space.
Amidst the strong current of the mass media, documentary films hold its own role as independent, aspirational media.

In its annual celebration every December, Festival Film Dokumenter always try to observe certain social issues as its focus, as well as creating a bridge between documentary filmmakers, professional filmmakers, and the general audiences, on the purpose of improving the quality and quantity of Indonesia documentary films.