Blog: Film festivals

MISSION & OBJECTIVE

Cineforum Robert Bresson partnered with Asian Film Festival in Italy, is a non profit organization that aims to promote, at every level, the film culture and the audiovisual industry through film screenings, film festivals, debates, panels, seminars, lectures, courses, publications and other similar initiatives.

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

Asian Film Festival in Italy is one of the most important showcase of Asian Film coming from Far East countries such as South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia. We accept also submissions from Asian American Film makers. The structure of the festival is composed by these categories: competition, out of competition, retrospective, newcomers. We accept also short film, documentaries and film directed by asian european artists. Over the years we showed more than 800 features film and invited great guests such as Peter Chan, Chen Kaige, Tsai Ming Liang, Lee Kang-sheng, Hou Hsiao-hsien and Jia Zhang-ke.
In the competion the jury composed by italian filmcritics give five awards: best film, best director, best actor, best actress, most original film in competition. There is also an award for the best film in the section "Newcomers".
The festival is based on invitation to some filmakers and a selection based on the submissions. Usually the film in competition are between 16 and 18, the film in the newcomers section are 8.

National feauture films competition only

Amateurs strike back! is the first international film festival of amateur and low budget film to be held in one of the world's oldest cinemas, the Cinema Zvezda in Belgrade, Serbia. Theatre was seized by young film makers, artists and locals during the winter of 2014. in an event known as "the cinema Zvezda occupation" , which was wrote about in Guardian, LA times, Monde and was supported by many regional directors and artists.

Our team will select fifteen films to be screened on the big screen during the festival, which runs from September 3rd to 5th. The audience will vote for the winning film, which will be awarded a cash prize of 250 euros and 7 days of screening in our cinema.

It doesn't matter if you consider yourself the new Andy Warhol or Tommy Wiseau aesthetic is closer to you, we accept underground, trash, experimental, erotic and narrative films made without or with very limited budget !

COVID-19 Note !
None of the "Amateurs strike back" live events will be cancelled !
If there is a rising indications they could be postponed due to the situation, participants will be noticed in advance !

Great Message International Film Festival

We really wish to share international thinking which is developed in the form of films with the society and the young generation of humanity.

Every human being is a message in himself or herself, we just have to channelize & nurture that message into a great one. Filmmakers from all across the globe are respectfully welcome to share and submit your great films into the GMIFF.

Listed on IMDB:
https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0005053

We understand that you understand the realm of understanding and so you have created your wonderful films with your conscious understanding.

Showcasing Greatness through Audio-Visual
Through vantage point we see that entertainment is just the medium to share realm of life with film lovers. If we penetrate the meaning of life sometime we feel that there is no such meaning or purpose to life, yes! Sometime, but we must have to give a great meaning or purpose to life to create great message for whole humanity or for our next generation.

We are really very small people; please understand what we want to say. But the task or mission which we want to empower is very big. One can understand it by the example of river. The beginning or origin of every river is so small but her consistency with selflessness leads her towards more hugeness.

Most Welcome!
Dear human beings, being human it is good if we transform each moment into humane one.

We really admire your passion and enthusiasm as a filmmaker so with humbleness we invite filmmakers from all across the globe to share your great films into Great Message International Film Festival - GMIFF.

The Huánuco Film Festival is a cultural event that celebrates and promotes the film industry in the Huánuco region and Peru. With the aim of promoting appreciation of the seventh art and providing a platform for local, national and international filmmakers, our festival in these 11 years has become a benchmark in the cinematographic field of Peru and the world.

Top 100 best rated and reviewed in the world and IMDb listed - Global India International Film Festival

https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0008445

Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam!! Yes the whole world is a one family; From the Spiritual soil of India. From the bottom of the heart, we believe that the whole humanity is a one family and an every individual human being is a beautiful character or a player with a supreme god particle, who perform his or her great role on this global prosperous World Stage.

We really wish to share international thinking which is developed in the form of films with the society and the young generation of humanity. Every human being has a unique story to tell, but few from them are capable to express their own to the world. But the Filmmakers are the great storytellers and world wants to watch their stories through films or digital media. Because they channelize & nurture these stories through films and our motto is to spread these stories from all across the world to the masses and especially to the youngsters. Filmmakers from all across the globe are respectfully welcome to share and submit your beautiful films into the GIIFF.

We understand that you understand the realm of understanding and so you have created your wonderful films with your conscious understanding.

Connecting World with India through Audio-Visual.

Films are really a strong medium to share, yes to share, but what creates a filmmaker is a sense of what to share. Through vantage point we see that entertainment is just the medium to share realm of life with film lovers. If we penetrate the meaning of life sometime we feel that there is no such meaning or purpose to life, yes! Sometime, but we must have to give a great meaning or purpose to life to create it more beautiful for the whole world as a one family. for whole humanity or for our next generation.

We are really very small people; please understand what we want to say. But the task or mission which we want to empower is very big. One can understand it by the example of river. The beginning or origin of every river is so small but her consistency with selflessness leads her towards more hugeness.

Atlántida: Locación de Cine

Desde los años 40 se vienen filmando películas en Atlántida, producciones argentinas, norteamericanas y uruguayas han tenido como paisaje y protagonista distintos espacios de la ciudad.

Desde "La casta Susana", con Mirtha Legrand, hasta "Miami Vice", la playa y las construcciones costeñas han otorgado un set de rodaje realmente inspirador para realizadores y público. Sin duda la infraestructura y las bellezas de Atlántida permiten el feliz rodaje de films de las más variadas facturas.

Aquí verán fotos de algunos de los rodajes, seguramente faltan varios pero los podremos agregar si ustedes nos envían los registros.

Recientemente descubrimos a la gente de Uruguay desde lo alto quienes, como no podía ser de otra forma, han cubierto Atlántida desde el cielo.

Romford Film Festival has spawned a horrific child, after 5 years of running a successful festival we have launched The Romford Horror Film Festival. Romford Film Festival has had a series of exclusive film screenings and now its time to go it alone under a new brand.

The festival will run on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st of February, at Romford's Premiere Cinema. Films will be shown in a screen of 280 seats starting early in the morning until late at night. As well as horror films we'll be accepting other genre areas such as sci-fi, fantasy and thrillers.

Romford is in London's third largest retail area and has a plethora of shops and restaurants close at hand, as well as a variety of hotels.

Under the Romford Film Festival we have previously secured the UK premieres of over 100 horror movies and over 30 world premieres in the same genre.

Filmmakers in attendance will experience their film on a large screen in a purpose build multiplex, at the end of the screenings there will be a Q&A session with the audience followed by an interview with either Spencer, Bradley or Peter, all interviews will be filmed and unleashed onto our social media channels. Our team KNOW horror and you'll appreciate the output we provide to your films. There will be red carpet interviews with our audience and reviews on a number of websites.

Romford Film Festival and Romford Horror Film Festival are festivals ran by filmmakers, so we understand all the things you've been through, we'll screen your accepted film and part as lifelong friends, we'll support you long after the festival finish. Which is probably why in our festival history over 120 filmmakers have returned with their projects.

Short films, documentary, web series, music video, home video, family moment 2 minute clip, painting, sketch, photography

Montevideo Fantastic Film Festival is the first Uruguayan festival dedicated to promoting national and international film productions related to horror, fantasy and science fiction genres. Its objective is to annually present independent and ultra-independent creations that are often considered "minor", and that hardly access commercial and cultural circuits.

It has sections related to short and long feature films in competition, as well as exhibitions, tributes to different figures of the genre, lectures presented by specialists, and promotion of different cultural activities that occur in the country.

The Montevideo Fantastic Film Festival has been declared of Cultural Interest by the Ministry of Education and Culture, of Municipal Interest by the Intendance of Montevideo, and of Tourist Interest by the Ministry of Tourism in Uruguay.

It was screened in the Punta del Este International Film Festival, LatinUy Film Festival ("Cinema Fantasy" section, in La Barra), Piriápolis de Película International Film Festival ("FantaPiria" section), as well as in several foreign genre festivals like 'Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre' from Argentina; 'Brasilia International Fantastic Film Festival' from Brazil; 'FIXIÓN Fest' from Chile and 'Zinema Zombie Fest' from Colombia.

DATE AND LOCATION

The 28th edition of the European Short Film Festival of Bordeaux will take place from March 27th to 28th 2025. The projection nights will take place at the UGC Ciné-Cité cinema in Bordeaux.

GOALS

The European Short Film Festival of Bordeaux aims to promote the short film format to the Région Aquitaine's audience. It facilitates the access to cinema for a large public, from all ages. It also supports the discovery of talented directors coming from all over Europe.,It’s a way for the filmmakers to be appreciated by a jury, no matter if they are mere enthusiasts or professionals.

Insular & other seas Film festival(IOSAFF)

For outdoor performing arts and film screenings: How to bring your art to beaches, plazas and streets>

IOSAFF, not only competitions and film screenings but also an artists' tour during which we explore creative activities in various artistic specialties.

»IOSAFF is a coherent whole of a multidimensional cultural and cinematographic project will take place Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas

four days for a traveling festival (artist tour), we launch creative projects that bring people together, and we create high impact campaigns with influencers to motivate audiences to share their creativity.

If You're a filmmaker, screenwriter, designer, actor or actress, musician or band, painter or sculptor, or any other creative expression, we welcome you to the tours of creative artists...

Let's explore the oceans, seas & islands

-Adventures,

- Environment,

- Designs animations,

-Documentary,

- Author's cinema,

Islands in music & video



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Oceans and seas cover 71% of the earth's surface, produce half of the oxygen we breathe, absorb 25% of carbon dioxide, capture 90% of the additional heat generated by these emissions and feed 3, 2 billion people. The oceans, seas & marine resources, lungs of the earth, are essential for sustainable development.

Promoting the heritage and creativity of the world's islands and caring for the oceans & seas is a major factor in developing the blue bio-economy, which is why we adopted it as the main axes of our cultural and media project.

The islands of the world, through the oceans and the continents of the planet, conceal important cultural and patrimonial wealth, as much by their variety, their specificity as by their authenticity. The islanders, being cut off from the continent, are forced to live in osmosis with their environment, to vibrate to the rhythm of the elements of their natural setting, and to dominate the rigors of their daily life by giving free rein to their creative imagination and their innovative spirit. In this perspective, artistic creativity is the best support for the expression of their dreams, their emotions & their collective memory

The International Film and Human Rights Festival - HUMANS FEST, held in Valencia since 2008, is one of the main initiatives promoted by the Fundación por la Justicia. Its aim is to bring audiovisual culture closer to both the general public and especially vulnerable audiences, while advocating for human rights and denouncing their violations worldwide. Additionally, it features a series of activities with a social focus.

The 16th edition of HUMANS FEST will take place from May 29 to June 7, 2025.

International short film Festival «Kinematic Shorts» is a film contest for emerging directors. The main aim of the Festival is to present new short films and to support young filmmakers, create the opportunity for filmmakers to show their film to a wide audience. The festival will take place in ten Russian cities.

CineFem, the First International Women's Film Festival of Uruguay, whose first edition was held in Salto (Uruguay) but that from then on was permanently developed in Punta del Este, is a space to reflect on the role of women in cinema and in our society. CineFem, the woman's view.

Se abre la convocatoria para la 5º Festival Internacional de Cine Colombiano en Buenos Aires - FICCBA 2023. La inscripción es gratuita y está abierta a:

a) Películas de cualquier metraje realizadas por autores/as colombianos/as (guionistas, directores o productores).

b) Películas de cualquier metraje realizadas por cineastas de cualquier nacionalidad que sean una coproducción entre Colombia y otro país.

c) Películas de cualquier metraje realizadas por cineastas de cualquier nacionalidad cuya temática esté relacionada con Colombia.

d) Películas de cualquier metraje realizadas por autores/as argentinos/as (guionistas, directores o productores).

¡No pierdas la oportunidad de pasar tu película en el 4º Festival Internacional de Cine Colombiano en Buenos Aires - FICCBA 2023!

Cinema 4L was created with the intention of bringing the best short format cinema to the smallest towns and rural areas of the Valencian Community.

A Film Festival that selects independent films that would otherwise be inaccessible to the public of these locations.

Outdoor screenings from our 4L with the highest quality, where the audience will decide with their vote the best short film.

TFM Online Film Festival is a premier film festival encouraging Independent Film Makers showcase International films, television, and new media to the world. TFM is taking Film Festivals Digital, keeping up with the current media trends. Our festival that is devoted to finding and highlighting the best cinema in the world and to taking it to maximum people through digital media. Our Jury will award the best films through private screenings.

We Are Inspired by Innovation, Enterprise, and Creativity in Film making.

Thousands of films are made every year by extremely talented, innovative, and visionary filmmakers that are left unnoticed. We aim to celebrate these filmmakers for their efforts and share with the world the raw talent that we discover along the way.

Kindly see last years entries:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqwkbTiRhVY

12th. Children's Audiovisual Festival (FICAIJ), 2021-2022
Venezuela-Colombia

The Children's Audiovisual Festival, known by its acronym FICAIJ, was born in Mérida, Venezuela, in 2010, and has consolidated itself after 12 years as one of the most important windows for exhibiting quality educational and alternative content as well as commercial content for children, adolescents, youth and families in the country and the region.

After having attended to more than 41,385 participants in its 11 previous editions which have impacted directly in 6 countries of the world. Facing the panorama of pandemic that we are still living through the COVID-19, we assumed the challenge of transforming ourselves and activating our 12th edition in the web with main incidence in the countries of our region. Additionally, we are planning to have some in-person screenings in Venezuela and Colombia.

History:
More than 1,506 short and long films from 81 countries around the world were broadcast on FICAIJ's screens, and more than 392 people, including children, adolescents, young people and adults, evaluated and judged these films.

Our jurors came not only from Venezuela but also from 9 other countries: Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Spain, and South Africa, participating in representation of their places of origin.

Philosophy:
We promote audiovisuals from a reflective and productive viewpoint, inviting children, adolescents and young people to take an active role as creators and prosumers.

Mission:
FICAIJ seeks to encourage the creation, production, exhibition and distribution of quality content for and by children, adolescents and young people in the region, stimulating the protagonism of children in all these processes.

2nd. Laboratorio FICAIJ:
With the double purpose of strengthening, on the one hand, the production of children, youth and family contents at a regional level, and on the other hand, the training of teachers in education with and for media, a more evident need in view of the digital education imposed by the pandemic, the organization of FICAIJ assumes the challenge of developing the 2nd. edition of its Laboratorio FICAIJ, a training space aimed at the sector of production of contents for Latin American boys and girls and at the sector of education.

More information:
www.genbura.com
www.facebook.com/ficaij
www.instagram.com/ficaij

The MGT festival is an online showcase , Powered by Mojo Pakistan.

The festival is aimed at everyone brimming with creative energy. We invite people from all backgrounds and abilities to enter and welcome videos of all genres.

-Entries Now Open, A Free Festival Open To All People Around the World-

We believe that making films with a phone is not a limitation, but an opportunity. The mobility, size, and immediacy of a phone allows us to see the world differently. So it’s not about producing a film with the best high-tech equipment. This festival is all about you and what you can do on your mobile phone to showcase your creativity in under 12 minutes. Make the best out of this time at home, create a masterpiece on your mobile phone and get the chance to win amazing prices. So what are you waiting for, make a film with your smartphone or tablet to win professional gear for mobile filmmaking worth $189 Grand Prize among other great prizes.

-How We Pick The Winner-

*The festival scoring will consist of three rounds, to ensure the judgement is fair and one that awards a price to the most engaging and creative project.

*All submitted projects will go through an internal scrutiny in the first round. The projects that are finalised will be published for screening on our YouTube channel and eligible for the audience choice round.

*The five people with the most votes on their videos will make it to the last round where the projects will be sent to MGT's special jury consisting of big names in MOJO, photography and film across the world. Who will then select one of the five films as the grand winner.