Blog: Film festivals

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Welcome to the 11th Annual World Music and Independent Film Festival (WMIFF) 2019. WMIFF was established to celebrate and provide a platform of achievements for international cinema artists. Dedicated to building a global film community and supporting emerging filmmakers, WMIFF offers all selected artists exceptional exposure with an inclusive vibe that has won over alumni, attendees, and industry members alike. WMIFF festivities are open to all, featuring some of the most talented artists in both film and music.

Madrid SOS RACISM 2018 edition announces the contest Short Equal Rights and Against Racism.

Any person can participate in this contest regardless of nationality, sex, origin, legal status, etc.

The theme of the short should be linked to the promotion of multiculturalism, immigration, and the fight against racism and xenophobia.

Of all the short films received, the SOS Racism Madrid jury will select works that will be screened publicly between 19th-25th March 2018.

The deadline for receipt of entries is until January 10, 2018, inclusive. Competition rules In the section you will find all the information necessary for participation. You can also contact us for any query writing jornadas@sosracismomadrid.es

ONLY FOR CHILEAN FILMMAKERS // SOLO PARA CINEASTAS CHILENOS

We are currently seeking feature film, short film, TV and web series submissions for Spectrum, a new digital distribution website we are building where people can buy, watch and stream independent film and television content with their friends. Our goal is to create an artist-friendly service where visionary creators can sell their unique stories to consumers around the world. The Spectrum Film & Television Festival is an online festival that will coincide with the launch of our website in August 2016. We hope you'll be able to join us in the creation of this exciting new platform!

International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Zlín belongs among the oldest and largest events of its kind worldwide. The festival is a non-profitable event with all screenings and supporting events free of charge. The audience consists mainly of children and youth from the Zlín region, but also university students and adult visitors to whom late-night screening slot with appropriate dramaturgy are devoted. More and more film professionals from all over the world come to Zlín. In recent years have been providing intensive support for young emerging filmmakers, which reflected in the competitive section of European First Films and non-competitive section of midnight movies called Night Horizons. Screenings are accompanied by a series of seminars, workshops and entertainment events. Each year the festival devotes its edition to a selected cinema of one particular European nation.
ZLÍN FILM FESTIVAL 2016 will focus on France

Live Entertainment, LLC, Russia in co-operation with EVENT FILM, Canada proudly present an annual festival event – International Horror, Action and Fantastic Film Festival & Awards "DROP".

The festival is being annually held in the city of Moscow since the year 2011 and contains 4 events:

- opening screening

- closing awards ceremony

- master-class and Q&A with movie stars

- film festival competition program screenings in cinema theatres

The Awards ceremony takes place in a big concert venue (changing every year) and consists of the show program and the ceremony of granting awards which is divided into the following jury voting categories:

- awards granted to local film distribution companies for the blockbusters screened in cinema theatres of Russia in the reported year;

- awards granted to young directors and producers as competition program. The category is called “Hope for Survival”;

- awards granted to World stars for the contribution to horror genre

The Awards ceremony is always visited and recorded by a large number of mass media.

The Master-class is a so-called Q&A horror convention held in a cinema theatre in a form of a question-answer session between the star guests of the festival and the audience + autograph session. The event usually ends with a premier film screening.

The festival program is a week non-stop screening of new movies in several Moscow cinema theatres. The films-participants of the competition program are being selected by the festival’s jury. Submissions are being analysed and accepted by the festival's organization committee during the whole year.

The festival's schedule usually also contains a pre-party and an after-party arranged for the honored guests and winners.

The TV version of the festival is televised by Tricolor TV platform.

The festival specializes in all sub-genres of horror and action film industry, i.e.: cartoon horror, comedy horror, psychological thriller, trash horror, zombie horror, giallo, slasher, suspense, detective, action, fantasy, sci-fi etc. Starting from the year 2013 the festival also specializes in survival horror video games sphere.

The festival is annually visited in person by World-known honored guests. The previous years’ guests were: Eric Roberts, Stuart Gordon and Bryan Yuzna, Jodelle Ferland, Costas Mandyllor & Tobin Bell, Lloyd Kaufman, Akira Yamaoka, Marco Ristori and Luca Boni, Preity Uupala, Yeppe Laursen, Silje Reinaamo, Daniel Licht, A.J. Annila, Leonid Kuravlev, Igor Zhizhikin, Oliver Robins, Corbin Bernsen, Lauren Esposito, John Kassir, James Russell, Mick Garris, Shawn Hall, Liesl Ahlers, Kyle Catlett, Lina Leandersson, Richard Cutting, Helen Crevel, Javier Botet, SWERY, Adnan Koc, Naomi Grossman & Ben Wolf, Sergio Stivaletti
...and many others

A great number of star winners also annually send their exclusive video messages which are being screened during the ceremony.

A more detailed information about the festival can be found on the English version of our web site, on Wikipedia and in social media.

The association Mente Acrobatica in partnership with CGIL Taranto organizes for June 2016 the 3rd edition of the International Festival of short films “Taranto in short”.

The festival is divided in FOUR sections:

• INTERNATIONAL (dedicated to short films from all world nations excluding Italy with the requirement of English or italian subtitles );

• NATIONAL (dedicated to short films from Italy);

• WORK AND WORKERS’ RIGHTS (dedicated to all short films from all world nations including Italy dealing with work and workers’ rights with the requirement of English or italian subtitles ).

• ANIMATION (dedicated to all animated short films for an audience of children aged between 8 and 13, from all world nations including Italy with the requirement of English or Italian subtitles).

Every director or producer can compete with each job to ONE section of the festival that
must be specified during the submission.

SMR13 INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL

The SMR13 International Independent Film Festival is an annual, IMDb-certified, four (4)-day event held in the second half of November, in Saint-Mitre-Les-Remparts, in the south of France, near Marseille.

First and foremost, it's a physical festival, taking place in "La Manare", a dedicated performance hall with a total surface area of 1000m² and a capacity of 250 spectators.

The 9th edition of the SMR13 international independent film festival will take place from November XX to XX, 2024.

The festival stands out for its highly developed network, passionate members and trusted partnerships. It is a unique showcase for independent cinema, attracting professionals from all over the world.

Since its inception, the festival has been supported by a patron, an emblematic figure in independent cinema. John Carpenter (2018), director, screenwriter and composer (Halloween, The Thing, New York 1997...). Andréa Ferréol (2019), actress (La Grande Bouffe, Le Dernier Métro, La Scoumoune...). Francis Ford Coppola (2019), director and screenwriter (Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Dracula...). Virginie Lemoine (2020), actress (Famille d'Accueil, Nos années parallèles, Oscar...). Sean S. Cunningham (2021), director and producer (Friday The 13th, Spring Break, DeepStar Six...). Patrice Leconte (2022 and 2023), director and producer (Les Bronzés, Les Spécialistes, Maigret...).

Since 2003 the international Festival SIGNES DE NUIT is active in Paris, Berlin, Saarbrücken and with special screenings world wide. The festival in Paris actually presents around 300 films coming from around 50 countries at different places in Paris. In Berlin the festival will be performed in the legendary cinema Babylon.

The International Festival SIGNES DE NUIT based in Paris is made up of films, which reflects new views, original imagery and critical approach to the crucial points of the modern human existence. It is a place for cinema that expands its own boundaries, that is astonishing, different, potentially free from the pressure of tradition, ready to give itself to the unpredictable experimentation.

The minor costs of digital production makes an independant- from comercial influences and any kind of censorship- production possible. These independant productions create an alternative, an artistic space very subtle and accessible to all, in contrast to what mass media offer.

This opposition and the preservation of the free cultural space is the goal of the International Festival Signes de Nuit, which has realized screenings and interventions in 29 different countries including Algeria, Australia, Chile, Cuba, Lebanon, Lithuania, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Peru, Russia, Tunisia, Turkey and the United States beside the screenings in main festival in Paris.

Festival with national and international competition section.

Special sections for invited movies and to workshops

Luxor African Film Festival is organized by Independent Shabab Foundation, which is a civil and nonprofit organization cooperates with the culture developed fund & other entities . The festival is organized under the auspices of significant Egyptian Ministries and other organizations.

- The first festival for African Cinema in Egypt since the start of the film industry
- The first international film festival in Upper-Egypt
- The first festival featuring outdoor screenings in Upper-Egypt
- The first festival fully organized by an Egyptian civilian NGO
- The first festival featuring the participation of all African countries and hosting more than 100 guests from Africa, Europe and the Americas

CALL FOR ART FILM MAKERS.

After last year's big success DELETE TV is again selecting remarkable experimental short films and video art which will be broadcasted on our partner TV-Channel in Austria and several video art platforms in collaboration with the selected artists. Further more, the most eye and mind-bending films will make it to Delete TV Screenings all over Europe.

Delete TV investigates the captivating nature of images with the specific aim to look up to new approaches by taking distance from the conventional film making method.

The program opens a window to the world of art and offers strong, wild and uncensored works from upcoming artists and film-makers. Delete TV highlights contemporary issues in a global context, highly educational and deeply focused on intercultural exchange and visibility.

Between the lines and under the make up of a brave new world.

FESTIVAL OF HORROR

Shortfilms (until 16 minutes)
Feature film (from 75 until 180 minutes)

Category: Horror – Thriller – Pulp – Exploitation – Gore – Trash – Fantasy – Zombie Movie – B Movie - Western

The festival is composed by :
- the official short films competition.
- many special screenings.

I film italiani sono accettati senza sottotitoli in inglese
Italian films are accepted without English subtitles.

Our project sees a return to basics with the new languages. We all know that the web today, allows the exchange shared. Remove obstacles and reduce costs. It facilitates the understanding of another's view and proposes openings and opportunities that were previously impossible. Our goal is to bring the island the work of new interpreters of the new film. Many directors with excellent technical and good ideas, give birth to important messages, offering new emotions with their films.
Not invented nothing, that's for sure, but you can reproduce with new versions, and our organization wants that.
Our Festival is divided into three sessions.

1st Session
From 14 October 2015 and will close on Jan. 14, 2016.
The January 30, 2016 will be made public the names of the directors and the films selected for the final will be in Alghero (Sardynia - Italy) in summer 2016.
For all official selection certificates and awards.

2nd Session
January 15, and it will close 15 April 2016.
The April 30, 2016 will be published in the names of the directors and the films selected for the final will be in Alghero (Sardynia - Italy) in summer 2016. Each finalist will be sent certificates and awards.

3rd Session
From April 16 and will close July 17, 2016.
The July 30, 2016 will be published in the names of the directors selected and rewarded with awards and certificates.

The films chosen by the jury selected among all the sections will be shown during the month of September 2016 in the city of Alghero Sardynia - Italy and its surroundings. Dates and locations will be announced during the course of the competition, and published officially on the website of the festival.

We are open to any type of artistic expression that relates to the visual language. Our Festival is ready to welcome seven sections:

Films Shorts (less than or equal to 30 minutes)
Films (greater than or equal to 31 minutes)
Documentaries
Experimentals
Animations
Videoclips

For each session, in addition to the premium category for best film will be awarded honorable mentions based on the quality of cinematic content, audio, video, editing, story, film and other aspects

Filmmakers competing in festivals that require not to have their films publicly online can submit their films and share the trailer, teaser or behind the scenes video. Judges will award the best films through private screenings.

Iranian Film Festival (IFF) - San Francisco, is an annual event showcasing independent feature and short films made by or about Iranians from around the world.

"Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco" is open to all genres: fiction, short, animation, documentary, music video, sports, children...

"Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco" is the first independent Iranian film festival outside of Iran, launched in 2008.

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RELATED TO IRAN IN SOME FORM.

Kan-Kan Media is pleased to announce the second edition of “A LONG WEEK OF SHORT FILMS FESTIVAL” Shanghai.

“A LONG WEEK OF SHORT FILMS FESTIVAL” is a unique film event that aims to bring together Chinese film and art institutions, film professionals, students and audience in Shanghai and create a platform to exchange and promote the diversity of the world cinema. During 10 days the festival will present more than 200 short films selected from more than 60 countries around the world.

“A LONG WEEK OF SHORT FILMS” Festival is the result of the collaboration between Kan-Kan Media and Chinese art and film institutions like Minsheng Museum of Contemporary Arts in Shanghai (official host of the Festival) and Shanghai Film Art Academy. It arises from the need to create a platform for a dialogue and exchange between film professionals, students, film communities and audiences taking as a reference point Shanghai/China.

The previous edition of LWSF was a huge success with more than 2000 submissions, 200 films selected and 10 days of film screenings, workshops, talks, music concerts and dance performances attended by 1000+ film-lovers, among them film professionals, students, film communities and artists of other disciplines.

This year the focus will be on the discovery of emerging talents both internationally and in China in order to bring them into the public spotlight and offer them the opportunities for networking and a platform where ideas and work can be exchanged among a new generation of film creators worldwide.

The festival has two main categories: International Section and Chinese Section, accompanied by showcases of outstanding festivals from various countries, as well as workshops, master-classes and other special events.

All the films meeting the submission criteria will be considered for the International Short Film Competition Award for Best Short Film, Best Director, Audience and Outstanding Story Award.

We are looking forward to your participation
LWSF Organizers

Welcome to Tula International Film Festival.
Our festival aims to showcase the talents of independent filmmakers around the world.

Thus, the goal of our festival - to collect all the independent directors to display their works of a large audience.

Our festival will be held in the historic city - the hero-city of Tula. Venue Festival City Concert Hall of the city of Tula.

The film festival is focused on films of any genre. It should be a movie with a story, but not the amateur video.

The Festival reserves the right to refuse to accept any film without explanation. In this case, the fee will be refunded.

We are waiting on you talented and original works.

FIA, International Audiovisual Festival, organized by the Faculty of Communication of Universidad de la Sabana of Colombia, is a space for active students enrolled in colleges and universities, both Colombian and foreign, involved in film-making.

Welcome to the Radical Frame Film - 2025 Short Film Series - Berlin

We at the Radical Frame Film Festival are proud to announce edition number eleven of Short Film
Series.

The idea for the Radical Frame Film Festival started years ago when a group of Denver activists,
artists, and friends decided to bring the messages of video activist cinema into the public eye.

We feel that due to the current social and political climate, both locally and globally, our mission
-- to provide a forum for thought provoking films and debates -- is more critical than ever.

We are committed to presenting progressive, leftist, radical, anti-racist, experimental, and
visionary films that address issues including, but not limited to, the environment, human rights,
social injustice, antiglobalization, etc...

The Radical Frame Film Festival showcases every genre of independent film from across the world during this incredible bi-continental celebration of independent artists.

The Radical Frame Film Festival is a forum where filmmakers can thrive outside the mainstream arena.

The Short Film Series turns the spotlight on truly independent short films, created by new and
established filmmakers. The purpose is to allow anyone regardless of country, to step to their dreams and start taking the steps to live life with passion and purpose.