Blog: Film festivals

Beginning Film Festival is held annually in the centre of St.Petersburg, Russia.

Founded by St.Petersburg Filmmaker’s Union, festival is held within St.Petersburg International Film Forum.

This year our festival for the first time focuses on debuts and film school productions, which means that our traditional student film program will be accompanied by two competitions - feature debut films and short fiction, documentary and animation debut films.

We will be happy to offer not only the expanded competition program, but several non-competition, presentation programs, thematic screenings, master-classes and workshops, round tables and exhibitions.

The festival is a platform for showcasing the best films from around the world, as well as a platform of professional people that helps the growth and form the local film industry.

The festival has two major international competitions, non-competition program, and panorama of documentary films.

ZINEMA ZOMBIE FEST (ZZF)
International Festival of fantasy film.

Mission

Rehabilitate souls in pain, re-insert undead and generally encourage all kinds of beings wandering without destiny by the real world - and the underworld-celluloid to resume his passion unbridled by the fantastic cinema.

Company profile

Zinema Zombie Fest is a Festival of fantastic film, Terror and subgenres. Film content, editorial, history and aesthetics, make pioneer in Colombia. Zinema Zombie, the entity responsible for this project, has a history of more than ten (12) years developing film exhibition and formation of public activities.

The festival has been involved repeatedly in exhibitions and festivals at the national and international levels; among which we can mention: SITGES Film Festival, Festival international de cinema Cali (Colombia), soft Film Festival (Mexico), film Fantasy (Brazil), Nocturna (Spain), Fixion SARS (Chile), FICH Macabro (Mexico), Tallinn Black Night Fil Festival (Estonia), among others.

Description

Zinema Zombie Fest is an event involved cultural, educational and non-profit. It is supported by the District Arts Institute (IDARTES) - which makes it a project of the city-by the Ministry of culture and PROIMÁGENES Colombia.

In the 2016 Zinema Zombie Fest (ZZF) reach its seventh uninterrupted year. The theme of the festival will be "Love hurts".

General information

ZINEMA ZOMBIE FEST
Festival of fantastic film, Terror and subgenres.
November 18 to 25 of 2016 / Bogota, Colombia
Cinemateca Distrital / cinema Tonala / Cine Colombia / Central University founders Hall

This is a 72-hour film festival. Each "production team" (friends, family, etc.) will be given a theme with an option of one of three pre-selected props.

With the provided instructions, each team must use the prop chosen and relate it to the theme.

The Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival is a cinematographic event socially and culturally minded and by choice, free for anyone to access. FICCI constantly reads the particular circumstances of our country and our world to produce every year a world class version of our festival, guided by the preservation of freedom and the amplification of the cultural conversation through films and academic events that are relevant, humane, subtle, sophisticated, and act as a vehicle to enhance human consciousness, expand democracy and help create free, progressive and inclusive societies.

The Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival (FICCI) is the oldest and most permanent forum in the Americas for Colombian, Ibero-American and world cinema. Being an active part of the world cinema map since 1960, in the 64th edition, it will continue to provide spaces for memory, reflection, diverse voices, and as always, for the best cinephilia.

The Festival values the creative freedom of the world’s filmmakers and has space for films of any format, length, nationality, theme, genre or technique, that meet the highest standards of quality, take on narrative risks, and propose contents of great human and cinematic relevance, pertinence, and sustainability.

The Wiper Film Festival is a place for filmmakers to put there work and get seen. It is also the place where a couple of lucky winners are going to have the privilege of having there films screened in a NYC, in front of industry heavyweights.

Goto: http://www.gowiper.com/video

and upload your videos today!

Film is an international medium that has its roots in the American inventors and entrepreneurs. This spirit is felt in every word of a script, every frame, every cell and every pixel of film produced around the world.
The American Film Award is a recognition of what it means to have that founding motivating force. It is much more than a trophy, it is a message that the spirit of film is alive.
The American Film Award is a mark of excellence in Film Craft.

The International Film Festival of the Autonomous University of Baja California promotes the exchange of experiences in the field of audiovisual production, as well as knowledge building around the cinematographic phenomenon.

The Walthamstow International Film Festival is a launch platform for professional film-makers, experienced amateurs and first film-makers.

The International Film Festival Of Bihar "4th Darbhanga International Film Festival 2016"
An Initiative By Darbhanga Film Club
Coming February 2016
Last Date of Film Submission 10th December 2015.

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 inaugural ‘SAF Shorts’ presents architecture as a storyteller and the narratives of the city. Screened in a newly opened public space yet to be announced, this signature evening event of the Sydney Architecture Festival brings a curated selection of local and international short films, documentaries and animations based on urbanity, architecture, the city and the people who inhabit it.

SAF Shorts is an opportunity for design enthusiasts, designers, city lovers, architecture lovers and architects to be delighted, educated and provoked. Filmmakers will be invited to present their films to the audience and prizes will be awarded on the night by a panel of guest jurors.

Linea d’Ombra-Festival Culture Giovani is an international festival of cinema, literature,performing art and music.The event is divided in the following 4 sections:

Cinema
Videoart & web
Music
Performing art

Events and performances of these sections will be chosen directly by the artistic direction in base of quality, consistency with the project and the theme of the event, which is chosen year by year.

The Festival of shortfilms " Short Stories "10 , to be held at the House of Culture of Merlo , in October , aims to generate a space for exchange and sharing , promoting creativity , originality and the use of audiovisual media as a vehicle for artistic expression.
 

The registration of a film in the competition selection process of the festival indicates the full acceptance of these bases. The organization of the Festival will resolve in an unappealable manner with respect to any matter included in this regulation or its interpretation. The sender of the film authorizes FEDOCHI to select some sequences not exceeding three minutes that can be broadcast by TV, within the framework of programs and spots that disseminate the festival.

The 14th version of the Documentary Film Festival of Chiloe will take place between November 5 and 10, 2018.

The 23th Almería International Film Festival will be held in Almería (Spain), in order to promote the province of Almeria through the strengthening the historical links of the province with the audiovisual industry and culture, from Friday 15th November to Sunday 24st November 2024. The Festival is organized by Almería Provincial Council.

a) The filmmakers must be:
- Regular students of careers linked to the audiovisual area of ​​Chilean universities.
- Students graduated or qualified during the years 2016 and 2017, of careers linked to the audiovisual area of ​​Chilean universities.

b) Participating short films must be national, that have been realized in some Chilean university after the 1 of January of the year 2015.

c) Works that have been part of the pre-selection and / or competition stage of previous versions of UDLA Festoc may not participate.

d) All participating works must be spoken, dubbed or subtitled in Spanish.

e) The participating works must have a maximum duration of 30 minutes, with credits included.

f) By the mere fact of registering his work, the applicant declares that he has read and accepted the rules of the contest.

Girona's festival to enjoy the best fantasy and horror films. You can send your short films.