Blog: Filmfestivals

Student Short Films in Fiction, Animation, Documentary & Screenplay.

KloosterKino is the place to be for animated shorts in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Three times a year we show the best animated shorts from all over the world in a friendly setting. The screenings take place in a historic cloister, which dates back to 1909, and are not subject to admission.

KloosterKino shows work by young filmmakers, but also pays attention to classic animated film. Throughout the year we also work with other festivals and cultural organizations to arrange screenings of animated shorts.

But why animated shorts? Well, first of all, because we love them! But also because too few animated shorts are shown theatrically in the Netherlands. KloosterKino wants to show animation in all its diversity: from stop-motion to CGI, from narrative to abstract, homegrown and from far away. In doing so, we hope to aid in the diffusion of the artistic animated short.

We intend to be an alternative to the larger animation festivals by offering screenings which are both accessible and challenging. We stand for high quality animated film in welcoming surroundings. Our target audience is not just the animation aficionado, but also those who normally don’t watch animation, but are open to a surprising and stimulating program of films.

KloosterKino is a nonprofit foundation, that depends on volunteers and gifts.

Filmfest homochrom ist das schwul-lesbisch-bi-transsexuelle Filmfestival in der Schwulenmetropole Köln und Dortmund, der größten Stadt des Ballungsraums Rhein-Ruhr.

Filmfest homochrom ist zwar eines der jüngsten schwul-lesbischen Filmfestival Deutschlands, aber auch bereits eines der größten. Deswegen geben wir unser Bestes, ein herausragendes Programm zu etablieren.

Wir sind sehr geehrt und stolz, dass das Publikum unsere ersten Filmfeste so gut aufgenommen hat und dass wir so viele tolle Premieren zeigen konnten (2014 waren ca. 70% der Filme Deutschland-Premireren).

Filmfest homochrom 2015
13-18/10/2015, Köln
20-25/10/2015, Dortmund

Das Hauptziel des Festivals ist es, Dialoge über Notfallthemen durch Kino als Plattform für Mediation und Engagement in der Provinz Colchagua zu öffnen, auch die Rolle des Ausstellers des nationalen und lateinamerikanischen Kinos und unabhängige Werke aus verschiedenen Teilen der Welt zu übernehmen.

Unsere Motivation für diese Version 2021 liegt in den sozialen Transformationen, die sich auf die Menschenrechte und die Erhaltung des Ökosystems konzentrieren, sowie in der Verbreitung und Verbesserung des Erbes, um das Colchagua International Film Festival als Raum für intellektuelle, politische und kulturelle Aufruhr.

An organization dedicated to the recognition and encouragement of sex-positive and kink-friendly depictions in film and television, CineKink is seeking films and videos that explore and celebrate the wide diversity of sexuality for our annual NYC-based festival.

Scheduled for its 12th annual appearance in February 2015, the specially-curated CineKink NYC will include a short film competition, audience choice awards, an adult industry showcase, presentations, parties and a gala kick-off, with a national screening tour to follow.

Cutting across orientations, topics covered at CineKink have included — but are by no means limited to — BDSM, leather and fetish, swinging, non-monogamy and polyamory, roleplay and gender bending, sex work and sex geekery. We’re looking to blur some boundaries and will be considering offerings of any length and genre drawn from both Hollywood and beyond, with works ranging from documentary to drama, camp comedy to artsy experimental, mildly spicy to quite explicit — and everything in between. Basically, as long as it involves consenting adults, just about anything celebrating sex as a right of self expression is fair game. (Far be it from us to define “kink” — if you think your work might make sense in this context, please send it along!)

Cinema is an art form that needs to be simultaneously nourished and challenged and ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival provides the perfect arena for indie filmmakers to express authentic cinematic storytelling in the most compelling ways possible.

As one the World’s truly stand out independent film festivals, ÉCU embraces innovation and creativity and allows directors in competition to showcase their films to audiences who appreciate and love independent cinema. Filmmakers who are selected into ÉCU’s Official Selection join an active community of creatives who continually push the boundaries of indie cinema.

"It is always an absolute joy to present one's work at ECU. The team are fantastically helpful, the jury extremely competent, and the selection of the highest quality. I would recommend participating to anyone who's in love with indie filmmaking!" - Celina Liesegang, producer of Viscera: Autopsy of a (non)human body, ÉCU 2022 Official Selection

"It's always a pleasure having our films at ÉCU, especially this year with our awarded short film "Useless"! The communication has been great during the whole process and our filmmakers are so excited to be part of this competition. See you again next year with new projects!" - Marta Salvador Tato, distributor of USELESS, the winner of the Best European Independent Dramatic Short award 2022

Since its inception in 2006 ÉCU has forged a path for independent film and the scope of its presence has grown to a global scale with the festival often being referenced as the European equivalent of Sundance, an honour that we don’t take lightly.

Spring is not only a fabulous time for Paris but an exciting time for ÉCU because that is when we showcase roughly around 100 of the World’s very best independent films. Although ÉCU emphasises European talent, it also recognises the genius of international filmmakers with several categories allocated to non-European films.

The next ÉCU, the 19th edition, will take place on the 19th, 20th and 21st of April, 2024 in Paris, France.

ÉCU isn’t just all about screening an amazing slate of films over its three-day event in Paris in April. There are also professional workshops led by experts in the industry, Q&A’s held with the attending filmmakers after every screening session and a chance to network with fellow filmmakers, producers, agents, industry representatives, prospective film buyers and, of course, the cinema-loving public. At ÉCU, there is a continual dialogue celebrating and critiquing the world’s best indie cinema of today.


Though ÉCU’s main event IS the three-day festival in Paris each spring, there is even more! Thanks to our over 50 partner festivals, partner organizations, film centres and film commissions, ÉCU’s goes on an annual world tour called ÉCU-On-The-Road, which gives award-winning films (as well as many of the Official Selection films) the opportunity to have their films screened to a broader, global audience. ÉCU-On-The-Road showcased films in over 80 countries around the globe in 2016 - 2023 at special ÉCU mini-festivals, partner festivals, cultural institutions and film schools, including an amazing seven day special festival in São Paulo, Brazil. The event was made possible through the support of Caixa Cultural, São Paulo and was a huge success. ÉCU also held special events in Berlin (Germany), Cannes (France) and was part of festivals in Lebanon, Italy, Russia, USA, Romania, Austria, Denmark and ot­her countries. This gives ÉCU filmmakers great exposure to audiences that they may never have reached.

Since 2006, ÉCU has helped the careers of literally hundreds of independent filmmakers, actors, DPs, editors, screenwriters and is honoured to be firmly established as one of the World’s eminent indie film festivals.

Above all, we are proud to be a filmmakers’ festival!

The first AfryKamera Film Festival was organized by FilmGramm Foundation in cooperation with the South African Embassy during the months of April-June 2006. It aimed to use cinematography to bring Africa to the attention of the Polish public. The 1st AfryKamera premiered in Warsaw and also ran in Krakow, Poznan, Lodz, Torun and Konin. The unbelievable media interest and good ticket sales during the first festival in 2006 confirmed our belief that Africa is a theme of immense interest to a growing number of people. Since the very 1st edition, AfryKamera has been well covered in the Polish media, which confirms the great marketing potential of such an event for Africa in general, as well as, for sponsors and patrons.

As it stands AfryKamera is the first African Film Festival in Central and Eastern Europe as well as the largest African-themed event in Poland and the wider region.

AfryKamera has managed to occupy a niche in the film festival market – although there are many international film festivals, they generally show a limited range of African films. AfryKamera is therefore the only festival in Poland dedicated purely to films from the continent. In the past few years the festival has decided to explore new avenues not only in the art of cinematography, but also in the presentation of African art, music, and culture.

The main events of the African Film Festival AfryKamera take place in Warsaw, Poland, traditionally in either Kino Luna or Kinoteka, the capital city's premier arthouse cinemas. The event in 2018 will last 10 days and presents 15-25 full length features and documentaries as well as some 20 short films from around the continent and from the African diapora. The key motto of the festival is "Made in Africa", as the focus is put on the quality of moviemaking on the continent and the enhanced capacity to make world-class movies.

Das Cryptshow Festival ist eine Initiative, die das Fantasy-Genre und den Terror fördert. Jedes Jahr im Juli füllen sich Badalona de Zombies, Außerirdische, Vampire und Serienmörder, die berüchtigtsten. Und zu viel Entsetzen... der Horror!

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

It is one of the biggest festivals of horror movies from the Amazon.
Reaching its second edition, even more frightening.
Straight from the heart of the Amazon forest, fear will arise and reward the best horror films in the world.

Welcome to our nightmare

Das Internationale Tier- und Umweltfilmfestival von Mexiko-Stadt heißt Sie zum 5. Mal willkommen. Ausgabe, in der wir wie jedes Jahr Filme aus den 5 Kontinenten annehmen.

Unsere Aufgabe beim Festival ist es, Werte, Anliegen und den Kampf von Aktivisten durch Kunst zu fördern. Dabei öffnen wir verschiedene Möglichkeiten, die Arbeit großartiger Filmemacher darin zu zeigen. Im Laufe des Jahres veranstalten wir verschiedene kulturelle Veranstaltungen, mobile Kinos, Regierungsräume, die die Türen für diese Verbreitung öffnen, sowie eine Streaming-Plattform, die durchschnittlich einen Monat dauert, um in größeren Chancen gesehen zu werden, und schließen mit unserem Ehrenabschluss.

Die drei Themen für dieses Jahr sind:

-Tier
-Umwelt
-Kinderrechte

Wird akzeptiert:

-Animationen
-Kurzfilme
-Spielfilme
-Dokumentarfilme
-Musik-Videoclips

Da es sich um ein Festival aus Gründen des Tier- und Umweltbewusstseins handelt und in diesem Jahr das Thema „Kinderrechte“ im Mittelpunkt steht, erhalten alle Projekte einen Teilnahmelorieber, wenn sie nicht in der Endauswahl sind. Ebenso wird die offizielle Auswahl ihren Lorbeer der Teilnahme haben. Offizielle Auswahl und ein Diplom, das an Ihre E-Mail gesendet wird. Anschließend gewinnen die Gewinner die FICAA-Statuette 2024, wobei ihre Anerkennung an die registrierte E-Mail-Adresse gesendet wird.

Die endgültige Preisverleihung findet im Dezember statt, wenn Gäste aus verschiedenen Ländern und Bundesstaaten des Landes eintreffen, um ihre Statuette abzuholen.

Der Cultural Británico begrüßt Sie herzlich und eröffnet die Ausschreibung für das „XI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN, CINI 2025“, das vom 12. bis 16. Februar 2025 in Lima, Peru, stattfindet.

Dieses Festival findet in den Auditorien des Centro Cultural Británico in den Bezirken Surco, San Miguel, San Borja, Pueblo Libre, San Martín de Porres, Santa Anita, San Juan de Lurigancho, Camacho und Miraflores statt.

Alle Vorführungen im Rahmen des „XI. INTERNATIONALEN FILMFESTIVALS FÜR KINDER, CINI 2025“ sind für die breite Öffentlichkeit kostenlos.

SR films are of socially relevant content and concentrate on character-driven situations and good storytelling instead of relying on gratuitous violence, crime, and so-called selling points for box office success.

SR Film Festival New York and its Industry Panels focus on Socially Relevant film content and nurture filmmakers who develop human interest stories with Socially Relevant themes.​

SR is a festival and film development lab that aims to satisfy a market need concentrating on everyday positive human stories while offering a financially viable alternative to the proliferation of violence & crime in today’s movie industry.

The festival and industry panels event provides filmmakers & festival attendees with the best of both worlds: finished films and projects/scripts in development.

Das Busan International Short Film Festival (BISFF) wurde 1980 als koreanisches Kurzfilmfestival ins Leben gerufen.

Es war das erste Kurzfilmfestival, das in Korea stattfand, und wird 2025 sein 42. Mal stattfinden.

BISFF wird eine bemerkenswerte Gelegenheit für Fachleute und Enthusiasten aus dem ganzen Land und der ganzen Welt sein.

Crypticon Seattle Film Festival is in it's eighth year.

The first four years Crypticon presented films and shorts for fun. We now have an official film festival and have had great fun presenting original and interesting horror features and shorts.

The conventions attract thousands every year.

It is the premier horror convention in the North Western United States. Pulling people from all the states in the area. It is held on Memorial Day weekend in the beautiful Hilton Seatac.

It is a great weekend of fun and frights!

If you are a NW Filmmaker contact us for a submissions waiver. NW films can submit with no fee. Your film must have been shot in Idaho, Oregon, or Washington to qualify for this waiver.

BERLIN UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL 2015

The Berlin Underground Film Festival is part of a series of online film festivals created by the Clockwork Film Institute. Its main goal is to embrace all that is considered subversive, controversial and eccentric when it comes to underground filmmaking.
BUFF’s awards will be divided between four categories: Official; Press; Internet and Popular Jury.
All of the awards will be posted in the mail and will be provided by the festival (including postage).
Welcome to Berlin Underground Film Festival, it will be a great pleasure considering your film for our festival and eventually helping it be known by filmmakers and film lovers around the world.

PANSPORT Cinema e Esporte Ltda. promotes and organizes the RIO DE JANEIRO INTERNATIONAL SPORTMOVIES FESTIVAL (FIFE), which will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from September 9th to 15th, 2015, with free entrance for the audience.
Single Paragraph – The screening program of the FIFE can be exhibited in until 15 (fiftheen) other cities of the State of Rio de Janeiro.

Die Mostra Curta Vazantes: cinema in community zielt darauf ab, zur Inklusion und sozialen und kulturellen Förderung der Einwohner der Gemeinde Vazantes, des Bezirks Araçoiaba, Ceará (Brasilien) und der angrenzenden Orte beizutragen, indem Filme gezeigt werden, die überall auf der Welt produziert wurden. Welt mit der Idee, die sozialen und kulturellen Prozesse, die sich sowohl im Süden als auch im Norden des Planeten entwickeln, zu verstehen, zu beobachten und sichtbar zu machen.

Das Azure Lorica International Film Fest ist eine Feier ausländischer Filme.

Hi Filmmakers! Our 2016 festival is in the history books again!

A comment from a filmmaker:
The Florida Movie Festival is a truly a wonderful experience. From the first contact with the organizers the filmmakers will feel they are with friends. The advantage of this festival is that there is direct contact with an audience through engaging group workshops, social gatherings and Q&A sessions. The location, Daytona Beach, makes it a refreshing environment to balance life with the intensities that many filmmakers deal with on a day by day basis. Respective, appreciative, encouraging, open, balanced, and supportive - The Florida Movie Festival.
THANK YOU!
Doug

Want to come to "World's Most Famous Beach" in Daytona Beach, Florida? Submit your movie and you have made the first step in enjoying time in Florida in early March. You will have the festival, workshops, networking, sun, more sun, fun, on the ocean and theme parks within an hours drive. Are you in the cold weather, come thaw out and enjoy a week here.

Our Florida Movie Fest featured "Long Pants(60+min), Loose Shorts(20-59), and Short Shorts(1-19)" with a "NEW" genre in "Outdoor/Adventure/Travel this year. It was a big success just like the Women Directed/Produced from the previous year. The Women Directed/P remains our largest and most competitive genre. Keep up the great work and looking forward to your new work this year.

This year we moved our screenings to the "World's Most Famous Beach" in Daytona Beach, Florida. Our workshops included: Creative Financing , Cinematography (2-Emmy award winning DP's), Copyright protection of intellectual property, Directing and Casting. These workshops were held in a room overlooking the ocean. Most of these terrific workshop hosts have indicated they would return and we are already engaged in conversation about a full day workshop - hands on with an Emmy award DP. Sounds great!

So next year make plans early and come to Daytona Beach, for the festival, sun, car races, bike week, or spring break. Maybe all the above.

Filmmakers came from as far away as Toronto and Calgary, Canada along with California.
Please make plans for the coming year.

Winners this year came from Sri Lanka, Iran, Germany, Austria, India, Australia, Argentina, UK, Chile, Ecuador , Brazil, Uruguay, France, Russia, Spain, Poland, Sweden, Taiwan , Egypt, Mexico, Canada, and US.

"Movies with passion and freedom" continues as our theme this year. Wow did you hit this on the mark. It is a real quality event when we have so much talent around the world finding its way to our festival.

FMF does encourage you to submit multiple work or a second category with same movie. Contact FMF to receive a twenty-five % discount for second movie and a fifty % discount for a third movie. If you find yourself in a quandary on which category to enter. You can enter a second category for a 50% discount to increase your chances for success.

FMF will continue our three main categories: "Short Shorts (1-19min), Loose Shorts (20-59min), and Long Pants (60+min)". A great 8 min. film is hard to be judged against a 35 min. short so we expanded to create a "Mini-Feature" category and to fairly protect the truly short film. This worked very well for us.

FMF will not change it's core principles in expanding, but FMF wants to provide an expansion of topics at this venue for our filmmakers and viewers to take a journey of - learning, relating, laughing, and many other emotions while keeping a thread of moral fabric!

One of our newer and very rewarding genre is Women. After attending a workshop on film for women, FMF heard their message. One of those messages: only 12% of women filmmakers are on the big screen. We want to help change that one independent film at a time. You are off to a great start, keep up the fabulous work.

Remember the book "Men are from Mars, and Women are from Venus". FMF wants to offer a genre that the story, script, director, producer or lead role is a Woman. FMF is looking beyond the industry term "chick flick" to films that are thought-provoking and personal growth about "Venus" or a view from "Venus". Present the world as a woman experience’s it – enlighten, empower, entertain, educate, inspire, curiosity and stimulate conversation.

If you have read this far, here are a few nuggets of treasure. The first 5 paid submissions will automatically receive an official selection. (Early bird does get selected). The first 5 paid comedy, documentaries and adventure/outdoors/travel will also automatically receive an official selection. After submitting, send an email asking if you are automatically an official selection!! Good luck early birds.

In summary:
Categories are: Short (short shorts), Mini-Feature (loose shorts), and Feature (long pants).

Genres are: Women, Documentaries, Faith/Inspirational, Adventure/Outdoors and Narrative/Other

Other Categories: Student Movie, Animation, Web-Series/TV, Comedy, Florida Local and Music Video. Please Note: These are not Genre specific!

Come join us, we will treat your work, like we do ours!

Come join us in Central Florida on the beach!


Rules & Terms



1. Competition is open to anyone who wishes to enter.

2. Films produced, primarily financed, or initiated by a major Hollywood film studio are ineligible for competition.

3. Films must have been completed no earlier than January 1, 2013.

4. Films must be available for screening during the festival.

5. By submitting a film to the FMF, the filmmaker agrees to allow the film to be screened at the festival, and to allow short portions of the film to be used by the Florida Film Festival for promotional purposes.

6. Individual filmmakers are encouraged to offer multiple submissions. Each submission must be accompanied by its own entrance fee and submission form.

6a. Entries will have an opportunity to be selected and judged by peers through our network and possible other venue locations.

7. Finalists will be selected based on excellence in their conformity to the criteria, categories, guidelines, and festival objectives.

7a. FMF may require a DVD or file transfer to show at festival. FMF will notify you
before or shortly after the notification date.

8. DVDs or flash memory devices, will not be returned under any circumstances. Receipt of films will be sent by e-mail correspondence.

9. Application fee is non-refundable.

10. Awards will be presented to the individuals or teams responsible for the winning films in March 2017.

11. The People’s Award is based on the votes of the moviegoers at the festival. All other awards are judged on the overall merit of the entries. Judges reserve the right not to grant a category award.

12. If you enter as a Student Category. You will need to include the school, grade and age. It can even be a Film school. Need to verify the lower entry fee and competition status. FMF will divide into two groups: under 18 and 18+.

13. If any category doesn't have at least 5 selections for competition FMF will combine with a similar category for a stronger competition.
In summary:
Categories are: Short, Mini-Feature, and Feature. Short shorts are 1-19min, Loose shorts are 20-59min, Long pants are 60+min.

Genres are: Women, Documentaries, Faith/Inspirational, Adventure/Outdoors/Travel and Narrative/Other

Other Categories: Student Movie, Animation, Web-Series, Comedy, and Music Video, Please Note: These are not Genre specific!

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