Blog: Film festivals

DEA OPEN AIR International Film Festival is a product of MultiMedia Studio "Nositi".

The Festival will take place in the Capital city of Tirana.

POST MORTEM at its 12th . 2023 edition
is an international film festival based in Aguascalientes Mexico, every year we receive hundreds of film from all around the world, this year we will focus especially on short film as we believe that it is the explorer and creator of the new cinema paths that someday we will contemplate.

Ojo al Piojo! International Children's Film Festival is organized by the Rosario Audiovisual Center of the Ministry of Culture and Education of the Municipality of Rosario. The eleventh edition will be held from August 18 to 21, 2022 in the city of Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.

Ojo al Piojo! it is part of the public policies that the city of Rosario offers for children, protecting and guaranteeing the right to access cultural property, in accordance with the International Convention on the Rights of Children and Adolescents.
Promotes the exhibition of quality short and feature films understanding in this concept that cinematographic resources (script, photography, editing, performances) must be appropriate for children; the themes and interests are representative, the story and the narrative treatment is attractive and interpele as well as the language, appropriate to the age of the target audience. The works must contemplate a broad and integrative view of inclusion and cultural diversity.

The Festival has three (3) competitions:

- Competition of short films made by girls, boys and young people

- Competition of short films made by adults and adults

- Feature Film Competition

For centuries randomness has been under-IRFF 2017 - Call for films

Great News: We are happy to invite you to submit your film for our 6th edition of
International Random Film Festival (IRFF).
You can submit your film directly at our website:
http://www.randomfilmfest.com/submit
or at Festhome.

25 films from all of the online submissions are randomly selected to the festival’s official international competition.

Random Awards will be given. One film in the competition will be randomly selected to win the Random Grand Prix.

The 6th Edition of the IRFF will be held in Helsinki, Finland, 5-7 May 2017.

“SHORT TAKES” Season 4 is a short film contest organised by Pocket Films in association with Indian Film Festival, Stuttgart, Germany.
Through this contest we seek to promote and encourage an awareness, appreciation and understanding of the art of Indian cinema, with a special focus on short films, and to inspire cultural exchanges through these films between India & Germany.

Accepted films will be short, medium and feature length films produced in digital video; categories in documentary, fiction, experimental or animation; movies about mountain sports, adventure or expedition; films that contribute to knowledge and protection of the environment; films about mountain culture or outdoors lifestyle.

The Melbourne Underground Film Festival (M.U.F.F.) is a cutting edge premiere showcase for Independent cinema from around the world. It is known for its radical, adventurous and iconoclastic programming decisions, in addition to its support of different voices from independent, alternative, underground and student filmmakers worldwide. The festival focuses on both Australian and International cinema. M.U.F.F. plays many shorts every year and a lot of features, plus an exciting array of documentaries and curated retrospectives. M.U.F.F. is an essential forum for new cinema that will look beyond production values, and find the hidden talent within. M.U.F.F. has been the launching board and incubator for many talented and famous filmmakers including James Wan, Scott Ryan, Jenna Fisher, Jim VanBebber, Bruce LaBruce, Peter Christopherson, Stuart Simpson, Shannon Young, Kel Dolen, Steven Kastrissios, Ivan Kavanagh, Mark Savage, Anna Brownfield, Patrick Hughes, Jeremey DeCeglie, Gregory Pakis and many, many others.

The First International Film Festival of Madrid to promoting sensible cinema and intercultural dialogue.

COMEDY NINJA Film and Screenplay Festival - Los Angeles, May 30, 31st & June 1st, 2014

The COMEDY NINJA Film and Screenplay Festival is coming to Los Angeles (The Entertainment Capital of the World!) and it’s sure to be a rib-tickling good time! Besides showing a bunch of kick ass comedy features, shorts and webisodes, this unmissable event will feature hysterical performances by stand-up comedians, celebrity judges, and a rocking opening night kick-off party. There will also be a closing night ceremony where COMEDY NINJA HI-YAH! Awards will be handed out in all categories and much more. Held in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, the COMEDY NINJA Film and Screenplay Festival will be a golden opportunity for funny filmmakers to network with industry insiders as their laugh out loud work is shown up a big screen to an appreciative audience.

Since the COMEDY NINJA Film and Screenplay Festival was created by filmmakers who know that sidesplitting humor can sneak up and strike in the most unexpected places, we want to stress that EVERYBODY stands a chance of having their work featured here! Whether you’re a newbie with a no budget YouTube video or an industry veteran with a star studded feature film, as long as your project is a riot, it has a good chance of being invited to our comedy blowout. So what are you waiting for? Submit your gut-busting NINJA or non NINJA related film or script to the COMEDY NINJA Film and Screenplay Festival today!

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The PROGRAM "TV EN CORTOS" develops in order to promote the film industry by providing a space where everyone with films and / or audiovisual arts concerns can deploy their talent and promotion.

Is a television program for filmmakers, students, film schools, producers, distributors and anyone with a short film or a film to promote, encourage and enjoy the film as a means of communication and expression of artistic ideas and techniques .

The aim is on the one hand, to provide an overview of contemporary elements resources in film, television, video and multimedia, thus promoting the possibility of extending a hand the local media culture to reach every household. On the other, the development of the film industry in the area generating the exchange of know the hidden talents city.

Short Film & Animation Festival; Monthly microcinema. The longest running short film series in Los Angeles. Caters to wide audience of professional filmmakers and Film/TV industry creative leaders.

Annual Spotlight Festivals:
Women Directors ShortsFest,
African American ShortsFest

This call addresses every person, collective, agencies, exhibitions and producers that have produced and/or own the exhibition rights of audivisual pieces of short length and of documentary, argumentative, experimental and videoart nature; on movie film, video or animation formats.

In 2024, this event will take place from August 13 to 17 in Barranquilla, Colombia. You are all welcome to visit us!

NATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OPEN TO FILM-MAKERS EITHER BORN OR RESIDING IN SPAIN

In the early days of cinema, with the advent of the cinematograph, the avant-garde artists found a new medium of expression, called seventh art, which was soon adopted by the major studios.

Thus, the space occupied by the Santander International Film Festival — Picknic Film Festival, is a place where films of reduced visibility and distribution, but selected for prestigious film festivals, with the approval of the press, have the possibility to be screened.