Blog: Filmfestivals

Wir suchen nach Filmen, die zensiert, verboten oder auf Hindernisse gestoßen sind, um unter anderem aus politischen, sozialen, unternehmerischen, religiösen Gründen überall auf der Welt und in den letzten zwei Jahren ausgestellt zu werden.

Das Censurados Film Festival ist ein Filmfestival, das „das Kino, von dem sie nicht wollen, dass du es siehst“ verbreitet und sichtbar macht. Das in Peru ansässige Festival setzt sich durch die Vorführung von Filmen und die Organisation künstlerischer und pädagogischer Aktivitäten für Meinungsfreiheit, Menschenrechte und Vielfalt ein. Während der Filmveranstaltung wird auch ein Raum für den Dialog über Zensur geschaffen, in dem die Vielfalt der Stimmen, künstlerischen Ausdrucksformen und Ideen einen Ort finden kann, an dem sie koexistieren und sich frei ausdrücken können.

Ort und Datum der 11. Ausgabe des Festivals: Arequipa, vom 18. bis 24. Januar 2025.

Frist: 1. November 2024.

KATEGORIEN VON FILMEN

1. Zensur und Wettbewerb. Spiel-, Dokumentar-, Animations- und/oder kinematografische Experimentierfilme von überall auf der Welt, die unter anderem aufgrund von politischem, religiösem, unternehmerischem, autoritärem oder sozialem Druck oder Interessen zensiert wurden oder die Opfer von Drohungen und/oder Gewalt wurden, entweder während ihrer Untersuchung, Produktion oder Realisierung sowie bei ihrer Ausstellung und/oder ihrem Vertrieb. Es ist unerlässlich, nachweisbare Informationen über die Zensur, Bedrohung, den Druck oder die Gewalt bereitzustellen, denen der Film ausgesetzt war. Es werden zwei Scheren vergeben, eine für jede der folgenden Kategorien:

Schere für den besten zensierten Spielfilm (Dauer: +30 Minuten).

Schere für den besten zensierten Kurzfilm (Dauer: -30 Minuten).

2. Internationaler Wettbewerb. Spiel-, Dokumentar-, Animations- und/oder kinematografische Experimentierfilme von überall auf der Welt — außer Peru —, die sich ästhetisch und diskursiv mit Fragen der Zensur und/oder der künstlerischen Freiheit und Meinungsäußerung befassen. Keine Zeitbegrenzung.

3. Peruanischer Wettbewerb. Peruanische Spiel-, Dokumentar-, Animations- und kinematografische Experimentierfilme ohne zeitliche Begrenzung, die sich formal und diskursiv mit politischen, sozialen und kulturellen Themen befassen und dabei kreative Freiheit genießen. Für den Gewinnerfilm wird ein Preis in Höhe von 1.500 Soles ausgeschrieben.

Mission:

A judged film festival described as "Sundance with Fangs" by Newsday Long Island. We provide a venue for showcasing your films within a celebratory & respectful environment, where fans can enjoy the independent films entered by those of you who passionately craft your Strange-ifical, Weird-ifical, Horror-ifical, Sci-fi-tastical, Fantastical and Macabre-licious films. The opportunity to win awards, increase film visibility via press and possibly obtain distribution is always part of the equation with the Macabre Faire Film Festival.

For starters the word "Macabre" is pronounced: Ma-Cob. The "re" is hardly ever heard. What does it mean?

Although it is an adjective meaning: disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury, WE ARE NOT SOLELY A HORROR FILM FESTIVAL but instead a whole lot more than that. We usually approach the Macabre Faire Film Festival with a lighter touch in the sense that, not all of the films screened are horror and instead many may simply be considered a bit on the darker side. Of course, we will add some horror to this festival but, when we hear the word "Macabre" we remember those hauntingly fascinating films that starred legendary greats such as:
Vincent Price & Peter Cushing or those fantastic Gothic horrors like the "Hammer" films. These names in themselves represent what "macabre" means to us. What we are saying is that the word "Macabre" DOES NOT mean we only accept HORROR films but instead that we welcome those films that can tap into our fears through what you don't see or hear. A dark drama, mystery, suspense, thriller or dark comedy can do a lovely job making us feel uncomfortable in the dark. So folks, this is what many of the films selected for the Macabre Faire Film Festival offer. A buffet for any pallet. About the only thing we may have to say "No Thanks" to would be a romantic comedy/drama... unless, there's a monster under the bed during love making or other dark element.

All submitted films are pre-screened by select judges that includes Eileen Dietz, our Festival Ambassador, of the original "The Exorcist" film to ensure the films have followed guidelines and are an overall fit for the festival. Then the films are passed on to another set of judges consisting of more filmmakers, film critics, genre film fans and or seasoned actors to choose the Official Selections. Once these selections have been identified there is an additional judging process in collaboration with the original pre-screening judges to identify the different category nominees. Once you have been notified we insist on having the film festival entry form filled out and submitted back to the festival via email or snail mail within 4 weeks of acceptance. This form can be found on our website or it has been emailed to you as an attachment with your initial welcoming email.

URGENT NOTE: IF THERE IS NO CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE FESTIVAL AND INDIVIDUAL WHO SUBMITTED THE ACCEPTED FILM WITHIN 4 WEEKS FROM INITIAL ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION, WHICH ALL FILMMAKERS RECEIVE FROM FESTHOME BY DEADLINE DATE, YOUR FILM WILL NO LONGER BE AN OFFICIAL SELECTION IN THE MACABRE FAIRE FILM FESTIVAL. So we urge everyone to check their spam folders at all times and or ensure to make contact with the festival within 4 weeks of the acceptance notification. Failure to do so will exclude your film from the festival. Please take the time to ACTUALLY READ all the pages of the submission form which contains mailing address information (if needed) and other very important details which includes getting your discs or film posters sent to the festival in a timely fashion. This does not mean mailing materials in 2 weeks before the event as they will not be accepted.

Moving on...
January's festival always falls on Martin Luther King Jr weekend for easy remembering. This 4 day event start with Thursday and Friday being solely screening days with minimal panels within 3 screening rooms. The festival continues for another 2 days with Saturday screenings starting at 12pm into midnight within 4-5 screening rooms and an intimately sized vendor room with additional panels available for guests. Saturday evening is capped with an elaborate Red Carpet Gala Award Ceremony that offers a glamorous atmosphere filled with Press, Photos, Entertainment, Dinner and Awards! This is NOT to be missed.

Sunday captures the conversations from the night prior winners and more. A perfect day to catch those shorts you may have missed as it usually hosts an encore segment for short films from 12pm until 6pm. Be sure to visit the vendor room before the day is over and sit in on another panel or other special treat before it all ends until the following year.

Several films that have screened at MFFF have received distribution at this time for titles like: Cannibal Diner, Caesar & Otto's Deadly XMas, Caesar & Otto's Paranormal Halloween, Model Hunger, The Perfect House, House of Afflictions, Dead Woman's Hollow, The Long Island Serial Killer, The Ghouligans, Devil Knows His Own, Coyote, and others being discussed at this very moment. Will yours be next?

Wir freuen uns auf eine klangliche Reise und feiern gleichzeitig unsere Augen!

Wenn Sie ein Musikvideo auf einem Internetportal veröffentlicht haben, senden Sie es an Music Malt Video Awards. Die besten von dem Los erhalten eine Trophäe, ein Zertifikat und einen attraktiven Geschenkkorb. Wir werden auch die gewinnenden Videos auf unserer Website mit einem Profil auf dem Band/Künstler teilen. Angetrieben von Eastern Fare, einer Musikorganisation und Produktionshaus in Bangalore, Indien, ist MMVA ein Musikfestival, das den kommenden Indie-und etablierten Musikern eine Plattform geben wird, um ihre Musikvideos einem breiteren Publikum zu präsentieren.

Termine & Fristen
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Festivaldatum: 18. Dezember 2019
Eröffnung: 17. Juli 2019
Einreichungsfrist: 10. Dezember 2019

This year's show is a mixed cocktail with a strong stir from the flaming absinthe spoon.

Again proving the world isn't flat, we are set to tour with one of our best shows to date. To provide you with a taste of what's what... We are proud to present Jonas Georgakakis' "Saga of Biorn" a ferociously funny animated Nordic tale divulging the absolute truth about how one might earn the right to enter Valhalla. Then there is Javier Mrad's "Techopolis," an absolutely amazing 12min stop motion piece resembling Fritz Lang's Metropolis black and white film. This is the only show where so many entertaining films like these take the spotlight and are given full theatrical effect.

Before the "Festival of Animation" it was difficult to see independent, experimental, and foreign animation. Spike and Mike embarks on yearly world-wide film hunting expeditions. They have signed-on animation from the National Film Board of Canada, Cal Arts, Sheridan, Royal College of Art, Annecy, and select studios active amongst the art-house scene that at one time did not have a public venue. This Festival has come to be known as one of the most anticipated touring events on the circuit.

Initially, Spike and Mike produced the "Classic Festival" and later both the "Classic" and "Sick and Twisted" simultaneously- but by the early 2000s, the "Classic Festival of Animation" was phased into hiatus by the Sick and Twisted Festival (mainly featuring shorts venturing into the non sequitur e.g. "Lloyd's Lunchbox"). "The Festival" (meaning the current show) premieres a new cavalcade of adventurous films annually. Spike & Mike's "New Generation Animation" noted as the latest genre in animation, without question is now premiering the most captivating film-set of thought provoking concepts, humor, story, and daring production design in animation.

In animation, it is important to have an accurate gauge on the pulsating shifts in pop culture. Spike and Mike's content has evolved with the changing tastes of our times. The shows in their entirety have toured globally in theaters, film festivals (such as Cannes, Sundance, Annecy), college campuses, and dynamic events such as the Vans Warped Tour, the Winter X Games, and with the nu-metal band Korn.

Cineport film festival It's an independent film festival that hold in Iran.
- The Cineport Film Festival is to support independent filmmakers, movie stars, and talents to get international recognition, exposure, and opportunity for their careers.

جشنواره ی "دریچه سینما" جشنواره ی فیلمی مستقل است که در ایران برگزار می شود.
این جشنواره برای حمایت و شناسایی فیلمسازان جوان و مستعد برپا شده است تا آنان را در محیطی بین المللی کنار هم آورده و به آن ها فرصتی برای شناخته شدن و توسعه ی کاری دهد.

The Cineport Online Film Festival is open to all student and independent films. All genres will be accepted for review, including shorts, animation, experimental, and documentary.

Eligibility Requirements

Submissions to the Cineport Online Film Festival can be shot or created in any format (Film, digital video, animation, flash, etc.).

All films must be in English and subtitled in English or Persian

Short form must be under 42 minutes total running time.

Long form must be over 42 minutes.

Submission format: USA-Region playable DVD (DVD-R, DVD+R) at XP (Highest) quality (Full screen Hi-resolution). No other media formats (VHS tape, etc.) will be accepted.

How to Submit
Trough Filmfreeway.com or Withoutabox.com

Must submit a small filmmaker biography or back story no more than 250 words in length.

The The Cineport Film Festival mission is not only creating platforms for filmmakers, movie stars, and talents to compete in their respective field, but also providing opportunities for the overall winners of the Festival to get their film recognized in the region.
- We focus in the details of every film. We are not only focusing on the overall of the movie but on the brilliance of every aspect, every department, and every performance. Every brilliant art deserves an award.
- All films can join different categories as this will increase your chance of winning.

$5,000 prize for the most fun and creative video. The top entries will be publicly shown in the culmination of Orlando's year-long celebration of the life, times, issues and works of Charles Dickens.

The Oregon Underground Film Festival, part of the series of festivals online, organized by Clockwork Film Institute, this first edition we show that there is more underground, dirty, forbidden, Cinema of the underworld, giving the most remote parts of the world guerrilla theater, anarchic and subversive.

The International Film Festival Sansueña is devoted to short films and feature traditional ANIMATION, optical and digital toys disseminating quality films that hardly reach Spain. Thus, gradually the Festival is intended as a field.

Das Rome Independent Film Festival (RIFF) ist Italiens erstes unabhängiges und internationales Filmfestival. Ziel ist es, die Begeisterung junger Filmemacher für Filme und das Filmemachen mit den Realitäten der Filmproduktion und des Filmvertriebs zu verbinden. Seit seiner ersten Ausgabe im Jahr 2001 hat sich das RIFF zu einer Veranstaltung entwickelt, die von der Öffentlichkeit in Rom immer mehr Interesse findet und zu einer Referenz für Filmemacher weltweit geworden ist. In diesen Jahren hat das Riff Werke aus allen fünf Kontinenten aufgenommen und ist schließlich ein aufmerksamer Zeuge, der die Richtungen und Leidenschaften der unabhängigen Filmindustrie repräsentiert.

(r) evolution AI — der neue Bereich des RIFF, der sich der Produktion von Filmen und Videos unter Einsatz von KI-Technologie widmet.
Ab diesem Jahr feiert das RIFF visuelles Geschichtenerzählen, das mit künstlicher Intelligenz geschaffen wurde.
Dieser neue Wettbewerbsbereich fördert innovative Anwendungen der KI-Technologie in der audiovisuellen Produktion und Präsentation.

Global Music Awards (GMA) goal is to celebrate truly independent musicians, rather than being like other music talent competitions that honor only the best-selling recording artists. GMA is a showcase for original music, unique voices and emerging artists.

As an independent artist, it is always a challenge to build momentum and grow a musical resume that makes people stand up and pay attention. If you win GMA honors, it will establish your credibility as well as help you schedule bookings and secure dates. Mentioning that you have been honored by Global Music Awards will cause people to pause and take more time to consider your music. This will be helpful as you shop your music and seek more promotion, distribution, radio play, etc. The GMA issues press releases in support of GMA winners and thus helps GMA’s talented artists achieve success. In a nutshell, we allow our winners to use the credibility of the GMA name to open doors as independent artists.

Our goals are to provide talented musicians with our stamp of approval and generate buzz about their music. We will announce the GMA winners to our propriety email list of 30,000+ musicians and industry insiders. Our list is filled with music managers, music supervisors, record label executives and other industry insiders. We will blog about GMA winners in our bi-weekly newsletter, Backstage at the Global Music Awards. We will also issue a press release via Eworldwire.com to music media and news outlets around the world. Our efforts are intended to raise the public awareness of GMA winners and foster the credibility they deserve.

Winning a Global Music Award honors is a huge accomplishment. It proves that musicians can make it outside of the major label system and still be recognized for their work. The artists who win this award are just as talented as some of the biggest artists in the country. GMA impacts people in an incredibly positive way and fulfills an important role in exposing worthy independent music to a wider audience.

Billboard and Grammy are not the only awards that mean you made great music. Global Music Awards is a prestigious international music competition that brings attention to artists who are traditionally underrepresented by mass media. Global Music Awards are prestigious and are increasingly recognized by industry insiders to give legitimacy to outstanding artists. Beyond the joy of personal validation that winning GMA brings, the GMA honors are real attention-getters.

This year's show is a mixed cocktail with a strong stir from the flaming absinthe spoon. Again proving the world isn't flat, we are set to tour with one of our best shows to date. To provide you with a taste of what's what... We are proud to present Jonas Georgakakis' "Saga of Biorn" a ferociously funny animated Nordic tale divulging the absolute truth about how one might earn the right to enter Valhalla. Then there is Javier Mrad's "Techopolis," an absolutely amazing 12min stop motion piece resembling Fritz Lang's Metropolis black and white film. This is the only show where so many entertaining films like these take the spotlight and are given full theatrical effect.

Before the "Festival of Animation" it was difficult to see independent, experimental, and foreign animation. Spike and Mike embarks on yearly world-wide film hunting expeditions. They have signed-on animation from the National Film Board of Canada, Cal Arts, Sheridan, Royal College of Art, Annecy, and select studios active amongst the art-house scene that at one time did not have a public venue. This Festival has come to be known as one of the most anticipated touring events on the circuit.

Initially, Spike and Mike produced the "Classic Festival" and later both the "Classic" and "Sick and Twisted" simultaneously- but by the early 2000s, the "Classic Festival of Animation" was phased into hiatus by the Sick and Twisted Festival (mainly featuring shorts venturing into the non sequitur e.g. "Lloyd's Lunchbox"). "The Festival" (meaning the current show) premieres a new cavalcade of adventurous films annually. Spike & Mike's "New Generation Animation" noted as the latest genre in animation, without question is now premiering the most captivating film-set of thought provoking concepts, humor, story, and daring production design in animation.

In animation, it is important to have an accurate gauge on the pulsating shifts in pop culture. Spike and Mike's content has evolved with the changing tastes of our times. The shows in their entirety have toured globally in theaters, film festivals (such as Cannes, Sundance, Annecy), college campuses, and dynamic events such as the Vans Warped Tour, the Winter X Games, and with the nu-metal band Korn.

8th INTERNATIONAL HALF FESTIVAL 2018
(Haiku Amateur Little Film Festival)
HALF Festival stands for Haiku Amateur Little Film Festival. ‘Haiku’ is a very short form of Japanese poetry, here used to mean any short form of aesthetic creativity. ‘Amateur’ here denotes a creation by a creator whose chief intention in the creation is not financial gain. ‘Little’ here stands for shortness of duration of the film. ‘HALF’ denotes also the stipulated duration of the film which is 5 minutes or ‘half’ the time of a traditional film reel which is 10 minutes. Insight, which is organizing this festival, is a group of creative artists, with base at Palakkad, who believe in the infinite potential of the short film as a medium of communication and aesthetic creativity.

En su octavo año de historia, El Festival Internacional de Cine de Surf de Chile, FICSURF ha ocupado una posición única en el ¨fin del mundo¨.
Cada primavera, una ola de cultura del mar inunda la capital de Chile.
Los mejores cinematógrafos, artistas, músicos, ecologistas, emprendedores , deportistas y fotógrafos del mundo, todos amantes del mar y el Surf, se juntan acá para compartir el hambre por nuevos descubrimientos y la pasión por el Surf en toda su diversidad.

·” En este festival de cine nuestro principal atractivo son las películas de consagrados artistas y abrimos las puertas a nuevos talentos que reflexionen y potencien la vista a el mar.”..

Queremos compartir con ustedes un programa de calidad, ecléctico y fresco. Para nosotros es un placer poder contar con tu trabajo en FICSURF 2015.

Convocatoria abierta FICSURF Chile 2015 festival de cine de surf “Desde la ciudad con vista al mar”.

International Young Filmmaker Festival

L’associazione culturale La Guarimba ha come obiettivo quello di riportare il cinema alla gente e la gente al cinema. Questa motivazione ci ha portato a riparare un vecchio cinema all’aperto di 938 posti in Calabria; ad organizzare un festival del cortometraggio internazionale con ingresso libero; a creare La Scuola Delle Scimmie in Puglia, un processo di formazione di cinema e di illustrazione indipendente per 45 ragazzi; ci ha fatto creare La Guarimba On Tour dove ogni anno portiamo la nostra selezione di cortometraggi in giro per il mondo; e infine, ad agosto 2015, abbiamo organizzato la prima conferenza europea di Vimeo, il più grande distributore di cinema online diretto.

Machen Sie einen Film und Video Festival, um die Schaffung und Produktion von nationalen Filmemachern, Ausländern und Schüler in Chile zu fördern. Und ermöglichen einen Raum für die Verbreitung und Diskussion der Geographien für Hegemonie verschoben
Medien, zusammen mit der Förderung der audiovisuellen und kulturellen Produktion jedes Volkes.

7th Indian International Advertising Festival-17 is a competitive festival of advertising films, design, photography, radio, online & mobile content produced by Indian & worldwide professionals. The festival was established by Education Expo TV in 2012 as Indian Advertising & Corporate Film Festival which caters mainly to ad & corporate films. After having 4 successful editions in year 2016 the festival rebrand as Indian International Advertising Festival to serve other sections of advertising industry. The IIAF is celebrating the achievement taking place in visual communication field & honoring the innovativeness, effectiveness, creativity, new ideas & technology globally in advertising.

The objective behind the festival is to recognize the best talent and setting new milestone in the most amazing advertising industry. The IIAF is an India’s first independent advertising festival providing platform to showcases the work of aspirant, young & experience professionals globally. IIAF is also providing platform for professional networking, sharing of ideas & knowledge. The IIAF awards honor the groundbreaking work, talent and outstanding design, production & advertising companies. We extend warm invitation to participate in 2016 edition and hope it turns milestone in your advertising career.

The 6-th annual international independent short film festival “Cinema Perpetuum Mobile” is a non-profit cultural event. The Organizing committee was formed by the members of kinaklub.org community, which gathers enthusiasts and film-fans devoted to the values of continual and free cinema art.

Festival’s purposes:
To promote independent film-making. Short film is a low-budget, and thus, affordable democratic method of art expression. This allows to cover any actual and burning issue while staying laconic.

To support cultural diversity in cinema and discover new forms and methods in film art.
To assist in establishing and strengthening communication between film-makers and film societies in Belarus and around the world.
As reflected in its name, the idea of the festival is to touch upon eternal, perpetual subjects. The measure of how perpetual the subject is, is determined by it’s unquestionable importance and humanistic value. But also, with issues of this kind, a fresh and reasonable view is needed. That is why, both traditional and innovative approaches in interpretation of perpetual subjects are appreciated, as well as the whole spectrum of different cinematic forms — from silent to experimental.

Any interested person, who agrees with principles and ideas presented in the regulations, can become a participant of the festival, without regard to place of residence, age, color, height, weight, marital status and sexual orientation. The requirement for becoming a participant is a filled-in participant’s entry form and a completed film.
Festival screenings and selection of winners will take place simultaneously in Minsk, other locations in Belarus and on our planet as a whole, in April 2015, gathering more and more people who enjoy watching good films and are not indifferent to the problems of mankind.

The working languages of the festival are English, Belarusian, and Russian.
Participation in the festival is free of any charges.