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Oldenburg International Film Festival

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In 2021, “The Biggest Little Fest In Europe” was heralded as "One of the World's Leading Indie Film Fests"- The Hollywood Reporter

Rated among the top 5 Film Festivals worldwide for Independent Films by American film critic Chris Gore in his esteemed “Ultimate Film Festival Guide”, and ranked “Top 25 Coolest Festivals in the World” by MovieMaker, Oldenburg has fostered its success with a strong commitment to innovative and Independent filmmaking.

“If there's anything that could be considered the Promised Land of Independent Cinema in Europe today, it is Oldenburg.” - Accred - L'actualité des festivals de cinéma

Labelled ‘the German Sundance’ by Variety, Hollywood Reporter, and Screen International, amongst others, Oldenburg has evolved while preserving its intimate [...]





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Logo of America International Film Festival
Published: 25 Dec 2024
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America International Film Festival

Deadline: 31 Oct 2025

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Feature film festival

The FICAH MEXICO will be held annually and its main objectives are to promote and promote the production, completion and exhibition of independent cinematographic works.

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Pachuca, Mexico



 
 
 
 
Logo of International Film Festival Rivoli
Published: 25 Dec 2024
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International Film Festival Rivoli

Deadline: 30 Jun 2025

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There are four themes

1) works of a social nature or focused on the theme of the female condition

2) work on the theme of comedy in all its facets

3) "No Language" jobs

4) works on the environmental theme with shorts or documentaries

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Rivoli, Italy



 
 

 
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Published: 25 Dec 2024
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Festival Internacional De Cine De Derechos Humanos - Ficdh

Deadline: 18 Feb 2025

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International Festival

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Feature film festival

FICDH is a cultural project that invites people to discover how cinema can raise awareness and commitment to the defence of human rights. Founded in 1997, it is a space open to the exhibition and dissemination of recent audiovisual productions that promote inclusion, equality, multiculturalism and respect for diversity.

In 2025, the 21st FICDH focuses on the concept of BORDERS, conceived not only as geographical or political limits, but as spaces of struggle, resistance and redefinition of power relations. In this sense, the festival focuses on how borders, in their multiplicity and expansion, are spaces where the dynamics of domination, exploitation and dispossession are intensified, but also on how they are, at the same time, the territories where the resistance and [...]

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Buenos Aires, Argentina



 
 
 
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Published: 24 Dec 2024
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Festival Internacional De Cine De Almagro

Deadline: 20 Apr 2025

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GOYA Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

In 2018, Almagro International Film Festival -AIFF- born with the aim of establishing a useful platform for the promotion of the audiovisual industry: a space and time for dissemination and promotion of audiovisual content, transforming the city of Almagro into a meeting point for filmmakers, favoring the exchange of initiatives and promoting a market open to the development of new projects.

AIFF will provide a showcase for the most interesting short format projects done within the last recent months, constituting an standard of quality and high level of commitment to the society & culture of Audiovisual Arts. In addition, the Festival has opened an important window to formats created for online distribution, bringing support to one of the most active and emerging sectors of [...]

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Almagro, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 24 Dec 2024
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Bref International Short Film Festival

Deadline: 24 Mar 2025

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International Festival

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Bref International Short Film Festival is the first festival dedicated to short films in Valle d'Aosta regione (Italy). Organized by AIACE VDA, a cultural association founded in 2020 in Aosta and dedicated to cinema in every form that organizes several events, workshops, school labs all over the year.

The idea of the festival is not only to be a showcase for the best contemporary films and new authors, but has also many special programs in order to put the attention on stories that matters. Inclusivity, human and civil rights, transfeminism, antifascism and resistance are themes that will have a lot of space both in the competition and in the special programs.

We accept all kind of shorts: fiction, animation and documentaries.

The festival will have several programs but all [...]

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Aosta, Italy



 
 
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Published: 23 Dec 2024
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Festival Internazionale Cortometraggi Cortintelvi

Deadline: 31 Mar 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

The competition is addressed to filmmakers from all over the world who produce short films and documentaries.

Its purpose is to appraise short films and documentary-films whose goal is expressiveness and cultural disclosure starting a cinematographic event throughout Val d’Intelvi.

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Centro Valle Intelvi, Italy



 
 

 
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Published: 23 Dec 2024
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Festival Internazionale Del Cortometraggio I Corti Sul Lettino Cinema E Psicoanalisi

Deadline: 25 Apr 2025

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After the success of the previous editions, sealed by the presence of the art director Roberto Faenza, Giuseppe Piccioni, Marco Risi, Ettore Scola, Alessandro Haber, Alessandro D’Alatri, Giò Giò Franchini, Mimmo Calopresti, Daniele Luchetti , Marina Confalone, Cristina Donadio, Marco Mario de Notaris, Guido Lombardi, Nunzia Schiano and Nandp Paone as chairpersons of the jury, Ignazio Senatore, psychiatrist and film critic, will conduct the annual Festival of Short Films “I Corti sul lettino – Cinema e Psicoanalisi” aimed at Italian and foreign filmmakers. This festival is reported on IMDB.

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Naples, Italy



 
 
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Published: 23 Dec 2024
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Umbria Underground Film Festival

Deadline: 20 Apr 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

The Umbria Underground Film Festival is dedicated to independent and experimental cinema. We are looking for shortfilms out of the mainstream either in its style, genre or financing. The festival is organised by Ospizio Giovani Artisti of Rome (also organizer of the (S)exhibitions, on Festhome), in its space in Umbria. The intention is to offer the opportunity to visual artists and filmmakers to show their works in a context that stimulates reflection and free artistic expression. With a curated selection of films that challenge conventions and expectations, the festival celebrates the variety of cinematographic languages and welcomes proposals ranging from narratives through experimental films, to postporn cinema.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Amelia, Italy



 

 
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Published: 23 Dec 2024
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Eita! Ceará – Encontro Internacional De Arte Contemporânea

Deadline: 15 Feb 2025

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The EITA! Ceará event invites artists to submit their works to be included in the exhibition that will take place at the Casa da Cultura de Sobral, with the aim of valuing contemporary artistic production and encouraging experimentation in different artistic languages. 50 artists will be selected, 30 from Ceará, 10 from other states and 10 international.

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Sobral, Brazil



 
 
Logo of İzmir International Short Film Festival
Published: 22 Dec 2024
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Uluslararası İzmir Kısa Film Festivali

Deadline: 10 Aug 2025

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OSCAR Qualifiers

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26th International Izmir Short Film Festival
Izmir International Short Film Festival has been holding its place as being one of the greatest events in the field of movie in Turkey and it will meet its audience for the 25th time this year. The festival is the first film festival that gave awards to the international short films in Turkey. It began to show its films in 2000 and since then it has been one of the most esteemed festivals between film lovers.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Izmir, Turkey