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Screamfest® Horror Film Festival

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Calling all independent filmmakers! Screamfest® Film Festival is back for its 24th annual 10-day event, showcasing the best in horror cinema from around the world. Held this October at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Los Angeles, our festival is a must-attend event for horror fans and industry professionals alike.

Don't just take our word for it - some of the biggest horror publications have dubbed us the 'Sundance of Horror.' Our festival has also been featured in Moviemaker Magazine's lists of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee for 2023, 50 Best Genre Fests in the World 2021, 25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee & 13 Film Festivals to Die For, and 30 Bloody Best Genre Fests in the World 2019.

As the largest and longest-running horror film festival in the United States, we [...]



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Published: 17 Aug 2022
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Festival Boca do Inferno

Deadline: 15 Oct 2022

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International Festival

Short film festival

Considering the need to promote the city of São Paulo as a space dedicated to fantasy, science fiction and horror, the Festival Boca do Inferno (FBI) comes up with the proposal to exhibit short/feature films, as well as the possibility to present lectures, discussion tables, workshops, exhibition of products of the genre, book launch and musical presentations.

 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Terror



Santo André, Brazil



 
 
 
 
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Published: 16 Aug 2022
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[Aniwow!2024] 19th China (Beijing) International Student Animation Festival

Deadline: 10 Oct 2022

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International Festival

Short film festival

The "Aniwow" is the core activity of China (Beijing) International Student Animation Festival, which aims to encourage young animators to adhere to their artistic ideals, discover and cultivate new animators, cartoonists and new media artists with creative passion, original spirit and good artistic cultivation. The festival builds a bridge for students from different countries who love animation to exchange ideas, discuss academics and pass on friendship on a larger scale and at a higher level, and creates a new platform for international animation academic exchange with multiple interactions.

 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Terror



北京, China




 
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Published: 04 Aug 2022
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VII Edición Cinema Miúdo

Deadline: 30 Sep 2022

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International Festival

Short film festival

The Ames International Children's Film Festival is back, an event that wants to make children dream, think, smile, and awaken emotions, consciences, and illusions. It is for this reason that in this fifth edition ecology will be the common thread of the broad agenda of proposals that will take place from November 14 to 17.

There will be four days in which more than 50 short films and audiovisual works from different parts of the world will be screened, so that children from Ames, the region, and all of Galicia enjoy animation, fantasy, adventures, superheroes... bringing out the curiosity for the world of cinema and all that lies behind it, as well as raising awareness of environmental protection.

Let the rattles ring and the spinning tops spin, the VII International [...]

 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other



Ames, Spain



 
 
 
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Published: 03 Aug 2022
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GASTRO CINEMA

Deadline: 04 Sep 2022

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International Festival

Short film festival

GASTRONOMY FICTION AND DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS FESTIVAL.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other



Alicante, Spain



 

 
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Published: 01 Aug 2022
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FENAVID Santa Cruz International Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Aug 2022

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International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

The FENAVID International Film Festival is held annually in the city of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Organized by the Audiovisual Foundation (FUNDAV), the Festival has become the most important film event in Bolivia and one of the most relevant in Latin America.

Since its first version, carried out in 2001, more than 10,000 audiovisual works from 30 countries have been presented at this meeting, which has transcended the borders of Bolivia and America.

In each version, FENAVID offers the public more than 150 screenings of feature films, short films, music videos and a series of audiovisual works that are exhibited free of charge for the public.

FENAVID always has first-rate guests. The event was attended by internationally renowned figures such as Celso Franco, protagonist of "7 [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Music Video



Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia



 
 
 
 
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Published: 27 Jul 2022
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Santurtzi Film Festival

Deadline: 14 Aug 2022

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International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

Santurtzi Film Festival will take place between October 3rd and 19th.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Santurtzi, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 20 Jul 2022
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FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH

Deadline: 16 Sep 2022

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International Festival

Short film festival

FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH - Festival of Future Storytellers has been one of the most important festivals for young filmmakers worldwide since 1981. Each year, it offers young filmmakers from all over the world a platform for presenting their own short films and exchanging ideas about filmmaking. Each November, Munich becomes the focal point of up-and-coming international filmmaking — a place for lively exchange, networking, and discussion.

The short fiction, documentary, and animated films screened in international competition are eligible for valuable prizes, which are awarded by an independent festival jury. In addition, FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH will also present a DACH Short Film Competition for the first time in 2024, in which short films from the DACH region will be programmed. [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



München, Germany



 
 
 
 
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Published: 15 Jul 2022
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Festival Kinoarte de Cinema

Deadline: 30 Sep 2022

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International Festival

Short film festival

The 26th Kinoarte Film Festival, to be held from November 14th to December 1st, is receiving applications for its competitive sessions of short films. Films up to 25 minutes long, produced from January 2023 may participate in the Ibero-American, National, Paranaense and Londrinense competitions.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Londrina, Brazil



 
 
 

 
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Published: 14 Jul 2022
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ZAbrinsky Festival Internacional de Cine

Deadline: 25 Sep 2022

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International Festival

Short film festival

The ZAFIC Festival 2024 call will have 5 lines of development that will be called "Capsules", which will be aimed at 5 different industries with the objective of articulating Cinematography and audiovisual, with new creators and cultural managers.

The capsules that will be developed in the call are:

1. Cinematographic capsule.
2. Musical capsule.
3. Literary capsule.
4. gastronomic capsule.
5. Dance capsule.

Similarly, different categories detail in each capsule that detail diverse interests, genres and creation formats, as well as their requirements and who can take part.

These projects can come from any country or region, and must be originally developed, subtitled or folded to the Spanish language.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Mosquera, Colombia



 
 
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Published: 13 Jul 2022
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PUNTO FINAL

Deadline: 30 Sep 2022

Call for entries

Short film festival

The theme of the contest is death understood as the end of life. The works must reflect death from the perspective of the authorship of the works.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Quinto, Spain