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Bringing Human Rights to the people, short film contest

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The GEH Short Film Competition is a short film competition on human rights held in different localities of Gipuzkoa (Basque Country).

This competition is part of the global project human rights Giza Eskubideak Herrira (Bringing human rights to the people.). The GEH is a human rights awareness project created by the dar-dar Productions cooperative in 2015. The first editions were based in Ordizia. In 2023, the festival has developed and extended to several towns in Gipuzkoa (Euskal Herria).

The main objective of this competition is to raise awareness and educate on human rights.

Because this short film contest is a window that we open to the world, and from that window we can see the different realities that people live in different parts of the planet. In view of these [...]

Fiction Documentary Animation Fantastic Other Experimental

Legorreta, Spain

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CINESAN International Short Film Festival

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It is a Festival with two sections to contest. Official Section and Section of Asturian Short Films. Three prizes will be awarded (best short official section, best performance and best short Asturian). All the information is in the bases. Any author of any nationality can participate.

Fiction Documentary Animation Fantastic Terror Other Experimental

Sotrondio, Spain

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Buenos Aires International Architecture and Design Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Aug 2026

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Each year, the International Architecture and Design Film Festival showcases films in which architecture, design and the city serve as the subject, setting, plot or central character, ranging from historical documentaries to contemporary fiction films.

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Buenos Aires, Argentina

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International Diverse Film Festival

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The 4th International Diverse Film Festival marks a new chapter in the artistic and curatorial evolution of the festival. Under the concept “Revealed Memory,” this edition explores cinema as a living archive capable of preserving stories, identities, emotions, and experiences that have shaped the ways we understand diversity.

Rather than defining the selection criteria, “Revealed Memory” serves as the curatorial framework that inspires this year’s festival. We welcome fiction, documentary, animation, experimental, and hybrid short films that explore the diverse experiences, perspectives, and narratives of LGBTQIA+ communities across a wide range of genres, styles, and artistic approaches.

From November 4–7, 2026, Barranquilla, Colombia, will once again become a meeting point [...]

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Viña del Mar International Film Festival

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The Viña del Mar International Film Festival
is a municipal event that dates back to 1963. It is the oldest in the country and the second oldest in Latin America.

It was founded as an initiative of filmmaker and physician Aldo Francia and the Viña del Mar Film Club. It was the birthplace of the New Latin American Cinema and the New Chilean Cinema.

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Viña del Mar, Chile

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International Film Festival Zoom - Zbliżenia

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IFF ZOOM - ZBLIZENIA (Jelenia Góra) is one of the largest and most important independent cinema festivals in Poland. Its aim is to present the author's cinema, ambitious, high artistic value, moving independent and original subject matter, as well as promotion of independent film art.

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due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, we would like to inform you that the Russian films which will be submitted to the 30. IFF ZOOM-ZBLIŻENIA 2027 will not be eligible for competitions.

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Jelenia Gora, Poland

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International Film And Theater Festival ´amur Autumn´

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The festival has been held for more than twenty years in the Russian Far East.

Amur Autumn is one of the region's major cultural events.

The festival includes two film competitions and one theatre competition.

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Whenever possible, filmmakers are invited to attend the festival and present their films in person. The festival covers most of the participants' travel expenses.

Each competition is judged by an international professional jury.

Screenings take place in a cinema, where the jury watches the films together with the audience.

To be eligible for participation, films must have Russian Premiere status.

The festival's main award is the Amur Crane.

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Благовещенск, Russia

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Festival Corto D’ autore Citta’ Di Cesinali

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The “TEATRO D’EUROPA DON FERDINANDO RENZULLI” Cultural Association, under the patronage of the Municipality of Cesinali, announces the 3rd edition of the FESTIVAL CORTO D’AUTORE CITTA’ DI CESINALI – DON FERDINANDO RENZULLI AWARD, to be held on September 12 and 13, 2026, at the Teatro d’Europa in Cesinali (AV).

Our mission is to promote the talent of emerging young filmmakers within the Italian, European, and international film scenes, with the goal of blending culture, local heritage, and tourism, while paying particular attention to innovations in the field of cinema, including those supported by new technological tools.

The call for entries is open to short films of any theme and genre. It ranges from drama to comedy to thrillers, and so on. Stories may be fictional, [...]

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CESINALI, Italy

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Olar

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The Latin American Women Filmmakers Observatory (Observatório Latino-Americano de Realizadoras, OLAR) is a platform that fosters dialogue between critical thought and audiovisual production across Latin America through a gender perspective. It supports initiatives dedicated to the circulation, preservation, and memory of films made by women, non-binary, and trans filmmakers from all countries and territories of Latin America and the Caribbean.

The third edition of our biennial festival, OLAR 3 – Latin American Women Filmmakers Observatory, will take place in November 2026 as an in-person event in the city of Carpina, Pernambuco, Brazil. The program will include open-air screenings, cinema screenings, school screenings, as well as educational activities and panel discussions.

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Carpina, Brazil

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Certamen de Cortometrajes Navarra, Tierra De Cine

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We invite you to participate in the 14th Navarra, Land of Cinema Short Film Contest — the festival that challenges your creativity in our natural filming locations.

Your originality could win one of six awards, along with accommodation, filming insurance, production support, distribution opportunities, and more...

What are you waiting for to put yourself to the test? Send us your script by August 10th and become one of the 10 finalist teams selected for the filming phase.

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Carpina, Brazil

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