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Alexandria Short Film Festival

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The Alexandria short film festival ( Egypt ) was founded by Alexandria Art Circle Association in order to give a chance for filmmakers to present their work to the public and this in the heart of Alexandria to be a lighthouse of cinema in the world.The festival is held annually, and its first edition was in 2015.

The festival aims to provide a suitable atmosphere to exchange experiences between filmmakers from all over the world and give opportunities for short filmmakers to present their films whether narrative, documentary, or animation, in front of the audience, with the aim of conducting fruitful discussions between the filmmaker and the audience and providing a safe platform for [...]



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Published: 06 Oct 2026
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The Arctic International Film Festival ’Golden Raven’

Deadline: 30 Nov 2026

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THE XI ARCTIC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL "GOLDEN RAVEN"
March 29 – April 11, 2027 • Anadyr, Chukotka, Russia
Free submission • Deadline: November 30, 2026

Golden Raven is the easternmost international film festival in Russia. It takes place in Anadyr, the capital of Chukotka, on the shores of the Bering Sea, where Russia's new day begins. For two weeks every spring the Arctic town becomes a meeting point for filmmakers from all over the world, and your film meets an audience unlike any other.

A festival that keeps growing
The jubilee X edition received 3,394 submissions from more than 100 countries. Festival films were screened in 67 regions of Russia and in six countries, from Minsk to Buenos Aires, reaching a combined audience of over 130,000 viewers. The Grand Prix went [...]

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Anadyr, Russia



 
 
 
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Published: 06 Oct 2026
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Golden Snail 2027

Deadline: 15 Jun 2027

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Festival "Golden Snail" is a World Children Animated Film Festival which takes place in month September 2027. in Vranje, Serbia. "Golden Snail" gathers young filmmakers from all over the world. Any studio, club or school who works with children in a field of film animation are welcome to our festival. Films must be made BY CHILDREN not for children by professionals.
The festival is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia and the City of Vranje.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation



Vranje, Serbia



 
 

 
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Published: 06 Oct 2026
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Medellín Vertical Week

Deadline: 23 Oct 2026

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Medellín Vertical Week is an international event dedicated to the vertical entertainment industry (native 9:16), created to celebrate vertical storytelling in series and short films, advertising, gaming, esports, animation... and the technology and innovation behind them.

Medellín Vertical Weeks invites storytellers from all over the world to submit short films, series, music videos, contents and projects created in vertical format.

Please note that MVW has two categories for entries:

1. Films & Series (Screenings & Competition)
2. Projects (Challenges & Labs)

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Medellín, Colombia



 
 
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Published: 06 Oct 2026
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Internacionalen Etnografski Filmski Festival `ilindenski Denovi´-Bitola

Deadline: 31 Mar 2027

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“From the roots to the flower” is this year's slogan of the first edition festival Ilinden Days. We started the creation of our film program from the roots of the Bitola's film tradition, the one of the Manaki brothers – the first cinematographers in Macedonia and in the Balkan, who left us invaluable testimonies of the everyday life and the great events of their time, engraved on the film tape. They actually made the first ethnographic documentaries.

It was natural that the Festival Ilinden Days, which has risen to international level, to include in its rich program a festival of ethnographic films. Then the creation of new customs and beliefs. All covered by the artistic passion of the artists, who follow the need to leave indelible traces with their cameras.

In addition [...]

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BITOLA, North Macedonia



 
 

 
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Published: 05 Oct 2026
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Premio Internacional Anaconda - Kukulkan - Guatemala 2026 - 2027

Deadline: 04 Dec 2026

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Anaconda in Guatemala will recognize and provide incentives to organizations, institutions, collectives, production companies, and individuals creating audiovisual works—such as films or videos—that showcase diverse cultural and social facets, rights, and values, while reflecting the history and reality of Indigenous Nations and Peoples and Afro-descendant communities across the Amazon basin, the Chaco, and the tropical forests of Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Anaconda Grand Prize, the Special Category Award (covering Indigenous, Women’s, and Mother Earth rights), and associated honorable mentions will be awarded by local juries—comprising members of various Indigenous Peoples and Afro-descendant communities—to the best audiovisual productions submitted to the event [...]

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La Paz, Bolivia



 
 
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African Indigenous Language Film Festival (Ailff)

Deadline: 28 Feb 2027

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Welcome to the African Indigenous Language Film Festival, a dynamic platform celebrating Africa’s rich storytelling heritage.

Founded in 2023, our festival showcases films that honor, preserve, and promote indigenous languages while addressing vital social and global issues.

We are dedicated to amplifying indigenous voices in cinema through a carefully curated selection of feature films and documentaries, believing in the power of film to bridge cultures and challenge perceptions.

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Lagos, Nigeria



 
 
 

 
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Published: 05 Oct 2026
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Cutrecon - Festival Internacional De Cine Trash y de Explotación de Madrid

Deadline: 31 Oct 2026

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CutreCon, Madrid International Trash and Explotaition Film Festival.

The worst movies in the world on the big screen, where nonsense and bad taste are the protagonists.

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Fuenlabrada, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 03 Oct 2026
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Ojo Indómito

Deadline: 02 Nov 2026

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The Ojo Indómito International Film Festival is a platform dedicated to independent and auteur cinema, promoting a critical, territorial, and socially engaged perspective. We seek independent works produced outside the major film industries, with a particular interest in memory, human rights, and the realities of communities and their territories.

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Fiction and Documentary:Works with a free, critical, or community-oriented approach.

Children’s and Family Cinema: Audiovisual stories created for children and family audiences.

Animation: Animated productions using any technique or format.

Experimental and Other Formats: Alternative audiovisual languages, artistic explorations, and hybrid works.

Mountain, Nature and Territory Cinema: Stories about life in the [...]

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Panguipulli, Chile



 
 

 
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Published: 03 Oct 2026
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Festival Cortos para Tiempos Largos

Deadline: 25 Oct 2026

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The "Festival Cortos para Tiempos largos" is a proposal for the training, creation and circulation of audiovisual content carried out by young Colombians since 2020 with a clear purpose, to connect people and stories. The festival is not looking for winners, it is conceived as a space for the dissemination and visibility of audiovisual products, carried out for academic and non-profit purposes, where all those who wish to be part of a great story can participate.

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Pereira, Colombia



 
 
 
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Published: 03 Oct 2026
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Storia in Corto

Deadline: 10 Oct 2026

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The Department of Culture of the Municipality of Mentana, organizes the seventh edition of the historical audiovisual Festival "STORY IN SHORT".

The idea was born because our territory is rich in testimonies, from the pre-Roman era up to the Risorgimento: the enhancement of this heritage therefore also passes through a film festival that collects the works of authors who have ventured into an area that is not very 'frequented' such as reconstruction and historical analysis through short films, documentaries and audio-documentaries.

There are no content limits set for participation in the festival: all of History will be the subject of the works presented.

The jury will reserve the right to select the works to be screened in the event that the number of works presented [...]

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Mentana, Italy