The "Kursaal Film Festival San Sebastián" (KFFSS) is an international short film festival promoted by the Kursaal Kino Cultural Association (A2K). The format of the festival is hybrid with an online VOD exhibition (streaming) and projection of the award-winning films (screening).
The KFFSS closed its third 2022 edition with a great success of participation of 2,921 registered short films from 113 countries and 8,045 viewers.
For the new 2023 edition we are going to increase the number of prizes with new thematic sections such as SCIFI, HORROR, COMEDY, CHILDRENS, SPORTS, MUSIC, DANCE and CULINARY.
To participate in the different sections, it is not necessary to make different registrations, since it is the festival itself that makes the classification by theme.
Founded in 1961, Amnesty International is an independent NGO that works for the defense of human rights all over the world. Through our field researches, conscious raising campaigns, petitions and letters, and public human rights advocacy, we work for a world in which every human being is entitled to the rights stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in other international texts. Accordingly, our campaigns focus on themes such as the liberty of expression, women’s rights, children’s rights, refugees and migrant’s rights, discriminations, impunity, the death penalty amongst others.
Cinema has always been and will always be a way in which human rights violations can be exposed and denounced. For that, Amnesty International France is pleased to announce the opening of submissions f edition of its annual cinema festival “Au Cinéma pour les droits humains” (To Cinema for Human Rights), which will take place in March 2019. The festival takes place each year in different cities of the south of France and with last year’s edition having had more than 3800 members at the audience. Therefore, we are searching for different entries for our festival. We are searching for films that touch on one or several human rights issues that are connected to any of our campaigns, such as the liberty of expression, women’s rights, impunity, and discriminations amongst other things.
If you feel that your film speaks of one or several major human rights issues, and you wish to submit it for selection, then please do send us a link this address in order to review it: acdhamnesty@gmail.com Also, please make sure that the film contains FRENCH SUBTITLES OR IS IN FRENCH LANGAGE. Once our selection committee has a decision, then we will notify you as soon as possible
International Thematic Film Festival specializing in the promotion and dissemination of cinematographic and audiovisual works with very specific and alternative content to commercial cinema.
Young and independent cinema from anywhere in the world, where films are generally produced by small, low-budget film studios or by filmmakers with few resources, regardless of their production format (cinema, video or Smartphones), distribution (traditional or Internet) or exhibition (cinema, TV, social networks, etc.).
Out! Mostra de Cinema LGTBIQ+ of Balearic Islands accepts short films of all nationalities with LGBTIQ themes, which may be selected for the various sections of the festival: Short Films and Video Art, and Short Films Documentaries. The works must not have previously premiered on the Internet or any other media in Spanish territory prior to the festival, and must have been copyrighted no earlier than 1st of January of 2021. All films must be yet unreleased in the Balearic Islands; in the case of the shorts films, this will not be considered a prerequisite, but will be considered positively. The organization reserves the right to include films that do not meet these conditions in the program, although not a part of the Festival’s official contest. The organization has right to include selected short film in future events of year 2023/2024 within territory of Balearic Islands.
The Festival Villa del Cine is a four day experience where the streets and theaters of Villa de Leyva, Colombia become a stage dedicated to celebrate, encourage and reward the seventh art.
Most Festival is an annual event that aims to showcase the best international audiovisual work linked to viniculture, wine and cava. At the same time, the festival aims to make a toast for good cinema by projecting unreleased films by great authors.
Held in the Penedès, a zone very close to Barcelona (Spain) with a long winemaking tradition and several wine-related tourist attractions, the festival wants to promote viniculture and arts linked to wine and cava through audiovisual works and also explore all aspects of winemaking, especially values such as quality, diversity, wine tourism and ties to the region.
MSFFF was born from a mission:
We’ll take you on a journey through the genre’s cinematographic productions from all over the world.
The next December we will be able to enjoy the best and most current animated productions in Madrid.
Miradas Medellín - Film and Audiovisual Arts Festival is organized by Secretaría de Cultura Ciudadana of Medellín (Colombia). Its main objective is to bring Colombian and Latin American film production and other audiovisual expressions to the city's audiences, offering diverse exhibition, training and meeting experiences. It is also committed to promote and generate dynamics around the appreciation, dissemination and distribution that strengthen the audiovisual and film industry in the country. Through its programming, the festival seeks to be a point of convergence of multiple views on reality and contemporary and innovative formats that work with the moving image, focusing on the perspective of filmmakers from Colombia and Latin American countries.
A unique short film festival situated in the backdrop of a beautiful village in the north of Castellón: Herbés.
Promoting film talents that highlights the importance of repopulation, rural environment, biodiversity and diversity in the rural environment giving them the platform to showcase and promote their work.
Atlàntida Mallorca Film Festival was born 13 years ago as the first online film festival in our country and it did so with a mission: to introduce the public to the best international films that did not find a place in theaters. The first objective was visibility, the second: to give prestige to the Internet window.
After exceeding 150,000 spectators and being chosen as the Best Festival in Spain by the Ministry of Culture (ICAA) in 2015, Atlàntida has continued to evolve and has therefore consolidated a physical venue by expanding the format.
V NATIONAL RURAL FILM FESTIVAL OF AYACUCHO
The Rural Film Festival emerged in the city of Ayacucho in 2016 as an initiative from the Directorate of Culture to promote audiovisual production in our city.
Although the audiovisual work area belongs to the artistic sphere, it can also be applied according to educational, environmental, scientific, technological, political, business and commercial disciplines to give some examples.
Next, we list some of the central ideas, according to time and resources, that have been and will be developed within this space:
- Direction and general coordination of the Rural Film Festival.
- Boost and promotion of the movie theater and alternative projection spaces.
- Linking and cooperation between rural and urban schools.
- Generation of socio-educational projects in schools, institutes and training centers.
- Dictation of courses and training open to the community.
- Production of audiovisual content and resources for municipal offices.
- Production of local short films that cover fictional stories and social problems such as agroecology, environment, pesticides, rural work, gender violence, bullying and cyberbullying, addictions, abortion, school dropout, gender perspective, social inclusion, among others.
- Teacher training in all stages of audiovisual production.
We understand this as a way to promote local artistic-social production and reflection by virtue of promoting cultural pluralism and integrating our community.
Welcome to Joutseno Art Summer International Film Festival. This international festival which has the main theme of the UN SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) is the Nordic celebration of independent filmmaking!
To highlight the importance of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), Joutseno College (Joutsenon Opisto in Finnish) is holding this international film festival offering the pleasant atmosphere and the great natural scenery of Lake Saimaa just 2.5 hours train trip from Helsinki, the capital city of Finland.
Joutseno College, which organises the festival, has been an established educational provider of arts and languages for over 70 years, and it is well equipped to allow the preparation of such a programme that includes both outdoor and indoor activities.
As an addition to the college's Art Summer programme running for decades, this festival provides not only a novel cinematic experience for audiences as well as filmmakers, but it also renders an opportunity to reflect on the future of our planet emphasising on the role and responsibilities of us as human beings.
Our main goal with Joutseno Art Summer International Film Festival is to help maximise the engagement of select independent filmmakers who choose to challenge and reflect on global scale problems. The festival would offer filmmakers a unique opportunity to screen their works in one of the most scenic venues and locations in Finland!
In addition to live screenings, we offer:
❄ networking events
❄ open dialogue sessions
❄ pre/post festival training/discussion sessions
❄ an extensive network of different stakeholders
❄ a guided tour of Lappeenranta and Joutseno
❄ several recreational events such as live music
Visit our website https://www.joutsenonopisto.fi/ff2023 for more information and updates.
The Social Film Festival ArTelesia is organized by the non-profit Cultural Association “Libero Teatro”.
The event is supported by the MIC Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual, the Film
Commission Campania Region, Cesvolab and the patronage of the Presidency of the Council of
Ministers, the Ministry of Labor, the Ministry of Education, University and Research, UNAR - National
Office against Racial Discrimination, the Province of Benevento, the Municipality of Benevento, the
Chamber of Commerce of Benevento, Arcigay Napoli, the University Center Synapses of the Federico
II University of Naples, the University of Sannio, the Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples, the
University of Salerno, the UCAM San Antonio de Murcia University (Spain), the CADMUS. Students
from the aforementioned universities will participate in the organization of the fifteenth edition as
Interns.
PURPOSE OF THE COMPETITION
The Social Film Festival ArTelesia intends to promote cinema both in Italy and abroad. The Festival
represents a showcase for the promotion of films of cultural interest, belonging to the independent and
non-independent cinema circuit. An ideal place for lively confrontations between producers, authors and
distributors, but also between the production universe and the target audience, the Festival promotes the dissemination of films of high artistic value, capable of contributing to cultural growth and the formation of a mature awareness criticism in young people.
THEMES
- I BELONG TO ME: respect for one's own individuality, knowing how to be beyond all appearances, cultivating one’s freedom against all dependencies
- INTEGRATION: respect for ethnic and cultural identity against all forms of discrimination
- DEEP SURFACES: discovery and enhancement of the historical-artistic heritage of the territories
- ORTHOMETRY: Stories of sustainable agriculture
- FREE THEME
SECTIONS
- Filmmaker: emerging and professional directors, production and distribution companies
- DiVabili: works created by directors with disabilities or involving disabled actors that do not necessarily have to focus on the topic of disability
The second edition of the La Mercantil in Off Film Festival will take place in Balaguer on the October 7th 2023.
EN OFF FILM FESTIVAL is an international fiction, animation and documentary short-film festival. The program’s selection process follows a set of artistic and technical criteria.
SECTIONS
The festival is divided into the following sections:
OVC Section (Original Version in Catalan)
Short films in original version in Catalan with English or Spanish subtitles.
International Section
Short films whose original version is in any language except Catalan, with English or Spanish subtitles.
Music Video Section
In any language and/or format. Subtitles are not compulsory.
Mini Short-Film Section
Short films with a maximum duration of 5 minutes.
The Zaragoza Film Festival, founded in 1995 to create a cinematic activity in the city. At first his main title was the Young Filmmakers. Since 2007 its official name became the Zaragoza Film Festival.
Festival with various events, generalist and national character (although some of its events are international).
Starting in 2021, after celebrating the 25th edition of the Festival, we propose an evolution of the project.
MoDive-Se is a short film festival and feature films in the city of Campinas, to show films with LGBT themes.
On the first edition was held in 2014, sponsored by the State Government of São Paulo.
In 2015 it was performed independently. The same will occur in 2016, but this year, in addition to film the show will expand its activities with exhibitions of theater and performance.
The Central American Film Festival in Vienna, Austria has become an established event and a tradition for the city.
Vienna has long been one of the most important cultural cradles in the world, making it an ideal location to present the increasingly diverse and interesting productions from the Central American region.
This year's film festival will take place again in November, and we hope that our loyal audience will continue to join us to experience the most recent productions that Central American cinematography has to offer.
As in previous years, in addition to the categories of Feature Film, Short Film, Documentary and Animation, the parallel non-competitive sections include the following: “Pioneers of Central American cinema”; “Works in Progress”; “Guest film”; “Bonus films” and “Latin American View”. The latter is a selection of audiovisual works from Latin America that portray actual life in Latin American. These sections are fully described in the rules of participation.
* "Latin American view”: Selection of audio-visual works from Latin America that give a glimpse of life in that region.
