Wanna get dirty? Diddle our skittle!*
Strangelove festival is looking for queer artists who provoke and highlight non-binary perspectives! We welcome filmmakers, visual artists, musicians, writers and performers exploring gender, sexuality, counterculture, alternative formats and queer identities.
For the 2018 edition we plan to dig into dirty/punky/trashy intersections which take shape as queer art forms. Let’s show some trash awareness together! We hope you will feel inspired to collaborate with us—get down and dirty…
Our call is open between 15-31 January 2018. We look forward to discovering your work!
Submit here! https://www.strangelovefestival.be/
Main Program (International competition), which will regularly feature films from all over the world from among a director’s first and second feature films. The idea is to promote new filmmakers who are making a debut or are only just starting their careers.
This program’s goal is to identify and promote relatively unknown filmmakers’ new film stories, giving them a chance at the beginning of their film careers.
The idea for this film festival emanated from the dire need for a wider space to present debut films by many new filmmakers from the region and all over the world.
The International Film Festival KineNova Skopje, therefore, includes activities such as promotion, support, incentives, exchange of experiences, and film awards. It is a venue for new filmmakers to showcase new stories and offer a fresh perspective of humanity and the world we live in.
The festival and the city of Skopje have the honor to be the meeting point for new filmmakers and a springboard for their respective career paths.
The “KINOSVET” International Children's Cinema and Television Festival will be held from October, 2025 in Minsk, Belarus.
Festival "KINOSVET" is designed to develop, inspire and support young cinematographers; those who will soon influence the mass culture in their countries. The festival will allow those who want to make this world better, to be seen and heard. And also give a wide range of viewers the taste of a highly moral, deep, humane, inspiring art.
What movies and TV shows are shown around the world today? Who teaches contemporary and, most importantly, future artists and media ways to illuminate moral and, spiritual laws? Who controls the content and ideological direction of the most meaningful and strong types of art? The festival’s purpose is to seek, find, and give a venue to young talents who can create beautiful and meaningful art that makes our world brighter and kinder.
Festival goals:
development of cinematography;
moral education of children and adolescents;
the formation of personality with the help of cinema;
initiation of the younger generation to spiritual culture;
increasing the interest in creating films focused on children and youth audiences.
Festival tasks:
to fill the world with good pictures with humane ideas, moral values in order to make our world brighter;
to revive children’s, youth and family cinema;
to draw the attention of society around the world to social problems that are associated with children, people in need and nature;
to promote true, universal spiritual values;
to educate a new generation of filmmakers;
to expand and strengthen filmmakers connections from different countries both for children and youth;
to draw the attention of state, public and commercial organizations to supporting children’s and family filmmaking as well as to encouraging of the young authors.
Véritable exercice de style, il cristallise en quelques minutes les qualités d’une oeuvre naissante. L’apprenti réalisateur y trace les contours de son univers, il y imprime sa patte. De Godard avec « Charlotte et son Jules », Claude Berri avec « Le poulet », Rivette avec « Le coup du Berger » produit par Claude Chabrol, Jean-Pierre Jeunet avec « Foutaises », ou Sam Karman oscarisé avec « L’omnibus » – pour ne citer qu’eux – aucun de ces grands noms du cinéma n’aurait atteint son apogée sans un galop d’essai remarqué.
Le format court n’a jamais été aussi bien portant qu’aujourd’hui – productions croissantes, nouveaux réseaux de diffusion, regain d’intérêt des spectateurs et des cinéastes- faisant de la France l’un des premiers pays producteurs en Europe.
Plus que jamais le court-métrage confirme son statut de grand laboratoire du cinéma français. Vitrine de talents émergents, le festival de court-métrage est à la fois l’écrin, le point d’orgue où le talent brut éclot, où il brille au regard de tous, public et professionnels mêlés.
Au fond, peu importe qu’il y ait beaucoup d’appelés et peu d’élus. La vocation première du festival est d’offrir à ses spectateurs un champ de vision le plus ouvert possible sur le monde et de mettre en lumière des talents nouveaux.
Smita Patil International Film Festival, committed to showcasing the original voices in cinema.
The aim of the festival is to showcase films from across the globe and promote underrepresented filmmakers.
Started in 2012 by Arogya Sena, the upcoming festival marks the ninth year of the event.
The covid pandemic is an incredibly challenging time for the global filmmaking community. Filmmakers around the world are facing financial crises and increasing difficulties to showcase their work in the theatrical format. Committed to our mission to help, support and promote independent and underrepresented filmmakers in India and abroad, SPIFF sponsored by ‘Arogya Sena’ is announcing, that the entries to the 9th edition of SPIFF will be FREE OF COST.
Cinefilia Tanguera is an Itinerant & International Short Film Festival linked to TANGO, not competitive.
Our primary objective is promote the tango and cinema, from an original perspective without dissemination and promotion anywhere in the world, as are the works of short films and documentaries about the identity of the tango in all sense.
Since 2009 was presented in some of the most prestigious cultural events in the world, performing at Cagliari (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016), Barcelona (2009, 2016, 2017), Moscow, London (2009, 2013, 2016), Madrid (2009, 2016), Ámsterdam (2009, 2018), Brussels (2010, 2018), Liège, Catania, Hamburg, Jordan, Buenos Aires (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018), Athens, Valladolid, Zurich, Bergen (Norway), Milán, Eindhoven, Sassari (2012, 2016), Berlin, Paris, Crete (2016, 2017, 2019), Budapest, Tenerife, Formentera (2016, 2018), Ibiza, Prague, Zagreb, Timisoara, Novi Sad, Istanbul, Tokyo, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Bali, Bilbao, Montecarlo, Arles, Georgetown (Guyana), Oslo, Toronto and Cairo.
Leonel Mitre
Managing Director
The Houston Latino Film Festival is an organization dedicated to developing, promoting and increasing awareness of Latino culture among Latinos and other communities by presenting a variety of art and films to the Houston area.
During the festival, films from all over Latin America, Spain, Portugal and the United States will screen. The programming represents the great diversity of themes and genres of the Latino and Hispanic filmmaking community. The five-day festival also features opportunities for the audiences to participate in discussions with the directors at the screenings as well as a series of special events highlighting the diversity of the Latino culture. 2022 will mark the sixth year of the Houston Latino Film Festival.
Our Mission: The Houston Latino Film Festival is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating and enlightening the communities of the South Texas region about other cultures and issues through film and video while also recognizing the contributions of the artists who are dedicated to the craft of independent filmmaking.
Christmas Film Festival Berlin presents the Christmas theme in all its wonderful and curious varieties. National and international feature films and short film programs bring a new light to the old-fashioned Christmas subject. Unconventional Christmas movies come to the foreground. Next to comedies also critical, tragic, satirical and scary movies are part of the program. Knowing that Christmas time polarizes many people, it is still worth to embrace the heartily ‘Spirit of Christmas’. In the dark season of the year the cinema turns into a magical place that makes you think, touches you and sometimes cast a smile on your face.
The Christmas Film Festivals festival is for those who want to escape the Christmas rush or do not have their loved ones around and of course passionate cinephiles. Let us take a fresh look at the usually rather traditional Christmas time.
Threadbare:
- films crafted with artistry, despite what seams may show through.
- genre conventions thoughtlessly reiterated, losing all context of their original meaning.
...so...
What's your Genre?
The Threadbare Mitten Film Festival is a celebration of genre cinema, here in the tell-tale heart of Michigan.
We won't push you into a box:
Horror, Sci-Fi, Contemporary Western, Neo-Noir, Absurdist Comedy, Fantasy, Splatterpunk, Magical Realism, Creature Feature, Psychological Thriller, Modern Samurai, ZomRomCom, Exploitation and Grindhouse, Road Trip, Documentary ad Mockumentary, Experimental and Non-Narrative... whatever weird quirks spark your camera rolling, we want to give you an exhibition home to exorcise them with an appreciative audience.
(and if being pushed into a box is your thing, well ok, show us that!)
As the Michigan Film and Digital Media Office says:
"Think of the Threadbare Mitten Film Festival as the anti-genre, but all-genre film festival, if that makes any sense. Truly a grassroots festival if ever there was one."
- June Newsletter 6/12/18
We do not categorize submissions by genre, only by duration. We will program screening blocks based upon the characteristics of the selected films themselves.
BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY Edition! New town, new time, same eclectic and eccentric programming. Lansing's REO Town takes over hosting our two-night-and-all-of-a-day festival, including screenings and at our festival's new home in the beautiful Robin Theatre and other venues, a Friday night Film.Craft.Beer VIP Party, and Filmmaker Q&As. Jury and Audience Awards will be presented during the festival.
More details to come as we negotiate with additional venues and partners for this year's festivities!
Located just off of Lansing's downtown core, REO Town represents the heart of creative revitalization and the artistic community. Saddleback BBQ, the REO Town Diner, Blue Owl Coffee, the REO Town Pub, Ellison Brewing, Sleepwalker Ales, along with an assortment of shops, are right here on Washington Avenue under the Three Stacks.
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.
NEW - Please read carefully about ReAON (ReAnimania ONline Animation Film Festival).
ReAnimania International Animation Film Festival of Yerevan was founded by cartoonist, painter and animator Vrej Kassouny in 2008.
Armenia’s history in animation had begun 70 years prior, with the release of the first Armenian film, Lev Atamanov’s (né Levon Atamanyan) The Dog and the Cat in 1938.
In striving to honor the craft in both spirit and in name, the Festival has since reintroduced the art of animated filmmaking to Armenian audiences.
The festival includes a selection of highly anticipated non-commercial features and shorts with 15 in-competition and non-competition programs and a Market Forum for Animation Professionals (MARANI). The festival also offers an array of practical workshops, seminars, master classes and lectures presented by a host of global industry talent.
The festival has become a platform for development and promotion even beyond Armenia’s borders. As the largest event in the South Caucasus (and the most unique within its class), ReAnimania is playing an integral role in bridging east and west. It is becoming one of the most important emerging festivals, receiving over a thousand film submissions and attracting tens of thousands from around the world. In its 8th edition, ReAnimania is already becoming one of the most important young animation film festivals from all over the world, welcoming competitors, visitors and animation lovers from more than 75 countries.
ReAnimania’s aim is to expand and extend the border of Armenia through the Art of Animation and Animated films.
Therefore, here is a NEWS!
ReAnimania Int. Animation Film Festival is proud to announce the Launch of ReAbroad
What is ReAON?
ReAON is an Online Animation Film Festival that will run parallel to ReAnimania IAFCAFY, end of each October every year, YET, ReAON will be ON until mid of December to give an opportunity for larger number of Animation fans to watch and meet latest updates and movies.
ReAON platform will give a chance to its followers, animated movie professionals, artists, filmmakers and animated movie fans to join ReAnimania from all over the world and follow up with latest hits in animated movies and classics through its new platform ReAON.
ReAON will be accessible to its online audience, wherever they are in the world, and whoever holds (Purchases) Online Badge/Accreditation, during the festival dates will parallely BE PART OF ReAnimania EVENT!
This is a UNIQUE opportunity for those who want to keep with the heartbeats of animation world, yet cannot travel for many reasons. NOW YOU CAN BE THERE FOR THE HITS, while you are sitting at home.
ReAON platform, will give the chance of viewing those movies the directors of which have signed and agreed to join ReAON online animation festival, in case of
- Selection in official competition.
- Possibility of selection out of competition program.
- Movies/filmmakers who do not agree on taking part in ReAON platform, in case of being selected in official competition, their movies will be only viewed at Traditional, physical festival on the ground as usual, their choice will be fully respected.
YOU CAN EASILY JOIN us by purchasing your badge (Early bird special price) here: (Link to buy your badge will be activated in mid of March)
The Opening of Online Accreditation will be soon launched!
ReAnimania’s motto is: “Life is a Picture, Make the Picture Come to Life.”
ATTENTION:
· Please be informed, the submission is with fee.
· Please visit ReAnimania’s Link for the payment.
· Or submit directly through ReAnimania’s website (https://reanimania.com/submit-a-film).
EVENT DATES. The XXII edition of the Guanajuato International Film Festival will be celebrated from July 19-28, 2019, in the cities of San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato, Mexico.
Based in the Georgian midlands town of Birr, OFFline Film Festival is an exciting event for film lovers and makers alike. With Irish and international films being screened in a quirky array of venues around the town, all preceded by short films, audiences are spoiled for choice.
The festival also includes workshops on all aspects of film-making given by industry professionals. Perhaps the most exciting aspect of OFFline is the short film-making competition.
Teams of film-makers make and edit a short film in Birr in a matter of days, often enlisting the help of locals in front of and behind the cameras.
The films are submitted to an international panel of judges and screened to the public on the final day with the winning short bagging a generous cash prize.
A terrific film festival in the ancient city of Coventry in England. Our audience has more than tripled since the event began. We are expanding this year to include an extra session of documentaries.
The first night is Short Film night, Feature film showing and Driver Award Presentation for Best Short Film & Best Performance in a Short film.
The second and final night consists of the documentary/music videos/animation screenings and the Driver Award Ceremony for Best Feature Film.
Indie International Film Festival Hong Kong accepts all forms and genres: short films, medium length films, feature films, drama, experimental, comedy, horror, slow cinema, sci fi, fantasy, animation and documentary.The appropriate entry fee must accompany each entry. This nonrefundable fee covers screening and handling costs, and will not be returned.
Organized by independent film production company Diamond in the Rough Films, our 4th annual film festival wants to highlight the TRULY independent film. Even if it is "rough around the edges" or just plain out there. The filmmakers who scrape and sweat to put a good movie together against all odds. We want films that take risks, not hollow 4K mirages. If the names Cassavettes, Araki and Korine mean anything to you (and if they don't, then you should look them up on IMDB immediately), then we might be the festival you're looking for. We are excited to be hosted by a sparkling new venue - the Starbright Theater - for 2018!
Se configura como un festival de cine participativo y educativo donde se da voz a trabajos que tratan los Derechos Humanos, tanto en géneros de ficción, animación como documental.
Creemos que hoy es más importante que nunca que la sociedad cree puentes de debate para el acercamiento, con el único ánimo de crear humanidad y empezar a escucharnos. El Festival muestra trabajos donde tanto el contenido como la técnica son de alta calidad y han sido premiados a nivel internacional en anteriores Festivales. Previa selección de las películas por la organización del Festival, un jurado formado por expertos en el ámbito cinematográfico, así como defensores de Derechos Humanos y del ámbito educativo, serán los encargados de puntuar y entregar los premios.
Los Derechos Humanos son el garante de una sociedad sana, educada, despierta y empoderada y pertenecen a toda la sociedad como pilares fundamentales que deben sostener los cimientos donde se sustente todo lo demás. Difundir la cultura de paz, el desarrollo democrático y la humanidad sostenible son también sus objetivos. Para eso se organizan talleres, presentaciones y mesas de debate con los propios autores y autoras de las películas al público asistente así como actores, productores, críticos de cine, periodistas y defensores de Derechos Humanos locales e internacionales.
Te damos la bienvenida al Festival de Cine y Derechos Humanos de Madrid.
