Dona i Cinema vise à créer un espace vivant de création et d'investigation artistiques et sociales. Un espace dirigé par des femmes, qui divulgue leurs œuvres et leurs productions, promeut l'égalité des chances dans les arts du spectacle et favorise la fin des pratiques discriminatoires à l'égard des femmes.
C'est pourquoi nous organisons depuis 2011 la biennale internationale Dona i Cinema — Mujer y Cine — Woman & Film, une semaine dédiée au cinéma fait par et pour les femmes, avec l'exposition d'une sélection de longs métrages, courts métrages, documentaires, animations et arts vidéo. Tous fabriqués par des femmes.
Ladies and gentlemen,
The President of the Organizing Committee, Alvine KOUAMBO is pleased to announce that edition 9
of the International Independent Film Festival of Bafoussam (Cameroon).
-This event, initiated by Ecran for the Renewal of African Culture, abbreviated as ERECA will bring together, as in the past, Cinema Technicians from all over the world.
-The theme of this sixth edition is:
"Promoting the Values of Bilingualism & Multiculturalism through Cinema and Audiovisual"
Entries for films that will be competing and out of competition at the Festival are already open.
- For this festival, a gigantic platform called VILLAGE DU FESTIVAL will be set up. This is where the main activities of the festival will be concentrated. Spaces will be available, but very selective.
-The FICIB is placed under the high patronage of the Ministry of Arts and Culture of Cameroon, the patronage of S.E. Mr. Pascal NGUIHE KANTE and headliner S.E. Mr. Roger MILLA.
We are honored to send you our warmest congratulations for all your efforts to promote culture. We would like, in our turn, to be able to fully count on your contribution to the events of the Bafoussam International Independent Film Festival (FICIB). This edition of the FICIB will feature the participation of the best professional film companies, dancers, craftsmen, cultural entrepreneurs, broadcasters, journalists, stage designers, observers from Africa, Europe, America and Asia.
As in previous editions, the FICIB will organize training workshops, conference-debates, caravans of indoor and outdoor screenings, exhibitions-sales of works of art, inter-school competition (musical interpretations, expressions on the theme of publishing, traditional dances and urban) with the end, the election Miss and Master Ficib.
These different activities will take place at the Village Festival.
The Opening and Closing Ceremonies will take place in the banquet hall of the HE Mr. Governor of Western Region "Bafoussam".
In order to enable us to achieve the objectives of FICIB which are to promote independent cinema, to encourage cultural and cinematographic diversity; to propagate cinematographic art by stimulating the development of quality cinema; promote opportunities for North-South co-production; discover and encourage new talent To encourage meetings between film professionals from all over the world, we respectfully request you to agree to participate in this event. You will find the general regulations here and we kindly ask you to download the Registration Form, fill it out, sign it and send it to the following addresses:
contact@ficib.info -BP: 1203 Bafoussam-Cameroon.
BUDAFEST is a Budapest film festival dedicated to the glocal culture. 2016 is the first edition. It will be the feast of the brotherwood of two people and of two movie worlds: the Italian and the Hungarian.
We will connect the world with Budapest and Budapest with the world: we have the Magyar section and the international one. We have also a special section dedicated to very fast movies, maximum 3 minutes. This section, called BUDAFAST is a contest, the "Easy Ticket" to the global market for young filmmakers, with no other limit of age and nationality but a fresh, immediate vision of the world & a new way to shoot it. Participation is easy, register is easy. A very short duration of minimum 30 "seconds and maximum 3 minutes in a Ground-level sequence with a mobile phones, a tablets, a digicamera... Upload & send it !
Le festival accepte les films intéressants pour les personnes gaies, lesbiennes, bisexuelles, intersexuelles et transsexuelles. Pour participer à la section compétitive (prix), ces films ne doivent pas avoir été programmés à la télévision, projetés dans des salles commerciales ou dans un autre festival espagnol à l'exception de celui organisé par la Fundación Triangulo. Dans tous les cas, le copyleft ou le copyright devraient être postérieurs à 2022.
18e Festival international du film Ecozine, film international et environnement de Saragosse. avril 2025. Organisé par Asociación Cultural Ecozine
Since 1997 this prestigious competition has showcased the works of the next generation of filmmakers. 12 to 25 short films will be selected by our panel of industry judges and shown in the Roger Ebert Conference Center at The American Pavilion to invited guests attending The Festival. It's a festival within a festival at the most important event on the international film calendar. Short Films, Short Documentaries, Student Documentaries, Student Films and LGBTQ films accepted from current undergraduate or graduate school students and emerging filmmakers up to three years post graduation. Films must be completed in 2017, 2018 or 2019.
We are both a LIVE NEW YORK CITY SCREENING and a WORLDWIDE ONLINE PREMIERE SITE FOR YOUR ORIGINAL FILM.
The live New York screenings will take place at the;
PRODUCERS CLUB
358 West 44th St.
New York, NY 10036
Online Red-Carpet Premiere winners are chosen throughout the year and BEST of each category also receives a LIVE RED-CARPET NEW YORK CITY PREMIERE SCREENING!
Simple and to the point, filmmakers have big dreams but few come true for the majority. The festivals and film market are being over flooded with Indies films, and now, from even children who are considered producers and filmmakers. If you have a good film and want a chance for it to be seen, promoted and maybe make a little profit along the way is what the RCCF is about.
The RCCF uses online Red Carpet Premieres to promote, market and screen your film for one to two weeks, just as if it was a live premiere screening but with the chance for a large, potentially huge, audience base. We use social media to promote, market and sell tickets for your online premiere. YOU retain ALL rights to your film. Films chosen to be screened at a Red Carpet Premiere are publicized for two weeks before the online premiere is launched. Filmmakers can earn 15 to 20% of the box office for a successful online screening.
Filmmakers whose films have been made OFFICIAL SELECTIONS have the option to decide WHEN they have their online premiere. BEST of each category will also receive a LIVE NEW YORK CITY SCREENING.
Films are accepted made from 2006 until now. You must own full rights to your film, music, screenplay, etc.. and accept full legal liability for owning those rights.
We accept full length features from 60 minutes or longer, any genre. (NO PORN)
Shorts are accepted up to 59 minutes. All genres, (NO PORN)
Features and Shorts are judged and awarded laurels IN NUMEROUS CATEGORIES,
ALL GENRES, ( horror, history, comedy, documentary, animation, family films, inspirational, experimental, music videos, dance videos, series pilot, etc.
First time or master filmmaker, Best Editing, Best Music Score, Best FX, Best Cinematography, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress. Best Woman Filmmaker, Best Foreign Film, Best Director, Best Ensemble Cast, etc.
The submission fee covers all this and more to give YOU the filmmaker a better chance for your film to be recognized and noticed by other festivals and distributors. People are more apt to buy an Indies Film if they see that they were award winners and recognized by various festivals. LAURELS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAT YOU MAY HAVE EVER IMAGINED. We give filmmakers the opportunity to win multiple award laurels for just ONE SUBMISSION FEE, plus CASH and a Red Carpet Online Premiere, AND a NEW YORK CITY LIVE PREMIERE SCREENING!
YOUR ONE SUBMISSION FEE GIVES YOUR THE CHANCE TO WIN IN THESE CATEGORIES AND MORE.......
SHORT
FEATURE
THRILLER
DRAMA
HORROR
ANIMATION
FX
COMEDY
INSPIRATIONAL
FOREIGN
T.V. PILOT
STUDENT
DANCE
MUSIC (Instrumental, band, orchestra)
VOCAL
BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTRESS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
BEST CHILD PERFORMER
BEST DIRECTOR
CINEMATOGRAPHER
EDITOR
MUSIC SCORE
and more.......
SORRY, there are NO WAIVERS or Student discounts due to the unique nature and cost involved of creating this type of festival and the management and marketing aspect of the online Premiere Theater.
NOTE: Unlike your film being accepted to an online distributor and lost within dozens and dozens of films being sold, YOUR FILM is the exclusive film screened for your premiere for the two weeks BEST OF EACH CATEGORY FILM WINNERS RECEIVE THE LIVE NEW YORK CITY SCREENING AS WELL.
ONLY FOR SPANISH (Castilla la Mancha) FILMMAKERS // SOLO PARA CINEASTAS ESPAÑOLES (Castilla la Mancha).
Bucharest Film Awards is a space designed for film professionals and film enthousiasts to foster creativity, expressivity and innovation in the cinematic field. Our mission is to create a platform where both experienced and new filmmakers can share their art, enhance their work and connect to diverse audiences.
Hosted in Bucharest, an iconic city for the Eastern Europe, with an efervescent cultural life, our festival will promote the best films from the online among a public avid to descovering new forms of contemporary art.
The film screenings will be held in 3 of the most inspiring venues in Bucharest:
Qreator by IQOS, Carturesti Verona & Cinema Elvira Popescu, well known among locals and foreigners for creating a favorable athmosphere for exploring promising artistic initiatives.
This year we put the emphasis on Innovation, integrating new forms of expressivity adapted to the 21st century film world. So, beside the film screenings, we have arranged a VR Cinema, Chroma Live Wall for Live CGI, Augmented Reality Screenings, Live Streaming shorts exclusively screened on smartphone platforms and many more!
Come along with us!
Submit now for the 2021 Film Competition!
More details on: www.bucharest-films.com
Bucharest Film Awards promotes short and feature films from around the world with 18 awards in 3 categories. Only films accepted in our Official Selection are eligible to screenings.
All submitted films will be reviewed by a jury of film professionals, that will look for creativity, talent, powerful ideas, quality and attention to details, regardless of the experience of those involved in the creation process and the budget of the submitted works.
The Film Competition will be a 3-day event that will include thematic workshops, live screening events, industry talks and networking cocktails.
In addition to the Film Competition, we created Spotlight with the aim of better promoting the best submitted projects. We will screen the best 10 films submitted in the first 6 months of the year.
« A top dix event » - Het Parool
« Culture Calendar » - VOGUE Nederland
« Amsterdam accueille un grand événement de cinéma » - iAmsterdam
« L'un des meilleurs festivals de films du Royaume-Uni à connaître » - London METRO
LGBT Film Festival and Scénario Competition.
Nous sommes à la recherche de FILMS et de SCREENPLAYS avec un thème LGBT dans le cadre du Festival de la Nouvelle Renaissance, qui aura lieu à Amsterdam en mars prochain (2018).
LA NOUVELLE RENAISSANCE
Le spacieux cinéma LAB111 accueillera à nouveau le Festival du Film de la Nouvelle Renaissance (NRFF) pour sa quatrième édition les 2, 3 et 4 mars 2020.
Ce festival d'art et d'art, basé à Londres, a été appelé « One of the top UK Film festivals » (London METRO, O1.08.16, a présenté et projeté des films qui ont remporté un Oscar (http://newrenaissancefilmfest.com/nrff-interviews-oscar-2018-winners-the-silent-child), ou a reçu un grand accord de distribution.
Malgré sa petite taille, il y a chaque année beaucoup de joyaux parmi les nombreux courts et longs métrages, et de nombreux cinéastes et acteurs sont traditionnellement présents et beaucoup de réseautage ont lieu. Le
film est un média unique, et la mission du NRFF est de soutenir et de défendre des artistes et des conteurs indépendants et inspirants. Cela comprend des travaux expérimentaux, des drames émotionnels, des films SF et une variété passionnante de courts métrages et longs métrages LGBT+. Le festival est également fier qu'il semble attirer un grand nombre de réalisatrices.
Pour avoir une idée du festival, regardez la bande-annonce du festival de l'année précédente : http://nrff.nl/trailer-for-nrff-amsterdam-2019 ou visitez le site web du programme 2019 : www.nrff.nl
Consultez la page de NRFF sur Instagram et Facebook pour obtenir des nouvelles et des mises à jour intéressantes.
NRFF Amsterdam a plusieurs catégories pour les cinéastes internationaux, Benelux et LGBT. Nous aimons particulièrement les drames de qualité avec des thèmes émotionnels forts, mais nous acceptons TOUS les genres.
Nous projetterons une centaine de films dans deux salles pendant quatre jours. Cet événement comprend un concours de scénarisation, des master classes professionnelles par des professionnels de l'industrie, des questions et réponses du cinéaste, des discussions de groupe, une heure de cocktail amusante et une cérémonie de remise des prix. Le festival sera ouvert au public et la vente de billets sera annoncée sur le site en temps utile.
RENFORCEMENT DE LA COMMUNAUTÉ FILM D'AMSTERDAM
C'est notre passion non seulement de fournir une scène à nos cinéastes, mais aussi de renforcer la communauté cinématographique à Amsterdam, en construisant un public engagé par le biais des médias sociaux, de notre initiative FILM DE LA SEMAINE et des liens avec les entreprises locales.
Bâtir pour l'avenir Le
FNRF prend de l'ampleur à partir de zéro. Notre mission est de renforcer la vitalité du cinéma indépendant. Chaque ville s'engagera avec différents thèmes et communautés, donnant aux indépendants la reconnaissance qu'ils méritent. POLITIQUE DE
RENONGATION
Nous savons très bien que la plupart des cinéastes doivent travailler avec un budget serré. Malheureusement, nous ne pouvons pas renoncer aux frais de soumission car nous sommes un festival autofinancé. N'oubliez pas de rejoindre notre liste de diffusion pour les dernières mises à jour et les offres spéciales !
Suivez NRFF Amsterdam sur Twitter, Facebook, Instagram et LinkedIn pour de nombreux messages intéressants.
DATE ET LIEU
La 28ème édition du Festival Européen du Court Métrage de Bordeaux aura lieu du 27 au 28 mars 2024. Les soirées de projection se dérouleront au cinéma UGC Ciné-Cité Bordeaux.
OBJECTIFS
Le Festival Européen du Court Métrage a pour but de promouvoir un format cinématographique peu connu auprès du public de la région Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Il facilite l’accès au 7ème art à un large public de tout âge. Il favorise également la découverte de réalisateurs talentueux venant de toute l’Europe. Il permet une certaine reconnaissance des œuvres d’amateurs comme de professionnels, portée par le jury du festival.
Children's International Film Festival, CIFF is one of the biggest children's film fest in middle east. Children are arguably the world's toughest audience to please. And the challenge gets bigger when 600,000+ school-going teens and pre-teens from almost 200 nationalities want to watch your film. It doesn't get bigger than this!
Our aim is to encourage meaningful thought provoking films for children and showcase amazing works of Filmmakers from around the world. The short listed films compete for most coveted Audience choice Award.
CALL FOR ART FILM MAKERS.
After last year's big success DELETE TV is again selecting remarkable experimental short films and video art which will be broadcasted on our partner TV-Channel in Austria and several video art platforms in collaboration with the selected artists. Further more, the most eye and mind-bending films will make it to Delete TV Screenings all over Europe.
Delete TV investigates the captivating nature of images with the specific aim to look up to new approaches by taking distance from the conventional film making method.
The program opens a window to the world of art and offers strong, wild and uncensored works from upcoming artists and film-makers. Delete TV highlights contemporary issues in a global context, highly educational and deeply focused on intercultural exchange and visibility.
Between the lines and under the make up of a brave new world.
The 4th COLOMBIAN QUEER FILM FESTIVAL is an annual non competitive LGBT film festival created by Fundación Cineteca Pública de Santander, to reward and celebrate each films of Colombian and international filmmakers, who make visible an aesthetic-political nature with discussions on gender, diversity of sexual orientation and identity along with films in commercial circuits and festivals, to generate intercultural encounters and consolidate organization processes and self-representation.
Gender doesn't define us. The sexuality-gender-body relationship surrounds us with inexhaustible questions and reflections. That’s why in this fourth edition we adopt the proposal to explore the different possibilities that this relationship offers in Cinema. #GENDERisOVER
CENTRAL-DOC
INTERNATIONAL
DU FILM DOCUMENTAIRE Quatrième édition
CENTRAL-DOC, Blackbird Films et Huitzil Multidisciplinaire Creation Laboratory A.C. Tous les documentaires sont invités à participer à la quatrième édition du Festival international du film documentaire, qui sera aura lieu du 2 au 6 décembre 2019 dans l'État de Tlaxcala, au Mexique. Les travaux seront projetés dans des espaces publics, indépendants, les établissements d'enseignement et les centres culturels, étant ces locaux, nationaux ou internationaux.
Cette quatrième édition de l'exposition est accompagnée du thème CULTURE, IDENTITÉ ET RESISTANCE... 500 ANS auparavant. Un thème qui cherche à rendre visible mais surtout à revendiquer le rôle des peuples autochtones à travers les différents documentaires qui composent cette édition et qui sont destinés à tourner autour de thèmes particuliers tels que les origines, les traditions, le territoire, la langue, les droits, entre autres. Chez CENTRAL-DOC, nous attendons des documentaires avec des histoires qui nous permettent de questionner et de valoriser ce qui nous fait ce que nous sommes, d'où nous venons et quelles sont nos racines.
Cineculpable est le Festival international du court métrage de Vila-real. En 2020, nous arrivons à la 23e édition.
Cette édition est ouverte à tous les artistes qui inscrire leurs œuvres dans l'une des langues officielles en
Communauté valencienne : espagnole ou valencienne.
TEST - NDNFF #21
24 juin - 1er juillet 2025 | Espinho, Portugal
Le FEST — New Directors | New Films Festival est une célébration globale des nouvelles tendances du cinéma mondial. L'événement met l'accent sur une présentation compétitive et non compétitive des nouvelles figures et œuvres les plus prometteuses du monde entier.
La 21e édition du festival aura lieu du 24 juin au 1er juillet 2024, dans la ville balnéaire d'Espinho (Portugal).
La sélection est divisée en plusieurs catégories qui incluent des concours de longs métrages et de courts métrages dans les formats fiction, documentaire, animation, expérimental non narratif, ainsi que du contenu adapté aux enfants et aux adolescents. L'événement comprend également des sections non compétitives qui vont des rétrospectives aux présentations qui peuvent être des courts métrages, des longs métrages ou des séries.
QUE RECHERCHONS-NOUS ?
Nous acceptons les films dans les formats suivants :
A) Longs métrages de fiction et de non-fiction (durée minimale de 55 minutes) réalisés par des réalisateurs qui en sont à leur premier ou deuxième long métrage, quel que soit leur âge.
B) Courts métrages de fiction, documentaires, d'animation et expérimentaux (d'une durée maximale de 54 minutes) réalisés par des réalisateurs n'ayant réalisé pas plus de deux longs métrages, quel que soit leur âge.
C) Séries de fiction, de documentaires, d'animation et d'expérimentation (d'une durée maximale de 55 minutes) réalisées par des réalisateurs n'ayant réalisé pas plus de deux longs métrages, quel que soit leur âge.
Les candidats doivent choisir l'une des catégories d'inscription disponibles. Ne vous inquiétez pas si votre film correspond à différentes catégories (par exemple : productions hybrides), car toutes les inscriptions seront prises en compte pour les différentes compétitions. Si votre film est également éligible à la compétition NEXXT (axée sur les productions académiques) mais que vous souhaitez qu'il soit pris en compte pour toutes les autres compétitions, veuillez mentionner dans la section des commentaires de l'inscription l'institution universitaire où le film a été produit. Si vous avez le moindre doute, n'hésitez pas à nous contacter à l'adresse films@fest.pt.
Au fil des ans, le FEST a sélectionné pour ses compétitions de longs métrages des films tels que « Past lives » de Céline Song ; « Mighty Flash » d'Ainhoa Rodríguez ; « The Civilian » de Teodora Mihai ; Anders Ølholm et Frederik Louis Hviid avec « Enforcement » ; Julie Lecoustre, « Zero Fucks Given » d'Emmanuel Marre ; P.S. Vinothraj « Pebbles » ; Eugen Jebelj « Poppy field » de Eanu ; et « Lamb » de Valdimar Jóhannsson, tout cela du côté fiction, puis du côté documentaire, « A way Home » de Karima Saidi, « Last Knights Of The Right Side » de Michał Edelman, « Dear Future Children » de Franz Böhm parmi tant d'autres.
Les sections de courts métrages du FEST sont connues pour leur grande variété de styles et de visions cinématographiques, ayant été au fil des ans une plate-forme pour le lancement de nouveaux artistes tels que Govinda Van Maele (Luxembourg), Christos Massalas (Grèce), Mati Diop (France), Adriano Valerio (Italie), Patrick Vollrath (Allemagne), Ninja Thyberg (Suède), Manuel Abramovich (Argentine), Daria Belova (Russie)), Simon Mésa Soto (Colombie), Aga Woszczynska (Pologne), Jela Hasler (Suisse), ainsi que des centaines d'autres cinéastes prometteurs.
Le FEST propose également une série d'autres activités parallèles au festival, notamment le FEST — Training Ground (l'un des plus grands forums cinématographiques d'Europe) et le FEST — Pitching Forum (compétition de projets de films), entre autres.
Pour plus d'informations, veuillez visiter notre site Web à l'adresse www.fest.pt
WORLDFEST NOW ACCEPTS ONLINE FESTHOME SCREENERS! WE HAVE LG & SHARP 110" DIGITAL BIG SCREENS FOR JURIES! WE DO ALSO ACCEPT DVD, BLURAY OR USB FLASH/PEN/JUMP DRIVE FOR JUDGING AND FOR THEATER SCREENING! Region Zero! (If you win a Remi, you may be screened on big Cinemark Theatre screens to 600+ theater audience!! So we need a BluRay, DCP or Jump Drive for the DCP screening! Large juries view your entry on a big digital screen, not a little laptop! We will personally confirm your entry's arrival.
WorldFest is the only film festival in the world that gives your entry a grade, a score! Your score can earn you a Remi Award! We do not believe that there can just be three winners in a category, a Gold, Silver and Bronze - so we assign your entry a score from the jury! An A+ wins a Special Jury Award and is considered for the Grand Remi! An A score wins a Platinum Remi, an A- wins a Gold, a B+ wins a Silver and a B wins a Bronze Remi. No Awards are made below a B level score. With more than 4,750 category entries, only about 10-15% actually win a Remi Award, but we feel it is the best possible way to run a festival awards system!
55th WORLDFEST-HOUSTON SETS FEST DATES, CALLS FOR ENTRIES!
“FORGET SUNDANCE! …WorldFest is one of the best conceived festival productions on the planet!” ~ Craig Outhier, film critic, Phoenix press; Tempe Times.
The 55th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival continues its totally dedicated Independent Film screening format for the upcoming April 20-24, 2022 unspooling. WorldFest will screen just 60-80 feature film premieres and over 130 Shorts with a total and absolute emphasis on the American and International Independent feature film and a continuing annual spotlight on award-winning short films and documentary films. Entries Officially Open Aug. 15, 2021. The EarlyBird Entry Deadline is Nov. 15th 2021 – A Mail-By/Enter By/Ship-By Deadline! Entries do not have to arrive by this deadline. The Main Entry Deadline is December 15, 2021. The Late Entry Deadline is Jan 15th 2022!
WorldFest Artistic and Program Director, Kathleen Haney, stated, “We are fiercely dedicated to the Indie Feature and Short Film and look for a quality selection of individual films to maintain a smaller, yet effective program rather than an overly large and unwieldy slate of 150-300 films. Haney continued, “For the 2020 WorldFest we continue to use ‘A good story, well told’ as our time-tested approach to film selection”. WorldFest-Houston now accepts Online, Thumb-Drive & DVD/BR format entries.
This year WorldFest presents its 8th Annual Panorama Asia, the largest survey of new films from all of Asia & China in the whole, wide world! More than 200 directors and filmmakers will attend from Beijing, Shanghai, Korea, Taiwan, Mongolia, VietNam, Cambodia, the Philippines & Japan. China is now the largest box-office and production revenue country in the world, surpassing the USA. There is a special Panorama Asia theater and a dedicated section of the program book.
WorldFest Grand Remi Award Winner, Ridley Scott commented “WorldFest is in the business of validating excellence!” We are delighted to agree! The mission of WorldFest is to recognize and validate creative excellence in film & video production in every facet and category of filmmaking. Many filmmakers report that a Remi Award from WorldFest opens doors to advance their careers.
WorldFest will continue with its annual Short Film Showcase, a special review of 130+ new short and student films...from the festival that gave first top honors to Spielberg, Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Randal Kleiser, The Coen Brothers, Ridley Scott, Robert Rodriguez, Spike Lee, Gavin Hood, John Lee Hancock, John Frankenheimer, Michael Cimino, Leslie Linka Glatter, Oliver Stone, Ang Lee, Atom Egoyan and David Lynch, among many others! Few other festivals have such a “Discovery” track record. WorldFest has emerged as the oldest continuous film festival management in the world with the same executive director, serving with a special vision for 53 consecutive years. A few other festivals are older, but they have had as many as ten different directors. It is the oldest film festival in The South, and the 3rd oldest International Film/Video Festival in North America, after San Francisco & NYC.
The 55th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival highlights include a Red Carpet Opening Night Gala, the Remi Awards Banquet with top honors presented to more than 1,000 up-and-coming attending filmmakers from over 75 countries from round the globe, there are 9 Master Classes in Film & Video Production, a nightly Festival Club at the HQ Westin-Memorial City Hotel, Indie Panels, a VIP tour of NASA with a special police escort and an exciting Houston Yacht Club Sailing Regatta & Texas BBQ. All offer superb networking opportunities!
WorldFest began in August 1961, as Cinema Arts, an International Film Society. It began screening Independent, foreign & art films. It became an officially competitive International Film Festival seven years later, in April 1968, and has been in continuous operation since. It is one of the original three film festivals in North America, with San Francisco and New York as the first two events. Following WorldFest was Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, and Seattle. Then Sundance and SXSW, Toronto and Tribeca. Now there are more than 3,500 USA film festivals of various types, levels and quality, most being simply non-competitive screening events! WorldFest is international, competitive and invites filmmakers worldwide.
The 55th Annual WorldFest offers International Competition in; Features, Shorts, TV production, TV commercials, unproduced Screenplays & Teleplays, Experimental, Student, Documentary, Business & Industry, New Media, and Music Videos. You may enter the Feature, Short, Student, Experimental, Student, Music Video, and New Media-Websites via FestHome. You must go to our main website (worldfest.org) to enter the TV Production (100 series), TV Commercials (400 series), Film & Video Production (200 Series) and the Screenplay Competition (700 Series). WorldFest is the largest film & video competition in the world, in sheer number of actual category entries, with more than 4,750 category entries received in 2020. There are almost 200 sub-categories for competition, allowing each film to compete in its own individual genre.
WorldFest-Houston is sponsored by Memorial City Mall, Cinemark Theatres, Boxer Properties, the State of Texas, the City of Houston, HBU Fitness Center, Kodak, NASA, Lopez Negrete Communications, the Houston Yacht Club, Maggiano's Ristorante, Avis/Budget, The HQ Hotels Westin & Zaza, The Houston Chronicle, Regent University Film School, the Houston Yacht Club, and the Houston Film Society
The 55th WorldFest-Houston – 9898 Bissonnet, Suite 650, Houston, Texas 77036, 713-965-9955, Fax is 713-965-9960 – Email is – info@worldfest.org – The website is https://worldfest.org
The Vaughan International Film Festival is a unique event, with a style all its own.
Now in its 6th edition, this exciting five day event proudly showcases both local and international talent – on all levels. Our Founders: Antonio Ienco and Mark Pagliaroli, present their audiences with multi-genre short films -offering an ideal platform for independent film creators to put forth their work.
This Non-for-profit organization brings you public film screenings of Canadian and International cinema, vibrant social events and a lavish awards show- complete with a prestigious Golden Reel Award. We also support and further arts education with various scholarships and bursaries; granted to young filmmakers, art students and educational institutions in our city. Throughout the past several years, the VFF has remained focused and true to its objective: To satisfy the cultural appetite of this growing community while offering an arts forum befitting our world-class city. We look forward to delighting our audiences for years to come.
