We welcome works that discover certain tendencies or periods of fine arts or their social context. Last but not least, we also expect films created by using artistic methods or instruments (e.g. animated and experimental films, features).
Rural FilmFest, member of Green Film Network (GFN), is an international itinerant film festival, which offers a current overview of international documentary film, fiction and animation in a short, medium and long format related to the rural world, ecology, sustainability and natural and cultural resources. Rural FilmFest is not a common film festival, it is a unique and unrepeatable event. It is a summer camp, with excursions, multi-adventure, geocaching awards ceremony (Yes, you read that right. As a filmmaker you will have to find your trophy at the closing gala via GPS coordinates), international coexistence, dance, party and lifelong friendships. It is the experience of your life and if you attend, you will not want it goes over and you will want to return next year... Just read the reviews to discover the opinions of other filmmakers who have attended the Rural FilmFest. If you have a fiction film, animation or documentary whether it is a short film or a feature film, do not hesitate to submit.
The sixth edition of the 7th Moon Festival, International Festival of Long and short films, organized by the Association loi 1901 "The New Moon" will take place from Tuesday 26 March 2019 to Monday 1 April 2019 in Rennes. The films in official competition will be projected between March 26 and April 1, 2019 at night.
For all of its selections, the 7th Moon Festival will select only long and short films whose directors were under 31 years of age, at the time of the completion of the film.
Le festival du film sur l’environnement de Conakry (Guinee Conakry), première initiative du genre dans notre pays, se veut une rencontre de cinéastes guinéens, africains et internationaux pour constituer un front protecteur de l’environnement. Ce champ de rencontre permettra de confronter tous les deux ans les différentes approches des techniques cinématographiques appliquées à l’environnement. Il contribuera aussi et surtout à réaliser une analyse plus conséquente du phénomène de destruction de l’environnement reposant sur des approches aussi variées que celles des différents continents.
Champ fécond du donner et du recevoir, il aidera les cinéastes à découvrir et à collaborer plus étroitement sur un sujet aussi sensible que l’avenir de la planète.
XII International Short Film Festival "VISION" was first launched in Siberia (Russia) in 2007.
The Festival aims to demonstrate official selection films in three nominations: fiction film, documentary,animation; and includes an award ceremony and demonstration of films out of selection.
The Festival also hosts workshops by movie critics and directors, and meetings with creative professionals.
One of the wonderful traditions of the "VISION" Festival is the audience vote. Alongside with the professional jury, the audience gets to choose the best film by filling questionnaires.
The best film chosen by the audience is awarded a special prize.
The slogan of the Festival, "Share your Vision of the world", calls upon every young director to visualise his or her view on the world and share it with the audience. Each work is unique and addresses a certain category of viewers. It helps make the Festival programme diverse and versatile.
“Women’s Director International Film Festival – 2016” (Season - 3)
About WDIFF – The Annual Women's Director International Film Festival (WDIFF) is one of the few international film and arts festivals dedicated to women's. This three-day extravaganza, consisting of indoor and outdoor red carpet film screenings, fashion shows, workshops, and of course Shopping Stalls. It's a celebration of women and all who love women. WDIFF films and screenings are selected and hosted by filmmakers, professors, and other notable figures in the world of film. In addition to exhibiting the next new wave of women filmmakers, the WDIFF also makes time to pay tribute to films by women with historical significance.
In past years festival gains reputation & regarded as among most prestigious festival in India. The festival grows over the years & attracts filmmakers from across the India & across the world.
Mission & Objective - The mission of the Women's Director International Film Festival (WDIFF) is to empower women's artistic vision internationally. With women representing only 7% of filmmakers, we would like to increase the number of women in the industry and support those women who are actively involved by assisting filmmakers and artists with the development of their craft.
International queer film festival Merlinka is organized every year from 2009 in Belgrade Serbia. For five days we screen short, documentary and featured LGBT-themed films.
Only gay, lesbian, bisexual, trangender, transsexual-themed films.
Edinburgh Short Film Festival Now Open! International Tours & Cash Awards
The 14th edition of the ESFF with International Film Festival showcases, more short film screenings, trophies, cash prizes and awards!
Max Length 25 minutes, international films welcomed, all genres eligible.
Open for entries online and via Festhome!
http://www.edinburghshortfilmfestival.com/
Looking forward to seeing your films!
The Cambodia International Film Festival (12th Edition in 2023) is the most significant and industry driven film event in the Kingdom of Cambodia and SE Asia. Every year, the event features prominent pictures and hosts guests from Cambodia and abroad.
CIFF focuses on inspiring audiences to the diversity of films, promote innovative international film making in various forms and present quality productions made in and about Cambodia by national and international filmmakers.
Since 2015, CIFF has a special selection of films on environment and climate action.
CIFF takes place in the best theaters of Phnom Penh (10 venues, 160+ screenings, 130+ films) and fully respects copyright.
The 12th Athens ANIMFEST - International Animation Festival opens to Animation fans again this year. With a program full of shorts and feature animations, we respond to animators from around the world willing either to compete or to screen their movies in the parallel special events of our festival.
Notice:
For submission are accepted only ANIMATED MOVIES (Short, Student, Experimental and Greek)
GardenCity International Film Festival proudly brings the world of cinema to the IT city of India, Bangalore. We are happy to introduce the local audience to a range of most recent, cinematically daring and powerful filmmaking from around the globe. We want to be a festival that touches and teaches the audience, a festival that will drive creators to produce meaningful films, a festival that drives audiences from all walks of life and makes the week-end a deep experience that becomes a long lasting tradition.
From comedy to horror, drama to sci-fi, animation to docs, and everything in between, GardenCity accepts submissions of all genres, and looks for creative storytelling above anything else.
Kine exhibition is a non profit project produced independently. No prizes or award are given; the objective of the exhibition is to open cultural spaces, film clubs, etc., so that the short film has exhibition screens beyond the competition in festivals allowing access to the public that has not yet approached the work of all those dedicated to the cinematographic task of telling short stories.
Cinema transmits ideas, feelings and emotions, KINÉ believes that short films are not made to win prizes or recognition, short films are made to tell extraordinary stories that we live day by day, even at this moment, you can be living one.
Objectives:
To screen short films that, in most cases, trey're only seen in festivals competitions.
Creation of audience.
Encourage and promote the production of short films made in the city of Puebla, Mexico.
Promote local cultural venues.
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.
FESCICAL is a film festival in focus about latin american films.
ONLY FOR LATINOAMERICAN FILMMAKERS
Since its foundation, with Michelangelo Antonioni as its godfather, the Capalbio Film Festival has been a showcase for the next generation of cinematic talent from around the world. During its 22nd edition, Capalbio hosted the first Sundance Institute Screenwriters Workshop as an European exclusive.
The Ayerbe Film Festival Association launches this second stage of the "Villa de Ayerbe International Short Film Festival".
Since this 17th edition, with new members in the organization, we want to give a great boost to the festival. In addition to the international competition, we have created a new section dedicated to Science and Research to give greater visibility to the event and from this edition onwards, the awards are now called "CAJAL Awards".
We want to continue with the idea of collaboration with neighboring towns.
This collaboration is carried out in this way: All the selected short films may be screened locally collaborator simultaneously with the development of the Festival and their votes will serve to award the public prize.
Sedicicorto started in 2004 and is held every year in the month of October in Forlì. The Festival aims at offering visibility to young authors and at representing an opportunity of meeting and exchange among film industry professionals.
Known for its quality programming and the friendly welcome offered to all guests and professionals attending the event, over the years Sedicicorto has proven to be the Italian short film festival with the largest number of submissions (over 5,000 films submitted from 125 countries in 2021). Thanks to its consistent presence at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival & Market with the Italian Short Film Corner - organized in collaboration with the Italian CNC and other Italian short film festivals - and thanks to the collaboration with the network of European short film festivals of the EuroShort Project, Sedicicorto is constantly strengthening its image all over Europe.
The event aims at drawing the attention of the general audience, paying particular attention to children and the young audience with screenings and film literacy activities held during the Festival and all year round.
