IPFF is on the path towards its fourth edition in 2023. Once again, we will celebrate short portrait cinema and art which explores, educates, and transforms.
PHILOSOPHY
A portrait is an image heavy with meaning. Multilayered and multifaceted, it has a visual, psychological, material, emotional and spiritual dimension.
A portrait always undergoes a transformation. It imitates and repeats life, but becomes something or someone new along the way. It changes its original subject while capturing it. Then the portrait is transformed again through the mind of every brave interpreter.
A film portrait is a soul in the form of light encountering the canvas of the white screen while pairs of eyes are staring at its vastness. It is a trace. And a sign. And a reverie. It is past, present, and future intertwined.
FOCUS
The portrait is the focus of the films that will be screened at the IPFF. We are looking for portrait films that have already been completed, as well as such that will be created with the concrete idea of 'portrait'. Of a person. A group of people. An object. Something invisible, but substantial. Of the self. Or of something else.
WELCOME
IPFF welcomes a wide range of films and filmmakers: students, professionals, from low budget to big-scale productions, alternative and independent films by individuals and by collectives or institutions.
AIM
IPFF aspires to bring together artists and viewers who sincerely long for enrichment with art, intellectual discussion, and an experience of cinema through a new prism - that of the portrait film.
CHARACTER
IPFF is a hybrid event and platform. A symbiosis of intriguing live encounters and memorable virtual experiences: screenings, discussions, lectures, and masterclasses.
SPIRIT
IPFF is for those profoundly needing art and excitement. For those hungry for experimental viewpoints. And for the ones forever in love with cinema.
This call addresses every person, collective, agencies, exhibitions and producers that have produced and/or own the exhibition rights of audivisual pieces of short length and of documentary, argumentative, experimental and videoart nature; on movie film, video or animation formats.
FICICA will take place from 15th to 19 th of August in Barranquilla, Colombia and through virtual channels. You are all welcome to visit us!
The u22 Festival is the young film festival of Barcelona, the meeting and networking point for young filmmakers from all over the world. From 13th to 17th September 2023 at the Joan Miró Foundation of Barcelona.
The Wild Cinema presents a selection of films in which nature, adventure, and sustainability will be the protagonists.
The films will be projected in a natural environment, with the stars as a ceiling and the trees as seatmates. A different cinematographic evening, in the community, outdoors, and with all the advantages of a total festival like The Wild.
The Mairena del Aljarafe Short Film Festival, Mairena Film Festival (here in after MAIFF) will be a cultural event with a program that will host different activities (meetings with industry professionals, 36h short film making rally, projections of the official section...). The festival will be held from April 8 to 14, 2023 in the Seville town of Mairena del Aljarafe.
TRAVEL FILM International Film Festival collects the best travel, outdoor, nature and adventure films from around the world, which were created both by professionals and by enthusiasts, and helps to get them across to the Russian speaking audience.
All best films will be shown on the big screen during the solemn final ceremony on February 17 - 18, 2024 in Moscow, Russia and will be able to struggle for the main prize and the title of the "Best travel film". As well as for the prizes in the standalone nominations.
The annual Eko International Film Festival (EKOIFF) is an international film festival in the coastal megacity of Lagos in southwestern Nigeria.
It was founded and established by Hope Obioma Opara in 2009 and Hope Obioma Opara is the also the CEO of Supple Communications Limited under which the festival is Holden. He is also the publisher of publishers of Supple magazine a film festivals and culture magazine in Africa showing previews and reviews of movies and interviews on www.supplemagazine.org.
The mission of Eko International Film Festival is to promote the appreciation of Arts and Culture through the motion picture arts and sciences and increase tourism in Nigeria.
Eko International Film festival is owned (Trade Mark and Copy Right) and organized by Supple Communications Limited.
The inaugural edition was held in the megacity of Lagos in summer, July 7-12, 2010, at the Genesis Deluxe Cinemas of The Palms in Lekki, Lagos, with filmmakers from Nigeria and around the globe
The subsequent editions were held at the Silverbird Cinemas of the Silverbird Galleria on Victoria Island, Lagos. till date
Our film festival is on her 11th edition slated to take place in March 06 -10,2023
BioBiocine, International Film Festival of Concepcion, is an intercultural gathering of knowledge and wisdom expressed through cinema, which aims to be a space for dialogue and contemplation, as well as to disseminate, promote, support and place value on National and International Cinematography from a Territory and Identity that is established as the context for its annual meeting.
BioBioCine International Festival calls for works from all countries and cultures for its eleventh version. Its program includes competitive and non-competitive categories of Fiction and Non-Fiction Feature and Short Films, with a focus on auteur cinema, new filmmakers, experimentation, intercultural dialogue and first nations.
Carabantú has a special focus in film as an ethno-educational tool that can help challenge stereotypes. Our team works to implement this through the exhibition of films related to the memory of populations of African origin, from the African continent and the diaspora.
In addition to the exhibition of film productions by African and Afro-descendant artists, the Kunta Kinte International Afro-descendant Community Film Festival (VFICCAKK), created an opportunity to carry out a photography and video-production training process that involved over 120 Afro-descendant children and youth in Medellin. Together, the annual four festivals that have been organized so far have allowed for the training of two hundred Afro-descendant children and youth from Eigth peripheral of the city where there is a significant Afro-descendant presence, including many internally displaced people who have been forced to leave other territories in Colombia. For this reason, we feel energized and motivated to organize the seventh Kunta Kinte International Afro-descendant Community Film Festival in 2023.
Check the terms and conditions here:
https://carabantu.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Regulations.pdf
FILM SUBMISSION REGULATIONS
SHORTS MEXICO - Mexico International Short Film Festival call for entries begins February 21st through May 31st ,2023 at 23:59 (CST) Mexico City. We are open to receive Short Films from all over the world inviting all production genres.
GENERAL
SHORTS MEXICO is an exhibition platform specializing in short films. It promotes cinema creative expressions, diverse voices, distinctive and innovative visions, bold quality films from filmmakers from all over the world.
SHORTS MEXICO has become the biggest International short film festival in Latin America. At SHORTS MEXICO we encourage the growth and development of short films as well as the filmmakers’. The 18th Edition of SHORTS MEXICO will be held from September 1st through the 30th 2023 in Mexico City.
The cycle "Noche de Shorts México" takes place throughout the year and features previews, exhibitions, retrospectives and master classes. The Shorts Mexico Tour includes the towns and villages of Mexico, as well as several countries.
The Shorts Mexico Academy conference cycle includes an academic offer aimed at developing professionalization in various specialized areas of filmmaking. The festival will present the short film pitching contest “Competencia de Pitching de Cortometraje Shorts México 2023, ¨Competencia Work In Progress – Shorts México 2023 and Competencia de Guión de Cortometraje – Shorts México, with the goal of encouraging and promoting the creation and production of quality films.
SHORTS MEXICO´S main venues are: The National Cinematheque of Mexico, Cinemex (The world's sixth largest cinema company) venue Reforma 222, Vasconcelos Library, Centro Cultural Bella Época - Cine Lido, Mexico City's Cultural Centers, among others.
FESTIVAL SECTIONS
COMPETITIVE SECTIONS
INTERNATIONAL Competition (Live Action, Animation and Documentary)
IBEROAMERICAN Competition (Live Action, Animation and Documentary)
MEXICAN Competition (Live Action, Animation, Documentary and NeoMex)
SHORTS MEXICO’S FAVORITES - OUT OF COMPETITION SHOWCASE
International
World Cinema
Indigenous Peoples
Queer Shorts (LGBTTTQ+)
Experimental
Fantascorto (Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Horror)
Kids
Ecoshorts (Environmental Conservation)
International (Live Action, Documentary)
Mexican
Pueblos Indígenas y Originarios
Mujeres Mexicanas en el Cine
Mexican (Live Action, Documentary)
Experimental
Queer Shorts (LGBTTTQ+)
Fantascorto (Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Horror)
Infantil – Kids
Ecoshorts (conservación ambiental)
Funshorts (Cine de Comedia)
REGISTRATION
Entries are open from February 21st through May 31st ,2023 at 23:59 (CST) Mexico City.
Registrations to SHORTS MEXICO 2023 will be held through the following online platform:
FESTHOME
https://festhome.com/es/festival/shorts-mexico-festival-internacional-de-cortometrajes-de-mexico
All registered short films have the exact same process, regardless of the stage of registration that is chosen, late registrations are processed and watched exactly the same way as the early and intermediate ones, the only difference is the fee.
We suggest you register your short film as soon as possible to take advantage of the most affordable fees.
Early registration:
Mexican short films March 1st to March 15th, €12 (euros).
Foreign short films March 1st to March 15tht, €16 (euros).
Intermediate Registration:
Mexican short films March 15th to April 15th, €18 (euros).
Foreign short films March 15th to April 15th, €24 (euros).
Late Registration:
Mexican short films April 15th to May 31st, €22 (euros).
Foreign short films April 15th to May 31st, €30 (euros).
ELIGIBILITY
Short films produced between 2021 and 2023 may participate. The programming committee may make exceptions in the year of production.
For all sections, short films digitally recorded or filmed in 35mm, 16mm, 8mm will be accepted, the exhibition format is DCP, Blu-ray, DVD, Video File full HD with on-screen spanish subtitles embedded.
Eligible short films must have a maximum duration of 30 minutes (The selection committee may make exceptions).
It is not required for shorts films that are not Mexican to have been premiered in Mexico. Short films that have been screened at any other international festival can participate.
The publication of SHORTS MEXICO 2023 official selection will be held on August 12st on social networks, fan pages of SHORTS MEXICO and the official website of the festival www.shortsmexico.com
All information required for catalog, press kits, and promotional material of the selected short films, must be sent to programacionshortsmexico@gmail.com
Participants can register an unlimited number of works. Short films may not be withdrawn from competition under any circumstances, once their participation is accepted.
It is mandatory to sign the authorization letter and approval of the festival’s rules, by the legal representative of the audiovisual production, the failure to do so implies immediate disqualification.
The festival does not return any copies of the films submitted
The selection committee's decision is final.
International Competition
Short films made in any video format are accepted. Short films must have Spanish subtitles and can be produced anywhere in the world.
Iberoamerican Competition
Short films made in any video format are accepted. The production must be Iberoamerican, regardless of the nationality of the director and the place or country of filming.
Short films must have English subtitles, with the exception of the films coming from Portugal and Brasil that must have Spanish subtitles. Short film productions from Spain, Portugal and any Latin American country are part of the Iberoamerican category.
Mexican competition
Short films made in any video format are accepted. The production must be Mexican, regardless of the nationality of the director and the place or country of filming. Short films must be subtitled in English, at the exception of the productions whose original language is not Spanish, they must be subtitled in Spanish.
SELECTED FILMS
Selected works should be sent in a DCP format and Full HD digital file with on-screen english subtitles embedded, or an .srt file, and the list of dialogues of the production in spanish or english.
By submitting a short film to the festival, the people owning the rights of the film accept the rules and regulations thoroughly expressed in this document, consequently, authorize them to exhibit the film during the dates and venues determined by SHORTS MEXICO.
People owning the rights of the film, must assure having the rights to exhibit the film.
People owning the rights of the film, release SHORTS MEXICO, and any of their representatives, affiliates, coordinators, operators, programmers, directors, clerks, from any claim or legal issue that arises from the exhibition of the film at SHORTS MEXICO film festival´s venues and Tour.
If the owner of the short film does not deliver the material required by the SHORTS MEXICO´S committee, in the dates and deadlines provided, they will be disqualified.
JURY
Competitive sections of the festival will be awarded by a jury chosen by the festival´s committee that will be composed of renowned personalities and professionals of the film industry and juries from different artistic disciplines.
Jury's decisions are final.
AWARDS
Best International Live Action Short Film
Trophy and Diploma.
Best International Animation Short Film
Trophy and Diploma.
Best International Documentary Short Film
Trophy and Diploma.
Best Ibero American Live Action Short Film
Trophy and Diploma.
Best Ibero American Animation Short Film
Trophy and Diploma.
Best Ibero American Documentary Short Film
Trophy and Diploma.
MEXICAN COMPETITIONS
Best Live Action Mexican Short Film.
The prize includes the Production of the best pitching winning project´s short film, with an approximate value of $ 700,000.00 MXN. The award includes: 4 days of filming, one day of location/studios rental by Quarry Studios, minivan, Red One camera and Master Prime optics by CTT EXP & RENTALS. The company Cinecolor México will take care of the Color Grading process, conforming, and DCP. Also, winners will receive a statuette and a diploma.
The produced short film must be showcased in the next edition of SHORTS MEXICO.
SHORTS MEXICO awards the following ten categories in the Live Action Mexican Competition:
Best Director - Best Actress - Best Actor - Best Cinematography - Best Screenplay - Best Editing - Best Art Direction - Best Sound Design - Best Original Music - Best Costume Design
Best Animated Short Film
Trophy and Diploma.
Best NeoMex Short Film
Trophy and Diploma.
Best Documentary Short Film
Trophy and Diploma.
Jury Mentions
The jury will be free to grant mentions deemed appropriate.
Certificates
All the selected films will be given a certificate of participation in Shorts Mexico-México International Short Film Festival.
The Mexican short films selected in any competition of the festival will be able to submit their short film to the Ariel prize of the AMACC (Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences).
Tour
The festival carries out the Shorts Mexico Tour throughout the year, which takes place in Mexico City, in cities and towns of Mexico, as well as in various countries. Through the authorization letter, the legal representative accepts their short film to be shown in the different venues of the tour. The festival will notify the producer of the participation of the work in the various exhibitions.
REGULATIONS
All participants in SHORTS MEXICO fully accept the aforementioned regulations that apply to all sections. Any situation not foreseen regarding the present regulations, will be resolved by the festival committee. Issues not covered in these regulations, will be solved and decided by the SHORTS MEXICO Committee.
Questions, concerns and comments, please contact:
programacionshortsmexico@gmail.com
DIRECTORIO
Director General, Fundador y productor
Jorge Magaña
direccionshortsmexico@gmail.com
Director de Programación y producción general:
Isaac Basulto
programacionshortsmexico@gmail.com
Oficinas Shorts México:
Calle Recreo 89, Colonia Del Valle Sur - Actipan, Benito Juárez, C.P. 03230, Ciudad de México, México
Página oficial
www.shortsmexico.com
Teléfono
55 72 60 77 11
Instagram
@shortsmexico
Facebook
Shorts Mexico
Twitter
@shortsmexico
YouTube
www.youtube.com/shortshortsmexico
(Association for Independent Audiovisual Production and distribution registered in the National Register of Associations: 1/Sección Group: 1 / National Number 596006 and registered in the Register of Companies Audiovisual de Catalunya, under audiovisual production with the number 2409 , established in Rosellón Street, 120, 4 º 2 ª, 08036 Barcelona.
ELIPSIS Cinematographic Arts and Sciences International Meeting
is a project developed to propitiate the exchange of ideas, experiences and points of view, among students, filmmakers and researchers in the cinematographic field, with the intention of linking the academic and professional perspective in the seventh art within its diversity. The meeting integrates spaces specifically directed to academics or artist, as well as others designated for dialog and collaboration between them.
The (new) Melbourne Underground Film Festival
MUFF, Year Zero (2023)
We want films that are strange, daring, experimental, avant-garde and indefinable, radical, subversive, transgressive, unorthodox and weird.
If you’ve got one of those you could lend us for a night that’d be great.
The Melbourne Underground Film Festival takes place in September. We’ll be showing short films only in our first year. Up to 30 minutes, and completed any time since 1/1/2021.
See below and on our website for more details.
LIFEART FESTIVAL - FILM | MUSIC | ART | EVENTS
USA | GREECE | INDIA
WEB: www.lifeartfestival.com
IMDB: www.imdb.com/event/ev0008547/overview/
APP: LifeArt + | Apple and google play
Membership: www.lifeart.org
LifeArt Global Media Festival is a multimedia festival that celebrates Life, Art and Films. Hosted in world class venues, the Festival offers a compelling combination of the international art scene and a journey of film discovery.
Hosted in world-class venues in USA (Los Angeles, New York, Miami and San Antonio, Texas), India (Mumbai, New Delhi), Greece ( Athens & Santorini Island)
The Art Shows provides a platform to projects and promote talented artists, encouraging them to share their work to global audiences and Cultural Institutions as well as industry professionals and companies around the world.
The festival creates a special cultural exchange for film lovers, through film premieres, screenings, photo exhibitions, live performances and exciting panel conversations. The festival highlights the best of the film industry by bringing together a collection of both studio and independent films, and proudly embracing the passion, vision, and independent spirit of talented artists.
AWARDS - FILM | TELEVISION | WEB TV | VR | PHOTOGRAPHY
The Festival hosts 9 Award Categories in total. In order to reward the best projects submitted in each competition category, LifeArt has founded a board of jury consisting of representatives from the Festival’s supporting organizations and schools, as well as professionals from the film industry.
PREMIERES
The Festival‘s showcased feature films, shorts and documentaries from more than 60 countries. The competition films were in more than 40 languages and included Leonardo Di Caprio's "Before the flood", National Geographic's "The Story of Us" narrated by Morgan Freeman and "The Circle" starring Tom Hanks & Emma Watson, "Loving Pablo" with Javier Bardem & Penelope Cruz, National Geographic's "Genius: Picasso" series with Antonio Banderas in the leading role.
MUSIC LABEL
The LifeArt Music Label aims to inspire creativity through music, by showcasing motivational and inspirational songs, albums and soundtracks that empower and stimulate art lovers the world over. LifeArt set to release excerpts from the original score of the Netflix Original series FAUDA. The score provides a driving and dramatic backdrop to the griping series that has been thrilling tens of millions of viewers the world over, and marks the first official release of original music from the show. www.lifeart.org/fauda
LOCATIONS
All events are taking place in selected, iconic locations in different destinations such as Los Angeles design center, Delhi Technical University, The extraordinary Tobin Center of the Performing Arts San Antonio, Village Cinemas complex. LifeArt is being celebrated at the enormously colorful Pacific Design Center and the the historic luxury hotel, Beverly Wilshire in Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, CA.
MISSION
In an era as fast-paced as nowadays, LifeArt’s primary goal is to provide a stable platform for Film, TV, Web & Virtual Reality filmmakers to present their work to global audiences and explore the world of media. The festival highlights the best of the film industry by bringing together a collection of both studio and independent films, and proudly embracing the passion, vision, and independent spirit of talented artists.
Facebook:@lifeartfestival
Twitter: #LifeArtFestival
Instagram:@lifeartfestival
The Zanzibar International Film Festival is currently accepting applications for all African films (including African Diaspora) and films from the Dhow Countries’ region- South East Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, The Persian Gulf, Iran, Pakistan, India and the Indian Ocean Islands. Films must be have been produced after 2021. ZIFF reserves the right to accept any films with a specific interest to the festival.
Films should preferably depict the Festival theme; Finding Identity which conveys the idea of merging concerns in a global village, cultural encounters, engagement and exchange. Films reflecting the theme of global cultural interaction, cultural encounters or sociocultural commentary will be given priority.
Films must have been completed no later than March 12, 2023. We will accept submissions of works in progress only after agreement with ZIFF management.
The Submission Deadline is 12th March 2023. The festival reserves the right to also invite films for screening at ZIFF.
SOUSS International Short Film Festival Ait Melloul - Agadir, Morocco, hosts the creators of "Short Films, Short Documentaries" and offer an opportunity to participate in the 15th edition of the festival.
SOUSS International Short Film Festival Ait Melloul 15th edition (May 2023) organized by The Atelier COMMEDIA for cinematographic Creativity, In partnership with Ait Melloul Municipality, Regional Council of Souss Massa and Faculty of Languages, Arts & Human Sciences-Ait Melloul, Supported by the Moroccan Cinematographic Centre.
The 2023 COMMFFEST will celebrate 18 years from September 14-22 2023 screening in movie theatres exhibition spaces, and ONLINE presented yearly by a group of dedicated volunteers. COMMFFEST a charitable corporation makes its home in one of Toronto’s most fast growing, economically diverse neighbourhood, Old Town Toronto, where many languages are spoken amongst an eclectic population.
Our screenplay competitions is spearheaded by 30 year filmmaker, writer, director and producer Vladimir Bondarenko who is an instructor at Toronto Film school,
COMMFFEST is a film festival that presents a broad range of local and international films representing current affairs and relevant issues that affect our society. COMMFFEST provides opportunities for emerging filmmakers, artists, musicians and global community stakeholders to express themselves freely and to connect with audiences on a more personal level. This unique blend of film, filmmakers and audiences creates a dynamic atmosphere to provoke thought and stimulate further understanding and exploration of ideas, attitudes, and emotions that can foster change – starting with the communities in which we live.
FILMS OF ANY GENRES ACCEPTED; independently produced films. Included in that mix are childrens issues, poverty, human rights LGBTQ, women's rights, third world struggles,
The last 18 years Commffest has built a valuable platform for introducing emerging and professional filmmakers to bring together communities, not for profit organizations with government officials in panel discussions to tackle pertinent issues often resulting in more funding and support for these groups.
Commffest is a cultural platform that strives to educate and create a hospitality environment where filmmakers and attendees can mix and mingle over food, drink and entertainment.
TESTIMONY , Eleanor Mc Grath’s
As an independent film-maker, you work often for a year or possibly years to direct, edit, produce a film and then comes the waiting game to be selected by a film festival.
COMMFFEST is more than a community film festival in Toronto; it is an art festival with a world perspective and I am most fortunate to have been part of the 2015 film festival programming with my documentary, "Forgotten". COMMFFEST's vision is to share stories that demonstrate the strength, struggles and beauty of humankind while providing a strong platform for independent film makers to showcase their perspective and vision of our world today and into the future. We need festivals like COMMFFEST who step away from the mainstream and champion works where the viewpoint is critical, enlightened or visionary in their approach to conflicts or issues that prevail throughout Toronto, Canada, North American and worldwide.
Behzad Sedghi Filmmaker
For me, COMMFFEST has been where my films have finally reached their maturity by connecting through the big screen with their audience. It is this connection that is essential for any artistic endeavour. As this may be the case with most other festivals, however, in my direct experience with COMMFFEST I clearly felt that each artist was given special attention, a chance to have a dialogue about their creation and ultimately was embraced in a celebration of their achievement. COMMFFEST founders and organizers are filled with the love of films and arts and clearly possess the vision and generosity to make this celebration happen every year. I look forward to being part of the next celebration either as an artist or a member of its community.
COMMFFEST mission statement:
To advance education by raising the cultural, artistic and aesthetic expression of the community and to advance the public’s appreciation of the arts through related artistic workshops and panel discussions, while promoting the works of filmmakers and artists alike.
The programming: The films are chosen by a jury of professionals from a globally solicited call for submissions. Once chosen, the programming is created to generate discussion around specific world events and themes, provoking dialogue and acceptance of others and their concerns.
More about COMMFFEST
COMMFFEST attracts educators, artists, politicians, business leaders, socially conscious organizations and trendsetters.
Local Educational engagement:
Over 6000 Children from local schools across the GTA that now include the COMMFFEST festival experience as part of their annual curriculum.
COMMFFEST’S unique diversity invites the world to one local community event over several days in Toronto
The LA MIRADA TABÚ film festival wants to motivate artists and creators to show their view of the “taboo” concept, which is broad and diverse, encompassing from the dreams, the unconscious, the mental worlds and the ghosts that populate them , the mystery, the magic, even the untold reality, the unsaid, "the clothes hanging", in the workplace, emotional, family, vital ... from a vision as polyhedral as human thought is: casual, humorous, dramatic, dreamlike ... always from respect for all ways of thinking and from creativity.
LA MIRADA TABÚ launches an invitation to bring to light the personal and non-transferable world of each creator, which, as we have been able to verify throughout the history of art and cinema, through great names in world cinematography, connects with the deepest, unknown and elusive imaginary of the spectators
La Plata International Independent Film Festival - FestiFreak is one of the most relevant and inviting cultural event in La Plata, capital of Buenos Aires, Argentina. We settled 19 years ago with the idea of showing and giving premiere to films and authors that don't usually get in theaters and others screens well as reviewing greatest masters of cinema's filmography. Our 19º edition will take place in September 2023.
Here, you can find the information of the last edition:
https://festifreak.com/
