Arlington International Film Festival (AIFF) is an award winning organization with its mission being to foster appreciation for different cultures by exploring the lives of people around the globe through independent film. In 2014 AIFF was awarded the Community Recognition Award by the Arlington Martin Luther King Committee, in 2013 the Alan McClennen Community Arts Award by the Arlington Center for the Arts and the Gold Star Award by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Through the founding of AIFF, the mission has also focused on enriching the community and broadening the view of our world and ourselves. AIFF believes that the arts are here to connect us, to communicate across boundaries, and touch our common humanity.
AIFF is open to national and international filmmakers. Whether professional or a first time filmmaker, we welcome innovative, original films with unique perspectives. Many of our selected films have been nominated for Academy Awards; i.e. BOTSO: The Teacher from Tbillisi directed by Tom Walters, Elena directed by Petra Costa, and Documented directed by Jose Antonio Vargas. We Still Live Here directed by Anne Makepeace was chosen by the U.S. State Department to screen around the world.
Il Massachusetts Independent Film Festival (MassiFF) è un'organizzazione no-profit 501 (c) (3) gestita da registi, scrittori cinematografici e amanti del cinema. Il nostro obiettivo è quello di mostrare film provenienti da tutto il mondo realizzati da registi veramente indipendenti. Vogliamo mostrare il meglio del cinema indipendente contemporaneo in tutti i generi (dramma, sperimentale, commedia, horror, slow cinema, sci fi, fantasy, animazione, documentario e altro). Dedichiamo tempo di Domande e risposte e conduciamo interviste video per i registi in visita. Aiutiamo anche a promuovere i film selezionati per trovare un nuovo pubblico. Amiamo l'arte del cinema e diamo il benvenuto a tutti noi! Visitate il nostro sito www.massiff.org per un assaggio dei festival precedenti.
CINESEPTIEMBRE, A.C. convoca a Artistas visuales y Realizadores Cinematográficos
a proyectar su obra en la novena edición de la Muestra Internacional de Cine Independiente
CINESEPTIEMBRE 2016, a realizarse en septiembre en Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México.
With twenty-two years of existence, (the first edition was in 1997) AVANCA Film Festival was awarded first place in 2011 contest of the support film festivals sponsored by ICA / Ministry of Culture.
An additional thematic programming has happened over all these years, giving space to screening of significant works of contemporary cinema appropriately framed in concerns and / or well-defined objectives.
The AVANCA is known as a space for workshops led by personalities of world cinema, and being more than a "master class", has allowed a unique cinema practice. Every year we have always 6 or 7 workshops, bringing together participants from all over Europe. The media have written that this is the largest European area of professional workshops in the field of cinema.
AVANCA is the only festival that congregates a Cinema International Competition, works from the television area, video and new supports of multimedia, with a special concern of exhibit the best world productions done in each category.
Since the first edition, the festival only accepts unprecedented films in Portugal.
The World Premiere competition is unique in our country and was only possible because Avanca became a passage point of unpublished authors and movies with great quality. Films that have their world premiere in the festival, independently of the submitted category, are also participating in the World Premiere Competition.
AVANCA is the Portuguese festival with the highest percentage of worldwide unpublished movies that find here their first showing.
In 2020 Edition, Avanca will bring for the first time the VR Competition, where films in virtual reality 360°, narrative or experimental (but with no interactivity) are allowed.
Since 2010, we have organized the international film conference AVANCA | CINEMA, becoming the most important conference in the field of cinema in the Iberian Peninsula. This conference brings together speakers and participants from around the world.
Thematic exhibitions, editions of books, bibliographic presentations and various projects have marked these last 10 years of AVANCA with the quality that compels the festival and the participants obviously require.
Festival di cortometraggi e lungometraggi dell’orrore – Thriller – Pulp – Exploitation – Gore – Trash – Fantasy – Zombie Movie – B Movie - Western
I premi saranno assegnati a:
Miglior cortometraggio
Miglior fotografia
Miglior sceneggiatura
Miglior make up
Stop Motion Barcelona Festival is the first animation festival in Barcelona dedicated to stop-motion, including all his techniques: pixilation, cut out, puppets...
The day of the festival, the films selected will be screened and two prizes will be awarded: the jury and the public .
Hawaii Shorts International Film Festival showcases the best short films and its filmmakers from around the world.
Last year's Hawaii Shorts was held at the Kahala Theater. The inaugural year took place at the Koko Marina 8 Theaters in Honolulu on the island of Oahu.
We believe that short form cinema and its creators should have their own premier film festival in Hawaii deserving similar recognition given to the feature film and its creators. The heart of the festival will be our quality and scope of extraordinary film programming.
L'International Short Film Festival Psarokokalo è un festival annuale che si svolge in Grecia dal 2007. Il festival mira a fornire una vetrina per il lavoro di nuovi registi di tutto il mondo e a promuovere la diversità e la ricchezza del cortometraggio. Il festival fa parte di un progetto volto a ricercare, promuovere e sviluppare l'arte del cinema. Il programma del festival include proiezioni di cortometraggi provenienti dalla Grecia e dall'estero, nonché eventi audiovisivi, conferenze, masterclass, mostre e concerti dal vivo. La qualità delle sue proiezioni, conferenze, mostre è riuscita a renderlo un punto di riferimento per cinefili, registi, professionisti e nuovi artisti. Ogni anno le attività del festival si sono ampliate, ricevendo una maggiore partecipazione da diversi paesi e ottenendo un maggiore sostegno da registi e professionisti. Il festival mira a viaggiare oltre i confini per sviluppare uno spirito di amicizia e cooperazione con festival e registi internazionali di tutto il mondo. Il Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival è gestito da Kyklos, un'organizzazione senza scopo di lucro con sede ad Atene il cui scopo è promuovere azioni legate al cinema e alla consapevolezza del pubblico sulle questioni ambientali. «Kyklos» in greco significa ciclo e la visione del ciclo è il rispetto dei diritti fondamentali, tra cui libertà, pari opportunità e diversità culturale
The Festival de Cine Comprometido de Guadalajara (FESCIGU) celebrates its 23rd edition this year at its (exile) headquarters in Azuqueca de Henares (Guadalajara, Spain). Over the years, we have strived to bring our audiences the best in the world of short films, with social, activist, or simply humanistic content. All genres are welcome, as long as they do not condone violence. FESCIGU is a pre-selection festival for the Goya Awards. This year, the central theme is PEACE, so short films that address this topic will be especially welcome.
15° Festival Internazionale del Cinema La Cabina, che si terrà a València (Spagna) tra l'8 e il 18 novembre 2022.
We are happy to announce the Third Edition of Documentary, Animation and Short film festival, which will be held in the desert city of Rajasthan, Bikaner from 1-2 September 2018. The Acharya Tulsi Short Film Festival (ATSFF) will use the power of film makers to further the cause of Peace, Harmony, Social justice, Meditation, Social taboo and Environment on earth. From the outset, the ATSFF envisioned “peace” not as the absence of conflict but as a framework for channelizing, processing and resolving conflicts through respectful and non-violent means.The ATSFF, the primary project of Acharya Tulsi Shanti Pratishthan, is a non-profit festival established to celebrate and encourage the work of independent filmmakers from around the country on the theme of peace, harmony, social justice, meditation, social taboo and environment. ATSFF aims to contribute towards culture of peace, non-violence, harmony, social justice, meditation through cinema, dialogue and programming highlighting the individuals on the vanguard of peace activism and social change.ATSFF works to connect expression – artistic, political, social and personal – to positive, respectful vehicles for action and change. The festival program is carefully curated to create a place for open dialogue, using the films as catalysts for change.
UGUFF was initiated as one of the Sollywood Films Pty Ltd’s social responsibility programmes in 2013 under the direction of Senzo Zindela.
The event screened 2 films on its first year, 4 films on its second year accompanied by 3 workshops (script writing, acting & editing) which were conducted by local industry experts, & had around 400 audience in 2014.
It also had an international workshop (action & stunt coordinating) held by Hollywood veteran/Hall of Fame, Steve Lambert known for Indiana Jones, Robocop, Rambo etc.
On its 3rd year, it received 60 international films, screened 23 altogether including local films, had around 5 international guests who came on their own expenses, & had around 1000 audience.
We are proud to be the first festival that managed to identify and award the best international films that continues to receive awards after our event. The following films were chosen and won best awards in our 2015 festival and never stopped from there:
Candela: Spanish Film awarded around the world: South Africa, India, Romania and USA. Nominated in Spain, Singapore, Canada, India, UK, Los Angeles and China.
Palm To The Sun: Japanese Film awarded around the world: South Africa, Spain and nominated in more.
Our Goals are as follows:
-To recruit and expose talented individuals.
-To provide information about the film industry.
-To create sustainable employment.
-To change perspectives, motivate, uplift & give hope to disadvantaged communities.
-To heal mental crippled youth who are victims of previous massacres like Shobashobane.
-To upgrade local film industry by bringing international experts to share their knowledge & experience each year.
ORGANIZERS
Senzo Zindela (Filmmaker)
Concorto Film Festival is addressed to cinephiles, both general audience and professionals.
The purpose is to promote short films and to generate contacts among audience, young directors and professionals.
Since 2003 the international Festival SIGNES DE NUIT is active in Paris, Berlin, Saarbrücken and with special screenings world wide. The festival in Paris actually presents around 300 films coming from around 50 countries at different places in Paris. In Berlin the festival will be performed in the legendary cinema Babylon.
The International Festival SIGNES DE NUIT based in Paris is made up of films, which reflects new views, original imagery and critical approach to the crucial points of the modern human existence. It is a place for cinema that expands its own boundaries, that is astonishing, different, potentially free from the pressure of tradition, ready to give itself to the unpredictable experimentation.
The minor costs of digital production makes an independant- from comercial influences and any kind of censorship- production possible. These independant productions create an alternative, an artistic space very subtle and accessible to all, in contrast to what mass media offer.
This opposition and the preservation of the free cultural space is the goal of the International Festival Signes de Nuit, which has realized screenings and interventions in 29 different countries including Algeria, Australia, Chile, Cuba, Lebanon, Lithuania, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Peru, Russia, Tunisia, Turkey and the United States beside the screenings in main festival in Paris.
Day Of Film Festival is a dynamic and fast growing film event that shows the best out of film in one day, in every aspect. Several aspects of film will be at the centre of attention for a complete day. Not only from the crowd, but also professionals. Workshops, lectures, panel-discussions and the viewing of a great selection of films are combined in an event that has captured hundreds of peoples attention every year. Your film is their finishing touch! And even better: it can be awarded!
2018
The 2018 edition will take place in Lumière Cinema Maastricht on May 19th.
PRESENTAZIONE
Il concetto TUWUN rappresenta l'origine territoriale mapuche, che insieme a KVPALME, l'origine familiare, rappresenta l'identità mapuche radicata nel LOF, uno spazio territoriale che a sua volta è la base della struttura territoriale ancestrale di uno spazio più ampio, il WALLMAPU, l'intero territorio mapuche.
Questo concetto di Mapudungun, la lingua mapuche, dà origine a TUWUN Muestra de Cine Indígena de Wallmapu, creata con l'obiettivo di far conoscere attraverso il cinema, quell'identità e le realtà legate alla conoscenza ancestrale e al modo in cui è intesa. La vita dalla visione e dal rapporto di ogni popolo con il proprio ambiente, con il proprio territorio, con la propria storia, cultura e spiritualità e, quindi, dal loro punto di vista.
In questo senso, crediamo che la mostra TUWUN rappresenti una preziosa opportunità per conoscere il modo in cui la vita viene compresa dalla cultura delle popolazioni indigene e uno spazio importante per condividere la prospettiva e la realtà espresse dalle loro voci rappresentative, attraverso il cinema. Oltre a contribuire al decentramento del cinema e della cultura, generando un processo di circolazione a livello territoriale e portando la mostra itinerante e le sue attività complementari a un pubblico ampio e diversificato, nelle aree urbane e rurali, con l'esposizione delle opere partecipanti in vari spazi, come le comunità mapuche, le scuole e i centri culturali nelle città che generalmente hanno difficoltà ad accedere al cinema perché lontane dai grandi centri urbani, generando anche spazi Nvtram (conversazione) intorno al suo contenuti.
ATTIVITÀ PRINCIPALI
TUWUN è una mostra cinematografica indigena che consiste principalmente nella realizzazione di un'Esposizione Centrale, che si svolge ogni anno per 4 giorni, nel Centro Culturale Municipale di Villarrica, accompagnata da attività svolte in varie zone della città. E di una mostra itinerante, che copre vari luoghi di Wallmapu, il territorio ancestrale mapuche (Cile meridionale e Argentina) e si svolge dal mese successivo alla mostra centrale, fino a giugno dell'anno successivo, dove per i mapuche Il ciclo termina e ricomincia con la celebrazione di Wiñoy Tripantu (capodanno mapuche).
ATTIVITÀ COMPLEMENTARI
Nell'ambito di TUWUN, sviluppiamo varie attività complementari, sia durante la mostra centrale che durante la mostra itinerante. Tra questi, un TRAWUN (incontro), proiezioni speciali di ospiti delle popolazioni indigene e del popolo mapuche, NVTRAMCINE (forum cinematografici), proiezioni TUWUN inserite in altri concorsi cinematografici e culturali, proiezioni per scuole e comunità, cicli speciali nella stagione estiva. E un laboratorio per l'apprezzamento del cinema con identità, che abbiamo progettato per la formazione e la mediazione con diversi tipi di pubblico, come bambini e giovani in età scolare, adulti, leader di organizzazioni, comunità mapuche, ecc.
ALLEANZE STRATEGICHE
TUWUN Muestra de Cine Indígena de Wallmapu, è coordinato e prodotto da ADKIMVN Cine y Comunicación Mapuche, con il patrocinio del Centro Culturale Municipale di LIQUEN e dell'Illustre Municipio di Villarrica, e la collaborazione di una rete di organizzazioni, centri culturali, dipartimenti municipali della cultura, comunità mapuche e centri educativi.
Il Festival è aperto alla partecipazione delle seguenti opere in concorso:
Cortometraggi
Documentari
Panorama Campania
Brainwash, since 1995, has delighted audiences with a selection of the bizarre, the unique, and just plain old well-made movies from independent producers all over the world. With an eye toward the abstract, the innovative and the weird, Brainwash saluted it's 25th Silver Anniversary in the 2019 season, and, we're still going strong. We have consistently attracted entries we curate to be able to display some of the most cutting edge cinema from up and and coming directors, actors, producers and crews consistently year after year. So please send us yours this year!
