The CineCircolo Maurizio Grande, based in Diamante (CS) at Via Cavour No. 4—in collaboration with the online magazine MATCHNEWS, Radio DIGIESSE, and FEDIC (Italian Federation of Film Clubs), and partnering with AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ITALY for the “Human Rights” category—announces the 17th edition of the MEDITERRANEEO FESTIVAL CORTO™, an international short film competition.
The Festival will span five evenings, featuring screenings and award presentations exclusively for the competition winners in the presence of distinguished guests from the film industry, alongside debates, conferences, and in-depth looks or retrospectives focusing on figures of national and/or international significance.
A fee of €10.00 (ten euros) is required for each submitted short film to cover administrative costs.
There are five categories:
Cat. A - FICTION
Cat. B - HUMAN RIGHTS
Cat. C - DOCUMENTARIES
Cat. D - ANIMATED SHORT FILMS
Cat. E - SCHOOL SHORT FILMS
E/1 – Film schools
E/2 – Educational institutions (schools)
The Lebanese Independent Film Festival (LIFF) is an independent festival born in Lebanon, the land of diversity. It emerges from the Mediterranean region and aims to reach a global audience.
The vision of the LIFF is to establish Lebanon as a center for local and international filmmakers to share global perspectives as well as independent thoughts to a large audience through film.
The mission of the LIFF is to promote independent film culture and encourage its development.
It is a platform to support and display the work of artists and filmmakers; a networking event that will bring together international and local professionals along with festivalgoers in a beautiful setting.
Its goal is to enhance cultural growth. With independent films and panels on various topics addressed to a diverse audience, the festival will ensure the promotion of diversity and present an alternative healing tool for the Lebanese society.
It also aims to attract a broader audience and make the festival accessible to those interested in movies but that may live in farther regions.
The LIFF Lebanese Independent Film Festival is in partnership with A Night Of Misfit Films Film Festival Arizona-USA, CIFF The Canadian Independent Film Festival and the Fantasy Film Festival Paris-France.
Video Format: HD, UHD, 4k, 6K
THE XI ARCTIC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL "GOLDEN RAVEN"
March 29 – April 11, 2027 • Anadyr, Chukotka, Russia
Free submission • Deadline: November 30, 2026
Golden Raven is the easternmost international film festival in Russia. It takes place in Anadyr, the capital of Chukotka, on the shores of the Bering Sea, where Russia's new day begins. For two weeks every spring the Arctic town becomes a meeting point for filmmakers from all over the world, and your film meets an audience unlike any other.
A festival that keeps growing
The jubilee X edition received 3,394 submissions from more than 100 countries. Festival films were screened in 67 regions of Russia and in six countries, from Minsk to Buenos Aires, reaching a combined audience of over 130,000 viewers. The Grand Prix went to a film from China, chosen not by a jury but by the audience in Anadyr.
What we are looking for
Full-length films: stories of the Arctic and the North, of indigenous peoples around the world, of nature and the relationship between people and their environment. We look for films where the North is not an exotic backdrop but a living world of people, characters and destinies.
Short films: Arctic and northern themes are our priority, but films of other themes are welcome too.
All films must be completed on or after January 1, 2025.
Competition sections
— International competition of full-length feature and documentary films
— International competition of full-length animated films
— International competitions of short feature, documentary and animated films
— FilmRising! — interregional competition for filmmakers from Russia's North, Siberia and Far East
— NEW: AI Film Competition
NEW in 2027: AI Film Competition
For the first time, Golden Raven opens a competition for films created with generative artificial intelligence. It is open to features, shorts, animation, experimental and hybrid works from 1 minute long, where more than 50% of the main visual sequence is created with generative AI. There are no thematic restrictions. Applicants disclose the AI tools used and the creative contribution of the team. The winner is chosen by audience vote.
Awards
The Grand Prix, the Big Golden Raven statuette, is awarded by audience vote. An international jury awards Golden Raven statuettes for best film, directing, screenplay and cinematography in the full-length competition, and Golden Raven medallions in the short film, animation and FilmRising! competitions. The festival also presents a Press Award and a children's audience award for the best animated short.
Hospitality
For each film selected for the full-length competitions, the festival covers economy flights within Russia to Anadyr and back, hotel accommodation and meals for one representative. Official invitations for visas are provided to representatives of competition films.
More than screenings
— Full halls and Q&A sessions with filmmakers after the screenings
— An industry program: panels, round tables and master classes. Past speakers included filmmakers from Korea, China and Russia
— An animation lab run with the legendary Soyuzmultfilm studio
— Opening and closing ceremonies with concerts, theatre performances and creative meetings with actors and directors
— The "Golden Raven Camp": yarangas, traditional Chukchi food, games and crafts
— For guests: dog sled rides, trips into the tundra and tours of the Arctic's easternmost town
Submission
Submission is free. Working languages: Russian, English, Chinese. Selected films provide an English or Russian subtitle file and a DCP by February 1, 2027. The official selection will be announced by March 25, 2027.
Come to the edge of the world and bring your film to the Golden Raven.
Festival "Golden Snail" is a World Children Animated Film Festival which takes place in month September 2027. in Vranje, Serbia. "Golden Snail" gathers young filmmakers from all over the world. Any studio, club or school who works with children in a field of film animation are welcome to our festival. Films must be made BY CHILDREN not for children by professionals.
The festival is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia and the City of Vranje.
IA en Corto is an International Short Film Festival dedicated to exploring new forms of audiovisual creation emerging from the use of Artificial Intelligence.
The festival seeks works that research, experiment with, or integrate AI tools at any stage of the creative process, including image generation, animation, scriptwriting, editing, sound design, or narrative development.
IA en Corto was created as a space for filmmakers, digital artists, audiovisual creators, and experimental artists from around the world who understand artificial intelligence not only as a technical tool, but as a new creative language.
The festival celebrates innovation, diversity of perspectives, and the dialogue between cinema, technology, and the future.
It is not required for the entire short film to be generated using AI; however, its use must be relevant and creative, not merely technical or incidental.
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, AI Short Film, Sci-Fi, Digital Art, Animation, New Media.
The 9th Greece International Film Festival is coming with screenings of the best films and take place in a live audience in Athens.
We are a team of filmmakers, producers and distributors and we have been professionally involved in cinema and theater for over 25 years.
Greece International Film Festival provides Certificates, Honorable Mentions and Laurels to the best projects of the participants.
GreeceIFF takes place twice a year. In spring and autumn.
The ultimate goal of festival is to make it accessible to everyone.
Film
Music Video - Dance Video
Screenplay - Stage Play
Laurel
The tradition of awarding a laurel wreath to the winner began in the Pythias at Delphi in Greece in, the 6th century BC.
They were organized in honor of the god Apollo, who usually appeared with a laurel wreath in memory of the nymph Daphne who transformed herself into a plant to escape his amorous moods. The plant was named "Daphne".
The International Film Festival of Greece opens its doors to the audience for the 9th time to present domestic and international films, videos and screenplays .
The last events of the festival took place in Athens with screenings at the open-air Cine Alimos by the sea, and hosted short and feature films from around the world. The festival screened fiction films, documentaries and animations by Greek and foreign directors with free entrance. All the films had their World, EInternational, European, Greek and Athens premieres in Greece.
The Greece International Film Festival aspires to function as a channel of communication between artists, directors, screenwriters and producers of the international and domestic film industry.
A special place in the activities of the GIFF is held by the Competition Department of Greek and International Short, Mid-Length, Feature Films, Music Video, Dance Video, Screenplays, Stage Plays, which supports new works of art to find their way and get to know their audience.
The screenings will take place at the Cine Alimos open-air cinema (by the sea).
Cryptshow Festival is an initiative that promotes the fantasy genreand terror. Every July fill Badalona de Zombies, aliens, vampires and serial killiers most infamous. And to much horror ... the horror!
It is a vibrant and exciting celebration of the film industry whose main objective is to provide a platform for emerging filmmakers and encourage interaction between filmmakers and audience.
This annual event brings together industry experts and film professionals, with seventh art enthusiasts and movie lovers from the central zone of San Luis Potosí.
We strongly believe in the importance of giving young filmmakers a voice and visibility, providing an invaluable platform for these emerging talents to showcase their work.
In the official selection, there is a careful curation of the best contemporary Mexican and Latin American films.
Medellín Vertical Week is an international event dedicated to the vertical entertainment industry (native 9:16), created to celebrate vertical storytelling in series and short films, advertising, gaming, esports, animation... and the technology and innovation behind them.
Medellín Vertical Weeks invites storytellers from all over the world to submit short films, series, music videos, contents and projects created in vertical format.
Please note that MVW has two categories for entries:
1. Films & Series (Screenings & Competition)
2. Projects (Challenges & Labs)
“From the roots to the flower” is this year's slogan of the first edition festival Ilinden Days. We started the creation of our film program from the roots of the Bitola's film tradition, the one of the Manaki brothers – the first cinematographers in Macedonia and in the Balkan, who left us invaluable testimonies of the everyday life and the great events of their time, engraved on the film tape. They actually made the first ethnographic documentaries.
It was natural that the Festival Ilinden Days, which has risen to international level, to include in its rich program a festival of ethnographic films. Then the creation of new customs and beliefs. All covered by the artistic passion of the artists, who follow the need to leave indelible traces with their cameras.
In addition to the high cinematographic quality of the films, during the selection we were guided by their capacity to convey important messages, which justifies their selection. We hope that our program will succeed to attract and surprise the festival's audience, because these are strong films, which can surprise us, disturb us, soften us, make us happy, provoke us to think, change our view, oppose us, therefore after each screening we will be able to exchange opinions about each of the films.
In 1971 in Macedonia a great idea was born, a wish of a group of professionals, enthusiasts, dreamers, visionaries, an idea which became reality. A springhead, a glowing heart of a cultural organism has been created. A heart which beats, motivates, initiates, boosts, educates.
In 1971 in Bitola was established the International Festival for folk songs and dances “Iliindenski denovi” in Bitola. The name of the Festival is symbolical, its mission is generous while its goals and criteria are deeply integrated and conceived. This festival is dedicated to most hardworking people and their creations which endured the criteria of value through time. This is e Festival which presents, promotes and documents the deed of priceless folk cultural tradition. Thousands of folk artists, millions of visitors, numerous photos, audio, video documents, telegraphed materials, documents for the next generations. On all four parts of the world, the Festival realized its mission, sent messages, thus attracting a great number of authentic values of the cultural heritage fans.
Nevertheless, after all these years the beginning is here, since the new generations should also learn about and as well dance “Teskoto”, “Kopacka”, “Nevestinsko”, Komitsko”…
Every generation implements its own rock in the priceless mosaic of the Festival, a monument, a textbook…
This text is just sparkle from the great fire, a small stone in the mosaic. It has been written with lots of love, respect, and a wish for this Festival to continue.
The 19th Annual Hamilton (New York) International Film Festival
July 19th- July 25th, 2027
Feature, Comedy Short, Horror Short, Dramatic/Thriller Short, Documentary Short, Canadian Short and Student Short Categories.
Global Cinema in the Heart of New York State
"The Hamilton International Film Festival was a fantastic experience from start to finish. The entire team was incredibly welcoming and created a warm, filmmaker-focused atmosphere. The festival offered great opportunities to connect with other filmmakers through networking events. I would absolutely recommend HIFF to other filmmakers, and I look forward to submitting future projects!"
-Shane Johnson, Writer/Director
Dr Mary Edwards Walker
"Hamilton NY IFF was lovely. Great hospitality and charming town to get away to for the weekend. Grant, Joe, and the rest of the team are so generous and kind; they even let me sneak in a test of the film in the theatre to make sure it was just right. Overall, such a lovely and charming weekend and great slate of films to be a part of! Can't wait to submit more work here in the future!"
-Richard Spitaletta, Writer, Producer, Dropped
"Such a wonderful festival to be part of. They treated the guests and filmmakers so well. The communication was great throughout the process. Everyone involved was so welcoming and hospitable. The audience really engaged with the films and filmmakers splendidly. I learned so much through networking and participating in Q&A's. The selections of films was really strong and captivating., so if your film gets in, know you'll be in good company. Hamilton and the surrounding area are gorgeous in the summertime. Attend this festival if you can!"
- Xavier Michael Griffiths, Writer/Director B-Box
"This is such a fantastic festival. Grant and his team are so welcoming and really put on a great week of film and networking opportunities. The Q&A and director's panel were awesome and it was great to meet so many other filmmakers in beautiful Hamilton, NY. Highly recommend!"
-Will Dorney, Writer/Director Vic's Vac Shack
"One of the best festival I attended last year by far- it is in upstate NY in a beautiful area and the old theater your film is screened in is so cool on such a cute street in the heart of town. The festival organizer is incredible, he creates so many opportunities to mingle with other filmmakers in really fun local settings (we had BBQ in his backyard for one networking event a few blocks from the theater and it was a really special way to get to know the neighborhood and fellow filmmakers)."
- Molly Tomecek Director, Send Me a Color
"What a lovely festival. I had the privilege of showing my short film, "On the Sidewalk, at Night" at HNYIFF. Not only was my film included with top notch stories, it was well received by the festival's dedicated audience of local college town artists and movie-goers."
-Alex Deland. On the Sidewalk at Night
"It was a pleasure screening my film and attending your festival. Words can’t express how grateful I am to the hospitality and friendliness I experienced at your festival. I felt welcomed and like family around everyone. Truly one of the best experiences I’ve ever had at a film festival in my 14 years of making films. Looking forward to attending again and spreading the word to other filmmakers! Thank you so very much."
- Daryl Denner, Writer Director The Jogger
"...such a great town and a wonderful festival, so welcoming. It was so inspiring to be around so many young and talented film makers.
-Finn Taylor, Director Unleashed & 3 Time Director Sundance Film Festival
"Can't say enough about how wonderful SBE's Hamilton International Film Festival has been. Truly honored to have our film "My Hero" included and I want to thank Grant & Todd Slater and everyone else involved for such a great experience. Just amazing.
Hope you'll have us back next year!"
- Loring Murtha, Actor/Director My Hero
"The charm and intimacy of the Hamilton International Film Festival makes it a MUST for all filmmakers. Grant and the entire Hamilton community couldn't be more hospitable. I can't wait to make another film just so I can come back!!"
-Doug Dearth, Producer/Director Odd Man Rush
"It was an absolute honour to be part of such a well respected film festival. Thanks to the help, hard work and commitment from SBE my career in the UK has gone from strength to strength. My Single, Worry hit the iTunes Download chart and peaked at Number 6. The follow up track I've recently released has hit the viral UK Top 50 on Spotify and we have now put a European Tour together. Its thanks to people such as Grant believing in me from an early stage of my development that has helped me get to where I am now."
-Sebastian Tree
United Kingdom Recording Artist
“Had a great time this past weekend in Hamilton, NY at the Hamilton International Film Festival with Tika Simone. "Five Dollars" was received with nothing but positive reviews from a beautifully sold out theater! Huge thanks goes out to Grant Slater and the Slater Brothers for being great hosts once again!"
- Rez Ota, Producer/Director FIve Dollars
We have safely arrived in Austria and I just wanted to thank you once again for the invitation, as well as the chance to present Noriko at your festival. I had a really great time, for it was one of the most intimate and passionate festivals I’ve ever been to.
It was a great experience to be part of the HIFF. Thank you for the support.
-Christian Jilka (Austria)
Writer/Director Noriko
The Hamilton International Film Festival is located in the beautiful Chenango Valley region of Central New York. Long known as weekend retreat for city dwellers from New York, Boston, Ottawa, and Toronto, the Chenango Valley boasts some of the most beautiful vistas in North America and has gained an international reputation for its cultural events, outdoor activities and academic institutions.
The following corporate partners have made major contributions to the Hamilton (New York) International Festival: DKC, Nagano Trading, Colgate University, Price Chopper, Purina's Fancy Feast, Nestle, The Colgate Inn, Stella Artois, Vitamin Water, Chobani Greek Yogurt, NBT Bank, French Design Group, and Veev Acai Spirits.
Anaconda in Guatemala will recognize and provide incentives to organizations, institutions, collectives, production companies, and individuals creating audiovisual works—such as films or videos—that showcase diverse cultural and social facets, rights, and values, while reflecting the history and reality of Indigenous Nations and Peoples and Afro-descendant communities across the Amazon basin, the Chaco, and the tropical forests of Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Anaconda Grand Prize, the Special Category Award (covering Indigenous, Women’s, and Mother Earth rights), and associated honorable mentions will be awarded by local juries—comprising members of various Indigenous Peoples and Afro-descendant communities—to the best audiovisual productions submitted to the event that align with community interests. Other awards and honorable mentions in the competition categories will be presented by an international jury composed of Indigenous, non-Indigenous, and Afro-descendant figures.
The awards and recognitions will consist of trophies featuring Indigenous artwork, certificates, and potential development incentives.
SMOF is one of the most important animation festivals in Latin America, based in Argentina and with a strong focus on stop motion and independent animation. Approaching its tenth anniversary, SMOF has become a key meeting point for filmmakers, producers, artists, students, studios, institutions and audiences from across Latin America and around the world.
SMOF goes beyond the traditional framework of a film festival. Its work brings together three main areas: the International Animation Festival, the Latin American Stop Motion Project Lab, and Núcleo LATAM – Latin American Animation Market. Together, these programs connect exhibition, training, project development and industry exchange, creating opportunities for films to circulate, projects to grow and new professional collaborations to emerge.
The Latin American Stop Motion Project Lab is dedicated to projects in development from across the region. Through an intensive mentoring program, selected filmmakers work with leading national and international professionals on different aspects of their projects, including directing, production, screenwriting, art direction, animation and strategies for development and international presentation. The Lab has become an important space for identifying and supporting new projects and voices in Latin American animation.
Núcleo LATAM – Latin American Animation Market extends this work into the professional and industry sector. It brings together projects, producers, studios, institutions and animation professionals, generating meetings and exchanges aimed at creating opportunities for co-production, financing, circulation and international collaboration.
Every year, SMOF also presents an extensive program of international and Latin American film competitions, screenings, masterclasses, intensive workshops, industry panels, exhibitions, seminars, professional meetings, talks and conferences, featuring leading figures in animation from Argentina, Latin America and other parts of the world.
Education and access have been central to SMOF since its beginnings. A significant part of its program is offered free of charge, facilitating access to high-level professional training and international exchange for students, emerging filmmakers, independent professionals and wider audiences.
The 2026 edition marked an important expansion for the festival. SMOF took place across 17 venues in the city and province of Buenos Aires, including cinemas, cultural spaces, universities and screening venues. Nearly 100 animated short films were presented throughout the week, reaching thousands of spectators, alongside an extensive program of professional and educational activities.
Through its Festival, Project Lab and Núcleo LATAM Market, SMOF has built a distinctive position within the Latin American animation field, connecting the circulation of films with the development of new projects, professional training and opportunities for regional and international collaboration.
With a strong base in Argentina and an increasingly international reach, SMOF works to create meaningful connections between Latin American animation and the international community, while giving visibility to new voices, projects and ways of creating animation.
Welcome to the African Indigenous Language Film Festival, a dynamic platform celebrating Africa’s rich storytelling heritage.
Founded in 2023, our festival showcases films that honor, preserve, and promote indigenous languages while addressing vital social and global issues.
We are dedicated to amplifying indigenous voices in cinema through a carefully curated selection of feature films and documentaries, believing in the power of film to bridge cultures and challenge perceptions.
FESTIVAL ECRÃ is an Experimental Art and Cinema event that, through experiences that question the notion and production of the moving image, seeks to stimulate audiovisual culture. By showing Films, Games, Installations and Videoarts, ECRÃ encourages new formats for the production and exhibition of these works.
This project arose in 2016 from the desire to question the film industry and its “primordial elements” and to give space for filmmakers and artists to experiment freely in audiovisual production and thinking.
Over the years we have works from all parts of the world and presence of names like James Benning, Luis Grané, Ken Jacobs, Paula Gaitán, Julio Bressane, Luiz Rosemberg Filho, Seyeong Yoon, Gastón Solnicki, Geraldo Sarno, among others veterenas and new creators.
CutreCon, Madrid International Trash and Explotaition Film Festival.
The worst movies in the world on the big screen, where nonsense and bad taste are the protagonists.
Settimo Short Film Festival Tenth Edition. Organized by Pro Loco Settimo Milanese with Association Semeion Teatro, Auditorium Settimo Milanese, in partnership with Fedic and under the patronage of the City of Settimo Milanese.
Settimo Short Film Festival discovers and supports new talent in independent cinema, connecting them with a wider audience. Through the magic of the big screen, we showcase the filmmakers of tomorrow. It’s an opportunity to bring together talent from around the world and make this art form—with its immense potential—more approachable and accessible. Each evening, the audience takes center stage by selecting the winners of major awards.
The festival will take place on May 7 and 8, 2026 at the Anna Marchesini film theater, via Grandi 12 Settimo Milanese.
Istanbul Indie Film Awards (IIFA) is a new festival bringing independent producers, directors and audiences together. The first edition runs entirely online from 5 to 10 January 2027, organised from Istanbul. Selected films are screened to our audience during the festival dates and judged by an independent jury.
Who can apply. Feature films (40 minutes and over), short films (under 40 minutes) and documentaries of any length, in any genre and language, from any country, completed after 1 January 2023. Student and professional filmmakers compete in the same categories. No premiere requirement. Entry fees are kept low.
What we look for. A distinct voice, honest storytelling and craft that serves the story — not budget. First and second films are especially welcome.
Screening. Films are streamed online in a protected player during the festival dates; no downloads. Every film must be submitted with its English subtitles as a separate .srt file, including films in English; burned-in subtitles are not accepted. Turkish subtitles are prepared by the festival at our own cost.
Awards. No award is paid in cash. Awards include the IIFA trophy, professional software licences (DaVinci Resolve Studio, Final Draft), remote colour grading, sound mixing and DCP mastering. Every winner receives the laurel pack, a signed digital certificate and a one-year Plooy membership.
After the festival. Every finalist film is guaranteed screening and distribution on Plooy (plooy.tv), our partner streaming platform, under a non-exclusive agreement with a revenue share based on viewing, and its director is interviewed in Plooy Journal. If the filmmaker prefers not to, the film is not published; this has no effect on the award, and apart from the entry fee no fee is ever requested from filmmakers.
Rights. Submitting a film grants IIFA only the right to review it and, if selected, to screen it online during the festival dates and use its trailer, stills and extracts of up to 60 seconds for promotion. All other rights remain with the filmmaker.
Jury. The jury will be announced on 20 December 2026, the day submissions close. We do this deliberately: choosing the jury after submissions close ensures that no film gains an advantage through access to or acquaintance with a juror, or is ever suspected of it. A juror with a personal or professional connection to a film does not vote on that film, and the festival organisers do not sit on the jury. Every film is judged on its own merits.
Key dates. Submissions open 3 October 2026 · Earlybird 31 October · Regular 30 November · Final deadline 20 December 2026 · Notification 28 December 2026 · Festival 5–10 January 2027.
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Stories of sea, life, and cinema.
At the Corto e Cultura Film Festival, cinema comes alive among the ancient walls of Manfredonia and the Gargano sea: short films, documentaries, animations and screenplays that tell stories of the world, emotions, and people—with poetry, humor, and heart..
Every screening is a journey: stories of life, love, challenges, dreams, and landscapes that speak about us. A festival where the audience is not a passive spectator, but a protagonist: they applaud, reflect, laugh, and decide the Audience Award.
The competition includes several sections:
Narrative Shorts – life stories, emotions, and small and great gestures that reveal the human experience.
Short Documentaries – authentic perspectives on the world, blending reality and poetry.
Environmental / Green – ecology, sustainability, territory, climate change.
Territorial / Local – works connected to the festival’s territory.
Animations – imagination and creativity to explore social and cultural themes.
Debut Works – innovative, experimental pieces dedicated to emerging talents.
Screenplays– stories written for the screen, scripts and cinematic ideas ready to become films.
International– works from all around the world.
All film genres are welcome:** comedy, drama, thriller, horror, science fiction, fantasy, romance, historical, social, experimental, musical, biographical, adventure, and more.
Organized by Angeli, founded by Anna Rita, the festival supports young artists, celebrates the territory, and brings cinema beyond borders: submissions come from Italy, Europe, and America, confirming Corto e Cultura’s international vocation.
For info and submissions: www.cortoecultura.com
– info@cortoecultura.it
Come to Manfredonia, listen to the sea, experience cinema. Here, every story can find its place.
