The Lucid Camera International Film Festival celebrates its tenth edition, consolidating its position as an international platform dedicated to the exhibition, reflection, and circulation of contemporary cinema. More than a screening space, the festival is conceived as a territory of thought where images engage in dialogue with the aesthetic, political, and sensory transformations of the present.
Cámara Lúcida welcomes works that expand the possibilities of cinematic language, with a special focus on non-fiction and experimental cinema, as well as fiction films that blur the boundaries of conventional storytelling. The festival also embraces expanded cinema, including digital installations, video art, audiovisual essays, and other hybrid formats that challenge the traditional limits of the screen.
The festival’s tenth edition will take place in person in the cities of Cuenca, Quito, and Guayaquil, fostering dialogue among diverse communities and territories while promoting access to both national and international contemporary cinema.
As part of its editorial vision, the festival will conduct an interview with each selected filmmaker, which will be published on its official website, contributing to the creation of memory and critical thought around contemporary cinema.
The Lucid Camera International Film Festival invites individuals, independent filmmakers, production companies, and collectives of any nationality and gender or sexual identity to participate, reaffirming its commitment to diversity and inclusion.
¡Hola! We are MADRIFF • Madrid Indie Film Festival, an international film festival with screening events from Madrid, Spain, and member of the IBERIFF • Iberia Indie Film Festivals, which celebrates and showcases new productions and independent artists from all over the world in Madrid (MADRIFF), Barcelona (BARCIFF), València (VALÈIFF), Seville (SEVIFF), Lisbon (LISBIFF) and Montpellier (MONTIFF), that you can also find them here in Festhome.
MADRIFF shares the mission of its associate festivals of supporting emerging talents, encouraging artistic exploration, fostering networking, promoting cultural exchange and engaging the local community by providing a platform to present the work of independent filmmakers.
Fiction films, animation, documentary and experimental works of any genre and subject are welcome!
Founded in 1961, Amnesty International is an independent NGO that works for the defense of human rights all over the world. Through our field researches, conscious raising campaigns, petitions and letters, and public human rights advocacy, we work for a world in which every human being is entitled to the rights stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in other international texts.
Accordingly, our campaigns focus on themes such as the liberty of expression, women’s rights, children’s rights, refugees and migrant’s rights, discriminations, impunity, the death penalty amongst others.
Cinema has always been and will always be a way in which human rights violations can be exposed and denounced. For that, Amnesty International France is pleased to announce the opening of submissions f edition of its annual cinema festival “Au Cinéma pour les droits humains” (To Cinema for Human Rights), which will take place in March 2019. The festival takes place each year in different cities of the south of France and with last year’s edition having had more than 3800 members at the audience. Therefore, we are searching for different entries for our festival. We are searching for films that touch on one or several human rights issues that are connected to any of our campaigns, such as the liberty of expression, women’s rights, impunity, and discriminations amongst other things.
If you feel that your film speaks of one or several major human rights issues, and you wish to submit it for selection, then please do send us a link this address in order to review it: acdhamnesty@gmail.com Also, please make sure that the film contains FRENCH SUBTITLES OR IS IN FRENCH LANGAGE. Once our selection committee has a decision, then we will notify you as soon as possible
Hello! We are LISBIFF • Lisboa Indie Film Festival, an international film festival with screening events in Lisbon, Portugal, and a member of IBERIFF • Iberia Indie Film Festivals. IBERIFF celebrates independent artists and showcases new productions from across the globe in Lisbon (LISBIFF), Madrid (MADRIFF), Barcelona (BARCIFF), València (VALÈIFF), Seville (SEVIFF) and Montpellier (MONTIFF), that you can also find them here in Festhome.
LISBIFF shares the mission of its associate festivals of supporting emerging talents, encouraging artistic exploration, fostering networking, promoting cultural exchange and engaging the local community by providing a platform to present the work of independent filmmakers.
Fiction films, animation, documentary and experimental works of any genre and subject are welcome!
The Marrakech Short Film Festival (MARRAKECHsFF) is currently accepting submissions for its sixth edition, scheduled 25-30 September 2026. We invite filmmakers from around the world to participate in our international, national and documentary competitions.
Submission Guidelines:
The Marrakech Short Film Festival (MARRAKECHsFF) is currently accepting submissions for its sixth edition, scheduled 25-30 September 2026. We invite filmmakers from around the world to participate in our international, national and documentary competitions.
Submission Guidelines:
Eligibility: Open to all filmmakers, with no restrictions based on age, country, or genre.
Running Time: Films must have a duration between 6 and 24 minutes.
Submission Deadline: Please submit your films by May 1st, 2026
The festival features four main selections:
-Moroccan Selection
Dedicated to Moroccan filmmakers, this section highlights national talent with awards for Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Actor/Actress, in addition to Excellence Awards presented by the festival’s international professional guests.
-International Selection
Open to filmmakers from around the world, this section celebrates global storytelling through awards for Best Director, Best Cinematography, and a Coup de Cœur Award presented by the festival’s international professional guests.
-Documentary Section – Bridges of Reality
A curated programme dedicated to documentary films connected to the African continent. Open to African filmmakers and the diaspora, this section showcases narratives rooted in African realities and perspectives. It includes two Excellence Awards and one Jury Prize.
-Guest Country – Curated program
We look forward to receiving your submissions and celebrating the art of short film together in September 2026.
Submission Deadline: Please submit your films by May 1st, 2026
The festival features four main selections:
-Moroccan Selection
Dedicated to Moroccan filmmakers, this section highlights national talent with awards for Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Actor/Actress, in addition to Excellence Awards presented by the festival’s international professional guests.
-International Selection
Open to filmmakers from around the world, this section celebrates global storytelling through awards for Best Director, Best Cinematography, and a Coup de Cœur Award presented by the festival’s international professional guests.
-Documentary Section – Bridges of Reality
A curated programme dedicated to documentary films connected to the African continent. Open to African filmmakers and the diaspora, this section showcases narratives rooted in African realities and perspectives. It includes two Excellence Awards and one Jury Prize.
-Guest Country – Curated program
We look forward to receiving your submissions and celebrating the art of short film together in September 2026.
The Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival aims to showcase crime drama, true crime, horror, and related subgenres from around the world.
We provide independent filmmakers with a platform to connect with audiences, industry professionals, and fellow filmmakers who share their passion for crime and horror cinema.
With live screenings at a historic theater in Hollywood, the LA Crime and Horror Film Festival gives recognition to the independent films and filmmakers in crime and horror storytelling.
Winners considered by Hollywood production companies reps, and streaming platforms including:
ZERO GRAVITY
THE BLOOD LIST / BRILLSTEIN
THINK TANK MANAGEMENT
TXL FILMS
BINGE HORROR
... and more.
Around International Awards ✈ Barcelona ✈ Paris ✈ Amsterdam ✈ Berlin.
Annual Independent event with 4 major programs for all Features, Shorts, Documentaries, Experimental, Commercial, Music Video, Animations, Student Films, TV, Series, and New Media. The international community evaluates the all-genre creations to serve ARFF Official Laurels and to certify the awarded filmmakers at the end of the annual festival run. Thus, all the ARFF Finalists will be mentioned multiple times to have the best out of the entire year altogether. Submit today to participate in all 4 programs, regarding the unique system of ARFF International.
Submissions made via Festhome are getting evaluated and selected, directly for the yearly festival run and participating in the Official Certificate Program exclusively. Monthly selection is available on other associated platforms. Regarding the Unification Program of ARFF International, all 4 editions will gather at Amsterddam November/December 2024, till then Barcelona, Paris & Berlin editions will take place online.
See you Around & Fest Regards
THERE MAY BE MANY OPTIONS BUT THER'S ONLY ONE PLAN B!!!!
Piano B Film Festival (Plan B Film Festival) is a great little film festival in the heart of Rome.
“Piano B produzioni” is an Italian movie production company based in Rome, since a lot of year in the cinema industry.
Among its most important productions the film/documentary distributed throughout the all over the world "ENNIO" by Giuseppe Tornatore, on the life of Maestro Ennio Morricone.
The festival was born to create a moment dedicated to getting to know new authors and to be able to give cinephiles from all over the world the opportunity to compare themselves, creating concrete opportunities for professionals in the cine-audiovisual world.
Through the festival we could discover new authors and give them the opportunity to produce new works.
The festival is mainly focused on short films, but there will also be a section dedicated to feature films.
The first edition of the festival was took place in Rome at the MADISON CINEMA
A couple days dedicated to screenings, introductions, discussions and awards.
Around International Awards ✈ Barcelona ✈ Paris ✈ Amsterdam ✈ Berlin.
Annual Independent event with 4 major programs for all Features, Shorts, Documentaries, Experimental, Commercial, Music Video, Animations, Student Films, TV, Series, and New Media. The international community evaluates the all-genre creations to serve ARFF Official Laurels and to certify the awarded filmmakers at the end of the annual festival run. Thus, all the ARFF Finalists will be mentioned multiple times to have the best out of the entire year altogether.
Submit today to participate in all 4 programs, regarding the unique system of ARFF International.
Submissions made via Festhome are getting evaluated and selected, directly for the yearly festival run and participating in the Official Certificate Program exclusively. Monthly selection is available on other associated platforms.
See you Around & Fest Regards
Funny Under Fifteen Minutes is a comedy Film Festival for comedy films fifteen minutes or less.
The 3rd Annual Funny Under Fifteen Minutes is the Comedy Film Festival that will compliment our long running Hamilton New York International Film Festival and we are looking for short films Fifteen minutes in duration or less that will make the World laugh out loud.
We have been in the film festival business for years. In fact, we launched the Hamilton New York International Film Festival in 2009, and we have watched it grow from a weekend festival showcasing regional films to a seven day film event that is attracting visiting filmmakers from across the Globe.
Over the Past 18 years with HNYIFF we realized how much people like to laugh. So with that in mind and some prodding from our festival friends we launched the Funny Under Fifteen Minutes Comedy Film Festival as an addition to The Hamilton New York International Film Festival.
The weekend Festival will hold Q & A sessions after the screenings, panel discussions and meet and greet opportunities for our filmmakers and film fans to connect.
Hamilton 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.
Ashok Khullar and Kumaar Aadarsh, founder and President, welcome you to the UVT Standalone Film Festival & Awards (UVT-SA). This is a unique kind of film festival for independent filmmakers/content creators where there are no barriers to borders, languages, genres, etc. Based in California, USA, this festival is having an online Award Nomination Festival, live screenings, and Standalone Award Show in Los Angeles.
SFFA is consolidating filmmakers around the world for a wonderful presentation of cinematography and the unveiling of new talents. A committee comprising members from the film industry preview submitted films and select good works of motion pictures for the Award Nomination Festival.
The selected films participate in The Awards nomination Festival which is held for 4 months between Dec-March.
Films screen through this secure server screener where visitors and guests from around the world can witness and vote for the film. On the basis of viewers' choice and votes, films nominated for 42 categories of Awards which screen live in Hollywood and to honor filmmakers, actors, technicians at The UVT Standalone Awards Show in Los Angeles on the Last day of live screenings.
UVT STANDALONE is not only a festival but a marketplace where filmmakers earn money as well by distributing films through UVT and it's affiliated digital platforms.
Theatre venue is in the heart of Hollywood. We will screen all nominated films here as well as look forward to create year-round screening, filmmaking, and writing opportunities and to that end we are launching new festivals as part of the UVT Standalone Film Festival & Awards.
UVT SFFA Submissions are for feature narratives, Short films, Shows, Series, documentaries, and animation as even experimental films and music videos.
Let's take a shot with shorts!
The best film festival from Moscow, Russia supported by Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and city authorities.
"Short Shot" - Monthly Awards and Screenings.
Festival is dedicated to filmmakers from all over the World.
Sending us your artwork is not sending it to a Black Hole.
We consider each film, each video!
Each director has a chance to introduce himself and his artwork and greet audience through our social media pages!
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Все русскоязычные фильмы могут участвовать в фестивале БЕСПЛАТНО.
Ищите соответствующую категорию и подавайте ЛЮБОЙ фильм в любом жанре!
Фильмы должны быть с субтитрами на английском языке! Без субтитров фильм не будет принят к рассмотрению!
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We are creators as well and we watch artworks with passion and professional interest.
We believe, that each film, each creator, each director deserve confession!
We are creating community of film lovers and filmmakers.
We communicate a lot, we discuss a lot in our social media!
Join us and be part of Short Shot Fest family!
Our jury selects every month the winning short films for each category:
Best Short Film
Best Short Comedy
Best Short Drama
Best Short Horror
Best Short Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Best Narrative Short
Best Student Short
Best Animation Short
Best Documentary Short
Best Experimental Short
Best Music Video
Best Mini Short
Best Mobile Phone Short (incl vertical)
Best Series (Web/TV)
Best Fashion Short
Best Commercial/Ad/TVC
Also, we provide chance for MOSCOW film creators to take a chance in showing our beautiful city in their movies.
How we do?
Choose one or more categories and submit your short film.
Usually, our submissions start on 1th-4th of the month and end on the same day next month.
EACH submitted film will receive a short review from our judge team (on request)
PLEASE NOTE: We don't screen the films online! The members of the jury watch the films online and they choose the Official Selections.
In 5-7 days after the deadline day for submissions we publish the Official Selections list and we notify the filmmakers via e-mail.
During the next 5 days our members of the jury decide the winners for each category.
After that we publish the Winners list and we notify filmmakers by e-mail. The lists are published on social media and on our dedicated website: shortshotfest.com
In the last week of the month we screen the awarded films in art - center "Efir" in the heart of Moscow.
From August, 2024 we are OPEN for new season 2025/2026!
The Grand Finale 2025/2026 will be held in August, 2026 in Moscow.
International judge team, great networking and friendly atmosphere — that’s Short Shot Fest.
Stay tuned and check our website: shortshotfest.com
Rhyller Thriller — once described as the ungodly love child of a film festival and a horror convention — returns for its fourth year. Lauded for putting Rhyl, North Wales on the horror map, our festival has grown into a celebration of the eerie, the uncanny, and the delightfully unsettling.
This year’s event unfolds over three packed days. Across genres — from giallo and slashers to speculative nightmares and tales born of folklore — attendees can expect a rich selection of features and short films, all presented on our custom 9 ft screen within the atmospheric surroundings you’ve come to love.
Following each film or block of shorts, audiences will enjoy insightful Q&A sessions with the filmmakers — conversations that reveal the heart and imagination behind each project and will be shared across our social media.
Our dedicated team truly loves horror, and the depth of discussion, unique atmosphere, and sense of community you’ll find here are unlike anything you’ve experienced. With a fully stocked bar and a variety of alternative stalls, there’s something for every fan of the strange, the spectral, and the unsettling.
We understand the passion, effort, and devotion it takes to bring your films to life — and we’re honoured that so many creators trust us with their work. We can only hope you’ll join us again this year, to be thrilled, chilled, and perhaps even unsettled in all the right ways.
NOAM Faenza Film Festival is Italy’s first and only film festival dedicated to independent cinema from North America — including the USA, Canada, and Mexico — and is held annually in the city of Faenza, Emilia-Romagna. The 2026 edition, taking place from November 11 to 15, presents a bold and diverse program. NOAM 2026 will have a special country focus on Mexico, with particular priority given to films from this country, highlighting the richness and diversity of its contemporary cinema.
The festival is structured into six main sections for feature films:
NOAM Concorso, the feature competition showcasing bold new visions from North American directors;
NOAM Extra, a curated selection of out-of-
competition titles;
NOAM Classic, featuring landmark films from the region’s cinematic history;
NOAM Special, dedicated to retrospectives and tributes, including a prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award;
NOAM Preview, presenting pre-festival events and free screenings;
NOAM Anteprima, a regional tour of screenings and talks across Emilia-Romagna.
The short film competitions include NOAM Lab, tailored to schools and youth audiences. This section is enriched by a special out-of-competition program.
INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR HISTORICAL FILMS FESTIVAL
The festival was first organized on December 5, back in 1970. Since then, over 1,000 films have participated in twenty editions of the festival. Since 2003, the festival has grown into an international one with the participation, so far, of 123 foreign authors with 201 films. The festivals are juried by: Prof. Dr. Bozhidar Manov, N.A. Zahari Zhandov, Prof. Nedelcho Milev, Prof. Dr. Totyu Totev, director Gencho Genchev, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alexander Donev and many other prominent filmmakers.
The festival is held under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria and the international association UNICA
OBJECTIVES:
Development and promotion of amateur cinema through the exchange of film production and meetings of film enthusiasts.
Promoting international cultural cooperation through the creation of films that stimulate interest in history and patriotic education.
The festival is part of the cultural calendar of the Shumen municipality and contributes to the promotion of Shumen and the region as an attractive destination for cultural tourism.
Nearby are the old capitals Pliska and Veliki Preslav, as well as the national symbol of Bulgaria - the Madara Horseman.
The festival will take place from November 10 to 15, 2026, showcasing short films ranging from 1 to 15 minutes in length. International submissions must include subtitle files (.srt) in Portuguese, English, and Spanish.
The program will feature 10 competitive sections: Mostra Madame Satã (Rio de Janeiro Showcase), Mostra Lapa Docs (Documentaries), Mostra Cores da Lapa (LGBTQIAPN+), Mostra Arcos da Lapa (International), Mostra Lapa Boêmia (Brazilian), Mostra Caramujo (Experimental / Fringe Cinema), Mostra Lapa Tupinambá (Indigenous Peoples), Mostra Sustos na Lapa (Horror), Mostra Lapa Animada (Animation), and Mostra Lapa Senzala (Black Filmmakers).
All selected films will compete within their respective sections, with awards decided by the Audience Jury. In addition, a Technical Jury will grant awards in categories such as Best Director, Cinematography, Screenplay, Sound Design, Actor, Actress, among others, recognizing both artistic and technical excellence.
General Director | Mariana Francisco Pereira
What is the Festival National du Film Scolaire ?
The Festival National du Film Scolaire is the first national cultural and educational event to focus on cinematographic creation in schools. The aim is to develop image education in schools and encourage student creativity through a unifying, motivating, high-quality event.
ACTIVITIES
Film screenings, masterclasses, film workshops and other activities
JURY
Composed of cinema and education professionals
CEREMONY
Closing ceremony for the festival, attended by the jury, prizewinners and guests.
Rural Action Film Festival will show local and international documentary, fiction, comedy, and animation cinema in short format films all related to the rural world, climate action, ecology, sustainability, natural and cultural resources.
