Blog: Film festivals

OPEN TO ALL!

It's apocalypse season, and we want you to channel your crazy, cooped-up energy into some wacky cinematic art!

Check our rules below, then submit a YouTube link to your work (5 minutes max per film). Feel free to email us with any questions.

We hope to bear witness to your madness soon!

Only for Latinamerican filmmakers

Horror Minutes 2023

Minutes of Terror 2023

Bases of participation 2023

The call is open from April 2 to June 30, 2023.
All those interested in the genre of Suspense, Horror and Sci-Fi may participate without restriction of age or professional career.

In this fourteenth edition we are
Short films produced or co-produced in Mexico will compete for the "Juan Mora Catlett" award in honor of the director.

Each team or participant may present an unlimited number of works.

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

WELCOME to LOVE STORY Film Festival.
If there’s one thing we all enjoy, it’s a decent love story. One that fills our hearts with the joy, hope and despair of human attraction. One that inspires us with wonderful characters and a gripping plot.

This can be a narrative story, a documentary, a dance or music video, animation or LGBTQ story. The Love Story Film Festival will take place in London, in February 2021.

The festival is organized by the successful New Renaissance Film Festival, ranked in London METRO’s list of TOP UK FILM FESTIVALS. NRFF has screened world and UK premieres and films that went on to win an Oscar!

Our passion is to tell great stories.

VALUES

We focus on the ARTIST, on the STORY and on building an international COMMUNITY of inspiring storytellers.

LOVE STORY FILM FESTIVAL 2021

This second edition of the festival will be held in London, a city known for its diversity and innovation in the creative arts, in February 2021.

Our call for entries is now open. Please read our festival terms and conditions before making your submission through Festhome. Films that are selected for the festival will be notified at least 6 weeks prior to the event.

PVIFF is hosted by Gipp. Museums, Inc. PVIFF attracts 3,000+ people each year from around the world. PVIFF was created in 2006 under the previous name (Sweet Auburn International Film Festival) and have served as the launching pad for many successful filmmakers and other artists alike in the film & entertainment industry. This dynamic international film festival showcases feature length films, shorts, music videos, documentaries, and screenplays from around the globe. PVIFF also feature celebrity attractions, innovative workshops, panels, parties, and much more. PVIFF is one of the most celebrated film events through dynamic programming and a dedication to helping filmmakers excel in their careers. PVIFF's brand is entrenched in the old saying "It Takes A Village."

Our vision allows us to create a village atmosphere that provide opportunities not only for filmmakers but for business owners and film enthusiasts. Artists such as Actor/Director, Mario Van Peebles, Actress, Ruby Dee, Director/Writer Rob Hardy of Rain Forest Films, Producer, Roger Bobb of Tyler Perry Studios, Director, Malcolm Lee, Casting Director, Alpha Tyler formerly of Tyler Perry Studios, Casting Director, Kim Hardin, Emmy Award Winning Producer, Dean Hargrove, Casting Director & Producer, Reuben Cannon formerly of Tyler Perry Studios, Best Selling Author Omar Tyree, Actor, Bill Nunn, Director, Kenny Leon, Humanitarian, Afeni Shakur and more have all participated in various aspects of PVIFF over the years. In 2006 during PVIFF's first year the winning short film "Binta & The Great Idea" was nominated for an Academy Award and numerous other projects have received phenomenal acclaim throughout the years as well. With increased exposure, the assistance from the film and business community PVIFF will continue to help ignite opportunities and make dreams to come true for decades to come.

The MALDITO Videopoetry Festival is organising this competition with the aim of making visible two disciplines that, both together and separately, are much more distant and forgotten than we would like them to be. If experience tells us that both disciplines are minority and marginal in large European capitals, let alone the desert in which they find themselves in provincial capitals, where the circuit for their dissemination is practically nil.

We, as lovers of poetry, image and the expressive possibilities of their symbiosis, propose a line of action, encouraging the approach of the general public to the Festival and trying to make it grow from the first edition.

Our wish is that MALDITO reaches as many people as possible, with a growing presence and repercussion in the media and social networks.

MALDITO seeks to vindicate videopoetry as an art that connects people, that transmits feelings and promotes original or different ways of seeing the world, to try to be a grain of sand that makes any kind of visual or poetic art stop being marginal and cursed.(* The Spanish word for damned is MALDITO).

We expand sections by adding International Poetic Film Showcase.

NEW DELHI FILM FESTIVAL - NDFF
21, 22 and 23 February, 2025
India International Centre-ICC, New Delhi INDIA

Human interests are changing, with changing cinema techniques and short/documentary/feature film styles are changing us and our attitude.

This attitude will now screen in the heart of Delhi through the finest global short, feature and documentary films.

ONE FILM CAN CHANGE ONE PERSON OR ALL HUMAN OR ONE COUNTRY OR WHOLE WORLD.

WELCOME TO THE CAPITAL OF INDIA

Organized by: Jaipur International Film Festival & Trust

Coming together to explore new cultures and celebrate creativity will always be important and VIFFMP is the perfect medium for that. Visual literacy is an aptitude for this century and VIFFMP brings together the highest-quality stories to learn from. VIFFMP exists to inspire audiences and keep the excitement alive for cinematic experiences.

VIFFMP is a meeting place for filmmakers and people who are interested in the world in its variety, different approaches to life, film as an art form, a medium and a tool of social expression. VIFFMP offers filmmakers a platform to introduce their work and discuss topics shown in the film as well as the filmmaking process. Helping at the frontline of an increasingly polarized world. Speaking multiple languages, VIFFMP gives the ability to hear a rich diversity of voices from the divided areas.

VIFFMP is not out there just for the sake of films. We enliven with an idealism that enables filmmakers and diverse communities to share their ideas in close personal contact.

Webradio Art District Radio organizes its 7th edition of its short movie festival named "Festival du Court d'Art District" around the free theme this year. The festival will take place on March 22, 2024 at Cinema L'Entrepôt, Paris.

Screen Power Film Festival is a brand new international film festival dedicated to celebrating powerful and unique short films from around the world.

We believe that great films should be recognised. Our mission is to give rising indie filmmakers a platform to showcase their hard work & talent, and a chance to socialise and network for their future endeavours.

Only for Spanish filmmakers

The main objective of the Short Film Festival is the dissemination of ecosystems and biological heritage through cinematographic and audiovisual works selected through quality criteria.

Authorial film festival held by one of the most important distributors of movie Brazil. The awards will result distribution contracts of winning films in Brazil.

GRRL HAUS CINEMA is an ongoing program of short films and video art made by women, non-binary, genderqueer, and trans people. A mix of local, national, and international artists present work from a variety of disciplines: narrative, documentary, experimental, and conceptual. With an emphasis on low budget and DIY, GRRL HAUS is a space for underrepresented voices in the arts today.

For 2021 our main screenings will be held in July at two outdoor film events taking place in Berlin Germany.

In addition all submissions will also be considered for our monthly curated online screenings, which includes interviews with the filmmakers.

If we have permission (due to pandemic) to make more live events throughout the year - we will! And we hope to continue our end of the year event at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA.

GRRL HAUS is not your typical film festival, instead of having one big event - we have multiple events throughout the year. Our goal is to show as many quality short films made by women, non-binary, genderqueer, and trans people to an international audience.

We completely celebrate DIY culture and focus on sharing works to all different types of audiences. This can include audiences at international museums or to audiences at underground clubs. We believe that every audience deserves the chance to see these works, rather than just the typical film festival networking crowd. We want to reach all audiences and celebrate the inclusivity of creative and unique work in film.

OUR HISTORY:
GRRL HAUS started in 2014 at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA, USA. Since then the event has showcased over 400 filmmakers, including multiple musical performances, video art installations, exhibitions and local vendors. In 2016 GRRL HAUS relocated to Berlin Germany and started hosting small screenings of local films. As we established are identity in Berlin we began to include music and arts.

Within the past few years we have grown to not just showcase films, but also art, music, dance, photography, handmade crafts and clothing, and even tarot, astrology and spiritual meet ups. The idea of GRRL HAUS is constantly expanding. We believe in no boundaries for creativity and are constantly looking for new ways to celebrate the work of underrepresented people.

For our complete history of screenings, events, exhibitions, concerts and parties - you can view all our teasers and selected artists on our Media page : https://www.grrlhauscinema.com/media.html

OUR PROJECTS:
International Screenings:
Our international screenings are curated from our over 400 yearly submissions. Through these submissions we select our favorite short films. This includes our end of the year festival screening at the Brattle Theatre and museum screenings at the prestigious Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.

Mobile Kino Screenings:
We hold 3-4 screenings through Mobile Kino Berlin a year. These screenings we curate around the best of our local short film submissions and a selection of international short films. We invite the filmmakers to Q&A’s following the screenings, where they discus their works.

Loophole Monthly Screenings:
Once a month GRRL HAUS hosts screenings at Loophole Berlin. These events focus on sharing local films by local filmmakers. All of these screenings are free to enter and enjoy. We believe it’s important to keep some events free for the public.
These events build up our sense of local community and follows through with one of our founding principles : sharing our excitement and love for low budget, DIY events and making them accessible to everyone.

Online Screenings / Gimme 5:
At GRRL HAUS CINEMA we were forced to cancel all our events during this Corona season, and every artist on our program list was left without a show venue. Energized and in defiance of the virus, we wanted now more than ever to keep going. We want the artists to keep going. We want to encourage them to stay active, to create, and most importantly to show their work. We want to reverse the status quo of art being left behind in times of crisis when it is needed most.

For past year (and into the future) we have been running online screenings, which we have been curating and presenting live on our online platform. We have been hosting these themed screenings on our website and Vimeo, as well as promoting all the films on our social media platforms. We host 10-15 short films on our site for a week. And then we remove them and continue hosting other themed sets.

Through these screenings our audiences are able to watch amazing short films in the comfort and safety of their home. All of the online screenings are free to watch, so they are accessible to anyone in these uncertain times.

Media:
http://grrlhauscinema.com
https://www.facebook.com/GRRLHAUSCINEMA
https://www.instagram.com/grrlhauscinema/
https://vimeo.com/grrlhauscinema

Past and Current partners, venues, curation teams and organizations:
Alamo Drafthouse
Brain Arts
Boston Hassle
Brattle Theatre
​Das Giftraum
Dorchester Art Project
DMP Sci-Fi Sleepover at Babylon Kino
GIF - Girls in Film
Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
​IL KINO
Loophole
​Love Hotel
Mobile Kino
Oblomov
RAW Berlin
Worm Rotterdam
Verge
Under the Underground

Our 2020 selections and events:

Live Events:

Rise // GRRL HAUS - September 2020
September 23rd with Mobile Kino at Alte Münze
Featuring work by : Elsa van Damke, Coco Roy, Maren Sosada, Alena Shevchenko, Amina Krami, Nola Anwar, Brittany Angus, Flash Cat Media, lallie doyle, Vaiginta Perkauskaite, Anne Windsland, Samantha Rex, Mads Engel, Elda Sorra, Ana Minujin

GRRL HAUS//Double Feature - September 2020
September 28th at Loophole Berlin
Featuring work by: Kidd Tommy

The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston - February 2020
Feb 17th at The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
Featuring work by : Gabriela Gažová, Marie-Josee Archambault, Mads Engel, Bita Ghassemi, Grace Rex, Sarah Ann Banks

Stupid Cupid - February 2020
Feb 14th at Loophole Berlin
Featuring work by :Tin Lee, Kat Vivaldi, Cadenza Zhao, Claire McFadden, Sara Koppel, Mika Orr, Yin Yee Low, Daphné Psarros, Ashley Barnhill, Kanchi Wichmann

/ˈalkəmʌɪz/ - January 2020
Jan 21st at Loophole Berlin
Featuring work by : Malado Baldwin, Traci Hercher, Mary Evans, Broadbent Sisters, storäe michele, Imogen Mansfield and Britt Angus

Online Screenings:

Films in Corona, Oct 19th - 26th, 2020
Featuring work by - Yvette Granata, Stephanie Burbano, Daphna Mero, Hillerbrand+Magsamen, Katerina Markoulaki, Anne Windsland, Samantha Rex

Open theme, August 21st - 28th, 2020
Featuring work by - Zoe Kavanagh, Chloë Ní Dhúada, Karyn Barnett-Day, Maria Servellón, Darren Mallett , Shannon Joy Shird, Antonia Baudouin, Carolina Romillo, Eili Bråstad Johannessen, Simone Faoro

Comedies, July 17th - 23rd, 2020
Featuring work by - Felicity Pickering, Veronika Bolotina, Sarah K Reimers, Heather María Ács, Amani Zardoe, Kidd Tommy

REVOLT, July 3rd - 9th, 2020
Featuring work by - Jaylan Auf, Kristina Maca, Mariana Stolze, Nina Jackson Levin, Amit Shamir, Cassandra Paige, Lucía Elena Ventura, Julia Feige, Ana Minujin

Home Is Where The Angst Is, June 19th - 25th, 2020
Featuring work by - Saulė Bliuvaitė, Cassiah Joski-Jethi, Netta Shalev, Elda Sorra, Abigail Bruley, Leticia Caceres, Emma Smith

Experimental, May 22nd - 28th, 2020
Featuring work by - Shayna Connelly, Imogen Mansfield, Momma Tried, Liberty Antonia Sadler, Amanda Kim, Alana Bartol, YL Hsueh, Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, Eva Justine Torkkola, Claudia Syhre, Erofili Moraiti

ISOLATION, May 15th - 21st, 2020
Featuring work by - Maggie Brennan, Ambie Drew, Erica Moriconi, Broadbent Sisters, Ellie LaCourt, Marija Lucic, Kristin Li and Clayton Beugeling

Nestled at the foot of the beautiful Bighorn Mountains in Sheridan, Wyoming, the Sheridan WYO Film Festival provides a fun loving and intimate atmosphere that sees filmmakers leave with plenty of new connections, experiences and friends. Our sponsors provide events and mixers every night of the festival as we provide an arena for filmmakers to screen their films in public and experience incredible cinema from around the world. We also showcase immersive story forms of all genres involving VR and AR in our Virtual Reality Rodeo arcade throughout the festival weekend.

We look for films of all shapes and sizes that are innovative, inspirational and capture the independent spirit of the greatest storytellers. We look for films with a powerful story and distinct voice. With a heavy focus on quality films and a friendly vibe we encourage filmmakers to attend our festival to partake in Q&As and mixers over the course of the weekend as we build relationships that last.

We accept Features, Shorts, Documentaries, Music Videos, Animation, Experimental films, and VR/AR/360/Immersive Storytelling Forms from emerging artists and students to established professionals. The Sheridan WYO Film Festival is committed to the celebration of independent film in all its forms and bringing it to wider audiences.

Bushwick Film Festival is ranked as one of the Top 100 Film Festivals. Now in its 12th year, the Bushwick Film Festival has become an industry staple for new talent and a premiere voice for independent cinema in Brooklyn. We have showcased local and international filmmakers from more than 40 countries, providing a platform for diverse stories from all people, especially women, people of color and the LGBTQ community. Located in Bushwick, the bustling center of Brooklyn’s artistic and cultural community, the festival offers five days full of screenings, panels, parties and networking opportunities. We encourage our filmmakers, industry professionals and audiences to engage, share and collaborate in an eclectic and open-minded atmosphere to form new alliances, expand horizons and share our common passion for independent film. After eleven years full of fantastic screenings, people and moments, we are as driven as ever to continue our quest to share amazing stories with an ever growing audience and we hope you will join us!

The Psaroloco is a program of cinema screenings specially formed for children and teenagers, with selected films and group workshops, in which children create entirely their own short films (fiction, documentary, stop motion, etc.).

Our aim is to encourage meaningful thought provoking films for children and showcase amazing works of Filmmakers from around the world. The short listed films compete for most coveted Audience choice Award.

Psaroloco's aim is to familiarize the novice audience with the basic terms of the cinematic experience and to promote media literacy. The project promotes the enhancement of the critical thinking of children and the ability to deconstruct images. It prioritizes vulnerable groups of children and adolescents.

The Ocejón Travel Film Festival was born in 2009 in two small villages in the Sierra Norte region of Guadalajara (Spain), promoted by a small group of neighbours concerned about attracting cinema to the rural environment, particularly the uncommercial and committed cinema that tends to have little distribution in normal theaters, but almost nothing in the villages or small towns. But also the organizers wanted the active participation of the neighbourhood, in addition to attracting the attention of people from other towns, regions and cities to know the place where we lived and share experiences.

For that reason from the beginning we tried to make it with the lowest possible budget to compensate the short economic resources with the courage and will of us and our neighbors, the human capital.

Nine years later, in 2018, the festival moved to another small town, Jesús Pobre, in the Marina Alta region (Alicante), however it retains the same spirit and original interests: we want to bring travel movies (any type) to the village.

Currently the organizers are integrated into the non profit association "La Jalea Cultural del Montgó". In 2018, coinciding with its tenth edition, it was celebrated for the first time in the skirt of the Montgó mountain.

Insular & other seas Film festival(IOSAFF)

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IOSAFF, not only competitions and film screenings but also an artists' tour during which we explore creative activities in various artistic specialties.

»IOSAFF is a coherent whole of a multidimensional cultural and cinematographic project will take place Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas

four days for a traveling festival (artist tour), we launch creative projects that bring people together, and we create high impact campaigns with influencers to motivate audiences to share their creativity.

If You're a filmmaker, screenwriter, designer, actor or actress, musician or band, painter or sculptor, or any other creative expression, we welcome you to the tours of creative artists...

Let's explore the oceans, seas & islands

-Adventures,

- Environment,

- Designs animations,

-Documentary,

- Author's cinema,

Islands in music & video



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Oceans and seas cover 71% of the earth's surface, produce half of the oxygen we breathe, absorb 25% of carbon dioxide, capture 90% of the additional heat generated by these emissions and feed 3, 2 billion people. The oceans, seas & marine resources, lungs of the earth, are essential for sustainable development.

Promoting the heritage and creativity of the world's islands and caring for the oceans & seas is a major factor in developing the blue bio-economy, which is why we adopted it as the main axes of our cultural and media project.

The islands of the world, through the oceans and the continents of the planet, conceal important cultural and patrimonial wealth, as much by their variety, their specificity as by their authenticity. The islanders, being cut off from the continent, are forced to live in osmosis with their environment, to vibrate to the rhythm of the elements of their natural setting, and to dominate the rigors of their daily life by giving free rein to their creative imagination and their innovative spirit. In this perspective, artistic creativity is the best support for the expression of their dreams, their emotions & their collective memory