The short films taking part in the competition must necessarily tackle a social topic, since the Festival aims at raising awareness on contemporary issues such as social exclusion, migration, gender violence, unemployment, fundamental rights, etc. Any short film which shows these or other social issues will be accepted in the Festival, notwithstanding the main topic of the short films may not have a particularly social nature.
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!
Como o Festival Internacional de Curtas-Metragens “Ciudad de Soria” considera sempre o cinema de curtas-metragens na capital e aprecia como essencial a disseminação da cultura, nosso objetivo é promover como meio de expressão audiovisual; a contribuição para o reconhecimento e divulgação. Esse formato deve ser essencialmente e basicamente uma parte do CINEMA.
Some call it the “Lady Tickler,” “Lip Spinach,” or even, the “Cookie Duster.” Formally, it is known simply as “The Moustache.” In all of its forms it represents a man’s individuality and inner strength. Whether a full, furry and lustrous lip warmer or a smooth, sleek line of suave sophistication weaving it’s way across a dude’s upper lip, a man’s Moustache is an indication of his robust heart and the very soul of his being.
As part of the annual Facial Hair Fest—a celebration of facial hair in Portland, Maine—we are now looking for submissions for the International Moustache Film Festival (IMFF). Films will be screened in several venues throughout the week of March 21 through March 28, 2015,.
The Facial Hair Fest features all sorts of delightfully hairy good times, including the 8th annual Stache Pag (a moustache pageant), the Facial Hair Farmers Market, the Can-Am Beard and Moustache Competition, and of course, the IMFF. A number of IMFF screening blocks will be held, each dedicated to a different kind of stache. And despite the official name of the festival, beards are welcome. They are, after all, the less refined cousin to the moustache.
Films will be selected based on two criteria. First, we want good films. Second, we want films that highlight conspicuous, outstanding, and awesome facial hair. It's that simple.
Past years have seen the IMFF covered in the global press, including: Movie|Line, EW.com, The Guardian, BBC, Reuters, The Huffington Post, Boston.com, Yahoo.com, The Times of India, Buenos Aires Herald, DownEast Magazine, The Tribune, American Mustache Institute, The Beard Club and Stuff.Co.NZ.
Have a main character with a nice stache? Send us your film.
A documentary about hippies with beards? That's good to.
A film about Salvador Dali or Jesus? Totally qualifies.
A film about any of the following:
Hippies. Prophets. Musicians. Mountain Men. Cops. Robbers. Firemen. Old Fashioned Strong Men. Cowboys. NFL Quarterbacks. Private Investigators. Scientists. Political Leaders. Pirates. Canadians. Wizards. Dwarves. Dads. Cavemen. You. Your friends. Your enemies.
So send us some films, and please consider attending the International Moustache Film Festival!
The Unreal Film Festival is an annual film competition held in September in Memphis, TN. The festival accepts both short and feature length films from all over the world, but only films that fall under the horror, sci-fi, and/or fantasy film genres.
The year 2015 by can be easily termed as the ‘year of intolerance ‘in Indian socio-political and cultural milieu. This was coming all the way from the time the right wing party was voted to rule the country. It began with re-writing Indian history and text books for schools, colleges and academic institutions, running down Gandhiji, the architect of free India as also the free thinkers, eliminating rationalist, outspoken intellectuals and scholars, isolating artists and film makers, taking control of Central Board of Film Certification by forcing the eminent men and women constituted that body to resign en-mass. The right wing people have taken charge of all public art and cultural organizations.
People from the minority communities have been lynched and killed for suspecting to have eaten beef. Cow slaughter has been banned in states like Maharashtra taking away food from the tables of minority communities as well as daliths and increasing the burden on the farmers already bending backward with debt and are committing suicide. Those who protested the beef ban have been beaten up in Kashmir, in Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi. When the public very clearly understood that the general response of the government to these problems were dismissive as something that is done by antisocial elements people began to take action. The prominent scholars, writers, poets, actors, film makers and theatre personalities started returning the awards they received from the government. There were protests across the country, from politicians and eminent citizens.
Another aspect of this intolerance is manifested in witch hunting NGOs like Green Peace for very prominently taking up environmental issues and challenging the implementation of economic projects without proper environmental impact assessment. Those NGOs on the hit list of the government is harassed in every possible ways including cancelling their FCRA numbers and freezing their accounts. Fortunately so far the justice system was very fair in their judgments which has given much relief to the NGOs under the government scanner. Generally NGOs these days are seen by the politicians as people ‘against development’.
These very arrogant postures of the government was downsized by the people of India through democratic resurgence. First they lost a very high pitched assembly election in Delhi to Aam Admi Party and later in another high pitched assembly election in Bihar the right wing lost to an alliance of democratic forces represented by Lalu Prasad Yadav and Nitish Kumar the local leaders. In all these instances the media was very pro-establishment. Were they too scared to investigate issues and inform the public?! While we hope that the people will elect democratic and secular parties in the Assembly elections happening now in April/May 2016,we need to nurture grass root level democratic practices which is one of the major objective of the festival. Whatever work we are engaged in now is from a very diminished public sphere. We do not know what the future holds for us but for now we belong to the breed of marginal citizens of this country.
As for our experience in this specific field is concerned, Bangalore Film Society was the South India coordinator of Tri-continental Film Festival "Human Rights in Frames from 2007 to 2009 organised by an NGO called Breakthrough. An average 5000 to 6000 people used to attend this festival in Bangalore in three days and the event had become very popular. Apart from this, we used to take these films to academic institutions as well as film societies in all South Indian States. However, the tricontinental film festival closed after 2009 and at present to the best of my knowledge we don't have a human rights film festival of that magnitude.
In the present Indian context, Bangalore Film Society wish to start an International Human Rights Traveling film festival from December 7th to 10th or from 9th to the 12th 2016 (depending on the availability of the auditorium) and organise a conference on freedom of speech and the right to dissent. The films selected will address major international human rights concerns such as refugees, lgbt sexuality, boarders, women, socio-political conflict, communal conflicts, child labour/abuse and so on The emphasis on the impact it should create. Once the festival is over these films will be circulated for screenings in educational, media institutions and film societies across India.
O 9º Festival Internacional de Cinema Anual de Toyama terá lugar em junho de 2020 na Prefeitura de Toyama. Tivemos tanto sucesso no ano passado, que estamos animados para compartilhar as visões de cineastas de todo o mundo mais uma vez com esta pequena comunidade. Inscrições estarão abertas até 15 de maio de 2020.
O 2º Festival Anual de Cinema Internacional de Toyama ocorreu na prefeitura rural de Toyama, Japão. Iniciado por alguns professores de inglês na área, esperávamos alcançar muitas pessoas, não apenas no Japão, mas em todo o mundo. E certamente fizemos. O festival foi um tremendo sucesso com mais de 100 inscrições de 30 países diferentes. Um grande passo de apenas 10 inscrições em nosso primeiro ano. Esperamos continuar este processo no próximo ano em benefício do Japão.
O 1º Festival Anual de Cinema Internacional de Toyama foi realizado em uma pequena sala dentro de um shopping center, com capacidade para cerca de 70 pessoas. No ano seguinte, o evento foi realizado na cidade de Toyama em um local de propriedade independente, Bodegas-Mambo, com cerca de 80-100 convidados que vieram ver os filmes. Este ano esperamos expandir ainda mais e proporcionar um espaço ainda maior para os participantes e a comunidade cinematográfica no Japão.
Este ano, contactamos o resto do mundo e desafiamos todos a produzir curtas-metragens em benefício da caridade e a ajudar a criar uma cultura cinematográfica na prefeitura de Toyama.
Nota: Devido a restrições de tempo, não podemos aceitar filmes com duração superior a 10 minutos. No entanto, qualquer gênero de curta-metragem será considerado para exposição.
Dallas Videofest é o grande evento apresentado pela Video Association of Dallas, que se dedica a promover a compreensão do vídeo como meio criativo e força cultural em nossa sociedade, e a apoiar e avançar o trabalho de artistas do Texas que trabalham em vídeo e artes eletrônicas. Através de seus programas e serviços de informação, a Video Association pretende educar e informar artistas, estudantes, educadores, críticos, produtores de vídeo e cinema e um público interessado para que possam compreender, apreciar e avaliar melhor as possibilidades criativas do meio de vídeo. Proporcionará também um fórum para o trabalho dos artistas de vídeo regionais, a fim de estimular a excelência no seu trabalho e proporcionar a oportunidade de diálogo e discussão crítica.
Ars Independent Festival 2019 will be the 9th multimedia festival of film, animation, video games and music videos. The upcoming edition will take place in Katowice, between the 24th and 29th of September 2019.
The festival is searching for what’s cool in young, debuting, contemporary audio-visual culture. It’s not afraid to watch videos with 27 views on YouTube, it’s missing the “least popular” sorting option on itch.io and considers Festival Scope Pro decidedly “too mainstream”.
The heart of the festival are four international competitions, in which the audience decides about the awarding of prizes. The Black Horse of Film (feature films from all over the world) and the Black Horse of Animation (short features) present the cinematographic debuts by directors from the entire world, often as their Polish premieres. The Black Horse of Video Games and the Black Horse of Music Video are devoted to new games and music videos.
Additionally, every year festivalgoers are treated to: screenings of films, animations and music videos, video game exhibitions, virtual reality and new technologies, discussion panels and Q&As with artists, concerts, live acts and musical afterparties.
In previous years, the festival hosted a variety of artists from all over the world, including Béla Tarr, Nina Menkes, Phil Mulloy, Laila Pakalnina, Bruce LaBruce, Tami Tamaki, Stephen „M.O.O.N.” Gilarde, Jakuba Dvorský, Mariola Brillowska, Piotr Dumała, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Bodo Kox, Łukasz Barczyk, Sos Sosowski, Wiktor Stribog and Władysław Komendarek.
The event is organized by the culture institution Katowice the City of Gardens and the City of Katowice.
Arizona Underground Film Festival é o único festival de cinema cult underground do Arizona! Comemorando nosso 15º ano, tornamos nossa única missão mostrar o trabalho de cineastas com visões desafiadoramente independentes. Estamos em uma busca para representar todos os gêneros de filmes independentes de todo o mundo celebrando o artista e seu trabalho. Vamos abordar categorias de Narrativa, Horror, Documentários, Experimental, Animação e Exploração. Junte-se a nós no subterrâneo!
Muitos dos filmes que foram exibidos no festival ao longo dos anos passaram a receber distribuição da exibição do festival, ou atenção da imprensa e de outros festivais. Nós fomos a estreia mundial de muitos filmes nos últimos 10 anos, e continuaremos a estrear filmes e mostrar o melhor do cinema independente.
O QUE OS CRÍTICOS ESTÃO DIZENDO SOBRE AZUFF
“Tem a visão e a confiança de festas que existem há muito mais tempo.” - Revista de cineasta
“Festival de prestígio” — The Huffington Post
“imbatível!” - Arizona Daily Star
“Verdadeiramente incrível” - Tucson Citizen
“AZUFF lança (s) luz (s) na rede subterrânea... trazendo filmes independentes para a luz de calcário” - Yahoo News
“Um festival de cinema de alto nível” - Trashwire
“Uma verdadeira potência de um festival” - Underground Film Journal
“Um passeio selvagem até as bordas do cinema independente visionário” - Film Festival Examiner
Her Point of View has entered into a partnership agreement with the Community Education Department of Watkins College of Art, Design & Film in Nashville TN. The Nashville festival will be held at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film in September 2015. Specific dates are being finalized and will be released soon. Stay tuned! New programming developments occurring every day.
Empowering current and future generations of artists currently underrepresented in front of and behind the camera, Her Point of View, a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization, launches this year and will present arts and entertainment created from a woman’s point of view in Nashville, TN with screenings in Atlanta GA. New cities are added everyday.
In each city, Her Point of View will conduct a four (4) day international film festival complete with workshops, panels, independent and studio films, fine art gallery, live music events, industry parties and plenty of networking mixers. Filmmakers, film, TV, music, art and entertainment executives and celebrities are invited to participate in the event developed to highlight women artists from around the world.
"Sundance South of The Border!"
-Spotlight Magazine
"One of the Top 25 Festivals in the world "
-MovieMaker Magazine
"A new star is born in the Film Festival Universe"
-IndieRocks!
Rahway International Film Festival is an international film festival and networking event based in Rahway, New Jersey, U.S.A, only 40 minutes away from New York City. It was first held in June of 2013 in an effort to create a warm and welcoming home for independent filmmakers and fans of film in the Tri-State Area. We annually showcase short films, feature films and music videos while offering networking and workshop opportunities to those interested in the film industry.
This year’s event will take place over the course of a full weekend from Friday, August 28, 2015 - Sunday, August 30, 2015. As we enter our third year, we are expanding to a three-day weekend event. This means more films (including both features & shorts), more workshops, more seminars, more filmmaker Q&As, and much more!
Novos nomes, novos gêneros, novas tendências de cinema em uma tela grande no meio da Sibéria!
International Kansk Video Festival (Rússia/Sibéria) não é um festival de cinema convencional. É uma experiência no tempo e no espaço. A pequena cidade siberiana de Kansk, foi encontrada na Internet por acaso e selecionado como seu nome correlaciona com o Festival de Cannes, Kansk na língua russa é pronunciado o mesmo que Cannes.
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Desde 2002, nas profundezas da Sibéria, o festival acontece anualmente. Longe do Côte d`Azur para o clima severo de Taiga, 7000 km de Londres, 4500 km de Moscou e 300 km de Krasnoyarsk por 'Irons Road', e da Ferrovia Trans-Sibéria. Em uma área cheia de pessoas siberianas maravilhosas e corajosas, pelmeni, nozes de cedro, até mesmo ônibus que lembram os ônibus antigos da escola de um soviético perdido há muito tempo um lugar cheio de magia.
O festival Kansk Video tem crescido imensamente desde o início de 2002, todos os anos recebe um júri internacional da indústria e das comunidades artísticas, realizando competições internacionais de cinema e video-arte com um programa especial de exibições e um banco de ideias para mais 150 anos dos festivais futuro. O festival promove novos nomes de vídeo e cineastas independentes e intransigentes, novos gêneros, novas tendências de cinema.
FESTER is a regular film series in Los Angeles showcasing “Mindfuck Movies,” films that crawl inside your head and stay there like the memory of a fever dream.
Did you make the next Primer or Donnie Darko? Did other festivals think your film was too weird or complex or out there? Want to show your Mindfuck Film at a cool venue in LA? Submit!
We want the best plot-twisting, genre-bending, mind-fucking movies unfindable on TV, Netflix, iTunes, or anywhere else outside our monthly screenings. No restrictions on year of production or previous festival appearances!
Rural FilmFest, member of Green Film Network (GFN), is an international itinerant film festival, which offers a current overview of international documentary film, fiction and animation in a short, medium and long format related to the rural world, ecology, sustainability and natural and cultural resources. Rural FilmFest is not a common film festival, it is a unique and unrepeatable event. It is a summer camp, with excursions, multi-adventure, geocaching awards ceremony (Yes, you read that right. As a filmmaker you will have to find your trophy at the closing gala via GPS coordinates), international coexistence, dance, party and lifelong friendships. It is the experience of your life and if you attend, you will not want it goes over and you will want to return next year... If you have a fiction film, animation or documentary whether it is a short film or a feature film, do not hesitate to submit.
