Saraqusta Film Festival is a film and tv series festival about the historical genre in its broadest sense. It was created with the aim of exhibiting and promoting feature films, documentaries and series using the past and the historical context as a common thread.
Submissions are open to Spanish and International works, real-image or animated that deal with the historical genre or whose theme, context or set design are historical or refer to a period of the past.
DOCA Film Festival is an independent film festival founded in Silicon Valley, California, created for filmmakers, artists, and storytellers who use moving images to share ideas, explore creativity, and connect with audiences.
Built around audiences, DOCA Film Festival creates opportunities for filmmakers to share their work through a public cultural experience where films can be discovered, experienced, and remembered.
The inaugural DOCA Film Festival will take place during San Jose Holiday Lights 2026 in downtown San Jose, California — the heart of Silicon Valley. Selected films will be screened throughout the 48-day festival season as part of a large-scale public cultural experience, creating opportunities for filmmakers to connect with diverse audiences.
The event is expected to welcome 80,000+ visitors, including local communities, families, and visitors from around the world, providing filmmakers with an opportunity to share their stories with audiences in an open and accessible environment.
The Palencia International Films Festival is organised by the Association Friends of the film and the Popular University of Palencia.
This edition is number 36, and during all these years, our philosphy has been considering cinema a tool of development and social cohesion.
Our festival colaborates with the Spanish Cinema Academy, and its a qualifyer festival for the GOYA shortfilm Awards.
In addition, the short film awarded the first prize by the jury at the MCIP (the Milagros Alcalde Award) will go directly to the Short List finalist of the FUGAZ Awards, making up the short list of films that will then be evaluated for nomination by the commission that awards these prizes each year.
Shortcutz Paris is an independent short film festival for cinema lovers — a gathering point where creatives, producers, industry professionals, and film enthusiasts come together to exchange ideas and nurture their shared passion for filmmaking. Based in Paris, the festival draws filmmakers and audiences from across France and beyond, building an international community around independent short cinema.
More than a screening series, Shortcutz Paris positions itself as a space for engaged, socially conscious storytelling — each themed edition tackles pressing social and political questions, using short film as a lens to spark dialogue on the issues shaping culture today.
Each month, the festival hosts a session showcasing a themed selection of narrative, animated, documentary, and experimental short films, followed by a debate with the filmmakers and their teams. Sessions are open to the public on a prix libre (pay-what-you-can) basis, with films subtitled in French or English and Q&As conducted in French to foster connection with the local community.
3rd CINEFANTASY RIO – Rio de Janeiro International Fantastic Film Festival
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | March 23–28, 2027
CINEFANTASY RIO is now accepting submissions for its 3rd edition, bringing together horror, fantasy, science fiction, thriller, magical realism, and their many variations for six days of programming in Rio de Janeiro.
The festival expands the legacy of Cinefantasy – São Paulo International Fantastic Film Festival, one of Latin America’s leading genre film festivals. In 2026, Cinefantasy received 1,569 submissions from 89 countries and screened 70 films from 24 countries across 114 screenings — and throughout its history, the festival has showcased more than 1,600 films.
The 3rd CINEFANTASY RIO will feature competitive programs, special screenings, and activities connecting filmmakers, audiences, and audiovisual industry professionals.
We are looking for films that challenge boundaries and explore other worlds. Films that provoke, frighten, surprise — and reinvent the fantastic.
Brazilian and international short and feature films are invited to participate.
The journey continues in Rio de Janeiro.
Corti a Corte was born from a question: what can truly engage an audience increasingly accustomed to streaming platforms and small-screen viewing?
Our answer is a festival conceived as a cinematic salon, bringing the collective experience of cinema back to the centre.
After each short film is screened on the big screen, the audience meets filmmakers and film professionals, taking part in a direct conversation about the works, their cinematic language and the themes they explore.
Corti a Corte is a non-competitive event.
It is a space for encounter and exchange, where short films become the starting point for sharing ideas, experiences and new perspectives.
The three works selected through this open call will receive the official recognition “Corti a Corte 2027 Official Selection” and will be screened on the big screen.
Selected filmmakers will be required to attend the presentation of their works and take part in a public conversation with film professionals and experts. These meetings are conceived as an opportunity for dialogue, in-depth discussion and professional development for emerging filmmakers.
A/R/TOGRÁFICA International Videonarration Exhibition is an annual event organised by the University of Granada which, in its 11th edition, gave rise to the A/R/TOGRÁFICA platform. Since then, the platform has expanded its activities through a year-round programme held both in Granada and beyond the city.
The Exhibition brings together artistic research projects that use audiovisual narration as a methodology for artistic creation, research, and learning, and each year launches an INTERNATIONAL OPEN CALL inviting artists, researchers, and educators to participate in screening sessions held during February and March in different venues and institutional spaces associated with the event.
The open call brings together experimental, essayistic, and research-based proposals within the contemporary audiovisual art landscape, with particular interest in works that incorporate or generate a/r/tographic processes throughout their development (A/r/tography Films). From this perspective, A/R/TOGRÁFICA highlights the research, educational, and creative dimensions of moving image practices, with particular attention to works that explore their potential as tools for thinking, learning, and producing knowledge through the arts.
The Exhibition also seeks to foster encounters and the creation of networks of collaboration among artists, researchers, and educators interested in the possibilities of the moving image as a space for experimentation, reflection, and the collective construction of knowledge.
Espacio habilitado para la promoción, difusión y distribución internacional de los cortometrajes más recientes y destacados de nuestra industria.
Where Great Stories Begin
Cero Grados Film Fest is an international short film festival dedicated exclusively to emerging filmmakers presenting their first or second short film as directors.
Our mission is to discover, promote and support new cinematic voices by providing a professional platform where talent is evaluated on equal terms, free from competition with established filmmakers.
The festival welcomes fiction, documentary, animation and experimental short films from all over the world, celebrating originality, creativity and distinctive artistic vision. We believe that great careers often begin with a single story, and our goal is to help those stories reach an international audience.
Cero Grados Film Fest is held entirely online, making it accessible to filmmakers and audiences worldwide while ensuring broad international visibility for the selected works.
Awards include:
- Best Director** (€1,000)
- Best Short Film**
- Best Screenplay**
- Best Cinematography**
All selected films and award winners receive the official Cero Grados Film Fest laurels.
If this is the beginning of your filmmaking journey, this is your festival.
Where Great Stories Begin.
The Versilia Film Festival (VFF), organized by APS Form.Art.E, is a film festival and competition with a strong cultural identity. It gathers the experience and legacy of the Camaiore Film Festival (of which it is the successor), proposing itself as a space for artistic expression and social reflection, promoting works that tackle highly current themes with original, innovative, and courageous cinematic languages.
The festival unfolds as a multi-stage journey, culminating in a final event featuring public screenings and collective participation.
It is also structured as a widespread festival across time and the local area, featuring cultural and educational activities that accompany the public throughout the entire year. The goal is to bring independent cinema back to the center of the region's cultural life and create opportunities for meetings, discussions, and participation among authors, the audience, and the community.
Notable guests from past editions (Camaiore Film Festival) include Steve Della Casa as the director of the technical jury, Alessandro Aronadio, Paolo Hendel, Saverio Guarna, Massimo Bonfatti, Ferruccio Marotti, GianMarco Tognazzi, Riccardo Rossi, Anna Pavignano, Salvatore Veca, and Franco Giubilei.
DATES AND DURATION
Event series: April – July 2027
Screening of competing short films and final ceremony: September 4-5-6, 2027
Medium-length or Arthouse Film series: Autumn 2027
COMPETITIVE SECTIONS
The Festival is open to Italian and international directors to submit short films of any genre produced after January 15, 2025, in accordance with the 4 designated sections:
FICTION SHORT FILM: Fiction short films of any genre from all over the world; maximum duration 20 minutes (credits included).
"CORTISSIMO" (Very Short Film): Short films of any genre from all over the world with a maximum duration of 5 minutes (credits included).
INCLUSION, LEGALITY, AND CIVIC SENSE: Short films of any genre addressing the themes of inclusion, disability, legality, and civic duty (reportage, investigations, community stories, portraits of people with disabilities, documentaries on legal proceedings, civic campaigns, material aimed at social change or raising justice issues...); maximum duration 15 minutes (credits included).
"HORIZONS OF KNOWLEDGE" (EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH AND GROWTH): Short films dedicated to educational outreach, education, science, culture, and personal growth (explainers, scientific or philosophical mini-documentaries, video lessons, research-based educational storytelling, educational products created for the web...); maximum duration 10 minutes (credits included).
Porto Femme - International Film Festival is a place for the exhibition and dissemination of multiple and diverse artistic visions. A concrete action in the struggle for equal representation, focusing on new identity representations that seek to deconstruct stereotypes and erase invisibilities. The Festival aims to create a visibility space for women and/or non-binary identities in the cinematographic world, uniting them internationally.
Feminist solidarity is our guiding thread, and we want to continue creating feminist spaces through an innovative, intersectional, and intergenerational way of working characterized by support, diversity, creativity, and experimentation, serving as a point of sharing, debate, and creation for all those who love cinema.
These films intend to educate and inform the public about social and political issues that affect women and minority identities worldwide and give voice to several groups and struggles.
Our curation aims to reflect the diversity of genres, themes and languages. PORTO FEMME is a festival with a varied and appealing offer to the public, including competitive sessions, exhibitions, workshops, debates, Q & A sessions, exhibitions, among others.
Pantalla Bajío is a platform dedicated to the exhibition, promotion, networking, and advancement of independent national and international cinema. The festival aims to discover new voices, foster the circulation of emerging works, and create opportunities for meaningful connections among filmmakers, audiences, industry professionals, and the wider community.
The 2027 edition will take place in March 2027 in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico. Final dates, the main venue, partner locations, and the official program will be announced in due course through the festival’s official communication channels.
Prior to and during the festival, Pantalla Bajío may organize industry meetings, educational activities, conferences, workshops, presentations, and cultural events related to its programming, further encouraging dialogue, professional development, and audience engagement.
LA Under the Stars Film Festival returns for its 8th year on Sunset Boulevard, bringing filmmakers back to one of Los Angeles’ most memorable screening experiences.
Held at the historic El Cid, LAUTS is a IMDb-accredited festival built around one unforgettable night of independent cinema.
This is not a sprawling multi-day festival where films disappear into half-empty theaters.
It is one curated evening, one stage, and one packed house. LAUTS is designed to give every selected project real visibility, genuine audience engagement, and meaningful creative connection.
Over the years, LA Under the Stars has screened work featuring talent such as Woody Harrelson, Juno Temple, and Danny Trejo, while also championing first-time filmmakers who left with new collaborators, new industry conversations, and real momentum.
Why Submit?
Official Selections are IMDb-eligible
Top 100 Best-Reviewed festival recognition
Red carpet interviews and professional step-and-repeat photography
Live filmmaker and screenwriter Q&A sessions
Audience Choice voting during the event
Custom-designed trophies across film and screenplay categories
VIP networking opportunities with fellow creatives
An international and diverse judging panel
Your work is not buried in an overcrowded schedule. It is seen, celebrated, and experienced by a real Los Angeles audience.
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, 2026 we are OPEN for new season 2026/2027!
The Grand Finale 2026/2027 will be held in August, 2027 in Moscow.
International judge team, great networking and friendly atmosphere — that’s Short Shot Fest.
Stay tuned and check our website: shortshotfest.com
Now in its fifth year, the Atena Nike Award has established itself as one of the most prestigious events in the Italian film scene dedicated to the union of art, culture, and social commitment.
Created with the goal of celebrating excellence and talent, the Award continues to give a voice to those who, through the seventh art, explore civil rights, the promotion of local culture, and creative innovation.
This special edition reaffirms its mission: to reward not only technical mastery but also the narrative power of directors, actors, and professionals who know how to move audiences and provoke reflection. With a keen eye on independent cinema and the next generation, the event transforms the stage into a meeting place for the industry’s leading figures and the rising stars of the future.
Blending culture and beauty, the fifth edition celebrates the power of cinema as a tool for dialogue, honoring stories that leave a lasting impression on the collective imagination.
Date and location of the fifth edition: October 9, 2026 – Casa del Cinema – Rome
The Film Award reaffirms its mission of talent scouting.
Submissions for short and feature-length films are officially OPEN for the 6TH EDITION (2027). A valuable opportunity for independent filmmakers and emerging productions to submit their works to a distinguished jury and compete for prestigious awards.
PATRON OF THE ATENA NIKE AWARD: Fabio Saccuzzo
ARTISTIC MANAGEMENT
Artistic Director: Giampietro Preziosa
Coordination Manager: Valentina Marchese
Creative Supervisor: Livia Bonifazi
Film Expert: Elena Tenga
ACADEMY
The artistic management team is supported by an Academy, selected for its experience and high level of artistic and professional expertise. The Academy consists of seven members from the worlds of acting, film, music, and theater.
Claudia Gerini
Donatella Finocchiaro
Lucia Sardo
Federica Vincenti
Tania Bambaci
FEATURE FILM JURY
Marco Simon Puccioni (chair)
Donatella Pascucci
Heidrum Schleeft
Marianna Sciveres
Luana Rondinelli
Luca Arcidiacono
Diana Rulli
SHORT FILM JURY
Daniela Giordano (chair)
Piero Nicosia
Sabina Pariante
Giusi Cataldo
Annalisa Putorti’
Ornella Giusto
Maria Carla Rodomonte
Manuela Rima
NEW SECTION: INCLUSIVE CINEMA
PArt – Creator and Partner of the “Inclusive Cinema” Section
For the Atena Nike Award, PArt conceived and curates the Inclusive Cinema section, coordinated by Giusi Cataldo, actress, director, and artistic director, and Tiziano Di Cara, entrepreneur, creative professional, and event organizer.
The section was created with the goal of promoting a film culture that is increasingly accessible, inclusive, and attentive to the diversity of perspectives and human experiences, highlighting cinema as a tool for dialogue, participation, and cultural growth.
The Valencia International Artificial Intelligence Film Festival (FESTIAV) is a pioneering cultural event dedicated exclusively to audiovisual works generated using artificial intelligence, understood as a tool at the service of creativity and always respecting the intellectual property and authorship of the different sectors. From the Valencian Community, the festival was born with a global vocation: to become an international reference point in the convergence between technology, creativity and new digital narratives. Its mission is to promote artistic innovation, promote critical analysis of the role of AI in the visual arts and position Valencia as a creative hub connected to the main audiovisual experimentation centers in the world.
In its 2nd edition, FESTIAV will screen 20 short films—fiction, historical, comedy, Valencian and horror generated with AI—along with a professional program composed of presentations and roundtable discussions with international experts, a technical talk on creative processes with AI and a networking session that will bring together creators, producers and agents from the sector, both local and from other countries. A professional and independent jury will be in charge of evaluating the works and awarding cash prizes to the most outstanding proposals.
FESTIAV aspires to consolidate itself as a platform with global reach, where filmmakers, technologists, digital artists, researchers and students from different parts of the world can connect, share knowledge and discover the possibilities of cinema generated through artificial intelligence. From Valencia to the world, the festival promotes local talent and integrates it into a growing international scene.
We are waiting for you in Valencia!Valencian Community.
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The 14th Torino Underground Cinefest will take place in late September 2027 at the splendid "Cinema Baretti", in the heart of "San Salvario", one of the city’s most vibrant districts. Once again, this edition confirms the partnership with the distribution company "Piano B", which will ensure theatrical and television distribution of selected feature films and documentaries deemed most suitable for commercialization. Thanks to the collaboration with "Streeen!", several selected titles will also have the opportunity to be distributed via streaming.
In addition, the festival is pleased to continue its partnership with Sooner.de, which will once again provide distribution opportunities for selected films on its platform, as well as on Amazon in Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and the United States, offering filmmakers further international exposure and audience reach.
Cash prizes will be awarded for Best Feature Film. In addition, special awards will be presented for Best Short Film, Best Documentary, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Sound Design. An Audience Award and mentions from our media partners are also planned.
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-- AI VISIONS – Torino Underground Cinefest --
Torino Underground Cinefest (TUC) proudly launches AI VISIONS, a new competitive section dedicated to films created partially or entirely using Artificial Intelligence.
This section celebrates independent voices exploring the intersection of cinema and machine creativity. From fully AI-generated narratives to hybrid human-machine collaborations, AI VISIONS showcases how filmmakers are redefining storytelling, aesthetics, and authorship.
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The festival is supported by media partnerships and cultural organizations from the region.
*Note to sales companies and distributors: No screening fees will be paid for festival selections.
“It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all.”
― Andrei Tarkovsky
The Serbest International Film Festival was created to showcase bold cinematic voices from around the world. We aim to discover both emerging and experienced new directors and screenwriters, providing a platform to present their work while offering meaningful support and career development opportunities.
We champion filmmakers who push boundaries - those daring enough to explore the human experience through innovative storytelling and fresh perspectives. SIFF is a cultural organization whose mission is to transform the way people see the world through film.
Our festival was born from the urgent need to create space for talented filmmakers globally. Each year, we bring together the most original storytellers and adventurous audiences through programs featuring narrative films, documentaries, shorts, experimental works and animations.
In 2024, we launched Serbest Film Distribution (serbestdistribution.com) - a groundbreaking platform helping our filmmakers connect with distributors, producers and festivals worldwide. This new initiative opens doors to distribution deals, funding opportunities and invaluable industry relationships.
At SIFF you'll find:
▸ A home for daring, human-centered stories
▸ Active promotion of your work to industry leaders
▸ Professional development through masterclasses
▸ Networking with like-minded creators
▸ Awards that open doors: distribution deals, funding introductions, and media coverage
We're committed to evolving - creating better opportunities, stronger industry pathways and greater visibility for independent filmmakers everywhere. Your unique vision deserves to be seen. It's a place where filmmakers can showcase new stories and offer a fresh perspective on humanity and the world we live in.
Our aim is to create an inclusive and diverse context within the festival landscape. To promote and celebrate films in which the main characters or plots represent the LGTBIQA+ community, women and/or dissidents, which reflect the problems and discrimination that these people face on a daily basis, contributing to greater visibility and understanding and dispelling myths, stereotypes and breaking down barriers, where all voices are heard and all talents are valued.
FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL
“Lóstrego” is not just a festival; it is a meeting point for fans, professionals, and enthusiasts of fantastic cinema. We want this festival to be an inclusive and vibrant space where all attendees can enjoy a carefully selected program and participate in various activities and events that we have lovingly and dedicatedly prepared.
