International film festival of entertaining, fantastic and arthouse free genre films.
The Obscura Filmfest was founded by David Ghane in 2016 and has been run by him alone ever since. He is a passionate genre film fan since 1996, attends several film festivals per year since 2004, sometimes helps out there, acts as an extra in horror films and is an extreme film collector.
The Obscura Film Festival specializes in entertaining and fantastic films, big and small, films that almost never get a regular screening. The films shown there are mostly mainstream blockbusters or arthouse films that can be found at most other regular film festivals. Even comparable festivals are expanding their programmes to include more and more arthouse. Those who instead like entertaining, smaller and special independent films, but can also imagine bigger productions from far away countries, will find what they are looking for at the Obscura Filmfest: Films that are fun with rough edges, raw and uncompromising; from nasty little horror films to Asian battle epics, there is something for every fan, just no boredom.
It started with small, offbeat, trashy and depraved underground grindhouse films, meanwhile the Obscura also screens commercial, mid-sized films that are traded on the big film markets.
Highlights of the previous festival editions included the German premieres of the Argentinian fantasy sci fi cyberpunk action film "Daemonium", the Ukrainian thriller "Egregor", the Filipino zombie shocker "Day Zero", the Danish horror film "Finale", the ghost comedy "Deadtectives" and the two Backwoods films "What the Waters Left Behind" and its sequel "Scars" 5 years later.
The European premieres of the Indonesian comic superhero film "Valentine" and the Backwoods film "Drifter" were also screened.
Another highlight was the crazy Japanese splatterfest "Kodoku - Meatball Machine" which can look back on a long festival history including the biggest festivals of its kind, as well as the Universal/Blumhouse production "The Hunt".
With "Redbad" and "The Great Battle", two big battle epics were also screened at the Obscura.
The German premiere of the hard-hitting exploitation film "Trauma" in Hanover was even attended by visitors from the Ruhr area.
After its international premiere at the Obscura, the cowboy backwoods film "Lasso" was shown a few months later at the famous british Frightfest.
In 2022, the Obscura had its first two feature-length film world premieres with "All through the Hall" and "Hidden in the Woods II".
At every Obscura filmfest there were film guests who introduced their film in person and were available for a Q&A. They came from Ireland, UK, Belgium, Finland, Denmark, Spain, Greece, Hungary, The Netherlands, USA, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia and of course Germany.
In 2024, there was a record number of guests from 7 different countries, as well as "The Witch. Revenge," a Ukrainian war horror film that was shot during and about the current war.
1. OBJECTIVES
The objectives of Festival de Malaga are to disseminate and promote Spanish films and their general cultural sphere. In this sense, the Festival is also a platform for Latin American film productions. Its functions include hosting an event for the different professional sectors of films in Spanish (construed as films produced in Spain and all of Latin America, including Brazil) to boost their development and promote international sales.
Festival de Málaga is recognized by the International Federation of Film Producers' Associations (FIAPF) (www.fiapf.org).
In compliance with these objectives, the 29th Edition of Festival de Málaga will be held from 6th to 15 th March 2026.
The eleventh La Serena International Film Festival (FECILS) is a competitive audiovisual event that will take place from October 22 to 25, 2025, in the Coquimbo region. It seeks to support the production and dissemination of regional, national, and Latin American audiovisual activities, thus contributing to decentralization by promoting the exchange and training of regional filmmakers and producers. Through these actions, FECILS seeks to establish itself as a cultural event that, in addition to generating film exhibition spaces in the Coquimbo region, focuses on generating new audiences. FECILS 2025 features an audiovisual outreach program that will reach various venues in the region's communes.
INTERSECCIÓN - A Coruña International Film Festival is committed to the freest currents of auteur cinema. Its program welcomes independent films created from risk and innovation and offers the public the chance to see groundbreaking and vibrant works.
The festival explores new cinematographic languages and defends courage, diversity and curiosity in creation.
Galichnik Film Festival is small festival looking to leave big footprint in the sky full of festivals by providing platform for new filmmakers from the region and beyond. Galichnik is a village known for its well-preserved traditional architecture, including an amphitheater in the village square, where the festival audience will have the chance to see number of films in three competition programs: short fiction, short documentary and short animation.
The festival aspires to become a meeting point for film professionals from around the world to develop new ideas, collaborations and friendships. We are excited for the audience to be part of a unique cinema experience in an open air cinema at an altitude of 1500m.
MASHO Awards 2025 – Short Film Competition: “Homelessness”!
Are you a filmmaker or a cinema lover with a powerful story to tell?
Take part in the MASHO Awards 2025 with your short film about homelessness and become part of a voice that raises awareness.
About the Festival "A Movie in Hand"
The goal of the festival A Movie in Hand is popularising the independent film work by using contemporary mobile technologies.
The festival aims at supporting versatile and creative personalities, developing socially active citizens of Bulgaria who succeed in fulfilling the possibilities of their personality by giving meaning to cultural and historical experience, to common human values of local and world culture by mastering modern technologies.
The main tasks for organisers, regarding the festival are:
Distribution of common human values by using the vast possibilities of short films
Finding and encouraging gifted young people, dealing with cinema while providing a platform for presenting them in front of large audience;
Supporting youth initiative for realising socially important activities;
Making film work popular among young people and directing their attention to the new possibilities of contemporary cinema;
Supporting the creativity of young people and stimulating the practice of new and unusual work with art and new media;
Stimulating innovation and experiments in the development of short films;
Starting an open dialogue among creative young people using the resources of the cinema.
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.
Founded in 2001, WOW Wales One World Film Festival has long been the only UK festival dedicated principally to films from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, while also holding the status of the longest-running festival in Wales.
For 24 years, the IMDb-qualifying festival has brought a wide range of the very best international films to cinemas across Wales. Its annual programme of feature, documentary, and short films showcases thought provoking, eye-opening films from places you rarely get to see on screen.
With attending filmmakers such as Patricio Guzmán, Helen Iles, Ken Loach, Mark Cousins, and more, WOW has also established itself as the longest running film festival in Wales.
Taking place every year in March, WOW brings the best of Welsh or UK premieres of international cinema in Aberystwyth Arts Centre and other cinemas across Wales.
International and feminist, the festival champions diversity, equality and the inclusion of voices outside of the mainstream. Every year at least half of the programme’s films are made by female filmmakers, and, since 2023, WOW's team is 100% female-led and diverse.
WOW Wales One World Film Festival, in collaboration with environmental advocates and filmmakers, proudly presents our commitment to driving measurable environmental change and fostering climate literacy among future generations.
In 2021, we revamped our 'Green Screen' initiative, evolving it into the dynamic 'Ecosinema' strand. This transformation was marked by our inaugural Ecosinema mini-festival online, setting a new standard for eco-themed storytelling within our festival.
Keeping Ecosinema as a film strand in the festival, WOW continues to showcase eco-themed films in cinemas and often collaborates with organisations such as The Landworkers Alliance and the 'Creating Safer Space' project to deliver special screenings, Q&As and panel discussions to its audiences.
Submissions for our 2026 Festival are now open!
The UBA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (FIC.UBA), organized by the University of Buenos Aires and the School of Architecture, Design and Urbanism (FADU), through the Secretariat of Design and Technological Innovation Policies, the Secretariat of Institutional Affairs, Culture and Communication and the Audiovisual Design Degree, will be held from 1 to 8 October, based primarily in the School of Architecture, Design and Urbanism -FADU- (Pabellón 3 of Ciudad Universitaria).
Submissions are open and free of charge from 28 May to 30 June 2025, for Argentine and international feature-length films completed after July 2024. Additionally, Ibero-American and UBA short films are accepted.
The program includes three competitions:
- International Feature Film Competition
- Ibero-American Short Film Competition
- UBA Short Film Competition
All screenings will be free of charge.
Contact us at infofic@uba.ar
RIZOMA Festival Internacional de Cine & Cultura Entrelazada aims to celebrate groundbreaking work on the international scene, to discover and support new voices in Spanish and Spanish-language cinema and to echo contemporary audiovisual trends. RIZOMA also aims to facilitate the visibility and access to distribution and commercialisation of independent proposals.
مهرجان شفشاون الدولي لفيلم الطفولة والشباب
Chefchaouen International Film Festival
For Children and Youth (FCFEJ)
Festival International du Film pour L´enfance et la Jeunesse de Chefchaouen
Festival Internacional du Cine para la Infancia y Juventud de Chefchauen
Franzi Shorts is an international competition for short film screenplays. The winning script will be brought to life with full financing and production by Franzi Films, in partnership with Simple Rent.
We’re inviting applicants from around the world to submit their short film idea.
What You’ll Get if You Win:
- Full development support with our directors and producers
- The film will be produced in Copenhagen by our crew
- An invitation to Copenhagen to join us either on set during production or at the film’s premiere.
- Festival submissions handled by us
- A premiere screening in Copenhagen
Every script is reviewed by our executive producers and directors.
We select 10 finalists for a personal feedback call to:
- Share creative feedback
- Talk about your story’s potential
- Discuss next steps
1 winner will move into full production, starting with revisions and ending with a finished film.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
To enter Franzi Shorts, please submit one of the following:
A short film script
or
A treatment describing the story and main characters
We’re open to any genre or style.
Applicants may submit multiple stories, but a separate submission fee applies for each one.
ABOUT FRANZI
Franzi is a production studio based in Copenhagen, with a roster of directors and DPs. Their work has earned major recognition, with films featured at festivals like Sundance, SXSW, and TIFF, alongside three Cannes wins and two Royal Television Society Awards.
ABOUT SIMPLE RENT
Since 2017, SimpleRent has been supplying production equipment to both Danish and international industries, supporting various creative projects. The team is made up of film and AV professionals dedicated to making filmmaking more accessible and efficient, focusing on providing filmmakers with the tools they need, whether they’re working on small independent films or larger-scale productions.
We are International Christian Film Festival of Bogotá – FICCBOG. We promote cinematic talent to bring light to movie theaters.
We believe in the power of storytelling to transform, inspire, and reflect values of faith.
We train and connect emerging and professional creators with a common purpose: to multiply the light through cinema and bring to life stories that touch the heart of the world.
The event takes place from September 2 to 6, 2025, featuring an opening ceremony, screenings of short films selected through a prior call, and training activities such as workshops and talks led by experts in screenwriting, directing, production, and distribution.
On the final day of the festival, a closing ceremony is held with awards presented in the following categories: Best Faith Story Short Film Shot on Mobile, Best Christian Short Film, Best Short Film – A Different Perspective, and Best Christian Music Video.
TERRA FILM FESTIVAL is an international environmental short film festival. We welcome productions that address ecological, territorial, green, human, animal, and climate-related topics, among others, from a variety of genres. At TERRA, we seek voices from different countries, cultures, languages, generations, and contexts. More than just a film festival, we create a space for cinematic outreach, environmental awareness, and the growth of filmmakers who believe in cinema as a form of resistance and care.
The selected films will be part of our in-person event on July 5, 2025, held at an independent cultural venue in Medellín, featuring screenings, open conversations, and awards for participating projects.
Our commitment is to showcase short films with a deep impact. Let your story resonate.
Why submit your short film to TERRA?
● Take part in a live screening in Medellín, in an independent cultural venue
● Engage in exchanges with the audience and fellow filmmakers
● Join an international network of filmmakers and cultural agents committed to the environment
● Gain visibility through our social media platforms
● Compete for awards and recognitions
Feel, create, participate, and share!
Attendees and filmmakers will discover how cinema can spark reflection on our relationship with the Earth.
– Terra Film Festival
✅ SUBMIT NOW
Location: Medellín, Colombia
Medellín is a city with a rich cultural scene, recognized nationally and internationally. Nestled among mountains and streams, it blends history, independent art, and social movements that make cinema a powerful tool for reflection, critique, memory, and social action. The festival takes place in a cultural space that hosts film cycles, workshops, fairs, and community-based creative projects.
On Halloween, Ibiza sheds its beaches, sun, and nightlife to become horror, blood, and fantasy. The IBIZA HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL has arrived.
CINEMA
· INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM COMPETITION
· INTERNATIONAL SHORTFILM COMPETITION
· BALEARIC SHORTFILM COMPETITION
· TERROR EXPRESS: Concurso local de videos de terror grabados con el móvil durante el festival.
· JORNADAS PROFESIONALES. Master class, mesas redondas sobre género.
OTRAS ACTIVIDADES
· MONSTER WALK
· MONSTER FASHION SHOW:
· TUNEL DEL TERROR.
· Taller efectos especiales y maquillaje.
· Actuaciones musicales & teatrales.
The 7th Yecheon International Smartphone Film Festival Film Contest
Event Name: The 7th Yecheon International Smartphone Film Festival Film Contest
Submission Period: May 26 (Mon) - July 25 (Fri), 2025 [60 days]
Announcement of Finalists: August 13 (Wed), 2025 – via official website and individual notifications
Submission Details:
· Requirement: Submissions must be films shot using a smartphone
· Eligibility: Open to all individuals and groups, domestic and international
· Theme: Open theme
Participation Requirements:
· Submission Categories
[Film]
General (Adults age 20 and above / Format: Film)
Student (Age 19 and below / Format: Film)
Senior (Age 60 and above / Format: Film or Video)
[Short Form Video]
General (All ages / Format: Video)
· Plagiarized or copyright-infringing works will be disqualified from judging
· Films produced for school assignments or during institutional class hours can be submitted
EDITA is a short film festival focused on social transformation. Its goal is to increase critical capability, involve society in the promotion of human rights through film making, besides making the public feel the calling of social change.
ASAD aspires to encourage the debate and the critical reflection about these topics through the participants’; works and proposals. We want to know new social imaginaries, look from other perspectives and approximate to non-hegemonic proposals which support human rights, gender equality, and sustainable human development.
The Barichara Green Film Festival FESTIVER, created by Colombian actors Toto Vega and Nórida Rodríguez, seeks to build a new generation of artists and audience commited to the environment. Through its screenings and a continuous search for resources to create environmental film content, FESTIVER aims to educate and entertain by developing academic, artistic and recreational activities which enrich the Colombian cultural landscape and help build a better world. The 15th edition will take place on September 25-28, 2025 in Barichara, Santander, Colombia.
