Our Mission
We acclaim emerging directors, screenwriters and filmmakers from all over the world and amplify their work by bringing together a diverse audience to experience and reflect on it, and engage in further dialogue.
Our community exists at the intersection of a broader, more inclusive, cinematic gaze and the emergence of truly exceptional cinema.
If films are the content, Alfama is the form that sets the tone for the experiences we create. An architectural somatisation of intimacy, this is the scene in which we invite your films to make their appearance.
Our Story
in 2009 as an informal project to showcase independent cinema in the recondite alleys of Alfama, projected against its iconic stone walls.
In the following years, Cinalfama matured and became a competitive event of an international character, as well as a cultural reference in Lisbon.
The nature of the events has changed over the years, but the atmosphere, films and venues remain as intimate as they have always been.
Our Home
Founded in 1914, Grupo Sportivo Adicense is one of the oldest and most authentic remaining symbols of Alfama’s true soul.
World famous fado singers started their careers waiting tables at this historical institution – one that still stands in the face of constant change and mischaracterisation of the neighbourhood’s urban landscape
Screening Sessions
Tucked into the backstreets of Lisbon’s old town, Alfama, our intimate screenings take place in the city’s oldest cultural house, Grupo Sportivo Adicense.
We host three seasonal screening editions throughout the year, to showcase and award the best talent and films of each one. These are free entrance and all films have English subtitles.
Due to the current pandemic and associated restrictions, we have decided to host next January 2024 edition online, making available a selection of the very best films of the season. Aiming to have live screenings back real soon.
For us, Jewish film is not only aimed at films created by Jews or about Jews, and not only at direct and labeled Jewish themes, but also at films whose content is a confrontation between Jewish values in their broadest sense.
For example: parent-child relationships, (as an extension of the halacha about respecting parents) and so on.
We are intrigued to meet quality films, loaded with a high emotional charge, that can provide a refreshing, upsetting, happy, painful or inspiring look, about the tension between values and ideals and the everyday challenges of existence.
The theme chosen for this year's Gula Jewish Film Festival is the struggles and conflicts that arise at the meeting between the values of the Jewish tradition in the broadest sense and/or the limits of Jewish law, and different realities in human, community, and/or political life.
The festival will host competitive screening slots of films of various genres and lengths, for five consecutive screening evenings.
The Mostra Curta Vazantes: cinema in community, aims to contribute to the inclusion and social and cultural promotion of the residents of the Vazantes Community, Aracoiaba district, Ceará (Brazil) and neighboring locations through the exhibition of films produced anywhere in the world. world with the idea of understanding, observing and making visible the social and cultural processes that are developing both in the south and in the north of the planet.
Cortoons Gandia is the International Animated Film Festival of Gandia, organized by Cortoons Festival, the city of Gandia, la Generalitat Valenciana, through the Institut Valenciá de Cultura (Culturarts), and the participation of Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) Campus de Gandia.
In the 2016, after 12 years of great success in Rome, Cortoons international festival of animated films, he moved to Spain in the beautiful town of Gandia in the province of Valencia.
The 20th Cortoons Festival Gandia edition will be a great festival of animated films for professionals, animation film funs and all the general public.
The competition categories are:
International animated short film from 1 to 4 minutes
International animated short film from 4 to 20 minutes
Spanish animated short film
Spanish animated short films produced in the
Valencian Community
Graduation animated film
Works may take place after January 1st, 2022.
The deadline is September 01, 2024
There is no entry fee
Contact us:
info@cortoons.es
www.cortoons.es
NOX FILM FEST
Salto International Fantastic Film Festival (Uruguay)
The NOX FILM FEST is a fun cinematic experience that takes place during the South American summer.
It is an open-air festival with free admission and receives thousands of young people and families every year who enjoy its programming and activities.
The 10th edition of the festival will take place from January 16 to 18, 2025.
The Fest offers fun and attractive parallel activities such as: theater and live music, master class, genre book sales, special guests and specialized workshops.
The festival accepts horror, fantasy and sub-genre films.
The NOX FILM FEST has an International Competition of feature films, medium-length films and short films.
It accepts submisions films from all over the world and awards prizes and special mentions in the following categories:
Best International Feature Film
Best Ibero-American Feature Film
Best Medium-length Film
Best Short Film (different sections)
Films made by women (FILM MADE BY WOMEN)
Special awards for direction, acting and screenplay.
The CalellaFilmFestival is a festival dedicated to all those Low Budget films of national or international production, with the aim of rewarding and promoting films made with few media but with high artistic value.
The CalellaFilmFestival has two sections:
"Low Budget" section
The selected feature films will compete as best productions of the year in the national or international scope, with an investment of less than 500,000 euros.
Section "Creative Rosebud Awards"
All those productions that throughout the year have stood out for their creativity and originality, both in the field of national and international production, with an investment exceeding 500.00 euros will compete.
Read the bases to register your movie.
The festival will be held from november 2 to 4, 2024 in Calella de Mar (Barcelona) in the Sala Mozart and other rooms attached to the festival. For schedules, passes and more information go to the festival website.
www.calellafilmfestival.com
LIMA ALTERNA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is a Peruvian film event that disseminates the best alternative, independent and auteur cinema from all over the world. It invites Lima's audience to discover the current panorama of cinema at a global level in the different filmmaking aspects that are being developed.
Indian World Film Festival is latest addition to Miniboxoffice film festivals family. The Miniboxoffice is an independent film festival organizing company which caters to filmmakers of more than 90 countries through its 8 film festivals round the year. Indian World Film Festival objective is to showcase best of world cinema which boost growth of industry, emerging & experienced talent.
The Indian World Film Festival marks the milestone in cinematic history of Hyderabad, India. The Hyderabad- a culturally rich & heritage city is the hub of Telugu cinema & the destination of many budding filmmakers since past century. The festival is the tribute towards contribution of the Telugu film industry in the development of cinema in India
8th Indian World Film Festival -24 will provide professional networking & film marketing opportunities to the filmmakers and also introduced them with current trends of cinema. The festival goal is to empower independent filmmakers and dedicated to become world’s finest festival which fosters the growth of independent filmmakers.
With this commitment, I invite all the filmmakers to participate in 8th edition of Indian World Film Festival -24.
14th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-24, Delhi NCR, India
Celebrating Excellence in Cinema
The Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival is a not-to-profit, non-commercial & India’s only independent film festival, established in the year 2011 in Delhi NCR with a mission to celebrate the cinema & work of aspiring, young, independent & professional filmmakers. The festival is important for Indian film industry as it is organized on 30 April each year to mark the birth anniversary of Late.Shri. Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, who is regarded as the father of Indian Cinema & fondly remembered as Dada Saheb Phalke by the film fraternity across the India & globe. Its aim is to recognize the enlightening, entertaining & progressive new age cinema of youth & experienced filmmakers.
In past years festival gains reputation & regarded as among most prestigious festival in India. The festival grows over the years & attracts filmmakers from across the India & 90+ nations across the world. The festival has sections for feature films, short films, documentaries, animations, music videos & ad films. The festival awards the filmmakers in production, creative, music & performance categories.
14th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-2024 aims to celebrate the excellence in cinema. Dada Saheb Phalke started the movement of cinema in India in real sense & he is the symbol of excellence. His contribution to Indian cinema is unparallel. Today Indian cinema is touching the sky in terms of both content & technology but it is worth mentioning that it was started by legendry Dada Saheb Phalke and we are just carrying it forward.
Founded by the Educationexpo TV, a leading entertainment research & branding company and managed by Miniboxoffice, Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival-24 provides chance to filmmakers to showcase their creativity. While the festival is open to filmmakers of all age, we feel that just as it is imperative that we should support and encourage participation by filmmaking community members & professional, it is also important that we find and cultivate the future members of the entertainment industry.
Zed Fest Film Festival & Screenplay Competition was founded to encourage and support independent low and big budget, filmmakers, who work in the horror, suspense, science fiction, drama, action, adventure, and art house genres.
After participating in Zed Fest Film Festival, many of our filmmakers have been able to advance their careers develop their next projects. We take pride in the fact that we are able to maintain relationships with participants, encourage and help them develop and promote their future endeavors.
" WE HOPE TO DISCOVER THE CULT MOVIES OF THE FUTURE."
****ZED FEST FILM FESTIVAL is an IMDB award Listing Qualifier****
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The Top Zed Fest Film Festival 2024
Prizes: Over $5000 in Cash & Prizes will be Divided among winners
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Top Zed Fest Film Festival Filmmaker and Screenplay Awards:
Zed Fest Film Festival Independent Spirit Award is bestowed each year to a filmmaker that Pursues their filmmaking vision from concept to film.
This award has been inspired by Independent Filmmaking Pioneers Robot Monster (1953) Director Phil Tucker, Jim Jarmusch, John Waters, Elaine May, John Cassavetes, and Penelope Spheeris,Wes Anderson.
These filmmakers followed their passion for filmmaking. They embraced the love of filmmaking as an art form. They used their creativity and ingenuity in their filmmaking and did not let their budget stand in the way of their film projects. That is very inspirational to us and we hope to today's emerging filmmakers.
Feature Film Golden Marquee Award -
The Feature Film Golden Marquee is for the highest achievement award in recognition of the Feature Film that displays exemplary technical proficiencies in filmmaking and storytelling.
Short Film Golden Marquee Award -
The Short Film Golden Marquee is for the highest achievement award in recognition to the Short Film that displays exemplary technical proficiencies in filmmaking and storytelling.
The Pickford Award -
THE PICKFORD AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE FILM ARTS
This Award is to Highlight Women in The Film Arts. We call it the "The Pickford Award" In honor of the Great Mary Pickford Silent Film Pioneer.
ZED FEST FILM FESTIVAL 2024 ENTRY DEADLINES
Early Bird Deadline Feb 28, 2024
Spring Deadline April 28, 2024
Regular Deadline July 30, 2024
Deadline July 30, 2024
Final Film Deadline September 30, 2024
Notification Date October 30, 2024
ZED FEST FILM FESTIVAL GENRES:
Horror
Suspense
Supernatural
Arthouse
Action/Adventure
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Documentary
Music Videos
Super 8
Enter your music Video any music genre, we play top winners at the Zed Fest Film Festival 2024 Event in November to be held in Regal Noho West, North Hollywood, California on Nov 6-12, 2024.
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First edition of the experimental exhibition of the Northern Proposal, an avant-garde production movement that pushes the creative frontier through the experiment in narration and audiovisual creation.
An event that offers an exhibition space for all audiovisual creators interested in exhibiting their projects.
25 January 2011, the day when the Egyptian revolution was born, flowers have bloomed in Egypt's streets. The Egyptian revolution is not just a revolution, it's a symbol of resistance, a vibe that everyone still feel when we walk downtown Cairo, you see it on the walls, on the faces of people and hear it in the unspoken words.
12 years passed since the glorious revolution of the 25th of January. We are bringing the memory of the revolution and let it live forever in the heart of film makers; that's why we make this film festival, you can submit your film in the festival as long as it fit with the criteria of the film genres and it has a revolutionary idea.
What make 25 January not just a festival, It's more than that:
- The strength and the weight of our jury. The festival has a very experienced jury that would definitely give credit to the official selection submitted films.
- The submitted films will have a chance to be screened in different halls and theatres in Leiden city in the Netherlands for three days the duration of the festival. We will announce the locations soon.
- The submitted films will have a chance to be broadcasted on at least 2 TV channels, a Dutch and an Arabic TV channel. We will also announce the names soon.
- The Submitted films will have the chance to be broadcasted on our website and additional to that there will an evaluation video made by a professional filmmaker to analyse the film.
* The broadcasting or screaming films will only occur after a permission issued by the filmmaker.
Who are the jury members?
Our Jury members are high experienced artists, journalists and film makers:
1- Wagdy El Araby from Egypt
2- Rena Netjes from the Netherlands
3- Asaad Taha from Egypt
4- Madeleine Leroyer from France
5- Teun Castelein from the Netherlands
more info about juries:
https://25januaryfilmfestival.nl/juries
We are a certainty and we want to confirm it, consistency, stubbornness and desire to be there distinguish us.
SHORT FICTION 23rd year in the midst of chaotic communication, but with videomakers with interesting and worthy ideas for an audience thirsty for alternative and beautiful reflections. "Island of dry land in the middle of the tides" wrote F. Battiato.
Meanwhile, the bureaucracy advances relentlessly for everyone, the desire to be protagonists in the audiovisual system does not abandon us. Now it's your turn to continue the challenge and demonstrate that we are alive as well as physically... we are intellectually and with our heads held high, we are waiting for you!
The Hollywood Academy supports Huesca International Film Festival by recognizing it as shortlisting for the Oscar Awards within Best Short Fiction Film category, also the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognizes it for the Goya Awards.
http://www.oscars.org/sites/default/files/88aa_shorts_festival_list.pdf
Action movies, despite being one of the most watched genres in the world, still does not have the respect it deserves, and has always been underestimated at the most important festivals and award ceremonies, which is why TACFEST born, we want to pay homage to the genre that has given us more action heroes to admire than any other.
TACFEST is organized by the ACCM (Cinema Association of Castilla La Mancha).
Welcome to SYS’s Six-Figure Film Festival and Screenplay Contest!
The Film Festival
This year we’re spearheading a new initiative to assure that all filmmakers get exceptional value from our festival…
100% of the films that get accepted will be screened in Los Angeles at the festival in October. If your film is NOT accepted, we will refund 100% of your submission fee, removing all risk from the filmmakers. If your film is not accepted you pay nothing, if it is accepted you get a screening in Los Angeles. It’s that simple.
From founder and filmmaker Ashley Scott Meyers: “As a filmmaker myself I’ve been incredibly disappointed with the film festival circuit lately. Most of the time I’ve sent money for submissions, gotten back a half-baked rejection letter or worse, been accepted to a festival but still didn’t get to screen my film. With SYS’s festival we aim to remove all financial risk from the filmmakers by only charging the films we accept and screening all the films in a high quality theater here in Los Angeles.”
All accepted feature films will receive 50 complimentary tickets to their screening. All short films will receive 10 complimentary tickets to their screening.
This festival is an IMDb qualifying festival.
The festival will take place October 6th - October 15th 2023 in Los Angeles.
We will be screening both shorts and features. We are looking for fiction, documentary, experimental, animation and all genres of filmmaking which can entertain, inspire and challenge us. But all entered films must have been produced for less than $1million USD ($1,000,000).
We’ll be giving out awards in all major categories. You do NOT have to pay multiple submission fees to be eligible in each category. Every accepted film will be eligible in every applicable category.
The Screenplay Contest
What’s this contest all about?
Do you have the next great low budget screenplay? SYS is trying to find great screenplays in any genre that could be produced for less than $1,000,000USD (one million). In other words, scripts that could be produced on six-figures or less.
Our goal with this screenplay contest is simple: find the best low budget screenplays on the planet and present them to the industry, which will hopefully lead to options, sales, and productions.
We’ve assembled a great group of seasoned writers, directors, and producers (see list on our website) to help judge the entries, as well as a great group of readers to handle the first round of reads.
How’s it going to work?
Each script submitted will be read by a minimum of two professional readers in the first round. The scripts that stand out in the first round will move into the second round (roughly 20% of all screenplays entered). The second round screenplays will be vetted further with more assessments from the SYS readers. The top scripts from the second round will be selected and moved into the quarter finals, where we will pitch those screenplays to the industry judges. Finally, after all the scripts have been graded by the judges, we will choose a winner and make the announcement in October 2023.
How will scripts be graded?
Each professional reader will fill out an SYS Script Assessment form for each screenplay that they read. The SYS script assessment is a quick way for the reader to grade the screenplay. Each screenplay will be graded based on seven key criteria: Ability to be produced for less than $1M, Concept, Characters, Structure, Marketability, Tone, and Craft. For a small additional charge ($10) you can receive the two assessments from the first round readers (and possibly a 3rd assessment from a second round reader).
WHO ARE WE?
Io non ti conosco is a cultural and theatrical association, composed by teen between 16 and 30
years that share the passion for acting. The name, taken from the first show, is a provocation towards technological innovation that makes it difficult, if not impossible, to really know each other. "Io non ti conosco", therefore, is not a simple name but an invitation to get to know each other better, without barriers.
1. ORGANIZATION
Io non ti conosco film festival is a film festival founded in 2022 by the Io non ti conosco with the aim to spreading the film culture to an audience of all ages, to grow in them the love of acting. The idea comes from the constant desire to make films, to confront other realities of this sector and to give anyone the opportunity to compete and to show their work.
2. CONDUCT
The festival will take place in Sant'Antonio Abate (NA) in June 2022. The planned place is the municipal library located in via Kennedy 22. Morever, the event will be broadcast live on our pages Facebook, Instagram, Youtube and Twitch, in order to ensure any person to follow the entire event. The festival, besides the Competitions for the different Film Sections, also offers Reviews, Retrospectives and side activities (Exhibitions, Conferences, Round Tables, etc.), as a contribution
to the dissemination of Italian and International Cinema’s story. In the evening, prizes will be awarded to the winning films and awards to important personalities in the artistic, social and cultural fields.
Espacio habilitado para la promoción, difusión y distribución internacional de los cortometrajes más recientes y destacados de nuestra industria.
Frontera Films Corporation from the city of Cúcuta is organizing the 7th International Film Festival of Norte de Santander.
Welcome to the participants of this sixth edition in 2024. We are seeking enthusiasts and professionals in the audiovisual world who want to take part in the call for entries for the 6th International Film Festival of Norte de Santander.
The 7th International Film Festival of Norte de Santander is organized by Frontera Films Corporation. It emerges from the need to create a film industry in the region, from the Colombian-Venezuelan border and from an educational and training perspective. Our goal is to promote cinema in the department of Norte de Santander and the border region, making it the most important festival in the northeastern part of Colombia.
With the aim of showcasing Norte de Santander as a department that engages in audiovisual dynamics, we will have hybrid and semi-presential events in the cities of Cúcuta, Los Patios, Pamplona, and Villa del Rosario, as well as virtual events. Therefore, similar to last year, the festival will feature in-person screenings of short and feature films.
CONVERSATIONS, WORKSHOPS, AND JURIES:
There will be conversations, workshops, and talks with professionals from the national film industry.
The juries will consist of qualified individuals and professionals in the national film industry, as well as representatives from the festival organization.
More events will be announced soon.
İstanbul International Spring Film Festival (IISFF) is an annual film festival & film competition with a public screening event held in Beşiktaş / İstanbul.
We invite submissions of films from all around the world which demonstrate excellence in cinematography and other aspects of filmmaking. We urge filmmakers from all over the world to join us: We are OPEN FOR OPEN MINDS!
All submitted projects are evaluated by a team of experts from the film industry. First, a preliminary jury of 25 people from the film industry will asses the works applying for the competition, after the preliminary assessment, the finalist will be subjected to a second and final assesment by a 9 people main jury.
The main jury includes prominent names from cinema, theater, and literature to different branches of art in Turkey.
Each year, IISFF will award the best projects through public screenings at ZUBEYDE ANA KULTUR VE SANAT MERKEZI in İstanbul.
Each candidate can compete in multiple categories in order to increase their chances to receive an award.
