XXVIII the International Short Film Show of the Bay of Pasaia, IKUSKA 2026.
The festival has an international short film competition in 5 screenings, and other parallel non-competition sessions related to the development of Basque and language coexistence (MINTZAGUN projection in collaboration with Oarsoaldea euskaltegis), Gender Equality (BEKOZ BEKO award in collaboration with the Association against gender violence Bekoz Beko), the promotion of culture in Pasaia and its surroundings, etc.
The ColoriQuadri Association, with the aim of promoting short films as a form of entertainment and a means of communication and raising awareness of social issues, is organising the seventeenth edition of the “Muuh Film Festival”. Although the festival is essentially open to any theme, it will be the responsibility of the organising Association, in line with its statutory mission, to collect and subsequently select works that express or promote content “respectful of constitutional principles and human rights”.
The works received/selected will be screened during the Festival, which will take place at Cascina DUC in Grugliasco (TO) on the evening of Friday 11 September 2026 for web series and on Saturday 12 September 2026 for short films.
The Latin American Festival of Visual Anthropology (FLAV) is an academic and cultural initiative organized by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Universidad Diego Portales. It is dedicated to exhibiting and collectively reflecting upon visual anthropology and contemporary audiovisual practices within the Latin American context. To this end, the festival bridges practices from anthropology, filmmaking, and the visual arts through screenings, exhibitions, panel discussions, symposia, and workshops. We look for works created and produced by Latin American filmmakers or by creators from other regions whose work focuses on Latin American themes.
The festival aims to establish itself as a meaningful space for convergence in the Latin American context, promoting interdisciplinary exchanges, methodological reflections on research-creation, and the development of academic and creative networks with regional and international reach. Furthermore, this initiative seeks to foster languages that explore the social realm from sensitive, experimental, and critical perspectives.
In its inaugural edition, FLAV is particularly interested in short films that challenge the boundaries between cinema, art, and research. We look for proposals that do not merely attempt to represent reality, but rather activate sensitive forms of knowledge, exploring diverse questions through formal devices, engagement with archival materials, and collaborative creative processes.
The mission & objective of the festival is to give short films an identity that differentiates art form ,from the conventional big screen.CISFFI 2026 show cases short films that celebrate diverse cultures ,aesthetic traditions, social & relevant themes & other works that challenge &transcend exceptions.Our particular interest is in short films that deal with novel themes,cutting-edges technology & visualization, traditional as well as those that dissent in form, technique or content from the mainstream.
Revoluções Curtas returns to Filmin for a third edition. At Filmin, we believe in a free cinema, far from the noise in which we live. And therefore, we think that the best way to demonstrate this is by opening the call to everyone who wants to share their story with us. Cinema as a tool for social change, for resistance and as a way to better understand the world in which we live.
THE BUDDHA International Film Festival's main objective is to provide the opportunity for filmmakers from all over the world to excel, and to have the best work selected and showcased in a celebration of cinema, as well as to give filmmakers a platform to network amongst fellow professionals and cinematic artists.
Buddha International Film Festival / Buddha Fest / TBIFF / BIFF / Buddha Film Festival / Buddha Film Fest is looking forward to fostering these relationships and to helping extraordinary filmmakers get their projects seen by global audiences. TBIFF unites cinematic, cultural, educational more over Inspirational objectives by presenting its film discoveries.
The TBIFF is dedicated to showcasing new and innovative films while fostering the next generation of filmmakers. It is a strong advocate for social change, and encourages cultural diversity and understanding between nations. It strives to foster the movie art of all continents by stimulating the development of quality cinema and promoting meetings between cinema professionals from around the world.
The BUDDHA International Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing the spirit, passion, and skill of the best new filmmakers from around the world for audiences around the world.
We are also including and actively supporting not only the finest examples of classic moviemaking, but works that are experimental, breaking ground in new non-narrative forms and crossing over into the video arts. All films will be reviewed as they are submitted, and the best in each category will be chosen to screen at the festival. A jury of industry professionals will then view the finalists and choose the winning selections.
Filmmakers planning on attending should notify the film festival as soon as possible, so their names may be listed in the scheduled program at the venue where their film will be shown.
a. Screenings
1. International Competition Screenings:
The shortlisted works of this year’s ISFVF will be screened, and the audience will vote on the screened works. Post-screening exchanges with the main creators and teachers will be arranged, and they will be asked to share their experiences with the audience through discussions.
2. Featured Showcase:
To promote high-quality film education resources from around the world, the Festival will collaborate with other film and television schools, cultural institutions or short film festivals to present joint screenings and thematic screenings. They will provide a platform toshowcase and inspire discussions on diverse cultural expressions in cinematic works from around the world.
3. Screening Tour in Universities:
Following the conclusion of this year’s Festival, some representative works from the award-winning entries will be chosen for academic screenings and exchanges at other universities.
b. Exchange Activities
1. Academic Exchanges in Classes:
The main creators of shortlisted works will be invited to Beijing Film Academy’s classrooms to conduct academic discussions and share their creative experiences with faculty and students in the relevant courses.
2. Thematic Forums and Lectures:
Experts, scholars and practitioners in the film and television industry will be invited to conduct themed discussions aimed at guiding the creative path and development of young film and television students.
3. Thematic Workshops:
Thematic interactions based on professional practice will be conducted to inspire participants with new methods and ideas, and nurture their creativity.
c. Opening and Closing Ceremonies
The Opening and Closing Ceremonies will be held. The announcement of awards will take place at the Closing Ceremony.
The Mairena del Aljarafe Short Film Festival, Mairena Film Festival (here in after MAIFF) will be a cultural event with a program that will host different activities (meetings with industry professionals, 36h short film making rally, projections of the official section...). The festival will be held from October 9 to 17, 2026
in the Seville town of Mairena del Aljarafe.
Welcome to the Singularity Film Festival created and organized by HUGO LEDUC.
Immerse yourself in the heart of Paris, where the Singularity Film Festival opens the doors to a universe where science fiction and fantasy come to life like never before.
Discover short films and series pilots ranging from 5 to 30 minutes, crafted by bold filmmakers — both emerging and established — ready to surprise and captivate you.
The festival is divided into two categories:
Out of Competition, dedicated to works screened freely, celebrating creativity and discovery without constraints;
In Competition, where films are subject to an official submission and evaluated by a professional jury.
Each edition begins with a signature short film — an immersive experience that instantly transports you into extraordinary worlds.
Open to all, the festival celebrates the richness and diversity of talents, styles, and imaginations, offering a vibrant and captivating spectacle.
Through the competitive selection, IMDb qualification, and personalized support for filmmakers, each project gains increased visibility and recognition.
Screenings, networking sessions, discussions, and an awards ceremony make the Singularity Film Festival an unmissable event for cinema lovers and fans of fantastical worlds.
WHO IS HUGO LEDUC? (Organizer)
Author and director, Hugo Leduc develops a universe anchored in thriller, science fiction and anticipation, through works with metaphorical dimensions exploring humans, time, memory and death. His work is distinguished by demanding stories,
carried by an immersive staging and marked twists and turns. He collaborates with actors such as Tom Vallejo, Benjamin Cotte, Marine Arlen, Jean Rigal, Paola Marques Dos Santos and Éloïse Le Baud.
Strengthened by this background and confronted with the limits of diffusion of these genres in traditional circuits,
he founded the Singularity Film Festival, with the ambition of broadening the visibility of science fiction, fantasy and thriller cinema, and of offering a structuring platform to emerging talents, of which he himself is a part.
The Cartagena International Film Festival (FICCI) continues to strengthen its position as a vital platform for the development of new voices in Ibero-American cinema. In its 65th edition, the Work in Progress (WIP) Short Films section presented a selection of four projects currently in development, showcasing works at a decisive stage in their journey and creating space for bold cinematic explorations and innovative storytelling within contemporary filmmaking.
This year's participating projects were evaluated by a distinguished international jury whose expertise and perspective play a crucial role in supporting these films on their path toward completion and circulation:
Following the screening sessions and jury deliberations, the Festhome Award was presented to:
Bingo Night, directed by Maria Vaughan.
This short film, currently at a pivotal stage of its development, will receive support from our platform to strengthen its future strategy within the international festival circuit. Vaughan's work stands out for its distinctive cinematic voice and is already emerging as one of the titles to watch in the coming season.
For more information about the award-winning project, you can visit the official FICCI website.
This award reaffirms Festhome's core mission: breaking down the geographical and industry barriers that independent filmmakers often face. Short films are, by nature, the creative laboratory where the future of cinema is born, yet they are also among the formats that require the most strategic support to stand out in an increasingly competitive global market.
By presenting this incentive within such a prestigious framework as FICCI, we renew our long-standing commitment to Ibero-American cinema. We believe that the final stages of a project should never become an obstacle to its visibility and circulation. Through accessible digital tools and ongoing support in festival submissions management, our goal is to remain the technical and human bridge that connects the stories of our region with screens, programmers, and audiences around the world.
Congratulations to Maria Vaughan and the entire team behind Bingo Night for this well-deserved recognition. See you on the festival circuit!
Through its industry area, MAFIZ (Málaga Festival Industry Zone), the Málaga Film Festival continues to establish itself as one of the most important hubs for the promotion, co-production, and distribution of Ibero-American cinema. Within this dynamic environment, the Málaga Short Corner stands out as the perfect showcase for discovering the freshest, boldest, and most promising voices in short filmmaking.
At Festhome, staying true to our commitment to supporting emerging filmmakers and streamlining their distribution journey, we were proud to present our special award at this year's edition of MAFIZ. The winning short film was the captivating and daring The Fable of the Teenage Punk, directed by Juan Vicente Castillejo.
The award presented by Festhome has a clear purpose: to provide the team behind The Fable of the Teenage Punk with the essential tools to expand their horizons and bring their story to audiences around the world. The prize consists of €3,000 in submission fee credits, dedicated entirely to supporting the film's participation in international film festivals.
We know that a short film's journey does not end when the editing room lights go out. In many ways, that is precisely when the real adventure begins: building a strategy, finding audiences, and connecting with new territories. Through this award, we aim to help this unique “fable” travel beyond geographical boundaries, simplifying and strengthening its future submissions through Festhome’s global network of partner festivals.
The Málaga Short Corner is much more than a screening space. It is a key meeting point where sales agents, international festival programmers, and distributors connect directly with the future of our cinema. Awarding a film in such a prestigious setting reinforces Festhome’s core mission: building meaningful bridges between emerging talent and the global film industry.
We would like to extend our warmest congratulations to Juan Vicente Castillejo and the entire creative and technical team behind The Fable of the Teenage Punk for this well-deserved recognition at MAFIZ. We are excited to follow your journey closely, support your upcoming festival submissions, and celebrate every new selection on the international circuit.
We wish you every success in the exciting journey ahead!
The theme must focus, from the values of solidarity, tolerance, culture of peace, nature and commitment to gender equality, on ways of life, traditions, trades, crafts, sustainable economy, respect for the environment and living beings, that is, all aspects of the diversity of human culture, with a specific section dealing with issues of the peoples of Siberia and Central Asia.
On the border of Europe and Asia, in the 300-year-old city called the "Russian Manchester" in the middle of the Ural Mountains —
we organize an International Short & Debut Film Festival with a quarterly Official Selection and Live Screenings every summer, autumn, winter and spring.
NOW OPEN: Submissions for the IV Ural Shorts 2026/2027
Grand Prix: $1,000.
Ural Shorts is an IMDb Qualifying Award Event.
All Ural Shorts Winners of the Year — both films and filmmakers — are granted dedicated pages on IMDb, the world's leading film database. For those already listed on IMDb, their Awards section is updated to reflect their Ural Shorts win.
Ural Shorts consists of four Seasons and Annual Award Event.
Every Season the selection committee watches privately the submitted short films and chooses the Official Selection for the Short Film Section. All selected films enter the competition for the Season Awards.
Within 10 days after the Official Selection list is published the jury announces the Season Winners. The winning short films enter the Screening Program in cinemas and on television for all to see.
In the Feature Film Section, a yearly shortlist is selected. All Season winners in the Short Film Section and shortlisted feature films enter the competition for the Annual Awards. And receive an invitation to the Annual Award Event.
The Annual Event takes place in August in the 300-year-old city of Nizhny Tagil, on the border of Europe and Asia, which is called the "Russian Manchester" in the middle of the Ural Mountains. The winner of the Grand Prix will receive a statuette, a diploma and a cash prize of 100,000 rubles. The Annual Award Event consists of a cultural and educational program, the annual awards ceremony, screenings, TV interviews, workshops, and other activities.
The seventh edition of the Hurlingham Film Festival will take place from noviembre 6 to 8, 2026, at the Leopoldo Marechal Cultural Center (Av. Gdor. Vergara 2396) in the city of Hurlingham, with free admission.
The festival aims to promote culture and film production both in the city of Hurlingham and in the rest of the country.
The FESTIHUR will host a new space in the audiovisual universe with the intention of giving visibility and synergy between the number of actors in the new city, revealing identity, diversity and future.
International Festival Of Short Animated Films - Anishort
is an international competition that serves to support the animated short films and their creators. At the same time it serves to the promotion, propagation, retrieval and watching possibilities of the best animated short films from around the world.
It should also be a place where community of creative people that producing these films meet. On the other hand, then the place for people who enjoy watching of these films and that are fans of this kind of art.
The festival will take place from 22th September 2026 in several selected cities in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Poland, Germany and Denmark
The top 18 short animated films will compete in this competition.
The films will be judged by selected international jury. The jury is composed mostly of professionals or professions closely associated with animation - total 7 judges, each from a different country.
Only for Colombian Film-makers. FESTIVAL LABERINTO is a film festival for those who live and breath cinema, wether as film critics, productors or cinephiles. We want to build new possibilities for audiovisual arts in general, so the inherent diversity of our ideas and sensibilities can be expressed. Open social environments are required to reach the objectives of this festival; our purpose is to create such environments, especially in Boyacá, and potentially in the rest of the country. Coming from a formative, divulgative and creative standpoint, we extend an invitation to all of the people interested in filmaking.
We want you to put your imagination in motion.
Bolder and more complex ways of living and exploring cinema are just around the corner. We would like to explore those new possibilities with you. Those who are interested in our event will be able to submit their work in the folllowing open calls.
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.
The Minsk International Short Film Festival "Kinosmena" is an annual cultural event of the Republic of Belarus. The festival is supported by the Belarusian Union of cinematographers and approved by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus.
The organizers invite film directors and representatives of the films and provide them with free accommodation in a comfortable hotel in Minsk for the duration of the festival.
From several thousands of short films that sent to us from all over the world, 30 best films are selected in the contest program of the festival. The festival is supported by the Belarusian Union of cinematographers and approved by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus.
The festival will present the works of national and foreign filmmakers, selected by the jury as the best, and then together with the audience will choose the winners. There is also a non-contest program of films that are not included in the main contest program, but they are of interest to the audience. The festival will be held in the cinema chain "Silver Screen" in Minsk and 10 other cities of Belarus.
