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.
You are invited to participate in the first *Revista El Coloso* micro-cinema festival. The event will take place on Saturday, September 26. In the days leading up to it, a poster will be released featuring the names of the selected participants, the venue, the time, and all relevant details. A brief tribute to the life and work of the great Tim Curry will also be held.
VIII INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF FILM AND SCIENCE 2026
The International Exhibition of Cinema and Science is an event that will take place at Centro Cultural Doctor Madrazo (Santander, Spain), between the 10th and 13th of November, 2026. Is admitted any work of any genre related to science and scientific divulgation.
The objective of the exhibition is to promote the production and divulgation of works that foster the positive and progressive values of science and technology, and that serve as a consultation for any type of audience. The subject is totally free and can refer to own or other people's research, hot topics in the society or scientific community, personal scientific-technical passions, basic science concepts, scientific milestones, historical figures, the science of the future or past, etc.
17th Piélagos Short Film Festival "Piélagos en Corto"
The Piélagos City Council presents the 17th edition of its film festival, a showcase for local and international talent. Featuring competitive categories for Cantabria, Spain, International films, and the UNESCO Costa Quebrada Geopark, the event celebrates the finest in short filmmaking (fiction, up to 30 minutes).
Official selections will compete for awards such as Best Cantabrian, National, and International Short Film, alongside technical category recognitions and the prestigious Geopark Award, which honors works highlighting this natural heritage site.
Submissions are open until December 20, 2026, exclusively via Festhome.
The closing gala in 2027 will feature screenings, networking events, and accommodation for nominees.
An unmissable gathering for emerging cinema, where landscape and storytelling converge!
Objective
Marere Film Festival main objective is to promote and screen feature films related to art in any of its major artistic forms (cinema, painting, sculpture, architecture, music, dance, literature, and their derivatives), as well as other audiovisual and cinematic works that bring culture closer to the public.
Dates and Venue
The second edition of Marere Film Festival will be held from March 17 to 22, 2026, in Jávea. The central location will be the Jayan Cinema, located at C/ Santísimo Cristo del Mar 14, CP 03730 Jávea (Alicante).
The Huarte Tipu Films film festival aims to promote short films and establish the medium-length film as a film format in its own right, by providing a dedicated platform for screening and promotion that supports emerging filmmakers.
WHERE HUMAN DREAMS MEET
Upstream Film Festival is an Estonian experimental film festival exploring how artificial intelligence is changing cinema. It is taking place in Tallinn, Estonia, for the first time.
This year is experimental for us, just as AI is for the world today, so for our first year, our mission is simple: to introduce high-quality AI short films of various genres to Estonian audiences.
We live in an era of rapidly changing visual effects, where it is becoming harder to tell what is real and what is generated. However, the human remains the creator, deciding what the films of the future will ultimately look like.
We are open to discussion: is AI just a tool, or can it be a creator too?
Join us to test these new possibilities and bring your wildest dreams to the big screen!
BOYERIS International Film Festival is an independent international film festival founded in France and open to filmmakers worldwide.
BOYERIS celebrates bold works that expand cinematic language through new forms, storytelling, technology and ways of seeing. The festival is interested not simply in which tools are used, but in what new cinematic possibilities appear on screen.
The 2026 inaugural edition is held online and features five competition categories: New Cinematic Forms, AI-Assisted Cinema, Hybrid & Experimental, Vertical Cinema and Social Vision.
Filmmakers do not need to choose a competition category when submitting. Each work may be considered in one or more categories by the BOYERIS selection team.
The inaugural 2026 edition is free to enter. The Official Selection will be announced on December 6, 2026, and the awards will be announced on December 28, 2026.
The 2nd “Raíces Film Fest” Audiovisual Competition aims to identify, showcase, and celebrate the creativity of young creators connected to rural areas. We are looking for audiovisual works that explore, question, or reinterpret contemporary rural life from a free, critical, and artistic perspective, across any audiovisual genre.
LANZAROTE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2027
National Fiction Shorts
International Fiction Shorts
Animated shorts
Short Documentaries
Canary Shorts
Children's Shorts
The UNICINE International Film Festival celebrates national and international cinema with the aim of recognizing, promoting, and supporting audiovisual creators, as well as strengthening the dissemination, awareness, accessibility, and understanding of diverse themes of social and cultural interest among a broad and diverse audience.
The festival represents an innovative initiative designed to offer quality entertainment with social consciousness, fostering dialogue, reflection, and diverse perspectives through the language of cinema.
The festival will take place as an in-person event, enabling the participation of filmmakers, producers, students, and audiovisual professionals from various regions of Bolivia and around the world.
Registration for and participation in the Festival constitute full acceptance of these guidelines, rules, and terms established by the organizers.
All expenses incurred by participants in attending the festival, taking part in in-person activities, receiving accolades, or collecting prizes—including transportation, accommodation, meals, and other associated costs—shall be borne exclusively by the individual participants.
Once prizes have been awarded to the winners, neither the festival organizers nor the jury shall bear any responsibility regarding the use, transport, preservation, or disposal of the awards granted in each category.
Prizes will be presented during the festival's official closing ceremony; the venue, date, and time will be announced in due course via the Festival's official channels and social media platforms.
Any situation not covered by these guidelines will be resolved by the Festival organizers, whose decisions shall be final and not subject to appeal.
Since its first edition, the Santo Domingo Global Film Festival (FCGSD) has taken firm steps to grow both nationally and internationally while remaining true to its mission. The festival aims to offer Dominicans, as well as all visitors to the country during the event, the opportunity to access the unique perspective that cinema provides on "global issues" through "personal stories." In doing so, it seeks to foster learning and adaptation in a world driven by knowledge and globalization.
The festival’s mission remains to bring the best international narrative and documentary films to a diverse audience, advancing the understanding of the global challenges we face. Beyond this, it has contributed—whether significantly or modestly—to enhancing cinematic culture in the Dominican Republic and increasing interest in an industry that holds great potential for the country in the 21st century. The FCGSD serves as a platform that supports, among other areas, both local and international film production within the Dominican Republic.
Objectives:
Utilize cinema to strengthen the country’s economic development.
Enrich the cinematic culture of the Dominican Republic.
Screen films that entertain while deepening the understanding of global issues.
Attract people from different sectors and social classes to experience and reflect on films.
Increase the international visibility of the Dominican Republic in the global press.
Showcase a wide variety of films that are not usually accessible to the Dominican public.
Present films that resonate with youth while expanding their appreciation of cinema.
Promote the Dominican Republic as a desirable and viable option for the global film industry.
Bring a modern cinematic culture to schools in the Dominican Republic, using film as a tool to understand global issues, propose solutions, and foster individual opportunities.
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LESFEST LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF PERU
LIMA - PERU, 2027
COMPETITIONS
Lesfest features five competitions:
- International Feature Film Competition: Productions from any country worldwide with a running time of over 60 minutes are eligible. These films must have been produced after January 1, 2025.
- International Short Film Competition: Films from any country worldwide with a maximum running time of 30 minutes are eligible. These films must have been produced after January 1, 2024.
- Lesbination – International Animation Competition: open to animated films from anywhere in the world with a maximum runtime of 30 minutes. These films must have been produced after January 1, 2025.
- International Series Competition: Series from any country worldwide with a minimum running time of 1 minute and a maximum of 40 minutes in various production formats are eligible. The episodes must have been produced after January 1, 2024.
Peruvian Competition, open to peruavian films with a maximum duration of 30 minutes. These films must have been produced after January 1, 2025.
The Layar Lokal Film Festival (LLoFF) is an annual short film festival in Indonesia focused on the development, appreciation, and strengthening of the local film ecosystem. Initiated by the Sidoarjo Filmmakers Association (ASFIS) under the auspices of the Delta Citra Sinema Foundation, the festival has evolved from a regional appreciation space into a national-scale platform that bridges the works of independent filmmakers with the general public, while also bringing together various creative sectors such as art, culture, and tourism.
Theme & Spirit of the 7th Edition
The 7th Layar Lokal Film Festival (LLOFF 7) is a cinema event that consistently serves as an epicenter for appreciation, exhibition, and distribution for alternative cinematic works, particularly in East Java and Indonesia. Carrying the grand theme "Suara-suara Baru" (New Voices), this festival acts as a space for young filmmakers and fresh perspectives that dare to push the boundaries of conventional narrative. The festival is scheduled to take place over 4 days, from December 11-14, 2026, at Rumah Budaya Malik Ibrahim, Sidoarjo.
Below is an explanation of the programs included in LLoFF 7:
#Screening Programs
This program is divided into several competition and non-competition categories:
- Layar Delta (Competition): A specific competition category to appreciate the local uniqueness, issues, and filmmakers of the East Java region.
- Layar Nusantara (Competition): A national-scale short film competition category that captures the representation of contemporary Indonesian dynamics.
- Layar Asia (Competition): A regional Asia-level competition category that presents a variety of aesthetic and cultural perspectives from various countries in Asia.
- Layar Wani (Non-Competition): A screening program that curates selected short films with artistic courage and unique narrative exploration.
- Special Screening: A special screening of exclusive selected films outside of the festival's main competition program.
#Non-Screening Programs
In addition to film screenings, the festival provides educational and networking spaces for cinema enthusiasts:
- Camera Workshop: An educational technical class regarding cinematography and the utilization of the latest camera technology.
- Jatim Film Dialogue: A panel discussion space that maps the ecosystem, funding, and existence of local East Javanese cinema.
- Tamasya (Excursion): Informal networking activities between communities and delegates at selected destinations.
All of these activities are designed to create an intimate and sacred festival atmosphere, combining the historical-cultural values of Sidoarjo with the contemporary cinematic ideas brought by the participants.
Hope and Impact
The 7th Layar Lokal Film Festival is committed to being more than just a venue for film screenings; it aims to be a vibrant public space. The festival is expected to spark the emergence of new talent in the Indonesian film industry, strengthen the position of community cinema as a pillar of culture, and drive the local creative economy in a sustainable manner.
“Let’s celebrate our stories, because local cinema is the face of our nation’s identity, one that never ceases to shine.”
The Arara Azul Brazilian Film Festival is a festival dedicated to promoting Brazilian culture and cinema in Italy. It will take place in the beautiful city of Prato, near Florence, a city devoted to art and multiculturalism. It is directed by Anastásia Vulgaris, filmmaker and screenwriter, and by the deputy director Patrizia Morandini, opera singer and vocal coach, both of Brazilian origin.
The selection is open to films, documentaries, short films, and screenplays of any length produced and/or filmed in Brazil and/or dealing with themes related to Brazil. Priority will be given to world, international, and European premieres.
Screamiverse Expo is a horror, sci-fi, and arts convention taking place in Roanoke, VA on Saturday April 10th and Sunday April 11th 2027, our third year.
As part of our programming, we created a screening room where we will feature our 3rd annual film fest and showcase. Last year we were able to present 4 features and 18 shorts, and are excited to bring it back. Our goal is to make Screamiverse Expo a new annual tradition for fans of genre film—horror, sci-fi, cult classics, and everything in between, here in the heart of Appalachia.
Our film fest will take place all day Saturday and Sunday in Parlor A of the Berglund Center, marathon style. Then on Saturday there will be an awards ceremony on our main stage. Winning films do not need to be on site, we will mail you the awards at our expense.
If you want to attend the event and promote your project, we have vendor space available. We'll have a limited number of gratas booths available for filmmakers, and additional tables for sale in our main vendor hall.
Again, you do not have to be present to have your project showcased.
Founded in 2000, the Fiaticorti Film Festival is one of Italy's earliest national festivals dedicated to short films. Every summer, it takes place in the enchanting grounds of Villa Lattes in Istrana, near Treviso (Italy).
The name chosen for the event carries a dual meaning: on one hand, 'fiato corto' (out of breath/shortness of breath) is the result of a short-term physical exertion (much like short films are brief in duration); on the other hand, a film with a maximum running time of 20 minutes can evoke powerful emotions in the viewer, leaving them literally 'breathless'.
Over its more than twenty-year history, Fiaticorti has stood out for the international reach of both the works submitted and the guests hosted throughout its editions. At the same time, it maintains a strong focus on the local area and the creativity of regional talent, showcasing the artistic and cinematic potential of filmmakers from the Veneto region.
From 2000 to the present day, Fiaticorti has reviewed and received over 7,000 audiovisual works from more than 120 countries, building a high-quality historical film archive dedicated to short cinema.
Starting in 2026, the Municipality of Istrana has entrusted the artistic direction of the 24th edition to Andrea Grespan—who previously played a key role in the festival's organization—alongside Sara Ricciardi and Livio Meo, representatives of Cineforum Labirinto, an association with extensive experience in organizing film events across the province of Treviso.
ESPIELLO, INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ETHNOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY is organized by the Service of Culture of the Comarca de Sobrarbe (an institution that it groups to 19 town halls) along with a wide participation of neighbors of the zone who form the Permanent Commission of the festival. It is celebrated during March and April in Boltaña, a small population of the Pyrenees of Huesca (Spain).
Espiello is the only festival with this specialization in the country. It has an international competition of ethnographic documentary and some different sections out of competition and other activities whith topics related to the documentary and the visual anthropology.
