MIRANCHURITO FEST 2027 — Stories Beyond Borders, Cinema That Connects Communities
Pupiales, Nariño, Colombia | International Short Film Festival
Some stories begin in a small town and end up speaking to the world. Others travel from distant places and find a new way to be heard within a community.
MIRANCHURITO FEST was created to celebrate that encounter.
Based in Pupiales, Nariño, Colombia, our International Film Festival welcomes independent filmmakers, emerging talents, and creative voices from around the world who use cinema to explore identity, question reality, move audiences, and change the way we see one another.
We are looking for films with something to say. Stories that surprise us through their perspective, sensitivity, visual language, or ability to bring us closer to different realities. Whether you are taking your first steps in filmmaking or continuing an established creative journey, we want to discover new voices and celebrate the many ways stories can be told.
A Space for New Perspectives
MIRANCHURITO FEST welcomes fiction, documentary, and animation short films, with national and international categories and distinctions for debut works. We invite filmmakers exploring personal, social, experimental, cultural, and fantastic worlds, as well as those pushing the boundaries of cinematic storytelling.
We believe cinema does not end when the credits roll. It lives on in the conversations it inspires, the people it brings together, and the questions it leaves behind.
The Papialpa Statuette: Recognition with Identity
The Papialpa Statuette is the distinctive symbol of MIRANCHURITO FEST. It represents the festival’s commitment to authentic stories, creativity, and the value of voices that deserve to be heard.
Winning films will receive the award corresponding to their category and official festival recognition. Participants will receive a certificate of participation, subject to the terms of the call for entries.
Participation is about more than competing for an award. It is an opportunity to share your work with a cultural initiative seeking to bring cinema closer to the community and recognize the diversity of the people who make it possible.
Why Submit Your Film?
An international film festival rooted in Pupiales, Nariño, Colombia.
Categories for national and international short films.
A space for emerging filmmakers and debut works.
Recognition through the Papialpa Statuette and official certificates, according to the festival’s participation terms.
A commitment to connecting independent cinema with the community and encouraging cultural exchange.
Selection, screening, and participation conditions are detailed in the official rules for this edition.
Your Story Deserves to Be Seen
If you have a film that invites audiences to see the world differently, a story that deserves to reach new viewers, or a voice just beginning to find its way, we want to discover your work.
Submit through Festhome and become part of MIRANCHURITO FEST 2027.
MIRANCHURITO FEST — The world tells stories. We create a place for them to meet.
Cine Pobre is a self-funded filmmaking genre without a set of stylistic criteria nor format boundaries, involving many geographically separated creators with at least two things in common: a strong desire to tell their story: with their own resources and without establishment constraints.
Cine Pobre builds bridges based on the belief that film becomes art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper.
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After 25 years of showcasing and celebrating The World's Best Self Funded Films, at Cine Pobre Film Festival we have discontinued our public screenings and henceforth operate in an invitation only private space while preserving the Cine Pobre spirit, essence and prestige.
The discontinuation of our public venues makes it easier and much less costly to manage.
This means significantly lower inscription fees. No airplane tickets, no hotel bills, no liver cirrhosis from afterparties; just an evolved value proposition, while continuing to deliver the timeless professional prestige and to be lauded and formally recognized among the World's Best Self Funded Filmmakers.
In August 2024 XXII Cine Pobre Film Festival inaugurated its own humble movie theater in the Oaxaca cloud forest at 2,400 m a.s.l. This small special events playhouse allows us to focus more on motivating our target audiences to develop their creative talents as mentor of future filmmakers.
El Cine Pobre es un género cinematográfico autofinanciado sin un conjunto de criterios estilísticos ni límites de formato, que involucra a creadores geográficamente distantes con al menos dos cosas en común: un gran deseo de contar su historia con sus propios recursos y sin las restricciones del sistema establecido. Cine Pobre tiende puentes basándose en la convicción de que el cine se convierte en arte cuando sus materiales son tan económicos como el lápiz y el papel.
POR FAVOR, LEA: Después de 25 años exhibiendo y celebrando las mejores películas autofinanciadas del mundo, en el Cine Pobre Film Festival hemos suspendido nuestras proyecciones públicas y, de ahora en adelante, operamos en un espacio privado al que se accede únicamente por invitación, conservando el espíritu, la esencia y el prestigio de Cine Pobre. La suspensión de nuestras sedes públicas facilita la gestión y resulta mucho menos costosa. Esto supone tarifas de inscripción significativamente más bajas. Sin billetes de avión, sin facturas de hotel, sin cirrosis hepática por las fiestas posteriores; simplemente una propuesta de valor evolucionada, al tiempo que seguimos ofreciendo un prestigio profesional atemporal y el reconocimiento formal entre los mejores cineastas autofinanciados del mundo.
En agosto de 2024, la XXII edición del Cine Pobre Film Festival inauguró su propia y humilde sala de cine en el bosque nublado de Oaxaca, a 2400 m s. n. m. Este pequeño espacio para eventos especiales nos permite centrarnos más en motivar a nuestro público objetivo a desarrollar sus talentos creativos como mentores de los futuros cineastas.
The LIDF is London’s oldest documentary festival and offers an unprecedented all year-round snapshot of the contemporary world. The festival adopts a questioning, critical attitude to the cultural, social and political issues of the day, engaging with filmmakers, their subjects, and our audience to create a highly distinct environment for cultural interaction.
Alongside established names like Martin Scorsese and Steve Soderbergh, the festival presents the best emerging talent from around the globe in a highly distinctive environment for cultural interaction. A truly public sphere for debate, analysis, and entertainment.
The Movie Mouse International Short Film Festival is an annual short film competition featuring an official award ceremony. The festival organizers reserve the right to hold the award ceremony in any format—whether in person at the festival venue, online, or simply by announcing the results on the festival website and mailing diplomas and awards to participants.
The festival was created with the objective of identifying talented filmmakers and promoting short films. The festival organizers are the film production company "Mouse and Husband Production" /
www.mimproduction.info.
SUBMISSIONS FOR THE FIFTH SEASON OF THE FESTIVAL WILL
OPEN ON FEBRUARY 1, 2026*. THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS NOVEMBER 1, 2026.
The result announcement dates (PUBLICATION ON THE OFFICIAL FESTIVAL WEBSITE) for the stages are:
OFFICIAL SELECTION (LONGLIST), SEMIFINAL (SEMIFINAL) — December 1 to 15, 2026.
FINAL (SHORTLIST), NOMINEES, WINNERS — December 15 to 25, 2026.
The date and location of the upcoming award ceremony (if held) are indicated on the official film festival website.
Categories:
Feature films · Animation films · Documentaries
Nominations:
1. DRAMA — Best short film of the drama/melodrama /psychological drama genre, with a running time between 10 and 40 minutes.
2. SUPER-SHORT — Best short film of the drama /melodrama /psychological drama genre up to 10 minutes in duration.
3. ACTION / COMEDY — Best short film of the detective/horror/comedy/action genre.
4. SPORTS — Best short film with a sports theme.
5. SILENT — Best short film of the SILENT CINEMA genre.
6. DOC — Best short documentary film of any genre.
7. ANIMATION — Best short animated film of any genre.
8. DEBUT — Best debut film and student feature film.
9. KIDS — Best short film for children and adolescents (0+ category).
10. RISING STAR — Best short film made by children and adolescents (0+ category).
Submitted projects are reviewed and evaluated by a professional jury, which includes at least three Russian and international film experts each season.
Stages:
1. All films submitted by filmmakers are reviewed by the jury members, after which some of them, separately in each category, are included in the official selection (LONGLIST).
2. Depending on the number of films that pass the official selection, additional selection stages are formed in each category: quarterfinal (QUARTERFINAL), semifinal (SEMIFINAL), finalists (SHORT LIST), award nominees (NOMINEE), and winner (WINNER) — Festival Grand Prix.
3. The festival organizers reserve the right to carry out the selection process sequentially through all stages, or to omit some of them, depending on the number of participants in each category.
4. Semifinalists and finalists in each category are invited to the award ceremony (if held in person), which will be announced on the festival website. All filmmakers who have submitted a film to the competition program have the right to request attendance at the official award ceremony from the festival organizers.
5. The Grand Prix winner in each category (the category winner) is announced from among the nominees.
Launched in 1980, our festival, the first of its category in South Korea, has grown and evolved from the Korean Short Film Festival, to become the Busan Asian Short Film Festival in 2000 and eventually the Busan International Short Film Festival in 2010 (www.bisff.org).
Taking place late April at the Busan Cinema Center, BISFF delivers a dozen awards in three competitive sections (International Competition, Korean Competition and Operation Kino) while also presenting several curated, non-competitive sections including: Guest Country, Korean Shorts, Asian Shorts, Prism, 3D Cinema, etc.
BISFF is a member of the Short Film Conference (http://shortfilmconference.com/) and of the NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema https://netpacasia.org). In 2018, it became South Korea’s first Oscar®-qualifying festival.
The 28th International Festival "Corti da Sogni - Antonio Ricci" is organized by Circolo del Cinema Sogni – Antonio Ricci APS (hereafter referred to as Circolo Sogni), in partnership with the Municipality of Ravenna / Department of Culture and in collaboration with UICC, the company Cinemaincentro, and the cultural association Solaris.
Associazione Circolo del Cinema Sogni – Antonio Ricci.
Join us for the Dallas International Film Festival 2027, April 22 – 29, 2027!
DIFF 2027, the 21st annual Dallas International Film Festival, will screen the best narrative and documentary features and short films from across the globe.
The 21st annual Dallas International Film Festival doesn’t just screen films. The interaction between story tellers, audiences and the Texas community is what we strive to develop both during the festival and throughout the year.
DIFF 2027 is a global adventure that features premiere screenings, nightly red carpets, eye-opening documentaries, intriguing short films, filmmaker panels, award presentations, daily filmmaker happy hours, and an enhanced filmmaker hospitality program that includes city tours and a Festival Lounge where filmmakers, screenwriters, film industry leaders, celebrities, sponsors, and our audience can all come together to discuss film.
DIFF supports both the beginning and end of the filmmaking process from script to screen. The annual Screenwriting Competition has a track record of moving stories beyond the page, showcasing selected Screenwritings through live scenes table read performances at the festival and helping projects advance to fully produced films that premiere at DIFF. Since 2024, 11 selected Screenwritings have received live table read performances through the competition. Selected scripts may be considered for development and production through Event Horizon Films, the production company behind (S)HIT SQUAD, SNEAKERHEAD, and THE BEST DAYS OF RICHARD DAVIS. The DIFF Screenwriting Competition has been featured by Final Draft, recognized by Script magazine, and named a top "15 Submission-Worthy Screenwriting Competition” by MovieMaker magazine. Writers may submit short, feature-length or TV pilot scripts. All scripts are read in their entirety by industry professionals currently working with leading management and representation companies. Outstanding submissions have the opportunity to gain visibility with professionals actively seeking new voices and projects. Advancing scripts are evaluated by a distinguished panel that has included Academy Award® winners, Emmy Award® winners, producers, executives, and produced screenwriters behind major film and television projects. DIFF is committed to creating meaningful opportunities for writers through festival participation, industry exposure, live table reads, development discussions, and potential production pathways.
We invite you to add your voice to the conversation. At DIFF, filmmakers are invited to the festival to participate in a variety of programs, Q&A sessions, and a series of panel discussions, including sessions with Dallas area high schools, in which filmmakers have the opportunity to discuss their work and careers with a new generation of content creators.
2027 DIFF PROGRAMMING STRANDS:
Narrative Feature Competition
Documentary Feature Competition
Short Film Competition
Texas Competition
Animated Short Competition
Premiere Screenings
Latino Cinema Showcase
DEEP ELLUM SOUNDS (Music Films)
Music Video Competition
Family Films
Faith Based Films
Environment and Sustainability Films
GAME ON (Sports Films)
Indigenous Films
Health Issues and Health-Related Films
Special Presentations
Table Read Performances
Filmmakers of selected films are invited to the Festival to participate in a variety of programs. Question and answer sessions after screenings are well attended and lively, and panel discussions are held throughout the Festival.
The Festival is the signature presentation of DIFF (Dallas Film Society, Inc.), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 2006 “to celebrate films and their impact on society; to honor filmmakers and recognize their achievements and contribution in enhancing the creative community; to provide educational programs to students to develop better understanding of the role of film in today’s world; and to promote the City of Dallas and its commitment to the art of filmmaking".
This commitment of the early founders to the art of film and the artists who are its creators continues to guide the organization today. In addition, through curation of the broadest range of expression through film, DIFF is committed to serving as the region’s most powerful platform for diverse, emerging and underrepresented voices.
Throughout its history, DIFF has demonstrated consistent commitment to providing accessible, inclusive, immersive, educational, and entertaining film experiences for all. It is the vision of DIFF that, by promoting wide and thoughtful expression through film, our organization can help foster human connection and greater appreciation for our common humanity and our rich diversity.
A premier International Film Festival in Kathmandu Nepal. Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival is running since 2010. This year the 14th Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival will be organized from 27 November to 1 December 2026.
Over 60 selected films from around the globe made on human rights issues will be screened during the festival. Some screenings will be followed by a discussion on the film with the filmmakers.
The films will be screened under the following sections:
- Competition section
There will be competition section for both Nepali and International films. Films produced during 2024-2026 will be eligible to participate in this section. The films need to be based on at least one aspect of human rights. They could be both fiction and documentaries. The films need to fulfill all the criteria set by the organizing committee to be eligible for competition.
- Special Screening
Special films that could not fulfill all the criteria of the competitive section but are important in raising the human rights issues will be screened in this section. This section will also cover such films, which may not want to compete under the other section. Films from partners of the NHRIFF, which are qualified for being selected for the festival but could not participate in the competitive section due to the conflict of interest, will also be screened under this section.
- Yesteryears Eyes
Classics from the yesteryears, which deal with human rights issues, will be screened under this section.
- Partners' Panorama
This section will screen the films produced by organizations, who are partners of the 12th Nepal Human Rights International Film Festival. These films will not be recognized as official entries to the festival. But the festival will only provide a platform for the partners to showcase their works.
IMPORTANT REMINDER
****THE FESTIVAL WILL BE PHYSICAL****
****WE DON'T PAY SCREENING FEE FOR THE SELECTED FILMS*****
It have been already Sixteen years of this festival, which year after year, with firm step, has expanded its proposals for good cinema. Lies far away 1999, when sponsored by the humoristic duo Gomaespuma and M-80 Radio began the first edition of the festival with the slogan “the Indians are coming! ”. Eventually Imagineindia has internationalized, showing films from all over the world while those from Asia are still assuming the bulk of the festival.
The company FOT EL CAMP presents its first exhibition of CAMP short films, which aims to give voice to filmmakers with a surrealist sensibility, a Dada imagery and a kitsch aesthetic. Shortfilms hooliganns, freaks, absurdists and Kafkaesques... you are welcome!
Sokcho International Food Film Festival (SIFFF, former Seoul International Food Film Festival) is an event to present outstanding and thought-provoking films about food and related issues every year since 2015.
While celebrating diversity of food and lifestyle from different cultures, SIFFF also aims to provide time for relaxing and healing to rediscover the taste of life, not to mention, to raise public awareness on healthy eating and sustainability.
SIFFF’s program includes an inspiring selection of documentaries, feature and short films related to food, from the newest buzzed-about ones to classics and cults.
With film screenings, a variety of events such as catered parties, cooking and tasting events, talk shows with film and culinary professionals will be held to provide delightful, multi-sensory film experience.
2015년 첫 발을 내디딘 속초국제음식영화제(구 서울국제음식영화제)는 영화와 음식을 매개로 세계 곳곳의 다양한 삶의 모습과 문화를 이해하고 서로 소통하고자 하는 축제입니다.
인생의 맛과 여유를 환기하는 영화들을 통해 현대인의 바쁜 일상에서 잊힌 삶의 미각을 되찾는 맛있는 힐링을 지향하며, 건강한 먹거리와 지속가능한 식생활에 대한 활발한 논의의 장을 마련하고자 합니다.
각양각색의 음식과 그만큼이나 다양한 문화권의 삶을 담은 영화를 통해 먹는다는 것과 우리 삶의 관계를 돌아보고 함께 나눠 먹는 즐거움을 생각하는 맛있는 영화제를 관객과 함께 만들어 가고 싶습니다.
Welcome to IMAGINATION FILMS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2027
Imagination Films, one of the renowned film production companies, is going to organize its 4th Imagination Films International Festival (IFIF) 2027.
Imagination Films has produced the feature film “Main Vaada Nibhahu” and the short film “My Mother My World,” which has received 22 awards, 20 official selections and 2 honorable mentions at various film festivals.
For more information, please visit our website: www.imaginationfilms.in
OUR FESTIVAL JOURNEY
The 1st Imagination Films International Festival 2024 was successfully conducted at Hotel Central Park, Bhilai, on 25th August 2024. The festival received 53 films from 25 countries.
The 2nd Imagination Films International Festival 2025 was conducted on 8th June 2025 at the same venue, Hotel Central Park, Bhilai. The festival received nearly three times the entries compared to its first edition, with 147 entries from 40 countries.
The 3rd Imagination Films International Festival 2026 was successfully conducted in Bhilai on 16th August 2026. The 3rd edition witnessed a remarkable international response, receiving 331 projects from 51 countries across 19 categories.
This tremendous growth from 53 entries in 2024 to 331 projects in 2026 reflects the increasing recognition and international reach of the Imagination Films International Festival.
Now, we are delighted to announce the 4th Imagination Films International Festival 2027, continuing our journey of bringing together filmmakers, artists and creative storytellers from India and across the globe.
With every edition, IFIF strives to provide a larger platform for emerging filmmakers, independent artists and storytellers to showcase their creativity and imagination to an international audience.
From 53 films in 2024 → 147 entries in 2025 → 331 projects from 51 countries in 2026.
Now, we are delighted to announce the 4th Imagination Films International Festival 2027, continuing our journey of celebrating creativity, imagination and independent filmmaking from India and across the globe.
IFIF BELIEVES
“Let your imagination soar high”
&
“If you think you can, you can.”
OBJECTIVE OF IFIF
The objective of the Imagination Films International Festival (IFIF) is to empower short filmmakers across the globe and nurture the development of emerging and new filmmakers.
IFIF provides an international platform for filmmakers to showcase their creativity, talent and unique storytelling abilities and to connect with audiences and fellow filmmakers from around the world.
Along with Short Films, Short Documentaries, Music Videos and Short Animation Films, filmmakers are invited to submit their creative works in the categories announced for the 4th edition of IFIF 2027.
PROMOTING REGIONAL ART & CULTURE
IFIF is committed to nurturing and promoting regional art, culture and filmmaking.
We believe that local artists and filmmakers should have an equal opportunity to showcase their talent on an international platform.
Therefore, filmmakers can submit their short films and music videos in the Chhattisgarhi language. English subtitles are optional for films made in Hindi and Chhattisgarhi.
We also encourage filmmakers from Chhattisgarh to showcase the rich cultural heritage, stories and artistic expressions of the region.
Maravíllame, the University of Cádiz International Short Film Festival, aims to promote film culture and facilitate the exchange of talent and knowledge between the academic and professional spheres.
It will take place on 14, 15 and 16 April 2026 in Jerez de la Frontera, and its programme includes a screening of short films made by university students, a competition with awards in the categories of fiction short film and documentary short film, UCA advertising spot, audiovisual services short film and SEA-EU short film; masterclasses, round tables and workshops with the participation of national and international professionals and teachers.
In addition, spaces will be provided for professionals and university students to meet with the aim of creating networks and synergies that will help to develop the Spanish film industry and promote the young talent being trained in our universities.
The Indie Gathering International Film Festival is entering our 22nd year festival in 2027. We moved to Columbus, Ohio this past year. Getting the opportunity to present your projects on the big screen is rare and precious. The Indie Gathering leveled up now that we are in 4 theaters in a real multiplex for 3 days, showing over 100 projects.
This weekend long film festival is an in-person gathering for filmmakers young, old, student, amateur, or professional. This festival is for people who create because it is part of their soul. Those that need to make and to express themselves. No matter your budget or access, we celebrate the passion and dedication of artists and filmmakers who simply love and appreciate cinema and are dedicated to growing their skill set and overall knowledge of cinematic arts.
Our mission is to provide an opportunity and safe space for filmmakers of any level or capability to showcase their work. Indie Gathering is an opportunity to engage filmmakers from all walks of life. We are building a community on the premise that bringing people up for their merits is greater than cutting with crushing critique. Indie Gathering is a place for filmmakers to better their skills, showcase their ideas, and build a community. We thrive on your inspiration not your flaws. We embrace experimental, animated, narrative and documentary, short-form and feature length films from every corner of the globe, offering filmmakers an environment that values artistry above marquee names and industry relationships. We are about fostering creativity and honing the craft.
**PLEASE READ ALL RULES BEFORE SUBMITTING!**
With competitions for films, scripts, film scoring, and acting/monologue, The Indie Gathering has a place for everyone! The weekend consists of three movie theater screens, vendors, film seminars/lectures, competitions, networking parties and more! If you are involved in, or interested in, any aspect of filmmaking, this festival is for you.
Previously voted one of the Top 25 Film Festivals by MovieMaker Magazine as the Best Fest for Networking!
The Calabria Movie - International Film Festival (CMFF) was born from the idea of creating a meeting point for film fans and authors who want to discuss the importance and changes of the seventh art. The desire is to reunite the authors and representatives of Italian cinema in a regional festival to preserve and make known the tipical cinema of the territory, maintaining interest for international cinema.
It is not just a film festival, it is an opportunity to give space to art in general and to create spaces for discussion and comparison.
CMFF has decided to create a special section with films that tell the theme of "Return". There will be a special prize from the Jury for the short film that will tell, describe and explain the theme of "Return" in the best way. The idea was born from the desire to narrate that feeling of migration and continuous search of home that is often protagonist in a difficult territory like the Calabrian and which is linked to classical culture and the western world. For the Greeks, the nòstoi, in fact, are the journeys to return home after a long and tearing experience. But the return can also be the arrival point of a journey within oneself, or the result of unique experiences, an infinite series of vicissitudes capable of marking and transforming the protagonist in the depths of the soul. Starting from the more classic meaning of "Return", it is required to experiment and tell the topic from every possible point of view.
FESTIVAL ORGANIZER
The Eclipsed Films Festival is organized and administered by the Swedish creation, production and distribution company Dorobantu Film & Television.
FESTIVAL MISSION
The Eclipsed Films Festival aims to promote original feature and short films of high artistic quality and to support independent cinema worldwide, by facilitating the access of high-potential films to international market distribution and sale.
Both among the films submitted to the festival and among the films selected for festival participation, feature films and short films with high market potential will also be selected for film sale / distribution agreements and cooperation. In such cases, the rights holders of the respective films will be contacted by the festival management office either already during the film selection process or short after the end of the festival.
EKRAN is an online film collection and editorial selection based between Lyon and Belgium.
We give priority to francophone films and French-speaking voices, while remaining open to international films when French subtitles are available.
Selected films may receive an Official Selection EKRAN mention and may be considered for an online catalogue page, editorial feature, highlight or interview.
Full film streaming or publication is never automatic and requires separate explicit authorization from the rights holder.
Kinetic Frames is a dance-on-film showcase, and mentorship initiative designed to support youth, emerging, and professional artists in exploring movement through film.
The program emphasizes accessibility, interdisciplinary collaboration, and creative storytelling through screen dance.
HALO International Film Festival is festival with live screenings. Every season we're selecting best works that will run in program and screened in the famous cultural space of Machty in Sevkabel port, St. Petersburg
???? Screenings are scheduled for January 26 at the Machty space in St. Petersburg, January 29 at Vomo in Murmansk, and January 30 at Koverking in Orenburg ????
The main goal of the Halo Festival is to create a space for introductions and future collaborations.
We want viewers and filmmakers to meet in person, so every season we hold Q&A sessions with the authors of the films. And after the screenings, we organize after-parties, where you can socialize and make new connections in an informal atmosphere.
Submit your applications and we'll see you at the festival!
●❂ IMDb Qualifying Festival ❂●
https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0032078/2023/1
