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Deadline
31 Mar 2020


Published: 17 Jan 2020
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films

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Biografilm Festival

Bologna, Italy


Biografilm is known internationally as the cinematic event entirely dedicated to life stories and to quality cinema. Biografilm is organised by the Fanatic About Festivals association, under the Artistic Direction of Chiara Liberti and Massimo Benvegnù.

Biografilm promotes growth, development, knowledge, dialogue and inclusivity through the use of the cinematic language in all its forms, like art, entertainment and industry. By telling real lives and stories, it aims to create a free, democratic space with no distinction.

For the upcoming 21st edition of Biografilm we are pleased to officially launch the call for both national and international films to participate in the Festival, in Bologna, 06-16 June 2025.

For more detailed information regarding the event, programmes from previous editions, news about the upcoming edition and about Biografilm’s activity throughout the year, we kindly invite you to visit the Festival’s website: www.biografilm.it/en/


HIGHLIGHTED!

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 Fiction  Documentary



 
Logo of Kalaburagi International Short-Film Festival

Deadline
15 Feb 2020


Published: 17 Jan 2020
 Has submission fees
Short films

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Kalaburagi International Short-Film Festival

Kalaburagi, India


North Karnataka's first ever film festival is being presented by "Manomay Productions LLP" for our people. The main aim of this film festival is to help young and talented filmmakers to showcase their story to the world.

Citizens of Hyderabad Karnataka are really good in Theatre, Writing, Acting, and also in Direction, to showcase their talent, Kalaburagi Film festival will play a very important role.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Fantastic  Terror  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Bastalavista International Genre Film Festival

Deadline
15 Mar 2020


Published: 17 Jan 2020
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Bastalavista International Genre Film Festival

Hannover, Germany


The Bastalavista is a Genre Film Festival established in Hannover (Germany) in 2019. The festival is founded and run only by two people: Wiebke and Johannes Thomsen, the two owners and operators of the awarded LODDERBAST movie theater in Hannover, with 28 seats on 39 squaremeters the smallest movie theater in the world and one of a kind with homemade food and more than 100 different craft beers.

The festival defines the "genre" film as science-fiction, fantasy, horror, action, thriller, mystery or dark comedy including forward-thinking, experimental and dark interpretations of the traditional film genres.


WHAT TO EXPECT FROM OUR FESTIVAL?
- a carefully and passionately curated festival film program
- a committed, curious and knowledgeable jury of filmmakers, distributors and genre film enthusiasts
- a vibrant, cozy and laid-back festival atmosphere in a unique venue
- valuable networking opportunities
- delicious food and ice-cold beer
- glory, fame and ... fun

DATES & TIMES
31.08.2021: Ultimate Submission Deadline

01.09.2021: Film Selection And Notification Day
If your film is selected, you’ll be sent all the necessary documents.

06.11.2021 - 21.11.2021: Bastalavista International Genre Film Festival 2021
The award ceremony will be held on 20.11.2021


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
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Deadline
17 Jan 2020


Published: 17 Jan 2020
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Cinalfama Film Observatory

Lisbon, Portugal


The CINALFAMA FILM OBSERVATORY, held in a historic neighborhood, emerges as a transformative cultural initiative that strengthens the community network. By showing independent films, the project not only widens access to alternative and innovative narratives but also stimulates cultural engagement among residents, fostering a sense of identity and belonging.

This regular event, which takes place at Museu do Fado Auditorium, becomes a meeting point where generations cross paths, sharing experiences and reflections that transcend mere film viewing. In addition, by being located in a neighborhood with a rich historical heritage, the observatory revitalizes the urban space, attracting visitors and enhancing the appreciation of the local heritage, generating a very positive cultural dynamic

The Cinalfama Film Observatory is a regular cinema competition in January, April, and October.

The winning films of each of the three editions (Jan, Apr, Oct), will be showcased in our annual outdoor cinema event, Cinalfama Lisbon International Film Festival, in July 2025.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of CINEVERSATIL

Deadline
15 Apr 2020


Published: 17 Jan 2020
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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CINEVERSATIL

Buenos Aires, Argentina


Diversity Short Film Festival- Argentina
LGBT VIDEO ART- Anniversary Edition- 15 years

2025

Edition 15

cineversatil.com

The 15th edition will include a non-competitive exhibition dedicated to LGBT+ video art and parallel exhibitions of collaborating festivals.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of Kinorum: Student Film Festival

Deadline
20 Mar 2020


Published: 17 Jan 2020
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films

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Kinorum: Student Film Festival

San Pedro Garza García, Mexico


Kinorum is a student film festival located in Monterrey Mexico. It includes master classes and workshops taught by specialists and there is also the screening of the short films in competition.


Short film festival


 Fiction  Animation  Other



 
Logo of Kiffi-jaipur ( Kaaryat International Film Festival Of India, Jaipur)

Deadline
31 Oct 2020


Published: 17 Jan 2020
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Kiffi-jaipur ( Kaaryat International Film Festival Of India, Jaipur)

jaipur, India


3rd Edition of KIFFI-JAIPUR will be on 4-6 December 2020


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Burgas International Film Festival

Deadline
24 Apr 2020


Published: 17 Jan 2020
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Burgas International Film Festival

Burgas, Bulgaria


The main goal of Burgas International Film Festival is to develop a sustainable platform for presentation of feature and short movies by acquainting the audience with the contemporary cinema art.

The mission of The Festival is to turn Burgas into cultural venue of filmmakers and movie fans.

The main scope of the Festival is to present the current trends in the Bulgarian and international cinema practice and to provoke intercultural dialogue.


International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of DocuRock

Deadline
15 Jun 2020


Published: 17 Jan 2020
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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DocuRock

S/C de Tenerife, Spain


DocuRock is an international documentary film Festival that offers the best documentary film works of the recent international Panorama focused on the world of music.

DocuRock comes to cover a lawsuit that the commercial halls do not cover. In DocuRock the spectators will be able to see premieres in Canary Islands and Tenerife in original version subtitled with free entry.


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 Documentary



 
Logo of INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS -COLOMBIA

Deadline
15 Mar 2020


Published: 16 Jan 2020
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS -COLOMBIA

Bogotá, Colombia


Since 2013, the International Film Festival for Human Rights Colombia offers attendees an audiovisual, cultural and academic program that contributes to the formation of audiences, the strengthening of film and cultural industries, the creation of spaces for dialogue around life, reconciliation, the promotion and defense of human rights, and the construction of ideas for peace.

The Festival is the ideal setting for the film community of Colombia and the world that bets on audiovisual narration with a focus on human rights, which is why it becomes the main platform for the promotion, circulation, distribution and exhibition of audiovisual works whose demand is limited due to their non-commercial subject matter.

The Festival is being held simultaneously in the cities of Barranquilla, Medellin, Cali, Bogota, Soacha, Cartagena, Manizales, Pereira and Villavicencio, and in about 10 municipalities in the country, organized by Fundación Impulsos.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation



 
Logo of FRAPA - Festival de Roteiro Audiovisual de Porto Alegre

Deadline
30 Mar 2020


Published: 16 Jan 2020
 Has submission fees
Short films


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FRAPA - Festival de Roteiro Audiovisual de Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre, Brazil


FRAPA – The Porto Alegre Screenwriting Festival – is the largest event focused in scriptwriting for television and film in Latin America. The 8th FRAPA will be held at Cinemateca Capitólio, from the 14th to 17th of July, 2020. Our aim is to discuss and strengthen the significance of screenplay writing in times of rising in TV and film production in Brazil and in the whole continent.

Inspired by similar festivals in the United States and Europe, FRAPA has grown in size throughout the years, organizing debate sessions, competitions, workshops, screenings, master classes and business rounds. We intend to make FRAPA a reference for the thought of audiovisual writing in Latin America. By encouraging the exchange of experiences between screenwriters and other professionals in the audiovisual market, we create an opportunity for qualification and celebrate new partnerships.

FRAPA has received many renown professionals throughout its three editions. To name a few: James V. Hart (Dracula, Hook, Contact), Bráulio Mantovani (City of God e Elite Squad 1 e 2), Fernando Castets (Son of the Bride), Marcos Bernstein (Central Station), Pablo Stoll (25 Watts and Whisky), Luiz Bolognesi (Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury), Lisandro Alonso (Jauja) and many others.

FRAPA. Great stories to come.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror



 
Logo of 2020ViSioN

Deadline
01 Apr 2020


Published: 16 Jan 2020
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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2020ViSioN

Warrnambool, Australia


The Warrnambool Easter Arts Festival
is an encompassing community Arts Festival celebrating the traditional Easter theme.

This year we are adding a workshop and screening as an event. And making films around the theme "What does Easter Mean in 2020"

We are looking for films up to 5 min in length with content rate G for general viewing. Films can be any genre.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Experimental



 
Logo of DOKUMENTALA

Deadline
20 Mar 2020


Published: 16 Jan 2020
 Does NOT have submission fees
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DOKUMENTALA

Getxo, Bizkaia, Spain


Dokumentala was born to show, through the language of cinema, the transforming power of support between people.

That is why the thematic axis of the proposals to the competition will be to make visible support relationships that can occur in society and that generate positive changes in people, in groups and in municipalities.

Argia Fundazioa, opens the Call for the THIRD Edition of the dokuMentala 2022 Festival.

Argia Fundazioa is an entity that supports people with a diagnosis of mental illness to improve their quality of life and the image that society has of this group.

dokuMentala 2022 was born in 2019 to show, through the language of cinema, the transforming power of support between people.

The Call for the Festival for the year 2022 is made public, which will be governed by the rules detailed below.


Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other



 
Logo of the illusive eye

Deadline
01 Apr 2020


Published: 16 Jan 2020
 Has submission fees
Short films


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the illusive eye

San Cristóbal, Venezuela


With the name Illusive Eye the optical process by which animation occurs in our brain by generating movement from the illusion produced by the rapid exposure to images in sequence is evoked. Animation offers the construction of credible universes, capable of freeing us from the limits of immediate reality.

With the coming of current communication technologies, animation has gained even more ground than it had in Film, Didactics and Videogames. Now, with the internet and the power of cell phones, mobile applications and the interconnection of devices and institutions with the network, animation has become an essential part of the language of interaction between the user and the world.

This audiovisual language has extended its discursive horizons as far as the human imagination reaches, and technically its evolution has allowed it to overcome reality by opening a fantastic vortex that provides immersive experiences and high doses of empathy as well as tons of fans of all ages and throughout the world, developing any theme with great aesthetic contributions and various levels of depth.

In honor of this abyss of creativity and as an invitation to immerse ourselves in it, this meeting space has been created for creators, scholars and amateurs. Looking to show not only its strength in the current film narrative but the presence of other types of speeches built on this means of visual expression: GIFs, memes, stickers, emoticons, headers, symbols for social networks, interface elements, banners, promotions , and any type of element generated from the illusion of an eye.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Animation



 
Logo of TMFF - The Monthly Film Festival (Online)

Deadline
30 Dec 2020


Published: 16 Jan 2020
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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TMFF - The Monthly Film Festival (Online)

Glasgow, United Kingdom


Mentioned in publications like Vox, Medium or Backstage, TMFF has been named by ShortFilm Connection "probably the most famous film festival currently on the web". With almost 3500 SELECTED FILMS until now and tens of thousands of website visits each month, we hope that through TMFF you will stand out with your project and get the reach you need and deserve! Plus, besides being an IMDb-qualifying event, every official selection will automatically be entered into our extensive FILM COLLECTION: https://tmff.net/collection/

Month by month, our judges (who all work in the film industry) will decide who the TMFF nominees and winners are. We have received over 13,000 projects so far, held over 80 monthly editions and awarded over 800 films from all around the world!

❗AND KEEP THIS IN MIND: We won't put the full version of your film on our website if you don't want to. A TRAILER WILL DO.

❓Frequently Asked Questions: https://tmff.net/faq/


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
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Deadline
31 Jul 2020


Published: 16 Jan 2020
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Rome Independent Film Festival - RIFF Awards

Roma, Italy


The Rome Independent Film Festival (RIFF) is Italy 's first independent and international film festival. Its aim is to unite enthusiasm for films and filmmaking among young filmmakers with the realities of film production and distribution.Since its first edition in 2001, RIFF has become an event that is followed with more and more interest by the public in Rome and a reference for worldwide filmmakers. In these years, the Riff has received works coming from the 5 continents, ending up being an attentive witness representative of the directions and passions of the independent film industry.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
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Deadline
30 Apr 2020


Published: 16 Jan 2020
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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Certamen de cortometrajes Me Quedo Corto

Porcuna, Spain


Only for Spanish Filmmakers.


Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Experimental



 
Logo of Saturnia Film Festival

Deadline
31 May 2020


Published: 15 Jan 2020
 Has submission fees
Short films


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Saturnia Film Festival

Poggio Murella-Saturnia, Italy


The Saturnia Film Festival seeks to discover, support, and inspire independent film and theatre artists from around the world and to introduce audiences (members of the industry and film lovers) to their new work. The Artistic Commettee of the Saturnia Film Festival will consider projects that tell stories about universal themes driven by an individual and authentic voice.

The Saturnia Film Festival takes place for five days, from 28 to 31th July 2022 in the square of Sorano, Manciano, Montemerano, and the Terme di Saturnia (Grosseto, Italy).


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Logo of 99.media International Film Festival

Deadline
29 Mar 2020


Published: 15 Jan 2020
 Has submission fees
Short films


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99.media International Film Festival

Lyon, France


Next screenings:

December 11, 2020 → Ulysse, Onet le Château, France
December 8, 2020 → Votiv Kino, Vienna, Austria
November 26, 2020 → Le Dôme, Québec, Québec
November 13-15 → Black Box Theatre, Drysdale, Australia
November 12, 2020 → Brookes Doc Club, Oxford, UK
September 23, 2020 → 3C, Aix-en-Provence, France

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“99.media is a carefully curated selection of documentaries from around the world swooping down into extraordinary lives.” — Rob Alderson, WePresent

99.media is a new kind of documentary film festival: both online and in real life.

It is a free and not-for-profit video platform streaming documentaries in 6 languages (English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German and Italian) + a series of live screenings in different cities where our languages are spoken.

Our objective is to democratize documentaries thanks to multilingualism and to help filmmakers get wider audiences and more impact.

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"99.media has embarked on a beautiful campaign to share films with the world. Subtitling my film from Arabic and English into a half-dozen languages opens the door for cross-cultural impact in ways I’ve always dreamed about. Their initiative to share powerful works of art with the world is a noble calling, and I’ve watched as my film has reached new people. I’m grateful for the opportunity to have my film play on their platform."
— Matthew K. Firpo, filmmaker

"99.media translated my documentary into 5 additional languages, ultimately helping the film reach a much wider audience, and become globally relevant. Films are made to be seen, and reaching an international audience like this is invaluable”.
— Lukas Schrank, filmmaker

“My short documentary was translated into 5 languages by 99.media, which helped it gain a lot more exposure and massively increased its global reach. I have a lot of respect for, and trust in the team, who has always dealt with me in a professional and honest fashion and who I believe has a real passion for short film and a lot of respect for filmmakers.”

— Andy Oxley, filmmaker


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The prestigious Festival of Málaga will close soon its call for entries

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Published: 15 Jan 2020


 
 


Last few weeks to send your short or feature film to the 23rd Festival de Málaga



The Festival de Málaga was born in 1998 and since then has maintained as its main goal the promotion of Spanish language film production, inviting each year different sectors of the film industry, generating forums, debates and meetings, paying tribute to great figures of the industry and becoming a showcase for the work of professionals in the audiovisual sector.


The Festival has established itself as a major cultural event with great public attendance and extensive coverage of national and international media.


December 15th is the final deadline for documentary feature films and short films, as January 15th is the deadline to submit fiction and animation feature films in the Official Section and Zona Zine. Do not miss this opportunity if your short film or your feature film is fictional, animated or documentary, Spanish or Ibero-American and has been made in 2019. In addition, the Málaga Festival will be awarding 44000 € in cash prizes.



Goya® Awards qualifying festival: Winners of the Silver Biznagas to the best fiction and documentary short films are automatically pre-selected for the Goya Awards from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Spain.

Remember the deadline to submit documentary and short films is December, 15th, and the rest of feature films can be submitted until January, 15th. You can only submit your film through Festhome.


 


 
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