Bucharest Short Film Festival [BSFF]
Independent is the key word for Bucharest Short Film Festival [BSFF], as it is founded by independent film professionals and focuses on independent artists in cinema, from all over the world. Bucharest Short Film Festival aims at recognizing, showcasing and spreading-out the most professional, most innovative, and most interesting fresh short international films, while always prioritizing independent short films.
Bucharest Short Film Festival will showcase some of the finest short international film in Narrative, Animation, Student, Experimental, Documentary, Music Video and Human Rights. We take to heart the amount of work put into each film. Therefore, the festival rules ensure that each movie is reviewed at least two times and well-debated by our team. Some of the awarded films will also be screened at other international film festivals.
Independent artists and their short films will meet an effervescent, and a quite experienced with cinema and film festivals audience, ensuring quality networking, and engaging opportunities, while the selected films will be determined by a panel of industry experts.
Bucharest Short Film Festival is building a strong community of interest around international independent film professionals and film lovers, in the heart of one of the most interesting emergent capitals of arts and culture, a city that never sleeps – Bucharest.
The festival will run film screenings, preceded or followed by artists Q&A, or networking side events, and, surely, parties, that all take place in various conventional and unconventional stages around Bucharest, as in cinemas, open spaces, and even summer theatres. Bucharest, you’ve heard about it, eventually – a city for young people. Well known for different things – like “Old Paris” nickname, in its bourgeois times, before the communism decades, or the world’s biggest parliamentary building [and one of the largest buildings of any kind], from its communism times, new architecture, or the explosive contemporary art scene, and the also quite impressive underground arts and music and nightlife communities, in its current times.
Welcome to the Indie Film Festival Awards (IFFA)!
The Indie Film Festival Awards (IFFA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating the creativity and innovation of independent filmmakers from all over the world. Our mission is to foster community engagement through the art of cinema and to provide a platform for talented filmmakers, regardless of borders, languages, or genres.
Based in New York City, the IFFA presents a one-of-a-kind festival that connects independent filmmakers and content creators from all corners of the globe. We offer a unique blend of online award nominations, live screenings, and an in-person Indie Film Festival Awards Show, bringing together artists, industry professionals, and audiences in an unforgettable celebration of independent cinema.
A Global Platform for Independent Film
IFFA stands out as a film festival with no barriers — films of all genres and languages are welcomed. A dedicated committee of industry experts previews submitted films, carefully selecting outstanding works to be featured in our Award Nomination Festival.
Award Nomination Festival
The selected films will participate in the IFFA Award Nomination Festival, which runs from mid-February 2025 to mid-April 2025. During this period, all nominated films will be showcased on the Indie Films World streaming platform for a nominal fee of $1.49. Fifty percent of the revenue generated will be shared with the producers, supporting their continued creative efforts.
After the two-month festival period, these films will be removed from the platform. Films will be screened via a secure server, allowing viewers from around the world to watch and vote. The 25 films receiving the most votes will be nominated for 25 prestigious award categories.
Live Screenings & Awards Show
The nominated films will be screened live in New York City at our premier theater venue located in the heart of Downtown Manhattan. The grand finale of the festival will take place on the last day of screenings during the Indie Film Festival Awards Show, where filmmakers, actors, and technicians will be honored for their outstanding work in independent cinema.
Opportunities for Filmmakers
IFFA offers more than just awards. We bring distributors to the festival, giving producers and content creators the chance to meet, network, and explore distribution opportunities. IFFA also assists in distributing films worldwide, including through platforms like Amazon Prime Video.
Submissions
IFFA accepts submissions for all types of films, including:
Feature narratives
Short films
Television shows and series
Documentaries
Animation
Student films
We invite filmmakers, creators, and artists to submit their work and be part of this exciting celebration of independent cinema. Join us in showcasing new voices and innovative stories that will shape the future of film!
Why Choose IFFA?
Global Exposure: Showcase your film on an international platform.
Revenue Sharing: Receive 50% of streaming revenue from the festival.
Networking: Connect with distributors and industry professionals.
Recognition: Gain recognition and award nominations for your work.
Distribution: Opportunities to distribute films worldwide.
We look forward to celebrating your creative work and welcoming you to the Indie Film Festival Awards!
The festival's mission is promoting the importance of film music and its composers, as well as film sound. The festival's goals are to originate and encourage discussions, connecting people, advising, educating young composers, but also other people, through discussion panels, seminars, film market and media publishing; we tend to start and maintain creative and constructive discussions about that indelible link between film and music.
“International Festival of Films on Religion and Spiritualism” is the only festival in the world devoted to unique subject ‘Religion & Spiritualism’ which is foremost important in an ordinal Indian’s life and perhaps most important in the world after Amerika-visit of Swami Vivekanand. IFFRS will bring together filmmakers, scholars, and enthusiasts from around the world to explore the profound connection between faith, spirituality and the art of cinema. This festival serves as a platform for showcasing films that delve into the diverse religious and spiritual traditions of humanity, fostering interfaith dialogue and promoting understanding and tolerance.
A film festival of advertising videos, short films, films, commercials and TV programs, promotional and social networks about tourism and travel to reward excellence in tourism communication of cities, regions, countries and tourism and leisure companies.
PRESENTATION OF FESTIVAL
The International Imago Film Festival was born with the idea of promoting cinema, especially independent cinema, by encouraging research and experimentation with cinematographic language.
The idea of the festival was born from the meeting of IMAGO with the city of Civitella del Tronto, where the award-winning film "The right to happiness" by Claudio Rossi Massimi was made by IMAGO.
After the first two editions in the wonderful setting of Civitella del Tronto, the Festival has moved to the Municipality of Teramo with a broad cultural program, full of new features that go beyond national borders and that strengthens and highlights this fascinating bond.
The International Imago Film Festival will be all this and much more.
The Vichy International Film Festival is proud to present the first edition of "Un Brin de Court", a captivating festival of short films (between 1 and 3 minutes) which will take place on November 15 and 16, 2025 at the Backstep theater in Vichy.
2 categories proposed: "free theme" and "sharing"
Organized by the Vichy Audiovisual Club in partnership with the Planète Jeunes Reporters association and the Backstep theater, "Un Brin de Court" is intended to be the successor to the Vichy short film festival which ended in March 2016 after 7 years of existence.
The audience present and a jury of professionals will be asked to vote for their favorite films for each of the two categories in competition.
Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 7 p.m.:
Screening of the films selected on the free theme.
Sunday, November 16 at 3 p.m.:
Screening of the films selected on the theme of sharing.
#VIEWCONFERENCE is the premiere International event in Italy on Computer Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Digital Cinema, Animation, VR/AR, Games, VFX and immersive storytelling.
VIEW CONFERENCE è un evento internazionale a cadenza annuale incentrato sulla computer grafica, le tecniche interattive, il cinema digitale, l’animazione, i videogiochi, gli effetti visivi, Realta' Virtuale e aumentata e storytelling immersivo.
1) VIEW AWARD: First Prize is 2000 Euros
2) ITALIANMIX: First Prize is a Wacom Tablet
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The Esoteric International Film Festival collects the best esoteric films from around the world, which were created both by professionals and by enthusiasts, and helps to get them across to the Russian audience.
We admit only the esoteric films, both modern and historical ones. As well as those films, where esoteric world is an important part of the synopsis.
Esoteric International Film Festival invite filmmakers who make films and documentaries about ghosts and spirits, brownies and witches, fairies and sorcerers, exorcism and parapsychology, telekinesis and transmission of thoughts at a distance, prophetic dreams and premonitions, alchemy, amulets, amulets, non-traditional religious cults, voodoo religion, animism, shamanism, theosophy and anthroposophy, the hidden edges of reality and other dimensions; self-discovery, the search for the meaning of life, the search for yourself in this world and your mission, life after death, human energy, chakras, aura, meditation, yoga, retreats, spiritual practices, spiritual teachers and ashrams, reincarnation and the recollection of past lives, the power of thoughts and the work of the subconscious; alternative medicine and non-standard methods of treatment, the universal mind, the energies of the new time, high vibrations, etc.
All films must be in English (orRussian). Alternatively, have the English or Russian subtitles (with the exception of all films without words), regardless of the country of production.
All best films that were selected for the vscreening, will be shown on the big screen during the solemn final ceremony on February 07-08, 2026 in Moscow, Russia and will be able to struggle for the main prize and the title of the "Best Esoteric film". As well as for the oteric in the standalone nominations.
21th LesBiGayTrans Film Fest International in Paraguay
Aireana, a lesbian rights group, organizer of the 21th edition of the LesBiGayTrans International Film Festival of Asunción welcomes you.
Entries may be submitted until May 15, 2025.
The PiFF Pinerolo Film Festival is organized by the cultural association Wel Theater and Movie aps.
Born to enhance independent cinema with an eye on Piedmont (Italy) and to bring to the fore themes of great social and human impact, Themes that enhance the territory and themes dedicated to children, young people and adolescents. Promotes the dissemination of products of high artistic value, capable of contributing to cultural growth.
International and national short films will be selected, with a day dedicated to children/young people, a day dedicated to social themes , a day dedicated to short films made in Piedmont and a day dedicated to the authors FEDIC (Italian Federation Cineclub). The screenings will be held at the headquarters of the cultural association WEL Theater and Movie aps that organizes the festival and in a cinema of the city of Pinerolo. The festival ends with a final day of screenings at the cinema of the short finalists and the awarding of the winners of the four categories, which are precisely: children/ boys, social themes, Piedmont, FEDIC.
All in Pinerolo, a beautiful town at the foot of the Alps, in Piedmont (Italy).
Atlántida: Locación de Cine
Desde los años 40 se vienen filmando películas en Atlántida, producciones argentinas, norteamericanas y uruguayas han tenido como paisaje y protagonista distintos espacios de la ciudad.
Desde "La casta Susana", con Mirtha Legrand, hasta "Miami Vice", la playa y las construcciones costeñas han otorgado un set de rodaje realmente inspirador para realizadores y público. Sin duda la infraestructura y las bellezas de Atlántida permiten el feliz rodaje de films de las más variadas facturas.
Aquí verán fotos de algunos de los rodajes, seguramente faltan varios pero los podremos agregar si ustedes nos envían los registros.
Recientemente descubrimos a la gente de Uruguay desde lo alto quienes, como no podía ser de otra forma, han cubierto Atlántida desde el cielo.
The 1st Abreu e Lima Fantastic Cinema Exhibition takes place in four neighborhoods in the city of Abreu e Lima, in the metropolitan region of Recife, they are: Desterro, Planalto, Caetés I and Zona Rural Espaço 21. This is the first event of this nature in the city that has less than 100 thousand inhabitants according to 2022.
There will be two days of sessions in each neighborhood, and two sessions per day, the first being for children and young people, from 6pm to 7:30pm and the other from 8pm, designed for adults.
The exhibition focuses on the Fantastic genre, where a significant number of filmmakers/directors from Pernambuco debuted their careers in the seventh art. With this focus, the aim is to stimulate imagination and promote possible dreams in young people and adults in the city.
Exhibitions begin on the last weekend of June and continue for three more weekends in July.
An audience of between 200 and 300 people is expected per session day.
Avant-Garde Horror & Fantasy Film Festival (AGHFFF) is a bold new force in the global genre circuit, celebrating boundary-pushing horror and fantasy cinema in the breathtaking coastal town of Novigrad - Cittanova, Istria. From slasher to surrealist, folk horror to experimental and hybrid fantasy, AGHFFF showcases daring films that thrill, shock, and mesmerize the senses.
The 1st Edition (June 5th - 8th, 2025) will transform the stunning CMIK - CMC Novigrad - Cittanova cinema including its open-air venue into a pulsating genre film wonderland, complete with exclusive industry panels, a celebrity masterclass, and engaging filmmaker networking nights. Backed by renowned European genre film festivals, AGHFFF is on a mission to establish Istria and Croatia as a premier hub for the celebration and promotion of captivating genre filmmaking. More than just a festival, AGHFFF is a movement, bringing filmmakers, cinephiles, audiences and industry insiders together to freely connect and explore new horizons in genre storytelling—without red ropes. If your film dares to break boundaries, AGHFFF wants it!
Membrana is the Latin word for film, and we are incredibly excited to bring the Membrana Film Festival to you, and to dig deep into the roots of the magic that is filmmaking.
It will be held on August 3rd 2025 at the plush cinema at Ducie Street Warehouse in Manchester, England.
We are very ambitious, and our aim is to become a cornerstone of the local and global film festival calendar, bringing unique and original films to our audience.
The festival's organiser is a filmmaker, and understands the love, care, passion, dedication, and hard work that it takes to create your film, and to bring it to the big screen.
The festival will promote and celebrate the filmmaking process, and is looking for films that push boundaries, and that teach us about the world we live in.
We are looking for arthouse, independent films, we want to be surprised by your submissions, and we appreciate that we cannot build our festival without your films, and that we will set ourselves apart by the quality of films we receive and exhibit.
We welcome all genres, in any language, and enjoy to watch subtitled films that open us to new worlds, and take us to a land far far away.
We welcome shorts and features, across live action narrative, animation, and documentary, and we look forward to receiving and watching your films.
INSÓLITO Fantastic Film Festival is the most important consolidated event of genre cinema (horror, fantastic, science fiction, exploitation, trash and similar) in Peru and is currently in its eighth edition.
Since its creation, the Festival has sought to vindicate unconventional ways of making films, including national and international proposals in its exhibitions and competitions, disseminating the best films that have been made worldwide on this topic.
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The festival will take place the weeks from October 23 to November 2 in the city of Lima.
Dare to experience a very unusual future
The 35mm Film Festival was born in Milan from the desire to share the love of cinema and to give voice to talent. The main goal is to create an opportunity for artists and film enthusiasts to meet.
The first edition of the festival was held on 19 and 20 October 2024 at ‘Il Cinemino’ and ‘Area Zelig’. This will be possible thanks to the event, which will be held for two consecutive days: on the first day, there will be screenings of the projects selected to participate at the festival; on the second day, there will be TALKS with the directors in competition and the jury, and finally THE AWARD EVENING.
We accept short films from all over the world, fiction or documentary, of any genre and shot on all types of support, both digital and analog. The second edition of the 35mm Film Festival will be held in MILAN on September 27 and 28, 2025.
Tropheum Regale International Film Festival is an annual film festival and it gets its name from the city of Trofarello in which it is based. It is said that Trofarello in Celtic means “trophy”, probably in honour of a warrior of some success.
For many years now, we are in the film industry and understand the defies each filmmaker face when trying to realize their projects. The costs and efforts required can be prohibitive, so our festival aims to support independent filmmaking.
Each three months our jury of professionals will make a private viewing to decide the winners of each category. The judgment is based on the artistic merit, creative contribution and technical level of each entry. The results will be published on our website and on our social media profiles.
17th SiciliAmbiente Film Festival - July 14-19, 2025
The aim of SiciliAmbiente Film Festival is to promote independent and documentary cinema, encouraging creative exchange and networking among filmmakers.
The Festival is organized and sponsored by Demetra Produzioni SAS and the CANTIERE 7 Cultural Association, made possible by public and private partners and sponsors who share the ethical principles of the Festival.
ELIGIBLE THEMES
Films addressing the following themes may participate in the Festival:
Environment / Anthropology / Human Rights / Biodiversity / War / Integration / Civil Rights / Sustainable Development / The Relationship between Humans and the Environment
FESTIVAL SECTIONS
The Festival is divided into the following sections:
• Documentary Film Contest (minimum runtime: 31 minutes)
• Fiction Feature Film Contest (minimum runtime: 70 minutes)
• Short Film Contest for Fiction and Documentary Shorts (maximum runtime: 31 minutes)
• Animated Short Film Contest (maximum runtime: 31 minutes)
• Overview of documentaries, fiction films, short films, tributes, retrospectives, seminars, and panel discussions
The Selection Committee will evaluate films based on the quality of writing, imagery, and the use of a creative language that characterizes artistic documentary cinema.
In a historical moment in which the fear of different seems to prevail and the values of equality and social justice are neglected for the benefit of a widespread selfishness, it seems important to us to experiment new initiative to promote the positive values that the Associazione Orchestra Multietnica di Arezzo tried to convey in these years using the universal language of the music. Solidarity, hospitality, integration, civil commitment, those are the values we want to pass on through cinema and Audiovision’s language, in an active citizenship experience above all young people, to give our contribution to a wide cultural sensibility growth, with a view to a supportive, multicultural and cohesive society.
Officine social movie: 6nd cinema and Audiovision’s festival dedicated to social issues and civil commitment and to dissemination of content that promoted solidarity, hospitality, social inclusion, cultural diversity and rights values.
Officine social movie is born for an attempt to create new artistic context and new formulas to convey, through cinema and audiovision’s versatility, the idea of cultural and social commitment above expressed. An open festival to short films presented by young emergent and independent filmmakers and videomakers, a showcase dedicated to projection of titles (movie, docu-movie, animation…) on call through film distribution channels also alternative. Projections that will be enriched by guest’s presence (filmmakers, authors, screenwriters, actors) with whose the audience will have the opportunity to confront at the end of projection.
We want to report that Officine Social Movie is born with the intention to pose the same caution both on the final result, the festival that will take place at Arezzo from 3th to 8th june 2025, and on the project creation and implementation process. One of the targets is in fact the involvement of a group of young people who can share an active citizenship, giving space to their creativity.
To arrive to the festival made up by the step of design, analysis, planning and management, communication and critical vision of short films in the competition, will be part of the project itself, with the same importance of the festival days.
The group will be composed by some young people of the promoter association with around twenty people of the students from the Multimedia, cinema and graphic design sections of Liceo Artistico “Piero della Francesca di Arezzo” that, flanked by expert and operation, will draw the outlines of the festival, will draw up the national competition announcement, will be an integral part in the selection of short films in competition and will be part of the jury who will designate it the winners.
The students, in addition of being part of the group of the design team, will be involved in the creation of an own short film too, to be presented out of competition, as well as for the project and the festival’s video-photographic documentation.
The Officine Social Movie project has as leader the Association “Orchestra Multietnica di Arezzo” (OMA), in collaboration with Officine della Cultura, the Liceo Artistico Coreutico Scientifico Internazionale “Piero della Francesca”, annex to Convitto Nazionale “Vittorio Emanuele II” of Arezzo and Poti Pictures, with the support of Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze and Ottopermille chiesa Valdese, contribution Prodigio Divino and Associazione Autismo Arezzo. Media partner of the event Teletruria.
