Cambodia International Film Festival (15)



Deadlines

08 Apr 2025
Call for entries

20 Sep 2025
Early deadline

18 Oct 2025
Standard deadline

15 Nov 2025
Late deadline

18 Jan 2026
Extended deadline

4
mths

26 Jan 2026
Notification date

06 Mar 2026
14 Mar 2026

Address

#128 street 200, Daun Penh, Boeung Raing,  12211, Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia


Festival description
Short film festival
Feature film festival


Festival requirements
 Film festival
 Fiction
 Documentary
 Animation
 Fantastic
 Terror
 Experimental
 Music Video
 Other
 Any Genre
 Any Theme
 Has submission fees
 International Festival
 Physical Location
 January 2015
 Production countries: Any
 Shooting countries: Any
 Director nationalities: Any
 Debut Films 
 School projects 
 Short Films 
 Feature Films 
 AI Tools 
 Languages 
English
 Subtitles 
English
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English


Festival start: 06 March 2026      Festival end: 14 March 2026

The Cambodia International Film Festival (15th Edition in 2026) is the most significant and industry driven film event in the Kingdom of Cambodia and SE Asia. Every year, the CIFF features a diversified program and hosts filmmakers from Cambodia and abroad.

CIFF focuses on inspiring audiences to the diversity of films, promote innovative international film making including fiction and documentaries and presents recent quality productions made in and about Cambodia by national and international filmmakers.

Since 2015, CIFF introduced a special BEAUTIFUL PLANET program focused on environment, indigenous communities, sustainable development and biodiversity.

CIFF takes place in the best theaters of Phnom Penh (10 venues, 120+ screenings, 150+ films) and fully enforce copyright.

CIFF has been endorsed by acclaimed Patrons Rithy Panh, Angelina Jolie, Elodie Yung, Matt Dillon.

CIFF Talents Awards
CIFF Youth Audience Awards
BEAUTIFUL PLANET Awards

Accept entries for :

- Feature films (National & International)
- Documentaries (National & International)
- Short films (National & International)
- Animation

Special focuses on:

- Cambodia and Southeast Asia
- Environment/ Biodiversity / Indigenous
- Film for young audience and children
- Films focused on History
- Women / LGBTQI+
- Short animation

Screening formats accepted :

- HD files (Apple Pro Res 422, Mp4, Avi...) -> Preferred format
- DCP
- Blu-Ray







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