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Published: 04 Feb 2023

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MIRADESFEST - International Social cinema and mental health festival

Deadline: 30 Jun 2023

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The Mirades Fest Social Film and Mental Health Festival is defined as a meeting space between cinema, social activism and critical thinking, which seeks to deepen knowledge of social rights and mental health.

Mirades Fest aims to delve into images and stories in which people with mental health problems are the true protagonists, spreading through the screens the situation of the most stigmatized and vulnerable groups.

Mirades Fest is an appointment both for film lovers, whether experts or fans, as well as for the general public, where the public and creators meet to enjoy a specially selected program with the aim of bringing them high-quality titles that are not commonly found in commercial circuits.

The programming of the Mostra is, moreover, specific to a social space, a [...]

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TORRENT, Spain

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Published: 03 Feb 2023

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ANDALESGAI: Andalusian gay, lesbian, bisexual and transexual Film Festival

Deadline: 20 Feb 2023

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Festival accepts movies of interest for gay, lesbian, bisexual, intersexual and transexual people. To participate in the competitive section (prizes), these films should have not been programmed on TV, screened in comercial venues or another spanish festival excluding the organized by Fundacion Triangulo. In any case, copyleft or copyright should be later than 2022.

Fiction Documentary Animation Fantastic

Sevilla, Spain

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Published: 26 Jan 2023

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The Arctic International Film Festival ’Golden Raven’

Deadline: 28 Feb 2023

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The Arctic International Film Festival "Golden Raven" is being held annually on the territory of the Chukotka Autonomous Region and is the professional competitive screening of cinematic works from around the world. The dates of the festival are agreed annually.

The 9th Arctic International Film Festival "Golden Raven" will take place from April 07 to April 20,2025.

The festival sets its goals and objectives as following:

• search and promotion of the best modern films related to the Arctic and reflecting various aspects of life in this region;

• attracting the attention of the public and professional community to the topics relevant to the Arctic including ecology, interethnic relations, the continuity of generations, the preservation of traditions and culture, etc.;

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Fiction Documentary Animation Fantastic

Anadyr, Russia

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Published: 12 Jan 2023

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Lugo Film Week

Deadline: 10 May 2023

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47th Lugo Film Week (Spain). Celebrated from September 22 to 27, 2025 (SECILUGO 47).

Fiction Documentary Animation Fantastic Terror

Lugo, Spain

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Published: 11 Jan 2023

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Vegan Çîftlîk Short Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Mar 2023

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Vegan Çiftlik
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İzmir / Türkiye

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Izmir, Turkey

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Published: 06 Jan 2023

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Chennai World Cinema Festival -2025

Deadline: 15 Sep 2023

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Welcome to the CHENNAI WORLD CINEMA FESTIVAL-2025!

Chennai World Cinema Festival successfully held its inaugural event on September 19th-25th, 2025.

700 seater Sri Devi Karumari Theater.
A widescreen is like an IMAX theatre.
The theatre has a 4K projection and Dolby Atmos sound system.

Three days,
18 screenings,
27 Short Films & Feature Films,
All visitors were admitted free of charge.

The 1st Chennai World Cinema Festival was held from October 4 to 10, 2024.

200 seater Prasad Preview Theater.

The theatre has a 4K projection and Dolby Atmos sound system.

3300 submissions from 114 countries.

6000 visitors.

Seven-day screening.

Eight venues.

38 Short Films and Movies.

Ambassador of Venezuela's two-day participation.

Direct participation of 42 foreign and domestic [...]

Fiction Documentary Animation Fantastic Terror Other Experimental

Chennai, India

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Published: 07 Dec 2022

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Festibaldo, Festival de curtmetratges del barri de Sant Roc

Deadline: 15 Jan 2023

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The FestiBaldo was born with great enthusiasm and also a lot of effort, in the Sant Roc neighborhood (Badalona), in 2022. It is a festival organized by the 4th year ESO students of the Institut Escola Baldomer Solà.

Given that we, the 4th year ESO students, are at the end of the road at this educational stage, we are faced with concerns, fears and many doubts about the future, so we would like to see the representation of adolescents who are in the same situation as us.

Fiction Documentary Animation Fantastic Terror Other Experimental

Badalona, Spain

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Published: 02 Dec 2022

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Muestra De Cine Documental Musical De Gijón

Deadline: 01 Jul 2023

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THE GIJÓN 2025 FESTIVAL

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Gijón, Spain

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Published: 26 Nov 2022

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FICARQ - Festival Internacional De Cine Y Arquitectura de España

Deadline: 30 Nov 2022

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FICARQ is the International Film & Architecture Festival of Spain to screen both documentary and fiction films where architecture plays the main role.

This year, following the success of previous editions (in Avilés and Oviedo, Asturias, Santander, Madrid and Barcelona).

The official competitive sections are ARTE EN EL SÉPTIMO ARTE (fiction films) and ARQUITECTURAS FILMADAS (documentaries).

In this new edition of FICARQ, in addition to being a bridge between the cinematographic and architectural arts, we want to be a bridge between generations and for this reason we dedicate a special mention to those proposals that come to the festival made by people who are younger that twenty-five y.o. and over fifty y.o.

With this, we intend to encourage the participation of citizens, [...]

Fiction Documentary Animation Fantastic Terror Other Experimental Music Video

MADRID, Spain

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Published: 24 Nov 2022

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Festival Internacional De Films de Futur Font D’en Fargues

Deadline: 23 Jan 2023

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F5 is an international short film festival organized by FFCINEMA in Barcelona in which filmmakers of any nationality can participate. The projections and the awards ceremony will take place on March 29, 2025 at the Casal de la Font d'en Fargues.

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Barcelona, Spain

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TORRENT, Spain

ANDALESGAI: Andalusian gay, lesbian, bisexual and transexual Film Festival

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Sevilla, Spain

The Arctic International Film Festival ’Golden Raven’

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Anadyr, Russia

Lugo Film Week

Deadline: 10 May 2023

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Lugo, Spain

Vegan Çîftlîk Short Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Mar 2023

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Izmir, Turkey

Chennai World Cinema Festival -2025

Deadline: 15 Sep 2023

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Chennai, India

Festibaldo, Festival de curtmetratges del barri de Sant Roc

Deadline: 15 Jan 2023

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Badalona, Spain

Muestra De Cine Documental Musical De Gijón

Deadline: 01 Jul 2023

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Gijón, Spain

FICARQ - Festival Internacional De Cine Y Arquitectura de España

Deadline: 30 Nov 2022

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MADRID, Spain

Festival Internacional De Films de Futur Font D’en Fargues

Deadline: 23 Jan 2023

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Barcelona, Spain

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