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Santander International Independent Film Festival (2026) - SANFICI

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SANFICI is a space to generate meetings at different levels, with an overcoming and innovative will. First of all, it is a space for the relationship between spectators, filmmakers and theorists around cinema and all border and heterodox manifestations. Secondly, it is a special and temporary meeting point.

SANFICI wants to become, year after year, the place of convergence for world independent cinema. But it also wants to be the space where the past and the future dialogue. The place where the most diverse film traditions are embraced with their riskiest proposals.



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Published: 02 Oct 2025
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L’Horror Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Feb 2026

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International Festival

Short film festival

The International Film Festival with a Gender Perspective in Hospitalet was born in 2025 with the support of L’Ajuntament de L’Hospitalet, Torre Barrina, Final Girls Berlin Film Festival i Dones Visuals with the aim of visualizing the gender perspective through horror cinema. Promoting values through leisure. Providing windows, visions different from the hegemonic ones. Generating new perspectives. Offering opportunities and a space of representation.

The best audiovisual tool: horror.

Genre cinema is more trendier than ever, with a boom and an increase in the prestige of authors who speak from a diversity perspective. An opportunity to provide new perspectives for all types of audiences.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Terror  Experimental  Music Video



L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain



 
 
 
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Published: 02 Oct 2025
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Pasturas, Festival Internacional de Cine de Trashumancia y Pastoralismo

Deadline: 18 Mar 2026

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PASTURAS. International Film Festival on Pastoralism and Transhumance. PASTURAS aims at raising awareness on the ancestral culture of transhumance through cinema, showcasing fiction and non-fiction films with a focus on this issue, facilitating communication between filmmakers and the audience, and providing learning opportunities to contribute to the development of this culture and the promotion of all audiovisual work around the issue.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Terror  Experimental  Music Video



Godoy Cruz, Argentina



 

 
Logo of Filmserè - International Short Film Festival of La Florida
Published: 02 Oct 2025
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Filmserè - International Short Film Festival of La Florida

Deadline: 16 Nov 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

At the beginning of June 2026, the neighborhood of La Florida will host the 8th edition of FILMSERÈ – International Short Film Festival of La Florida. This project is conceived by the students of the Cinema course at the Institut Eduard Fontserè, in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, with the guidance of teachers and professionals connected to the world of cinema and with the collaboration of local residents, social entities and associations, among others.

This is an event organized by people from the neighborhood for people from the neighborhood, where the rest of the community from L'Hospitalet, Barcelona and beyond are also invited! It is an international festival, featuring short films received from all over the world, supported by the Integral Plan Les Planes-Blocs Florida of the [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain



 
 
 
Logo of Свет миру (Light Of The World)
Published: 02 Oct 2025
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Свет миру (Light Of The World)

Deadline: 31 Mar 2026

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International Festival

Short film festival

The International Youth Film Festival “Light to the World”, founded by the Rybinsk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, began its history in 2011. Since 2025, it has been held with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.

Today, in terms of its geography and the number of participants, “Light to the World” is one of the largest youth film festivals in Russia.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Rybinsk, Russia



 

 
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Published: 02 Oct 2025
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ARUCAD Cinematic Seeds Festival

Deadline: 31 Dec 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

We welcome short films in the following student-created categories:

- First Steps (First-Year Films)
Introductory works by students at the beginning of their filmmaking journey.

- Experimental Films
Non-linear, conceptual, or visually innovative projects that challenge traditional norms.

- Documentary
Real-world stories, social issues, personal explorations.

- Short Fiction Films
Narrative works from all genres (max 15 minutes).

- Hybrid Narratives & Visual Essays
Multimedia or mixed-format storytelling (e.g., video essays, photo romans, visual poems).

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



kyrenia, Cyprus



 
 
 
 
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Published: 02 Oct 2025
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Happy Valley Animation Festival

Deadline: 01 Dec 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

The Happy Valley Animation Festival takes place in State College, PA (Happy Valley) and is an open international animation competition that seeks to showcase animated works in a range of categories. HVAF is screened and exhibited locally and throughout the Pennsylvania State University (University Park) as well as online. We encourage submissions by students, early career, and practicing professional artists, designers, and filmmakers in any of the three categories that include: Animated Short Films, Experimental Animation, and Animated Motion Graphics & Design.

HVAF is a collaboration between organizers and volunteers and is sponsored by the Digital Arts & Media Design (DART) Program and the School of Visual Arts at Penn State, and the Animation Club at Penn State.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



University Park, United States



 
 

 
Logo of International Documentary Film Festival · PampaDocFest · Colonia Santa Teresa
Published: 02 Oct 2025
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V Festival Internacional De Cine Documental · PampaDocfest

Deadline: 31 Dec 2025

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Produced by the Municipality of Colonia Santa Teresa and the narrative journalism platform Angular; declared of Legislative Interest and Cultural Interest by the government of the Province of La Pampa, the V International Documentary Film Festival "PampaDocFest" will be held in person in the town from April 9-12, 2026.
This festival aims to stimulate and facilitate meetings between national and international film makers and to present non-fiction films. It also seeks to foster encounters between filmmakers, technicians, and those interested in this genre, creating a space for exchange and dialogue. It aims to provide a training space to contribute to the development of culture and the dissemination of documentary filmmaking, promoting a critical and reflective view of reality. [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Colonia Santa Teresa, Argentina



 
 
 
 
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Published: 01 Oct 2025
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Screamiverse Expo

Deadline: 01 Jan 2026

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International Festival

Short film festival

Screamiverse Expo is a horror, sci-fi, and art convention taking place in Roanoke, VA on Saturday April 26th and Sunday April 27th. We have over 100 vendors, special guests, tattoos and piercing, and panels. As part of our programming, we have created a screening room to include films from creators wanting to showcase and share their work to our dedicated audience!

If you want to attend the event and promote your project, we still have vendor space available. Go to https://www.screamiverse.com/vendors for details and pricing. You do not have to be present to have your project showcased.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Roanoke, United States



 
 

 
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Published: 01 Oct 2025
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Gouel Hir Filmoù Berr

Deadline: 15 Nov 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

Festival of short films in Brittany or Celtic languages.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Lannion , France



 
 
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Published: 01 Oct 2025
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Международный фестиваль фильмов для детей и юношества `Герой´

Deadline: 30 Nov 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

International Film Festival “Hero” was initially designed by its organizers as a forum to think over and discuss the topic of spiritual and moral compass, which is one of the critical ones in bringing up the modern generation. All events of the Festival raise the issues of patriotism, traditional values, and the films are selected on the basis of diversity of genres and cultures to represent a hero in all the spheres and genres, including feature, animation, documentary films, as well as a hero in the social sphere.

The competition and non-competition program of for IV International Film Festival for Children and Youth "Hero" will comprise professional works by cinematographers, including full-length and short feature and animation films and documentaries.

During the [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Krasnoyarsk, Russia