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Screamfest® Horror Film Festival

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Calling all independent filmmakers! Screamfest® Film Festival is back for its 25th annual 10-day event, showcasing the best in horror cinema from around the world. Held this October at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Los Angeles, our festival is a must-attend event for horror fans and industry professionals alike.

Don't just take our word for it - some of the biggest horror publications have dubbed us the 'Sundance of Horror.' Our festival has also been featured in 2024 New York Times at Top 5 Halloween Festivals Worth Traveling For. Moviemaker Magazine's lists of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee for 2023, 50 Best Genre Fests in the World 2021, 25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee & 13 Film Festivals to Die For, and 30 Bloody Best Genre Fests in the World 2019.

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Logo of Maratón de Cine Fantástico y de Terror de Sants (Barcelona)
Published: 01 May 2025
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Maratón de Cine Fantástico y de Terror de Sants (Barcelona)

Deadline: 05 Sep 2025

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Fantasy and Horror Film Festival.

 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Experimental



Barcelona, Spain



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Published: 30 Apr 2025
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Boden Film Week

Deadline: 12 Sep 2025

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Boden Film Week(BFW) is an indie film festival for indie filmmakers without any limitations or boundaries. We, the festival's team, believe that it is an incredible opportunity for filmmakers from all over the world to showcase their work and gain recognition from our audience.

BFW is dedicated to promoting the art of filmmaking and giving filmmakers a venue to present their work.

It's an excellent opportunity for filmmakers to obtain exposure and acknowledgement for their efforts and talent. The submission categories are extensive, covering feature and short films in a variety of genres such as documentaries, animation, comedy, drama, experimental, etc.

To choose the finest films in each category, the judging panel will thoroughly study and evaluate each submission. So, [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Boden, Sweden



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Published: 30 Apr 2025
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Garden in Movies/ShortFilmFest

Deadline: 15 May 2025

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The Garden-in-Movies Film Festival, founded in 2017 as part of the Radicepura Garden Festival, a biennial event dedicated to Mediterranean landscape design, has reached its fourth edition and will take place on August 1-3, 2025, at the Radicepura Botanical Park in Giarre (Catania, Italy).

At the heart of the festival is the intersection between gardens and cinematic storytelling, explored from a broad perspective that embraces fundamental cultural, political, social, and artistic values. The themes go beyond nature and landscape to include ecology, sustainability, education, culture, human rights, social engagement, and environmental awareness.

The Garden-in-Movies/ShortFilmFest International Short Film Competition is open to all works that, through cinematic language, [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Giarre, Italy



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Logo of International Short Film Festival Vitafest 2025
Published: 29 Apr 2025
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Festival Internacional De Cortometrajes Vitafest 2025

Deadline: 23 Jun 2025

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International Festival

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VITAFEST, Vitacura International Short Film Festival is a festival dedicated to national and international short films and a meeting point for diverse agents of the Chilean audiovisual industry.

Now in its sixth edition, VITAFEST has established itself as one of the main platforms for the short film format in Latin America, a meeting point for the various agents of the local audiovisual industry and an official showcase for the new local talented filmmakers.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Santiago, Chile



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Logo of FENACIES Student Film Festival
Published: 27 Apr 2025
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Festival de Cine Estudiantil FENACIES

Deadline: 10 Jun 2025

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The fifteenth edition of the Student Film Festival FENACIES Uruguay opened its inscriptions on April 1st, and will remain open until June 10th. As every year, all the students from all over the world (from Primary to University) can register their short films totally free, which will be displayed in Montevideo from September 8th to 14th.

FENACIES is an organization founded in 2011 that started with the aim of creating a cinema festival specifically to youth, where competition would be fair and creativity and effort of these would be valued.

At first, the festival was avowed of cultural interest by the Ministry of Education and Culture, educational interest by the Primary Education Council, and tourist interest by the Ministry of Tourism and Sport. Furthermore, in 2015 UNESCO [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Montevideo, Uruguay



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Published: 27 Apr 2025
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Urganda Festival

Deadline: 10 Jun 2025

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Urganda Festival invites Mexican and international producers and filmmakers to submit their short and feature films to the 3rd edition of the Festival, which will also feature live music and presentations, taking place from July 5th to 6th, 2025.

This edition will feature a competition section, where films will be in competition. It will also feature an exhibition section, focused on promoting and showcasing both international and national projects that are less well-known.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Zamora, Mexico



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Published: 26 Apr 2025
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Festival Internacional de Cinema Infantil de Ames

Deadline: 04 Aug 2025

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The Ames International Children's Film Festival is back, an event that wants to make children dream, think, smile, and awaken emotions, consciences, and illusions. It will be held from November 13 to 16, 2025.

This year's edition will take HUMAN RIGHTS as a cross-cutting theme. The title of this year's edition will be “Let's defend peace and human rights”, with special emphasis on the importance of the UN Declaration of Human Rights and its dissemination in the seventh art. This theme will be punctuated with film exhibitions of pieces that deepen and disseminate this defense of human values and social awareness.

Let the rattles ring and the spinning tops spin, the VIII International Children's Film Festival of Ames begins.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Ames, Spain



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Published: 26 Apr 2025
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Noctambulante Convocatoria oficial de Cine De Horror Y Fantasía

Deadline: 14 Aug 2025

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OFFICIAL CALL FOR ENTRIES – NOCTAMBULANTE 2025

Noctambulante is a horror and fantasy film showcase with 16 years of experience in Mexico City. What began as a film club has become a landmark event for fans of fantastic cinema, building a passionate community and promoting a love for the genre through all-night screenings in diverse venues across the city.

Over the years, Noctambulante has taken cinema beyond traditional theaters, creating immersive experiences in unique settings — from parks and plazas to historical sites and open-air locations. Its mission is to bring horror and fantasy films to new audiences, providing a platform for the exhibition of national and international productions that rarely find space in commercial theaters.

Beyond exhibition, Noctambulante is [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



México, Mexico



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Logo of WORK IN PROGRESS - HUESCA INTERNACIONAL FILM FESTIVAL HUESCA
Published: 25 Apr 2025
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Work In Progress - Festival Internacional De Cine De Huesca

Deadline: 12 May 2025

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El Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca (HIFF) lanza la primera edición de su convocatoria Work in Progress HIFF, un espacio de impulso, visibilidad y acompañamiento para cortometrajes iberoamericanos en fase avanzada de postproducción.

El objetivo de esta convocatoria es brindar apoyo creativo e industrial a proyectos de cortometraje que se encuentren en etapa de montaje o finalización.

El plazo de presentación finaliza el 12 de mayo de 2025.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Huesca, Spain



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Logo of The 8th Jeonju International Short Film Festival
Published: 25 Apr 2025
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제8회 전주국제단편영화제

Deadline: 13 Jun 2025

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Regulations for Submission to the Competition Section of the 8th Jeonju International Short Film Festival

The Jeonju International Short Film Festival is an annual event hosted by CineSoop, a non-profit organization under the Cultural Contents Research Institute.

The 8th Jeonju International Short Film Festival will be organized by the Festival Executive Committee.

The festival aims to contribute to the diversity of film and culture by introducing outstanding short films from Korea and around the world to audiences.

The 8th edition of the Jeonju International Short Film Festival will be held in Jeonju from September 25 to September 29, 2025.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Korean Jeonju, South Korea



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