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Brussels Short Film Festival

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Brussels Short Film Festival is an exhibition intended for cinema lovers, both audience and professionals. The purpose is to promote and circulate short films and to generate contacts between audience, young directors and professionals.

Since 2018, the winner of the Great Prize of the International competition will be eligible for consideration in the Animated Short Film/ Live Action Short Film category of the Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules.



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Logo of XIII  International Festival of Short Films and Functional Diversity FicAndaina
Published: 09 Jan 2019
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XIII International Festival of Short Films and Functional Diversity FicAndaina

Deadline: 16 Mar 2019

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Festival of short films related to functional diversity or featuring people with disabilities.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation



Redondela, Spain



 
 
 
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Published: 07 Jan 2019
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LAN working class film festival

Deadline: 15 Apr 2019

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LAN Workers' Theme Film Festival is a platform that makes visible and values ​​audiovisual projects that reflect the feelings of the so-called working class, its identity traits, its aesthetics, its social and associative framework, its architecture, its capacity for struggle and adaptation and, above all, historical and collective memory.

IMPORTANT
For LAN 08 edition that will take place in June 2025 we will focus on the workers' struggle and the different conflicts generated in the defense of work in the face of the various situations that have caused the closure of numerous factories and industries.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Experimental



Bilbao, Spain



 
 

 
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Published: 02 Jan 2019
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TERCER TIEMPO - Festival Mundial De Cine Futbolero

Deadline: 01 May 2019

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The Futbolero World Film Festival seeks to promote football as a space for intercultural dialogue and heritage of humanity, through the meeting of different actors in this social phenomenon. It proposes as axes of work: Audiovisual Media, Conversations, Sports Practice, Literature and Diploma Training.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Bogotá, Colombia



 
 
 
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Published: 31 Dec 2018
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15° Cine Versátil- VIDEOARTES LGBT+

Deadline: 15 Apr 2019

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Diversity Short Film Festival- Argentina
LGBT VIDEO ART- Anniversary Edition- 15 years

2025

Edition 15

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The 15th edition will include a non-competitive exhibition dedicated to LGBT+ video art and parallel exhibitions of collaborating festivals.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Buenos Aires, Argentina



 
 
 

 
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Published: 27 Dec 2018
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Flame Firstcut 2025

Deadline: 10 Jan 2019

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Welcome to FirstCut, one of India’s premier international student film festivals, organized by FLAME University, Pune.
FirstCut provides a dynamic platform for young filmmakers across the globe, encouraging them to explore film as a medium of growth and change.

In 2024, FirstCut Take 10 received 565+ submissions from students representing 55+ countries.

At the final event, shortlisted films will be screened for a live audience and evaluated by a distinguished jury from the Indian film industry. The screenings will be followed by engaging panel discussions and talks with renowned film personalities.

We believe creative freedom is essential, which is why participants have complete freedom in choosing their themes and styles.

In addition to categories in fiction, animation, [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Pune, India



 
 
 
 
Logo of Filmserè - International Short Film Festival of La Florida
Published: 22 Dec 2018
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Filmserè - Festival Internacional de Curtmetratges de La Florida

Deadline: 08 Mar 2019

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At the end of May 2025, the Florida neighbourhood will host the 7th edition of the FILMSERÈ – International Short Film Festival of La Florida.

This project is conceived by students from the Cinema course at the Eduard Fontserè Institute in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, with guidance from teachers and professionals linked to the film industry, alongside collaboration from local residents, social entities, and associations, among others.

This is an event organised by local people for local people, with everyone from L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, and beyond invited to attend! It is an international festival featuring short films submitted from around the world, supported by the Les Planes-Blocs Florida Integrated Plan from the L'Hospitalet City Council.

Short films of all kinds are [...]

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L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain



 
 

 
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Published: 13 Nov 2018
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Sehsüchte Internationales Studierendenfilmfestival

Deadline: 07 Jan 2019

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The 54th edition of the Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival, one of the biggest film festivals for young filmmakers in Europe, will take place from 23rd April to 27th of April 2025 in Potsdam. It offers up-and-coming filmmakers from all over the world a platform to present their works to a broad audience and come into contact with the industry. Founded in the 1970s as a showcase for young filmmakers in the GDR, Sehsüchte has established itself over the decades as an internationally important festival and has become an integral part of the Berlin and Brandenburg cultural landscape.

Sehsüchte sees itself as a place of encounter and creativity, as an event of cultural diversity and a celebration of cinema, today as well as tomorrow. The festival is planned, organized [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Potsdam, Germany



 
 
 
 
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Published: 03 Nov 2018
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Festival Internacional De Cine De Terror De Valdivia

Deadline: 15 Mar 2019

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Section that has been several years and invites you to participate in a contest where you must terrorize the audience in just 2 minutes, has prizes in money to the first, second and third place, plus a recognition to the most popular audience, elected through popular vote among those who attend the night function. Jury made up of local and national filmmakers and festival personalities and the audiovisual media.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Valdivia, Chile



 
 
 

 
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Published: 23 Oct 2018
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Premios Quirino

Deadline: 08 Dec 2018

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Os Prêmios Quirino nascem da necessidade de reconhecer o talento na indústria da animação ibero-americana, criando laços e redes entre ambos os lados do oceano.

O evento reúne, portanto, a florescente indústria latino-americana, junto com a de Portugal, Andorra e Espanha, construindo uma verdadeira irmanação para o desenvolvimento conjunto do grande mercado que é a Ibero-América.

Além de reconhecer os melhores trabalhos de animação ibero-americana em nove categorias, os Prémios Quirino servem de marco para o Fórum de Coprodução e Negócios. Cem empresas de vinte países participam todos os anos em reuniões B2B.

Os prêmios foram nomeados em honra do criador do primeiro longa-metragem de animação da história. Em 1917, Quirino Cristiani dirigiu “El Apóstol” (O Apóstolo), uma [...]

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Tenerife, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 17 Oct 2018
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Très Court International Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Feb 2019

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You know it better than anyone: making a film of less than 4 minutes requires a lot of talent and creativity. That's why the Très Court has been honoring them for more than twenty years with its International Festival, which takes place simultaneously in June in about fifty places on the five continents. The screenings take place exclusively on the big screen, in theatres or outdoors, for an audience as faithful as it is fervent.

The Très Courts are divided into six selections, two of which are in Competition: International Competition, Women's Words Competition, French Selection, Family Selection, Documentary Selection, and the Laugh(before the end of the world) Selection.

Whether you are a novice or a professional, classic or avant-garde, as long as your film does not [...]

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Tours, France