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Message To Man

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The 36th Message to Man International Festival of documentary, short fiction, animated, and experimental films will take place from 16 to 24 October 2026 in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Over the years, the Festival has hosted distinguished figures of world cinema, including Werner Herzog, Ulrich Seidl, Claude Lanzmann, Isabelle Huppert, Fanny Ardant, Agnès Varda, Mira Nair, Paolo Sorrentino, Alan Berliner, Eric Roberts, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Abdellatif Kechiche, Udo Kier, and many others.

With its history spanning three decades of cinema development, Message to Man was founded in 1989 in Leningrad by filmmaker Mikhail Litvyakov, who now serves as the Honorary President of the Festival.

In 2010, Alexei Uchitel, a renowned director of documentaries and feature films, assumed the role [...]



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Logo of III Majadahonda International Social Film Festival (MISFE’26)
Published: 02 Mar 2024
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III Majadahonda International Social Film Festival (MISFE’26)

Deadline: 31 Jul 2024

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After the success of the first two editions, we are organizing the Third Edition of the Majadahonda International Social Film Festival (MISFE’26). We are driven by the belief that cinema is a tool for social transformation and that, by promoting the dissemination of critical and high-quality filmmaking, we can educate and raise awareness within the community about important social issues.

MISFE’26 is beginning to establish itself as a showcase for filmmaking talent that addresses and highlights socially relevant topics, as we believe films can serve as educational tools and catalysts for dialogue on meaningful issues.

We aim to contribute to the development of Majadahonda and enrich its cultural offerings, as the diversity of films presented at the festival enhances the [...]

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Majadahonda, Spain



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Logo of BaAR | Festival De Cine Argentino De Barcelona
Published: 02 Mar 2024
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BaAR | Festival De Cine Argentino De Barcelona

Deadline: 30 Jun 2024

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The Festival is being held for the third time in Barcelona, preserving the essence of this unique cinematic experience. The aim of the Festival is to present Spanish and international audiences with a selection of Argentine short and feature films, in an effort to highlight contemporary artistic trends and the talented Argentine filmmakers, featuring films produced from January 2025 to the present day. This edition of the Festival seeks to build cultural bridges between Argentina and Spain through the seventh art. We believe the festival will be an effective means of fostering mutual understanding and strengthening the ties between both nations.

Likewise, we hope this event will provide an opportunity for the Argentine community in Barcelona to strengthen its cultural bonds, [...]

 Fiction  Documentary



BARCELONA, Spain



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Published: 01 Mar 2024
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Chhayanat Film and Theatre Festival

Deadline: 12 Mar 2024

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Founded within the cultural heartbeat of Jadavpur University, Chhayanat has evolved into India’s largest student-run film and theatre festival — a platform where art and rebellion, screen and
stage, intellect and emotion converge.

Over the years, it has hosted National Award–winning filmmakers, international screenings, industry panels, and global student collaborations — from France to South Korea, Brazil to Spain —
making it a truly cross-continental dialogue on storytelling and truth.

At its core, Chhayanat stands for freedom of expression and the power of collective imagination. It celebrates the voices that resist convention, amplify diversity, and reflect the changing faces of our society. Each frame, each performance, each conversation here becomes part of a larger [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Experimental



Kolkata, India



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Published: 28 Feb 2024
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Certamen Cinematográfico Amigos De Ribadesella

Deadline: 25 Sep 2024

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The festival aims to promote cinematographic culture through short films.

The Friends of Ribadesella Cultural Association was born in 1986, with the vocation of disseminating culture among the citizens of Ribadesella and its council, its statutory objectives being very broad (giving conferences, organizing exhibitions, publishing books, protecting cultural and historical heritage , artistic, ethnographic, natural or scientific of the town; also activities of a sporting or social nature) currently having about a thousand members, who support our cultural trajectory.

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Ribadesella, Spain



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Logo of Luna de Cortos International Short Film Festival
Published: 27 Feb 2024
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Luna de Cortos Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes

Deadline: 26 Apr 2024

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THE FESTIVAL: MOVEMENT OF CULTURE

The Festival was born with a very specific mission: it aims to stimulate public attention towards an open and wide representative space, such as the rural environment, makes its outdoor projections, open to all, the best exponent. Youth and adults, generations separated by years and experiences, gather around a screen, which is the focus of the light of a past and a future: culture is timeless, culture unites, and film language will be the link common to temper emotions and feelings, to treasure memories, to provoke lively gatherings.

In this way, all attendees of the event can enjoy a heterogeneous and dynamic speech. Through this cultural impulse, the different currents of creativity allow viewers to move and explore new and old codes in a [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Veguellina de Órbigo, Spain



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Logo of Diverso Cinema International Film Fest LGBTQI+ Of Colombia 2024
Published: 21 Feb 2024
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Diverso Cinema Festival Internacional De Cine Lgbtqi+ De Colombia 2026

Deadline: 15 Oct 2024

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DIVERSE CINEMA

International LGBT Film Festival of Colombia

We touch the fibers of the human being through the projection and circulation of inclusive and friendly cinema with the community; recognizing and rewarding the new acting talents of the continent and generating value to diverse communities and the Seventh Art, to change the stereotypes of Colombian society.


With our “OWN BRAND” Diverso Cinema we promote Latin American and world cinema through films, documentaries, short films and feature films that tell stories of the lives of diverse communities.

We have opened inclusive spaces such as: (Universities, Theaters, Restaurants and Bars) for the projection of films that leave an education in the spectators, encouraging a two-way economic interaction that benefits [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Bogota, Colombia



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Logo of Flamenco Film Festival Granada
Published: 21 Feb 2024
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Festival Cine Flamenco Granada

Deadline: 31 May 2024

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Promoted and organized by the Peña Flamenca "La Platería", this film contest aims to highlight the different perspectives with which flamenco is contemplated and lived in the world, as well as the various forms that the genre adopts and how this influences, not only in the way many people feel the music, but also in the way they feel the music. but also in how feelings are perceived through it in its aspects and fusions. This initiative aims to promote audiovisual production in the field of flamenco, encourage production, artistic creation and the promotion of Flamenco Art through audiovisual proposals in different formats, such as documentaries and fiction.

We encourage the participation of both Spanish and foreign filmmakers and we especially encourage the presence of [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Granada, Spain



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Logo of Seize the Film- FILMS ABOUT DISABILITY
Published: 21 Feb 2024
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Uhvati Film /// Seize the Film- FILMS ABOUT DISABILITY

Deadline: 10 Apr 2024

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The “Uhvati film” (Seize the Film) Festival takes place in Novi Sad (Serbia), Rijeka (Croatia) and Kotor (Montenegro).

Through a thematically and artistically distinctive film selection, the festival aims to promote the potential of persons with disabilities, raise public awareness about the challenges they face (with special attention to multiply marginalized groups), and contribute to the advancement of disability rights.

Films selected for the Novi Sad program will enter consideration for screenings in Rijeka and Kotor, as well as for post-production programs (in all countries).

The festival organizers (KAO Parnas – Serbia, Spirit Association – Croatia, NGO Art 365 – Montenegro) will personally contact the authors of the selected films.

Some films may not be included in [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Novi Sad, Serbia



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Logo of COLONYA PALMA MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL
Published: 19 Feb 2024
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Mostra de Cinema de Muntanya de Palma

Deadline: 31 May 2024

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The Mountain Film Festival of Palma (Mallorca) opens the 2026 call for the competitive section of short films, which aims to promote and promote short films about mountains (alpinism, expeditions, climbing, speleology,...), nature and ethnography associated with mountains.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Palma, Spain



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Logo of 26th Bidasoa International Archaeological Film Festival
Published: 17 Feb 2024
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Xxvi Festival Internacional De Cine Arqueológico Del Bidasoa

Deadline: 15 Jul 2024

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The Oiasso Roman Museum and the City Council of Irun organize the International Archaeological Film Festival of the Bidasoa.

The aim of the Festival is to present archaeology to the general public, through the diffusion of audio-visual material resulted from the work made by archaeologists, assuring the promotion and the spreading of these films.

The Festival is being celebrated since the year 2001 and from the year 2004 it has four prizes: the Grand Prize of the Festival, the Special Audience Prize, the Educational Values Prize and Arkeolan Prize for Contribution to Science. Since 2006, it’s inside Fedarcine, the European network of Archaeological Film Festivals.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Irun, Spain



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