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FIDBA International Documentary Film Festival

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In recent decades, and at one time to the emergence of new technologies that have ended up scanning most of the processes of the film, the documentary has known a notorious and systematic growth around the world. In our country, and for more than one decade, a production before linked almost exclusively to fiction has been swelling their ranks with new topics, new approaches, new geographies, new dilemmas.

It is in this context that FIDBA is proposed as the 1st. International Film Festival dedicated to this genre which films with the same fans - as long as we believe that the forms and the doings of the documentary film are different from those of the fiction - may meet and dialogue among them and with the public. If the documentary is a meeting point for the FIDBA, it is [...]



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Logo of CINHOMO - International LGBTIQ+ Film Festival
Published: 25 Feb 2021
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CINHOMO - International LGBTIQ+ Film Festival

Deadline: 19 Mar 2021

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The International Film and Sexual Diversity Festival CINHOMO accepts LGBTIAQ-themed films of all nationalities, which will be eligible in the various sections of the festival: Fiction Feature Films, Fiction Short Films, Documentary Feature Films and Documentary Short Films.

The works must not have been exhibited in commercial theaters, broadcast on TV or be available to the public on the Internet or any other platform in Spanish territory prior to the celebration of the festival and must be copyrighted after 01/01/2024. Feature films must be unpublished in the Community of Castilla y León; in the case of short films it will not be exclusive but it will be positively valued. The organization reserves the right to include in the out-of-competition program films that do not meet [...]

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Valladolid, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of UllNu - Festival Audiovisual d’Andorra
Published: 09 Feb 2021
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UllNu - Festival Audiovisual d’Andorra

Deadline: 11 Apr 2021

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Festival Ull Nu:

It is a space to encourage, spread and fertilize creativity, art, culture and young talent.

It is a meeting point, exchange and dialogue between young creators coming from all over the Pyrenees and professionals from the film and audiovisual industry.

It is an alternative, original and innovative leisure proposal that aims to promote and bring to Andorra new proposals and audiovisual trends.

It is a unique experience, a festival of cinema and audiovisual.

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Andorra la Vella, Andorra



 
 
 

 
Logo of MY FIRST FESTIVAL
Published: 27 Jan 2021
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MY FIRST FESTIVAL

Deadline: 28 Mar 2021

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2027 CALL FOR ENTRIES

My First Festival #12 - Solar Edition
A film festival to imagine sustainable futures from childhood

My First Festival (MPF) is the first international film, audiovisual, and new technologies festival for children and youth in Peru. We sow a love of cinema as a tool for social transformation through audiovisual and media literacy. Working with, by, and for children, as agents of change, allows us, through a coordinating role, to contribute to the development of society.

Our cross-cutting theme is part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), using a community-based approach to build a sustainable present and future with a positive social impact.

MPF invites you to participate in its 11th [...]

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Lima, Peru



 
 
 
 
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Published: 19 Jan 2021
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MEDITERRANEAN DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL IN TUNISIA

Deadline: 31 Mar 2021

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DOCUMED - MEDITERRANEAN DOCUMENTARY CINEMA FESTIVAL
IN TUNISIA
9th Edition - 2026

DocuMed – Mediterranean Documentary Cinema Festival in Tunisia, organized annually by the Tunisian Documentary Cinema Association, offers screenings of creative documentaries from countries around the Mediterranean. It aims to promote the influence and dissemination of documentary films in Tunisia and to promote exchanges between professionals, creators and the public in a spirit of openness to anthropological, cultural and social diversity.

DocuMed:
- Carries humanist values, based on openness to other cultures, freedom of creation and sharing.

- Demonstrates its belonging to the world, its openness to its Maghreb, Arab and Mediterranean [...]

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TUNIS , Tunisia



 

 
Logo of International Unseen Film Festival Social Films from Bilbao
Published: 12 Jan 2021
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International Unseen Film Festival Social Films from Bilbao

Deadline: 01 May 2021

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Kultura Communication Desarrollo-KCD NGOD (hereinafter the holder or KCD NGOD, indistinctly) registered in the General Register of Associations of the Basque Country with Tax ID G-95550943, and address at Beurko Viejo 3, Pabellón 38, Oficina 12, BarakaldoBizkaia (Vizcaya) 48902, Spain, will hold a festival dedicated to screening diverse and
socially-committed films, films that are usually excluded from conventional screens.

KCD NGOD, organisers of the 19th International Unseen Film Festival “Film Sozialak” of Bilbao (Basque Country) and commissioned to organise the International Unseen Film Festival “Film Sozialak” is a non-profit organization whose aim, among others, is to promote Human, Intercultural, Equitable and Sustainable Development through
Communication and Culture.

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Barakaldo, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of International Documentary Film Festival · PampaDocFest · Colonia Santa Teresa
Published: 07 Dec 2020
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International Documentary Film Festival · PampaDocFest · Colonia Santa Teresa

Deadline: 31 Jan 2021

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We are launching the call for entries for the 6th edition, taking place in Colonia Santa Teresa from April 8 to 11, 2027!

Workshops, seminars, a laboratory, synergies, and partnerships await at our International Meeting Point: even in a very tough year for film festivals in Argentina, PampaDocFest stands strong. We invite you to check out the rules and conditions for this new call for entries.

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Colonia Santa Teresa, Argentina



 
 
 

 
Logo of NIKON FILM FESTIVAL
Published: 25 Nov 2020
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NIKON FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline: 17 Feb 2021

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It's a free and open to all short film festival based in Paris (France). Concept is simple : submit 2min20 shortfilms about an imposed theme each year. For this 17th edition, it'll be "SURPRISE". To participate, you must register on our website www.festivalnikon.fr/en until January 15, 2027

IMPORTANT: PLEASE NOTE THAT FILMS OVER 2MIN20 WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED INTO THE COMPETITION AND WILL BE IMMEDIATELY EXCLUDED WITHOUT VIEWING.

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Paris, France



 
 
 
 
Logo of Prémios Quirino de Animação Iberoamericana
Published: 24 Nov 2020
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Prémios Quirino de Animação Iberoamericana

Deadline: 07 Jan 2021

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HIGHLIGHTED

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Os Prémios Quirino surgiram em 2018 para reconhecer o talento da animação ibero-americana e estabelecer ligações entre a indústria de ambos os lados do Atlântico.

Dez anos depois, são o principal ponto de encontro do setor.

O que começou por ser uma gala reúne hoje uma cerimónia de entrega de prémios, um Fórum Internacional de Coprodução e Negócios e programas que abordam o futuro da indústria.

Todos os anos, Tenerife recebe profissionais da América Latina, Espanha, Portugal e Andorra durante três dias de gala, negócios e trabalho coletivo.

Em dez anos, os Prémios Quirino receberam mais de 2 200 obras candidatas, agendaram mais de 8 700 reuniões B2B e entregaram 85 prémios em 10 categorias a criadores de 23 nacionalidades ibero-americanas.

Assim, os Prémios Quirino prestam [...]

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Tenerife, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 17 Nov 2020
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Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Jan 2021

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From April 21 to 25, 2027, the 56th edition of the Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival, one of Europe's largest festivals for up-and-coming filmmakers, will take place in Potsdam. It offers up-and-coming filmmakers from all over the world a platform to present their work to a wide audience and build contacts in the industry.

Started in the 1970s as a GDR film festival for young filmmakers, Sehsüchte has established itself over the decades as an internationally important film festival and has become an integral part of Berlin and Brandenburg's cultural landscape.

Sehsüchte sees itself as a place of encounter and creation, as an event of cultural diversity and a celebration of cinema, today and tomorrow. The organization and implementation of the festival is entirely [...]

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Potsdam, Germany



 
 
 
Logo of Свет миру (Light Of The World)
Published: 02 Nov 2020
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Свет миру (Light Of The World)

Deadline: 01 Mar 2021

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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.

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Rybinsk, Russia