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Alexandria Short Film Festival

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Alexandria short film festival ( Egypt ) was founded by Alexandria Art Circle Association in order to give a chance for filmmakers to present their work to the public and this in the heart of Alexandria to be a lighthouse of cinema in the world.

The festival is held annually and its first edition was in 2015.

The festival aims to provide a suitable atmosphere to exchange experiences between filmmakers from all over the world and give opportunities for short filmmakers to present their films whether narrative, documentary, or animation in front of the audience, with the aim of conducting fruitful discussions between the filmmaker and the audience and providing a safe platform for [...]



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Published: 02 Jul 2025
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Short Film Contest Navarra, Land of Cinema

Deadline: 10 Aug 2025

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We invite you to participate in the 13th Navarra, Land of Cinema Short Film Contest — the festival that challenges your creativity in our natural filming locations.

Your originality could win one of six awards, along with accommodation, filming insurance, production support, distribution opportunities, and more...

What are you waiting for to put yourself to the test? Send us your script by August 10th and become one of the 10 finalist teams selected for the filming phase.

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Published: 02 Jul 2025
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Bugarte Film and Visual Arts Festival

Deadline: 30 Jul 2025

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Born in 2009 in order to highlight and encourage artistic expression, film and cultural identity of the region. Promoting the permanence of cultures and strengthening the cultural policies of the city as a mechanism for citizen and community participation; thus supporting the development, exhibition and dissemination of film and the visual arts in the city of Guadalajara de Buga and Valle del Cauca; proposing dialogue between the various expressions of art today and their participation mechanisms mainly in the youth population. This festival seeks to create spaces for discussion, artistic and audiovisual creation in a participatory manner.

The festival became the first event of its kind in this area, for display, training, capacity building and collective on the subject of [...]

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Guadalajara de Buga, Colombia



 
 
 

 
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Published: 02 Jul 2025
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3 Margens Festival Latino-Americano de Cinema 2025

Deadline: 20 Aug 2025

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The 3 Margens Latin American Film Festival is a film screening and training event that has been taking place since 2017 in the city of Foz do Iguaçu, in the state of Paraná.

Its uniqueness lies in the fact that it extends its activities to two neighboring countries, Puerto Iguazú and Ciudad del Este, Argentina and Paraguay, respectively.

The Festival promotes competitive screenings of short films and also screens invited feature films. All screenings focus on Latin American and Caribbean productions.

The event also features a Screenwriting Lab and the 3 Fronteiras Market meeting, focused on the audiovisual industry of the Triple Frontier.

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Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil



 
 
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Published: 02 Jul 2025
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Co-cine CINE&GASTRONOMÍA

Deadline: 15 Aug 2025

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COCINE is a film show dedicated to exploring and celebrating the richness of gastronomy and food culture through audiovisual art. This event seeks to highlight the deep connection between food and culture, offering a window into the stories behind each dish, recipe and culinary tradition.

From innovation in the kitchen to the preservation of traditional food practices, COCINE is a space where filmmakers, chefs, farmers and food lovers can converge and share their passion for gastronomy. Here, we explore how planting clean and sustainable products can strengthen the traditional cuisines of towns and communities, and how gastronomic culture evolves and adapts in a constantly changing world.

COCINE is an event of the Corporación Gastronómica de Popayán in alliance with the [...]

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Popayán, Colombia



 
 

 
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Published: 02 Jul 2025
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Festival Atmospheres

Deadline: 31 Aug 2025

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Contest is open to everyone !

Topic of the contest is "The Dream life".

You can submit your any type of film up to 15 minutes max.

Festival Atmospheres uses all kinds of art forms in order to arouse afterthought and commitment to an accessible and constructive sustainable development.

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Courbevoie, France



 
 
 
 
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Published: 02 Jul 2025
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FIMMER

Deadline: 15 Sep 2025

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With the aim to encourage the creation of meeting spaces for the world of medium-length films, as well as fostering interest in cinematographic creation, the Manzanares El Real City Council's Department of Culture organizes the fourth edition of the International Festival of Medium-Length Films of Manzanares El Real called FIMMER.

All those films with a duration between 30 and 60 minutes produced after January 1, 2024 may be submitted to the contest. And each author or producer may submit up to a maximum of two works.

Entries can be submitted online, through the festhome.com platform or by email to fimmerfestival@gmail.com, where the documentation required in the bases must be included, and where the technical characteristics of the files to send.

The deadline for receiving [...]

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Manzanares el Real, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 02 Jul 2025
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Cikoza Film Festival

Deadline: 30 Sep 2025

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The Cikoza Film Festival is a platform that celebrates and honors outstanding achievements in the realm of filmmaking. Our event is dedicated to fostering connections between industry professionals, emerging talents and students who share a passion for the art of storytelling through film.

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Pietermaritzburg , South Africa



 
 
 
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Published: 30 Jun 2025
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Festival Internazionale del Cinema nelle Lingue Minoritarie ’Città di Spilimbergo’

Deadline: 31 Aug 2025

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The International Festival of Cinema in Minority Languages "City of Spilimbergo" aims at enhancing minority languages through independent film productions.

The intention is to bring young people as close as possible to their roots, therefore the contest will be open to all authors from all over the world who produce works in one of the officially recognised minority languages.

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Spilimbergo, Italy



 

 
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Published: 28 Jun 2025
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FesticineKids Cartagena

Deadline: 15 Aug 2025

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FesticineKids 27 is an international children's and youth film festival in Cartagena de Indias, it is a film competition that orients its efforts towards strengthening the production and distribution of Colombian, Latin American and world cinema for children and young people.

In 2025, FesticineKids reaches its 27th, edition with the same spirit of highlighting and celebrating cinema for girls, boys and young people. The phrase has been chosen as the slogan: OUR KIDS VALUES. From this concept it is intended to invite children and young people to be aware of the responsibility they have to be agents of change in their environments. Children and young people are the future that should encourage the care of our planet earth, the human beings that surround them, animals and plants, [...]

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Cartagena, Colombia



 
 
 
 
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Published: 27 Jun 2025
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FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CORTOMETRAJES CINESAN

Deadline: 08 Sep 2025

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It is a Festival with two sections to contest. Official Section and Section of Asturian Short Films. Three prizes will be awarded (best short official section, best performance and best short Asturian). All the information is in the bases. Any author of any nationality can participate.

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Sotrondio, Spain