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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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Published: 03 Jun 2021
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National Rural Film Festival

Deadline: 31 Jul 2021

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Short film festival

VII NATIONAL RURAL FILM FESTIVAL OF AYACUCHO

The Rural Film Festival was created in 2016 as an initiative presented by Lic. Emilio Quiroga to the Department of Culture of the Municipality of Ayacucho, with the goal of promoting audiovisual production in our city.

Every year, we launch an open call at the national and international level for short films of fiction and non-fiction that address the concept of "RURAL" through their form and/or content. Our intention is to explore the perspective of this concept and enrich ourselves with productions from other places in our country and the world.

The Festival offers training programs and support with theoretical and practical audiovisual production tools to those who join this initiative locally. This includes teachers and [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Ayacucho, Argentina



 
 
 
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Published: 02 Jun 2021
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Lights Cameros Action

Deadline: 30 Jun 2021

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International Festival

Short film festival

LUCES CAMEROS ACCION is a short film festival with two sections.

1 – “Rural World" Section
International section of short films in Spanish or Spanish subtitles.

Recorded in villages in rural areas or dealing with rural idiosyncrasies.

Premiered from January 1, 2024.

2 – “Cameros" Section
The works submitted will be original pieces that are not accessible through Internet.

With 30% of the "footage" recorded in recognizable places of Cameros (New and old Cameros located in La Rioja Spain).

Deadline for submission of works:
"Rural World" section: before May 31, 2025.
"Cameros" section: before July 21, 2025.

Screenings and Awards Ceremony:
19,20,21,22 and 23 of August in villages of Cameros, La Rioja, Spain.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



El Rasillo, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 01 Jun 2021
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Actrum International Film Fest (AIFF)

Deadline: 31 Dec 2021

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ACTRUM is a non-profit Cultural Association that works in all areas of the artistic sector.

In this festival, the finalist works will be screened online and it will be open to the public, who will have to vote through our website for their 3 favorite shorts/feature films from each section to award the public prizes.

Register your project! We accept any gender.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Rivas Vaciamadrid, Spain



 
 
 
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Published: 01 Jun 2021
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XXIII MUESTRA DE CINE MUJERES EN ESCENA

Deadline: 04 Jul 2021

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The Malaga Festival, in collaboration with the Equal Opportunities Area of ​​the Malaga City Council, pursues the objective of supporting the presence of women in film production, creating spaces that make visible the work of women in the audiovisual field, professional field where they are underrepresented, both in the direction, in the production or in the writing of scripts; favoring the film industry with the diverse views of women.

In order to fulfill this objective, the Equal Opportunities Area will hold its “XXII FILM SHOW WOMEN ON STAGE”, between the months of October and November 2024.

THE WOMEN ON STAGE FILM EXHIBITION was created in 2002 with the aim of debating, through the holding of cineforums, the existing gender inequalities in our society as well as in other [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Málaga, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 29 May 2021
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EUREKA University Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Aug 2021

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10th EUREKA UNIVERSITY FILM FESTIVAL 2025

The conditions described below correspond to the requirements proposed by EUREKA University Film Festival and its programming team. The registration and selection of audiovisual pieces sent by those students and filmmakers who would like to be part of the official programming depend on these requirements, bases and conditions.

EUREKA University Film Festival is an event initially organized by students from the University Jorge Tadeo Lozano of Bogota and students from different universities in Colombia. The festival will take place from October 14 to 18, 2025 in the city of Bogotá D.C., Colombia.

The call for entries will be open from April 10th until June 03rd, 2025. The only platform we will enable to receive the audiovisual [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Bogotá D.C., Colombia



 
 
 
 
Logo of ALMERIA WESTERN FILM FESTIVAL
Published: 21 May 2021
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ALMERIA WESTERN FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline: 15 Jul 2021

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International Western Film Festival.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



TABERNAS, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 10 May 2021
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ImagenArte

Deadline: 15 Jul 2021

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IX Santaella Short Film Festival October 26, 2024.

Organize and Collaborate:

Celluloid Film Association

Santaella Town Hall and Campiña Cathedral.

Junta de Andalucía, Department of Tourism

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Santaella, Spain



 
 
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Published: 09 May 2021
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Cinestesia Fest Festival Internacional de Cortos universitarios

Deadline: 31 Aug 2021

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International Festival

Short film festival

The International Festival of University Short Films ''CINESTESIA FEST' is an international cultural space that was born in 2017 at the Los Libertadores University Foundation, located in Bogotá, Cartagena, Colombia.

The main objective is to offer spaces to new audiovisual filmmakers and students affiliated to a University from any country in the world, to be able to exhibit their projects, generate ties of recognition and reflection, the training of audiences. It stands out, among other things, having international guests of high prestige such as the nominees for the Goya awards (Mario Campoy, Nacho Rui Pérez, David Desola, Jose Luis Pechorroman, Jonas Trueba) the Colombians (Harold trumpeter, Miguel Urrutia, Aida Morales, Santiago Henao, Jaime Manrique, Jose Alejandro [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



BOGOTA, Colombia



 
 
 

 
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Published: 06 May 2021
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PUNTO FINAL

Deadline: 01 Oct 2021

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The theme of the contest is death understood as the end of life. The works must reflect death from the perspective of the authorship of the works.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Quinto, Spain



 
 
 
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Published: 05 May 2021
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FINTCH - 3rd International Humor Film Festival

Deadline: 08 Apr 2022

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International Festival

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The 3rd International Comedy Film Festival will present to the public contemporary worldwide film production dedicated to the comedy genre in its various variants, enabling the circulation of films that do not find space in the traditional commercial distribution and exhibition medium.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



São João de Meriti, Brazil