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shnit worldwide shortsfestival

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The shnit worldwide shortsfestival is a premier platform for the exhibition and promotion of short films. This festival is a unique transnational event held simultaneously in ten cities across five continents. The festival consists of three main segments:

▪ shnit PLAYGROUNDS* | Running until August 31st, 2025
▪ shnit EXPANDED | Running until September 30th, 2025
▪ shnit FINALE | Amsterdam – September 30th, 2025

The winner of the WORLDWIDE COMPETITION, as well as the shnit audience-nominated films of the WORLDWIDE & INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, will become eligible to enter the 2026 Oscars® in accordance with the rules of the 98th Academy Awards® [Cinematic release].

Over the past twenty-three years, shnit has evolved into a major international short film festival, continuously [...]



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Logo of Zaragoza International Film Festival
Published: 27 Apr 2018
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Zaragoza International Film Festival

Deadline: 26 Aug 2018

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The Zaragoza Film Festival, founded in 1995 to create a cinematic activity in the city. At first his main title was the Young Filmmakers. Since 2007 its official name became the Zaragoza Film Festival.

Festival with various events, generalist and national character (although some of its events are international).

Starting in 2021, after celebrating the 25th edition of the Festival, we propose an evolution of the project.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Zaragoza, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of International Children“s and Youth Film Festival, Calibélula
Published: 25 Apr 2018
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International Children“s and Youth Film Festival, Calibélula

Deadline: 15 Jun 2018

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International Festival

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The International Festival of Children and Youth Film CALIBELULA, FICIJCALIBELULA - is created through a group of friends who love cinema, who see the need to generate new exhibition and training spaces, for a very special audience that is children and young people .

The purpose is to train audiences through cinematographic audiovisual material made by and for children, youth and adults that promotes conflict resolution and peaceful coexistence through the construction of values ​​and principles.

Generate new exhibition alternatives that consolidate processes of formation and creation expressed in the production and audiovisual realization, with understanding and critical sensitivity, trying with this to involve from an early age this target population through the cinema as [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Cali, Colombia



 
 
 

 
Logo of MALDITO FESTIVAL  Videopoetry
Published: 25 Apr 2018
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MALDITO FESTIVAL Videopoetry

Deadline: 07 Sep 2018

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International Festival

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MALDITO FESTIVAL is a videopoetic contest held in the city of Albacete (Spain) since 2017.

The festival announces the International Videopoetry Contest and the International Poetic Film Showcase with the purpose of making visible two disciplines that, both together and separately, are much more distant and forgotten than we would like.

We, as lovers of poetry, image and the expressive possibilities of their symbiosis, propose a line of action, encouraging the approach of the general public to videopoetry and poetic films.

MALDITO seeks to vindicate these disciplines as art that connects people, that transmits feelings and promotes original or different ways of seeing the world, to try to be a grain of sand that makes any kind of visual or poetic art stop being marginal and [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Albacete, Spain



 
 
 
Logo of Chefchaouen International Film Festival For Children and Youth
Published: 25 Apr 2018
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Chefchaouen International Film Festival For Children And Youth

Deadline: 03 Jul 2018

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International Festival

Short film festival

مهرجان شفشاون الدولي لفيلم الطفولة والشباب

Chefchaouen International Film Festival
For Children and Youth (FCFEJ)

Festival International du Film pour L´enfance et la Jeunesse de Chefchaouen
Festival Internacional du Cine para la Infancia y Juventud de Chefchauen

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Chauen, Morocco



 
 
 

 
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Published: 25 Apr 2018
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Curtas – Festival do Imaxinario

Deadline: 01 Aug 2018

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Born as the Amateur Film Festival of Vilagarcía in 1973, the Curtas Film Fest has been held uninterruptedly in Vilagarcía de Arousa. It’s the film festival dean of Galicia and one of the contests with more tradition of Spain. Specialized in fantastic cinema.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Pontevedra, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of La Serena International Film Festival
Published: 18 Apr 2018
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Festival Internacional de Cine de La Serena

Deadline: 15 Jun 2018

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International Festival

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Feature film festival

The eleventh La Serena International Film Festival (FECILS) is a competitive audiovisual event that will take place from October 22 to 25, 2025, in the Coquimbo region. It seeks to support the production and dissemination of regional, national, and Latin American audiovisual activities, thus contributing to decentralization by promoting the exchange and training of regional filmmakers and producers. Through these actions, FECILS seeks to establish itself as a cultural event that, in addition to generating film exhibition spaces in the Coquimbo region, focuses on generating new audiences. FECILS 2025 features an audiovisual outreach program that will reach various venues in the region's communes.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



La Serena, Chile



 
 
 

 
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Published: 17 Apr 2018
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Festival De Cine Verde De Barichara FESTIVER

Deadline: 16 Jul 2018

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The Barichara Green Film Festival FESTIVER, created by Colombian actors Toto Vega and Nórida Rodríguez, seeks to build a new generation of artists and audience commited to the environment. Through its screenings and a continuous search for resources to create environmental film content, FESTIVER aims to educate and entertain by developing academic, artistic and recreational activities which enrich the Colombian cultural landscape and help build a better world. The 15th edition will take place on September 25-28, 2025 in Barichara, Santander, Colombia.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Barichara, Colombia



 
 
 
 
Logo of Roca Film Festival
Published: 10 Apr 2018
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Festival de Cine de Roca, Cine de Música

Deadline: 15 May 2018

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International Festival

Short film festival

Roca Film Festival is a non-profit cultural project held annually in the parish of Roca, Guitiriz, Lugo, Spain. Organized by Xermolos Cultural Association, this small-format musical film festival reaches its XII edition in 2025.

Key Features:

Musical Focus:
The festival centers on musical-themed productions, providing a platform for filmmakers who explore the relationship between cinema and music.
Varied Program:
In addition to short film screenings, the festival offers a wide range of activities, including:
- Outdoor film screenings.
- Presentations of cultural projects.
- Live concerts.
- Art exhibitions.
- Colloquiums and debates.
- Guided tours of the area.
- Traditional games.

Short Film Competition:
The festival features a musical-themed short film competition, divided [...]

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Guitiriz, Spain



 
 

 
Logo of National Rural Film Festival
Published: 07 Apr 2018
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Festival Nacional de Cine Rural

Deadline: 01 Jun 2018

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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  Music Video



Ayacucho, Argentina



 
 
 
Logo of RIR · International Comedy Shortfilm Festival
Published: 02 Apr 2018
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RiR · Festival Internacional De Curtas De Comedia

Deadline: 31 Jul 2018

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International Festival

Short film festival

The eighth edition of RIR (International Comedy Shortfilm Festival), a theme festival where humor is the fundamental base.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Allariz, Spain