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Message To Man

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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Madrid, Spain

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Published: 23 Feb 2018

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Luna de Cortos International Short Film Festival

Deadline: 22 Apr 2018

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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 [...]

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Veguellina de Órbigo, Spain

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Published: 23 Feb 2018

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FECISO - Social Films International Festival (Castilla-la Mancha)

Deadline: 10 May 2018

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Aware of the importance of audiovisual media in Spanish society today and, trying to make them both a comunication and education media, to promote values of solidarity and tolerance, the International Social Film Festival of Castilla-La Mancha was born and it will be held in Toledo, It will continue in Toledo, Torrijos, Cuenca, Olías del Rey...

In this Festival are invited to take part to public and private entities that share the same concerns.

The Festival consists of several sections, including a contest of short and documentaries, social issues include: xenophobia, generational conflict, child labor, domestic violence, social roles, ecology, children´s rights, coexistence, etc.

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Torrijos, Spain

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Published: 16 Feb 2018

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mónFILMAT - International film and landscape Festival - Amposta

Deadline: 01 Apr 2018

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monFILMAT is an international film festival where the landscape has a specific weight in the development of the plot, in fiction, the documentary, the creation of author or children's entertainment.

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Amposta, Spain

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Published: 07 Feb 2018

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Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival

Deadline: 10 Apr 2018

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Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival(UMFF) is the first international mountain film festival in South Korea, dedicated to presenting and promoting films & culture dealing with mountains, adventure, exploration, nature, and the environment. The festival also provides an opportunity for filmmakers and mountaineers to meet and exchange ideas through seminars, events, screenings, and social gatherings.

The 11th UMFF will be held in Ulsan & Ulju, South Korea in autumn, 2026.

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울주군 Ulju-gun, South Korea

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Published: 05 Feb 2018

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Mister Vorky

Deadline: 30 Apr 2018

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Mister Vorky is an International Festival of One-Minute and Short films, which promotes the best one-minute and short films from all continents. The organizers of the festival is the Independent Film Center Vorky Team, which in this way pays tribute to the great Serbian-American film artist Slavko Vorkapich-Vorky.

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Ruma, Serbia

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Published: 05 Feb 2018

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Festival International Nature Namur

Deadline: 15 Aug 2018

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Born in 1995, the Festival International Nature Namur is now the meeting place for the lovers of nature and beautiful images, bringing together each year more than 35.000 spectators and visitors of all backgrounds! With it’s four international competitions - photos, amateur films, professional films and ultra-short films - and it’s many outdoor activities, it is now placed among the 5 biggest European events of the kind, bringing together each year photographers and filmmakers from around the world.

The Festival is mostly related to Nature and Wildlife. We also accept films related to Nature wildlife protection.

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Bois-de-Villers, Belgium

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Published: 03 Feb 2018

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Toyama International Film Festival

Deadline: 11 May 2018

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The 13th Annual Toyama International Film Festival will take place in June of 2026 in Toyama Prefecture. With such great success in previous years, we are excited to once again share the visions of filmmakers from all over the world with our local community in the countryside of Japan.

Submissions will be open until March 22nd, 2026.

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The Annual Toyama International Film Festival (TIFF) began in the rural prefecture of Toyama, Japan. Started by a few English teachers in the area, we hoped to reach people not just in Japan, but around the globe.

The first TIFF took place in a small room inside of a shopping center, where about 70 people watched the 10 films we had received. The following year was a tremendous success with over 100 submissions from different countries, [...]

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Toyama, Japan

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Published: 02 Feb 2018

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Festival Internacional de Cine LesBiGayTrans

Deadline: 01 May 2018

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22nd LesBiGayTrans International Film Festival of Paraguay

Asunción – 2026

Aireana, a lesbian rights group and organizer of Paraguay's 22nd International LesBiGayTrans Film Festival, invites people interested in film and audiovisual media from around the world to participate in this year's edition of the festival.

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Asunción , Paraguay

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Published: 25 Jan 2018

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Semana de Cine de Lugo

Deadline: 22 May 2018

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Bases 48th Lugo Film Week (Spain). Celebrated from September 21 to 26, 2026 (SECILUGO 48).

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Lugo, Spain

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Veguellina de Órbigo, Spain

FECISO - Social Films International Festival (Castilla-la Mancha)

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Torrijos, Spain

mónFILMAT - International film and landscape Festival - Amposta

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Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival

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Mister Vorky

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Toyama International Film Festival

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Semana de Cine de Lugo

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