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vvfilmf - Kids and Teens International Film Festival

Deadline: 23 Mar 2018

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GuglilemoMarconi filmf - Kids and Teens International Film Festival (former vvfilmf) was created to create a large film festival for children and teenagers that combines talent and culture, to indicate welcoming places for young people and to offer workshops dedicated to the study of new forms of artistic expression.

#GuglielmoMarconi filmf (former vvfilmf) aims to be an initiative aimed at the whole country and internationally to satisfy both the expectations of a young population and those of adult spectators, in an attempt to bring the general public closer to quality forms of cinema. The Festival's programming, despite having children, school-age children and university students as its preferential audience, also opens up with enthusiasm to adults and to the entire [...]

Fiction Animation Fantastic Other Experimental

Vittorio Veneto, Italy

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Published: 02 Mar 2018

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26th Bidasoa International Archaeological Film Festival

Deadline: 15 May 2018

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The Oiasso Roman Museum and the City Council of Irun organize the International Archaeological Film Festival of the Bidasoa.

The aim of the Festival is to present archaeology to the general public, through the diffusion of audio-visual material resulted from the work made by archaeologists, assuring the promotion and the spreading of these films.

The Festival is being celebrated since the year 2001 and from the year 2004 it has four prizes: the Grand Prize of the Festival, the Special Audience Prize, the Educational Values Prize and Arkeolan Prize for Contribution to Science. Since 2006, it’s inside Fedarcine, the European network of Archaeological Film Festivals.

Fiction Documentary Animation Fantastic Other Experimental

Irun, Spain

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Published: 24 Feb 2018

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Minsk International Short Film Festival Kinosmena

Deadline: 01 Jul 2018

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The Minsk International Short Film Festival "Kinosmena" is an annual cultural event of the Republic of Belarus. The festival is supported by the Belarusian Union of cinematographers and approved by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus.

The organizers invite film directors and representatives of the films and provide them with free accommodation in a comfortable hotel in Minsk for the duration of the festival.
From several thousands of short films that sent to us from all over the world, 30 best films are selected in the contest program of the festival. The festival is supported by the Belarusian Union of cinematographers and approved by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus.

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Fiction Documentary Animation Fantastic Terror Other Experimental

Minsk, Belarus

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Published: 24 Feb 2018

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Cinespaña, Festival de Cinéma Espagnol & Portugais de Toulouse

Deadline: 23 Jun 2018

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Toulouse, France

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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: 20 Jan 2018

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Minidoc

Deadline: 09 Oct 2018

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The theme must focus, from the values of solidarity, tolerance, culture of peace, nature and commitment to gender equality, on ways of life, traditions, trades, crafts, sustainable economy, respect for the environment and living beings, that is, all aspects of the diversity of human culture, with a specific section dealing with issues of the peoples of Siberia and Central Asia.

Fiction Documentary Animation Fantastic Terror Other Experimental

Polán, Spain

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Published: 11 Jan 2018

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Over The Fence Comedy Film Festival & A World of Dark Comedy.

Deadline: 21 Sep 2018

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Hamilton Hill, Australia

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Published: 10 Jan 2018

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Festival de Cortometrajes Rodinia

Deadline: 28 Apr 2018

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18th Rodinia Short Film Festival 2026

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Rodinia, Spain

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Published: 02 Jan 2018

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16° Cine Versátil- Asia LGBTQ+

Deadline: 01 Jun 2018

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Diversity Short Film Festival- Argentina
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The 16th edition will include a non-competitive exhibition dedicated to LGBT+ shortfilms from Asia.

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Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Published: 16 Dec 2017

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Cortoons Festival Gandia 2026

Deadline: 31 Mar 2018

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Cortoons Gandia is the International Animated Film Festival of Gandia, organized by Cortoons Festival, the city of Gandia, la Generalitat Valenciana, through the Institut Valenciá de Cultura (Culturarts), and the participation of Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) Campus de Gandia.

In the 2016, after 12 years of great success in Rome, Cortoons international festival of animated films, he moved to Spain in the beautiful town of Gandia in the province of Valencia.

The 22th Cortoons Festival Gandia edition will be a great festival of animated films for professionals, animation film funs and all the general public.

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Gandia, Spain

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Vittorio Veneto, Italy

26th Bidasoa International Archaeological Film Festival

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Irun, Spain

Minsk International Short Film Festival Kinosmena

Deadline: 01 Jul 2018

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Minsk, Belarus

Cinespaña, Festival de Cinéma Espagnol & Portugais de Toulouse

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Toulouse, France

Mister Vorky

Deadline: 30 Apr 2018

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Ruma, Serbia

Minidoc

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Polán, Spain

Over The Fence Comedy Film Festival & A World of Dark Comedy.

Deadline: 21 Sep 2018

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Hamilton Hill, Australia

Festival de Cortometrajes Rodinia

Deadline: 28 Apr 2018

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Rodinia, Spain

16° Cine Versátil- Asia LGBTQ+

Deadline: 01 Jun 2018

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Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cortoons Festival Gandia 2026

Deadline: 31 Mar 2018

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