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Message To Man

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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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Published: 18 Feb 2017
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Mister Vorky

Deadline: 07 May 2017

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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.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Experimental



Ruma, Serbia



 
 
 
 
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Published: 16 Feb 2017
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Festival Internacional de Cine LesBiGayTrans

Deadline: 01 May 2017

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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.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Experimental



Asunción , Paraguay



 
 
 

 
Logo of Islantilla Cinefórum Film Festival
Published: 11 Feb 2017
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Islantilla Cinefórum

Deadline: 05 May 2017

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19th ISLANTILLA CINEFÓRUM

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Islantilla (Lepe e Isla Cristina), Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of Vinaròs AGUSTÍ COMES Short film Festival
Published: 07 Feb 2017
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Festival De Cortometrajes De Vinaròs Agustí Comes

Deadline: 30 Apr 2017

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This year we are celebrating a very special edition: the Festival is celebrating its 25th anniversary, a quarter of a century committed to talent, creativity and short films. This is a particularly significant milestone for the organisation, and we would be delighted to have your participation once again this year to continue growing this project, which is already a cultural benchmark.

We encourage you to submit your works and be part of this commemorative edition, which we hope will be as special as the stories you send us.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Vinarós, Spain



 
 

 
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Published: 02 Feb 2017
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Choreoscope - Barcelona Dance Film Festival

Deadline: 31 Aug 2017

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If there is something we all have in common, it is movement. As Akram Khan put it: “Movement is the essential ingredient of how the world continues, or survives.”

When our body’s movement fuses with the cinematographical movement, one of the most original film genres is born: dance film. While words can mislead, the body language does not lie.

Choreoscope is the International Dance Film Festival of Barcelona. A unique event dedicated not only to those passionate about dance, but also to those who enjoy quality cinema. Born in 2013, with three full-house celebrated events, our goal is to promote the strong ties with art in general and with film and dance in particular.

Movies do not know any boundaries. Dance does not either. There is a common language joining them. The [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Barcelona, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of FECISO - Social Films International Festival (Castilla-la Mancha)
Published: 02 Feb 2017
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FECISO- Festival Internacional de Cine Social de Castilla-la Mancha

Deadline: 10 May 2017

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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.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Torrijos, Spain



 

 
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Published: 20 Jan 2017
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Bosifest - Belgrade international film festival for and by people with disabilities

Deadline: 30 Apr 2017

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BOSIFEST is the International Festival Of Documentary Film for and by persons with disabilities, the only one of this kind in the Southeast Europe, which will be organized this year for the seventeenth time in Serbia by the Hendi Center Koloseum. As in past sixteen years, this year on the big screen a great number of films will be screening both in competitive and non-competitive part. So far visitors of the BOSIFEST had an opportunity to watch 950 films that had life of the people with disabilities as their subject or were created by the disabled authors.
In addition to film screenings, BOSIFEST offers additional programs in the form of workshops, panel discussions and roundtables.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Belgrade, Serbia



 
 
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Published: 17 Jan 2017
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Semana de Cine de Lugo

Deadline: 22 May 2017

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

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Lugo, Spain



 
 

 
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Published: 15 Jan 2017
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Cartoon Club - Festival Internazionale Del Cinema D’animazione, Fumetto E Games

Deadline: 30 May 2017

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EUROPEAN ANIMATION AWARDS Qualifier

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Cartoon Club – International Festival of Animation Cinema, Comics and Games, now at its 42nd edition, is one of the best known festivals on the Italian scene.

It is a remarkable window for animation, short films in particular, including fiction, educational, experimental, and computer graphic works, with a whole section solely dedicated to comics: Riminicomix.

The Festival features SHORT ANIMATED FILMS in various sections:

The CARTOON CLUB AWARD: open to short animated films made by professional filmmakers and production companies.

The SIGNOR ROSSI AWARD: open to animated shorts made by secondary school and university students, and by the students of animation film schools.

The CARTOON KIDS AWARD: open to animated shorts aimed at a children’s audience. Among the films [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Rimini, Italy



 
 
 
 
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Published: 10 Jan 2017
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Xll Festival Internacional De Cortometrages De Pineda De Mar

Deadline: 09 Apr 2017

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The Festival is organized by the CinemArt Association of Pineda de Mar, it is an international festival with the aim of promoting a specific space for the discovery, screening and dissemination of short films.

The main thematic axis of the festival is that of comedy; however, the theme and genre of the productions is free. Quality and originality will be prioritized as the main objective, and that the production is unprecedented.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Pineda de Mar, Spain