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11th Galapán Film Festival Santiago-Pontones

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QUALIFYING FESTIVAL FOR THE GOYA AWARDS OF THE SPANISH FILM ACADEMY.

Santiago-Pontones International Short Film Festival (Jaén).



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Published: 15 May 2026
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5th International Film Festival of Cinema Guajolote

Deadline: 12 Jun 2026

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The 5th International Cinema Guajolote Film Festival will take place from July 24 to July 26, 2026, in Zacatlán, Puebla. Our festival aims to decentralize cinema and provide a platform for emerging and established creators across Fiction, Documentary, and Animation categories. We are proud to be featured in IMCINE’s 2025 Mexican Cinema Yearbook.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation



Zacatlan, Mexico



 
 
 
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Published: 15 May 2026
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Campulung Film Fest

Deadline: 01 Jun 2026

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The "Buzduganul de Aur" competition offers a platform for Romanian & Moldavian filmmakers to showcase their talent, celebrate their cultural heritage, and contribute to the vibrant world of Romanian film industry.

Câmpulung Film Fest, nestled in the picturesque town of Campulung Moldovenesc, Romania, is an international short-film festival.

At Câmpulung Film Fest, we invite cinephiles from around the world to join us on a captivating journey through the lens of short and feature films. Our festival is a platform where filmmakers, industry professionals, and passionate movie enthusiasts converge to revel in visual storytelling.

In addition to our curated film screenings, we pride ourselves on transforming unconventional locations into mesmerizing cinematic backdrops. From a [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Romania



 
 

 
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Published: 14 May 2026
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WHO CREATES? - YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline: 15 Jun 2026

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WHO CREATES? – Youth Film Festival is an international, research-based film festival for children and young filmmakers aged 10 to 25, dedicated to exploring how creativity, authorship, imagination, and artistic responsibility are shaped in the age of artificial intelligence.

The festival is organized by YOUNIVERSE Foundation, which believes: every child and young person is a whole universe, and cinema helps reveal it at the moment of creative identity formation.

It takes place annually in an offline format and each time in different international cultural and creative centers around the world. This “traveling” format reflects the festival’s philosophy — openness, cultural dialogue, global accessibility, and respect for the diversity of creative contexts. Moving between [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Burgas, Bulgaria



 
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Published: 14 May 2026
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Festival Internacional de Cinema Infantil de Ames

Deadline: 07 Aug 2026

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The Ames International Children's Film Festival is back, an event that wants to make children dream, think, smile, and awaken emotions, consciences, and illusions. It will be held from November 12 to 15, 2026.

This year's edition will take SCIENCE as a cross-cutting theme. This theme will be complemented by film screenings of works that explore and popularize science.

Let the rattles ring and the spinning tops spin, the 9 International Children's Film Festival of Ames begins.

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Ames, Spain



 
 

 
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Published: 14 May 2026
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Contra El Silencio Todas Las Voces. XIV Encuentro Hispanoamericano De Cine Documental Independiente

Deadline: 16 May 2026

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Open from March 2 to May 15, 2026

Voces Contra el Silencio, Video Independiente A.C., the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, with the support of TV UNAM and the UNAM Film Archive, invite filmmakers to participate in the fourteenth edition of the Hispano-American Independent Documentary Film and Video Encounter: Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces, to be held from September 4 to 12, 2026, in Mexico City and in different states across the Mexican Republic, in a hybrid format.

The main objective of Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces is to serve as a window that brings together independent documentary cinema from Mexico, Latin America, and Spain, through free, accessible, and open spaces that embrace a diversity of perspectives, encourage collective action, and foster [...]

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Tlalpan, Mexico



 
 
 
 
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Published: 13 May 2026
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The Chico Independent Film Festival

Deadline: 26 Oct 2026

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The Chico, Independent Film Festival excepts all original independent films, local to global without major corporate production and value, small production and localized Films.

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Chico, United States



 
 
 

 
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Published: 12 May 2026
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1 Minut A La Festa De La Diversitat – L’Hospitalet De Llobregat

Deadline: 12 Jun 2026

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1 Minute at the Diversity Festival – L’Hospitalet de Llobregat is a mobile short film festival organised within the framework of the Festa de la Diversitat de L’Hospitalet de Llobregat.

The festival invites participants to create short films of up to one minute using mobile phones or tablets. The aim is to promote audiovisual creation around diversity, intercultural dialogue, mutual understanding, respect and coexistence.

The 2026 edition encourages participants to reflect creatively on diversity as an opportunity to build bridges between people, cultures and communities.

The festival is open to individuals and groups. If minors take part in the filming, a legal adult representative must be responsible for the registration and for obtaining the necessary authorisations.

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L'Hopsitalet Llobregat, Spain



 
 
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Published: 12 May 2026
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Festival Internacional De Cortometrajes Sobre Personas Mayores (FICMA Salamanca)

Deadline: 31 Aug 2026

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The International Festival of Intergenerational Short Films on the Elderly (FICMA) was born within the Federation of Associations of the Elderly of Salamanca (FAMASA) with the aim of providing a cultural offer that contributes to improving the quality of life of the elderly, even with dependence or disfunctions by bringing them closer to a full citizenship and offering the cultural heritage of which they are protagonists. It is celebrated every year between September and October since 2016 in the city of Salamanca, being a meeting of intergenerational culture

The Festival poses as a place of debate and discourse for questions such as: How has cinema treated old age? The reflection of the role of the elderly in the family, sentimental, emotional and social relationships. The [...]

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Salamanca, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 09 May 2026
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SHORT WEEK END FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline: 13 Jun 2026

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It's an international short film festival that stands out for its socially oriented themes.
The short films participating in this festival have only one admission category related to social and solidarity themes. Since 2018, we've been using the Festhome platform.

In all these editions, the awarded short film categories have been:

Best Social Movie
Best Actor under 17

The first edition took place in September 2017, in the evocative location of the Santuario del Sacro Monte in Varese, with Silent Movie projections via headphones, directly in front of the church.

In the editions from 2018 to December 2025, we received more than 2,500 short films from approximately 50 countries around the world. 2025 editions has been held in Lecce, at the Biblioteca Ogni Bene, former [...]

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LECCE, Italy



 
 
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Published: 09 May 2026
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Matula Film Festival - Cinema e Comida

Deadline: 07 Jul 2026

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Matula Film Festival is a non-competitive festival and does not grant cash prizes or official awards.

Film selection is carried out through a curatorial process, based on artistic and thematic criteria, as well as the relationship of each work to the festival’s core focus.

Within its program, the festival may feature curated highlights and special screenings selected by the curatorial team.

Occasionally, institutional partnerships may be established to support special visibility and distribution initiatives for selected works, including collaborations with media outlets and audiovisual sector partners. Such initiatives will be formalized through specific regulations and announcements for each edition.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Belo Horizonte , Brazil