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Screamfest® Horror Film Festival

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Calling all independent filmmakers! Screamfest® Film Festival is back for its 24th annual 10-day event, showcasing the best in horror cinema from around the world. Held this October at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Los Angeles, our festival is a must-attend event for horror fans and industry professionals alike.

Don't just take our word for it - some of the biggest horror publications have dubbed us the 'Sundance of Horror.' Our festival has also been featured in Moviemaker Magazine's lists of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee for 2023, 50 Best Genre Fests in the World 2021, 25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee & 13 Film Festivals to Die For, and 30 Bloody Best Genre Fests in the World 2019.

As the largest and longest-running horror film festival in the United States, we [...]



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Logo of DON BOSCO GLOBAL YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL 2024
Published: 25 Apr 2024
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DON BOSCO GLOBAL YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL 2024

Deadline: 31 Jul 2024

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Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival (DBGYFF) is an annual film festival to diverse audiences, aimed at encouraging, educating and empowering youth all over the world. This platform offers a golden opportunity for short film makers to receive recognition for their skill, exhibit their films to a wider audience, forge connections with like-minded and passionate filmmakers, and draw inspiration from industry veterans. By shining a spotlight on short films, DBGYFF not only encourages emerging talent but also enriches the festival’s diverse cinematic tapestry.

DBGYFF invites young people between the age of 14 to 25 to participate in this festival on the theme "I Have A Dream" - Youth & Climate Change - Making Mother Earth Cleaner and Greener and upload their entries in any one of [...]

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Rome, Italy



 
 
 
 
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Published: 25 Apr 2024
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Festival Atmosphères - Concours de courts métrages

Deadline: 31 Aug 2024

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Contest is open to everyone !

Topic of the contest is "The Dream life".

You can submit your any type of film up to 15 minutes max.

Festival Atmospheres uses all kinds of art forms in order to arouse afterthought and commitment to an accessible and constructive sustainable development.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Courbevoie, France



 
 
 

 
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Published: 25 Apr 2024
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Sol International Film Festival

Deadline: 20 May 2024

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International film festival in Torrevieja (Spain).

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Torrevieja, Spain



 
 
 
Logo of Anishort International Festival Of Short Animated Films
Published: 24 Apr 2024
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Anishort International Festival Of Short Animated Films

Deadline: 20 Jun 2024

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International Short Animated Film Festival - ANISHORT is an international competition that serves to support the animated short films and their creators. At the same time it serves to the promotion, propagation, retrieval and watching possibilities of the best animated short films from around the world.

It should also be a place where community of creative people that producing these films meet. On the other hand, then the place for people who enjoy watching of these films and that are fans of this kind of art.

The festival will take place from 18th October 2023 in several selected cities in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia and Poland.

The top 18 short animated films will compete in this competition.

The films will be judged by ​​selected international jury. The jury [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Prague, Czech Republic



 
 
 

 
Logo of VII Curta Lages Festival Internacional de Cinema
Published: 24 Apr 2024
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VII Curta Lages International Film Festival

Deadline: 12 May 2024

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The VII Curta Lages International Film Festival promotes a broad, plural and international program, holding competitive and non-competitive screenings of short and feature films of all formats and genres.

The Curta Lages Festival is proud of its curation centered on inclusion and diversity, prioritizing works that explore themes linked to issues of gender, racism, ethnic diversity, sustainability and social inclusion. The goal is not only to provide access to these narratives, but also to foster meaningful debates after the screenings. The festival especially values independent productions, recognizing the power of cinema to engage and enrich the local community.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Lages, Brazil



 
 
 
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Published: 24 Apr 2024
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Humus Film Fest

Deadline: 15 Oct 2024

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The Humus Film Fest is an international festival of short films with environmental themes, focused on audiovisual pieces that show, from fiction or reality, agroecology experiences, urban gardens, connections between the countryside and the city or new ruralities.

The festival aspires to accommodate both the most professional and amateur creators, with
the aim of broadening views on the connections between these two ecosystems, the countryside and the city. We look for stories that tell us about these relationships from humor, poetry, surrealism or everyday life.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Madrid, Spain



 
 

 
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Published: 24 Apr 2024
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PUNTO FINAL

Deadline: 01 Sep 2024

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The theme of the contest is death understood as the end of life. The works must reflect death from the perspective of the authorship of the works.

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Quinto, Spain



 
 
 
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Published: 22 Apr 2024
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GIVE ME VOICE International Film Festival

Deadline: 14 Jul 2024

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Give Me Voice International Film Festival was born from our main GIVE ME VOICE platform idea, which is a safe haven where artists can freely express their unique voices, and launch their work and tell their story.

The festival GIVE ME VOICE is an event that will take place every three months. We accept short films of any genre, LGBT, documentaries, animations, and horror movies. Each three-month our judges, watch, review and rate the submitted films. The Best Films will announce as the winner every three months.

We are unable to provide a specific review for not- selected films.

The GMV Film Festival fully aligns with our original platform's vision and welcomes video and filmmakers from all over the world. The GMV online festival will also provide a hub for filmmakers to [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Miami, United States



 

 
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Published: 20 Apr 2024
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Ficbe24 -- XVI Edición Del Festival Internacional De Cortometrajes De Temática Social

Deadline: 26 May 2024

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Berriozar Films Kultural “Lantzeluze” announces the “15th International Festival of Social Themed Short Films” that will take place in Berriozar.

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Berriozar, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 19 Apr 2024
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In Motion Fest

Deadline: 10 Sep 2024

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In Motion Fest has become one of the most important creative industries events in Mexico. It has filled its physical and virtual venues with industry exhibitors, workshops, rallies, exhibitions, and networking events.

Thanks to these factors, the introduction of a short film competition has become a natural progression, which would help to promote the work of enthusiastic young filmmakers from Mexico and around the world.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Querétaro, Mexico