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NAVARRA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

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Focus 2026: THE SOCIAL CRISES OF THE 21ST CENTURY
• Environmental crisis
• Housing crisis
• Population aging crisis
• Migration crisis
• Geopolitical balance crisis

The Navarra International Film Festival (NIFF) provides a platform and recognition for creators of fiction, documentary, and animated films. It is recognized as a qualifying festival for the Goya Awards of the Spanish Film Academy, a qualifying festival for the Fugaz Awards (the Goya Awards for short films in Spain), and is rated by IMDb.

Since its first edition in 2019, NIFF has promoted social debate by addressing themes that place people at the heart of its mission, such as the state of the planet and its inhabitants, migration, feminism, diversity, and integration. Through these initiatives, the festival [...]



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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 [...]

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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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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.

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Belo Horizonte , Brazil



 
 

 
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Published: 09 May 2026
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Koshur International Film Festival (kiff)

Deadline: 10 Jul 2027

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Koshur International Film Festival (KIFF) is a platform dedicated to showcasing powerful cinema from Kashmir, the Himalayan region, and across the world. The festival aims to promote independent films, documentaries, and stories reflecting culture, identity, and human experiences.

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Pattan, India



 
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OTRANTO SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline: 18 Jul 2026

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The Produzioni Oriente association is pleased to present an exclusive film festival. This 2026 edition, in particular, is dedicated to international short films, a unique opportunity to explore the new frontiers of short cinema.

This selection offers an authentic and inclusive overview, bringing to the big screen, in the historical and architectural contexts of Otranto and Salento, stories of life, popular traditions, and artistic expressions across all sectors. Otranto also offers a glimpse into cinematic stories featuring the sea, in all its forms and locations.
From emerging talents to award-winning directors at major international festivals, each short will be a window onto the world, capable of telling a story in just a few intense minutes and lastingly moving us.

We [...]

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otranto, Italy