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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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Published: 05 Dec 2023
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Daroca & Prisión Film Fest

Deadline: 01 Mar 2024

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International Festival

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Daroca&Prisión Film Fest
Festival Internacional Cine de Daroca

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Daroca, Spain



 
 
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Published: 05 Dec 2023
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+RAIN Film Festival

Deadline: 03 Mar 2024

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Second call of the first European festival of films generated using artificial intelligence (AI).+RAIN Film Festival is interested in the use of creative methodologies with AI in the service of storytelling. Beyond the visual dimension, this technology poses challenges in the ways of telling stories and also stresses concepts such as creativity and imagination. +RAIN Film Festival seeks to be the gateway to films that experiment with narrative language and these new technological approaches.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Barcelona, Spain



 
 

 
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Published: 04 Dec 2023
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INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR THE ELDERLY

Deadline: 01 Apr 2024

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La GRAN pantalla is an intergenerational cinematographic meeting space that seeks to dismantle stereotypes about older people through cinema. We look for stories that allow us to generate new readings and discourses about older people, beyond the conventional representations that are usually associated with this stage of life.

We are interested in films that address the issue of the elderly from diverse perspectives: migration, sexuality, feminism, LGBTIQ+ community, among others.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Barcelona, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of 6º Festival Internacional De Cinema Ambiental Da Serra Catarinense
Published: 02 Dec 2023
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6º Festival Internacional De Cinema Ambiental Da Serra Catarinense

Deadline: 31 Mar 2024

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Feature film festival

O FICASC objetiva promover através do cinema socioambiental uma reflexão na sociedade contemporânea sobre temas ambientais considerados de extrema urgência e relevância. O festival não se limita meramente a exibir filmes, mas através deles promover uma ampla discussão nos mais variados setores da sociedade, levando conhecimento e entretenimento à crianças, jovens e adultos.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Urubici, Brazil



 
 

 
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Published: 02 Dec 2023
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Premis Castellitx 2024 De Curtmetratges De Ficció En Català, Organitzats per l’Ajuntament d’Algaida (Mallorca)

Deadline: 29 Jan 2024

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5th Prize for short fiction films in Catalan language. Catalan version only. Films without dialogue will not be accepted.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Algaida, Spain



 
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Published: 02 Dec 2023
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Indifest - Festival De Cinema Indígena De Barcelona

Deadline: 15 Feb 2024

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IndiFest is festival organized by alterNativa in collaboration with CLACPI (Coordinadora Latinoamericana de Cine y Comunicación de los Pueblos Indígenas), with the aim of giving its own voice to the indigenous peoples and to demand the fulfillment of their Rights.

The Festival’s main objective is to promote the Identity and the Rights of the indigenous peoples through audiovisual tools. The festival includes screenings at physical venues as well as an online week event.

IndiFest is complemented with other activities such as political incidence and conversations with indigenous leaders.

A commitment that enhances the decentralization of cultural habits as well as the communication of indigenous peoples concerning their Rights and intercultural relations.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Barcelona, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 02 Dec 2023
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X Festival Internacional De Cortometrages De Pineda De Mar

Deadline: 31 Mar 2024

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

The main thematic axis of the festival is 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 be unprecedented.

The 10th Pineda de Mar International Short Film Festival will be held from September 23 to September 28, 2024.

The program of the 2024 Pineda de Mar International Short Film Festival. It will integrate different activities focused on publicizing the selected short films and promoting different aspects of the world of cinema in Pineda de Mar, with the [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Pineda de Mar, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 02 Dec 2023
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Festival internacional de cortometrajes en San Roque

Deadline: 31 Jan 2024

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45nd San Roque International Short Film Festival.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



San Roque, Spain



 
 

 
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Published: 01 Dec 2023
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Cartoon Club - Festival Internazionale del Cinema D’animazione, del Fumetto e dei Games

Deadline: 31 Mar 2024

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EUROPEAN ANIMATION AWARDS Qualifier

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Short film festival

Cartoon Club – International Festival of Animation Cinema, Comics and Games, now at its 40th edition, is one of the best known festivals on the Italian scene.

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

The Festival features SHORT ANIMATED FILMS in various sections:

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

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

CARTOON KIDS AWARD, among the titles submitted to either Cartoon Club Award or to Signor Rossi Award, the Festival [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Rimini, Italy



 
 
 
 
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Published: 28 Nov 2023
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CINHOMO _ Muestra Internacional de Cine y Diversidad Sexual de Castilla y León

Deadline: 15 Jan 2024

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Article 1. Objective.

- The main goals of CINHOMO include the dissemination and promotion of films that support sexual diversity and gender identity through works of artistic and social relevance. Our purpose is to provide a venue for showing these films, which have difficulty accessing conventional channels for film exhibitions. In many cases, they have received favourable reviews or have received awards at prestigious international film festivals.

- We also aim to feature the work of social or cultural groups from countries where there is no access or limited access to film distribution despite being of great interest.

- Our film festival intends to provide referents for people whose sexual orientation or gender identity is non-heteronormative, promoting greater [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Valladolid, Spain