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FIDBA International Documentary Film Festival

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In recent decades, and at one time to the emergence of new technologies that have ended up scanning most of the processes of the film, the documentary has known a notorious and systematic growth around the world. In our country, and for more than one decade, a production before linked almost exclusively to fiction has been swelling their ranks with new topics, new approaches, new geographies, new dilemmas.

It is in this context that FIDBA is proposed as the 1st. International Film Festival dedicated to this genre which films with the same fans - as long as we believe that the forms and the doings of the documentary film are different from those of the fiction - may meet and dialogue among them and with the public. If the documentary is a meeting point for the FIDBA, it is [...]



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Published: 08 Apr 2025
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FanCineQueer | International LGBTI Film Festival of Extremadura

Deadline: 31 Jul 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

FanCineQueer, the International LGBTI Film Festival of Extremadura, celebrates this year its 28th edition between the 7th and the 16th of November launching its traditional Short Films Call with the purpose of recognising, visibilising and fostering the production and dissemination of recent or unreleased LGBTI works.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Badajoz, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 08 Apr 2025
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Rurales. Festival De Cine Y Cortometraje En El Medio Rural Y Natural

Deadline: 21 Jul 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

Ruido Interno, performing and visual arts, organizes the 4th Rural Film and Short Film Festival, which will be held in the town of Espinama, in the Camaleño Valley, Cantabria, from August 29 to September 31, 2025.

The competitive section is announced according to the following rules:

Three categories are established:

. Fiction and animation short film section.

. Documentary section.

. Video art and other languages ​​section (virtual reality, 360 videos, etc.).

Submissions may not exceed 30 minutes.

Each author may submit one entry in only one category.

All entries must refer to at least 70% of the rural and natural environment, environmental issues, and environmental awareness and conservation in their storytelling. Audiovisual productions that showcase or reflect on [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Espinama, Spain



 

 
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Published: 07 Apr 2025
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Festival International du Film Inclusif ENTRE DEUX... CANNES

Deadline: 30 Nov 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

International Inclusive Film Festival ENTRE DEUX... CANNES

We accept films, that deal with themes of disability or Deaf culture, or about people who identify as 'disabled', 'people with a disability', or use terms like 'handicapped', 'functional diversity', or -abled'. We also welcome Deaf and neurodiverse people who do not identify with or use these terms.'

All the films need to be SUBTITLED IN FRENCH IN WHITE COLOR and in second line in English with orange color for them to be accepted on competition.

Our jury and the board of organisation is composed by valid and handicap persons.

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Cannes, France



 
Logo of Festival de cine erótico de Toluca
Published: 04 Apr 2025
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Festival de cine erótico de Toluca

Deadline: 15 Jul 2025

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All erotic film are eligible, regardless of country, duration, or year of production.

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Toluca, Mexico



 
 

 
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Published: 03 Apr 2025
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PUNTO FINAL

Deadline: 31 Aug 2025

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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



 
 
 
Logo of El Festivalico Short film and Videoart festival
Published: 03 Apr 2025
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El Festivalico Muestra de Cortometrajes y Videarte

Deadline: 31 Aug 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

The Festivalico is a videoart and short film non competitive showcase.

CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION:

Any individual or legal entity, regardless of nationality, may participate.

Short films must have a maximum duration of twenty minutes.

Submitted works must have been produced after January 1, 2023.

If the spoken language is not Spanish, the film must include subtitles.

All themes are accepted, divided into the following sections: fiction, documentary, animation, and video art.

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Caravaca de la Cruz, Spain



 
 

 
Logo of PLAY - Lisbon`s International Kids Film Festival
Published: 02 Apr 2025
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PLAY - Festival Internacional de Cinema Infantil e Juvenil de Lisboa

Deadline: 01 Oct 2025

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PLAY is the first Portuguese film festival, exclusively dedicated to children and teenagers, determined to promote the access to culture for a younger audience through Cinema and screening films for audiences aged between 1 and 16 years old.

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Lisboa, Portugal



 
 
 
 
Logo of PALMA MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL
Published: 02 Apr 2025
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MOSTRA DE CINEMA DE MUNTANYA DE PALMA

Deadline: 30 Jun 2025

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Palma Mountain Film Festival (Mallorca) open the 2025 call for entries for the competitive short film section, which aims to promote and publicise short films on mountains sports (mountaineering, expeditions, climbing, caving...), mountain nature and ethnography.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Palma, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 02 Apr 2025
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Festival Nacional de Cine Rural

Deadline: 01 Jul 2025

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VII NATIONAL RURAL FILM FESTIVAL OF AYACUCHO

The Rural Film Festival was created in 2016 as an initiative presented by Lic. Emilio Quiroga to the Department of Culture of the Municipality of Ayacucho, with the goal of promoting audiovisual production in our city.

Every year, we launch an open call at the national and international level for short films of fiction and non-fiction that address the concept of "RURAL" through their form and/or content. Our intention is to explore the perspective of this concept and enrich ourselves with productions from other places in our country and the world.

The Festival offers training programs and support with theoretical and practical audiovisual production tools to those who join this initiative locally. This includes teachers and [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Ayacucho, Argentina



 
 
 
Logo of Cinestesia Fest Festival Internacional de Cortos universitarios
Published: 02 Apr 2025
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Cinestesia Fest: Festival Internacional de Cortos Universitarios

Deadline: 15 Jun 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

The International Festival of University Short Films ''CINESTESIA FEST' is an international cultural space that was born in 2017 at the Los Libertadores University Foundation, located in Bogotá, Cartagena, Colombia.

The main objective is to offer spaces to new audiovisual filmmakers and students affiliated to a University from any country in the world, to be able to exhibit their projects, generate ties of recognition and reflection, the training of audiences. It stands out, among other things, having international guests of high prestige such as the nominees for the Goya awards (Mario Campoy, Nacho Rui Pérez, David Desola, Jose Luis Pechorroman, Jonas Trueba) the Colombians (Harold trumpeter, Miguel Urrutia, Aida Morales, Santiago Henao, Jaime Manrique, Jose Alejandro [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



BOGOTA, Colombia