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GFFF - Galician Freaky Film Festival

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The Galician Freaky Film Festival is the ultimate freak film and culture event. International in scope and specialised in fantasy cinema with themes of horror, science fiction or any subgenre that can be framed within the “freak” concept.

Founded in 2017 and based in Vigo, the GFFF showcases carefully selected films that are usually excluded from conventional distribution, presenting world and international premieres never before seen in Galicia, and also offering parallel activities such as workshops, professional meetings and special sessions for new talents.

The GFFF is a Competitive Member of the Méliès International Festivals Federation (MIFF), a global network of genre film festivals spanning 21 countries and more than 800,000 attendees per year. This membership allows [...]



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Published: 02 Oct 2025
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Pasturas, Festival Internacional de Cine de Trashumancia y Pastoralismo

Deadline: 18 Mar 2026

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PASTURAS. International Film Festival on Pastoralism and Transhumance. PASTURAS aims at raising awareness on the ancestral culture of transhumance through cinema, showcasing fiction and non-fiction films with a focus on this issue, facilitating communication between filmmakers and the audience, and providing learning opportunities to contribute to the development of this culture and the promotion of all audiovisual work around the issue.

 Fiction  Documentary



Godoy Cruz, Argentina



 
 
Logo of Свет миру (Light Of The World)
Published: 02 Oct 2025
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Свет миру (Light Of The World)

Deadline: 31 Mar 2026

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The International Youth Film Festival “Light to the World”, founded by the Rybinsk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, began its history in 2011. Since 2025, it has been held with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.

Today, in terms of its geography and the number of participants, “Light to the World” is one of the largest youth film festivals in Russia.

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Rybinsk, Russia



 

 
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Published: 16 Sep 2025
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NIKON FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline: 15 Jan 2026

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It's a free and open to all short film festival based in Paris (France). Concept is simple : submit 2min20 shortfilms about an imposed theme each year. For this 15th edition, it'll be "A human superpower". To participate, you must register on our website www.festivalnikon.fr/en until January 15, 2026

IMPORTANT: PLEASE NOTE THAT FILMS OVER 2MIN20 WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED INTO THE COMPETITION AND WILL BE IMMEDIATELY EXCLUDED WITHOUT VIEWING.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Paris, France



 
 
 
 
Logo of Internacionalen Etnografski Filmski Festival `ilindenski Denovi´-bitola
Published: 12 Sep 2025
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Internacionalen Etnografski Filmski Festival `ilindenski Denovi´-bitola

Deadline: 31 Mar 2026

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“From the roots to the flower” is this year's slogan of the first edition festival Ilinden Days. We started the creation of our film program from the roots of the Bitola's film tradition, the one of the Manaki brothers – the first cinematographers in Macedonia and in the Balkan, who left us invaluable testimonies of the everyday life and the great events of their time, engraved on the film tape. They actually made the first ethnographic documentaries.

It was natural that the Festival Ilinden Days, which has risen to international level, to include in its rich program a festival of ethnographic films. Then the creation of new customs and beliefs. All covered by the artistic passion of the artists, who follow the need to leave indelible traces with their cameras.

In addition [...]

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BITOLA, North Macedonia



 
 

 
Logo of FINTCH - 3rd International Humor Film Festival
Published: 02 Sep 2025
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FINTCH - 3rd International Humor Film Festival

Deadline: 31 Jul 2026

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The 3rd International Comedy Film Festival will present to the public contemporary worldwide film production dedicated to the comedy genre in its various variants, enabling the circulation of films that do not find space in the traditional commercial distribution and exhibition medium.

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São João de Meriti, Brazil



 
 
 
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Published: 02 Sep 2025
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Marere Fest

Deadline: 18 Jan 2026

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Objective

Marere Film Festival main objective is to promote and screen feature films related to art in any of its major artistic forms (cinema, painting, sculpture, architecture, music, dance, literature, and their derivatives), as well as other audiovisual and cinematic works that bring culture closer to the public.

Dates and Venue

The second edition of Marere Film Festival will be held from March 17 to 22, 2026, in Jávea. The central location will be the Jayan Cinema, located at C/ Santísimo Cristo del Mar 14, CP 03730 Jávea (Alicante).

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Javea, Spain



 

 
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Published: 02 Sep 2025
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6th Da-Ho Award Microfilm Competition – Asian International Category

Deadline: 31 Jan 2026

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The Asian International Category is open to talented directors from across Asia — including Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Korea, and beyond. Join us and let your story shine on the international stage!

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Online, Taiwan



 
 
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Published: 26 Aug 2025
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Tigers Dance Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Mar 2026

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Tigers Dance is a film festival dedicated to short dance for the camera films that are appropriate for all audiences. It will be adjudicated as part of a middle school class about Dance on Film, and we hope to include a wide variety of short dance films in our program.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Urbana, United States




 
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Published: 22 Aug 2025
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Kino Punk 3X

Deadline: 30 Sep 2026

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KINO PUNK 3X
Itinerant Punk and Antifascist Film Festival

Kino Punk 3X is an itinerant festival dedicated exclusively to the screening of short films of resistance. Focusing on fiction and documentary works, the festival promotes a curatorship centered on independent productions with a critical, anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist, and antifascist perspective.

The festival consists of three public showcases throughout the year, followed by a final edition with an audience vote, where the Best Fiction Short and the Best Documentary Short are chosen.

All screenings are free of charge and open to the public. The film selection is carried out by the festival’s curatorial team.

2026 Calendar:
Showcase 1 – Invasion: March
Showcase 2 – Noise: July
Showcase 3 – Fury: November
Final [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



São Paulo, Brazil



 
Logo of Festival Internacional De Cine Del San Jorge
Published: 26 Jul 2025
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Festival Internacional De Cine Del San Jorge

Deadline: 15 Feb 2026

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Descripción del festival (Edición: 9)
Inicio Festival: 22 de abril de 2026 Fin Festival: 25 de abril de 2026

El F I C S J. (Festival Internacional de Cine del San Jorge) es un evento que se llevará a cabo del 22 de abril al 25 de abril del 2026 en las ciudades de Montelíbano Córdoba - Colombia. Este festival tiene como objetivo principal promover la producción regional, nacional e internacional de cine y potenciar a la región como un epicentro del séptimo arte.

El festival busca fomentar la economía circular en torno a la producción audiovisual, generando una mayor oferta de empleo y desarrollo económico en la región. Además, el F I C S J propone nuevas expresiones de cultura y folclore en la región, a través de la presentación de películas que aborden temáticas [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Montelíbano, Colombia