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Brussels Short Film Festival

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Brussels Short Film Festival is an exhibition intended for cinema lovers, both audience and professionals. The purpose is to promote and circulate short films and to generate contacts between audience, young directors and professionals.

The winner of the Great Prize of the International competition is eligible for consideration in the Animated Short Film/ Live Action Short Film category of the Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules. It also automatically qualifies the film for the César Awards, provided that it complies with the eligibility requirements established by the Académie.



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Published: 14 Dec 2025
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Ootpataang Festival

Deadline: 25 Jan 2026

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Ootpatang (Hindi, Colloquial) - The weird, absurd, or nonsensical.

The Ootpatang Festival is a one-day celebration of ajeeb and weird or nonsensical.

Of those who don’t fit in - short film screenings, live performances, and interactive workshops - for the weird, by the weird, held over one day in New Delhi, 2026.

This is a gathering of the super-normal, where you can show off your weird side and experience new and interesting experiences - from films that expand your understanding of narrative and ‘good taste’, live experiences that break through the noise of bland ‘content’, and most importantly, community of creative, artistic, and like-minded weirdos like yourself.

OPT will feature a dedicated film screening area throughout the day, a space for live performances and [...]

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Delhi, India



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Logo of Palencia International Film Festival
Published: 13 Dec 2025
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Muestra de Cine Internacional de Palencia

Deadline: 14 Dec 2025

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GOYA Qualifiers

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The Palencia International Films Festival is organised by the Association Friends of the film and the Popular University of Palencia.

This edition is number 36, and during all these years, our philosphy has been considering cinema a tool of development and social cohesion.

Our festival colaborates with the Spanish Cinema Academy, and its a qualifyer festival for the GOYA shortfilm Awards.

In addition, the short film awarded the first prize by the jury at the MCIP (the Milagros Alcalde Award) will go directly to the Short List finalist of the FUGAZ Awards, making up the short list of films that will then be evaluated for nomination by the commission that awards these prizes each year.

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Palencia, Spain



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Logo of Organitzats per l’Ajuntament d’Algaida (Illes Balears) juntament amb Titoieta Ràdio
Published: 13 Dec 2025
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Premis Castellitx 2027 de Curtmetratges de Ficció en Català

Deadline: 13 Dec 2025

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8th Prize for short fiction films in Catalan language. Catalan version only. Films without dialogue will not be accepted.

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Algaida, Spain



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Logo of A/R/Tographic. International Video-narration Exhibition
Published: 10 Dec 2025
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A/r/tográfica. Muestra Internacional de Videonarración

Deadline: 31 Jan 2026

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A/R/TOGRÁFICA International Videonarration Exhibition is an annual event organised by the University of Granada which, in its 11th edition, gave rise to the A/R/TOGRÁFICA platform. Since then, the platform has expanded its activities through a year-round programme held both in Granada and beyond the city.

The Exhibition brings together artistic research projects that use audiovisual narration as a methodology for artistic creation, research, and learning, and each year launches an INTERNATIONAL OPEN CALL inviting artists, researchers, and educators to participate in screening sessions held during February and March in different venues and institutional spaces associated with the event.

The open call brings together experimental, essayistic, and research-based proposals within [...]

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Granada, Spain



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Logo of ANDALESGAI: Andalusian gay, lesbian, bisexual and transexual Film Festival
Published: 04 Dec 2025
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ANDALESGAI: Festival de cine Lésbico, Gay, Bisexual y Trans de Andalucía

Deadline: 11 Jan 2026

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Festival accepts movies of interest for gay, lesbian, bisexual, intersexual and transexual people. To participate in the competitive section (prizes), these films should have not been programmed on TV, screened in comercial venues or another spanish festival excluding the organized by Fundacion Triangulo. In any case, copyleft or copyright should be later than 2024.

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Sevilla, Spain



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Logo of International Student Film Festival 2027 Opavský Páv
Published: 02 Nov 2025
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International Student Film Festival 2027 Opavský Páv

Deadline: 28 Feb 2026

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International Festival

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14th Annual International Student Film Festival 2026 Opavský páv

Opavský páv is an International Student Film Festival in Opava.

Opavský páv is a project of Institute of Movie, Television and Broadcast Creation at the Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava.

Festival is a nonprofit, entrance to all screenings is free.

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Opava, Czech Republic



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Logo of Emigration Film Festival | Valli del Pordenonese
Published: 02 Nov 2025
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EMIGRATION FILM FESTIVAL | VALLI DEL PORDENONESE

Deadline: 15 Dec 2025

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Organizing a festival dedicated to the theme of emigration in means giving voice to a wealth of stories, emotions, and memories that still inhabit the area today.

Through short films and documentaries from different parts of the world, the festival aims to build a bridge between the past and the present, between those who left and those who returned or arrived, between the roots and new identities that intertwine in border areas.

It's the desire to rediscover the memory of Friulian emigration, made up of departures, sacrifices, and hopes, and at the same time to reflect on contemporary migrations, which continue to transform communities and the way we look at the world.

In a natural and human context of great intensity, the festival becomes a moment of encounter and sharing, [...]

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Pordenone, Meduno, Cavasso Nuovo, Vito D'Asio, Tramonti di Sopra, Italy



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Logo of Organitzats per l’Ajuntament d’Algaida (Illes Balears) juntament amb Titoieta Ràdio
Published: 23 Oct 2025
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Premis Castellitx 2027 de Curtmetratges de Ficció en Català

Deadline: 08 Dec 2025

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Short film festival

8th 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  Music Video



Algaida, Spain



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Logo of Zacatlan International Film Festival
Published: 23 Oct 2025
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Festival Internacional de Cine de Zacatlán

Deadline: 12 Jan 2026

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International Festival

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Feature film festival

We invite you to the Second Zacatlán International Film Festival, held in one of Mexico’s most beautiful "Magical Towns." We welcome filmmakers interested in sharing their work with us—and, why not, staying to film here as well. Submitted works will be showcased through community screenings, film clubs, art galleries, and schools.

On this occasion, Argentina will be our guest country.

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Zacatlán, Mexico



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Published: 08 Oct 2025
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Future-Media art fest

Deadline: 25 Oct 2025

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Future-Tech 2026: short films about emerging technologies, followed by a human and AI analysis

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Lisboa, Portugal



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