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shnit worldwide shortsfestival

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The shnit worldwide shortsfestival is a premier platform for the exhibition and promotion of short films. The festival is a unique transnational event held simultaneously in ten cities across five continents. The festival will take place from August 20 to September 20, 2026, and consists of three main segments: [1] shnit PLAYGROUNDS*—festival cities [2] shnit EXPANDED [3] shnit FINALE—awards ceremony.

All winners of the WORLDWIDE COMPETITION and INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION will be eligible for consideration for the 2027 Oscars® (via a cinematic release, in accordance with the rules of the 99th Academy Awards®).

Over the past twenty-four years, shnit has evolved into a major international short film festival, continuously reinventing itself. Originally a local initiative, it has [...]



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Published: 03 Mar 2026
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Short films



Cortesina Festival de Cortometrajes

Deadline: 17 May 2026

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

CORTESINA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL aims to support and promote film culture, as well as to highlight and advocate for the role of women in cinema. It is still difficult for film sets and clapperboards to speak in the feminine, for screenplays to tell how women see the world, and for actresses to portray characters conceived by women. But little by little, this is changing, with new voices that deserve to be recognized.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Alicante, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 03 Mar 2026
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Festival Iberico de Cine de Badajoz

Deadline: 05 May 2026

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GOYA Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

Only for films produced in Spain or Portugal.

A leading short film festival in the Iberian Peninsula, showcasing the work of Spain and Portugal's most prominent filmmakers over the last quarter of a century. Preselection festival for the Goya Awards.

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Badajoz, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 03 Mar 2026
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Gastro Film Fest

Deadline: 31 May 2026

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

The festival has an international character and all authors with films in compliance with other propositions can participate. Films selected for competition will be judged in two categories:

1. FILM RECIPE - a sort of documentary that should display complete image and/or text instructions for preparation of culinary creations (meals, drinks or deserts), including information about required ingredients and sequence of work. Based on those, after watching film one should be able to prepare the recipe.

2. OPEN CATEGORY - a film that should thematize or depict content related to food and/or drink.

Duration of individual films submitted is limited to 15 minutes.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Osijek, Croatia



 
 
 
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Published: 03 Mar 2026
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L`Hospitalet Shortfilms Festival

Deadline: 14 Jul 2026

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

The L’Hospitalet Short Film Festival celebrates its 21st edition, firmly established as a landmark cultural event in the city. Over the past two decades, it has supported and promoted the talent of young filmmakers committed to human rights, cooperation, and a culture of peace.

In this edition, the festival also introduces the thematic focus “Territories”, an invitation to engage in dialogue with other realities, explore new physical and symbolic geographies, and decentralize perspectives in order to amplify diverse voices and non-hegemonic viewpoints.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain



 

 
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Published: 03 Mar 2026
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RIR · International Comedy Shortfilm Festival

Deadline: 30 Jun 2026

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

The nineth edition of RIR (International Comedy Shortfilm Festival), a theme festival where humor is the fundamental base.

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Allariz, Spain



 
 
 
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Published: 03 Mar 2026
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EDITA Social Film Festival

Deadline: 20 May 2026

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International Festival

Short film festival

EDITA is a festival of short-films with the aim of social transformation through audiovisual creation, encouraging critical thinking, engaging citizens in the promotion of rights and making the viewers feel seen and motivated pursue a social change.

Through this festival, ASAD aims to discover and share new social imaginaries, change the point of view and get closer to non-hegemonetic proposals evoking social justice, human rights, gender equity and environmental sustainability

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Granada, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 02 Mar 2026
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T-Short Animated Film Festival

Deadline: 17 May 2026

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

On November 27 and 28, 2026, the T-Short Festival will take place at the Kinemathek Karlsruhe cinema in Karlsruhe, Germany.

From November 30 to December 13, 2026, the festival films will be available online only for residents of Germany, as well as for festival participants and guests.

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T-Short Festival for professionals from all over the world and animated movie fans in Germany.

Only short films up to 15 minutes are presented at the festival, preferably without monologues and dialogues.

Films finished after January 1, 2024 are accepted for selection.

T-Short Festival treats any auteur animated films with trepidation, however, it prefers abstract, experimental, and surreal animated films.

T-Short doesn’t target children’s audience and doesn’t allow [...]

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Karlsruhe, Germany



 
 
 
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Published: 02 Mar 2026
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Feature films



Festival de Cine de Barracas

Deadline: 21 May 2026

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International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

We want to organize this FOURTH EDITION, a call for short and long films, where THE MEMORY are the main theme in the selected works.

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CIUDAD AUTONOMA DE BUENOS AIRES, Argentina



 

 
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Published: 01 Mar 2026
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Certamen Cinematográfico Amigos De Ribadesella

Deadline: 01 Sep 2026

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International Festival

Short film festival

The festival aims to promote cinematographic culture through short films.

The Friends of Ribadesella Cultural Association was born in 1986, with the vocation of disseminating culture among the citizens of Ribadesella and its council, its statutory objectives being very broad (giving conferences, organizing exhibitions, publishing books, protecting cultural and historical heritage , artistic, ethnographic, natural or scientific of the town; also activities of a sporting or social nature) currently having about a thousand members, who support our cultural trajectory.

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Ribadesella, Spain



 
 
 
Logo of FanCineQueer | International LGBTI Film Festival of Extremadura
Published: 28 Feb 2026
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FanCineQueer | Festival internacional de cine LGBTI De Extremadura

Deadline: 31 Jul 2026

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

FanCineQueer, the International LGBTI Film Festival of Extremadura, celebrates this year its 29th edition between the 6th and the 15th 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