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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.

Since 2018, the winner of the Great Prize of the International competition will be 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.



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Logo of Internacionalen Etnografski Filmski Festival `ilindenski Denovi´-bitola
Published: 27 Sep 2024
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Internacionalen Etnografski Filmski Festival `ilindenski Denovi´-bitola

Deadline: 30 Apr 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

“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 [...]

 Documentary



BITOLA, North Macedonia



 
 
 
Logo of Fantastic film festival in Bourg-en-Bresse
Published: 24 Sep 2024
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Fantastic film festival in Bourg-en-Bresse

Deadline: 05 Jan 2025

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13th edition of the fantastic film festival of Bourg-en-Bresse.

SHort film competitions (french languages, international, middle school) and also screening of features films.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror



Bourg-en-Bresse, France



 
 
 

 
Logo of FesOh!Curt - Nules Film Festival
Published: 22 Sep 2024
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FesOh!Curt - Nules Film Festival

Deadline: 27 Oct 2024

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International Festival

Short film festival

FESOHCURT is, in its 8th edition, a reference within the short movie festivals, as it contributes to fostering the use of Valencian through cinema. Thus, at least 50% of the short movies selected for this edition will be in Valencian language (or any of its dialectal varieties).

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror



Nules, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of ARONA FILM FEST
Published: 21 Sep 2024
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ARONA FILM FEST

Deadline: 15 Nov 2024

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International Festival

Short film festival

The ARONA FILM FEST International Short Film Festival is a cultural project that promotes Arona as an ideal location for film shoots, while also trying to bring the seventh art closer to the citizens, allowing anyone who wants to participate in a real shoot and thus learn how cinema works from the inside.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Arona, Spain



 

 
Logo of Shortfilms of the Young Polis’ Film Showcase
Published: 18 Sep 2024
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Shortfilms of the Young Polis’ Film Showcase

Deadline: 04 Oct 2024

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International Festival

Short film festival

The Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED) of Costa Rica, through the Centro Agenda Joven en Derechos y Ciudadanía, in support of young audiovisual producers and filmmakers and with special attention to the young population in the country, is launching the 16th Audiovisual Showcase “Cortos de la Polis Joven”. The event aims to promote audiovisual production in Costa Rica through a culture of visual expression that reflects the creative imagination of young Costa Ricans and their daily experiences.

“Cortos de la Polis Joven” seeks to present these productions to all kinds of audiences within the university as well as to the local and international community, in order to foster and develop Costa Rican cinematographic production and culture. We believe it is important to open a [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



San José, Costa Rica



 
 
 
 
Logo of OVIEDO MUSIC VIDEO FESTIVAL
Published: 18 Sep 2024
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OVIEDO MUSIC VIDEO FESTIVAL

Deadline: 17 Oct 2024

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International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

Oviedo Music Video Festival.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Oviedo, Spain



 
 
 

 
Logo of Palencia International Film Festival
Published: 14 Sep 2024
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Palencia International Film Festival

Deadline: 30 Nov 2024

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GOYA Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

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

This edition is number 35, 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.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Palencia, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of Short Short Story Film Festival
Published: 11 Sep 2024
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Short Short Story Film Festival

Deadline: 03 Nov 2024

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International Festival

Short film festival

The Short Short Story Film Festival is a competitive international festival of films that tell a story in under six minutes.

For 2025, the 18th edition of the festival returns with a unique closed event. The festival celebrates brevity in film-making, with films from across the globe, both live-action and animated.

The festival consists of two programs, Heartstrings and Headtrip, each with a distinctive tone yet wide-ranging styles and topics.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



N/A, United States



 
 

 
Logo of INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF CINEMA AND SCIENCE
Published: 07 Sep 2024
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MUESTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINE Y CIENCIA

Deadline: 20 Oct 2024

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VII INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF FILM AND SCIENCE 2025

The International Exhibition of Cinema and Science is an event that will take place at Centro Cultural Doctor Madrazo (Santander, Spain), between the 3th and 9th of November, 2025. Is admitted any work of any genre related to science and scientific divulgation.

The objective of the exhibition is to promote the production and divulgation of works that foster the positive and progressive values ​​of science and technology, and that serve as a consultation for any type of audience. The subject is totally free and can refer to own or other people's research, hot topics in the society or scientific community, personal scientific-technical passions, basic science concepts, scientific milestones, historical figures, the science [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Santander, Spain



 
 
Logo of V Festival De Cine Escolar Raúl Ruiz
Published: 05 Sep 2024
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V Festival De Cine Escolar Raúl Ruiz

Deadline: 10 Nov 2024

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International Festival

Short film festival

The Raul Ruiz School Film Festival has been progressively positioned in its three previous versions as the first experimental school film festival in the country, with an increasing reach in different regions of the country. This is a positive indicator of the impact that this initiative has had. In this sense, the described initiative has become a recognized window of diffusion for school cinematographic art. In addition, the possibilities of artistic exploration that the festival suggests through its categories and evaluation criteria have enabled the production teams to investigate and experiment with different film languages. In this sense, the new challenges that the festival offers in its third version are, on the one hand, to continue and strengthen the diffusion and [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Quilpué, Chile