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Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival

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Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival is one of the most prestigious film festivals in Portugal, reaching its 33rd edition in 2025.

Assuming as the main objective the promotion and diffusion of cinematographic and audiovisual works, selected according to quality criteria, Curtas Vila do Conde focuses on the discovery of new films and filmmakers and also on the recognised legacy of Cinema.

Short film competitions with animations, documentaries, fiction films, experimental films, and music videos, produced in 2024 or 2025, no longer than 60 minutes (exception made, under 30 minutes of duration, for Curtinhas – youth and children; My Generation – competitive section aimed for teenagers; Take One! – student films; and Music Videos), preferably with subtitles in [...]



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Published: 02 Nov 2024
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Villanueva Showing FIlm Awards

Deadline: 07 Mar 2025

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«The Oscars of the university cinema»

Villanueva Showing Festival is an International Short Film Festival for young people between 15 and 25 years old, organized by Universidad Villanueva. This initiative aims to encourage young people to reflect on universal human values ​​through audiovisual language. For this reason, each edition challenges the young cinematographic promises to create their own piece on a specific theme based on a universal value.

This festival, in which more than $ 22,000 in prizes are awarded every year, offers great visibility to young cinematographic talents before an international jury of experts, producers, directors, scriptwriters, actors and other professionals from the sector who attend the ceremony annually of awards ceremony, held in an iconic [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Madrid, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 02 Nov 2024
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Chennai World Cinema Festival -2025

Deadline: 01 Aug 2025

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Welcome to the CHENNAI WORLD CINEMA FESTIVAL-2025!

Chennai World Cinema Festival successfully held its inaugural event on September 19th-25th, 2025.

700 seater Sri Devi Karumari Theater.
A widescreen is like an IMAX theatre.
The theatre has a 4K projection and Dolby Atmos sound system.

Three days,
18 screenings,
27 Short Films & Feature Films,
All visitors were admitted free of charge.

The 1st Chennai World Cinema Festival was held from October 4 to 10, 2024.

200 seater Prasad Preview Theater.

The theatre has a 4K projection and Dolby Atmos sound system.

3300 submissions from 114 countries.

6000 visitors.

Seven-day screening.

Eight venues.

38 Short Films and Movies.

Ambassador of Venezuela's two-day participation.

Direct participation of 42 foreign and domestic [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Chennai, India



 
 
 

 
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Published: 18 Oct 2024
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Arcu Atlánticu Xixón

Deadline: 31 May 2025

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Film Festival framed within the Atlantic Arch of Xixón.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Gijón , Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 18 Oct 2024
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Muestra De Cine Documental Musical De Gijón

Deadline: 31 May 2025

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THE GIJÓN 2025 FESTIVAL

4 GIJÓN MUSIC DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
August 2025

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Gijón, Spain



 

 
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Published: 04 Oct 2024
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Festival Ànima Jove

Deadline: 20 Oct 2024

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Ànima Jove, Festival Internacional de Curtmetratges d'Animació d'Altafulla is an animation film festival, whose main objective is to create a space to disseminate the art of animation in the territory of Tarragona.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Altafulla, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 04 Oct 2024
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Humus Film Fest

Deadline: 22 Oct 2024

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The Humus Film Fest is an international festival of short films with environmental themes, focused on audiovisual pieces that show, from fiction or reality, agroecology experiences, urban gardens, connections between the countryside and the city or new ruralities.

The festival aspires to accommodate both the most professional and amateur creators, with
the aim of broadening views on the connections between these two ecosystems, the countryside and the city. We look for stories that tell us about these relationships from humor, poetry, surrealism or everyday life.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Madrid, Spain



 
 

 
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Published: 03 Oct 2024
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ZinemascFF

Deadline: 05 Nov 2024

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The film festival Zinema sin Cinema, is a festival created by the film website Zine sin cine. This festival welcomes all types of films except video clips.

All kinds of themes, characters and forms will be welcomed. Equality and respect will always be sought.

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Zaragoza, Spain



 
 
 
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Published: 02 Oct 2024
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Gastro Film Fest

Deadline: 27 Apr 2025

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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.

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Osijek, Croatia



 
 

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

Deadline: 30 Apr 2025

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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 to [...]

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BITOLA, North Macedonia



 
 
 
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Published: 25 Sep 2024
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Golden Snail 2025

Deadline: 01 Jun 2025

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Festival "Golden Snail" is a World Children Animated Film Festival which takes place in month September 2025. in Vranje, Serbia. "Golden Snail" gathers young filmmakers from all over the world. Any studio, club or school who works with children in a field of film animation are welcome to our festival. Films must be made BY CHILDREN not for children by professionals.

The festival is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia and the City of Vranje.

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Vranje, Serbia