filmmakers


5090 legitimate festivals waiting for your film. 
170000 films already found theirs.

















Find the latest calls for entries for film festivals all over the world




Screamfest® Horror Film Festival

Logo of Screamfest® Horror Film Festival

Calling all independent filmmakers! Screamfest® Film Festival is back for its 24th annual 10-day event, showcasing the best in horror cinema from around the world. Held this October at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Los Angeles, our festival is a must-attend event for horror fans and industry professionals alike.

Don't just take our word for it - some of the biggest horror publications have dubbed us the 'Sundance of Horror.' Our festival has also been featured in Moviemaker Magazine's lists of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee for 2023, 50 Best Genre Fests in the World 2021, 25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee & 13 Film Festivals to Die For, and 30 Bloody Best Genre Fests in the World 2019.

As the largest and longest-running horror film festival in the United States, we [...]



Festival Viewfinder
Festivals list and information at a glance

Screening Room
Present your film in the best possible streaming quality

Statistics
Check statistics about all your submissions










































   Excellent support


   Security & streaming DRM


   We do not sell your info to others

   Film Links


   Direct communication


   Rent on your own VOD page

   Save on entry fees


   Festival fraud protection


   Special services








Film Links



A festival that is not on our list? A distributor requesting your film? Use Film Links to send your film and keep it protected while knowing when and where they watch it



 














Sell or rent your film in your own terms



   Interact directly with your viewers


   Keep your film’s distribution rights


   Check statistics about your sales and viewings


   We handle the technology and you handle the art










Save on entry fees



Most recent calls for entries and upcoming deadlines.


 
Logo of Festival de Clipmetrajes
Published: 19 Dec 2023
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films



Festival de Clipmetrajes

Deadline: 03 May 2024

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

One-minute short film festival that aims to promote awareness and social commitment, using audiovisual language.

It is a citizen participation tool, where participants express their point of view on the great challenges we face, such as hunger, poverty, climate change or the defense of Human Rights.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other



Madrid, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of Cortoons Festival Gandia
Published: 19 Dec 2023
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films



Cortoons Festival Gandia

Deadline: 01 Sep 2024

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Cortoons Gandia is the International Animated Film Festival of Gandia, organized by Cortoons Festival, the city of Gandia, la Generalitat Valenciana, through the Institut Valenciá de Cultura (Culturarts), and the participation of Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) Campus de Gandia.

In the 2016, after 12 years of great success in Rome, Cortoons international festival of animated films, he moved to Spain in the beautiful town of Gandia in the province of Valencia.

The 20th Cortoons Festival Gandia edition will be a great festival of animated films for professionals, animation film funs and all the general public.

The competition categories are:

International animated short film from 1 to 4 minutes

International animated short film from 4 to 20 minutes

Spanish [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other



Gandia, Spain



 
 
 

 
Logo of FIIN - International Nature Image Festival
Published: 14 Dec 2023
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films



FIIN - International Nature Image Festival

Deadline: 13 Mar 2024

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

The main objective of the Short Film Festival is the dissemination of ecosystems and biological heritage through cinematographic and audiovisual works selected through quality criteria.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



Vila Real, Portugal



 
 
 
Logo of CIBO CORTO Cine Festival dei due mari
Published: 12 Dec 2023
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films



CIBO CORTO Cine Festival dei due mari

Deadline: 06 May 2024

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

The Cultural Association CAP 96010 has organized the 6th edition of the International Short Food Cine Festival, which will be held on 19th, 20th, and 21st of July 2024 in Portopalo di Capo Passero (Sr), Sicily.

The Festival aims to enhance and disseminate history, culture, traditions, and cuisine diversity all over the world through video language.
The competition notice is reserved for:

Short films: duration: from 3 to 20 minutes

Documentaries: maximum duration 30 minutes

The documentaries must have food as the theme, subject, or protagonist.

Works will be judged by a jury made up of national and international experts from film, publishing, and food and wine sectors. The best works will be awarded as follows.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



Portopalo di Capo Passero, Italy



 
 

 
Logo of Mister Vorky
Published: 24 Nov 2023
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films



Mister Vorky

Deadline: 21 Apr 2024

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Mister Vorky is an International Festival of One-Minute and Short films, which promotes the best one-minute and short films from all continents. The organizers of the festival is the Independent Film Center Vorky Team, which in this way pays tribute to the great Serbian-American film artist Slavko Vorkapich-Vorky.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



Ruma, Serbia



 
 
 
 
Logo of Muestra De Cine Documental Musical De Gijón
Published: 09 Nov 2023
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films



Muestra De Cine Documental Musical De Gijón

Deadline: 01 Jul 2024

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

THE GIJÓN 2024 FESTIVAL

3 GIJÓN MUSIC DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
August 2024

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Gijón, Spain



 

 
Logo of MOONLIGHT ONLINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Published: 02 Nov 2023
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films



MOONLIGHT ONLINE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline: 19 Apr 2024

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

Festival President and Artistic Director Gabriel Daniel Dorobantu and Festival Head Manager Irina Tolokolnikova welcome you to The Moonlight Online International Film Festival, which is organized and administered by the Swedish creation, production and distribution company Dorobantu Film & Television.

The Festival aims to promote original feature films and short films of high artistic quality and to support independent cinema worldwide.

In addition to the long lists of official diploma awards in the Feature Film Section and in the Short Film Section, The Moonlight Online International Film Festival is introducing the Trans-Section award Great Moonlight Award for Best Film in the Festival – which will be the festival’s Supreme Award (consisting of the festival’s Physical [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Arboga, Sweden



 
Logo of Duemila30 - International Sustainability Film Festival & Experience
Published: 31 Oct 2023
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films



Duemila30 - International Sustainability Film Festival & Experience

Deadline: 31 Mar 2024

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Duemila30 is the biggest international gathering on social impact storytelling for emerging international filmmakers. Each year, over 100 young talents from all over the world meet for four days of screenings, workshops and meet-ups in Milan (Italy).

Duemila30 is much more than a film festival; conceived as a platform for the advancement of social impact storytelling, Duemila30 is permeated by a unique atmosphere, made of young filmmakers from all over the world, international movie industry professionals, social and environmental activists and the young and passionate staff.

In addition, by joining Duemila30 Festival in Milan from the 27th to the 30th of June 2024 you will forever become part of our community and have access to:

production grants (for your future projects)
 [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Milan, Italy



 
 

 
Logo of THE FILMY MONKS FILM FESTIVAL
Published: 05 Oct 2023
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films



THE FILMY MONKS FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline: 25 Dec 2023

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

TFM Online Film Festival is a premier film festival encouraging Independent Film Makers showcase International films, television, and new media to the world. TFM is taking Film Festivals Digital, keeping up with the current media trends. Our festival that is devoted to finding and highlighting the best cinema in the world and to taking it to maximum people through digital media. Our Jury will award the best films through private screenings.

We Are Inspired by Innovation, Enterprise, and Creativity in Film making.

Thousands of films are made every year by extremely talented, innovative, and visionary filmmakers that are left unnoticed. We aim to celebrate these filmmakers for their efforts and share with the world the raw talent that we discover along the way.

Kindly see last [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



MUMBAI, India



 
 
 
Logo of Gastro Film Fest
Published: 03 Oct 2023
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Short films



Gastro Film Fest

Deadline: 06 May 2024

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