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IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival

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Founded in 2003, IN THE PALACE International Film Festival is dedicated to short films and audiovisual arts. Originating as a competitive forum for student films, it is now a recognized platform for expression of both young artists and experienced professionals. Among the oldest in the Balkans, it is the only professional short film festival in Bulgaria.

IN THE PALACE ISFF is a Goya Awards qualifying festival and an Academy Awards®/OSCAR® qualifying festival for shorts in the categories of Best Animation, Best Fiction, Best Documentary, and Best National Film. IN THE PALACE ISFF is a member of the international network of festivals and institutions serving the short film sector – the Short Film Conference.

IN THE PALACE ISFF annually launches the last weekend of June and for [...]



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Published: 11 Sep 2024
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Short Short Story Film Festival

Deadline: 03 Nov 2024

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

For 2026, the 19th 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



N/A, United States



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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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VIII INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF FILM AND SCIENCE 2026

The International Exhibition of Cinema and Science is an event that will take place at Centro Cultural Doctor Madrazo (Santander, Spain), between the 10th and 13th of November, 2026. 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 [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Experimental



Santander, Spain



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Published: 05 Sep 2024
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Festival De Cine Escolar Raúl Ruiz

Deadline: 10 Nov 2024

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Organized by ONG Acción Intercultural and Liceo Artístico Guillermo Gronemeyer, the 6th Raúl Ruiz School Film Festival invites young creators to participate in its November 2026 edition in Chile. Inspired by the legacy of the acclaimed Chilean filmmaker, this in-person festival celebrates audiovisual experimentation, artistic research, and bold cinematic exploration. Submissions are open to fiction, documentary, animation, video art, dance film, video essays, and hybrid formats.

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Bodies (School Category): Explores the body as presence, memory, emotion, performance, or transformation.

Memory and Territory (School Category): Investigates the relationship between identity, landscape, soundscapes, heritage, and community stories.

Games and Perception (School [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Quilpué, Chile



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Published: 03 Sep 2024
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Espiello, Festival Internacional de Documental Etnográfico de Sobrarbe

Deadline: 15 Oct 2024

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ESPIELLO, INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ETHNOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY is organized by the Service of Culture of the Comarca de Sobrarbe (an institution that it groups to 19 town halls) along with a wide participation of neighbors of the zone who form the Permanent Commission of the festival. It is celebrated during March and April in Boltaña, a small population of the Pyrenees of Huesca (Spain).

Espiello is the only festival with this specialization in the country. It has an international competition of ethnographic documentary and some different sections out of competition and other activities whith topics related to the documentary and the visual anthropology.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Boltaña, Spain



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Logo of CINI – International Children´s Film Festival
Published: 16 Aug 2024
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CINI - Festival Internacional de Cine Para Niños

Deadline: 15 Nov 2024

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The Cultural Británico cordially greets you and opens the call for entries to the “XIII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN, CINI 2027”, to be held in Lima, Peru, from February 10th to 14th, 2027.

This festival is held in the auditoriums of the Centro Cultural Británico, located in the districts of Surco, San Miguel, San Borja, Pueblo Libre, San Martín de Porres, Santa Anita, San Juan de Lurigancho, Camacho, and Miraflores.

All screenings to be held during the “XIII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN, CINI 2027” will be free of charge for the general public.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Lima, Peru



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Published: 14 Aug 2024
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TUWUN - Muestra De Cine Indígena De Wallmapu

Deadline: 15 Sep 2024

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PRESENTATION

The TUWUN concept represents the Mapuche territorial origin, which together with KVPALME, the family origin, represent the Mapuche identity rooted in the LOF, a territorial space that in turn is the basis of the ancestral territorial structure of a broader space, the WALLMAPU, the entire Mapuche territory.

This concept of Mapudungun, the Mapuche language, gives rise to TUWUN Muestra de Cine Indígena de Wallmapu, created with the aim of making known through cinema, that identity and the realities related from ancestral knowledge and the way in which it is understood. life from the vision and relationship of each people with their environment, with their territory, with their own history, culture and spirituality and, therefore, from their own perspective.

In this [...]

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Villarrica, Chile



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Published: 13 Aug 2024
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Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Mal Del Cap

Deadline: 12 Sep 2024

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The Ibiza-based cultural association Mal del Cap, Cultura Mal Dita is opening the call for entries for short films competing as part of the “12th Mal del Cap International Short Film Festival”, one of the activities included in the “12th Mal del Cap Festival, Narratives Mal Dites”, which will take place in Eivissa from 28 November 2026 to 20 March 2027.

The “12th Mal del Cap International Short Film Festival”, hereinafter referred to as the Short Film Festival, will take place from 15 to 20 March 2027 in different cultural venues across the island.

The submission period will run from 7 September to 11 October 2026, both dates inclusive, and is open to creators from all over the world. Works must be submitted in digital format and may be fiction, documentary or animation.

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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Ibiza, Spain



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Logo of Festival Internacional de Cine de Oriente
Published: 09 Aug 2024
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Festival Internacional de Cine de Oriente

Deadline: 15 Sep 2024

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19th INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF THE EAST IN CONCEPCIÓN

Vitascopio 2026 Open Call: 2026 Inter-University Audiovisual Showcase

WE ARE LOOKING FOR STORIES MADE BY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FROM COLOMBIA AND AROUND THE WORLD.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Concepción, Colombia



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Published: 06 Aug 2024
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Festival Internacional De Cine Diverso

Deadline: 01 Oct 2024

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The 4th International Diverse Film Festival marks a new chapter in the artistic and curatorial evolution of the festival. Under the concept “Revealed Memory,” this edition explores cinema as a living archive capable of preserving stories, identities, emotions, and experiences that have shaped the ways we understand diversity.

Rather than defining the selection criteria, “Revealed Memory” serves as the curatorial framework that inspires this year’s festival. We welcome fiction, documentary, animation, experimental, and hybrid short films that explore the diverse experiences, perspectives, and narratives of LGBTQIA+ communities across a wide range of genres, styles, and artistic approaches.

From November 4–7, 2026, Barranquilla, Colombia, will once again become a meeting point [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Barranquilla, Colombia



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Published: 02 Aug 2024
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Algeciras Fantastika

Deadline: 20 Sep 2024

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Algeciras Fantástika is a multidisciplinary cultural event specialized in matters of fantastic nature, suspense, terror and science fiction, organized by Algeciras City Council and the University of Cadiz.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Algeciras, Spain



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