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American Documentary And Animation Film Festival (AmDocs)

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AmDocs is one of the largest Documentary and Animation only festivals in the United States. We are located in beautiful Palm Springs, not far from the media capital of Hollywood. We take pride in sharing the best viewing environment for both our audience and filmmakers.

AmDocs is very progressive in education outreach, market sharing and doing all we can to help our filmmakers realize their goals.



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Published: 15 Jan 2024
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Rani Durgavati International Film Festival

Deadline: 18 May 2024

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International Festival

Short film festival

The Rani Durgavati International Film Festival is designed to celebrate Cinema.

RDIFF is committed to Showcase films from amazing filmmakers across the globe. The festival welcomes films from around the world.

RDIFF is a Jabalpur, India based international film festival with screenings and Q&A and a twice-yearly awards event. One event is totally dedicated to Short Films and other event is for Full Length Films. There will be two events every year.

Our First Edition SUCCESSFULLY launched on 5th October 2023 for Short Films.
in June 2024 our Full Length Films Edition was a success.
The 3rd Edition for short films category was completed on 5 Oct 2024. Honorable MLA Shri Abhilash Pandey distributed the Awards. Edition 4 was filled with amazing films.

Entries for edition 05 for [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



Jabalpur, India



 
 
 
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Published: 02 Jan 2024
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Festival Internacional De Cine Del San Jorge

Deadline: 01 Sep 2024

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International Festival

Short film festival

Descripción del festival (Edición: 9)
Inicio Festival: 22 de abril de 2026 Fin Festival: 25 de abril de 2026

El F I C S J. (Festival Internacional de Cine del San Jorge) es un evento que se llevará a cabo del 22 de abril al 25 de abril del 2026 en las ciudades de Montelíbano Córdoba - Colombia. Este festival tiene como objetivo principal promover la producción regional, nacional e internacional de cine y potenciar a la región como un epicentro del séptimo arte.

El festival busca fomentar la economía circular en torno a la producción audiovisual, generando una mayor oferta de empleo y desarrollo económico en la región. Además, el F I C S J propone nuevas expresiones de cultura y folclore en la región, a través de la presentación de películas que aborden temáticas [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



Montelíbano, Colombia



 
 

 
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Published: 28 Dec 2023
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Callejero Festival Internacional de Cine

Deadline: 10 Apr 2024

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International Festival

Feature film festival

The International Street Film Festival is an annual celebration that showcases cinematographic works of exceptional quality that have been created independently and innovatively. This event seeks to promote and disseminate artistic expression through cinema, giving street filmmakers from around the world a platform to show their works to the public.

Our festival takes place in a variety of locations around the world, highlighting urban and outdoor spaces that allow audiences to enjoy a unique cinematic experience. We are pleased to present a wide selection of films that span diverse genres and themes, from experimental short films to documentaries, animated films and conventional narratives.

In addition to film screenings, the International Street Film Festival also offers a [...]

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Lima, Peru



 
 
 
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Published: 19 Dec 2023
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Cortoons Festival Gandía 2025

Deadline: 01 Sep 2024

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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 21th 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 [...]

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Gandia, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 17 Nov 2023
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Festival de Málaga

Deadline: 22 Dec 2023

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Feature film festival

1. OBJECTIVES

The objectives of Festival de Malaga are to disseminate and promote Spanish films and their general cultural sphere. In this sense, the Festival is also a platform for Latin American film productions. Its functions include hosting an event for the different professional sectors of films in Spanish (construed as films produced in Spain and all of Latin America, including Brazil) to boost their development and promote international sales.

Festival de Málaga is recognized by the International Federation of Film Producers' Associations (FIAPF) (www.fiapf.org).

In compliance with these objectives, the 29th Edition of Festival de Málaga will be held from 6th to 15 th March 2026.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



Málaga, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 03 Nov 2023
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Alicante Smartphone Internacional Film Festival

Deadline: 10 Nov 2023

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International Festival

Short film festival

The festival will take place in Alicante from December 9 to 13, 2025.

Only short films produced exclusively with a smartphone will be accepted.

Both national and international short films are eligible to participate.

The theme is open to all genres and subjects.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



alicante , Spain



 

 
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Published: 03 Nov 2023
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Festival Internacional de Cine Universitaria Lanterna

Deadline: 19 Nov 2023

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International Festival

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Students, filmmakers, and cinema lovers,

It is with great excitement that I welcome you to the fifteenth edition of the LANTERNA International University Film Festival.

This is no ordinary edition: we’re celebrating fifteen years of stories, voices, and narratives that have crossed our lives and left a mark.

In this very special edition, we want to look back with gratitude and look forward with boldness. Fifteen years of university cinema is not just a journey—it’s a statement of purpose. Of who we were, who we are, and what we aspire to tell.

Cinema is not just what we see:
It’s what we feel without knowing how to explain it.
It’s what connects us without saying a word.
It’s what, from the university, invites us to see the world differently.

I invite you to be part of [...]

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Ciudad de México, Mexico



 
 
 
 
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Published: 02 Nov 2023
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Villanueva Showing Film Awards

Deadline: 04 Mar 2024

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International Festival

Short film festival

«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 [...]

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Madrid, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 31 Oct 2023
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Concurso De Cortos Giza Eskubideak Herrira (Acercando Los Derechos Humanos Al Pueblo)

Deadline: 10 Nov 2023

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International Festival

Short film festival

The GEH Short Film Competition is a short film competition on human rights held in different localities of Gipuzkoa (Basque Country).

This competition is part of the global project human rights Giza Eskubideak Herrira (Bringing human rights to the people.). The GEH is a human rights awareness project created by the dar-dar Productions cooperative in 2015. The first editions were based in Ordizia. In 2023, the festival has developed and extended to several towns in Gipuzkoa (Euskal Herria).

The main objective of this competition is to raise awareness and educate on human rights. Because this short film contest is a window that we open to the world, and from that window we can see the different realities that people live in different parts of the planet. In view of these [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Legorreta, Spain



 
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Published: 31 Oct 2023
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Fiorenzo Serra Film Festival

Deadline: 20 Nov 2023

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International Festival

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The Visual Anthropology Laboratory “Fiorenzo Serra” - the operational headquarters in Sassari of the Cagliari Cultural Services Center of the Humanitarian Society - Cineteca Sarda (hereinafter called “Cineteca”) relating to the Department of History, Human and Educational Sciences of the University of
Sassari (hereinafter called “Department”) as part of the project to enhance the figure of the filmmaker and ethnologist Fiorenzo Serra, he is announcing the competition for ethnographic film productions, named Fiorenzo Serra Film Festival, for the year 2025.

The theme of this eighth edition of the competition for the section “Fiorenzo Serra” is “MASKS, BEYOND THE HUMAN, RITES AND ETHNOGRAPHIC TRADITIONS”

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SASSARI, Italy