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Grimmfest 2027 is scheduled for 7th to 10th October, teaming up with our regular venue partner Odeon Great Northern, for a live event.

Submissions are open now!

Are you a UK film maker? We are thrilled to announce that GRIMMFEST is now officially a BIFA qualifying Festival for both Shorts and Features.

If your film is selected for our 2027 edition, you are one step closer to the British Independent Film Awards.

A screening with us counts as 1 of the 2 screenings required for BIFA eligibility.

We are also a competitive member of the Méliès federation, which means all selected European short films (Including UK) are in the running for the prestigious Méliès d'argent for Best European Short Film at Grimmfest 2027 and will then be put forward for the Méliès d'Or competition [...]



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Published: 02 Mar 2024
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IV Majadahonda International Social Film Festival (MISFE’27)

Deadline: 31 Jul 2024

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Following the success of its first three editions, we are now organizing the 4th edition of the Majadahonda International Social Film Festival (MISFE’27). The festival is founded on the belief that cinema can be a powerful tool for social transformation and that, by encouraging the circulation of high-quality, thought-provoking films, we can help educate and raise awareness within the community about important social issues.

MISFE’27 continues to establish itself as a showcase for filmmaking talent that addresses and brings attention to relevant social issues. We believe that films can serve as educational tools and as catalysts for dialogue around subjects that matter.

The festival also aims to contribute to the cultural development of Majadahonda and to broaden and enrich [...]

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Majadahonda, Spain



 
 
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Published: 17 Feb 2024
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Festival Cortogijón

Deadline: 29 Feb 2024

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XIII CortoGijón Festival

The Gijón Short Film Festival arises in 2015 as a parallel section within the Aula 18 National Short Film Contest in the delivery After the disappearance of emblematic festival three of the programmers decide to maintain their essence by transferring the festival to Gijón. It is in the second edition that of 2016, where the festival moves to the municipal centers of the city to develop a festival with an eye on short films and music. Since then to the competitive sections (Official Section, Asturias Section) And to the sample sections (Panorama Asturias and Mirada FICX) have been there have been concerts that have given luster to the cultural spaces of the city and that have served to put the climax to each projection.

Names like Marilia, Pablo Und [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Gijón, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 09 Feb 2024
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African Indigenous Language Film Festival (Ailff)

Deadline: 02 May 2024

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Welcome to the African Indigenous Language Film Festival, a dynamic platform celebrating Africa’s rich storytelling heritage.

Founded in 2023, our festival showcases films that honor, preserve, and promote indigenous languages while addressing vital social and global issues.

We are dedicated to amplifying indigenous voices in cinema through a carefully curated selection of feature films and documentaries, believing in the power of film to bridge cultures and challenge perceptions.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Lagos, Nigeria



 
 
 
 
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Published: 16 Jan 2024
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Over The Fence Comedy Film Festival & A World of Dark Comedy.

Deadline: 28 Nov 2024

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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Hamilton Hill, Australia



 
 
 

 
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Published: 16 Jan 2024
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TERCER TIEMPO - Festival Mundial De Cine Futbolero

Deadline: 30 Apr 2024

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The Futbolero World Film Festival seeks to promote football as a space for intercultural dialogue and heritage of humanity, through the meeting of different actors in this social phenomenon. It proposes as axes of work: Audiovisual Media, Conversations, Sports Practice, Literature and Diploma Training.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Bogotá, Colombia



 
 
 
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Published: 16 Jan 2024
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UllNu - Festival Audiovisual d’Andorra

Deadline: 24 Mar 2024

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Festival Ull Nu:

It is a space to encourage, spread and fertilize creativity, art, culture and young talent.

It is a meeting point, exchange and dialogue between young creators coming from all over the Pyrenees and professionals from the film and audiovisual industry.

It is an alternative, original and innovative leisure proposal that aims to promote and bring to Andorra new proposals and audiovisual trends.

It is a unique experience, a festival of cinema and audiovisual.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Andorra la Vella, Andorra



 
 
 

 
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Published: 13 Jan 2024
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24. Int. Low & No Budget Film-sharing Festival 2027

Deadline: 30 Apr 2024

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Int. Low & No Budget Video Film Festival "film-sharing"
 
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Film Sharing – 24th International Low & No Budget Video Film Festival 2027
 
Festival Date: Oct.2027 Stuttgart, Aug. 2027 Heilbronn

Open Screenings start: Mai 2026/Stuttgart, Heilbronn ,

Place: Stuttgart, Heilbronn - Germany

Status: Independent Short Film Festival

Festival Niveau: Semi-Professional

Outreach: International

Submission Deadline: 25/10/2026 to 25/04/2027
Category: narrative short films, animations, comedy ( no documentray, music clips, artfilms)
Lenght: 1 - 16 min ( please don't send us films longer than 15 min!!!!)

Ages: 0-99
Internet: www.film-sharing.net (all terms)

Short Outline:
nineteen successful years of the ‘International [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Stuttgart, Germany



 
 
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Published: 09 Jan 2024
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Festival Cine del Mediterráneo- Ficsem

Deadline: 18 Jan 2024

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FICSEM Festival, in the Mediterranean area.


For major reasons, and having been immersed in a situation in which we have all been affected, we have decided to adapt to the current situation, and give a new focus to our festival. Maintaining the enthusiasm and passion we feel for the artistic world.


Our festival is aimed at the dissemination and promotion of film authors related to topics of social and/or ecological value.


Because we believe in the power of art as a transformative medium, our contribution from this festival is to give visibility to projects that address environmental and social changes in which we are immersed. We are an international festival because we understand the world beyond barriers, and because we are moved by the need to get to know other cultures [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Torrevieja, Spain



 
 

 
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Published: 04 Jan 2024
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A/r/tográfica. Muestra Internacional de Videonarración

Deadline: 15 Jan 2024

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A/R/TOGRÁFICA International Videonarration Exhibition is an annual event organised by the University of Granada which, in its 11th edition, gave rise to the A/R/TOGRÁFICA platform. Since then, the platform has expanded its activities through a year-round programme held both in Granada and beyond the city.

The Exhibition brings together artistic research projects that use audiovisual narration as a methodology for artistic creation, research, and learning, and each year launches an INTERNATIONAL OPEN CALL inviting artists, researchers, and educators to participate in screening sessions held during February and March in different venues and institutional spaces associated with the event.

The open call brings together experimental, essayistic, and research-based proposals within [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Granada, Spain



 
 
 
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Published: 03 Jan 2024
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Festival Internacional De Cine Invisible Film Sozialak De Bilbao

Deadline: 01 May 2024

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Kultura Communication Desarrollo-KCD NGOD (hereinafter the holder or KCD NGOD, indistinctly) registered in the General Register of Associations of the Basque Country with Tax ID G-95550943, and address at Beurko Viejo 3, Pabellón 38, Oficina 12, BarakaldoBizkaia (Vizcaya) 48902, Spain, will hold a festival dedicated to screening diverse and
socially-committed films, films that are usually excluded from conventional screens.

KCD NGOD, organisers of the 19th International Unseen Film Festival “Film Sozialak” of Bilbao (Basque Country) and commissioned to organise the International Unseen Film Festival “Film Sozialak” is a non-profit organization whose aim, among others, is to promote Human, Intercultural, Equitable and Sustainable Development through
Communication and Culture.

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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Barakaldo, Spain