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FIDBA International Documentary Film Festival

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In recent decades, and at one time to the emergence of new technologies that have ended up scanning most of the processes of the film, the documentary has known a notorious and systematic growth around the world. In our country, and for more than one decade, a production before linked almost exclusively to fiction has been swelling their ranks with new topics, new approaches, new geographies, new dilemmas.

It is in this context that FIDBA is proposed as the 1st. International Film Festival dedicated to this genre which films with the same fans - as long as we believe that the forms and the doings of the documentary film are different from those of the fiction - may meet and dialogue among them and with the public. If the documentary is a meeting point for the FIDBA, it is [...]



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Published: 13 Jul 2023
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ALMA, Almassora International Short Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Oct 2023

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International Festival

Short film festival

VII Almassora International Short Film Festival (Castellón) SPAIN

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation



ALMASSORA, Spain



 
 
 
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Published: 04 Jul 2023
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Festival Kinoarte de Cinema

Deadline: 15 Sep 2023

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HIGHLIGHTED

International Festival

Short film festival

The 27th Kinoarte Film Festival, to be held from November 2nd to November 9th, is receiving applications for its competitive sessions of short films. Films up to 25 minutes long, produced from January 2024 may participate in the Ibero-American, National, Paranaense and Londrinense competitions.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Experimental



Londrina, Brazil



 
 
 

 
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Published: 04 Jul 2023
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El Festivalico Short film and Videoart festival

Deadline: 31 Aug 2023

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International Festival

Short film festival

The Festivalico is a videoart and short film non competitive showcase.

CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION:

Any individual or legal entity, regardless of nationality, may participate.

Short films must have a maximum duration of twenty minutes.

Submitted works must have been produced after January 1, 2023.

If the spoken language is not Spanish, the film must include subtitles.

All themes are accepted, divided into the following sections: fiction, documentary, animation, and video art.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Caravaca de la Cruz, Spain



 
 
 
Logo of FanCineQueer | International LGBTI Film Festival of Extremadura
Published: 27 Jun 2023
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FanCineQueer | International LGBTI Film Festival of Extremadura

Deadline: 01 Sep 2023

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International Festival

Short film festival

FanCineQueer, the International LGBTI Film Festival of Extremadura, celebrates this year its 28th edition between the 7th and the 16th of November launching its traditional Short Films Call with the purpose of recognising, visibilising and fostering the production and dissemination of recent or unreleased LGBTI works.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Badajoz, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 21 Jun 2023
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BCN Sports Film – 16th Barcelona International FICTS Festival

Deadline: 30 Sep 2023

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International Festival

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Feature film festival

The Barcelona Olympic Foundation, with the support of the Barcelona City Council, organizes the BCN Sports Film 2026 – 16th BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL FICTS FESTIVAL and forms part of the WORLD FICTS CHALLENGE 2026.

The BCN Sports Film 2026 will take place in Barcelona on dates yet to be determined during the first quarter of 2026. In this sixteenth edition, the festival will have a competitive nature.

The sixteenth edition of the festival will have a hybrid format so, there will be face-to-face screenings and online screenings. The rights that the authors assign, therefore, are both for the face-to-face sessions that are held in the official venues of the contest, as well as for the sessions that will be held online through an online platform.

These Rules & Regulations have [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Barcelona, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 16 Jun 2023
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Ànima Jove Fest

Deadline: 15 Sep 2023

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International Festival

Short film festival

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: 11 Jun 2023
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Violet Film Fest

Deadline: 12 Jun 2023

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International Festival

Short film festival

Violeta Film Fest (VFF) is an international film festival "Powerful Stories, Transformative Realities", aims to make visible women, men, LGBTIQ+ people who generate film productions and organizations that in their programs develop actions for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and document these actions with film productions. Films that lead to the transformation of society from 4 categories:
Cinema Made by Women, Cinema made by Men for Women & Elles, Cinema Made by Elles, Cinema made by organizations in action for equity, diversity and inclusion.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Bogotá D.C., Colombia



 
 
 
 
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Published: 07 Jun 2023
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Masuku Film Festival

Deadline: 31 Aug 2023

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Feature film festival

The Masuku Film Festival aims to promote the dissemination of films, works and audiovisual material from all countries, in all genres and for all audiences, addressing topics related to the environment, sustainable development and the environment.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



libreville, Gabon



 
 
 

 
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Published: 04 Jun 2023
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SHORT FILM FESTIVAL DE LA MONTAÑA

Deadline: 07 Jul 2023

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International Festival

Short film festival

This event seeks to show and create a culture around mountain cinema, so that people fall in love with their surroundings, learn to take care of the mountains, and see the number of alternatives that exist to enjoy them. Within this event, short films and feature films related to mountain sports and activities will be screened. The first event of its kind in the municipalities of Manizales and Villamaría.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Manizales, Colombia



 
 
 
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Published: 02 Jun 2023
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Lights Cameros Action

Deadline: 01 Aug 2023

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International Festival

Short film festival

LUCES CAMEROS ACCION is a short film festival with two sections.

1 – “Rural World" Section
International section of short films in Spanish or Spanish subtitles.

Recorded in villages in rural areas or dealing with rural idiosyncrasies.

Premiered from January 1, 2024.

2 – “Cameros" Section
The works submitted will be original pieces that are not accessible through Internet.

With 30% of the "footage" recorded in recognizable places of Cameros (New and old Cameros located in La Rioja Spain).

Deadline for submission of works:
"Rural World" section: before May 31, 2025.
"Cameros" section: before July 21, 2025.

Screenings and Awards Ceremony:
19,20,21,22 and 23 of August in villages of Cameros, La Rioja, Spain.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



El Rasillo, Spain