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Brussels Short Film Festival

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Brussels Short Film Festival is an exhibition intended for cinema lovers, both audience and professionals. The purpose is to promote and circulate short films and to generate contacts between audience, young directors and professionals.

Since 2018, the winner of the Great Prize of the International competition will be eligible for consideration in the Animated Short Film/ Live Action Short Film category of the Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules.



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Logo of Ull Nu Festival Audiovisual Andorra
Published: 09 Feb 2021
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Ull Nu Festival Audiovisual Andorra

Deadline: 11 Apr 2021

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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.

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Andorra la Vella, Andorra



 
 
 
 
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Published: 03 Feb 2021
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Festival Internacional de Cine Ambiental de Cali - FINCALI

Deadline: 14 Feb 2021

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The FINCALI Project is developed by the Nodal Management Foundation (Cali - Colombia) and its purpose is to promote and encourage environmental education through audiovisual media and information and communication technologies. FINCALI is made up of 3 major strategies: a biannual Environmental Film Festival with a national and international competitive framework https://festivalfincali.com/, a regional Tour that, in the intervening year between each Festival, decentralizes and circulates the best selection of films and training activities from the latest edition by various municipalities in the Colombian Pacific region, and as a third strategy, a digital environmental film platform, Screen Green https://pantallaverde.org/, which offers the community Spanish-speaking a wide [...]

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Cali, Colombia



 
 
 

 
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Published: 03 Feb 2021
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Gandhara Independent Film Festival

Deadline: 28 Feb 2021

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Empowered WOMXN, 2025 (Online)

Back for the fourth time, GIFF is excited to present Empowered WOMXN 2025. This event celebrates the stories, strengths, and journeys of women through films created by female filmmakers, celebrating International Women’s Day with powerful stories from around the world.

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*there is no submission fee to submit a film

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Karachi, Pakistan



 
 
 
 
Logo of Cortoons Festival Gandia
Published: 02 Feb 2021
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Cortoons Festival Gandía 2025

Deadline: 01 Sep 2021

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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: 02 Feb 2021
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Cabriolet Film Festival

Deadline: 01 Apr 2021

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CFF is the first outdoors film festival of its kind in Lebanon. The festival, which was launched in 2009 by “Laboratoire D’art”, has become an annual short film event which celebrates and promotes local and international short films as an independent form of art in a non-competitive public event, away from competition, prizes and entrance fees.

Cabriolet Film Festival next year’s topic is centered around the concept of "DISOBEY".
In a world often dominated by conformity and convention, “Disobey” embodies the courage to forge your own path, challenge norms, and stand up for what you believe in. It is about breaking free from societal expectations, daring to be different, and embracing the resilience it takes to remain authentic, even when the road is difficult.

We invite [...]

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Gemmayzeh , Lebanon



 
 
 
 
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Published: 02 Feb 2021
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10º Galapán Film Festival Santiago-pontones

Deadline: 31 May 2021

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Santiago-Pontones International Short Film Festival (Jaén).

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Santiago de la Espada, Spain



 
 

 
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Published: 02 Feb 2021
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Choreoscope - Barcelona Dance Film Festival

Deadline: 30 Apr 2021

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If there is something we all have in common, it is movement. As Akram Khan put it: “Movement is the essential ingredient of how the world continues, or survives.”

When our body’s movement fuses with the cinematographical movement, one of the most original film genres is born: dance film. While words can mislead, the body language does not lie.

Choreoscope is the International Dance Film Festival of Barcelona. A unique event dedicated not only to those passionate about dance, but also to those who enjoy quality cinema. Born in 2013, with three full-house celebrated events, our goal is to promote the strong ties with art in general and with film and dance in particular.

Movies do not know any boundaries. Dance does not either. There is a common language joining them. The [...]

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Barcelona, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 25 Jan 2021
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T-Short Animated Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Mar 2021

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FROM NOVEMBER 28 TILL NOVEMBER 30, 2025, THE T-SHORT FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD AT THE KINEMATHEK KARLSRUHE CINEMA, IN KARLSRUHE, GERMANY.

FROM DECEMBER 1 TILL DECEMBER 14, 2025, THE FESTIVAL WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE ONLY FOR RESIDENTS OF GERMANY, AS WELL AS FESTIVAL PARTICIPANTS AND GUESTS.

THE DEADLINE FOR FILM SUBMISSION IS UNTIL APRIL 30, 2025.

------- JURY OF THE FESTIVAL 2025 ---------

- Koji Yamamura (Japan)

- Che Marcheti (Brazil) - Winner of the 2024 festival competition program in the “Best Debut” category.

Additionally, negotiations are underway with three more jury members.

The Participant winning in competitive program of the festival 2024 in nomination "Best Debut" becomes the member of jury of following festival.

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Karlsruhe, Germany



 
 

 
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Published: 22 Jan 2021
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3º Cine Ro - Rondônia Film Festival

Deadline: 20 Feb 2021

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The 3rd CINE RO – Rondônia Film Festival, to be held in August 2025, is a cinematic event that celebrates the diversity and richness of national and international cinema. This festival provides a platform for filmmakers from across Brazil and around the world to showcase their work, with a special focus on productions that reflect the various facets of society.

With a hybrid format, the festival will be held both in-person and virtually, offering broad access to a diverse audience through its official website and social media channels. This format enables the festival to reach viewers beyond the geographic borders of Rondônia, fostering a more inclusive and accessible cinematic experience.

CINE RO welcomes a wide range of works, including fiction shorts, documentaries, [...]

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Porto Velho, Brazil



 
 
 
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Published: 20 Jan 2021
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LAN. Festival De Cine De Temática Obrera

Deadline: 30 Apr 2021

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LAN Workers' Theme Film Festival is a platform that makes visible and values ​​audiovisual projects that reflect the feelings of the so-called working class, its identity traits, its aesthetics, its social and associative framework, its architecture, its capacity for struggle and adaptation and, above all, historical and collective memory.

IMPORTANT
For LAN 08 edition that will take place in June 2025 we will focus on the workers' struggle and the different conflicts generated in the defense of work in the face of the various situations that have caused the closure of numerous factories and industries.

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Bilbao, Spain