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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 STUDENT CONTEST FILMORAMAX x BELLECOUR SCHOOL
Published: 21 Oct 2025
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STUDENT CONTEST FILMORAMAX x BELLECOUR SCHOOL

Deadline: 01 Dec 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

Everything begins with an idea, a line, a movement — a spark born on a sheet of paper, that comes to life and starts to move.

It’s this magic that Bellecour École and Filmoramax have decided to celebrate together through a student animation film competition, entirely dedicated to the young talents who will shape the cinema of tomorrow.

Behind this project lies a shared ambition: to offer a stage to the new generation of artists, allowing them to express their vision, tell their stories, and reveal to audiences the emotional power of animation.
This competition is much more than a contest — it’s a meeting point:
between the school and the festival, between students and professionals, between passion and the future.

Throughout the day, participants and the public will dive [...]

 Animation



LYON, France



 
 
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Published: 16 Oct 2025
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Zinegoak BILBAO LGTBIQA+ FILM FEST

Deadline: 01 Mar 2026

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Zinegoak is organized by Zinegoak Association and will take place in the city of Bilbao, Spain, June 2026.

All films which have an approach to sexual and gender diversity and LGTBQ+ families, which have been produced after January 1st, 2024 and never had been broadcasted or commercially released in Basque Country.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental



Bilbao, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 15 Oct 2025
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hathor mobile film festival

Deadline: 31 Dec 2025

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Hathor Mobile Film Festival
is a specialized film festival that celebrates cinematic works produced using mobile cameras.

The festival aims to highlight creativity and innovation in filmmaking through accessible technology .

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental



Qena, Egypt



 
 
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Published: 11 Oct 2025
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Maravíllame III Muestra Internacional De Cortometrajes Universitarios

Deadline: 01 Mar 2026

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International Festival

Short film festival

Maravíllame, the University of Cádiz International Short Film Festival, aims to promote film culture and facilitate the exchange of talent and knowledge between the academic and professional spheres.

It will take place on 14, 15 and 16 April 2026 in Jerez de la Frontera, and its programme includes a screening of short films made by university students, a competition with awards in the categories of fiction short film and documentary short film, UCA advertising spot, audiovisual services short film and SEA-EU short film; masterclasses, round tables and workshops with the participation of national and international professionals and teachers.

In addition, spaces will be provided for professionals and university students to meet with the aim of creating networks and synergies [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Jerez, Spain



 

 
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Published: 09 Oct 2025
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28th International Adventure Film Festival, India Tour

Deadline: 01 Dec 2025

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Since 1989, GIRI-DOOT (the leading adventure lovers’ association of Eastern India) has been organizing the International Adventure Film Festival

For 27 years, Giri Doot has proudly hosted this festival one of the country’s longest-running festivals dedicated to exploration, mountaineering, and the spirit of adventure. Now entering its 28th year, the festival continues to attract a vibrant community of climbers, explorers, filmmakers, journalists, and adventure enthusiasts from across the world.

The festival is more than a showcase of films — it is a cultural bridge that fosters international exchange and understanding through the powerful medium of cinema.

Over nearly three decades, it has grown into a celebrated platform where filmmakers and audiences come together to [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



India Tour, India



 
 
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Published: 07 Oct 2025
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MI PRIMER FESTIVAL

Deadline: 14 Dec 2025

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2026 CALL FOR ENTRIES

My First Festival #11 - Solar Edition
A film festival to imagine sustainable futures from childhood

My First Festival (MPF) is the first international film, audiovisual, and new technologies festival for children and youth in Peru. We sow a love of cinema as a tool for social transformation through audiovisual and media literacy. Working with, by, and for children, as agents of change, allows us, through a coordinating role, to contribute to the development of society.

Our cross-cutting theme is part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), using a community-based approach to build a sustainable present and future with a positive social impact.

MPF invites you to participate in its 11th [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Lima, Peru



 
 
 

 
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Published: 07 Oct 2025
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Tsudocu Xixón

Deadline: 01 Jan 2026

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The theme of the work to be presented is free, as long as the theme falls within the musical genre.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



GIJÓN, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 03 Oct 2025
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Festival Du Film D’éducation à La Vie Affective Et Sexuelle

Deadline: 31 Dec 2025

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The Amiens Festival of Film on Affective and Sexual Education (FFEVAS), organized by La Fabrique d’Images, will hold its second edition from May 4 to 7, 2026.
As the first festival in France dedicated to affective and sexual education through cinema, it presents an international selection of short films (fiction, documentary, animation) addressing themes such as consent, gender equality, sexual and gender diversity, sexual health, STI prevention, and the fight against gender-based and sexual violence.

Selected films will be screened before professional juries as well as youth juries. Several awards will be presented.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Amiens, France



 
 

 
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Published: 03 Oct 2025
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Filminute

Deadline: 31 Dec 2025

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Filminute is the international one-minute film festival that challenges filmmakers, writers, animators, artists, designers, and creative producers to develop and submit the world's best one-minute films. www.filminute.com

Every year, throughout the month of October, the Filminute festival presents an extraordinary array of 25 films online, for viewers around the world to enjoy, share and discuss.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Bucharest, Romania



 
 
 
 
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Published: 02 Oct 2025
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Krew! Festidrag De Cine (Festival Internacional de Cine Drag)

Deadline: 31 Dec 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

2nd International Drag Film Festival

Entries open
From June 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025 at 23:59 hrs.

Krew! It is the first Film Festidrag in the world. It began to take place in October 2024, in the city of Monterrey Nuevo León, Mexico in the Cineteca Nuevo León. This year we are calling for Audiovisual Directors and Producers, Drag Queens and people passionate about Drag to participate with a Drag Short Film no more than 30 min, as well as incorporating the new category "Reely Queen" Reel Short film in Vertical no more than 90 seconds.

General Information:
Krew! Is an International Drag Film Festival with stories starring Drags artists, which brings together audiovisual material from around the world to exhibit it in movie theaters and reward the best productions with a [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Monterrey, Mexico