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Calling all independent filmmakers! Screamfest® Film Festival is back for its 25th annual 10-day event, showcasing the best in horror cinema from around the world. Held this October at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Los Angeles, our festival is a must-attend event for horror fans and industry professionals alike.

Don't just take our word for it - some of the biggest horror publications have dubbed us the 'Sundance of Horror.' Our festival has also been featured in 2024 New York Times at Top 5 Halloween Festivals Worth Traveling For. Moviemaker Magazine's lists of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee for 2023, 50 Best Genre Fests in the World 2021, 25 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee & 13 Film Festivals to Die For, and 30 Bloody Best Genre Fests in the World 2019.

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Logo of INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ANIMATION FILMS ’ANIMAEVKA-2025
Published: 15 Mar 2022
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INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ANIMATION FILMS ’ANIMAEVKA-2025

Deadline: 10 Jun 2022

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International Festival

Short film festival

Mogilev State Enterprise "Kinovideoprokat" welcomes you and informs that in September 2025 in the city of Mogilev, Republic of Belarus, the XXVIII International Festival of Animated Films "Animaevka-2025" will be held.

Over the years, the festival has become a celebration of animation for children and adults. Events are held in all regional centers of Belarus.

For viewing, film screenings of competitive and non-competitive programs, creative meetings with the creators of animated films, master classes, exhibitions of children's fine and decorative and applied arts are organized.

As part of the treatment:

- competition of animated films;
- competition of children's animation creativity
- competition of children's fine and decorative and applied arts.

 Animation



Mogilev, Belarus



 
 
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Published: 12 Mar 2022
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Picknic Film Festival, Santander International Film Festival

Deadline: 20 Apr 2022

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In the early days of cinema, with the advent of the cinematograph, the avant-garde artists found a new medium of expression, called seventh art, which was soon adopted by the major studios.

Thus, the space occupied by the Santander International Film Festival — Picknic Film Festival, is a place where films of reduced visibility and distribution, but selected for prestigious film festivals, with the approval of the press, have the possibility to be screened.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental



Santander, Spain



 

 
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Published: 11 Mar 2022
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Kaaffilm International Short Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Jul 2022

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International Festival

Short film festival

The Kaaffilm Short Film Festival is an independent film festival that puts the spotlight on short films – a category that unfortunately doesn’t get the mainstream attention it deserves. We accept submissions from all over the world and provide a platform for short films that challenge the way we think about cinema.

3º Kaaffilm International Short Film Festival is a short film festival with a competition program for international short films. For our 2024 event, we are planning a hybrid festival presentation.

The Kaaffilm Short Film Festival is an essential platform for both emerging and established filmmakers, arguably the most important showcase for the free, independent film industry Online. The competition program for international short films attracts industry people from [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



Milan, Italy



 
 
 
 
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Published: 05 Mar 2022
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FECISO- Festival Internacional de Cine Social de Castilla-la Mancha

Deadline: 10 May 2022

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Aware of the importance of audiovisual media in Spanish society today and, trying to make them both a comunication and education media, to promote values of solidarity and tolerance, the International Social Film Festival of Castilla-La Mancha was born and it will be held in Toledo, It will continue in Toledo, Torrijos, Cuenca, Olías del Rey...

In this Festival are invited to take part to public and private entities that share the same concerns.

The Festival consists of several sections, including a contest of short and documentaries, social issues include: xenophobia, generational conflict, child labor, domestic violence, social roles, ecology, children´s rights, coexistence, etc.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Torrijos, Spain



 

 
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Published: 02 Mar 2022
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Luberon Film Festival

Deadline: 30 Jun 2022

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Luberon Film Festival

International Film Festival hosted by the city of PERTUIS will reward at the end of these 5 days in a feature film and short film section the Lavender of Gold for the best film.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Pertuis, France



 
 
 
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Published: 02 Mar 2022
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Oyola Fabián Festival Internacional de Cine Documental

Deadline: 15 Jun 2022

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The Cultural Association ‘El Bujío’ of Segura de León (Badajoz), in its desire to pay tribute and remember Andrés Oyola Fabián, neighbour and friend of our town, tireless researcher and disseminator in the field of social and human affairs, organises, in collaboration and with the support of the Town Council of Segura de León and the Provincial Council of Badajoz, the Fourth Edition of the ‘Oyola Fabián International Documentary Film Festival (OFFCINEDOC)’.

Once the participating works have been received and as long as they comply with the aspects included in the Bases, a selection will be made by the organisation and they will be transferred to an international jury made up of professionals from the audiovisual field and from different subjects related to general culture, as [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Segura de León, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 02 Mar 2022
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RiR · Festival Internacional De Curtas De Comedia

Deadline: 30 Jun 2022

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The eighth edition of RIR (International Comedy Shortfilm Festival), a theme festival where humor is the fundamental base.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Allariz, Spain



 
 
 
Logo of Short Film Competition of the Film and Wine Festival Ciudad de la Solana
Published: 28 Feb 2022
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Festival De Cine Y Vino Ciudad De La Solana

Deadline: 11 Jun 2022

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21th FILM AND WINE FESTIVAL "CITY OF LA SOLANA 2025".

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



La Solana , Spain



 

 
Logo of 25th Bidasoa International Archaeological Film Festival
Published: 26 Feb 2022
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XXV Festival Internacional De Cine Arqueológico Del Bidasoa

Deadline: 30 Jun 2022

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The Oiasso Roman Museum and the City Council of Irun organize the International Archaeological Film Festival of the Bidasoa.

The aim of the Festival is to present archaeology to the general public, through the diffusion of audio-visual material resulted from the work made by archaeologists, assuring the promotion and the spreading of these films.

The Festival is being celebrated since the year 2001 and from the year 2004 it has four prizes: the Grand Prize of the Festival, the Special Audience Prize, the Educational Values Prize and Arkeolan Prize for Contribution to Science. Since 2006, it’s inside Fedarcine, the European network of Archaeological Film Festivals.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Irun, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 22 Feb 2022
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Fintch - 3º Festival Internacional De Cinema De Humor

Deadline: 25 Apr 2022

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International Festival

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The 3rd International Comedy Film Festival will present to the public contemporary worldwide film production dedicated to the comedy genre in its various variants, enabling the circulation of films that do not find space in the traditional commercial distribution and exhibition medium.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



São João de Meriti, Brazil