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Message To Man

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The 35th Message to Man International Festival of documentary, short fiction, animated, and experimental films will take place from 17 to 25 October 2025 in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Over the years, the Festival has hosted distinguished figures of world cinema, including Werner Herzog, Ulrich Seidl, Claude Lanzmann, Isabelle Huppert, Fanny Ardant, Agnès Varda, Mira Nair, Paolo Sorrentino, Alan Berliner, Eric Roberts, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Abdellatif Kechiche, Udo Kier, and many others.

With its history spanning three decades of cinema development, Message to Man was founded in 1989 in Leningrad by filmmaker Mikhail Litvyakov, who now serves as the Honorary President of the Festival.

In 2010, Alexei Uchitel, a renowned director of documentaries and feature films, assumed the role [...]



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Published: 20 May 2021
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Zaragoza International Film Festival

Deadline: 25 Aug 2021

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The Zaragoza Film Festival, founded in 1995 to create a cinematic activity in the city. At first his main title was the Young Filmmakers. Since 2007 its official name became the Zaragoza Film Festival.

Festival with various events, generalist and national character (although some of its events are international).

Starting in 2021, after celebrating the 25th edition of the Festival, we propose an evolution of the project.

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Zaragoza, Spain



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Logo of La Serena International Film Festival
Published: 15 May 2021
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La Serena International Film Festival

Deadline: 30 Jul 2021

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The eleventh La Serena International Film Festival (FECILS) is a competitive audiovisual event that will take place from October 22 to 25, 2025, in the Coquimbo region. It seeks to support the production and dissemination of regional, national, and Latin American audiovisual activities, thus contributing to decentralization by promoting the exchange and training of regional filmmakers and producers. Through these actions, FECILS seeks to establish itself as a cultural event that, in addition to generating film exhibition spaces in the Coquimbo region, focuses on generating new audiences. FECILS 2025 features an audiovisual outreach program that will reach various venues in the region's communes.

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La Serena, Chile



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Published: 13 May 2021
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Bugarte Film and Visual Arts Festival

Deadline: 31 May 2021

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Born in 2009 in order to highlight and encourage artistic expression, film and cultural identity of the region. Promoting the permanence of cultures and strengthening the cultural policies of the city as a mechanism for citizen and community participation; thus supporting the development, exhibition and dissemination of film and the visual arts in the city of Guadalajara de Buga and Valle del Cauca; proposing dialogue between the various expressions of art today and their participation mechanisms mainly in the youth population. This festival seeks to create spaces for discussion, artistic and audiovisual creation in a participatory manner.

The festival became the first event of its kind in this area, for display, training, capacity building and collective on the subject of [...]

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Guadalajara de Buga, Colombia



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Logo of PUNTO FINAL
Published: 06 May 2021
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PUNTO FINAL

Deadline: 01 Oct 2021

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The theme of the contest is death understood as the end of life. The works must reflect death from the perspective of the authorship of the works.

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Quinto, Spain



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Published: 05 May 2021
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BCN Sports Film – 16th Barcelona International FICTS Festival

Deadline: 15 Sep 2021

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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 [...]

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Barcelona, Spain



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Published: 05 May 2021
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Santurtzi Film Festival

Deadline: 20 Jul 2021

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Santurtzi Film Festival will take place between October 23rd and november 1st.

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Santurtzi, Spain



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Published: 05 May 2021
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FINTCH - 3rd International Humor Film Festival

Deadline: 08 Apr 2022

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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.

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São João de Meriti, Brazil



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Logo of ALMA, Almassora International Short Film Festival
Published: 02 May 2021
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ALMA, Almassora International Short Film Festival

Deadline: 31 Aug 2021

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VII Almassora International Short Film Festival (Castellón) SPAIN

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ALMASSORA, Spain



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Logo of Kunta Kinte International Afro-descendant Community Film Festival
Published: 01 May 2021
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Kunta Kinte International Afro-descendant Community Film Festival

Deadline: 30 Jul 2021

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Submit your production for free in any of our categories. Submissions open from September 3 to September 7, 2025, through Festhome and Click for Festivals. You can also send your application to the email: fickuntakinte@gmail.com.

The Ninth Afro Kunta Kinte International Community Film Festival will take place from September 3 to September 7, 2025, in Medellín, Colombia, under the theme “Ways of Inhabiting the Territories.” Please note that each submission will be reviewed by our curation team; the submission period is open from June 10 to August 2, 2025.

We invite filmmakers to submit their films, documentaries, and short films that explore aspects of the African diaspora, such as the history of slavery, global Afro-descendant culture, the civil rights struggle, migration [...]

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Medellin, Colombia



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Logo of FESTIVAL OF FUTURE STORYTELLERS
Published: 29 Apr 2021
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FESTIVAL OF FUTURE STORYTELLERS

Deadline: 15 Jul 2021

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Festival of Future Storytellers has been one of the most important festivals for young filmmakers worldwide since 1981. Each year, it offers young filmmakers from all over the world a platform for presenting their own short films and exchanging ideas about filmmaking. Each November, Munich becomes the focal point of up-and-coming international filmmaking — a place for lively exchange, networking, and discussion.

The short fiction, documentary, and animated films screened in international competition are eligible for valuable prizes, which are awarded by an independent festival jury. In addition, Festival of Future Storytellers presents a DACH Short Film Competition, in which short films from the DACH region will be programmed. An extensive supporting programme with panels and [...]

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München, Germany



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