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Screamfest® Horror Film Festival

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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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Published: 28 Feb 2016
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Short films



CARTOON CLUB - INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ANIMATION CINEMA, COMICS AND GAMES

Deadline: 11 Jun 2016

Call for entries

EUROPEAN ANIMATION AWARDS Qualifier

International Festival

Short film festival

Cartoon Club – International Festival of Animation Cinema, Comics and Games, now at its 41st edition, is one of the best known festivals on the Italian scene.

It is a remarkable window for animation, short films in particular, including fiction, educational, experimental, and computer graphic works, with a whole section solely dedicated to comics: Riminicomix.

The Festival features SHORT ANIMATED FILMS in various sections:

CARTOON CLUB AWARD, open to short animated films made by professional filmmakers and production companies.

SIGNOR ROSSI AWARD, open to animated films made by secondary school and university students, and by the students of animation film schools.

CARTOON KIDS AWARD, among the titles submitted to either Cartoon Club Award or to Signor Rossi Award, the [...]

 Animation



Rimini, Italy



 
 
 
 
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Published: 21 Feb 2016
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CalellaFilmFestival

Deadline: 01 May 2016

Call for entries

International Festival

Feature film festival

The CalellaFilmFestival is a festival dedicated to all those Low Budget films of national or international production, with the aim of rewarding and promoting films made with few media but with high artistic value.

The CalellaFilmFestival has two sections:
"Low Budget" section
The selected feature films will compete as best productions of the year in the national or international scope, with an investment of less than 500,000 euros.

Section "Creative Rosebud Awards"
All those productions that throughout the year have stood out for their creativity and originality, both in the field of national and international production, with an investment exceeding 500.00 euros will compete.

Read the bases to register your movie.

The festival will be held from october 31 to november 8 to [...]

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Calella, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 18 Feb 2016
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Elche Cinema Festival

Deadline: 16 May 2016

Call for entries

GOYA Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

The Elche Film Festival, organized by Mediterraneo Foundation's main objective is to offer a cultural space to filmmakers and moviegoers.

In a constant commitment to the promotion of culture and supporting emerging values of cinema, focusing on innovation, public conversation with the authors and the elimination of technological compete when barriers and vote.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror



Elche, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 13 Feb 2016
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vvfilmf - Kids and Teens International Film Festival

Deadline: 29 Feb 2016

Call for entries

International Festival

Feature film festival

The Association 400 Colpi is a non-profit organization created with the aim of promoting films that, thanks to their language, style, story, and themes, are intended for both young and adult audiences.

vvfilmf is synonymous with film quality and represents a window into the youth world. It is not just a film festival. It's an experience. It's a significant cultural moment for young people that unites and cultivates.

Over the years, vvfilmf has created events that discover spaces for young people, workshops for the study of new forms of visual expression. #vvfilmf presents itself as an initiative aimed at the entire country and internationally, with the intention of meeting the expectations of both a young population and adult viewers.

The goal is to bring the general [...]

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Vittorio Veneto, Italy



 
 
 

 
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Published: 02 Feb 2016
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Short films



Choreoscope - Barcelona Dance Film Festival

Deadline: 30 Jun 2016

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

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 [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Barcelona, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 19 Jan 2016
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Short films



XI Pineda de Mar International Short Film Festival

Deadline: 21 Mar 2016

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

The Festival is organized by the CinemArt Association of Pineda de Mar, it is an international festival with the aim of promoting a specific space for the discovery, screening and dissemination of short films.

The main thematic axis of the festival is that of comedy; however, the theme and genre of the productions is free. Quality and originality will be prioritized as the main objective, and that the production is unprecedented.

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Pineda de Mar, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 16 Jan 2016
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Short films
Feature films



Lugo Film Week

Deadline: 02 May 2016

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International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

47th Lugo Film Week (Spain). Celebrated from September 22 to 27, 2025 (SECILUGO 47).

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Lugo, Spain



 
 
 
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Published: 28 Dec 2015
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Gastro Film Fest

Deadline: 05 Jun 2016

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

The festival has an international character and all authors with films in compliance with other propositions can participate. Films selected for competition will be judged in two categories:

1. FILM RECIPE - a sort of documentary that should display complete image and/or text instructions for preparation of culinary creations (meals, drinks or deserts), including information about required ingredients and sequence of work. Based on those, after watching film one should be able to prepare the recipe.

2. OPEN CATEGORY - a film that should thematize or depict content related to food and/or drink.

Duration of individual films submitted is limited to 15 minutes.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Osijek, Croatia



 
 

 
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Published: 17 Dec 2015
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Villa de Ayerbe International Short Film Festival `CAJAL AWARDS´

Deadline: 30 Apr 2016

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

The Ayerbe Film Festival Association launches this second stage of the "Villa de Ayerbe International Short Film Festival".

Since the 18th edition, with new members in the organization, we want to give a great boost to the festival. In addition to the international competition, we have created a new section dedicated to Science and Research to give greater visibility to the event and from this edition onwards, the awards are now called "CAJAL Awards".

We want to continue with the idea of ​​collaboration with neighboring towns.

This collaboration is carried out in this way: All the selected short films may be screened locally collaborator simultaneously with the development of the Festival and their votes will serve to award the public prize.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Ayerbe, Spain



 
 
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Published: 10 Dec 2015
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Short films
Feature films



Bilbao Fantasy Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Mar 2016

Call for entries

MELIES Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

Bilbao City Council is currently organizing the 31st BILBAO FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL – FANT2025, to take place in Bilbao from 2nd to 10th of May 2025.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Barakaldo, Spain