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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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Published: 12 Aug 2017
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CINI – International Children´s Film Festival

Deadline: 17 Nov 2017

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The Cultural Británico cordially greets you and opens the call for entries to the “XII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN, CINI 2026”, to be held in Lima, Peru, from February 4 to 8, 2026.

This festival is held in the auditoriums of the Centro Cultural Británico, located in the districts of Surco, San Miguel, San Borja, Pueblo Libre, San Martín de Porres, Santa Anita, San Juan de Lurigancho, Camacho, and Miraflores.

All screenings to be held during the “XII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR CHILDREN, CINI 2026” will be free of charge for the general public.

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Lima, Peru



 
 
 
Logo of Festival de Málaga. Sección Afirmando los Derechos de las Mujeres
Published: 30 Jul 2017
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Festival de Málaga. Sección Afirmando los Derechos de las Mujeres

Deadline: 15 Jan 2018

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ASSERTING WOMEN'S RIGHTS is a project that emerged from the Festival de Málaga, in collaboration with documentary filmmaker Mabel Lozano and the Equal Opportunities Department of the Malaga City Council, as a tool for protest and advocacy. This section was created with the aim of exploring and addressing issues that raise social awareness about women's rights each year.

Launched in 2008, this section of the Festival de Málaga is now in its 19th edition. The project has a dual purpose: to shed light on the injustices that women continue to face in the 21st century simply because they are women, and to promote and support films created by women.

Through Asserting Women's Rights, we have brought attention to the challenges women face in different parts of the world. Even today, [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



Málaga, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 28 Jul 2017
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Festival de Málaga

Deadline: 15 Jan 2018

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1. OBJECTIVES

The objectives of Festival de Malaga are to disseminate and promote Spanish films and their general cultural sphere. In this sense, the Festival is also a platform for Latin American film productions. Its functions include hosting an event for the different professional sectors of films in Spanish (construed as films produced in Spain and all of Latin America, including Brazil) to boost their development and promote international sales.

Festival de Málaga is recognized by the International Federation of Film Producers' Associations (FIAPF) (www.fiapf.org).

In compliance with these objectives, the 29th Edition of Festival de Málaga will be held from 6th to 15 th March 2026.

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Málaga, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 25 Jul 2017
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International Short Film Festival on elderly people (FICMA Salamanca)

Deadline: 15 Sep 2017

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The International Festival of Intergenerational Short Films on the Elderly (FICMA) was born within the Federation of Associations of the Elderly of Salamanca (FAMASA) with the aim of providing a cultural offer that contributes to improving the quality of life of the elderly, even with dependence or disfunctions by bringing them closer to a full citizenship and offering the cultural heritage of which they are protagonists. It is celebrated every year between September and October since 2016 in the city of Salamanca, being a meeting of intergenerational culture

The Festival poses as a place of debate and discourse for questions such as: How has cinema treated old age? The reflection of the role of the elderly in the family, sentimental, emotional and social relationships. The [...]

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Salamanca, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 25 Jul 2017
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Mal del Cap International Short Film and New Narratives Festival

Deadline: 09 Sep 2017

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Mal del Cap opens the call for entries for its XI International Short Film and New Narratives Festival
Ibiza, July 21, 2025.– The Ibizan cultural association Mal del Cap, Cultura Mal Dita has opened this Sunday the call for entries for short films to compete in the XI International Short Film and New Narratives Festival “Mal del Cap, Narratives Mal Dites”, which, on this occasion, will change its format and will take place between December 2025 and April 2026.

The submission period runs from July 21 to September 1, 2025, and is open to filmmakers from all over the world. Works must be submitted in digital format and can be fiction, documentary, or animation. Selected films will be screened during April 2026 in different cultural venues across the island.

“Once again, we are [...]

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Ibiza, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of The Raven, international short film festival of horror, fantasy and science fiction
Published: 18 Jul 2017
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The Raven, international short film festival of horror, fantasy and science fiction

Deadline: 01 Oct 2017

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Short film festival of fantasy, science fiction anf horror.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Cintruenigo, Spain



 
 

 
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Published: 11 Jul 2017
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Short Film Showcase Vila de Noia

Deadline: 15 Sep 2017

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XXVI MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CURTAMETRAXES VILA DE NOIA

The XXVI Mostra Internacional de Curtametraxes Vila de Noia extends the submission deadline and publishes the official regulations for this year’s edition.
The Mostra Internacional de Curtametraxes Vila de Noia announces the extension of the short film submission deadline until 2:00 p.m. on September 15, 2025.
This decision was made after considering the feedback received from several distributors, directors, and film industry professionals regarding the regulations published on June 15. Those rules introduced substantial changes compared to previous editions, and given that they were implemented late in the year, they risked limiting the participation of many filmmakers who usually adapt their works to the traditional [...]

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Noia, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of International Film Festival Zoom - Zbliżenia
Published: 08 Jul 2017
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International Film Festival Zoom - Zbliżenia

Deadline: 15 Sep 2017

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IFF ZOOM - ZBLIZENIA (Jelenia Góra) is one of the largest and most important independent cinema festivals in Poland. Its aim is to present the author's cinema, ambitious, high artistic value, moving independent and original subject matter, as well as promotion of independent film art.

Ladies and Gentlemen,
due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, we would like to inform you that the Russian films which will be submitted to the 29. IFF ZOOM-ZBLIŻENIA 2026 will not be eligible for competitions.

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Jelenia Gora, Poland



 
 
 

 
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Published: 07 Jul 2017
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Animacinių Filmų Festivalis Tindirindis

Deadline: 01 Aug 2017

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The festival will offer diverse program, featuring films of the famous directors, debutants and animation students from various countries, many of whom were awarded at numerous international animation festivals.

International Animated Film Festival "Tindirindis "- is not a commercial film scene. The festival's mission - to deliver the widest range of the animation world: the different styles, the schools work, to show the animation, which encourages creativity.
Artistic animation, author retrospectives, the films, which stimulate creativity. 22 years festival is running every year in Lithuania, showing the best non-commercial animation works from around the world. Competition programs include short and feature films for children, adults, experimental, student, debut, and music [...]

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Vilnius, Lithuania



 
 
Logo of Bringing Human Rights to the people,  short film contest
Published: 21 Jun 2017
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Concurso De Cortos Giza Eskubideak Herrira (Acercando Los Derechos Humanos Al Pueblo)

Deadline: 10 Sep 2017

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The GEH Short Film Competition is a short film competition on human rights held in different localities of Gipuzkoa (Basque Country).

This competition is part of the global project human rights Giza Eskubideak Herrira (Bringing human rights to the people.). The GEH is a human rights awareness project created by the dar-dar Productions cooperative in 2015. The first editions were based in Ordizia. In 2023, the festival has developed and extended to several towns in Gipuzkoa (Euskal Herria).

The main objective of this competition is to raise awareness and educate on human rights. Because this short film contest is a window that we open to the world, and from that window we can see the different realities that people live in different parts of the planet. In view of these [...]

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Legorreta, Spain