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Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival

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Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival is one of the most prestigious film festivals in Portugal, reaching its 34th edition in 2026.

The festival will be held from 17th to 26th July 2026 and its main objective is the promotion of audiovisual and film production, selected according to quality criteria, at an event which focuses not only on the discovery of new films and directors, but also on the legacy of cinema.

Fiction, animation, documentary, and experimental films, as well as music videos, no longer than 60 minutes (unless otherwise noted), produced in 2025 or 2026 are eligible for the various competitions.

Out-of-competition programmes will highlight not only a selection of worldwide contemporary short films but also the relations between shorts and [...]



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Published: 01 Oct 2025
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Screamiverse Expo

Deadline: 01 Jan 2026

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Screamiverse Expo is a horror, sci-fi, and art convention taking place in Roanoke, VA on Saturday April 26th and Sunday April 27th. We have over 100 vendors, special guests, tattoos and piercing, and panels. As part of our programming, we have created a screening room to include films from creators wanting to showcase and share their work to our dedicated audience!

If you want to attend the event and promote your project, we still have vendor space available. Go to https://www.screamiverse.com/vendors for details and pricing. You do not have to be present to have your project showcased.

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Roanoke, United States



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Published: 24 Sep 2025
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Breaking Walls Dance Films

Deadline: 15 Nov 2025

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Open call for filmmakers!

Be part of the 5th edition of Breaking Walls Dance Films and submit your film now.

Breaking Walls Dance Films (BWDF) is the first Dance Film Festival in Egypt and the Region.

BWDF is an international event showcasing the best in dance film from around the world, which will take place in Cairo, in January 2026. We will host a special program of dance films alongside the festival's various programs of workshops and live performances.

Knowing that the application will be no later than November 15, 2025.


ON THE SIDELINES OF THE FESTIVAL:

- We welcome documentaries and feature films to be shown on the sidelines of the festival, provided that these films are dance-related.

- If the film includes non-English narration, English subtitles are required. [...]

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Cairo, Egypt



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Logo of Concurso Iberoamericano de Cortometrajes Versión Española – La 2 / SGAE
Published: 23 Sep 2025
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Concurso Iberoamericano de Cortometrajes Versión Española – La 2 / SGAE

Deadline: 01 Jan 2026

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El programa “Versión Española” (TVE) y la Fundación SGAE (SGAE), convocan el XXIII Concurso Iberoamericano de Cortometrajes “Versión Española / SGAE”, orientado a la difusión y fomento de los nuevos autores en el sector de la creación audiovisual

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Madrid, Spain



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Logo of Aswan International Women Film Festival
Published: 22 Sep 2025
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Aswan International Women Film Festival مهرجان أسوان الدولي لأفلام المرأة

Deadline: 20 Dec 2025

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Aswan International Women Film Festival (est. 2017) is the first annual Egyptian film festival that focuses on cinematic works representing women’s issues, celebrating their success stories and supporting female filmmakers in Egypt and the MENA.

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ASWAN, Egypt



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Logo of Cortisonici International Short Film Festival
Published: 20 Sep 2025
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Cortisonici International Short Film Festival

Deadline: 31 Dec 2025

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Short film festival

International short film festival - MX 15 min.

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Varese, Italy



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Logo of Fantastic film festival in Bourg-en-Bresse
Published: 17 Sep 2025
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Festival du film fantastique de Bourg-en-Bresse

Deadline: 04 Jan 2026

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13th edition of the fantastic film festival of Bourg-en-Bresse.

SHort film competitions (french languages, international, middle school) and also screening of features films.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Bourg-en-Bresse, France



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Published: 17 Sep 2025
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Cinhomo - Muestra Internacional de Cine y Diversidad Sexual de Castilla y León

Deadline: 15 Dec 2025

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The International Film and Sexual Diversity Festival CINHOMO accepts LGBTIQ-themed films of all nationalities, which will be eligible in the various sections of the festival: Fiction Feature Films, Fiction Short Films, Documentary Feature Films and Documentary Short Films.

The works must not have been exhibited in commercial theaters, broadcast on TV or be available to the public on the Internet or any other platform in Spanish territory prior to the celebration of the festival and must be copyrighted after 01/01/2023. Feature films must be unpublished in the Community of Castilla y León; in the case of short films it will not be exclusive but it will be positively valued. The organization reserves the right to include in the out-of-competition program films that do not meet [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Valladolid, Spain



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Logo of NIKON FILM FESTIVAL
Published: 16 Sep 2025
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NIKON FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline: 15 Jan 2026

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It's a free and open to all short film festival based in Paris (France). Concept is simple : submit 2min20 shortfilms about an imposed theme each year. For this 15th edition, it'll be "A human superpower". To participate, you must register on our website www.festivalnikon.fr/en until January 15, 2026

IMPORTANT: PLEASE NOTE THAT FILMS OVER 2MIN20 WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED INTO THE COMPETITION AND WILL BE IMMEDIATELY EXCLUDED WITHOUT VIEWING.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Paris, France



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Published: 13 Sep 2025
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4° Festival Internacional de Cine del Mar

Deadline: 30 Nov 2025

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The 4th edition of the International Sea Film Festival invites national and international productions—documentary and animated—to participate in its 2026 edition. Eligible films must explore seas and oceans as their central theme, approached from scientific, cultural, or artistic perspectives.

In a global scenario of social and economic crises, climate change, and loss of biodiversity and habitats, it is becoming increasingly necessary to understand and respect the oceans and seas better and value their existence and importance for the present and future of humanity and the planet.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Concepción, Chile



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Published: 12 Sep 2025
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Internacionalen Etnografski Filmski Festival `ilindenski Denovi´-Bitola

Deadline: 31 Mar 2026

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“From the roots to the flower” is this year's slogan of the first edition festival Ilinden Days. We started the creation of our film program from the roots of the Bitola's film tradition, the one of the Manaki brothers – the first cinematographers in Macedonia and in the Balkan, who left us invaluable testimonies of the everyday life and the great events of their time, engraved on the film tape. They actually made the first ethnographic documentaries.

It was natural that the Festival Ilinden Days, which has risen to international level, to include in its rich program a festival of ethnographic films. Then the creation of new customs and beliefs. All covered by the artistic passion of the artists, who follow the need to leave indelible traces with their cameras.

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BITOLA, North Macedonia



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