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shnit worldwide shortsfestival

The shnit worldwide shortsfestival is a premier platform for the exhibition and promotion of short films. This festival is a unique transnational event held simultaneously in ten cities across five continents. The festival consists of three main segments:

▪ shnit PLAYGROUNDS* | Running until August 31st, 2025
▪ shnit EXPANDED | Running until September 30th, 2025
▪ shnit FINALE | Amsterdam – September 30th, 2025

The winner of the WORLDWIDE COMPETITION, as well as the shnit audience-nominated films of the WORLDWIDE & INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION, will become eligible to enter the 2026 Oscars® in accordance with the rules of the 98th Academy Awards® [Cinematic release].

Over the past twenty-three years, shnit has evolved into a major international short film festival, continuously [...]

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Published: 02 Jul 2020

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CortogeniAl, Cinema and Short Films’ Festival

Deadline: 01 Oct 2020

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The celebration of the XVI Edition of the CortogeniAl Film and Short Film Festival will take place in the town of Puente Genil (Cordoba, Spain) between October 10th and October 18th of 2025.

It is welcome any person (film director, production or distribution) who has the legal control of the work or works submitted may participate.

REQUIREMENTS:

− Short films must have been produced in 2024 or 2025.

− Short films shall not last more than 20 minutes.

− Every filmmaker may submit as many works as desired.

− Productions not filmed in Spanish as main language must be submitted with Spanish subtitles for their exhibition.

− Filmmakers will be owners of the legal rights to their works and the responsible of the authorship rights of the short films.

Fiction Documentary Animation Fantastic Terror Other Experimental

Puente Genil, Spain

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Published: 23 Jun 2020

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ALMERIA WESTERN FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline: 15 Jul 2020

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Fiction Documentary Animation Fantastic Terror Other Experimental

TABERNAS, Spain

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Published: 16 Jun 2020

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We Cam Fest

Deadline: 10 Oct 2020

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WE CAM FEST is the first inclusive film festival in Colombia. It brings together the cinematographic content related to disability in the world. An innovative proposal that, in addition to showing other perspectives of life through cinema, seeks to be a platform for the creation of content made by and with people with disabilities, in order to recognize their contribution and talent for the environment and society.

Fiction Documentary Animation Fantastic Terror Other Experimental

Bogotá, Colombia

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Published: 11 Jun 2020

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National Rural Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Jul 2020

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VII NATIONAL RURAL FILM FESTIVAL OF AYACUCHO

The Rural Film Festival was created in 2016 as an initiative presented by Lic. Emilio Quiroga to the Department of Culture of the Municipality of Ayacucho, with the goal of promoting audiovisual production in our city.

Every year, we launch an open call at the national and international level for short films of fiction and non-fiction that address the concept of "RURAL" through their form and/or content. Our intention is to explore the perspective of this concept and enrich ourselves with productions from other places in our country and the world.

The Festival offers training programs and support with theoretical and practical audiovisual production tools to those who join this initiative locally. This includes teachers and [...]

Fiction Documentary Animation Fantastic Terror Other Experimental

Ayacucho, Argentina

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Published: 06 Jun 2020

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Bioethics Prize For Audiovisual Projects

Deadline: 30 Jun 2020

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The Víctor Grífols i Lucas Foundation awards this prize to an audiovisual project, with the winning entry receiving 5000 euros to support the production of the finished work.

The prize aims to promote education, discussion and analysis of bioethical issues with a social impact, through work aimed at a general audience.

Fiction Documentary Animation Fantastic Terror Other Experimental

Barcelona, Spain

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Published: 05 Jun 2020

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International Film Festival Ponferrada

Deadline: 31 Jul 2020

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The Ponferrada International Film Festival is an event specialized in the dissemination and promotion of short films from all over the world, regardless of their production format, distribution, exhibition, category, genre, or theme.

Short films, in addition to being a learning resource for new professionals in the film industry and a promotional tool for making the leap to feature films, can also be a highly creative and free form of expression, storytelling, and experimentation, independent of the market.

We are also committed to highlighting films that, regardless of their length, reflect the cultural, social, and linguistic diversity of any region of the world as part of the memory of peoples and the most unknown universal audiovisual heritag

Fiction Documentary Animation Fantastic Terror Other Experimental

Ponferrada, Spain

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Published: 02 Jun 2020

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Rodinia Short Film Festival

Deadline: 30 Jun 2020

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17th Rodinia Short Film Festival 2025

Fiction Documentary Animation Fantastic Terror Other Experimental Music Video

Rodinia, Spain

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Published: 01 Jun 2020

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PLAY - Lisbon`s International Kids Film Festival

Deadline: 08 Oct 2020

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PLAY is the first Portuguese film festival, exclusively dedicated to children and teenagers, determined to promote the access to culture for a younger audience through Cinema and screening films for audiences aged between 1 and 16 years old.

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Lisboa, Portugal

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Published: 26 May 2020

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Semana de Cine Corto de Sonseca

Deadline: 31 Jul 2020

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Short Film Week held in Sonseca with activities parallel to the screenings.

Fiction Documentary Animation Fantastic Terror Other Experimental Music Video

Sonseca, Spain

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Published: 26 May 2020

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Chulpicine Film Festival for Children and Youth

Deadline: 24 Oct 2020

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Chulpicine began its work in 2002 with the first ever Itinerant Children & Youth Film Festival in Quito. The warm welcome that the project received allowed the festival to become an annual event during the months of July to September, bringing an educational and entertaining event at no cost, to sectors with few cultural activities.

Thanks to the positive reaction, Chulpicine became a cultural and educational non-profit foundation in June 2004. After more than 10 years of experience, Chulpicine have reach a stable proposal and working methodology that has spread at national level. The Festival has promoted the creation of coaching staff; cultural managers working in different communities; and a large group of followers.

Chulpicine has designed a set of activities and [...]

Fiction Documentary Animation Fantastic Terror Other Experimental Music Video

Quito, Ecuador

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CortogeniAl, Cinema and Short Films’ Festival

Deadline: 01 Oct 2020

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Puente Genil, Spain

ALMERIA WESTERN FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline: 15 Jul 2020

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International Festival

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TABERNAS, Spain

We Cam Fest

Deadline: 10 Oct 2020

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Bogotá, Colombia

National Rural Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Jul 2020

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Short film festival

Ayacucho, Argentina

Bioethics Prize For Audiovisual Projects

Deadline: 30 Jun 2020

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Barcelona, Spain

International Film Festival Ponferrada

Deadline: 31 Jul 2020

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Ponferrada, Spain

Rodinia Short Film Festival

Deadline: 30 Jun 2020

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Rodinia, Spain

PLAY - Lisbon`s International Kids Film Festival

Deadline: 08 Oct 2020

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Lisboa, Portugal

Semana de Cine Corto de Sonseca

Deadline: 31 Jul 2020

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Sonseca, Spain

Chulpicine Film Festival for Children and Youth

Deadline: 24 Oct 2020

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Quito, Ecuador

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