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BIFFF (Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival)

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Every year, during the month of April, the city of Brussels becomes the capital of all things Fantastic. The BIFFF, one of the biggest International Fantastic Film Festivals of the world (certainly the craziest), screens more than 100 movies during its 13 days marathon, ranging from Fantasy to Thriller, Sci-Fi, Cult, Horror, Anime, Experimental, underground, etc., of which some 90 features and 100 shorts in World, International, European or Belgian premiere.



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Published: 27 Jun 2025
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CINESAN International Short Film Festival

Deadline: 08 Sep 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

It is a Festival with two sections to contest. Official Section and Section of Asturian Short Films. Three prizes will be awarded (best short official section, best performance and best short Asturian). All the information is in the bases. Any author of any nationality can participate.

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Sotrondio, Spain



 
 
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Published: 20 Jun 2025
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Women and Diversities Film Festival FESTMYD

Deadline: 31 Aug 2025

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International Festival

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Feature film festival

The Women's and Diversity Film Festival (FESTMYD), funded by the Audiovisual Promotion Fund through the Festival Programming modality with regional showcases in the 2025 call of the Ministry of Cultures, Arts, and Heritage, will celebrate its fifth edition this year.

The main goal of the festival is to give visibility to and promote national and international films with a gender perspective, directed by Latin American women filmmakers (cis/trans), trans men or transmasculine individuals, non-binary people, fluid gender, or intersex individuals.

This year, FESTMYD will take place in person in the regions of Coquimbo and Valparaíso, connecting movie theaters, cultural centers, educational institutions, social organizations, and film and audiovisual schools.

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Territorio Nacional, Chile



 
 
 

 
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Published: 19 Jun 2025
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Bringing Human Rights to the people, short film contest

Deadline: 07 Sep 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

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



 
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Published: 17 Jun 2025
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International Film Festival Zoom - Zbliżenia

Deadline: 21 Sep 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

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: 17 Jun 2025
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Mostra de Curtas Vila de Noia

Deadline: 15 Aug 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

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



 
 
 
 
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Published: 14 Jun 2025
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Festival La Mirada Tabú

Deadline: 15 Oct 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

The LA MIRADA TABÚ film festival wants to motivate artists and creators to show their view of the “taboo” concept, which is broad and diverse, encompassing from the dreams, the unconscious, the mental worlds and the ghosts that populate them , the mystery, the magic, even the untold reality, the unsaid, "the clothes hanging", in the workplace, emotional, family, vital ... from a vision as polyhedral as human thought is: casual, humorous, dramatic, dreamlike ... always from respect for all ways of thinking and from creativity.

LA MIRADA TABÚ launches an invitation to bring to light the personal and non-transferable world of each creator, which, as we have been able to verify throughout the history of art and cinema, through great names in world cinematography, connects with [...]

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Zaragoza, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 14 Jun 2025
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Festival Handifim cinema et Handicap

Deadline: 31 Aug 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

The Rabat Handifilm Festival is an annual artistic and sociocultural event.

In addition to promoting the seventh art through the promotion of film productions dealing with the theme of disability, it aims to develop a constructive vision on the use of the image of people with disabilities in cinematographic and artistic works in general, and to foster a culture that embraces diversity.

By building ties of communication, networking, mutual assistance, and partnership with similar events nationally and internationally, Handifilm strives to raise awareness of Morocco, its unique characteristics, and its potential in terms of cinema and civilization in general.

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Rabat, Morocco



 
 
 
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Published: 13 Jun 2025
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UN BARRIO DE CINE

Deadline: 31 Aug 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

The Bola de Oro Neighborhood Association, in its annual agenda of cultural activities and in order to continue with the idea and intention of giving space and opportunity to different areas of artistic expression, invites all those who wish to participate in the Short Film Festival, "A Cinema Neighborhood".

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Granada, Spain



 

 
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Published: 11 Jun 2025
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Qshorts Africa

Deadline: 25 Sep 2026

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International Festival

Short film festival

Qshorts is A FREE TO VIEW channel for the best short films by filmmakers of African descent & a community for filmmakers and film lovers.

PLEASE NOTE THAT SUBMITTED Films will be available for the public to watch on our Free to View YouTube channel.

Our YouTube channel is NON- MONITIZED- it is purely for the love of short films and sharing them.

The TOP THREE MOST VIEWED FILMS from each month will be screened at our annual QFest Creative Festival Community Film screenings.

We are a selection partner for IREP https://www.irepdocufilm.com/ Selected documentries will be screen at IREP Documentry Festival


Our focus is on promoting short films, building an empowered community, and fostering growth. Partner with us to showcase your work and be seen by a global audience

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Lagos, Nigeria



 
 
 
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Published: 11 Jun 2025
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Short films
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TERCER TIEMPO - Festival Mundial De Cine Futbolero

Deadline: 31 Dec 2025

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International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

The Futbolero World Film Festival seeks to promote football as a space for intercultural dialogue and heritage of humanity, through the meeting of different actors in this social phenomenon. It proposes as axes of work: Audiovisual Media, Conversations, Sports Practice, Literature and Diploma Training.

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Bogotá, Colombia