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IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival

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Founded in 2003, IN THE PALACE International Film Festival is dedicated to short films and audiovisual arts. Originating as a competitive forum for student films, it is now a recognized platform for expression of both young artists and experienced professionals. Among the oldest in the Balkans, it is the only professional short film festival in Bulgaria.

IN THE PALACE ISFF is a Goya Awards qualifying festival and an Academy Awards®/OSCAR® qualifying festival for shorts in the categories of Best Animation, Best Fiction, Best Documentary, and Best National Film. IN THE PALACE ISFF is a member of the international network of festivals and institutions serving the short film sector – the Short Film Conference.

IN THE PALACE ISFF annually launches the last weekend of June and for [...]



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Published: 30 Apr 2016
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Viña del Mar International Film Festival

Deadline: 06 Jun 2016

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The Viña del Mar International Film Festival
is a municipal event that dates back to 1963. It is the oldest in the country and the second oldest in Latin America.

It was founded as an initiative of filmmaker and physician Aldo Francia and the Viña del Mar Film Club. It was the birthplace of the New Latin American Cinema and the New Chilean Cinema.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental



Viña del Mar, Chile



 
 
 
 
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Published: 29 Apr 2016
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INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL TINDIRINDIS

Deadline: 01 Aug 2016

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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



 
 

 
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Published: 09 Apr 2016
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MINIDOC

Deadline: 20 Sep 2016

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The theme must focus, from the values ​​of solidarity, tolerance, culture of peace, nature and commitment to gender equality, on ways of life, traditions, trades, crafts, sustainable economy, respect for the environment and living beings, that is, all aspects of the diversity of human culture, with a specific section dealing with issues of the peoples of Siberia and Central Asia.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental



Polán, Spain



 
 
Logo of OUFF · Ourense Film Festival
Published: 09 Apr 2016
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OUFF · Ourense Film Festival

Deadline: 01 Sep 2016

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The Ourense Film Festival (OUFF) presents annually a selection of the most innovative and outstanding films and audiovisual productions in Galicia, Europe, Latin America and the rest of the world. The OUFF receives each year works from a hundred of countries, whose common denominator are their socially aware subjects and their innovative forms.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental



Ourense, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 08 Apr 2016
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Bringing Human Rights to the people, short film contest

Deadline: 05 Sep 2016

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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



 
Logo of PLAY - Lisbon`s International Kids Film Festival
Published: 08 Apr 2016
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PLAY - Lisbon`s International Kids Film Festival

Deadline: 30 Sep 2016

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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: 30 Mar 2016
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San Rafael en Corto Short Film Festival

Deadline: 31 Aug 2016

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The Shortfilm Festival "San Rafael in short" aims dissemination, disclosure and the screening of cinematographic works as well as the knowledge of these by the audience.

The works presented not opt to a prize or award, only the assessment of the audience.

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Vecindario, Spain



 
 
 
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Published: 16 Mar 2016
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Barichara Green Film Festival FESTIVER

Deadline: 30 Jun 2016

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The Barichara Green Film Festival FESTIVER, created by Colombian actors Toto Vega and Nórida Rodríguez, seeks to build a new generation of artists and audience commited to the environment. Through its screenings and a continuous search for resources to create environmental film content, FESTIVER aims to educate and entertain by developing academic, artistic and recreational activities which enrich the Colombian cultural landscape and help build a better world. The 16th edition will take place on September 24-27, 2026 in Barichara, Santander, Colombia.

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Barichara, Colombia



 
 
 

 
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Published: 17 Feb 2016
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26th Bidasoa International Archaeological Film Festival

Deadline: 15 May 2016

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The Oiasso Roman Museum and the City Council of Irun organize the International Archaeological Film Festival of the Bidasoa.

The aim of the Festival is to present archaeology to the general public, through the diffusion of audio-visual material resulted from the work made by archaeologists, assuring the promotion and the spreading of these films.

The Festival is being celebrated since the year 2001 and from the year 2004 it has four prizes: the Grand Prize of the Festival, the Special Audience Prize, the Educational Values Prize and Arkeolan Prize for Contribution to Science. Since 2006, it’s inside Fedarcine, the European network of Archaeological Film Festivals.

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Irun, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 16 Feb 2016
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FesticineKids Cartagena

Deadline: 30 Jun 2016

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FesticineKids 28 is an international children's and youth film festival in Cartagena de Indias, it is a film competition that orients its efforts towards strengthening the production and distribution of Colombian, Latin American and world cinema for children and young people.

In 2026, FesticineKids reaches its 28th, edition with the same spirit of highlighting and celebrating cinema for girls, boys and young people. The phrase has been chosen as the slogan: OUR KIDS VALUES. From this concept it is intended to invite children and young people to be aware of the responsibility they have to be agents of change in their environments. Children and young people are the future that should encourage the care of our planet earth, the human beings that surround them, animals and plants, [...]

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Cartagena, Colombia