For three thousand years, the Jewish people have been scattered around the world. That is why Jewish cinema is created in many different countries, alongside with special festivals that select and showcase those films. The Jewish Film Festival® in Moscow became the first of its kind in Russia. It was founded in 2015 and has been held annually ever since.
What is the Jewish cinema, after all? It encompasses far more than films made by Jewish directors or films which star famous Jewish actors. The never-ending search for Jewish identity, assimilation of diasporas and philosophy of self-determination and separation of the Jewish people in a society, return to the past, glorification of national heroes and mourning of victims, challenges of today’s world and the problem of relevance and preservation of traditions - these and many other issues attract filmmakers of all countries and continents. By searching and selecting the best Jewish films during the course of the past year we have attempted to shape an answer to the question of what these rapidly changing ethnic-themed films really are. Moscow, a large metropolitan area, a place where many cultures and nationalities live side-by-side, is one of the world’s most fitting locations for a festival that represents a dialogue of national communities.
The MJFF holds screenings of the most important and resonant Jewish films of the latest years. At the centre of the Festival is the Feature Films Competition Program, which is complemented by screenings of documentary films, short films and documentary shorts (as part of either competition programs or special screenings), as well as by discussions with experts on different topics raised in films and critics who specialize in Jewish cinema.
CURT’ARRUDA - Arruda dos Vinhos Annual Film Festival aims to present national and foreign cinema, stimulating film production through the attribution of awards for best rural short film and the best short film from Arruda dos Vinhos.
CURT’ARRUDA is a film festival focused on rurality. It is organized by Cultura deGrau – Cultural Association.
The Belalcázar International Film Festival celebrates its second edition between August 7 and 10, 2024. Belalcázar is located in the north of the province of Córdoba (Spain), in the Pedroches Valley, a bordering enclave between the communities from Andalusia, Extremadura and Castilla La Mancha.
In this second edition, a call is made to filmmakers from all over the world, with works of less than 20 minutes that address any topic. There will be an official section, a comedy section and a children's/youth section. The filmmakers can present animated, documentary and fiction short films.
Festival Inclús is a festival of audiovisual productions, both documentary and fiction centered on the theme of physical and mental disabilities. It is an initiative Associació Inclús and conducted by Fish Muvi.
The aim of Festival Inclús is to give visibility to audiovisual works produced around the theme of disability with a different point of view. The goal is to provide a deepest perspective of the reality of disabilities, whether the production is carried by entities directly involved in the world of disability, or other persons or groups.
We also are an inclusive festival that is why we have two new sections: Inclus values, cinema for kids and teens about social issues and Sing Language cinema, movies in sign language.
The Festival will be held in November, 2024, close to the International Day of Disability December 3rd. The Audiovisual material of the finalists will be played during this day according to the different categories. There will be awards for the best submittals. Inclús focuses on audiovisual productions, but it also has other artistic and commercial activities and disciplines in order to give visibility to this sector.
The Villammare Festival Film & Friends is organized by the Villammare Film Festival-Golfo di Policastro Association. The competition between short films was the beginning and is still the backbone of the Villammare Festival. The attention to the short genre wants to be an opportunity to give space to experimental cinema, to young talents, and to the evolution of cinematographic languages. The Villammare Festival Film & Friends wants to be an opportunity for international filmmakers and an occasion to contribute to the cultural liveliness and the promotion of the territory south of Salerno in a wider context.
It includes a competition between short films, one between feature films, meetings with personalities from the world of culture and cinema, attention to soundtracks and environmental themes, debates, in-depth analysis, shows and tasting moments after watching the film.
In the Castellón town of Tales, in the heart of the Sierra de Espadá natural area, the 2nd Espadá Rural Film Festival is being held, organized by CASDA, the Castelló Citizen Association against AIDS.
This festival has various awareness and dissemination activities both on the current environmental, ecological and social situation in the towns and in general in the world, as well as on the current social situation of people living with HIV. This year the novelty is that the theme of both the works and everything that is the festival will revolve around the figure of MOTHERS.
It will be through projections of documentaries and short films on social themes, as we have indicated, preferably on the theme of MOTHERS, and a Table for the Exchange of Experiences of different groups and associations that have participated in this project.
The screenings will take place over three different days, which will run from Thursday to Sunday.
Registration for the festival is completely free and must be done following the rules.
About the festival:
The International Short Film Festival "Movie Mouse" is an ANNUAL short film competition with an official award ceremony for the winners.
The festival organizers reserve the right to hold the award ceremony in any format, including physically at the venue, online, or as a simple announcement of the results on the festival's website and mailing diplomas and awards to participants.
The festival was created to identify talented filmmakers and promote short films.
The organizers of the festival are the film company "Mouse and Husband production" / https://www.mimproduction.info/
The date of the THIRD SEASON of the festival is January 10-12, 2025*
APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED UNTIL December 01, 2024
, the date of announcement of the results for the stages
THE OFFICIAL SELECTION (LONGLIST), SEMIFINAL (SEMIFINAL) -
December 15, 2024.
*The date and venue of the next festival is indicated on the official website of the film festival and on the application platforms and can be changed by the organizers no later than 12/15/2024
Categories:
Feature films
Animated films
Documentary films
Trailers
Nominations:
1-DRAMA - The best feature film-drama (feature short film in the genre of drama/ melodrama/ psychological drama) lasting from 10 to 40 minutes
2-SUPER-SHORT is the best drama Feature Film (a short feature film in the genre of drama/ melodrama/ psychological drama) lasting up to 10 minutes.
3 - Best ACTION Feature Film (Detective/Horror/Action Short Film) - Category 18+
4- COMEDY - Best Feature Film-Comedy (feature short film in the comedy genre)
5-DOC - Best Documentary (documentary short film of any genre)
6-ANIMATION - The best animated film (animated short film of any genre)
7- DEBUT - The Best feature debut and student Film
8- CHILDREN - Best Short Film for children and teenagers (category 0+)
9- TRAILER - The best trailer of an existing short film (up to 2 minutes in length)
Additional nominations:
Best Director
The best scenario
Best Actor/Actress
Best Cinematography
The best technical solution (special award "KinoMuzH")
The audience voting prize (determined by the number of likes on the poster at 12:00 on the day preceding the day of the Closing Ceremony of the festival - voting takes place on the festival website)
* Submitted projects are reviewed and evaluated by a professional jury consisting of at least three Russian and international experts in the field of cinematography.
Stages:
All films sent by cinematographers are reviewed by the jury members, after which some of them separately in each category are included in the official selection (LONGLIST).
Depending on the number of films that have been officially selected, further selection stages are formed in each category – QUARTERFINAL, SEMIFINAL, final (SHORT LIST), nominees (NOMINEE) for the award, winner (WINNER) - the Grand Prix of the festival.
The organizers of the festival reserve the right to carry out the selection both sequentially in all stages, and skip some of them, depending on the number of participants in each category.
Semi-finalists in each category are invited to the award ceremony (if it is physically held) on the festival's website. All authors who have sent a film to participate in the competition program can also apply to the organizers of the festival to attend the official award ceremony.
The winner of the Grand Prix in each category (the winner in the nomination) is announced from among the nominees. Awarding in additional nominations is at the discretion of the organizers. (The organizers can choose the winners in all or in some categories at their discretion or not choose them at all).
Crossover Film Fest is a unique festival where we go further than a movie selection, here we make you live the movies.
Crossover is the perfect fusion between comercial and independent movies, offering all the public the best selection of both worlds and the opportunity to live incredible experiences outside and inside the movie theaters.
A grassroots festival run by and for young creatives, Little Wing is challenging barriers to film, amplifying diverse voices and redefining the conversation for a new generation of filmmakers. Where we want to see real change, we'll start with ourselves.
Exclusively screening films from students, recent graduates, and new filmmakers, we held the first Little Wing Film Festival in 2017 and have since partnered with the likes of BBC Films, Mayor of London, and the BFI to deliver curated prizes and opportunity pathways for emerging filmmakers. Alongside screenings, our events are rooted in supporting filmmakers development and highlighting the importance of film in our wider social narrative. We've organised networking pubcrawls, partnered with charities to present accessible screenings around disability and industry inclusion, supported campaigns for sustainable career standards for producers, and worked with grassroots organisations to create their own community cinemas to build community resilience and tackle isolation throughout COVID.
Film guidelines are broad and submission costs are as low. We want Little Wing Film Festival to be accessible and we understand that first projects aren't usually backed by big budgets. Whether your films be shorts or features, animations or documentaries; every story that is weird and wonderful, and your unique point of view, we want to see.
We are anticipating a 2022 hybrid festival so we can continue to reach audiences and filmmakers who aren't able to join us in person, but, like 2020, if COVID restrictions require us to move to an online platform, we're confident that we'll be able to once again deliver an event that is high quality, enriching, and personable. If you have any questions or concerns, write to us and let's chat.
Join us - be a part of a grassroots movement championing new talent and join our community of tight-knit, collaborative, and supportive filmmakers.
For more information visit www.littlewingevents.com or send us an e-mail at contact@littlewingevents.com
More about us:
Little Wing began as a response against the socioeconomic barriers facing young people trying to break into the film industry. When opportunities are too often chiselled out of unpaid internships and work experience, young people working to support themselves independently often get left behind. Started by young people, for young people, we want to create more sustainable and inclusive opportunities with awards that help facilitate future projects. We want to curate events and opportunities that shift us towards a future in film that we'd like to see for ourselves and encourage around us - a future that is inclusive, where opportunities aren't just reserved for those who can afford to work unpaid, and where talent isn't disadvantaged because it's new.
Mega Art Festival is one of the leading platforms of international musicians, filmmakers, dedicated to artists who embody diversity, innovation and creativity. MAF gives artists the original platform to express their vision of World celebrating based on their personal experiences and observations.
Whether you are a professional or art worshiper, you’ll be eligible to be part of the Mega Art Festival
Mega Art Festival is a global industry event held Online.
Mega Art Festival began in 2017.
Each year, the MAF brings to Audience projects from around the globe, and gives our audience unique opportunities to discover international Artists.
In A Minute Film Festival focuses on showcasing one minute films. We are located in a suburb of New York City (NYC), for easy access by all. All Genres are accepted, but the time limit is set. 1-minute. At the festival we nurture networking and audience encouragement of the hard work everyone has put in.
The In A Minute Film Festival was created to offer filmmakers the opportunity to showcase their ability to tell concise short stories in a 1-minute film, with the audience and support of fellow filmmakers.
The live screenings of the top films are concluded with a Q&A, so filmmakers can take pride in their work and meet like-minded filmmakers. We also will have an online edition with films, to be able to reach an international audience.
The RELLISQUÍN FESTIVAL is an audiovisual exhibition that wants to reflect on the relationship between the city and its neighbors. We look for projects that talk about life in cities: protest movements, struggles to preserve historical memory, urban transformations and changes, social demands and the experiences of neighbors with their environment.
We are looking for projects that understand the audiovisual as a tool of struggle, denunciation and testimony of realities in danger of disappearing. We want to vindicate the critical, committed and cooperative spirit, making known aspects that concern society and that are not sufficiently covered in commercial medias, cinemas and the usual distribution channels. We want to show national or international works about historical, social, political and activist consciousness, personal relationships and human rights in a city.
We present the 2024 edition of the Arcicorto Film Festival.
The Festival was born from the need and the desire to shorten the distance between cinema and spectator, thus favoring low and medium cost self-productions, in order to make the public participate as much as possible.
The Handifilm festival is a showcase that serves to highlight the artistic and creative talent as well as the spirit of initiative of young people through its special international junior short film competition.
This competition as well as our official international short film competition contribute to the dissemination of a welcoming culture of disability as diversity and to the promotion of a positive view of people with disabilities and their enormous possibilities for participation within the framework of inclusive development.
This festival is not just about cinema, it is also a bouquet of parallel activities including debate sessions, training workshops in different cinematographic techniques, round tables with thematic conferences, master classes, tributes as well as cinema caravans before and after each edition.
The "Kursaal Film Festival San Sebastián" (KFFSS) is an international short film festival promoted by the Kursaal Kino Cultural Association (A2K). The format of the festival is hybrid with an online VOD exhibition (streaming) and projection of the award-winning films (screening).
The KFFSS closed its third 2023 edition with a great success of participation from 75 countries and 12,358 viewers.
For the new 2024 edition we are going to increase the number of thematic sections such as SCIFI, HORROR, COMEDY, CHILDRENS, SPORTS, MUSIC, DANCE, CULINARY and HHRR.
To participate in the different sections, it is not necessary to make different registrations, since it is the festival itself that makes the classification by theme.
Welcome to New York True Venture Film Festival, an event dedicated to empowering independent filmmaking.
NYTVFF is an IMDb Award Listing Qualifier and a New York-based film festival that shares the dedication and passion for bringing independent short and full feature films to the big screen. We believe that by giving the opportunity to the new ideas of intelligent and unique creators, we would give the audience the chance to appreciate their art.
The New York True Venture Film Festival screening will be held from June 19th to June 21st, where the festival will screen award-winning films.
The red carpet award ceremony and performance show will conclude on June 22nd, 2024.
Please be advised that filmmakers who attend have priority in the film screening schedule. We are a screening festival and a filmmakers-supported festival. There are no free comps. Filmmakers attending will have a Q & A after their screening.
