LA Underground Film Forum (LAUFF) is dedicated exclusively to independent, experimental, and auteur cinema. It focus on avant-garde, art-house, independent and no/low budget filmmaking.
Our program provides a venue for filmmakers to reinvent and explore new approaches, to foster new forms of media art and to build an audience for such work. We aim to present a wide range of work exploring the many definitions and interpretations of the concept of “underground”.
We’re looking for films made with passion, obsession and drive; films that go beyond expectations and genre; films, video and audio projects that strive to push the boundaries of accepted form and content. A strong sense of authorship is a must.
LAUFF accepts all forms and genres: from drama, documentary, experimental, cult, art-house, foreign language, comedy, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, animation, LGBT, indigenous, erotica to slow cinema and video art …
The festival is free of charge and intended for all children from primary and secondary schools who devote their free time to educating themselves in the arts of films or are involved in film clubs.
At the festival you can:
- participate by submitting your films that will be inspected by a special committee which will choose the best film in different categories
- take part in free morning film workshops led by renowned experts and
- watch films from your peers
The festival is meant to encourage, educate and provide an insight to youngsters into the process of creating a film. The young communicate their problems, fears, wishes and desires to us and the world precisely through the means of film language. This festival is also an opportunity for mentors to look into and compare with other schools and production companies.
At the festival you can:
participate by submitting your films that will be inspected by a special committee which will choose the best film in different categories
take part in free morning film workshops led by renowned experts and
watch films from your peers
The festival is meant to encourage, educate, and provide an insight to youngsters into the process of creating a film. The youth communicate their problems, fears, wishes and desires to us and the world precisely through the means of film language. This festival is also an opportunity for mentors to look into and compare with other schools and production companies.
Recently recognized as a "Must-See Event" by THE BOSTON GLOBE, the Collinsville Film Festival (CFF) is an annual film festival devoted to the theatrical exhibition of fiction/non-fiction cinema with a focus of support and development for independent artists.
Stationed in the picturesque Northwest region of Connecticut along the Farmington River, Collinsville was once the birthplace of the world-renowned ax factory & manufacturer of edge tools. The space is now home to antique sellers, studio artists and woodworkers. Recognized as one of the “Top 10 Coolest Small Towns in America,” Collinsville will welcome filmmakers for a three-day celebration of films, music and art.
Established by filmmakers, the CFF welcomes amateur, student, and professional filmmakers with warm hospitality and gorgeous surroundings. Participating filmmakers at CFF enjoy hotel accommodations, discounted tickets for attending cast and crew, discounts at local restaurants, bars and access to all events/parties.
Submit your film today & join us in Collinsville!
The CFF welcomes amateur, student, and professional filmmakers with warm hospitality and gorgeous surroundings. Participating filmmakers at CFF enjoy hotel accommodations, discounted tickets for attending cast and crew, discounts at local restaurants, bars and access to all events/parties.
La classe Brand New 2016/2018 della Scuola Holden di Torino, in collaborazione con le classi di Cinema e Reporting, presenta il Flash Forward Short Film Festival, che si terrà nel General Store della scuola il 7 e 8 aprile 2018.
Il festival è dedicato ai cortometraggi che hanno come tema o sono ambientanti nel futuro.
Il festival è strutturato in due giornate, una dedicata ai film di oggi che immaginano il mondo, le relazioni e l’ambiente del domani e una dedicata ai film del passato che disegnavano futuri possibili.
Di fronte all’ondata di prodotti culturali influenzati dalla nostalgia degli anni ’80 e ’90, vogliamo proporre uno sguardo verso ciò che sarà, perché il futuro non è scritto ma può essere immaginato. Il festival, tuttavia, non cerca necessariamente film di fantascienza, ma opere che
si pongano la domanda di come sarà la vita nei prossimi decenni.
Agenda Brasil is now in its 11th edition and will be held in Milan. Film screenings will take place at Spazio Oberdan, whereas other cultural events will be held in different locations in Milan.
Agenda Brasil is the most important event related to Brazilian culture in Italy. Every year it shows the best of contemporary Brazil through film, music and literature. The program consists in several feature films and documentaries (not yet released in Italy, in original language with Italian subtitles) as well as literary cafés, musical aperitifs, concert, meetings and debates with directors. During the event the public can get closer to Brazilian culture, going beyond any stereotypes.
OFFSIDEFEST is a festival specialized in football film documentaries, and movies can be addressed from any point of view or approach to the beautiful game, whether sporting, social, ideological, biographical, anthropological, etc.
Welcome to the Meters International Film Festival!
The film festival’s best movies will be shown in Bristol Valley Theater that is located at 151 South Main Street, Naples, NY 14512
Event date: April 14, 2018, 7 pm.
You will have an opportunity to watch movies included in the festival program, talk to colleagues and get inspired for further creative work.
The list of movies selected for exhibition by the jury will be presented in the Official Selection section of our official website.
We will be glad to welcome you on September 10 in Bristol Valley Theater at 151 South Main Street, Naples, NY 14512 at 7 pm.
Woodengate International Film Festival is based in the beautiful Maramures County, a place full of culture and where century-old traditions are still part of daily life.
WGIFF is an online film festival with live screenings whose aim is to showcase and promote the work of short film enthusiasts,emerging and established filmmakers from all over the world and help them receive recognition.
The festival runs in 2 semesters, selections being made every 6 months. We accept short films of every genre. Films entered in multiple categories are eligible to win several awards. The award winners ,listed on our website and social media platforms, will automatically compete for the “Film of the year” award in December.
Screenings will take place in various locations of the Maramures County such as Baia Mare - Candidate City For The European Capital Of Culture 2021 , Sighetul Marmatiei and other pittoresque places located in the Maramures.
SHORTS in TRANSILVANIA
We know how hard it may be, for filmmakers, to produce and distribute their works, especially if those are short films and independent productions. TRANSILVANIA SHORTS [International Short Film Festival] is the useful tool for every filmmaker, in order to further showcase their films, and get their deserved public feedback and recognition. The films selected in the festival competition are further on promoted, screened at the festival, and evaluated by a team of experts in the industry. Transilvania Shorts supports filmmakers in gaining the recognition of the public passionate about cinema, and that of mass-media, and, also, in being rewarded for their work.
Come celebrate and share your passion for cinema! Held in both beautiful and medieval cities, Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, Braṣov and Târgu Mureș, Transilvania Shorts brings short films, from all over the world, to beautiful Transilvania. In the future, the festival will be extended, in order to be present in all major cities of Transilvania. This year’s Festival Program will showcase a wide variety of international short films, in the categories of: Narrative, Animation, Student, Commercial Video, Documentary, Experimental, Fashion, Music Video, Narrative, Student.
The Hollywood Academy supports Huesca International Film Festival by recognizing it as shortlisting for the Oscar Awards within Best Short Fiction Film category, also the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognizes it for the Goya Awards.
http://www.oscars.org/sites/default/files/88aa_shorts_festival_list.pdf
Java Film Awards (JAFIFA) is looking for the hidden artistic talents from the adventurers, art and culture lovers, and history lovers. JAFIFA welcomes all passionate filmmakers to compete for their best films at our Festival.
Java Film Awards is an international film festival, which is the sister of the World Film Awards which will hold its events in Semarang, Central Java--a place famous for its historical places.
JAFIFA's goal is to entertain and serve the global world with unique and excellent films and documentaries. Java Film Awards greets all filmmakers, both professionals and newcomers from any part of the world to submit their jeweled films.
Java Film Awards accepts short and feature-length narrative and documentary film in various genres. Individual categories, such as for directors, cinematographers, actors/actresses, editors, screenwriters are also available for exceptional filmmakers to be more distinctive in their competition. A various languages films with English subtitles or dubbed films are welcome.
Partnering with the largest cinemas in Indonesia, several international culture centers, and private institutions, JAFIFA will conduct prestigious awards night, press gatherings, press conference, workshop, and screenings attended by international filmmakers, mass media, mass media, government bodies, and celebrities. All winners and accepted filmmakers and members are welcomed at the Festival events.
Java Film Awards is open to receive submission now. Make your outstanding film becomes internationally well-known through our Festival.
*** Submissions for the 2024 Short Film Slam, presented by The Madlab Post will be opening in the Spring. If you are interested in submitting your live action, animation, documentary or experimental film, Sign up for our waitlist to be the first to hear about the Call for Entries for our 2024 season - https://cinema.madlabpost.com ***
The Short Film Slam is a bimonthly competition presented by The Madlab Post that focuses on providing a platform for emerging and established filmmakers to showcase their work. Each round, a selection of up to twelve short films will be screened for local audiences who get to cast a vote for their favorite film. The highest rated film at live screenings will be declared "Movie of the Month" during the following month. The highest rated "in-competition" films from each live and online screening room will advance to the final round. All finalists get to compete for a total of $1,000 in prize money during the final round and festivities preceding the 2023 shnit Cinemas screening in Philadelphia.
Since 2012, The Madlab Post has promoted community outreach and engagement through film, screening dozens of exceptional short films from around the world to local audiences; including the Academy Award nominated short film A SINGLE LIFE, Clermond-Ferrand International Film Festival Special Jury Prize winner THE BATHTUB and Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee Et ta prostate, ça va? (HOW'S YOUR PROSTATE). Main venues include the historic Bok building and Taller Puertorriqueño's state-of-the-art El Corazón Cultural Center.
Experimental Forum is an international performance, film and video art festival showcasing experimental film and artists’ moving image from new directors and innovative video artists from around the globe, with the third edition taking place in Los Angeles in November 2018. Our aim is to provide a supportive platform for the exciting and challenging work that is outside the scope of mainstream film festivals and art galleries.
We welcome experimental cinema pieces (abstract, narrative or documentary), video art works, essay films, artists’ moving image and media art, as well as documentary and narrative films that seek to expand, redefine or reconfigure the means and ends of their respective fields. Experimental Forum exists to provide access to, and develop audiences for, artists’ moving image work and is committed to engaging local audiences with new and/or unheard voices in film.
We are particularly interested in works made by early stage filmmakers and artists whose work is underrepresented. We provide a collaborative platform for moving image works made for the gallery and for the cinema with the aim of building a community across disciplinary and institutional faultlines.
Lucca Film Festival is an annual event that celebrates and promotes cinematographic culture. Through screenings, exhibitions, conferences and performances, the Festival has been able to captivate an ever-increasing audience with a program that ranges from experimental to mainstream films. Through the years, Lucca Film Festival has carved out a niche for itself, standing apart from the many other festivals thanks to its bold yet carefully studied programming. Over the years, great names of international filmmakers and well-known celebrities have attended Lucca Film Festival as invited guests; David Lynch, Oliver Stone, Jeremy Irons, Willem Dafoe, George Romero, Terry Gilliam, William Friedkin, Alfonso Cuarón, John Boorman, Rutger Hauer, Joe Dante and Peter Greenaway, just to name a few. At the same time, the Festival has offered retrospectives of “old” glories while unearthing new talents. To top it all off, breathtaking Lucca serve as a stunning backdrop to an event that has now firmly established itself, becoming a highly anticipated and not-to-be-missed appointment in Italy and in Europe: the Lucca Film Festival.
Since its creation, the festival has always been committed to promoting contemporary films.
Therefore, directors from all over the world can submit their films to the competitive section of the festival through the dedicated call for entries. The 2022 edition of Lucca Film Festival will be held from 23 Semptember to 1 October, both in cinemas and online.
The 2023 will be the 8th edition of the Lucca Film Festival International Feature Film Competition. In the previous editions important personalities of cinema like Cristi Puiu, Rutger Hauer, Philip Groening and Claudio Giovannesi had been part of the international jury.
The films shown during this competition are Italian premieres and last edition was won by "Yamabuki" di Juichiro Yamasaki.
There are three awards: Best feature film prize (3000€), awarded by a jury of renowned guests from both the cinematographic and academic worlds; and Best feature film – university jury prize (awarded by an university jury), Best feature film - Popular jury and the Marcello Petrozziello Award.
For those who are interested in this competition, the last day for submissions is July 14 2023, until midnight.
There are no limitations to the genre or topic of the films. The only requirements are the following: the films must be at least 60 minutes long and must have been produced in 2022. Moreover, they must be Italian premieres, so they cannot have been presented in any other Italian festival, shown on any online open platform or distributed in any other way in Italy.
For the 18th year in a row, it will take place the historic short films competition, whose winner will receive a 500€ prize. Every year, the selection committee of this competition receives more than 300 films to evaluate. Among the directors who took part in earlier editions, there are celebrities like Adan Jodorowsky, son of the famous Chilean filmmaker.
Even though the “free experimentation” is the fil rouge of this year's edition, the films have no limitations in genre and topic. The only requirement is that they cannot last more than 29 minutes. For the short films competition, the last day for submissions is July 28, 2023, until midnight.
Lucca Film Festival launches, for the 2023 edition, a new short film competition, "Lucca Film Festival for Future", which was born thanks to the collaboration with the Sofidel Group, 2nd producer in Europe and 7th in the world for production capacity in the sector of paper for hygienic and domestic use (known in particular for the Regina brand), which has made sustainability a strategic lever of development and responsible growth to reduce its impact on natural capital and favour the transition towards a low carbon impact economy. The prize is 1000€.
List of the selected films will be published on the festival’s website within September 15, 2023. During the festival the movies will be shown in the cinemas taking part in the event and on demand online.
The Lucca Film Festival, coordinated by Nicola Borrelli, is one of the key events organized and sponsored by the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca.
The event's main sponsors are Banca Generali and Banca Pictet, whereas the exhibits are produced with the support of Banca Société Générale. The organization of the Lucca Film Festival has also been possible thanks to the funding from Funder35 and the support of Gesam Gas & Luce S.p.A Istituto Luce Cinecittà S.r.l., Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lucca, Baldini Vernici, Lucar S.p.A Lions Club Lucca Le Mura, Alleanza Assicurazioni S.p.A, Luccaorganizza, Il Ciocco S.p.A, MiBACT (the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Activities and Tourism), the Region of Tuscany, the City of Lucca, the Province of Lucca with the collaboration and co-production of the Giglio Theatre in Lucca, Consociazione Nazionale donatori di sangue Fratres, Fondazione Giacomo Puccini e Museo Puccini – Casa Natale, Fondazione Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti, Fondazione Mario Tobino, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Martinelli Luce, CG Entertainment, Fondazione Centro Arti Visive e Fondazione UIBI. Thanks also to Lucca Comics & Games, Trenitalia Regional Management, Unicoop Firenze and to the Degree Course in Performing Arts and Civilization Department of Communication and Forms of Knowledge at the University of Pisa, Photolux Festival and App18 for their collaboration.
Come to the Lucca Film Festival and experience a full 360° immersion in both the cinema and the heart of Tuscany.
Java International Humanitarian Awards (JIHA) is an international festival and part of the International Film Festivals consortium festival. JIHA works with the Council of Creative People and International i-Hebat Volunteers.
The main focus of the festival is to search for filmmakers who dedicate their lives to humanity through film.
The festival is also looking for figures struggling to provide
humanitarian relief, and to help victims of disasters, starvation, conflicts, human rights violations, and people in emergencies.
He/she could be anyone from any profession, from all age, and from various parts of the world.
Our mission is to promote humanitarian issues and inspire others. Winning person profile will become our showcase based on their CVs.
We receive submissions from all over the world and waiting for your excellent films and documentaries.
The People's Film Festival celebrates the Voice of the People - showcasing films from across the globe.
The festival will take place June 2 - June 4, 2022 and we are pleased to announce that will be back at the AMC Magic Johnson Theater and Maysles Cinema for our 11th edition. We will be operating at full capacity—following New York City COVID rules i.e. vaccination, social distancing & mask requirements. It is our goal to continue the work that needs to be done—essentially providing platforms for creatives to showcase their work.
Rooted in the belief of freedom of speech and media access to all—The People’s Film Festival (TPFF) was founded in 2012 with the goal to provide venues, resources, and information for independent filmmakers, producers and creatives.
Over the last 10 years TPFF has become to be known as the “The Voice of ‘The People”—essentially the place to tell your story your way and have a true impact on that audience. TPFF’s mission is to inspire future creatives and innovators, while exposing audiences of all ages to new tools in technology for storytelling. Many of the filmmakers who screened at TPFF have broaden the outreach for their films to screen at other festivals and venues including, HBO, NetFlix, FOST, PBS- Public Broadcasting Service, Revolt TV and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives.
The People’s Film Festival is an initiative of The People’s Media, Music & Arts Foundation (TPMMAF)—which is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation whose purpose is to promote awareness in independent film, technology, media, music, and art across the globe while encouraging those—particularly in the Harlem New York area, to develop a greater appreciation and understanding for cultural diversity in media.
The People’s Film Festival is held in Harlem, NY, which is not only known for its rich vibrant culture, historic landmarks great music, literature, arts and entertainment—also collectively known as The Harlem Renaissance, but the synergistic atmosphere in which filmmakers and filmgoers alike come comeback each year after year to actively share information, break bread and build relationships.
We are looking for films in all categories and genres i.e—Features, shorts, narratives, webisodes documentaries & Music. This event is open to everyone.
This event is open to everyone.
LA Underground Film Forum (LAUFF) is dedicated exclusively to independent, experimental, and auteur cinema. It focus on avant-garde, art-house, independent and no/low budget filmmaking.
Our program provides a venue for filmmakers to reinvent and explore new approaches, to foster new forms of media art and to build an audience for such work. We aim to present a wide range of work exploring the many definitions and interpretations of the concept of “underground”.
We’re looking for films made with passion, obsession and drive; films that go beyond expectations and genre; films, video and audio projects that strive to push the boundaries of accepted form and content. A strong sense of authorship is a must.
LAUFF accepts all forms and genres: from drama, documentary, experimental, cult, art-house, foreign language, comedy, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, animation, LGBT, indigenous, erotica to slow cinema and video art …
