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Film Competition Categories
FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS
The Festival welcomes submissions for feature films in narrative and documentary categories. All selected features will participate in the festival’s MAIN EVENT competition. Entering all films into the MAIN EVENT puts everyone on an even playing field in the completion and recognizes the best from across all different styles and genres in the independent film community. In addition, Mirage Film Festival offers several competitive sub-categories designed specifically to recognize excellence within various genres and help promote the various styles, methods and techniques that populate the ever expanding world of cinema.
Main Event - main competition program for all eligible feature-length films
Darkest Before the Dawn - dedicated to showcasing feature length genre films
Cinema Mavericks - feature-length films with budgets less than $1.5 million USD
Newcomer - available exclusively for first-time, feature-length directors.
WorldCine - feature-length films which were financed and filmed outside of North America
The Dockect - non-fiction feature-length documentary films
SHORT-LENGTH FILMS
The Festival offers a robust competition program for short films, divided into institutional and non-institutional categories.
Institute Of Cinema - highlighting the very best in student produced short films
School Of Hard Takes - giving independently produced short films a voice of their own
NEW MEDIA MARVELS - NEW MEDIA/WEBISODE COMPETITION
New Media Marvels is designed to recognize and reward exceptional work in the expanding new media landscape. With the increasing number of success stories of TV series, films and documentaries being developed and produced based on new media content, the Festival's New Media Marvels program provides a solid forum for these new age filmmakers to showcase their stories and network with distributors, producers and industry executives.
Arlington International Film Festival (AIFF) is an award winning organization with its mission being to foster appreciation for different cultures by exploring the lives of people around the globe through independent film. In 2014 AIFF was awarded the Community Recognition Award by the Arlington Martin Luther King Committee, in 2013 the Alan McClennen Community Arts Award by the Arlington Center for the Arts and the Gold Star Award by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Through the founding of AIFF, the mission has also focused on enriching the community and broadening the view of our world and ourselves. AIFF believes that the arts are here to connect us, to communicate across boundaries, and touch our common humanity.
AIFF is open to national and international filmmakers. Whether professional or a first time filmmaker, we welcome innovative, original films with unique perspectives. Many of our selected films have been nominated for Academy Awards; i.e. BOTSO: The Teacher from Tbillisi directed by Tom Walters, Elena directed by Petra Costa, and Documented directed by Jose Antonio Vargas. We Still Live Here directed by Anne Makepeace was chosen by the U.S. State Department to screen around the world.
The year 2015 by can be easily termed as the ‘year of intolerance ‘in Indian socio-political and cultural milieu. This was coming all the way from the time the right wing party was voted to rule the country. It began with re-writing Indian history and text books for schools, colleges and academic institutions, running down Gandhiji, the architect of free India as also the free thinkers, eliminating rationalist, outspoken intellectuals and scholars, isolating artists and film makers, taking control of Central Board of Film Certification by forcing the eminent men and women constituted that body to resign en-mass. The right wing people have taken charge of all public art and cultural organizations.
People from the minority communities have been lynched and killed for suspecting to have eaten beef. Cow slaughter has been banned in states like Maharashtra taking away food from the tables of minority communities as well as daliths and increasing the burden on the farmers already bending backward with debt and are committing suicide. Those who protested the beef ban have been beaten up in Kashmir, in Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi. When the public very clearly understood that the general response of the government to these problems were dismissive as something that is done by antisocial elements people began to take action. The prominent scholars, writers, poets, actors, film makers and theatre personalities started returning the awards they received from the government. There were protests across the country, from politicians and eminent citizens.
Another aspect of this intolerance is manifested in witch hunting NGOs like Green Peace for very prominently taking up environmental issues and challenging the implementation of economic projects without proper environmental impact assessment. Those NGOs on the hit list of the government is harassed in every possible ways including cancelling their FCRA numbers and freezing their accounts. Fortunately so far the justice system was very fair in their judgments which has given much relief to the NGOs under the government scanner. Generally NGOs these days are seen by the politicians as people ‘against development’.
These very arrogant postures of the government was downsized by the people of India through democratic resurgence. First they lost a very high pitched assembly election in Delhi to Aam Admi Party and later in another high pitched assembly election in Bihar the right wing lost to an alliance of democratic forces represented by Lalu Prasad Yadav and Nitish Kumar the local leaders. In all these instances the media was very pro-establishment. Were they too scared to investigate issues and inform the public?! While we hope that the people will elect democratic and secular parties in the Assembly elections happening now in April/May 2016,we need to nurture grass root level democratic practices which is one of the major objective of the festival. Whatever work we are engaged in now is from a very diminished public sphere. We do not know what the future holds for us but for now we belong to the breed of marginal citizens of this country.
As for our experience in this specific field is concerned, Bangalore Film Society was the South India coordinator of Tri-continental Film Festival "Human Rights in Frames from 2007 to 2009 organised by an NGO called Breakthrough. An average 5000 to 6000 people used to attend this festival in Bangalore in three days and the event had become very popular. Apart from this, we used to take these films to academic institutions as well as film societies in all South Indian States. However, the tricontinental film festival closed after 2009 and at present to the best of my knowledge we don't have a human rights film festival of that magnitude.
In the present Indian context, Bangalore Film Society wish to start an International Human Rights Traveling film festival from December 7th to 10th or from 9th to the 12th 2016 (depending on the availability of the auditorium) and organise a conference on freedom of speech and the right to dissent. The films selected will address major international human rights concerns such as refugees, lgbt sexuality, boarders, women, socio-political conflict, communal conflicts, child labour/abuse and so on The emphasis on the impact it should create. Once the festival is over these films will be circulated for screenings in educational, media institutions and film societies across India.
ORGANIZZATORI
Il Consorzio Polla in Corto organizza la quattordicesima edizione del Festival del Cortometraggio denominato " CORTI A SUD ", che si svolgerà a Polla (SA) dal 20 al 21 giugno 2026 presso l’Auditorium “Santo Nicolicchio”.
Nel 2007 Joaquín Ortega (regista, attore, stuntman e coordinatore di acrobazie) ha creato con il suo marchio NOIDENTITY la sua squadra internazionale di stuntmen. Nel 2010 ha fondato la casa di produzione indipendente NOIDENTITY Films e ha già prodotto due film privatamente e un programma TV. Nel 2013 continua a promuovere l'intenzione di generare l'industria cinematografica e realizza il primo festival di film d'azione in Spagna.
Così è nato NIAFFS (NOIDENTITY - International Action Film Festival - Spagna), con l'intenzione di generare l'industria cinematografica e promuovere film d'azione internazionali.
After five years of a successful run as the New York City International Film Festival and after many of our films got distribution, we decided to create NYCIFF-St. Lucia edition. We want to open another door for filmmakers from around the world, and establish St. Lucia as a center for the film industry, while highlighting unknown talents from the Caribbean.
Torna il decimo Festival del Cinema di Farinha!!! Ritorniamo con la proposta di accendere la fiamma culturale dello scambio e dell'apprendimento nella cultura cinematografica. È durante il festival che i retroterra di Paraíba sperimentano incontri di manifestazioni culturali, attraverso mostre di produzioni audiovisive regionali e nazionali, con spazi di incontro per la discussione e l'apprendimento, così come spettacoli cinematografici, pannelli, workshop, lungometraggi e spettacoli.
This festival only admits submissions from SPANISH NATIONALS. No film-makers from any other nationalitiy will be allowed to submit their films to this festival.
Her Point of View has entered into a partnership agreement with the Community Education Department of Watkins College of Art, Design & Film in Nashville TN. The Nashville festival will be held at Watkins College of Art, Design & Film in September 2015. Specific dates are being finalized and will be released soon. Stay tuned! New programming developments occurring every day.
Empowering current and future generations of artists currently underrepresented in front of and behind the camera, Her Point of View, a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization, launches this year and will present arts and entertainment created from a woman’s point of view in Nashville, TN with screenings in Atlanta GA. New cities are added everyday.
In each city, Her Point of View will conduct a four (4) day international film festival complete with workshops, panels, independent and studio films, fine art gallery, live music events, industry parties and plenty of networking mixers. Filmmakers, film, TV, music, art and entertainment executives and celebrities are invited to participate in the event developed to highlight women artists from around the world.
NOFI is a multi stage International Festival of New and Original Films. It was founded by the Center of American New Cinema and Arts (CANCA). The preliminary stages take place in Russia, Sweden and Armenia while the final stage is taking place in USA (Los Angeles). Each year an estimated 1000 independent and student films participate in the NOFI festivals from 60 countries. We have representatives in 10 countries including USA, Russia, Sweden, Armenia, Belarus, UK,Belgium, Holland, Arab Emirates and Philippines.
The goal of the NOFI festivals is to find and invite talented film directors to NOFI film studying and producing programs for shooting their films with the help of our sponsors and grants. We then represent, promote and will try to sell the best films from NOFI in the American Film Market, Cannes film market, Amazon, Netflix, Hulu and other markets. Winning films can also participate in NOFI sister’s film festivals in Korea, Poland, Germany, Estonia, Russia and Armenia. The winners from each category and diplomas of honor can have the opportunity to show their films (edited versions) at our NOFI film festival on YouTube channel. The best actors from the best films can join our “Accent” International Talent Management. Also the trailers of the awarded films will be in our web site for years, providing more exposure. Our festival helps expose new and emerging directors and actors. NOFI festivals give them an opportunity to present their names in motion pictures studios and be discovered in the film industry worldwide. NOFI is designed to showcase innovative work by new filmmakers who may (or may not) have been overlooked by other festivals. We organize forums and round tables with filmmakers during the NOFI festivals to understand their needs, help solve common problems with film production and discuss their future projects. Our slogan is- “Indie filmmakers without borders.” Many celebrities and representatives from film studios have attended screenings and award ceremonies of NOFI festivals.
FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DEL CINEMA SEMBRANDO CINE
XII EDIZIONE: Riconoscere la nostra ombra
La nostra ombra può essere un vero problema.
È quel lato della nostra umanità che preferiamo tenere nascosto e che ci fa agire in modo discutibile.
Questa ombra è in parte ciò che ci ha portato a causare un terribile impatto sull'ambiente.
Deforestazione, fuoriuscite di petrolio, inquinamento del suolo e dei mari, annientamento di specie, violazione dei diritti degli indigeni e omicidi di difensori dell'ambiente.
Quest'ombra, individuale e collettiva, viene proiettata dalle grandi città sui nostri ecosistemi e sotto la protezione della legalità statale e degli investimenti privati a favore del «progresso e dell'industrializzazione».
In tempi in cui lo squilibrio che abbiamo causato nell'ambiente si ripercuote su di noi come disastri climatici e appropriazione indebita della natura, è necessario che osiamo guardare indietro a quest'ombra.
Abbiamo la responsabilità di comprenderne l'impatto, segnalare chi lo progetta e richiedere normative per difendere le persone colpite.
Dicono che il primo passo per risolvere un problema sia identificarlo e oggi, attraverso il cinema, cerchiamo di riconoscere le nostre azioni, di fermare l'avanzare delle loro conseguenze sul nostro ambiente naturale unico.
FESTIVAL DI FILM AMBIENTALI SEMBRANDO CINE — XII EDIZIONE
RICONOSCENDO LA NOSTRA OMBRA
Bašta Fest è un festival internazionale di cortometraggi che si tiene a Bajina Bašta, nella Serbia occidentale. Si tratta di un evento annuale che si svolge durante il primo fine settimana di luglio e dura quattro giorni. A causa della professione dei fondatori (attori Jovan Jelisavčić e Maja Šuša), il principale punto di interesse del festival è la collaborazione tra registi e attori. Riteniamo che concentrarsi sulla qualità di questo sforzo artistico congiunto avrà un impatto positivo sul posizionamento di Bašta Fest tra i festival di cortometraggi. Bašta Fest è di grande importanza per il decentramento della cultura poiché ha portato film, musica e programmi diversi in questa splendida regione. Una delle priorità del festival è promuovere l'incredibile bellezza naturale a un gran numero di visitatori. Tuttavia, il nostro obiettivo principale è quello di convertire questo festival in un'emozionante oasi culturale, che sostiene giovani artisti locali e internazionali, ponendo l'accento sui cortometraggi di finzione con autenticità. La selezione principale è un programma di cortometraggi in concorso, mentre due film vengono proiettati come parte di non competizione, programma speciale ogni anno - uno durante l'apertura e uno durante la cerimonia di chiusura. L'ultimo ad essere proiettato è un primo lungometraggio serbo, scelto dal team di Bašta fest come quello di maggior successo dell'anno precedente. L'ingresso a tutte le proiezioni a Bašta è gratuito, mentre sono sempre tenute sotto il cielo notturno aperto. Attualmente ci sono due location ufficiali del festival: il parco Borići e il lago Perućac.
Dear Creator,
The Viewster Online Film Fest (#VOFF) is an international online event that attracts, displays and rewards features, short films, series, web-series and documentaries that are not always as famous as they should be. It’s a community moderated contest where the public audience will create a shortlist out of all qualified entries.
Essentially the Viewster community and your fans will watch, share, discuss and vote for their favorite entries. They will help to curate the entries with at least the top ten moving onto the finals. After that our Jury of Experts - Ted Hope, Nora Tschirner and Timo Vuorensola - will select the winners to be announced December 8, 2014 on http://festival.viewster.com.
The theme for the fourth #VOFF is "Share It Forward." and asks for the issues that are most important to you today.
Shake up our cushy lives, open our eyes, make us laugh, cry or even outraged. For #VOFF 4, show the world the issues that are most important to you today—big or small. You might be passionate about the environment, human rights, public health, politics, social justice or something entirely different that deserves attention. Whether you get your message across through fiction, non-fiction, with humour, in a direct or an abstract way, let's see your passion to influence and make a difference. #VOFF 4 is your chance to bring your message in front of millions of viewers, who will discuss, support and share your cause. We want to take it one step further this time. In addition to the juried awards, we will contribute to an organisation making a positive impact by the choice of one of the projects.
Why Participate?
• Chance to win a piece of the cake with a cool first prize of $50,000
• Chance to donate $20,000 to an organization of your choice
• Gain publicity and awareness for your content
• Chance to connect with other creators online content
L'Asian Summer Film Festival vuole presentare la cultura asiatica attraverso la cinematografia popolare prodotta nei paesi del continente.
Il Festival ha diverse categorie come una sezione competitiva, retrospettive, proiezioni per bambini e serate a tema. L'anno scorso sono stati mostrati 40 titoli provenienti da Cina, Hong Kong, Tailandia, Corea del Sud, Giappone e India, alcuni dei quali erano anteprime mondiali e internazionali, anteprime europee o anteprime dei festival spagnoli. I 18 film programmati nella sezione ufficiale hanno gareggiato per il Premio della Giuria, il Lucky Cat Award, assegnato dal pubblico al miglior film in concorso, e il Critics' Choice Award.
