Sheep black Cafe-rock of wave, in collaboration with the cultural association Confiances, presents the third contest of short films "The sheep in short" with the intent to publicize all those audiovisual productions of short duration, which have little space for your projection, and that usually do not have the deserved recognition. The prizes are symbolic, since the main intention of the competition is the audiovisual dissemination of works, and the promotion of their authors.
Held among the spectacular rivers and bluffs of the Driftless Region in Northeastern Iowa, the Oneota Film Festival, OFF, brings compelling, innovative, and inspiring films and filmmakers to Decorah, Iowa. Through film and other media that illuminate the human condition, OFF aims to engage a large and diverse audience in the critical issues of our time.
OFF invites documentary, narrative, animated, web/tv/new media series epicodes and student films for its 9th annual festival April 19-22, 2018. All films submitted will be juried by an international panel of filmmakers and film scholars. Festival events include: screenings of 50+ films, discussions, and panels with invited filmmakers and local/regional experts; an opening night Gala; Filmmakers Reception Saturday evening; and special events in conjunction with host Luther College and the Decorah community.
Filmmakers are encouraged to attend and will receive free admission to the entire festival and all events. Come interact with an educated, involved audience!
Awards are offered in each film category, in addition to an Audience Choice award.
Censurados Film Festival is a film festival that disseminates and makes visible “the cinema they don't want you to see.” Based in Peru, the festival is committed to freedom of expression, human rights and diversity through the screening of films and the organization of artistic and educational activities.
CATEGORIES
1. International Competition “Censorship”. Fiction, documentary, animation and/or cinematographic experimentation films from any part of the world that have been censored due to political, religious, corporate, authoritarian or social pressures or interests, among others, or that have been victims of threats and/or violence, either during its research, production or realization or in its subsequent exhibition and/or distribution. It is an essential requirement to provide demonstrable information about the censorship, threat, pressure or violence that the film has suffered. No duration limit.
2. Short Film Competition “Shorts without Cut”. Fiction, documentary, animation and/or cinematographic experimentation films from anywhere in the world and a maximum duration of 30 minutes that claim freedom of thought and expression without fear of cancellation, and political and social action in matters of public interest.
3. “Peruvian Voices” Competition. Fiction, documentary, animation and/or cinematographic experimentation films from Peru that allow dissident voices to be heard and make the viewer reflect on controversial topics, on which different groups have constructed apparently irreconcilable arguments, in order to create an open and elevated dialogue space on them. No duration limit.
Purpose of the Festival
FICAE - Diseases International Short Film and Art Festival opens the 4th edition of the Festival (4FICAE). It is open to all creators of audiovisual content that want to show their short films in all type of cinematographic genres whose main theme is directly related to some type of disease or health issues.
The purpose of this festival is to promote social awareness about diseases as a process of life in order to help destigmatize them. In addition, the festival seeks to promote artistic creation through audiovisual language to make it more visible and transmit knowledge about diseases, both those that involve changes to the health state, and those that are considered as social diseases and their consequences.
Dates and Venues
The Festival will take place in several venues in the city of Valencia during the last week of February and first week of March 2018.
The Festival will take place at different locations in the city of Valencia during the first week of March 2017.
FICAE is an initiative of Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) and of the association VINCLES.
SR films are of socially relevant content and concentrate on character-driven situations and good storytelling instead of relying on gratuitous violence, crime, and so-called selling points for box office success.
SR Film Festival New York and its Industry Panels focus on Socially Relevant film content and nurture filmmakers who develop human interest stories with Socially Relevant themes.
SR is a festival and film development lab that aims to satisfy a market need concentrating on everyday positive human stories while offering a financially viable alternative to the proliferation of violence & crime in today’s movie industry.
The festival and industry panels event provides filmmakers & festival attendees with the best of both worlds: finished films and projects/scripts in development.
The Kiwi International Film Festival (KIFF) is an online film festival designed to judge independent films from around the world, made by new and experienced filmmakers.
KIFF seeks films with a unique voice and message, regardless of how low the budget might be.
Filmmakers will also compete for the prestigious GOLDEN KIWI trophy, awarded to outstanding achievement in each main category.
Aiming to inspire, motivate and award talented filmmakers from around the world.
The Kiwi International Film Festival accepts all forms and genres: short films, feature films, drama, experimental, comedy, horror, sci fi, fantasy, animation and documentary.
The 2015 selection will be announced December 2015
The ‘’Artfools international Film Festival’’ takes place every year, during the first 10 days of February, in the city of Larissa, Greece, held by ‘’Artfools ‘’civil non-profit organization for Arts and Culture, Larissa, Greece. In its official competitive section, the Festival features short length films of digital nature along with a non-competitive section of Retrospectives and Tributes to important leading international filmmakers, film masterclasses, cinema seminars, photography exhibitions and book presentations.
Α. Feature short length films, running time: a total of 20 minutes
Β. Student short length films, running time: a total of 20 minutes
C. School short length films, running time : a total of 15 minutes
The 12 Months Film Festival (#12MFF) is farrest challenging film festival available which attracts, displays and awards filmmakers from six continents. Our finest selection system brings the benefits of a quality qualification in the #12MFF and also come with surprise awards where qualify all selected entries. #12MFF was designed to award you amazing prizes. Moreover, we will do our best in working with your needs in order for your talent and dedication to be appreciated by the public.
Together we build a global audience!
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Entries requirements:
-> All films must have been made in or after 2012 and have English subtitles (unless English is the main language spoken); A creation date does not apply in case of the screen writings from being stopped for submissions, but the submitted must be in English or have a copy translated in English;
-> We accept shorts, documentaries, animations, experimental, music videos, web and new media, commercials (all specified previously under 45 minutes); feature films and feature documentaries (any length, 45 + minutes);
->A description between 50 and 150 words;
->Trailer (not required for movies under 7 minutes; optional) and the film must be submitted as an on-line screener (Vimeo preferred) which may be embedded on the website for visitors to see your creation; you can further opt for modifications in your entry;
->Cover of the film/screen writing or a defining photo;
We also offer the following services:
Film review; Film improvement support; Trailer for your movie; Web-design and coding; Complete graphic-design. Proceed here: http://12mff.com/services/
Filmmakers, have you already shoot a short film? #48FILM, welcome you to the 48ISFF (48 Independent Short Film Festival)that give equal opportunities to every filmmaker from all over the world. Filmmakers, who have already made any kind of short films will be selected to screen their movies at the Directors Guild of America in Hollywood. Submit your short movie now:
https://www.48filmproject.com/48isff
Open call to submit short movies, from 3 and up to 30 minutes in length, of any genre.Submissions may be from any country.
We want to promote talented filmmakers, and we made the process easy, without formal restrictions on submissions. Will consider all genres and types of short films. Find more here: https://www.48filmproject.com/48isff
The Festival is being organized by the management of City Montessori School in Lucknow, India.
The Festival aims at providing a common platform for the producers of Children films to project their views for proper development of children’s potential through meaningful educative films; and also for promoting friendship and co- operation among people of the world.
Animation professionals, either as individuals or as collectives, may participate, as well as film-makers, visual artists, students and general public.
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The Shortcup Film Festival is the world cup of short films. The selected films are distributed in 4 days of exhibition, where each film represents their country and the popular jury votes definies the final round where the winner is chosen in the fifth day.
The festival's main purpose is to merge a competitive film showcase with the casual ambient of a bar; this year, in it's 6th edition it will happen in 4 cities simultaneously, those cities are:
- São Paulo, Brasil
- Bogotá, Colômbia
- Monterrey, México
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
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VI Shortcup, el festival de cine que se lleva a cabo en bares en un formato deportivo por grupos de clasificación, acontecerá este año en 4 ciudades simultáneamente, donde el ganador es escogido por el voto popular.
Las cedes del campeonato de este año son:
- São Paulo, Brasil
- Bogotá, Colômbia
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Monterrey, México
In 2024, the Iquique International Film Festival (Ficiqq) will celebrate its 15th anniversary. Ficiqq is a unique event in the Tarapacá region that is financed on this occasion by the 2024 Audiovisual Development Fund, and is sponsored by SQM Yodo Nutrición Vegetal and produced by Volcánica Films.
BioBiocine, International Film Festival of Concepcion, is an intercultural gathering of knowledge and wisdom expressed through cinema, which aims to be a space for dialogue and contemplation, as well as to disseminate, promote, support and place value on National and International Cinematography from a Territory and Identity that is established as the context for its annual meeting.
BioBioCine International Festival calls for works from all countries and cultures for its eleventh version. Its program includes competitive and non-competitive categories of Fiction and Non-Fiction Feature and Short Films, with a focus on auteur cinema, new filmmakers, experimentation, intercultural dialogue and first nations.
Mumbai- The city of celluloid dreams since past century- is the destination of thousands of budding & professional filmmakers in India & world. The city has nurtured many great filmmakers, technicians & entertained the millions worldwide through cinema. People also fondly called it as Bollywood. In the highly competitive age of cinema ‘Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival’ is the platform for short filmmakers to put their work forward among the league of professional.
MSIFF, a progressive cinema movement started in year 2012 with the consultation of senior industry members to highlight the short cinema. The 2012 inaugural year followed 2013 to 2022 editions witnesses the great participation & enthusiasm from filmmakers & industry professionals from India & abroad. The festival objective is to contribute towards the development of upcoming filmmakers & to create short films culture in India.
The festival aims is to feature great cinema of worldwide filmmakers in a big way & at the same time providing professional networking & introducing current trends of cinema to the participants. The festival also strongly advocates the need of commercial short film industry in India & will raise the issues related to short films in front of various governing bodies of cinema.
12th MSIFF-23 will prove one more step towards achieving excellence & enhancing your skills in cinema & fore sure it will contribute immensely in your growth as filmmaker
The APICA, an association for the promotion of images, creation, and the arts, based in French Polynesia organizes from March 6h to 12th, 2017 the third edition of the International Festival of Short Fiction Films from the Islands of the World: Courts des îles, in Papeete, Tahiti (French Polynesia).
The perspective of island directors at the heart of the “Courts des îles” Festival
The APICA wishes to highlight island sensitivities from all over the world through their audiovisual and cinematic creations, by gathering them around a unique event: The International Festival of Short Fiction Films from the Islands of the World, Courts des îles.
From Java to Madagascar, from Iceland to New Zealand, from the Bahamas to Guadeloupe, from Hawaii to Tasmania… Courts des îles hopes to be an open window on island cultures, singular of pluralistic, a link between these young creators, directors from the islands of the world who tell us their stories.
Celebrating the islands of the world through a specific form of expression: short fiction films
A veritable journey around the world of island creativity: from Europe to Asia, from America to Oceania, and through Africa, Courts des îles is also a place of exchange and sharing for festival attendees, who will be able to contrast their experiences, their points of mutual interest, and their differences during workshops, round tables, and conferences organized around the themes of screenwriting, directing, and producing short fiction films.
Beyond the screening of short fiction films from the islands of the world, the Courts des îles Festival will give pride of place to a different island every year through the best short films that are produced there.
Ascona Film Festival started on the social networks and after 5 years received more than 12000 submissions form 95 countries.
The Ascona Film Festival success is due to the concept of a nice VIP film festival in the legendary Ascona Venue at the Hotel Ascona.
Admission to the projection is on invitation only to selected VIP international personalities.
