Imaginary Realities II Film Festival for the town of Yecla (Murcia).
A festival aimed at secondary school students. For ESO (Compulsory Secondary Education) and Bachillerato (Upper Secondary Education) students.
This festival is part of YECLA EN CORTO, which is held annually.
ORION International Film Festival is a curated international cinema event presenting narrative, documentary, experimental and emerging media works from filmmakers around the world. The festival focuses on strong visual storytelling, distinctive voices and films that explore culture, society, environment and the human condition.
The festival is committed to presenting thoughtful and engaging cinema through a carefully programmed screening event designed for attentive audiences. ORION IFF values originality, cinematic craft and meaningful storytelling across a wide range of forms and perspectives.
Selected films are presented within a curated programme that celebrates both emerging and established filmmakers. The festival brings together works that demonstrate artistic vision, cultural insight and a commitment to cinematic expression.
Festival Highlights
• International submissions from filmmakers around the world
• Curated screening programme in Australia
• Professional jury evaluation
• Awards recognising cinematic craft and storytelling
Awards and Distinctions
ORION IFF recognises selected films through the following distinctions:
Winner
Highly Commended
Nominee
Finalist
Awards reflect the outcome of jury deliberation and programming consideration.
The festival welcomes submissions across narrative, documentary, ethnographic, animation, experimental and new media forms, with categories recognising both film achievement and film craft.
Screening Event – 2026
The first screening event for the 2026 edition of ORION International Film Festival will present a curated programme of creatively fearless short films.
Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery
Queensland, Australia
Event details:
https://www.srag.org.au/events/orionfilm2026
CALL FOR ENTRIES 3RD
LESFEST LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL OF PERU
LIMA - PERU, 2026
COMPETITIONS
Lesfest features four competitions:
Feature Film Competition: Productions from any country worldwide with a running time of over 60 minutes are eligible. These films must have been produced after January 1, 2024.
Short Film Competition: Films from any country worldwide with a maximum running time of 30 minutes are eligible. These films must have been produced after January 1, 2024.
Series Competition: Series from any country worldwide with a minimum running time of 1 minute and a maximum of 40 minutes in various production formats are eligible. The episodes must have been produced after January 1, 2024.
Tributes and Focuses: films selected by the programming team without an open call for submissions.
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Cortoons Gandia is the International Animated Film Festival of Gandia, organized by Cortoons Festival, the city of Gandia, la Generalitat Valenciana, through the Institut Valenciá de Cultura (Culturarts), and the participation of Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) Campus de Gandia.
In the 2016, after 12 years of great success in Rome, Cortoons international festival of animated films, he moved to Spain in the beautiful town of Gandia in the province of Valencia.
The 22th Cortoons Festival Gandia edition will be a great festival of animated films for professionals, animation film funs and all the general public.
The competition categories are:
International animated short film from 1 to 4 minutes
International animated short film from 4 to 20 minutes
Spanish animated short film
Spanish animated short films produced in the
Valencian Community
Graduation animated film
Works may take place after January 1st, 2024.
The deadline is September 01, 2026
There is no entry fee
Contact us:
info@cortoons.es
www.cortoons.es
Moscow Indie Film Festival is easily one of the most filmmaker friendly independent film festivals screenings in a major entertainment city anywhere in the world. We know how painstakingly difficult it is to make a movie.
Moscow Indie Film Festival is about helping independent filmmakers gain the credibility and promotion they justly deserve. We are here to show your talent to the world.
The festival aims to bring to Moscow several films from all around the world, but very few times (sometimes never) screened in our great city.
The Accent Film Festival focuses on talent and projects made in Andalusia or by Andalusian creators. With an international look at other projects with roots.
Sweet Potato is a University Film Festival focused on animation, organized by students from the Animation Cinema program at UFPel (Federal University of Pelotas) who are members of GECA (Animation Cinema Study Group), coordinated by Prof. Gissele Cardozo.
The event is free of charge and will take place on May 13 and 14, 2026, at Cine UFPel, in the city of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Its goal is to promote and value local and national film production, strengthen the culture of the southernmost region of the country, and create a space for reflection and debate on Brazil’s social, political, and cultural issues.
The 35mm Film Festival was born in Milan from our desire to share our love of cinema. We wanted to create a platform for talent, and an opportunity for artists and film enthusiasts to meet. The second edition of the festival was held on the 27th and 28th of September 2025, at the ‘Wanted Clan”, and was a great success. We are therefore excited to announce the third edition of the Film Festival, which will be held in MILAN, on October 3rd and 4th, 2026.
The festival takes place over two consecutive days. The first day is dedicated to the SCREENINGS of the projects selected to participate at the festival, while the second is comprised of PANELS with the directors in competition, the screenings of 35’’ Film Contest* selection, and finally THE AWARD CEREMONY.
We accept short films from all over the world. Fiction, animation or documentary, of any genre and shot on all types of support, both digital and analog. Please reach out to us at info@35mmfilmfestival.com for further information.
The first and the most important Freak Festival in Spain. We also accept horror and fantastic film. With an audience of 2.000 people every day from monday to friday and we would love to screen your shortfilms.
El premio de cortometraje Arcoris se enmarca en un proyecto europeo transfronterizo entre dos festivales hermanos que son Festival Internacionale de Film d’Environement y el Festival Transhumant de cinema compromès.
El objetivo del premio es valorizar la producción cinematográfica basado en temas medioambientales de ambos lados de los Pirineos.
Un eje importante es la relación entre la humanidad, naturaleza y transición ecológica.
Enlace Transhumant Festival: https://www.transhumant.com/
Enlace Festival International du Film d’Environnement: https://lefredd.org/
The Crevillent Short Film Festival, organized by the Creadores de Crevillent Association, announces the call for entries to compete for the awards of its seventh edition, to be held on June 19 and 20, 2026.
The aim of the competition is to promote short films. Culture is considered a source of wealth and, in this sense, strengthening the local cultural offer also contributes to the economic and social development of our municipality. In this seventh edition there will be three different categories: Official Section, Local Section, and Local Youth Section.
The Windsor International Black Film Festival (WIBFF) celebrates Black stories from Canada and around the world. Our 3rd annual event will take place on August 14-16th, 2026, to celebrate the contributions of Black filmmakers and storytellers internationally.
Festival days will include film screenings and premieres of our major category winners, alongside immersive discussion panels, followed by a red carpet awards night. PLEASE NOTE THAT AWARD WINNERS THAT ARE NOT PRESENT WILL HAVE TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO PICK UP THEIR AWARD. OR MAKE ALTERNATE ARRANGEMENTS TO GET THE AWARD MAILED OUT.
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.
Inclús is a festival of audiovisual productions, both documentary and fiction, focused on the theme of disabilities. It is an initiative of Associació Inclús, organized by the audiovisual company Fish Muvi.
The aim of Festival Inclús is to give visibility to audiovisual works about disability with a different point of view.
The 14th edition of Inclús, Barcelona International Disability Film Festival will be held from November 21 to December 1, 2026, in Barcelona. The audiovisual material of the finalists will be screened during this festival, according to each different category. There will be one award for the best submittals of each category.
Shorts In Season Film Festival is a bi-annual celebration of bold, brilliant short indie films under 20 minutes, made in Europe or by European filmmakers. The festival exists because we believe short indie films deserve a proper spotlight, a big screen, and a real audience. Run biannually, not just once a year, Shorts In Season gives filmmakers double the chance to share their work and get involved.
Based in Berlin — one of Europe’s most vital creative capitals — we aim for our events to be a place where filmmakers meet, talk, and connect, and where stories come alive before a crowd that truly cares.
Filmmakers with selected films are encouraged to attend and take part in the Q&A discussion on the night after their film has been screened. Of course, there are also plenty of opportunities to network with other filmmakers and attendees.
Shorts In Season's upcoming Summer Edition 2026 will be held at the intimate and beloved IL KINO, a former bakery turned film institution, located within East Berlin’s popular Neukölln district. Like our festival, IL KINO celebrates independent films and showcases international voices and is driven by an independent spirit.
Our team previously ran the Made In Melbourne Film Festival (2009–2016). As indie filmmakers ourselves, we’re here to support fellow indie voices, build a network, and bring people together around the thing we all love most: powerful, personal, unforgettable short films and storytelling.
Read the Submission Rules to see if your film fits before submitting your work. We look forward to viewing your film.
Mecal Pro, the Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival, will celebrate its 28th edition. The long history of MECAL PRO has consolidated it as one of the most important short film festivals in Europe and the world, thus receiving the support of local, national and international institutions. We have screened in 2025 more than 300 short films in 29 sections that we program.
Mecal is strongly committed to promoting the exhibition and dissemination of audiovisual creations in the short format, not only with the public, but also in having creators and distributors meet through different activities. Mecal is also devoted to foster emerging talent, by holding events and awards specially aimed at young creators. In this sense, it also works as a short film dissemination network, organising screenings both at a national and an international level, collaborating with festivals, embassies, and institutions around the world.
Only for Spanish Filmmakers.
LAZOS es un festival de cine surgido en la zona de Montes Torozos como una iniciativa para promover y divulgar el cine de provincias, alejándose del modelo industrial centralizado en las grandes ciudades.
Mirror Mountain Film Festival brings the best in independent, alternative and underground cinema to Canada’s capital. We are a diverse and inclusive festival that welcomes all types of films and all types of people to share in the collective cinema experience. Our mission is to promote unique and original creative voices from around the world. Mirror Mountain showcases innovative, groundbreaking and unconventional films in a wide variety of genres, including drama, documentary, animation, experimental, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, dance and music videos. In addition to film screenings, the festival features engaging, community-oriented activities such as live performances, hybrid media presentations, interactive exhibits, parties, panel discussions, Q&A sessions and more. Our events aim to connect filmmakers both with audiences and with one another, and to support artists through educational and professional development opportunities.
Why should I submit?
1. Free festival pass for all filmmakers who submit
Everyone who submits a film to Mirror Mountain, regardless of whether or not it is selected, gets a free pass to attend the entire festival.
2. Free to submit for local filmmakers
Films of any length can be submitted for free if they were shot and / or edited within a 125 km radius of Ottawa. This area includes Gatineau, Maniwaki, Mont Tremblant, Montebello, Hawkesbury, Cornwall, Potsdam, Brockville, Smiths Falls, Perth, Renfrew, Arnprior and more.
3. Free submissions for alumni
If you directed a film that was officially selected to screen in a previous edition of Mirror Mountain, you can submit again at no cost.
4. Your money back
If your film is officially selected to screen in the festival, we’ll reimburse your original submission fee.
5. Fewer restrictions
We have no premiere or completion date requirements. Your film is still eligible even if it has screened in the Ottawa region before, has distribution, has been broadcast on television, or is available to view online.
6. We pay artist fees
If your film is officially selected to screen in the festival, you will also receive an artist fee to thank you for letting us screen your work.
7. Stay in the loop
After you submit your film, you’ll get a notification from the festival to confirm we’ve received your application. Later, you’ll receive a notification informing you of the results, regardless of whether or not your film was selected.
8. Awards for winning filmmakers
Awards are given out in several categories after the completion of the festival. Award winners receive a certificate and a selection of prizes donated by our sponsors.
9. Canadian Screen Award-qualifying
Mirror Mountain is an official qualifying festival for the Canadian Screen Awards as selected by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.
10. Friendly and alternative atmosphere
As a community of filmmakers and artists, we strive to cultivate a vibrant and welcoming atmosphere where creators and audience members from diverse artistic and cultural backgrounds can come together and grow through shared work and conversation.
SITGES FANPITCH 2026
For the twelfth consecutive year, the Sitges – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia is organizing Sitges FanPitch, its feature film and series production project pitch competition.
Sitges FanPitch is our international pitch competition event focusing on feature films and series productions currently under development with horror, science fiction, and/or fantastic genre themes.
This initiative continues on its mission to discover the very best genre projects and facilitating connections with leading industry companies. The event will be take place using a hybrid format on October 12 and 13, 2026, at the Sitges Film Festival.
Altogether, a maximum of five series and seven feature films from all around the world will be selected. These will be joined by the projects selected by the Festival at the collaborating Sitges FanPitch film markets and the project selected at Sitges FanPitch Catalunya Imaginària.
The people responsible for each of the selected projects will have the opportunity to make a sales pitch and meet with each of the participating companies.
In addition, the five winning feature film projects will be eligible for travel grants for their international circulation and will be able to take part, without travel expenses included, in the upcoming Feratum Residency and FantasoLab Residency.
Once again this year, we will be supporting local talent with the Catalunya Imaginària label, guaranteeing a place in the final selection for a project made in the Catalan language.
In the series category, one winning project will be selected, which will be awarded a cash prize for its ongoing development.
For the sixth consecutive year, this edition will be complemented by the Showrunners LAB, an introductory and mentoring seminar on the role of the showrunner. The selected series projects will be able to benefit from individual mentoring sessions with the showrunners participating in this year's edition.
What's New for This Year's Edition
This year, Sitges FanPitch is introducing several notable new features with the aim of expanding networking and collaboration opportunities for the selected projects.
First of all, we are changing the date:
Sitges FanPitch will be held on Monday the 12th, thereby becoming part of a new configuration for the Festival's Industry calendar.
In addition, the duration of the event has been extended with the addition of a session of meetings on the morning of October 13th. This new slot will allow companies and professionals who are not direct collaborators in the program to request meetings with selected projects.
Meetings can be requested through the Festival's Industry Department, via a link that will be provided once the selected projects are announced in September.
Through this initiative, Sitges FanPitch opens doors for new industry professionals, expands the radius of influence for projects, and encourages the creation of new collaborations and professional opportunities.
Finally, this year, the call for entries has been expanded to include, for the first time, documentaries specializing in fantastic and genre cinema. With this opening, we reaffirm our commitment to diversity of views and languages, acknowledging documentary filmmaking as an essential form of exploration, reflection, and expansion of the fantastic imaginary.
This expansion enriches the call for entries and encompasses new forms of expression that engage with genre through research, memory, and creation.
