The International Video Poetry Festival in Athens attempts to create an open public space for the creative expression of all tendencies and streams of contemporary visual poetry. The IVPF has been around since 2011. It is one of the largest international platform for video poetry. Every year, it offers poets, film directors, video artists and festival makers from all over the world a platform for creative exchange, brainstorming and meeting with a broad audience. With poetry readings, live performances, concerts, retrospectives, exhibitions, performances, workshops and lectures present in various sections the diversity of the genre of video poetry and spoken word music.
The International Video Poetry Festival happens in two different zones. The first day is the Show Room Video Poetry, a unique zone that will include video poems, visual poems, short film poems and cinematic poetry and performances by artists from all over the world (America, Asia, Europe, Africa). The second day is the Live Performance Zone with multimedia poetry readings, concerts with experimental music, workshops and spoken word lives.
Poets, filmmakers, video and digital artists, media and performance artists are called to submit creative works to The 11th Annual International Video Poetry Festival in Athens, Greece. The festival celebrates and will screen a large scope of video projects developed through the medium of poetry. The International Video Poetry Festival will also host a series of panels, guest speakers, workshops, and public dialogues regarding film and video poetry. In addition to the screenings, programmers also curate a video art exhibition.
There are no restrictions regarding when the film was produced or if the film has premiered regionally or internationally. There are no restrictions on subject matter, theme, topic, or the language of origin. The International Video Poetry Festival will accept submissions of poetry films, filmpoems, digital-poetry, poetry video, Cin(E)-Poetry, spoken word films, videopoema, visual poetry, choreopoems, poetrinca, media poetry, and all films and videos that are driven visually by text or voice.
Live performances, video mapping, installation proposals, and grand-scale video art presentations that contain strong aspects of poetry are encouraged. The IVPF also calls for experimental film and video work that explores poetry or literature whether it be oral, written, visual, or symbolic. This includes non-narrative work and the avant-garde.
The IVPF strongly considers artwork that examines and challenges traditional visual communication methods while continuing to function as a tool for exploring poetry. The International Video Poetry Festival will consider documentaries that focus on poets, poems, poetry, poetic technique, literary movements, and historical events within these realms. The documentaries must have English or Greek subtitles.
The IVPF also calls for video work that explores poetry and literature whether it be oral, written, visual, or symbolic. This includes the film essay or cinematic essay, non-narrative work, and the avant-guard. We will also strongly consider work that challenges traditional and current visual communication methods while continuing to function as a mode for exploring narrative and personal expression.
Organizer and promoter of the International Video Poetry Festival are the Institute for Experimental Arts in co-operation with Void Network.
We would like to thank Dave Bonta from the influential video art site Moving Poems, a global site with the best video poems on the web that inspired us to create the International Video Poetry Festival in Athens and we cooperate since 2011 to spread out the announcement of the Festival each year so as to gather participations from all over the world.
Paradox Film Production, in association with Appleton Private University, invites you to participate in the first Paradox Film Festival, a short film competition that celebrates imagination, social and anthropological approaches in film.
What are we looking for?
Short films that explore human diversity, give voice to stories that promote social justice and equality, and invite us to reflect on the world around us. We are looking for films that use cinema as a tool for social change and transformation.
Welcome to the Ottumwa International Film Festival, a vibrant celebration of cinema held at the stunning Bridge View Center theater on March 21 and 22, 2025. Over the course of two days, we will showcase an eclectic mix of short and feature films from a diverse array of categories, promising to captivate audiences with a rich tapestry of storytelling.
Our festival is dedicated to highlighting the creativity and passion of filmmakers from around the globe. We take pride in curating a program that includes thought-provoking dramas, riveting documentaries, heartwarming comedies, and groundbreaking animated films. Each screening offers a unique glimpse into different cultures, perspectives, and artistic visions.
In addition to the screenings, we will host engaging Q&A sessions with filmmakers, providing an intimate platform for attendees to delve deeper into the creative processes behind the films.
To honor the outstanding achievements in filmmaking, we will present awards in various categories, including Best Feature Film, Best Short Film, Audience Choice, and more. These accolades celebrate the innovation, talent, and dedication that drive the art of cinema forward.
Join us at the Ottumwa International Film Festival for two unforgettable days of cinematic discovery and community. Whether you're a filmmaker, a film lover, or simply curious, we invite you to immerse yourself in the magic of the movies and the spirit of storytelling.
Highlight the talents of directors in short formats,
Promote meetings between different players in the cinema and audiovisual sector.
Offer the opportunity to broadcast their production on the big screen.
The World Wildlife Film Festival is an online celebration of the environment, nature, and the human relationship with the planet. This festival seeks to inspire, inform, and encourage action through powerful visual storytelling that highlights the beauty of the natural world, the challenges it faces, and the sustainable solutions we can adopt to protect it.
Through diverse narratives, from documentaries and short films to animations and experimental visuals, the festival aims to spark meaningful conversations around environmental conservation, climate change, and eco-friendly lifestyles. We invite filmmakers, activists, nature lovers, and change-makers from across the globe to come together and celebrate the planet we share.
Mexican film festival, exclusively for horror and terror films, as well as the subgenres: gore, supernatural horror, k-terror, j-terror, slasher, rural terror, etc.
Tuth Horror Film Festival receives films from all over the world. The main requirement: Cause fear.
The Río Negro International Social Film Festival is an audiovisual festival that aims to promote cinema within the country and abroad. The festival will be held in March with a competition of feature films and short films, both fiction, animation and documentary. There will also be talks and workshops.
SUMMER SESSION 2025
Are you ready to take your filmmaking or screenwriting career to the next level? The Emerging Talent Film Festival is the perfect platform! This event is specifically designed to recognise and showcase the work of ambitious and talented artists like you.
With live screenings and numerous awards in multiple categories, the Emerging Talent Film Festival is not to be missed.
Since 2016, NRFF has been dedicated to introducing promising filmmakers and screenwriters to producers and industry professionals to help them advance their careers. In addition, thanks to the generosity of the festival's patron, NRFF London has awarded over £5,000 in cash prizes to emerging talent since 2021. This is your chance to join the ranks of talented artists committed to producing exciting and innovative work in the world of film and TV. Don't miss out!
Why should you submit?
Get ready for an exciting opportunity to showcase your talent and get recognised for your work! Submit your film or screenplay to the Emerging Talent Film Festival and you could win prestigious laurels, including Finalist, Official Selection, and Winner. These seals of approval can open doors to other festivals and marketing opportunities, helping you to launch your career as a filmmaker or screenwriter.
Some of the films will have the chance to be screened at the festival's live cinema event, giving you the opportunity to showcase your talent to a wider audience and gain valuable exposure.
How does the submission process work?
• Don't limit your creativity, submit to any of our MAIN CATEGORIES or SUB-CATEGORIES that speak to you!
• All submissions will be reviewed by our team, and the best ones will become Winners and be invited to take part in the New Renaissance Film Festival in London 2025
• Honorable Mentions for those films that are not a winner but stand out in their own right.
Reviews:
"Jan and Massi's festival is fiercely dedicated to promoting the highest caliber of independent cinema around today. Their commitment to championing filmmakers who they believe in is unparalleled in my experience. I've made friends and potentially collaborators for life. I am so privileged to have been a part of this inspiring and life-changing festival.” (Zoë Greenbaum, Emerging Talent Winner)
“I honestly can’t praise this festival high enough! Jan and Massimo are two of the best, most passionate festival directors I’ve ever met. Brilliant audiences that genuinely want to be there, an amazing cinema and brilliant networking throughout. I’m not alone in saying this festival has probably changed my career! Thank you!” (Nicholas Connor, Emerging Talent Winner)
“It's a brilliant festival. One I will continue to submit to throughout my filmmaking career.” (Chris Overton, Oscar Winner)
“This festival is incredible - its focus is on the filmmaker and spotlighting original talent, whether new or emerging, and the art form of filmmaking.” (Reneque Samuels, Emerging Talent Finalist)
“NRFF is a great festival with a lovely film community. I am honoured to have won Emerging Talent and make connections with talented filmmakers at my screening and the award night.” (Michelle Jones, Emerging Talent Winner)
“This was my first in-person film festival and they did an amazing job! Thank you so much for awarding my short script the best young talent screenplay. It means so much! This is definitely a film festival to submit to.!” (Niamh Dann)
“Jan and Massimo present an event that makes me as a filmmaker proud to have been selected. Their "eye" is exactly the one you want on your film. They "see" what you mean and they value a story well told. They inspire me.” (Stephen Mills, Winner)
“What a unique and powerful force of film this is! Always a great venue and always empowering the independent film maker! Thank you for our Award for ‘Swivel’ and for everything you do to push artists, community and film to be all of who we are!” (Lois Norman, Winner)
The Descubierto Film Festival emerges as a meeting point between audiences and audiovisual creators of fantastic genre cinema. It pays special attention to young audiences from decentralized areas of the La Libertad region and seeks to become a platform for stories told from different perspectives. The competitive film selections, including short and feature films, aim to gather works with fantastic themes, bold visual languages, and innovative approaches. Additionally, there will be a regional film showcase with works by local filmmakers and parallel activities designed to complement the cultural programming.
The KATZE Film Festival proudly returns for its fourth edition in 2026, continuing its uncompromising journey to the edges of society, the human experience, and cinematic innovation.
The 2026 edition will once again take place at Beit Tami in Tel Aviv, in collaboration with the Tel Aviv Municipality. This partnership anchors the festival at the heart of the city’s cultural landscape.
At KATZE, we explore the unfamiliar, embrace the unconventional, and champion filmmakers who dare to push boundaries, question norms, and reinvent cinematic language.
From raw human dramas to radical experimental visions, KATZE 2026 will present a bold selection of films that captivate, unsettle, and illuminate new creative frontiers. We invite filmmakers worldwide to submit their work and join this expanding community of boundary-defying creators.
Take a moment to explore images from previous editions of the festival to get a broader sense of the atmosphere, energy, and spirit that define KATZE.
Last year’s official trailer offers a first glimpse into the 2025 edition:
Video Trailer 25 – https://youtu.be/R-OVMM9OdLs
You can also revisit the trailers from earlier years:
Video Trailer 24 – https://youtu.be/9hCT6q_TkXI?si=xTLmlhZWFbt-pSdS
Video Trailer 23 – https://youtu.be/m73bqSX1JCg?si=xWdbFbVzOjDknyCy
Under the IIFF initiative, we continue to build connections across continents, expanding the reach of creators on the periphery and cultivating a thriving global network.
At KATZE, we shine a light on new voices, urgent perspectives, and hidden cinematic gems that often go unseen.
Unleash your creativity. Explore the unknown. Embrace the edge.
Section that has been several years and invites you to participate in a contest where you must terrorize the audience in just 2 minutes, has prizes in money to the first, second and third place, plus a recognition to the most popular audience, elected through popular vote among those who attend the night function. Jury made up of local and national filmmakers and festival personalities and the audiovisual media.
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The “Cachinus de Cine” Festival is organized by the Cultural Association of Cilleros (A.C.D.C.) and the Town Hall of Cilleros.
The festival "Cachinus de Cine" was born with the hope of bringing the seventh art to the children and youngest so that they have the posibility to learn trough this art to know and understand better the world around them. Also to get the posibility to express their concerns through the images.
It will take place at the beginning of May in Cilleros, a town located in "Sierra de Gata" in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, at the East of Madrid (Spain).
An enclave that are still preserving his nature and tradition over the years.
It is surrounded by rivers of crystal clear water, natural pools and mountains that invite you to explore their paths.
We wish this festival to be a meeting point where we can meet people and cultures from all over the world and get to know ourselves too.
Exchanging concerns and experiences with all the participants is also part of the dream with which this festival is born.
The Esoteric International Film Festival collects the best esoteric films from around the world, which were created both by professionals and by enthusiasts, and helps to get them across to the Russian audience.
We admit only the esoteric films, both modern and historical ones. As well as those films, where esoteric world is an important part of the synopsis.
Esoteric International Film Festival invite filmmakers who make films and documentaries about ghosts and spirits, brownies and witches, fairies and sorcerers, exorcism and parapsychology, telekinesis and transmission of thoughts at a distance, prophetic dreams and premonitions, alchemy, amulets, amulets, non-traditional religious cults, voodoo religion, animism, shamanism, theosophy and anthroposophy, the hidden edges of reality and other dimensions; self-discovery, the search for the meaning of life, the search for yourself in this world and your mission, life after death, human energy, chakras, aura, meditation, yoga, retreats, spiritual practices, spiritual teachers and ashrams, reincarnation and the recollection of past lives, the power of thoughts and the work of the subconscious; alternative medicine and non-standard methods of treatment, the universal mind, the energies of the new time, high vibrations, etc.
All films must be in English (orRussian). Alternatively, have the English or Russian subtitles (with the exception of all films without words), regardless of the country of production.
All best films that were selected for the vscreening, will be shown on the big screen during the solemn final ceremony on February 07-08, 2026 in Moscow, Russia and will be able to struggle for the main prize and the title of the "Best Esoteric film". As well as for the oteric in the standalone nominations.
Produced by the Municipality of Colonia Santa Teresa and the narrative journalism platform Angular; declared of Legislative Interest and Cultural Interest by the government of the Province of La Pampa, the V International Documentary Film Festival "PampaDocFest" will be held in person in the town from April 9-12, 2026.
This festival aims to stimulate and facilitate meetings between national and international film makers and to present non-fiction films. It also seeks to foster encounters between filmmakers, technicians, and those interested in this genre, creating a space for exchange and dialogue. It aims to provide a training space to contribute to the development of culture and the dissemination of documentary filmmaking, promoting a critical and reflective view of reality. The festival also aims to promote local and regional cultural development, providing opportunities for new generations of creators and fostering the growth of a community committed to art and culture.
- The festival provides accommodation and internal transportation during the festival period
Alexandria short film festival ( Egypt ) was founded by Alexandria Art Circle Association in order to give a chance for filmmakers to present their work to the public and this in the heart of Alexandria to be a lighthouse of cinema in the world.
The festival is held annually and its first edition was in 2015.
The festival aims to provide a suitable atmosphere to exchange experiences between filmmakers from all over the world and give opportunities for short filmmakers to present their films whether narrative, documentary, or animation in front of the audience, with the aim of conducting fruitful discussions between the filmmaker and the audience and providing a safe platform for presenting their work.
The festival aims to develop and advance short cinema .
Brussels Short Film Festival is an exhibition intended for cinema lovers, both audience and professionals. The purpose is to promote and circulate short films and to generate contacts between audience, young directors and professionals.
Since 2018, the winner of the Great Prize of the International competition will be eligible for consideration in the Animated Short Film/ Live Action Short Film category of the Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules.
LA International Film Festival is dedicated to discovering new filmmakers with fresh stories in independent cinema.
LA International Film Festival features both feature-length and short-form films in competitive programs designed to showcase exceptional storytelling. Our carefully curated selection highlights breakout voices in the Los Angeles film community and beyond. The festival provides a powerful platform for these emerging artists to gain recognition, network with industry professionals, and screen their work for a dedicated and appreciative audience.
LA International Film Festival is a prestigious annual event dedicated to spotlighting the best in independent filmmaking from both the US and around the world. It provides a vital platform for emerging and established filmmakers to share their unique stories and innovative visions with a global audience. The festival's primary mission is to discover and promote new voices in independent cinema, recognizing the important role these films play in the history of storytelling and culture.
HARD:LINE International Film Festival aims to present the various faces of extreme cinema.
The question as to what is meant by the term “extreme” can be understood by looking at the content of our wide selection of fantastic films. “Extreme” is often defined by an explicit splatter aesthetic but it can also be represented by unusual story-telling methods or an exotic visual language. Thus, we are meticulously selecting such examples that could be important in the future of the genre. We have not set any boundaries in our search and whether a film is a pearl of the independent scene, fun splatter or no-brainer, H:LIFF loves special films!
HARD:LINE International Film Festival is no warehouse festival where the priority is to show as many films as possible but rather concentrates on presenting a few glowing examples of everything that extreme film can be.
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