A Femme International Film Festival is a premier festival that focuses on platforming women filmmakers “by women, for everyone”. Our Festival was created in 2005, when it became apparent that there was a need to enhance women behind the camera as Directors, Producers, and Writers. We were the first in Los Angeles to host such an event and film festival empowering women. All those that followed are just duplicates of the movement we started over a decade ago.
Through our Partners and Sponsors we have provided one-one-one meetings with our filmmakers or helped secure financing. CBS Entertainment Diversity Department and Sony Entertainment met with a selected group of our filmmakers with the goal to offer potential employment and/or placement as a director or writer under their diversity department. It is through our direct efforts that these opportunities are being secured for our LA Femme Int. Film Festival Filmmakers.
As LA Femme moves into the next few years, it plans to expand its platform so that more women in the industry and from around the world can have the benefit of taking their film to the next level through increased distribution outlets, more key positions in the entertainment industry and more recognition as artistic creators emerging as leaders in the industry.
Our goal is to create more such opportunities through exemplary programming, networking, and panel events. A classic professional atmosphere will create a sense of ‘opportunity’ for participants. LA Femme International Film Festival is “By Women for Everyone.”
Objectives:
To continually showcase and celebrate commercially viable films Written, Directed, or Produced by women.
To opening a pathway for women entering the industry by encouraging mentor-ship and artistic sharing between those women established in the field and those just beginning.
To Platform new emerging talent and support established women in cross-over roles.
To assist in distributing the feature films that are platformed in our festival with domestic theatrical releases and home video distribution.
Mission:
La Femme International Film Festival will support and nurture the artistic entertainment productions of women for the benefit of distribution to an international and domestic audience.
Emphasis:
»Our emphasis is on providing a complete specialized festival based on showcasing and celebrating commercially successful films written, directed, or produced by women and creating a system of access for those new to the industry directly to established women industry professionals.
»To assist in distribution of these films
»To mentor other women into positions of power in the independent and big budget, studio entertainment community.
Summary:
LA Femme Film Festival is more than a festival it is an emergence of artistic, professional women who make a difference in the entertainment community by creating productions that speak to a world wide audience. We were the first festival of its kind in Beverly Hills to not only platform existing films and artists but also distribute and mentor such films and the woman artists who created them.
Thank you for considering our festival for your film!
We are looking for the best features, shorts, docs and animation we can find to present in San Francisco. For 26 years SF IndieFest has developed a great reputation for eclectic, adventurous programming, getting great press for our films and filling theaters with enthusiastic film fans. Dozens of festivals and distributors have requested and received industry accreditation to view SF IndieFest titles at our festivals over the years.
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“I’m certainly happy that IndieFest exists, because it is a celebration of films that don’t necessarily get distributed widely,” HITS director David Cross says, “I’m happy to be a part of it with my film, which is very much in the category of a low-budget, little indie movie. I’m glad there’s a place for it.” – SF Chronicle
“Sundance may have sold out, but SF IndieFest keeps it real” – Annie Lo, Flavorpill
“While the Bay Area is flush with festivals, this one remains an under-the-radar standout.” – Randy Myers, San Jose Mercury News
“The San Francisco Independent Film Festival, the Bay Area’s version of Slamdance, provides a showcase for edgy cinematic work — and a great excuse to do some serious partying.” – David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle
"The movie business is in a perennial state of constant tension between ambition and collaboration, joyful inventiveness and jaw-dropping paydays. This roiling undercurrent, usually invisible to the public, gushes to the surface in the run-up to the Academy Awards ceremony. There is an antidote, however, to Hollywood’s annual backslapathon: SF IndieFest. The San Francisco Independent Film Festival is a beacon to anybody excited by the basic impulse of making movies. In its heart of hearts, IndieFest is a celebration of the minor miracle of finishing a film and getting it up on a screen in front of a live audience." - Michael Fox, KQED
“For many independent filmmakers, festivals such as SF Indiefest—aka the San Francisco Independent Film Festival–are the only way to bring their works before an audience. For filmgoers, SF Indiefest is the place to see original cinematic works created by directors who want to tell edgy stories which come from their hearts and souls. While some have bemoaned the death of cinema, the curators and filmmakers at SF Indiefest are keeping the craft of film alive.” – David Elijah Nahmod, SF SOUNDS
“SF IndieFest is the one festival of the year where you should throw a dart at the program and take a chance. Not because you’re guaranteed a masterpiece, but because it’s the best fest to see something that would never, ever breach your filter otherwise.” -Michael Fox, KQED
PRESS COVERAGE
Press Coverage for past year's festivals: https://sfindie.com/press-coverage
FILMMAKER COMMENTS ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
"Hey Jeff: Just want to shoot you a quick note of thanks on hosting us at IndieFest and giving us our World Premiere. We had a great time and really enjoyed our time at the fest and in SF; it's a great vibe and the diversity of features and shorts in the program made for a really exciting and energized atmosphere. "- Max Gardner, Go/Don't Go
"Festivals bring unexpected benefits. Festivals are essential for brand creation. Premiering at Tribeca was enough to convince people to at least listen to me, but surprisingly it was the San Francisco Indie Fest that was just as crucial for our theatrical release. Our press from this festival helped convince the Red Vic to book us in April (I thank the amazing S.F. publicist Karen Larsen for convincing me of this in advance). We also incorporated festivals into our broader theatrical release, and while we did not claim them as cities in our 17-city count, they helped give us something to crow about."
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"I've got to tell you that Indiefest was one of the greatest experiences of my life. I tell all filmmakers - and festival organizer friends of mine - how you run your fest and how you run each film twice. Every single time people look at me with shocked disbelief. Truly, Bonnie and I loved being a part of the event.
Thanks again for including us. SF Indiefest really made me feel that making YEAR was worth the whole effort.
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"We LOVED San Francisco, meeting other filmmakers, seeing their films, participating in your screenplay panel and of course our awesome sold-out screening. You have one of the most engaged, passionate cinephile audiences I’ve ever seen at a film fest — they were incredible." - Warren Sonoda, THINGS I DO FOR MONEY, IndieFest 2020
"You have a great and engaging festival and one that draws on extremely passionate indie film audiences you are rabid for amazing content for which you definitely provide in bunches! You support of us and our film is greatly appreciated and we hope we are privileged To be welcomed back again in the future!" - Avi F.
"Thanks for these amazing photos (kudos on composition, lighting, and hyping up the crowd - what a great gift to filmmakers!). A million thanks to you both for pulling off an amazing event. We love the ethos of SF IndieFest and we're so honored to have participated. Thanks for your dedication to uplifting local filmmakers and for putting our all-female team (and our unexpected and important story) in the spotlight. Looking forward to seeing and working with you both again in the future!!" - Leslie Tai, How To Have An American Baby
"Thank you for a wonderful experience. The festival was a blast, the people so kind, the films inspiring, and great vibes all around. I'll be back to catch more films in the coming days." - Kerry Muir, Madame
"Thank you so much for having us and all that you and SF IndieFest do to champion independent film." - Anna Moot-Levin, Matter of Mind
"Thank you all for such a fun festival! You all really did a wonderful job all around and we were honored and grateful to be a part of it!" - Liz McBee, Finding Lucinda
SF IndieFest is a founding member of the FILM FESTIVAL ALLIANCE
Promoting independent filmmakers of cinematic gems and unique voices to a worldwide audience.
IndieFEST, currently in its 7th year, discovers and honors the achievements of filmmakers who produce high quality films and new media. Attracting both powerhouse industry veterans as well as talented new filmmakers, the IndieFEST is an exceptional, truly international awards competition, not a traditional film festival. The goal of traditional film festivals is to bring entertainment to local audiences making the filmmaker of secondary importance. IndieFEST is about helping independent filmmakers gain the credibility and publicity they justly deserve. Our talented IndieFEST award winners have gone on to win Emmy, Telly and other awards.
Serving filmmakers is IndieFEST’s primary goal:
IndieFEST strives to give talented directors, producers, actors, creative teams and new media creators the positive exposure and credibility they deserve. The IndieFEST promotes award winners through press releases to over 40,000 filmmakers and industry contacts as well as five additional global media/distribution outlets. We are currently developing a filmmaker representative program to assist with the distribution of award winning films and a joint venture with The GRID, a worldwide network for mobile devices – both coming in 2015.
Where our filmmakers are from:
The IndieFEST Film Awards is truly international in scope and has received projects from filmmakers in over 64 countries, they include Australia, Bahrain, Bali, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kosovo, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, the USA and more.
What kind of media:
The IndieFEST is an excellent venue for film, new and experimental media, television programs, animation, educational programs, remixes & mashups, movie trailers, music videos, webisodes, tube length works and more.
El Festival Mix Brasil es un evento cultural anual centrado en películas relacionadas con la sexualidad en sus diversas formas de expresión.
En 2020, un público estimado de 176k personas asistieron a las proyecciones, actuaciones teatrales y musicales, conferencias y debates promovidos en la 28ª edición anual del festival.
Mix Brasil se celebra en noviembre en prestigiosos cines de São Paulo y aprovecha al máximo la diversidad de la ciudad para albergar una variedad de eventos innovadores. Después de São Paulo, Mix Brasil recorre programas a otras ciudades brasileñas.
El evento es llevado a cabo por la Associação Cultural Mix Brasil, una organización sin fines de lucro que busca promover la libertad de expresión de la diversidad sexual buscando nuevas y diferentes formas de lograrlo.
** IMPORTANTE — ALERTA COVID-19 **
Debido a la pandemia de Covid-19, la edición del Festival Mix Brasil 2021 tendrá lugar online, en una plataforma segura, con un número limitado de asistentes en cada proyección. Si las directrices de los organismos públicos locales lo permiten, el Festival también puede tener lugar en las salas de cine.
Por lo tanto, se concluye que su inscripción en el Festival Mix Brasil/Festhome significa que usted acepta que, si es seleccionado, la película también se mostrará en línea.
FICAMS, Festival Internacional de Cine de la Antártica sobre Ambiente y Sustentabilidad, es un festival competitivo que entrega y enseña a la comunidad, a través del cine, visiones en relación a nuestro hábitat y la cultura. Las temáticas generales de las obras se basan en el ambiente, la naturaleza, la sustentabilidad, el cambio climático, el reciclaje y las energías renovables. Se exhiben producciones audiovisuales y se realizan foros de discusión, que permiten debatir en torno a realidades socio ambientales de diferentes partes del mundo, dando cuenta de problemas y soluciones estratégicas a éstos que se relacionan con nuestra realidad local.
FICAMS aporta una mirada y un punto de vista desde el hemisferio sur de la Tierra, re definiendo la forma en que debe verse el planeta y recordando que una esfera tiene múltiples perspectivas, donde la cardinalidad geográfica pierde sentido. Se buscan alianzas con otros cultores para que asociativamente se presenten trabajos relacionados a educación ambiental y biodiversidad.
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El Festival Internacional de Cine de Tapiales es uno de los festivales de cortometrajes más importantes de Argentina. Un evento cinematográfico de importante impacto social y cultural sin fines de lucro, organizado por JC Films OFCT, que se realiza en el pueblo de Tapiales, localidad perteneciente al partido de La Matanza, ubicado en la provincia de Buenos Aires. Es también un certamen competitivo, donde se proyectan los cortometrajes seleccionados que más tarde reciben el premio Aborigen según el fallo de los honorables miembros del jurado. El evento se realiza bajo la premisa de enaltecer el carácter popular, gratuito y al aire libre. Tapiales también propone actividades paralelas, como espacios formativos, charlas y muestras especiales fuera de competencia.
FanCine de Lemos, festival de géneros fantásticos de Monforte de Lemos.
The Beeston Film Festival attracts the latest global short films to the East Midlands AND NOW to filmmakers too! In a unique offering your Beeston Film Festival entry fee is your admission to watch the whole On-line Festival! You will be able to watch the competition in your category and enjoy the talent in all the others.
The On-Line Festival presents films accepted into ALL categories – Drama, Comedy, Horror, Documentary, Animation and the local Three Counties competition. The On-Line Festival will be available for 3 weeks after the festival in Beeston.
The Beeston Oscar, or B’Oscar, is awarded to the best film in the following categories - Drama, Horror, Comedy, Documentary and Animation.
This year a new local competition has been created called Three Counties category, that is split into two sections: Long (up to 15 minutes); and Short (up to 5 minutes). Filmmakers from Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire ONLY with films in any genre can submit. The prize pool is amazing because we have teamed up with Matthew Martino Benevolent Fund (MMBF), a UK based international charity that supports filmmakers and actors, so as well as a B’Oscar there is
Three Counties Long - a MMBF Rising Star Award (£150 prize, mentoring plus physical award and other perks)
Three Counties Short - a MMBF Best Short Award (£50 prize and physical award).
Further prizes will be awarded for Best Director, Best Script, Best Cinematography, Best Acting Performance, Best Soundtrack & Sound Design and an Audience award, too. And, of course, there is a wonderful Best in Festival B’Oscar, too, designed by the renowned ceramic artist, Anna Collette Hunt.
WhatTheFestival is a boutique experience of art, 8 stages of electronic and live music located 90 miles east of Portland, OR June 16 - 19 2017.
XXVII edición de la Muestra internacional del cortometraje de la Bahía de Pasaia, IKUSKA 2025.
La Muestra se compone de un concurso internacional de cortometraje en 5 proyecciones, complementado con otras sesiones paralelas fuera de concurso relacionadas con el desarrollo del euskera y la convivencia lingüística (proyección MINTZAGUN en colaboración con los euskaltegis de Oarsoaldea), la Igualdad de género (premio BEKOZ BEKO en colaboración con la Asociación contra la violencia de genero Bekoz Beko), el fomento de la cultura en Pasaia y sus alrededores, etc.
Lorne Film 2014 will build on the success of the inaugural 2013 festival – where over 1000 admissions viewed 29 films across 5 screens, and film professionals from across Australia descended on Lorne to create, and interact in a true festival community.
Featuring a range of intimate venues against the backdrop of Lorne’s unique coastal beauty, Lorne Film 2014 is a four-day celebration of international film for the people who make, watch and love film, held from November 13 – 16, 2014.
Lorne Film 2014 will continue to nurture and promote Lorne and the surrounding Otway region as a centre for film culture and commerce, a port of call for industry leaders and world-class talent for the duration of the festival and beyond. In creating a ‘film market’ Lorne Film will capitalise on Lorne’s history as a meeting place where in people will come from across the planet to buy, sell, talk, and think film.
BIFF came out of a desire to expand Dutchess County’s offering of independent films, make independent films more accessible to people who might not otherwise see them and to help make Beacon a place that celebrates and fosters filmmaking.
Como otras expresiones de arte el cine es una de las manifestaciones en que se combina el mundo interno del realizador con los intentos de representar y transmitir la realidad con la que convive. En este sentido, tal como en otras creaciones del ser humano, el cine, y en este caso el cine documental, es la combinación de elecciones en que se entrelazan un punto de vista – la mirada del realizador – y una serie de dispositivos narrativos y estéticos, cargados de una fuerte subjetividad propios de los seres humanos y los deseos que los motivan.
El resultado suele ser un mundo “interpretado”, la combinación de un ángulo de mirada – siempre subjetivo- y un ordenamiento de los “datos”, tal como sucede con la historia u otras disciplinas. Una puesta en escena, no de la vida tal cual es, sino eso que apenas podemos hacer, un asomo a la realidad, para escrutarla desde nuestros sentidos y tratar de sentirla -sino entenderla-, dentro de nuestras limitadas posibilidades.
Por ello es que la fortaleza del cine documental radica en su posibilidad de permitirnos compartir esas miradas interiores, esos “asomos” al mundo, esas subjetividades que se fortalecen con la propuesta estética que rescatamos desde las imágenes y el sonido. Nuestro desafío como Fedochi es que esas miradas encuentren un espacio donde difundirse y, al mismo tiempo, nos enriquezcan, en la creencia de que las verdades son múltiples y diversas, y que nuestra fortaleza como comunidad depende de que aprendamos a aceptarlo.
La empresa estatal de Mogilev «Kinovideoprokat» le da la bienvenida y le informa que en septiembre de 2026 en la ciudad de Mogilev, República de Bielorrusia, se celebrará el XXVIII Festival Internacional de Películas de Animación «Animaevka-2026".
Con el paso de los años, el festival se ha convertido en una celebración de la animación para niños y adultos. Los eventos se llevan a cabo en todos los centros regionales de Bielorrusia.
Para su visualización, se organizan proyecciones de películas de programas competitivos y no competitivos, reuniones creativas con los creadores de películas de animación, clases magistrales y exposiciones de bellas artes, decorativas y aplicadas para niños.
Como parte del tratamiento:
- competencia de películas de animación;
- concurso de creatividad de animación infantil
- concurso de bellas artes, artes decorativas y aplicadas para niños.
Cinefilia Tanguera es un Festival Internacional & Itinerante de cortometrajes vinculados al TANGO, no competitivo.
Su primordial objetivo ha sido desde su creación, y seguirá siendo, el de promover el tango desde una óptica original y sin difusión y promoción en ninguna parte del mundo, como son los trabajos de cortometrajes y documentales sobre la identidad del tango en todas sus facetas.
Desde el 2009 fue presentado en algunos de los más prestigiosos eventos culturales del mundo, como en Cagliari (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016), Barcelona (2009, 2016, 2017), Moscú, Londres (2009, 2013, 2016), Madrid (2009, 2016), Ámsterdam (2009, 2018), Bruselas (2010, 2018), Liège, Catania, Hamburgo, Jordania, Buenos Aires (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018), Atenas, Valladolid, Zurich, Bergen (Noruega), Milán, Eindhoven, Sassari (2012, 2016), Berlín, París, Creta (2016, 2017, 2019), Budapest, Tenerife, Formentera (2016, 2018), Ibiza, Estambul (2016, 2019), Praga, Zagreb, Timisoara, Novi Sad, Tokio, Singapur, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Bali, Bilbao, Montecarlo, Arles, Georgetown (Guyana), Oslo, Toronto y El Cairo.
Leonel Mitre
Director Ejecutivo
La misión del MiaMisff es construir puentes de diálogo e intercambio cultural entre los realizadores cinematográficos y la audiencia a través de experiencias cinematográficas en corto que promuevan una visión enfocada en las buenas causas haciendo uso de formas estéticamente innovadoras. Estamos comprometidos con la búsqueda de nuevos talentos que puedas hacer una diferencia con su arte.
Podemos ofrecer un espacio dedicado para presentar su talento a una nueva audiencia, representantes de la industria cinematográfica y distintas organizaciones.
Estamos ubicados en la ciudad de Miami, Florida y el festival proyecta cortometrajes de 30 minutos o menos y apoya el creciente movimiento para exhibir y expandir el arte cinematográfico en formato corto proporcionando un espacio para construir una comunidad comprometida con las artes, ya que nuestra filosofía consiste en concebir al cortometraje como verdaderas obras de arte que me merecen su propio espacio de exhibición.
Como otras expresiones de arte el cine es una de las manifestaciones en que se combina el mundo interno del realizador con los intentos de representar y transmitir la realidad con la que convive. En este sentido, tal como en otras creaciones del ser humano, el cine, y en este caso el cine documental, es la combinación de elecciones en que se entrelazan un punto de vista – la mirada del realizador – y una serie de dispositivos narrativos y estéticos, cargados de una fuerte subjetividad propios de los seres humanos y los deseos que los motivan.
El resultado suele ser un mundo “interpretado”, la combinación de un ángulo de mirada – siempre subjetivo- y un ordenamiento de los “datos”, tal como sucede con la historia u otras disciplinas. Una puesta en escena, no de la vida tal cual es, sino eso que apenas podemos hacer, un asomo a la realidad, para escrutarla desde nuestros sentidos y tratar de sentirla -sino entenderla-, dentro de nuestras limitadas posibilidades.
Por ello es que la fortaleza del cine documental radica en su posibilidad de permitirnos compartir esas miradas interiores, esos “asomos” al mundo, esas subjetividades que se fortalecen con la propuesta estética que rescatamos desde las imágenes y el sonido. Nuestro desafío como Fedochi es que esas miradas encuentren un espacio donde difundirse y, al mismo tiempo, nos enriquezcan, en la creencia de que las verdades son múltiples y diversas, y que nuestra fortaleza como comunidad depende de que aprendamos a aceptarlo.
Con un historial de 13 años, el Festival Internacional de Cine de Talca, se alza como uno de los principales festivales de cortometraje y ópera prima en Chile. Nuestro objetivo es ofrecer una selección de las mejores obras independientes, innovadoras y experimentales de todo el mundo. Por otro lado, contribuir al intercambio de historias locales en este mundo globalizado donde las ideas y la cultura rompen fronteras en beneficio de todos nosotros.
En estos 13 años de Festival se han mostrado más de 800 cortometrajes internacionales, más de 350 largometrajes nacionales y extranjeros, charlas, conversatorios, talleres, más de 300 invitados, y una amplia presencia del público Maulino y Nacional.
