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FIDBA International Documentary Film Festival

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In recent decades, and at one time to the emergence of new technologies that have ended up scanning most of the processes of the film, the documentary has known a notorious and systematic growth around the world. In our country, and for more than one decade, a production before linked almost exclusively to fiction has been swelling their ranks with new topics, new approaches, new geographies, new dilemmas.

It is in this context that FIDBA is proposed as the 1st. International Film Festival dedicated to this genre which films with the same fans - as long as we believe that the forms and the doings of the documentary film are different from those of the fiction - may meet and dialogue among them and with the public. If the documentary is a meeting point for the FIDBA, it is [...]








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Published: 02 Jul 2024
Film festival
Does NOT have submission fees
Feature films



44èmes Rencontres du cinéma latino-américain - Pessac - Longs-métrages

Deadline: 15 Nov 2024

Call for entries

HIGHLIGHTED

International Festival

Feature film festival

The festival "Rencontres du cinéma latino américain" organized by France Amérique Latine Comité Bordeaux Gironde is 44 years old.

The missions developed since the creation of this event are:

- To make the Latin American continent known: its cultures, its struggles, its peculiarities...
- To increase the visibility of little-known works.
- To share the political and artistic visions of Latin American countries.

The feature film program is divided into two categories: films in competition and those not participating in the competition. Depending on the year, the film committee reserves the right to add a category to the selection.

The film committee will decide the dates and times of the screenings of each film.

This information will be published on the website:
 [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Bordeaux, France



 
 
 
 
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Published: 20 Jun 2024
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 Has submission fees
Short films



Brussels Short Film Festival

Deadline: 31 Jan 2025

Call for entries

OSCAR Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

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.

The winner of the Great Prize of the International competition is 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. It also automatically qualifies the film for the César Awards, provided that it complies with the eligibility requirements established by the Académie.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Brussels, Belgium



 
 
 

 
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Published: 16 Jun 2024
Film festival
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films



Santander International Independent Film Festival (2027) - SANFICI

Deadline: 15 Dec 2024

Call for entries

HIGHLIGHTED

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

SANFICI is a space to generate meetings at different levels, with an overcoming and innovative will. First of all, it is a space for the relationship between spectators, filmmakers and theorists around cinema and all border and heterodox manifestations. Secondly, it is a special and temporary meeting point.

SANFICI wants to become, year after year, the place of convergence for world independent cinema. But it also wants to be the space where the past and the future dialogue. The place where the most diverse film traditions are embraced with their riskiest proposals.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Bucaramanga, Colombia



 
 
 
 
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Published: 14 Jun 2024
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 Has submission fees
Short films



Alexandria Short Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Jan 2025

Call for entries

OSCAR Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

The festival provides accommodation and internal transportation during the festival period.

The 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 [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Alexandria, Egypt



 
 
 

 
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Published: 21 May 2024
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Short films
Feature films



Festival de Málaga

Deadline: 15 Nov 2024

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GOYA Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

1. OBJECTIVES

The objectives of Festival de Malaga are to disseminate and promote Spanish films and their general cultural sphere. In this sense, the Festival is also a platform for Latin American film productions. Its functions include hosting an event for the different professional sectors of films in Spanish (construed as films produced in Spain and all of Latin America, including Brazil) to boost their development and promote international sales.

Festival de Málaga is recognized by the International Federation of Film Producers' Associations (FIAPF) (www.fiapf.org).

In compliance with these objectives, the 29th Edition of Festival de Málaga will be held from 6th to 15 th March 2026.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Málaga, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 04 May 2024
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 Has submission fees
Short films



Bengaluru International Short Film Festival

Deadline: 20 May 2024

Call for entries

OSCAR Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

You’ve chosen to film. Chosen to put together a visual piece of art if we may say so. Today when anyone with a camera can, in theory, make a film... how will you make your short film stand out? What you intend to do with your film is what the Bengaluru International Short Film Festival is all about. We will be what you create.

After the tremendous success that was BISFF 2026, we are all set to host the 17th edition. Just as every year, this is an attempt to understand the medium a little better and go a little further in inventing new forms of storytelling as filmmakers.

This year the Festival will be a HYBRID Version, having both Online and Venue Screenings. Online Screenings will be only for INDIAN Geography

The festival showcases shorts from across the world, creating a [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Bangalore, India



 
 
 

 
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Published: 06 Apr 2024
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 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films



American Documentary And Animation Film Festival (AmDocs)

Deadline: 11 Jan 2025

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OSCAR Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

AmDocs is one of the largest Documentary and Animation only festivals in the United States. We are located in beautiful Palm Springs, not far from the media capital of Hollywood. We take pride in sharing the best viewing environment for both our audience and filmmakers.

AmDocs is very progressive in education outreach, market sharing and doing all we can to help our filmmakers realize their goals.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Palm Springs, United States



 
 
 
 
Logo of IBIZACINEFEST
Published: 16 Mar 2024
Film festival
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films



Ibizacinefest - 11º Festival Internacional De Cine Independiente De Ibiza

Deadline: 12 Jan 2025

Call for entries

GOYA Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

We conceive IBZCF as a window into contemporary cinema, its new trends and creators who contribute new narrative paths to create vibrant, necessary, and modern films.
The 11th edition of IBZCF will take place in 10 venues across the island's five municipalities and online on the Filmin platform. Ibizacinefest renews its commitment to Ibiza and its culture through a program of national and international titles never before seen on the island, exclusive premieres in the Balearic Islands and Spain, activities aimed at professionals, short film sections to discover and promote local and Balearic talent, and our educational program with special screenings to create new audiences.

Reflection will also be given space through open discussions on the relationship between cinema and [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Ibiza, Spain



 

 
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Published: 03 Mar 2024
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 Has submission fees
Short films



Shorts International Film Festival

Deadline: 03 Mar 2024

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HIGHLIGHTED

International Festival

Short film festival

ShorTS International Film Festival (ShorTS IFF) is organised by the Maremetraggio Association and financed by public entities and private sponsors.

Since 2000, ShorTS IFF has been a landmark for short films and up and coming cinematographers at international level. In every edition, ShorTS IFF aims to make the short film genre known to a broad and heterogeneous audience, with particular attention to the young with specific sections for children and teenagers aged 6 to 14.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Trieste, Italy



 
 
 
 
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Published: 08 Feb 2024
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 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films



Grimmfest

Deadline: 02 Aug 2024

Call for entries

MELIES Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

Grimmfest 2027 is scheduled for 7th to 10th October, teaming up with our regular venue partner Odeon Great Northern, for a live event.

Submissions are open now!

Are you a UK film maker? We are thrilled to announce that GRIMMFEST is now officially a BIFA qualifying Festival for both Shorts and Features.

If your film is selected for our 2027 edition, you are one step closer to the British Independent Film Awards.

A screening with us counts as 1 of the 2 screenings required for BIFA eligibility.

We are also a competitive member of the Méliès federation, which means all selected European short films (Including UK) are in the running for the prestigious Méliès d'argent for Best European Short Film at Grimmfest 2027 and will then be put forward for the Méliès d'Or competition [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Manchester, United Kingdom