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Bengaluru International Short Film Festival

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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 2024, we are all set to host the 15th 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 [...]








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Published: 16 Apr 2024
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Sitges FanPitch

Deadline: 01 Jul 2024

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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 [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Fantastic  Terror  Other



Sitges, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 16 Apr 2024
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Womaninfan

Deadline: 01 Jul 2024

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IV WomanInFan – Sitges Fanlab Residence Call for Entries

The Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia presents the IV call for entries for the WomanInFan – Sitges FanLab training grants, as part of the WomanInFan program.


This Sitges Film Festival initiative for the visibility and incorporation of female creators in fantastic genre filmmaking proposes a new platform for female fantastic genre filmmakers. It consists of a training proposal using the residency format, which will take place during the 59th edition of the Sitges - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia.


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TALENT ACCELERATOR BY WOMANINFAN
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ICEC – Generalitat de Catalunya (Catalan Institute of Cultural [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Fantastic  Terror  Other



Sitges, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 15 Apr 2024
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Cuenca Internacional Film Festival

Deadline: 26 Jul 2024

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Cuenca International Film Festival 2026

Where the world's stories find their echo in the Andes.

The Cuenca International Film Festival (FICC) is one of the pioneering film events in Ecuador. With more than twenty years of history, it has become a strategic meeting point for international filmmakers, producers, distributors, and programmers, consolidating Cuenca as an epicenter of cinema in Latin America.

Throughout its history, the FICC has featured important figures, names that reaffirm the festival's mission to build bridges between the global industry and local narratives.

In 2022, the festival expanded its reach with the creation of Shortfest Cuenca, a platform specialized in short films that functions as a laboratory for narrative innovation and the discovery of new [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Cuenca, Ecuador



 
 
 
 
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Published: 06 Apr 2024
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OUFF · Ourense Film Festival

Deadline: 30 Jul 2024

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The Ourense Film Festival (OUFF) presents annually a selection of the most innovative and outstanding films and audiovisual productions in Galicia, Europe, Latin America and the rest of the world. The OUFF receives each year works from a hundred of countries, whose common denominator are their socially aware subjects and their innovative forms.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Ourense, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 04 Apr 2024
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CineBH - Belo Horizonte International Film Festival

Deadline: 06 May 2024

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1 – SOBRE LA 20ª CINEBH - FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE BELO HORIZONTE

La CineBH – Muestra Internacional de Cine de Belo Horizonte es un festival internacional dedicado a la articulación entre creación, reflexión, circulación y mercado en el audiovisual contemporáneo, con enfoque estratégico en América Latina. La Muestra actúa como plataforma de conexión entre la producción brasileña y latinoamericana, promoviendo el intercambio artístico y profesional, estimulando el debate, la formación de redes de colaboración y la valorización de nuevos talentos por medio de secciones competitivas y premiaciones. Incluye además un apartado dedicado a la exhibición de producciones realizadas en el Gran BH.

El festival se consolida como un espacio de pensamiento y experimentación sobre [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Belo Horizonte, Brazil



 
 
 
 
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Published: 02 Apr 2024
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Bogota International Documentary Film Festival

Deadline: 31 May 2024

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The Bogotá International Documentary Film Festival (MIDBO), organized by the Colombian Documentary Filmmakers Corporation ALADOS COLOMBIA, is a specialized event dedicated to nonfiction cinema. Over the past 27 years, it has established itself in Colombia and Latin America as a key platform for exhibition, dialogue, and critical reflection around documentary and audiovisual non-fiction practices.

For its 28th edition, MIDBO invites filmmakers and producers to submit their audiovisual works to the 2026 film call and to participate in the various training, discussion, and networking spaces that will take place both virtually and in person throughout the showcase.

The 28th edition of MIDBO will take place from October 28 to November 4, 2026, in Bogotá, Colombia. Throughout the [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Bogotá, Colombia



 
 
 

 
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Published: 21 Mar 2024
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Pavez Awards : Talavera de la Reina International Film Festival

Deadline: 16 Jun 2024

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XIII Edition Pávez Awards - Talavera de la Reina International Film Festival. From October 16 to 23, 2026.

GOYA, FORQUÉ, FUGAZ AND IBERSHORTS AWARDS QUALIFYING FESTIVAL.

- Short films of Spanish or Ibero-American production and/or direction.

- Short films produced from January 1, 2025.

- Spanish spoken language or original language with spanish subtitles.

- Maximum running time: 30 minutes with credits included.

- They may not be hosted on free viewing online platforms.

- 5 competitive sections: National (Official Section), International (Ibero-America), Local (Talavera de la Reina), Animation and Documentary.

- 18 categories opting for a prize.

- 5700 euros + 18 Pávez awards.

- Screening fee for selected films in all sections.

- DCP required for Official, [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Talavera de la Reina, Spain



 
 
 
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Published: 19 Mar 2024
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FIC Gáldar International Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Jul 2024

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The Gáldar International Film Festival (FIC Gáldar) is one of the most important film festivals in the Canary Islands, and has concentrated in each of its editions the very best of national and international cinema. Organized by the City Council of Gáldar through its Council of Culture since 2013, this festival proposes a live event with important health measures to ensure complete safety and confort.

Our event as of today will be hosted on the original intended dates. We are closely following the rules and regulations set by the government of Spain and, since our hope is that cinemas are allowed to full capacity before our event, we are also open to open our venues in a limited capacity if that was mandatory. If any plans change for our live event, we will notify all [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Gáldar, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 16 Mar 2024
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Aguilar Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Sep 2024

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The Aguilar de Campoo Short Film Festival is consolidated as one of the most veteran and relevant film citations in our country in its genre. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts of Spain, includes it as one of the key festivals for the selection of short films that will compete in the Goya Awards. Throughout the last editions the festival has been making important decisions that commit it to the cinema of our country. In his thirteenth edition he published his manifesto where he exhibited his philosophy and commitment to film. He made the decision to pay for selection to the selected short films thus eliminating economic competition in order to encourage artistic creation and production. Its screening rooms are open to international cinema including all genres, fiction, [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Aguilar de Campóo, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 16 Mar 2024
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IBIZACINEFEST

Deadline: 12 Jan 2025

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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



Ibiza, Spain