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FESTIVAL COURT METRANGE

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In 2003, the non-profit created the International Strange and Unusual Fantasy Short Film Festival, Court Métrange.

The event offers a creative harbor for authors wherein to expose and endorse their ideas. With an irrefutable penchant for a different form of filmmaking, these motion picture partisans fascinate countless audiences, the latter of whom paradoxically struggle to reap the same attention.

The purpose of the Court Métrange Festival is, ultimately, threefold, boasting: a place to screen, a place to scream, letting its "cult" shorts thrive, and a place whose limitless resources endeavor to not only emphasize the credentials of those having fought to make Fantasy film what it is today, but also attribute to them what is rightfully theirs. Court Métrange has become [...]








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Published: 03 Jul 2021
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International Animation Film Festival (IAFF) Golden Kuker- Sofia

Deadline: 28 Feb 2022

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EUROPEAN ANIMATION AWARDS Qualifier

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Dear Animators!

The Selection Committee will start the selection process and review of your films! To anyone who hasn't provided a download link, we would kindly ask you to provide us with a link or permission in Festhome no later than March 15th !

Dear animators, please send us your film in format:

1. Container: MP4 or MOV
2. Resolution: FullHD 1080p
3. Datarate (compression): up to 8000 kbps (kilo bits per second)
(not less than 60-70 МВ and not more than 400-500 MB for films up to 20 minutes! And not more than 1.5-2 GB for a feature film)
Kind regards,

Nadezhda Slavova

Good luck to everybody ! :)

The International Animation Film Festival (IAFF) Golden Kuker- Sofia run for the first time in October 2010 in Sofia. Named after Proyko Proykov (legendary Bulgarian animator) [...]

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Sofia, Bulgaria



 
 
 
 
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Published: 29 Jun 2021
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Fidba, Festival Internacional De Cine Documental de Buenos Aires

Deadline: 30 Jun 2021

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HIGHLIGHTED

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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 [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental



Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina



 
 
 

 
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Published: 15 Jun 2021
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Saraqusta Film Festival

Deadline: 01 Aug 2021

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HIGHLIGHTED

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

Saraqusta Film Festival is a film and tv series festival about the historical genre in its broadest sense. It was created with the aim of exhibiting and promoting feature films, documentaries and series using the past and the historical context as a common thread.

Submissions are open to Spanish and International works, real-image or animated that deal with the historical genre or whose theme, context or set design are historical or refer to a period of the past.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental



Zaragoza, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 18 May 2021
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Mecal Pro, 28º Festival Internacional De Cortometrajes Y Animación De Barcelona

Deadline: 15 Dec 2021

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GOYA Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

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 [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Barcelona, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 13 May 2021
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Cerdanya Film Festival

Deadline: 31 May 2021

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GOYA Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

Cerdanya Film Festival, Festival Internacional de Cinema de Cerdanya, is a Festival specialized in the documentary, fiction and animation genre, short and feature films, consisting of competitive international sections, non-competitive sections and parallel activities. All the films that are part of the different sections will be selected by the Festival programmers.

Cerdanya Film Festival qualifies for Premios Goya – Spanish Film Academy in Best Spanish Shortfilm, in Fiction, Animation and Documentary categories.

The 16th edition of the Cerdanya Film Festival will be held from 1st to 17th August 2026.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Puigcerdà, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 05 May 2021
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Festival Internacional De Cine De Almagro

Deadline: 15 May 2021

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GOYA Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

In 2018, Almagro International Film Festival -AIFF- born with the aim of establishing a useful platform for the promotion of the audiovisual industry: a space and time for dissemination and promotion of audiovisual content, transforming the city of Almagro into a meeting point for filmmakers, favoring the exchange of initiatives and promoting a market open to the development of new projects.

AIFF will provide a showcase for the most interesting short format projects done within the last recent months, constituting an standard of quality and high level of commitment to the society & culture of Audiovisual Arts. In addition, the Festival has opened an important window to formats created for online distribution, bringing support to one of the most active and emerging sectors of [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Almagro, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 20 Apr 2021
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Festival de Cine de Elche

Deadline: 17 May 2021

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GOYA Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

The Elche Film Festival, organized by Mediterraneo Foundation's main objective is to offer a cultural space to filmmakers and moviegoers.

In a constant commitment to the promotion of culture and supporting emerging values of cinema, focusing on innovation, public conversation with the authors and the elimination of technological compete when barriers and vote.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Elche, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 16 Apr 2021
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Festival Internacional de Cine de Navarra - NIFF -

Deadline: 19 Apr 2021

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GOYA Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

The Navarra International Film Festival (NIFF) provides a platform and recognition for creators of fiction, documentary, and animated films. It is recognized as a qualifying festival for the Goya Awards of the Spanish Film Academy, a qualifying festival for the Fugaz Awards (the Goya Awards for short films in Spain), and is rated by IMDb.

Since its first edition in 2019, NIFF has promoted social debate by addressing themes that place people at the heart of its mission, such as the state of the planet and its inhabitants, migration, feminism, diversity, and integration. Through these initiatives, the festival seeks to raise awareness and foster social values, confronting a lack of commitment and giving voice to a wide variety of opinions and perspectives.

Through its various [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Pamplona, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 16 Apr 2021
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OUFF · Ourense Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Jul 2021

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HIGHLIGHTED

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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  Music Video



Ourense, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 30 Mar 2021
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LA Shorts International Film Festival

Deadline: 04 Jun 2021

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OSCAR Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

LA Shorts International Film Festival ranks among the most prestigious and largest international short film festivals in the world.

The Festival is accredited by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences OSCAR®, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts BAFTA and the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television (ACCT) presenters of the Canadian Screen Awards and The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Spain (Goya Awards).

We are proud to have 68 filmmakers from LA Shorts earned an Academy Award® nomination.

Celebrating 30 years, LA Shorts is the longest-running short film festival in Los Angeles. The festival screens 400 films and attracts over 10,000 attendees each year including Hollywood industry professionals and emerging independent filmmakers.

LA [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Burbank, United States