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Bogota International Documentary Film Festival

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The Bogota International Documentary Film Festival (MIDBO), organized by Colombia’s Documentary Filmmakers Guild ALADOS, is a non-fiction cinema specialized event that throughout the last 24 years has been consolidated in Colombia and Latin America as a fundamental space of the exhibition, dialogue, and thinking around non-fiction audiovisual.

Regarding the 26 MIDBO, we would like to invite local and Ibero-American filmmakers and producers to submit their audiovisual works to our 2024 call for films and to participate in the varied formative and debate spaces that will take place virtually and on-site throughout the festival.


26 MIDBO

This year the 26th edition of MIDBO will take place from October 29 to November 4 in Bogotá, Colombia. During the year, MIDBO will screen [...]








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Logo of American Documentary And Animation Film Festival (Amdocs)
Published: 11 Apr 2016
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American Documentary And Animation Film Festival (Amdocs)

Deadline: 10 Jan 2017

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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.

 Documentary  Animation



Palm Springs, United States



 
 
 
 
Logo of LA Shorts International Film Festival
Published: 08 Apr 2016
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LA Shorts International Film Festival

Deadline: 29 Jul 2016

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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 66 filmmakers from LA Shorts earned an Academy Award® nomination.

Now in its 28th year, LA Shorts is the longest-running short film festival in Los Angeles. The festival screens over 350 films and attracts over 10,000 attendees each year including Hollywood industry professionals and emerging independent filmmakers.

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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Burbank, United States



 
 
 

 
Logo of SITGES - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia
Published: 05 Apr 2016
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SITGES - Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya

Deadline: 31 Jul 2016

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The SITGES - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia is a specialized, competitive fantastic genre Festival in accordance with the regulations established by the FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Associations). The Festival has also been declared a “Qualified Festival” by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences® in the United States. This means that those shorts winning the awards for “Best Short Film” in the Official Fantàstic Selection and “Best Short Film” in the Anima’t category will automatically be taken into consideration by the Hollywood Academy Awards® selection committee.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Sitges, Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of Monterrey International Film Festival
Published: 18 Mar 2016
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Festival Internacional De Cine De Monterrey — ficmonterrey

Deadline: 14 May 2016

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The Monterrey International Film Festival, ficmonterrey, opens its call for the submission of feature films and short films for the selection of its twentieth edition, which will take place from September 25 to October 2, 2024.

https://monterreyfilmfestival.com/20-ficmonterrey/convocatoria/

The Competitive Selection is made up of the following categories:

FEATURE FILMS
International Feature Film — Fiction/Animation*
International Feature Film — Documentary
Mexican Feature Film — Fiction/Animation*
Mexican Feature Film — Documentary

SHORT FILMS
International Short Film — Fiction/Animation*
International Short Film — Documentary
Mexican Short Film — Fiction/Animation*
Mexican Short Film — Documentary
Mexican Student Short Film Competition — Any Genre

*In the case of [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Monterrey, Mexico



 
 
 

 
Logo of FIDBA International Documentary Film Festival
Published: 03 Mar 2016
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Fidba, Festival Internacional De Cine Documental de Buenos Aires

Deadline: 30 Jun 2016

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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  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina



 
 
 
 
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Published: 26 Feb 2016
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Festival de Cine de Terror de Molins de Rei

Deadline: 31 Aug 2016

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Molins Film Festival was established in 1973 in Molins de Rei (Barcelona). In November 2024 we will hold the 43rd edition.

Known as TerrorMolins, the Festival consists of a competitive Feature Films Official Sections, Short Films Official Section, Retrospectives, Documentaries, Live shows, Workshops, Networking/Pitching, projections for high-schools, projections for children... and one of the oldest horror movies marathon in the world, our 12 Hours Horror Movies Marathon (1973) ...

MHFF - Molins Horror Film Festival is one of the oldest festivals dedicated solely to horror in Spain and in Europe. The Festival is a member of the Méliès International Festivals Federation (MIFF).

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Molins de Rei, Spain



 
 
 

 
Logo of Tirana International Film Festival
Published: 26 Feb 2016
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Tirana International Film Festival

Deadline: 03 Aug 2016

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GENERAL INFORMATION

TIRANA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is the first international film festival created in 2003 as one of the most important cinematic events in Europe.

We are thrilled and honored to be approved as an official Academy Awards® and European Film Awards qualifying festival, it’s truly a tremendous opportunity for our filmmakers and future Best Short Film Award winners also for Student Academy Awards (SAA).

TIFF aims to create in Albania, as well as in the region, a cultural center of worldwide alternative and independent cinema. Albania is a solar, enthusiastic and friendly country and besides the “strong competition” TIFF aims at the same time to be a meeting point of cultures, where people of Tirana, the guests and all those who love films will have a [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Tirana, Albania



 
 
 
 
Logo of ZINEBI - International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao
Published: 16 Feb 2016
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ZINEBI - Festival Internacional de Cine Documental y Cortometraje de Bilbao

Deadline: 01 Aug 2016

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ZINEBI
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF DOCUMENTARY AND SHORT FILM OF BILBAO

It got started in the year 1.959 and organized by the Cultural Department of Bilbao City Hall, ZINEBI will celebrate its 66th edition from the 8th up to the 15th of November, 2024.

It is the only international Class A festival in Spain in the documentary and short film category recognised by FIAPF since 1974, recognised by the Hollywood Academy as a qualifier for the Oscars among the short films from the official palmares and qualifier as well by the Spanish Academy for the BAFTA Awards and the GOYA Awards.

ZINEBI is a festival which holds all the most current forms and formats, innovative and suggestive and that is making a steady bet for the emerging authors. The line-up of the international schedule [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Bilbao, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 13 Feb 2016
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Certamen Nacional de Cortometrajes de L’Alfàs del Pi

Deadline: 31 May 2016

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Short film festival

XXXVI NATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION OF L’ALFÀS DEL PI

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



L’Alfàs del Pi , Spain



 
 
 
 
Logo of Soria International Short Film Fest
Published: 05 Feb 2016
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Certamen Internacional De Cortos Ciudad De Soria

Deadline: 31 Jul 2016

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Since the International Short film Contest Festival “Ciudad de Soria” considers at all times Short Films CINEMA in capital and appreciates as essential culture dissemination, our purpose is to promote as mean of audiovisual expression; the contribution to acknowledgment and dissemination. This format must be essentially and basically a part of CINEMA.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Soria, Spain