Logo of New York Short Film Tuesdays

Deadline
24 Oct 2025


Published: 22 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films


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New York Short Film Tuesdays

Brooklyn, United States


New York Short Film Tuesdays OFFERS GREAT SCREENINGS TO SHORT FILM LOVERS.
in Brooklyn, New York.

One of our new venue is in Downtown , Brooklyn. It is a perfect venue and artsy area in the heart of New York City.
We have more than 70 seats and Huge SCREEN.

DO YOU WANT TO SCREEN YOUR SHORT FILM in NYC ? IF SO, SUBMIT TODAY. INVITE YOUR CREW AND FRIENDS. IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO SEE ALL INDIE SHORTS.
NY Short Film Tuesdays has been organized since 2014 and each month we have more than 9 films have been screening at the festival.

We have reached to our 135th Event recently and we screened over 1.400 short films.
We do a Q & A session with filmmakers who is in attendance for their film screenings.

ALL GENRES WELCOME. - FİCTİONS- DOCUMENTARİES- ANİMATİONS- EXPERİMENTALS AND MUSİC VİDEOS. No year & No country limitation.

All COUNTRIES & LANGUAGES ACCEPTED!

See you at the screening with all film lovers!!!


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
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Deadline
24 Oct 2025


Published: 22 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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GLOBAL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL OF INDIA

KOLKATA, India


Films are really a strong medium to share, yes to share, but what creates a filmmaker is a sense of what to share. Through vantage point we see that entertainment is just the medium to share realm of life with film lovers. If we penetrate the meaning of life sometime we feel that there is no such meaning or purpose to life, yes! Sometime, but we must have to give a great meaning or purpose to life to create it more beautiful for the whole world as a one family, for whole humanity or for our next generation.

GIFFI honours films of world with a vast array of awards in different categories and genres. Our mission is to discover diverse new voices & to promote the artists’ work through numerous platforms. In each edition, Filmmakers can submit their projects to have them judged by award-winning industry professionals against a high standard of merit and compete with other short filmmakers across the globe.

We really admire your passion and enthusiasm as a filmmaker so with humbleness we invite filmmakers from all across the country to share your great films into Global Independent Film Festival of India – GIFFI.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of PSSST! Silent Film Festival

Deadline
24 Oct 2025


Published: 22 Oct 2025
 Does NOT have submission fees
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PSSST! Festival nijemog filma

Zagreb, Croatia


Rather unusual, rather trapped on the border between dream and reality, silent film has for several years found affirmation at the PSSST! Silent Film Festival organised by the Trešnjevka Cultural Centre.

PSSST! is a unique film festival presenting the art of silent film in a new, exciting and entertaining way. This Festival is a rare gem on the cultural scene which lacks initiatives offering artists the opportunity to try out their skills in this specific (and demanding!) artistic form.

The event confirms its status as a festival in the classic sense of the word through its competition programme in which contemporary “silent” titles are screened to an audience. The best film in the competition is awarded the Brcko Grand Prize, the official award of PSSST! named after the main character of Croatia’s first feature film Brcko in Zagreb made back in 1917.

But how many real silent films are made today, someone may rightfully ask? Certainly very few are made (although we can’t say none), and so we could ask the question – what is the point of the competition, what is the point of the Brcko Grand Prize? But the concept of this festival should be understood as a media experiment, created in the spirit of heterogeneity and the visual wealth of silent film. Authors can send films to PSSST! which they think could function and communicate even after we remove the original sound, and our festival is responsible for providing high-quality sound support, live music which will accompany the silent projection. Our expert improvisers cover a range of different genres and their hybrids – from rock via classical to jazz and electronic music, providing the audience with an interesting synaesthetic experience. This of course creates a film completely different from the original from which we removed the soundtrack, which is precisely why PSSST! is so exciting.

Apart from the competition programme, the Festival screens a rich selection of film classics from the golden era of silent film.

Silent film, with an expressive musical accompaniment, will lull you into a state of reverie. Its hypnotic power is not destroyed by the rude reality of the spoken word and so it becomes clear that dreams and silent films have much in common – they both deal with simple, direct emotions and action, such as love, hate, conflict or escape. This dimension of silent film emphasises its undying charm.

If you wish to open the door to a different world of unusual poetics again this year, come to PSSST! where the art of silent film lives on.


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Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other



 
Logo of Short Movie Club Film Festival Nefiltravanae Kino

Deadline
23 Oct 2025


Published: 21 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
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Short Movie Club Film Festival Nefiltravanae Kino

Warsaw, Poland


The purpose of the festival refers to awareness of both the external filters on the screen, including censorship (commercial, ideological, aesthetic), and the internal filters of screen perception and projection, including self-censorship. NEFILTRAVANAE KINO is an exploration of aestheticization and commodification in art. The next aim of the festival is to expose the complexity, manysidedness, and variety of filmmaking.

NEFILTRAVANAE KINO (NoFilter Kino) is a film festival that is held by the Short Movie Club, the platform for cinematic projects. NEFILTRAVANAE KINO is ADAMI Media Prize qualified festival. The International Film Studies Conference is held at the same time as the film festival. In this way, film theory and practice are integrated together at the NEFILTRAVANAE KINO.

Originally the festival was held in Belarus, but because of political repression and publicly stated anti-war stance, screenings and events can be held in different countries. First of all in Poland (Warsaw), Germany (Berlin, Hamburg), Lithuania (Vilnius). For example, the 11th and 10th Nefiltravanae Kino took place in Warsaw, Berlin, Hamburg, Vilnius and Helsinki. The content of past years' film programs can be found on the website https://shortmovie.club/programmes/

The festival will be held in a hybrid format. We will have a part of live screenings and online screenings on a video platform https://film.nofilterkino.org/ . The video is cryptographically secured. In addition, we pay attention and promote films from our previous years that are released to the public on the Internet after their festival curcuit.

Nefiltravanae Kino involves theater, artists to interpret symbols and history. We work with the audience's reaction and participants' as well.

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The concept of the NEFILTRAVANAE KINO (NoFilter Kino):

ALIENATION PROBLEM

We live in a world of malls and cinema multiplexes. We see that indie cinema and non-commodity art go to the periphery of public attention. Primitive attractions replace the cinematography. The escape audience is alienated behind the big screen. So modern mainstream cinema is part of a manipulating tool that leads to the society of alienation. Thus the tendency is that indie cinema becomes more unreadable for the wide audience. We should understand the context of the filmmaker to understand the independent cinema. That is why the NEFILTRAVANAE KINO concept implies the physical presence of filmmakers.

FILM SELECTION PROBLEM
Filmmakers shoot millions of movies. And thousands of short film festivals organize screenings all over the world every year. On average, several thousand films are submitted to a film festival. So various good films can be neglected for whatever reason. Often selecting probability is like winning a lottery. As a result, filmmakers are left with no feedback. It is a paradox that no one can hear you in the age of the Internet! The mainstream culture prefers attractions and casual viewing.

Also, this idea is based on the film selection problem. Perhaps it’s no surprise one person, i.e. programme director at best, or even students of film schools make a preliminary decision to select a movie. Сoncordance of judges or previewers is more seldom thing than the difference of background, tastes. So selection or judging can be one-sided or perfunctory. It is not bad as the programme director has a good taste and aesthetic sensitivity, of course. But we’ve discovered another conception of “unfiltered cinema”. We matched it against “the best of the best” way. This way aids to perceive cinematic idiom without the dictate of art-curators.

CELEBRATION OF INDIE CINEMA
So the NoFilter Kino tries to avoid “the best of the best” way but it does not ignore it completely, sure. The festival selects fiction, animation, documentary, experimental and virtual reality sections. A jury awards the best film in every section. The festival holds the screenings at cinema theatres, the National Centre for Contemporary Arts, and art-spaces.

Our aim is to gather people in art, to have a dialogue to be happy with smart communication. Cinema is art but not sport. The key point of our project is to establish communication between the filmmaker and the audience.

Please, read about the festival history through the link to the festival's website. http://shortmovie.club/history/


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Tango Festival in Pasto `Between Tangos and Volcanoes´

Deadline
22 Oct 2025


Published: 20 Oct 2025
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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Tango Festival in Pasto `Between Tangos and Volcanoes´

Pasto, Colombia


Audiovisual Showcase to be held within the framework of the festival on November 13, 14, and 15, 2025, in the city of Pasto.

The call is open to proposals whose theme revolves around tango, understood as a broad cultural universe that can be explored through music, dance, poetry, life stories, memory, or contemporary experiences. Tango must appear as a central element within the audiovisual narrative, whether in short films, documentaries, music videos, or other creative formats.

With this showcase, we aim to create a space for the circulation of diverse perspectives on tango and to enrich the dialogue between cinema, music, and dance within the festival.


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Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Festival de Cinema Internacional da Baixada Maranhense

Deadline
21 Oct 2025


Published: 19 Oct 2025
 Does NOT have submission fees
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Festival de Cinema Internacional da Baixada Maranhense

Pinheiro, Brazil


The Baixada Film Festival is more than a festival – it is a territory of cinema that turns the city of Pinheiro, Maranhão (Brazil) into a stage for the seventh art. The festival promotes access to audiovisual culture, strengthens local productions, and connects the Baixada region with national and international cinema.

Its 2nd edition will take place from November 19 to 21, 2025, featuring competitive screenings of short films, medium-length films, and music videos, as well as parallel screenings dedicated to films from Brazil, Argentina, Portugal, Africa, and Maranhão. The program also includes workshops, online training, and screenings in public schools and communities, fostering education and audience engagement.


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Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of San Fernando Horror Screenplay Awards

Deadline
21 Oct 2025


Published: 19 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
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San Fernando Horror Screenplay Awards

Northridge, United States


Horror, the versatile genre. Widely known yet seldom celebrated. This strife is shared with the screenwriter, the one who brings the groundwork to a movie but is forgotten under the shine of the director and actors.

With the rise and popularity of elevated horror, we also see how the genre widely disregarded as "empty" by detracters has not only been good at it's simplest but excels when it tackles depth.

The Horror Screenplay Awards exists to shine a light on the neglected genre and its passionate torchbearers. To analyze and critique how the skeleton of a horror film shines through. To critique the abject fear a story can provide. And to recognize the brilliance of the pioneers in the new age.

Join today to be awarded for your skill at weaving a narrative and horrifying an audience.


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Short film festival


 Fiction  Terror  Other



 
Logo of Golden Dunes Dubai International Film Festival

Deadline
20 Oct 2025


Published: 18 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Golden Dunes Dubai International Film Festival

Dubai, United Arab Emirates


The Golden Dunes Dubai International Film Festival is a curated cinematic celebration designed to spotlight visionary storytelling from around the world, with a special focus on innovation, diversity, and cultural resonance. The festival runs over two dynamic days filled with screenings, panels, networking, and red carpet moments.

Dates: 8–9 November 2025 | Location: Paramount Hotel Dubai


Festival Highlights:

Opening Ceremony – 8 November 2025
Kick off the festivities in style with our red-carpet Opening Ceremony, where filmmakers, special guests, and media gather for an unforgettable launch night filled with excitement and celebration.



Daily Screenings – 8 & 9 November 2025
Enjoy a curated selection of international films, powerful documentaries, and emerging voices from the region and beyond, all showcased in the luxurious theatre space at Paramount Hotel Dubai.



Industry Talks & Panels – 8 November 2025
Gain insights from leading voices in film production, screenwriting, distribution, and AI in cinema. These sessions offer valuable networking opportunities and actionable knowledge for both newcomers and veterans.



Golden Dunes Awards Night – 9 November 2025
Conclude the festival with glamour and recognition as we honor outstanding achievements in film. Awards will be presented across key categories, followed by a closing celebration with special appearances, performances, and more.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of MosMos, Mostra Stop Motion de Sagunt

Deadline
19 Oct 2025


Published: 17 Oct 2025
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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Mosmos, Mostra Stop Motion de Sagunt

Sagunto, Spain


MosMos, the Stop Motion Showcase of Sagunt, presents its 2025 calls for entries, organized by the cultural association Pausa Zulú in collaboration with the Youth Department of the Sagunto City Council. This year, we are expanding the initiative with the introduction of a double call.


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Short film festival


 Animation  Other



 
Logo of Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival

Deadline
18 Oct 2025


Published: 16 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival

Los Angeles, United States


The Los Angeles Crime and Horror Film Festival aims to showcase crime drama, true crime, horror, and related subgenres from around the world.

We provide independent filmmakers with a platform to connect with audiences, industry professionals, and fellow filmmakers who share their passion for crime and horror cinema.

With live screenings at a historic theater in Hollywood, the LA Crime and Horror Film Festival gives recognition to the independent films and filmmakers in crime and horror storytelling.

Winners considered by Hollywood production companies reps, and streaming platforms including:

ZERO GRAVITY
THE BLOOD LIST / BRILLSTEIN
THINK TANK MANAGEMENT
TXL FILMS
BINGE HORROR
... and more.


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Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Terror



 
Logo of FIXION Fest, Fantastic & Horror Film Festival From Chile

Deadline
18 Oct 2025


Published: 16 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films

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FIXION Fest, Fantastic & Horror Film Festival From Chile

Santiago, Chile


Entrance to the festival is free.
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FIXION Fest (A.K.A. FIXION-SARS) is Chile's first Fantastic and Terror Film Festival. The first one was organized 14 years ago. Diverse sections and activities, will show to the last and best exponents of the cinema of Chilean, Latin American and world genre.


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 Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of OVIEDO MUSIC VIDEO FESTIVAL

Deadline
17 Oct 2025


Published: 15 Oct 2025
 Does NOT have submission fees
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OVIEDO MUSIC VIDEO FESTIVAL

Oviedo, Spain


Oviedo Music Video Festival.


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Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Documentary  Music Video



 
Logo of Festival de Cine FNICC (EDICIÓN COLOMBIA)

Deadline
17 Oct 2025


Published: 15 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Festival de Cine FNICC (EDICIÓN COLOMBIA)

Bucaramanga, Colombia


Premios CortosFilmes celebrates national and international cinema with the dual objective of recognizing and supporting audiovisual creators and improving the dissemination, knowledge, accessibility, and understanding of socio-labor issues among a broad and diverse audience.

Premios CortosFilmes, National and International Film Festival of Catamarca, is organized by the audiovisual production company Iceland Films (hereafter referred to as the Organizer), with the support of the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA), and is sponsored by the municipalities of Valle Viejo and Capital.

We also have the support of Sendero Entertainment Records (SER), based in Colombia.

Premios CortosFilmes, FNICC, is an innovative proposal aimed at offering quality entertainment with a social conscience. It provides a clear-eyed and sensitive perspective on the world of work.

The festival will take place in both in-person and virtual formats, allowing filmmakers from diverse regions to participate.

The festival organization in Colombia is managed by Sendero Entertainment Records (SER).

Registration for the festival implies full acceptance of the present rules and terms.

All expenses related to travel, accommodation, and other costs for collecting the awards will be the sole responsibility of the participants.

Once the awards are handed to the winners, neither the festival organization nor the jury will be responsible for what the winners choose to do with the awards received in each winning category.

The awards will be presented during the closing ceremony of the festival, at a time, date, and location to be confirmed via the festival’s social media channels.


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Logo of Festival Itinerante Cine En Mi Barrio Popayán

Deadline
17 Oct 2025


Published: 15 Oct 2025
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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Festival Itinerante Cine En Mi Barrio Popayán

Popayan , Colombia


Start of Festival: November 11, 2025  End of Festival: November 15, 2025

Short films of any genre, with a duration between 7 and 30 minutes, addressing themes such as human rights, friendship, the environment, territory, youth, the future, and tradition, with openness to diverse perspectives, genres, and formats.


Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Experimental



 
Logo of International Animation Festival AJAYU - Peru

Deadline
16 Oct 2025


Published: 14 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films
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International Animation Festival AJAYU - Peru

Puno, Peru


Asociación Cinematográfica Ajayu (Ajayu Film Association) in co-production with Sapa Inti Studio invites national and international filmmakers to participate in the 10th Ajayu International Animation Festiva,l to be held from November 26 to 29, 2025, in Puno, Peru.
Now celebrating ten years, Ajayu has become one of Peru’s leading festivals dedicated exclusively to animated cinema, as well as a vital space for the development, circulation and visibility of animated works from the southern Andean territories. Marking this milestone, the festival reaffirms its commitment to cultural decentralization by promoting a diverse, accessible, and identity-driven audiovisual industry.
This year’s central theme is “Peace Narratives”, a curatorial focus for part of the programming and will be highlighted in a special section in the general program. However, this theme is not a submission requirement, as the call welcomes animated works on any topic.
Ajayu continues to be a space for gathering, exhibition, and reflection on animation as an artistic language and a tool for social transformation. The selected works will be part of the festival’s official showcase and will actively contribute to a curatorial vision that celebrates ten years of legacy.


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 Animation



 
Logo of Grindhouse Planet Film Festival

Deadline
16 Oct 2025


Published: 14 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
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Grindhouse Planet Film Festival

Leicester, United Kingdom


A home for the biggest, baddest, in your face, down your throut, melt your brain Horror, Sci-fi , Action , Martial Arts , Exploitation , Mobsploitation , Sexploitation and everything-elsploitation. You will find no dramas, no rom-coms and no musicals ( unless totally twisted )

The best new Grindhouse movies are shown at an epic festival held at one of the UK's longest running entertainment venues - The Legendary Shed Venue.

What you will find at the Grindhouse Planet festival is a playlist of movies like no other. Each film is selected by a Panel of Grindhouse connoisseurs form around the globe. The festival is for film fans and filmmakers to meet like-minded people, have a drink, watch some movies, eat some Pizza ( for free!! ) and have a bloody good time. There is a movie stall hosted by The Cult Movie Store where some rare Grindhouse flicks can be purchased, along with lots of other stalls offering Grindhouse goodies.

There is also a chance to attend Q&A sessions with some of the planet's best Grindhouse directors and producers.

Want more?

There is more! Much more!! How about a music festival at the same time? You got it. As well as all of the awesome films, there are live bands playing throughout the day. From Thrash Metal and Punk to Acoustic & Electronic, there is something for everyone. You may even find your next Grindhouse soundtrack.


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Feature film festival


 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Experimental



 
Logo of Giggle Film Festival

Deadline
16 Oct 2025


Published: 14 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films


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Giggle Film Festival

London, United Kingdom


GIGGLE FILM FESTIVAL - the biggest comedy short film festival in London!

We screen the funniest comedy short films around from the UK and International filmmakers to our lively audience in a huge 500-seat converted warehouse venue in North East London.

We're seeking the best and funniest short films around, from live-action to animation, dark comedy to slapstick, and everything in between!

This is a chance to screen your comedy film to a whole new audience, whether your film is hot off the press or has previously done the festival circuit, we'd love to see it.

Giggle Film Festival is run by filmmakers, for filmmakers.


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 Fiction



 
Logo of Eurodesk Leon

Deadline
16 Oct 2025


Published: 14 Oct 2025
 Does NOT have submission fees
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Eurodesk Leon

León, Spain


Eurodesk's fundamental mission is to raise awareness among young people about mobility opportunities and encourage them to become active citizens.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of FESTIVAL DE CINE COMUNITARIO PREMIOS CHASKI

Deadline
15 Oct 2025


Published: 13 Oct 2025
 Does NOT have submission fees
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FESTIVAL DE CINE COMUNITARIO PREMIOS CHASKI

Apurímac, Peru


Within the framework of the 5th Community Film Festival “Chaski Awards”, a project that won economic incentives from the Ministry of Culture
of Peru - 2024, produced and carried out by the non-profit Association Chaski Arguedas, from August 26 to November 15, 2025, an activity that will consist of a laboratory, workshops, discussions, interviews, a contest and screening of short films and feature films.

The “Premios Chaski” Festival is a space that brings together filmmakers, technicians, specialists, students, audiovisual professionals, amateurs and the like, nationwide, who have projects in the following categories:

IN COMPETITION:

• Best National Fiction Short Film

• Best National Documentary Short Film

• Best Latin American Animated Short Film

• Best Costumbrista Narrative Short Film (Short films imbued with the identity of the place they come from)

• Best Laboratory Short Film (Results of the laboratory with young people from indigenous communities)

ON EXHIBITION:

• National Feature Films

• Latin American Feature Films


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Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation



 
Logo of LA RAMBLA FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline
15 Oct 2025


Published: 13 Oct 2025
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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LA RAMBLA FILM FESTIVAL

Barcelona, Spain


FROM LA RAMBLA TO THE WORLD

A celebration of talent and the future of cinema in the heart of Barcelona.

The heart of Barcelona as a stage and platform for cinematic talent. La Rambla in Barcelona is much more than an emblematic avenue. It is a living symbol of the city, an open walkway to the world where cultures, languages, artistic expressions, and emotions converge. But beyond its touristic role, La Rambla also becomes a great showcase of Barcelona’s identity and a privileged path to project local cinematic talent on an international scale.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Fantastic  Experimental