Logo of the illusive eye

Deadline
01 Mar 2026


Published: 08 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films


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the illusive eye

San Cristóbal, Venezuela


With the name Illusive Eye the optical process by which animation occurs in our brain by generating movement from the illusion produced by the rapid exposure to images in sequence is evoked. Animation offers the construction of credible universes, capable of freeing us from the limits of immediate reality.

With the coming of current communication technologies, animation has gained even more ground than it had in Film, Didactics and Videogames. Now, with the internet and the power of cell phones, mobile applications and the interconnection of devices and institutions with the network, animation has become an essential part of the language of interaction between the user and the world.

This audiovisual language has extended its discursive horizons as far as the human imagination reaches, and technically its evolution has allowed it to overcome reality by opening a fantastic vortex that provides immersive experiences and high doses of empathy as well as tons of fans of all ages and throughout the world, developing any theme with great aesthetic contributions and various levels of depth.

In honor of this abyss of creativity and as an invitation to immerse ourselves in it, this meeting space has been created for creators, scholars and amateurs. Looking to show not only its strength in the current film narrative but the presence of other types of speeches built on this means of visual expression: GIFs, memes, stickers, emoticons, headers, symbols for social networks, interface elements, banners, promotions , and any type of element generated from the illusion of an eye.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Animation



 
Logo of Future-Media art fest

Deadline
25 Oct 2025


Published: 08 Oct 2025
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films


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Future-Tech

Lisboa, Portugal


Prémios para as 3 melhores curtas-metragens, tech promo e imagens relacionadas com tecnologias emergentes.


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Short film festival


 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Other



 
Logo of Festival De Cine De Trujillo

Deadline
12 Oct 2025


Published: 08 Oct 2025
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Festival De Cine De Trujillo

Trujillo, Peru


El Festival de Cine de Trujillo es uno de los eventos culturales m ás im portantes del norte del Perú. Con once ediciones en su haber, desde el 2014 hasta el 2024, se ha afianzado como un destino fundamental en las rutas de distribución de las películas independientes del país.

Como base temática, el Fecit es un festival exclusivo de cine peruano, característica que lo ha distinguido de otros eventos importantes dentro de la movida culturalcinem atográfica, ya que pondera la exhibición de obras realizadas en distintas regiones del Perú.


Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary



 
Logo of Athens Hispanic Film Festival

Deadline
28 Feb 2026


Published: 08 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Festival de Cine Hispanófono de Atenas

Athens, Greece


FeCHA is Festival de Cine Hispanófono de Atenas and was first organized in 2016 with great success.

The festival focuses on screening current Spanish- speaking films from Spain, Argentina, Mexico, Cuba, Chile, Colombia, etc. showcasing the rich cinematic wealth of these countries.

The festival, since June 2016, has attracted more than 20.000 audience members. Multi-awarded films from Spain and Latin America premiere at the festival. With its sold- out screenings and a diverse programme Athens has shown its love for Spanish speaking culture and cinema.

The festival also features:

-cortoFeCHA, a screening of a collection of Spanish speaking short films from Spain and Latin America, which are screened with free entry to the public.

-docuFeCHA, screening of spanish speaking documentaries from Spain and Latin America, which are screened with free entry to the public.

-Diversidad, screening of LGBTQ+ spanish speaking films from Spain and Latin America, which are screened with free entry to the public.

-FeCHAniños, screening of spanish speaking children's films from Spain and Latin America, which are screened with free entry to the public.

The main FeCHA festival takes place in early summer between May-June and FeCHA's satellite event, Días de Cine Hispanófono, takes place every October 12-14, and films that weren't screened during the festival are screened there.


HIGHLIGHTED!

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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror



 
Logo of MY FIRST FESTIVAL

Deadline
14 Dec 2025


Published: 07 Oct 2025
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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MY FIRST FESTIVAL

Lima, Peru


2026 CALL FOR ENTRIES

My First Festival #11 - Solar Edition
A film festival to imagine sustainable futures from childhood

My First Festival (MPF) is the first international film, audiovisual, and new technologies festival for children and youth in Peru. We sow a love of cinema as a tool for social transformation through audiovisual and media literacy. Working with, by, and for children, as agents of change, allows us, through a coordinating role, to contribute to the development of society.

Our cross-cutting theme is part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), using a community-based approach to build a sustainable present and future with a positive social impact.

MPF invites you to participate in its 11th edition, which will take place throughout 2026 in different regions of Peru. Building on our first event in Lima, which will take place from February 21 to 28, 2026, both in person and virtually in public spaces and cultural centers, with an innovative proposal that includes 100% solar-powered film screenings.

The festival will reach urban, rural, and hard-to-reach areas of Peru, with open, free screenings and the active participation of children, adolescents, teachers, families, and indigenous communities.

The theme is open, and films from around the world are accepted on our platforms.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Music Video



 
Logo of Galichnik Film Festival

Deadline
28 May 2026


Published: 07 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films


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Galichnik FIlm Festival

Skopje, North Macedonia


Galichnik Film Festival is small festival looking to leave big footprint in the sky full of festivals by providing platform for new filmmakers from the region and beyond. Galichnik is a village known for its well-preserved traditional architecture, including an amphitheater in the village square, where the festival audience will have the chance to see number of films in three competition programs: short fiction, short documentary and short animation.

The festival aspires to become a meeting point for film professionals from around the world to develop new ideas, collaborations and friendships. We are excited for the audience to be part of a unique cinema experience in an open air cinema at an altitude of 1500m.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation



 
Logo of kohinoor film festival

Deadline
21 Nov 2025


Published: 07 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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kohinoor film festival

Dombivli, India


The Kohinoor Film Festival was founded with the vision of creating a stage for filmmakers who dare to dream. Just like the Kohinoor diamond, we believe every story has brilliance waiting to be revealed. Our talented solutions ensure success across diverse sectors by addressing your unique challenges and opportunities


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Feature film festival


 Animation



 
Logo of Universal Martial Arts Film Festival

Deadline
15 Jan 2026


Published: 07 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Universal Martial Arts Film Festival

Auffreville-Brasseuil, France


The Universal Martial Arts Film Festival (UMAFF) showcases films that explore the martial practice, philosophy, aesthetic and spirituality.

The Universal Martial Arts Film Festival (UMAFF) encourages an emerging generation of filmmakers whose films treat various aspects of the field of the martial arts; those of the arts of combat and the arts of health. The purpose being to collect and to protect the memory, to educate the public, to share and to pass on the knowledge.

The Universal Martial Arts Film Festival (UMAFF) is open to filmmakers and spectators worldwide.

A preliminary committee will watch the films and select the finalists.

Then, a jury panel composed of known and respected personalities from the worlds of cinema and Martial Arts will offer an award for each category.

After this first step, the films will be screened to March 15th, 2026 until March 31th, 2026 on the festival website.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other



 
Logo of BUT Film Festival

Deadline
01 Jun 2026


Published: 07 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
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BUT Film Festival

Breda, Netherlands


Fans of bizarre, experimental or otherwise divergent movies are served every year at the international festival for B-movies, Underground and Trash films, known as the BUT Film Festival (BUTFF for short), in Breda (the Netherlands). Five days of out-of-the-ordinary films, shorts, docs, art, performances, poetry, music, food, beer and other extravaganza. Infamously known as the enfant terrible of the Dutch film festival landscape, BUTFF offers an alternative place where (both underground and established) filmmakers, distributors and the audience meet each other to celebrate the BUT-genre. Its film program contains every year roughly around 50 feature and 50 short films, mainly focussing on the weird and the wicked of low-budget, independent and genre cinema. Usually about 70% of the program consists of new films, the rest is retrospective. For each festival edition, three films are nominated for the BUTtest feature award and four or five shorts for the BUTtest short award. The winners are decided by a carefully selected external jury every year.

BUTFF has hosted many internationally renowned guests over the years including; John Waters, Lloyd Kaufman, Enzo G. Castellari, Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson, Rodrigo Aragão, Barak Epstein, Nick Zedd, Remy Couture, Bruce LaBruce, Debbie Rochon, Richard Stanley, Marian Dora, Fred Vogel, Jörg Buttgereit, J.T. Petty, Andrew van den Houten, Wenzel Storch, Scott Schirmer, Christian Veil, Adam Wingard, Javi Camino, Harry Kümel, Norbert Pfaffenbichler, Robert ‘Bronzi’ Kovacs, Jim Groom, Laurence R. Harvey, and many others…

BUTFF is a non-profit festival, run by a foundation (IDFX) and volunteers.

6,66 euros is charged for submitting feature films and 1 euro for short films.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of Pirineos Mountain Film Festival

Deadline
07 Nov 2025


Published: 07 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films


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Pirineos Mountain Film Festival

Huesca, Spain


The Pirineos Mountain Film Festival (Mountain, Adventure and Nature Film Festival of the Pyrenees) was born in Huesca (Spain) as a film competition focused on mountain and Biosphere.

This film event held its first edition in sample format in February 2022, to give way in 2023 to an international competitive festival around mountain, adventure and nature short films.


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 Documentary  Animation  Other



 
Logo of International Film Festival Miranchurito

Deadline
10 Feb 2026


Published: 07 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films


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International Film Festival Miranchurito

Pupiales, Colombia


The Miranchurito International Film Festival is proud to announce the launch of its second edition, taking place in March 2026—a celebration filled with emotion, emerging talent, and a deep appreciation for world cinema.

MIRANCHURITO FEST 2026 reaffirms its mission to promote both national and international filmmaking, offering a platform that highlights social, ethnic, cultural, ancestral, political, and economic diversity, while recognizing outstanding cinematic achievements.

More than just a showcase of talent, the festival aspires to be a space for dialogue, connection, and creative exchange, strengthening the bond between filmmakers and audiences, and underscoring the positive impact of cinema on society. We invite you to explore new perspectives, push creative boundaries, and join us in this celebration of audiovisual art.

Welcome to the Miranchurito Fest family.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of TSUDOCU XIXÓN

Deadline
01 Jan 2026


Published: 07 Oct 2025
 Does NOT have submission fees
Feature films


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TSUDOCU XIXÓN

GIJÓN, Spain


The theme of the work to be presented is free, as long as the theme falls within the musical genre.


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 Documentary



 
Logo of FIRE!! Barcelona LGBTI Film Festival

Deadline
10 Mar 2026


Published: 07 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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FIRE!! Barcelona LGBTI Film Festival

Barcelona, Spain


The FIRE!! Mostra is the first LGBT film festival in Spain: established in 1995 by Casal Lambda, in Barcelona, it addresses affective diversity in its broadest sense through a careful selection of feature films, documentaries and short films. A selection of art-house cinema and an educational approach are its main characteristics.

Throughout two weeks at the beginning of June - mainly at the French Institute but also at other different indoor or open-air venues in the city -, a wide range of public is invited to enjoy this Barcelona cultural landmark, with stories and testimonials of free people, creators who break barriers and fighters for human rights, all of whom help with love to build a fairer and freer world.

The festival's name is a tribute to the late 20s New York magazine of the same name, FIRE!!, led by the black gay writer Richard Bruce Nugent, portrayed in one of the most iconic films of the festival, Brother to Brother, which we screened a few years ago.


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Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of Falares

Deadline
26 Oct 2025


Published: 07 Oct 2025
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


Banner Falares. Muestra de Cine Documental de Llanes.

Falares

Llanes , Spain


Documentary Film Showcase of Llanes 2025


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Feature film festival


 Documentary



 
Logo of Greece International Film Festival

Deadline
08 Mar 2026


Published: 06 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Greece International Film Festival

Athens, Greece


The 7th Greece International Film Festival is coming with screenings of the best films. The GIFF is a screening festival that will take place in a live audience in Athens.

We are a team of filmmakers, producers and distributors and we have been professionally involved in cinema and theater for over 25 years.
The Best Short, Mid-Length and Feature Film of the Festival will win the Greek Trophy's and will be awarded to the directors at the closing ceremony.

The ultimate goal of the GIFFestival is to make it accessible to everyone.
Greece International Film Festival provides Trophys, Honorable Mentions and Laurels to the best projects of the participants.

Films - Series
Music Videos - Dance Videos
Screenplays - Theatrical Plays

Laurel
The tradition of awarding a laurel wreath to the winner began in the Pythias at Delphi in Greece in, the 6th century BC.

They were organized in honor of the god Apollo, who usually appeared with a laurel wreath in memory of the nymph Daphne who transformed herself into a plant to escape his amorous moods. The plant was named "Daphne".

The International Film Festival of Greece opens its doors to the audience for the 7th time to present domestic and international films, videos and screenplays.

The last events of the festival took place in the center of Athens with screenings at the historic Cinema "Iris" (Cinema Sector - ΠΟΦΠΑ), and hosted short and feature films from around the world. The festival screened fiction films, documentaries and animations by Greek and foreign directors with free entrance. A significant number of films had their world, European and Greek premieres in Greece.

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The Greece International Film Festival aspires to function as a channel of communication between artists, directors, screenwriters and producers of the international and domestic film industry.

A special place in the activities of the GIFF is held by the Competition Department of Greek and International Short, Mid-Length, Feature Films, Music Video, Dance Video, Screenplays, Theatrical Plays, which supports new works of art to find their way and get to know their audience.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Bellavista Film Festival

Deadline
15 Oct 2025


Published: 05 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films
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Bellavista Film Festival

Cartagena, Colombia


The BELLAVISTA FILM FESTIVAL (BVFF) 2025 #BVFF25 seeks to inspire, empower, and unify our audience through cinematographic art of social impact.

The festival is a space in which the community and cinema converse through cinematographic works of art selected with great artistic value and a theme of representative and relevant social impact. Thus promoting social impact cinema as a tool to stimulate critical thinking and motivate social action to catalyze agents of change in their communities and beyond.

The BVFF will be held as an itinerant festival, bringing its screenings to the following cities:

- Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia
- Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
- Los Ángeles, California, USA
- Panamá City, Panamá
- México City, México
- Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
- Bogotá D.C., Colombia

As a development of a social project for cultural growth, the festival seeks to promote exhibition spaces for the curated works, in addition to movie theaters, cinematheques and cultural institutions, also in neighborhood and rural locations and on an itinerant basis in representative cultural spaces in the rest of the country and Latin America.

We trust in the power of cinema as a commitment to social transformation and high-quality cultural reflection.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of View Award Contest 2025

Deadline
30 Nov 2025


Published: 04 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
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View Award Contest 2025

Turin, Italy


#VIEWCONFERENCE is the premiere International event in Italy on Computer Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Digital Cinema, Animation, VR/AR, Games, VFX and immersive storytelling.

VIEW CONFERENCE è un evento internazionale a cadenza annuale incentrato sulla computer grafica, le tecniche interattive, il cinema digitale, l’animazione, i videogiochi, gli effetti visivi, Realta' Virtuale e aumentata e storytelling immersivo.


1) VIEW AWARD: First Prize is 2000 Euros

2) ITALIANMIX: First Prize is a RenderMan license

www.viewconference.it

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/viewconference

YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UChGdAnZQE6UcH_OQ5DNFW_Q

Twitter: @viewconference.it

Instagram: view_conference


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Torino Underground Cinefest

Deadline
04 Aug 2026


Published: 03 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
Short films
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Torino Underground Cinefest

Turin, Italy


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The 13th Torino Underground Cinefest will take place in late September 2026 at the splendid "Cinema Baretti", in the heart of "San Salvario", one of the city’s most vibrant districts. Once again, this edition confirms the partnership with the distribution company "Piano B", which will ensure theatrical and television distribution of selected feature films and documentaries deemed most suitable for commercialization. Thanks to the collaboration with "Streeen!", several selected titles will also have the opportunity to be distributed via streaming.

Cash prizes will be awarded for Best Feature Film, Best Short Film, and Best Documentary. In addition, special awards will be presented for Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Sound Design. An Audience Award and mentions from our media partners are also planned.

The festival is supported by media partnerships and cultural organizations from the region.

*IMPORTANT:* *FOR SALES AND VARIOUS CATALOGUES: NO SCREENING FEES ARE EXPECTED!*

“It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all.”
― Andrei Tarkovsky


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of Amiens Emotional and Sexual Life Education Film Festival (FFEVA)

Deadline
31 Dec 2025


Published: 03 Oct 2025
 Does NOT have submission fees
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Amiens Emotional and Sexual Life Education Film Festival (FFEVA)

Amiens, France


The Amiens Festival of Film on Affective and Sexual Education (FFEVAS), organized by La Fabrique d’Images, will hold its second edition from May 4 to 7, 2026.
As the first festival in France dedicated to affective and sexual education through cinema, it presents an international selection of short films (fiction, documentary, animation) addressing themes such as consent, gender equality, sexual and gender diversity, sexual health, STI prevention, and the fight against gender-based and sexual violence.

Selected films will be screened before professional juries as well as youth juries. Several awards will be presented.


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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation



 
Logo of Comedy Film Fest

Deadline
31 May 2026


Published: 03 Oct 2025
 Has submission fees
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Comedy Film Fest

Maruggio, Italy


THE LARGEST FILM FESTIVAL IN ITALY ENTIRELY DEDICATED TO COMEDY!

In the heart of the Italian summer, amidst the charm of Puglia, the Comedy Film Fest shines as a premier cinema and entertainment festival. Over five days, the festival features four days of film screenings in a beachside movie theater, culminating in a spectacular awards gala on the final day. The festival showcases Italian and international comedies, complemented by music and entertainment.

The festival takes place in the beautiful coastal town of Campomarino (Province of Taranto), in the countryside of Salento, the land of Primitivo wine.


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 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental