Deadlines in the next few days….

Grenzland-Filmtage 12/15/13
An independent festival of European film, especially Eastern Europe, children’s film, documentary and short film. It is a small and famliar film-festival in Germany. All films are about borders, for example borders in the heads or in the between countries. DVD submission.

AVIFF 12/15/13
The AVIFF-Art Film Festival has since become one of the preferred places of promoting contemporary art in the field of video art film associated with a changing art market. Only films never before shown in France are retained. The selection is made by a committee that changes each year and decides the annual official program and awards. Rules § Registration form on demand through email.

Docaviv (Tel Aviv) 12/16/13
Docaviv s the only Israeli festival dedicated solely to documentary films – an art form which has been growing rapidly in the past years. Serves as a showcase of the best documentary films made in Israel for festivals around the world. DVD copies or a screening link.

NollywoodWeek Paris 12/16/13
An annual event dedicated to showcasing the best of Nollywood to a French audience with the hopes of fostering distribution opportunities in this untapped market The Nigerian film industry has gone beyond national borders obtaining worldwide recognition. Now, it is known to the 62 million inhabitants of France, the birthplace of cinema. Online submission.

Friborg International Film Festival 12/20/13
The FIFF was founded as a film festival focusing on the Third World, and later graduated to films of the South. However, the world changes, and the Festival changes with it. Today, it is simply a festival that supports films from what could be described as faraway countries – good films that find it difficult to reach Swiss screens. DVD submission.

Go Short – International Short Film Festival (Nijmegen) 12/21/13
The European Competition will consist of shorts that have been made in (geographical) Europe from all genres. The films are eligible for the Go Short Award for Best European Short in the four different categories. The Dutch Competition is a selection of films made in the Netherlands, from which the best film will be awarded with the Go Short Award for Best Dutch Short. From these two competitions a selection of films will be made which will form the Youth Competition, and which are eligible for the Go Short Youth Award.Online form/DVD submission.

Academia Film Olomouc 12/23/13
AFO is currently one of the most important European festivals in the area of popular science film. It aims to present science as an attractive, dynamic and diverse sector through films charting natural, humanities and social science disciplines. Each year, hundreds of documentary films and television programs enroll in the competition sections of the festival. Online form/DVD submission.