Hi all-
Sifting through old deadline lists. Most of the festivals I list are free for everyone, but I make note of any exceptions and/or restrictions. In the case of one festival, there is a window for free submissions.
best of luck,
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Olhar de Cinema – Curitiba International Film Festival (Brazil)
*submissions will open on 1/12/17
Open to fiction, documentary, experimental, animated and hybrid films. Categories: Feature Films and Short films. Submit Vimeo link or DVD.
Ripple Effect Film Project 1/31/17
This contest is open to filmmakers of all ages and levels of experience who reside, work, or attend school or university in the state of Georgia. Film must focus on the impact of human behavior on the world’s oceans, and should highlight one of six key issues of the Ocean Connections theme. What actions do we take (or not take) each day that may affect ocean health, regardless of where we live? We make daily choices about our energy and water use, transportation, food, consumer products, and keeping our waterways clean. Your film should focus on one key issue from the list, and should establish a connection between the key issue and the health of the ocean. Ideally your film will highlight eco-positive actions that ‘do the right thing’ for the ocean.
goEast film festival 1/31/17
We invite filmmakers to submit their works to the 17th goEast Film Festival Competition. goEast welcomes submissions of Experimental Film and Video Art Competition.We invite you to be a part of the cinematic adventure of goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film.
The international short film festival 20min|max (Ingolstadt) 01/31/17
For the competition 20minmax films of all genres can be submitted. They must not be longer than 20:00 minutes including front and end credits.Year of production must be 2016 or 2017.
MayDay Film Festival 1/31/17 * no fee for early submissions until January 31st
Originated from the Filmmakers Club out of the University of Southern Indiana. It was made to showcase work of its club members to the local student body. Each year, Mayday has grown into a much large festival adding in non-students into the festival and even filmmakers as far as the opposite end of the United States.
Pictoplasma- Character Animation Festival 02/01/17
Animation entries can be sent at any time, to be considered for future Festival screening programs. Should you be responsible for high-grade Characters in animation, narration, music visuals, experimental work or motion graphics, please don’t hesitate to share them with us.IMPORTANT: Please send us your work via download link, as Full HD Quicktime (Pro Res or H.264 codec).
Transilvania International Film Festival (Romania) 2/1/17
(TIFF) is organized by Romanian Film Promotion and it is the first international feature film festival in Romania. The main objective of Transilvania IFF is to promote the cinematic art by presenting some of the most significant films of the moment, films which exhibit not only originality and independence of expression, but also unusual forms of cinematic language and modern trends of the young culture.
Comic Con International Film Festival 02/01/17
Judged by a panel of industry luminaries, the CCI-IFF accepts genre-related films in the following categories: Action/Adventure, Animation, Comics-Oriented, Documentary (Pop Culture–Related), Horror/Suspense, Humor, and Science Fiction/Fantasy. 4 DVD’s- online not permitted.
Green Film Festival in Seoul 2/10/17
We are open to fiction/non-fiction films and animation of all genres dealing with environmental issues.
Kimera International Film Festival – (Italy) 02/14/17
KIMERA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2017 – The Night of the Living Shorts year 15 – SHORT MOVIES SECTION. The festival is open to competitors from all-over the world, with no exceptions
Annecy International Animated Film Festival (France) 02/15/17
Submit short films, commissioned films, TV series and specials and graduation films.
MakeDox (Macedonia) 02/28/17
Creative Documentary Film Festival. A young and rarely avant-garde festival celebrating the creative documentary film. One of the most powerful catapults for creating cinema audience in Macedonia. It overwhelms, they say, with its warmth and quality. The wonderful KurshumliAn vibrates with film stories, workshops and live performances, doc-talks under a magical fig tree and music under the night sky. Out in the open, every summer since 2010. *for films completed in 2015
Neuro Film Festival 03/10/17
The American Brain Foundation, the foundation for the American Academy of Neurology, is calling on all neurology patients, caregivers, and others to submit a short video to its 2013 Neuro Film Festival telling their story about why more money for research is needed in finding cures for brain diseases.
Berlin/Potsdam Jewish Film Festival 3/31/17
All the diversity of Jewish life, captured on celluloid! Join us on our journey around the world of Jewish and Israeli filmmaking at this year’s 14-day festival in Berlin & Potsdam featuring 33 of the best and newest films from 8 countries.
MakeDox (Macedonia) 03/31/17
Creative Documentary Film Festival. A young and rarely avant-garde festival celebrating the creative documentary film. One of the most powerful catapults for creating cinema audience in Macedonia. It overwhelms, they say, with its warmth and quality. The wonderful KurshumliAn vibrates with film stories, workshops and live performances, doc-talks under a magical fig tree and music under the night sky. Out in the open, every summer since 2010.
* for films completed in 2016
MakeDox (Macedonia) 04/15/17
Creative Documentary Film Festival. A young and rarely avant-garde festival celebrating the creative documentary film. One of the most powerful catapults for creating cinema audience in Macedonia. It overwhelms, they say, with its warmth and quality. The wonderful KurshumliAn vibrates with film stories, workshops and live performances, doc-talks under a magical fig tree and music under the night sky. Out in the open, every summer since 2010. *for films completed in 2017
NO ENTRY FEE FESTIVALS 