For those of you in the NYC area:
Shorts Night at Arts on Site
February 11th, 2017 – 7:00pm
12 St. Marks Pl – Studio 3F
New York, NY 10003

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Hi all-
I have added these to the monthly lists of deadlines.

best of luck,
{tmr}

Zsigmond Vilmos Film Festival 3/1/17
Primarily aims at drawing attention to the work of cinematographers, one of the most important co-creators of a film, together with giving an opportunity to young artists to show their art. The open call focuses on university students or creative communities with members majoring in film studies, directing or cinematography from Central Europe, also including recent graduates (within 5-10 years).The call will be published in the countries of the wider Central European region (the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Bulgaria) at every educational institution which offers studies in cinematography and film. New films, completed after 1 January 2014, and with unique vision and creative cinematography, which also characterised Zsigmond Vilmos’s work, can be submitted to the festival. There are no restrictions on theme, technical specifications, genre or length. One filmmaker can submit more than one film. The films will be grouped into different sections according to genre.

Hamburg Animation Award 4/24/17
Students and graduates (max. three years into a career) of all film schools, technical colleges, academies and universities worldwide. animated short films (max. 10 minutes) using any technique (2D, 3D, puppet animation, stop motion, etc.)

LIFE AFTER OIL International Film Festival 5/1/17
This festival starts with the intention of overshooting the simple exposure. Although it is important to raise public awareness on the risks connected to the exploitation and to the use of natural resource in the production of fossil fuels, still remains, the enormous and dramatic problem of the disasters caused by the lack of energy, with particular reference to the water supply, highly relevant to the world population. The main objective of the festival will be, therefore, not only emphasizing problems related to the use of fossil fuels, but especially identifying the alternatives which take into account, according to the present scientific knowledge, the several well-known methods of production.

Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Korea) 5/8/17
Feature Films and Shorts. Types of films Animation , Documentary, Narrative fiction. Genre: Fantastic, Horror, Mystery, Phantasy, Science fiction, Thriller.

Cartoon Forum (European only) 5/10/17
Only one TV project can be submitted per company. The submitted project must be: An animation project of a minimum running time of 26 minutes, In state of development, European.

La Jolla Fashion Film Festival (La Jolla, CA) 5/29/2017
Must have fashion element or film sponsorship. The world’s largest gathering of fashion film professionals has announced it has expanded its award categories to include all aspects of fashion film production.“From now on the brilliant work done by makeup artists, hairstylists, art directors, editors, musicians, wardrobe stylists, writers, and others will be nominated and have the opportunity to win awards. These awards are for the best in the world and cut across national boundaries and cultures. Thanks to the global reach of LJFFF everyone is included no matter where on earth they live or work.” stated Festival Producer Fred Sweet. All creators in the fashion film industry are welcome to submit.

River Aire Ten Minute Amateur Film Festival- RATMA (UK) 8/20/17
The Ratma International Film Festival from here known as “The Festival” or “the event” and refers to the main festival at Keighley College and Keighley town centre. The “Red Carpet event” refers to the finale gala evening and prize giving at the Keighley Picture House Cinema.

Hi all-
Hope everyone is having a great year (where did January go?). The following festivals are open for entries with deadlines in February, (for some this is the final deadline, but others this is the early deadline or somewhere in between). Please be respectful of festivals that are restricted to a certain region or area as well as those that require the filmmaker to attend. It is really important to read the festival terms so that you don’t spam a festival with work that doesn’t meet the criteria.
best of luck,
{tmr}

Pop up Anthology 2/6/17 *New Jersey or Philadelphia
PopUp Anthology is a monthly screening series that highlights the work of local filmmakers and encourages audiences to support local storytelling. All screenings include a Q&A and reception after the event. PopUp Anthology’s home base is located at Artworks Trenton in Trenton, New Jersey.

STIFF 2/7/17 * late deadline May 24th
San Mauro Torinese International Film Festival accepts films of any length or genre. Films from any country and in any language are accepted, but they must be subtitled in English or Italian. All films realized starting from January 2012 can participate. The first edition of STIFF is going to take place in June 2017 at Cinema Gobetti in San Mauro Torinese (Turin, Italy).

Lovett School High School Film Fest 2/9/17
Festival was created to encourage and inspire young filmmakers from around the world by providing them both a venue to publicly screen their short films and a place to connect with one another. Films must have a max running time of 15 minutes and have been written, directed and edited by teens ages 13-18.

Cineline International Film Festival 2/11/17
Feature and Short Films. We invite filmmakers, screenwriters, writers and composers to participate in an Cineline International Film Festival (CLIFF) that will take place on November 29, 2017 in Los Angeles. The Cineline International Film Festival focuses on and encourages the collaboration of artists. All submissions will be reviewed carefully by the jury members and the official selections will be screened at THE CREST CINEMA in Los Angeles, CA.

KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival 2/12/17
Now accepting film submissions. Filmmakers / Producers / Distributors across the world are invited to submit features, documentaries and short films that highlight / focus on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) themes and expressions.

Emerge Microcinema (Cleveland) 2/12/17
Presents a night of (mostly) local short films and videos at Forest City Brewery. Plus brats & beer! We are seeking independent films of any length and any genre,
with a focus on locally (Northeast Ohio) produced films.

Festival du Film Merveilleux 2/14/17
Organized with support from the UNESCO, patronage ( United Nation Education scientific Cultural organization )/ it’s a unique festival celebrating wonder, dreams,imagination, magic, fables, fairy tales, poetry,  mystical and legendary, comics, the supernatural, manga, vampires, unicorns, fantasy, science fiction, video gaming, storytelling and innovation.

First Nations Film and Video Festival 2/15/17
First Nations Film and Video Festival, Inc. (FNFVF Inc)  is a grassroots Native American film festival whose mission is showcasing works produced by Native American film and video makers and artists of all skill levels and to provide an appropriate venue for their works. First Nations Film and Video Festival is to advocate for and celebrate the works of Native Americans filmmakers and new works and films that break racial stereotypes and promotes awareness of Native American issues. All films screened are written and/or produced and directed by Native American artists from the United States, Canada, Central and South America, and Mexico.

KAFF 3/17/17
13th Kecskemét Animation Film Festival and 10th Festival of European Animated Feature Films and TV-Films. Kecskemét Animation Film Festival (KAFF) is two festivals in parallel: the festival of Hungarian animation films and the international festival of European ANIMATED FEATURES, TV-SPECIALS and TV-SERIES. In addition to films, it hosts a range of concerts, exhibitions and workshops.

VIDEOEX 2017 – Intl. Experimental Film & Video Festival, Zurich 2/19/17
VIDEOEX is the sole festival in Switzerland which explicitly focuses on experimental film & video works and presents these in a cinematographic context. VIDEOEX 2017 takes place from May 20th – 28th 2017

TV One Screenplay Competition 2017 2/16/2017
The TV ONE SCREENPLAY COMPETITION 2017 is meant to encourage and promote the production of creative, contemporary, engaging and relatable screenplays that can be turned into original movies for television. The competition is meant to:
~ Encourage filmmakers to offer a fresh perspective and submit contemporary stories with a focus on the American black cultural experience with wide audience appeal.
~ Encourage filmmakers to creatively center around entertaining, heart-felt and relatable topics that resonate and appeal to African American audiences.
~ Expand upon the genres/formats that tell these entertaining stories. Genres include, but are not limited to comedies, romantic comedies, dramas, and family adventures (submissions should be non-period stories).

Adult Film Festival Lv 3/5/17
Adult Film Festival Lv March 18-19, 2017. Venue: Harry Mohney’s Erotic Heritage Museum. Porn Star and Web Star Exhibitors, Seminars, Museum Experience and Screening of Adult Films. There will be a bounce house, After Party and much more!

Mequinensa International Film Festival 6/30/17
Mequinensa International Film Festival is looking for short films (less than 20 minutes) which water is also a main character or they deal with water-related issues. Mequinensa International Film Festival is an international festival of short films that will be held in Mequinenza (Spain) in September 1-3 2017.

Animocje International Animated Films Festival 2/6/17
Animated short film competition.

Dead by Dawn 2/10/17
Dead by Dawn is the UK’s longest running genre film festival, established in 1993. It is a unique festival, celebrating the finest independent film-making with a focus on emerging talent. Our approach to horror is broad; story is paramount, as are humour, suspense and atmosphere. We welcome lifelong fans and the genre-curious to discover the breadth of unusual stories lurking under the ‘horror’ banner! Are you sitting comfortably? Then we’ll begin…we have such sights to show you!

ANIMAYO: International Film Festival of Animation, Visual Effects & Video Games 3/10/17
Exclusive for applying to works of 2d animation, 3d animation,special effects, experimental, advertising, animation spots, videoclips, video games cinematic, special effects series and animation series.

Supertoon International Animation Festival 3/15/17
You are kindly invited to submit films produced after 1st January, 2015 to one of the Festival’s following competition category: Short Animated Films Short-format, non-commisioned animated films or videos. Animated Films for Children Animated works produced and distributed specifically for children audience. When a serial is the case, only one episode is eligible. Animated Music Videos Official music videos, commissioned animated videos made specifically to promote music pieces. Animated commisioned films Commisioned and aplied animation in the field of advertising, promotion and feature film. Student Short Animated Films Short-format, non-commisioned animated films or videos.

Walt Disney Family Museum Teen Animation Festival 3/17/17
The Walt Disney Family Museum Teen Animation Festival International (TAFI) showcases animation created by artists ages 13 through 19. This unique and lively animation festival specifically designed for teens celebrates its fourth year in 2017. Welcoming entries from around the world, the festival provides all participating animators with educational and collaborative opportunities, as well as a chance to win awards including trophies, film and animation studio tours, and museum memberships.

Countryside Animafest Cyprus 3/31/17
Countryside Animafest Cyprus is the official Cyprus animation Festival. Its aim is to cultivate the art of animation, by raising audience awareness and promoting cultural, financial and social development in the field of independent animation filmmaking. Its various activities throughout the year include the annual Countryside Animafest Cyprus, expert seminars and workshops, academic forums, special screenings, etc. In this way the festival initiates international collaborations and provides opportunities for artistic growth.

NAFF: Neum Animated Film Festival 4/15/17
Animated films (duration 15 minutes) can partcipate. Author can report 3 films. Films that propagandize rasisam and pornography will not enter compettition program. All registrations must fulfil next: 1. DVD film 2. Filled and signed entery form 3. Fotography and biography of director 4. 3 photos from film (minim.) 5. Declaration of author if he is willing to work with children during the camp.

CleverFlix Ongoing
CleverFlix, an edutainment themed emerging online platform targeting the Asia Pacific Region, is seeking short, youth-friendly animations under 10 minutes to be featured on a weekly or bi-weekly, ongoing basis as the platform rolls out. CleverFlix welcomes shorts with universally accessible themes, and in particular, movies that may have minimal local language or even no dialogue. Titles will be streamed on our proprietary OTT / web based channel, as well as on our affiliated social media channels. Send screener links to => clever@cleverflix.com, and we’ll follow up with more information for titles that are a good match for the platform

Identitaria Food & Wine Film and Photography Festival 6/30/17
Identitaria – Food & Wine Festival is an annual international event that aims to promote territorial identities of the world and to enhance their cultures and typicalities through the cinematic and photographic storytelling of food and wine traditions and of the arts related to food and wine-growing. At the same time, the Festival aims to promote and enhance talented filmmakers and photographers to allow them a fruitful exchange of experiences, the direct comparison with the professionals of the sector and the expansion of skills, as well as of increasing the possibility of being known by a wider audience.

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,
{tmr}

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