Loop de Loop Indie gogo
Based in Australia, this group provides an animation venue with a website and blog dedicated to a short form of animation: the animated loop.

Loop de loop supports animators by holding bi-monthly challenges with screenings in several locations. If you aren’t familiar, check them out and think about making a small contribution (or large if you are so inclined) so that they can keep doing what they are doing.

We are all in this together,

-Tracy

Hi all- starting to go through lists again for future deadlines. These days I am checking less frequently so more are open when I check. This is more economical as far as my time goes. I am an individual, not a team, I have a full time job + I am an artist. Apologies to anyone bothered by my posting same day festivals, but I post them as I see them and festivals tell me that they see a surge of entries the day I post. I know some of you will use the information, and some will not. I figure it is up to you.

best of luck to all of you,

Tracy

Guadalajara International Film Festival 11/14/14
A cultural event of great relevance for Guadalajara and Mexico. It is considered as one of the most important showcases for the appreciation, promotion and distribution of Mexican and Ibero-American films. Email link to film or send DVD.

New Vision Film Festival (Ukraine) 11/15/14
Imagination, genre variety, shocking plots, unexpected upshots, brevity, brilliant actor game, visual sophistication, authorial style – all these are the distinguishing features of the New Vision International Film Festival program. Festival presents a competition. The audience chooses the winners of different nominations by means of an independent voting. A festival of films that remain in your heart forever. Send DVD with entry form.

Monstra Festival (Lisbon, Portugal) 11/16/14
Lisbon Animated Film Festival is an event where animated film meets other media and other arts.  Categories are: Animated Feature Films, Student Short Films and Super Short Films. Submit through email, Reelport online submission or DVD by mail.

Cinema Du Reel 11/17/14
Cinéma du réel, international festival of ethnographic and sociological films at the Centre Pompidou, supported by the C.N.R.S. (French national center for research) and by the “Comité du film ethnographique” (Ethnographic film committee), in order to promote the documentary cinema. Films completed after September 1st 2014. Submit through online platform, or DVD.

Watersprite: The Cambridge International Student Film Festival 11/24/14
Animation, Documentary, Fiction. Films under 20 minutes. Some travel assistance. Limit of first 300 entries. Online submission.

DC Independent Film Festival 11/25/14 Note: this “free” deadline is only for high school/under 19 category
Students: attach a valid copy of your student ID to get preferential student rates. “Student films” is NOT an award category for the festival. DCIFF Alumni: Include date and name of the film screened at DCIFF on the submission form. Mail submission form with screener.

Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival (Scotland) 11/30/14
We accept submissions of short films, feature films, installations and expanded cinema events (both digital and 16/35mm). We usually prefer work of a more experimental nature, though narrative films that show uniqueness in form and structure, or strong relevance to our themes, are most welcome. Please bear in mind the overall festival theme which aims to explore mankind’s relationship to the natural world. We’re also interested in the ‘alchemy’ of film as well, whatever that turns out to be. Please only submit your work if it relates to these themes in some meaningful way.

ClujShorts International Short Film Festival 11/30/14
A cultural event that takes place annually in Cluj Napoca, Romania. ClujShorts  is an event fully owned and organized by Persona Association and aims at establishing itself as a major international festival, while continuing to act as a platform for showcasing excellent works from around the Globe, and simultaneously contributing to the development and growth of the regional industry and talent. Online file transfer: weTransfer, dropbox, etc.

Fec Festival 11/30/14
European competition. Micro cinema for Spanish directors only.

ALFILM – Arab Film Festival Berlin 11/30/14
Contemporary Arab film production including feature and documentary films, as well as short films, experimental films and video art. We accept narrative features, documentary films and short films which were directed by an Arab filmmaker, have been produced or co-produced in an Arab country or handle an issue that relates to the Arab world. DVD submission.

Cinema Du Reel 12/19/14
Cinéma du réel, international festival of ethnographic and sociological films at the Centre Pompidou, supported by the C.N.R.S. (French national center for research) and by the “Comité du film ethnographique” (Ethnographic film committee), in order to promote the documentary cinema. Films completed after November 17th 2014. Submit through online platform, or DVD.

Passenger Bar (Brooklyn, NY) ongoing
Monthly Short Film Competition. Submit your short film or music video, under ten minutes, for Passenger Bar’s film competition! We will be choosing 8-10 short films for judging in the first hour and up to 10 music videos to be a separate competition afterward. Email a YouTube or Vimeo link of the short to PassengerBar@gmail.com for consideration. You will then need to bring the .mov file, nothing too large, for viewing the night of the event.

Mountain Pico Festival (Portugal) 10/25/14
We accept films with a “mountain theme” or setting. You can send via email montanhapicofestival@gmail.com or via the film festival sites: FestHome or Film Festival Life (look on right sidebar for submission links). Submit email or online platform.

World Film Festival (Estonia) 10/25/14
World Film Festival is an event dedicated to the documentary cinema. The festival develops interest towards anthropological, analytical approach to cultures and societies, welcoming documentary film entries from all over the world. Our film program turns attention to cultural exchange as well as representations of other cultures and everyday life across the world. Submit online screener.

Strawberry Shorts Film Festival (UK) 04/18/15
online submission form, then send in DVD with permission slip
Films can be of any genre but should be less than 20 minutes long.

Prague Short Film Festival 11/1/14
A competitive Festival of short films. Its aim is to contribute to the development and promotion of artistic short films and their production. Submit link to film online or DVD by mail.

24 hours of Nuremberg 11/15/14
A 24 hour festival. The name of the festival is also the agenda! Short films will be shown nonstop. Submit film by mail.

Chicago Palestine Film Festival 11/15/14
The Chicago Palestine Film Festival (CPFF) exhibits and promotes films by Palestinian directors and films about Palestine.  CPFF is dedicated to presenting a film festival that is open, critical, and reflective of the culture, experience and vision of the filmmakers. Submit online form, stills and DVDs (2).

Demonic Chronic Film Festival (DCFF) 12/1/14
Presents the best in stoner films to film lovers from across the United States of America. Eagerly welcoming both fictional and documentary projects, DCFF champions the stoner genre defying storytelling that advances positive messages related to Cannabis. The festival bestows a variety of showcases Feature Film, Feature Documentary, Short Film, and Short Documentary.At DCFF, there are numerous ways to be recognized, but they all begin with a stellar submission. Send your best stoner cinematic achievement to DCFF today, and become a valuable part of this inaugural celebration. Submit online- use contact form.

Inferno Pizzeria llc Short Film Festival (Slippery Rock, PA) 09/26/14
All genres. Anyone can enter. Films 3-8 minutes long. Submit by mail.

Trieste Science+Fiction (Italy) 09/26/14
Trieste Science+Fiction – Trieste International Science-Fiction Festival – is a multidisciplinary event devoted to exploring the realms of the “fantastic” genre, the use of new technologies and experimental languages in film, television and visual arts.
The main purpose of Trieste Science+Fiction is to represent and promote, in Italy and its neighbouring countries, “fantastic” productions from all over the world, focusing particularly on science- fiction and fantasy cinematographic and audio-visual works. Submit DVD.

Dieciminuti Film Festival, Ceccano, Italy 09/30/14
Festival, created in 2005 by IndieGesta , was able to quickly become one of the events dedicated to short films most important in Italy. The main aim of the Festival is to present short movies, animated movies and social spots. Submit DVD or online through: Movibeta, Festhome, Uptofest, or Click for Festival platforms.

Stilless, & the Moving Image, Wellington, New Zealand 09/30/14
Create a short film between 30 seconds and two minutes long on the topic of ‘stillness’.

ZZUB Fest, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom 09/30/14
Shorts between 3-10 minutes, genres: pulp, trash, cult, sci-fi, horror, gore and B-Movie. You can enter a film, a pop video, an advert, a trailer, animation – anything new and original within the genres. ZZUB expects all film makers to use their own integrity in using non-copyright material in their films and will accept no responsibility for non-compliant filmmakers. DVD submissions.

Trieste film festival, Trieste, Italy 09/30/14
International Features, Documentaries and Shorts.

The following festivals were submitted by, and are posted on the Click for Festivals Website. They are no fee festivals, but there are fees to use the Click for Festivals submission site.

best of luck,

Tracy

Nasicae Short Movie Festival 9/30/14
The authors will be requested to focus their works on one main subject, sport, and all related issues, such as love, hard work, sacrifice, determination, discipline, friendship, doping, race, disability, injury, teamwork, victory, fellowship, etc. expressed through the sections established in the call, including documentaries, dramas and docudramas. Competition entries will go from 5 to 30 minutes. SPORTmovie: Works must have the sport as a subject or any subject related to it. ShortOFF: The Festival, however, is willing to reward even the shorts off the festival subject, that will be admitted to compete for the Best Short off award. ShortYOUNG: Will accept short films about childhood and youth to the BEST SHORT / medium length (about childhood) MENTIONS OF HONOR (plaque) We accept short films with subtitles in English, French and Italian. Should send the selected version with subtitles in ITALIAN. Submit online.

Certamen de Video Joven de Irun 10/10/2014
Open to filmmakers of any nationality born between 1979 and 1996, with works produced after July 1, 2013. Each filmmaker may submit up to 2 short. Applies only to short fiction contest, which may be submitted in any language, with a maximum of 20 minutes each.+ Short films: The theme will be free, treated from the particular look of the author (experimental, short, video, video art …). This section is open to filmmakers of any nationality born between 1997 and 2000. Each contestant may submit one work, which may be submitted in any language, not to exceed 3 minutes long, with no need to include credits. The short may be made with: video camera, photo, mobile, webcam, etc … Bidasoa region: Only for filmmakers of the region. Spanish subtitles are mandatory. Submit online Click for Festivals.