ZZUB Fest (United Kingdom) 10/24/16
Films must be no longer than 10 minutes including all credits and titles and bewithin our 7 genres. All films must be in the English language or be presented as a copy with English subtitles. We are currently only accepting MP4 or Quicktime files via email. We will not download from external links. Please include a short summary of the film and a brief biography of key crew/cast, plus a J-Peg publicity still/poster in file format. ZZUB Fest prefers Z films, i.e., Zero budget, or low budget, self-funded independent projects.

Imagine Film Festival (Netherlands) 12/31/16
Imagine calls on short film, animation, documentary, and feature filmmakers working within the fantastic genre to submit their work.

Vienna Independent Shorts Film Festival  1/4/17*no fee for Austrian productions
Only films with Austria as at least one country of production, or with an Austrian director or producer are eligible. We are looking for films of any genre that are open to the world, yet self-contained. Exploratory or reflective approaches to topics in culture, society and politics are as important to us as a certain inner tension that arouses our curiosity and plays with our expectations. The films should touch and inspire us; they may criticize or provoke, and they should challenge us to further engage with the presented images. Content and form should be chosen deliberately and be coherent. Depending on the relevance, script, acting, visual design, sound, editing and the courage to take risks will be taken into account. Finally, the competition program should be representative of the quality and diversity of the Austrian short film. Only music videos with Austria as at least one country of production, or with an Austrian director or producer are eligible. Every year, an immense array of music videos find their way into websites like YouTube or Vimeo. In the competition programs we show a focused selection of those clips that are aware of the interplay between visual and musical level and exhibit a high degree of imagination or a great joy in experimentation. With the Screensessions we set the sophisticated framework for the often neglected perception of these audiovisual miniatures as cinematic art form. The times in which music videos have been seen primarily as a promotional tool for a song are long gone. Instead, we now look for technological innovations, a feeling of aesthetic immediacy and unconventional cinematic & musical approaches.

MediaWave International Film Festival 01/10/17
Films and videos, feature, short fiction, documentary, experimental, animation, dance, music, image/sound experimental works, musical works presented in any form or system may be entered. Any production (film and video) or performances (archaic folk music and rituals or their modern creative interpretations) may be entered that reflect ethnic, religious, musical, sexual and other aspects of small communities, ethnic groups, spiritual or other communities. “Dusty Reels” Films that were once swept away by history’s storms and were not presented due to isolation, political or economic reasons, or only a limited number of people could have seen them but not the general public, or were put back into their boxes after a few showings. We are searching for imprints of disappeared worlds, for films preserving their artistic value despite the passing of time. Special themes: “REFORMation” We expect films that present reforming and renewing endeavours of any groups or religions or stories of restarting people and reformed walks of lives. We still look forward to the reformers of film expression. We also gladly welcome the anti-globalisation and environmental conscious reformers as well as the cultural propagators with new approaches.

Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival (Norway) 01/15/17
KICFF is Norway’s largest film festival aimed at children and youth. The target group is age 3-19. The festival takes place in Kristiansand, Southern Norway. KICFF accepts features, documentaries, animations and short films from all over the world.

Anifilm (Třeboň, Czech Republic) 1/15/17
International Festival of Animated Films. ANIFILM competition sections categories are: International Competition of Feature Films; a/ Films for Grown-Ups, b/ Films for Children; International Competition of Short Films; Czech-Slovak Student Competition. Register your film through online form.

Anima (Brussels) 10/01/16
The Anima Festival accepts all animated films completed after 30/06/2015. The Festival considers all films in the following categories (see rules and regulations): International professional short films, International student or graduation films, International short films for a young audience, Feature films, Feature films for a young audience, Belgian short films, “Animated Night” short films, Commercials and music video.

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Short Short Story Film Festival 10/17/2016
The Short Short Story Film Festival is a competitive international festival of films that tell a story in under six minutes in its 10th year.

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Some festivals have just been added. In updating festivals from last November, I have noticed deadline changes. Some festivals maintain the same date each year. As always, if you notice anything awry, feel free to comment.
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Courts des îles 9/30/16
International Festival of Short Fiction Films from the Islands of the World, Courts des îles, your film must comply with the following criteria: made by a director born on an island*1, max 20 minutes, credits included, displaying the characteristics of a fiction or animation short film, the version delivered must be in French or in English, or in either one with subtitles in the other. Submission online through submission platforms.

One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (Prague) 9/30/16
Organized by People in Need. People in Need is a Czech non-profit, non-governmental organization. One World’s programme consists of two competition categories, a variety of non-competition categories and thematic categories, as well as Docs for Kids section. Films are chosen by One World’s selection committee. When selecting films, the committee concentrates equally on both human rights content and artistic quality.Films need to meet these criteria: documentary films or short animated films, feature, mid-length or short films, films provided with English subtitles or English spoken films, upon prior agreement with the festival, unfinished films can be submitted.

New Vision Film Festival (Ukraine) 11/10/16
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.

Landshut Short Film Festival 11/15/16
Competition categories: Short film competition for films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. international Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Mystery or Thriller Short Film. International Animation Short Film. Online Entry. (FFL)

BUFF Filmfestival 11/15/16
The international film festival for children and young people in Malmö, Sweden.

One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (Prague) 11/30/16
Organized by People in Need. People in Need is a Czech non-profit, non-governmental organization. One World’s programme consists of two competition categories, a variety of non-competition categories and thematic categories, as well as Docs for Kids section. Films are chosen by One World’s selection committee. When selecting films, the committee concentrates equally on both human rights content and artistic quality.Films need to meet these criteria: documentary films or short animated films, feature, mid-length or short films, films provided with English subtitles or English spoken films, upon prior agreement with the festival, unfinished films can be submitted. (for films finished between September and November 2016)

Cortex International Film Festival 11/18/16
National and international short films must comply with the following conditions in order to be selected: Genres: fiction, animation, documentary, and/or experimental; Do not exceed 30 minutes in running time, including credits; Films are presented in video format.

Festival International de Films de Femmes 11/20/16
Films directed or co-directed by women filmmakers

DOCUDAYS UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 11/30/16
Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival is held annually in the last week of March in Kyiv. On completion, Docudays UA traditionally presents the best movies in the regions of Ukraine within the Docudays UA Travelling Festival.

danubeVIDEOARTfestival 2016 11/30/16
danubeVideoArtFestival is searching for artists from all over the world to submit their latest expressions in Video Art. All kinds of VideoArt are allowed and warmly invited. Only two restrictions: Works must be single-channel and a maximum length of 10 Minutes. 

International Underwater Film Festival (Serbia) 12/05/16
underwater documentaries. BETA, mini DV, DV Cam (PAL), will accept NTSC if other formats present a hardship.