CPH PIX 1/28/14
CPH is the international letter-code for Copenhagen. PIX is an abbreviated rewrite of the word ‘pictures’, in reference to films. A passion for feature films will always be the heart of the festival, as well as the strategy behind the concerts, debates and other events at the festival.Feature films in all genres and music documentaries are eligible. Note: First features: Free of charge, Animation Shorts: Free of charge, Danish features or Danish co-productions: Free of charge. Entry fee for all other films.
Kingston ARTS London Student Festival
Kingston ARTS London Student Festival (KALSF) 1/20/14
An international level screen & performing art student festival, KALSF invites students from universities, schools and colleges and provides them with the opportunity to showcase their projects (screen & performance) to a vast variety of audience including students, faculty members from several institutions and also to industry professionals during the main event. Kingston ARTS London Student Festival is aiming to showcase the work of creative and aspiring students by accommodating departments such as media, scriptwriting, music, films, animation, dance & drama. Online screener (Youtube, Vimeo, etc) and/or downloadable file (WeTransfer, Dropbox, etc.)
Prokuplje short film festival
Prokuplje short film festival 3/31/14
We would like to invite filmmakers from around the world to submit their films. Ganre: fiction, documentary, animation and experimental
Theme: Free Choice Films produced after the 1st of January 2012; less than 15 minutes in length; and with dialogue or subtitled in the Serbian language, or no dialogue; Submit DVD or use online file sharing site.
Extremely Young Film Festival
Extremely Young Film Festival 1/15/13 *extended to 2/1/14
Born out of the spirit of Aurora Picture Show’s Extremely Shorts Film Festival, the Extremely Young Film Festival shines a spotlight on short films up to three minutes long from filmmakers 17 years old and under. The festival celebrates their creative and technical strengths in film and displays their interpretations of the world in which they live. These youth are the voices of future media expression. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Online submission form (link to film on Vimeo).
Grand Junction Film Festival
Grand Junction Film Festival (Colorado) ongoing
GJFF has seen its fair share of thought-provoking and engaging films from many different countries of orgin. This film festival differs from others in the western region because of how accessible it has become for filmmakers to screen their work. Whether a student film or an intimate work created by a seasoned filmmaker, GJFF stands out amongst the others because of how it gathers submissions: no rules, no regulations and the winners for ‘Best Feature’ and ‘Best Short’ are decided 100% by audience choice. The call for entries is ALWAYS open. If the roster is full for the year, we will automatically keep your film for next year’s consideration. Send link to film by email or send DVD by mail.
Gothenburg Independent Film Festival
Gothenburg Independent Film Festival (Sweden) 4/10/14
A new upcoming festival for independent film makers arranged by the NGO Film För Fred (film for peace). The festival aspires to acknowledge and inform about the urgent social, environmental and political issues of the world. Using film to approach these questions in artistic and creative ways, we wish to create a common space where organisations, filmmakers and audience from different countries can meet to discuss and cooperate for future projects. The film must be about issues related to peace, environment and justice. File download / DVD or USB submission. Facebook.
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Golden Anteaters (Poland) 3/01/14
Short films, under 30 minutes. We appreciate anyone who tries to express themselves through independent cinema, we reward those who do it best. Films will be awarded in many categories. Tradition of Lublin Independent Film Festival Golden Anteaters is inventing some crazy categories. Submissions from amateurs, students, graduates and independent filmmakers. Winners get Gold Anteater statuette. Fill out application form, submit file sharing link through email, or DVD by mail.
Angelholm International Video Art Festival (Sweden) 03/01/14
the purpose is to create a new, alternative, peripheral meeting point for emerging and established video and media artists from all over the world. submissions by post- above is the date received, not postmark.
Festival de Cannes 3/3/14
note: there is no fee for short films. Some requirements include: Films that have not been shown on the Internet, under 15 minutes in length, including credits. DVD submission.
Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival (Ankara, Turkey) 03/10/14
The festival is an international organization where feature length, short, documentary and animation films by women directors from Turkey and around the world are presented to the audiences within the framework of specific themes, panels discussions and exhibitions.
DIY Film Festival (Poland) 08/30/14
DIY FILM FEST is the first and the only cyclic movie event focusing entirely on counterculture and its creative influence on surrounding reality. DIY FILM FEST also attempts to redefine certain ideas and concepts. It is a homage paid to creativity devoid of particularistic and capitalistic values, as well as an invitation to everyone appreciating independent culture to document and archive its signs and achievements, assuring that they would get to wider audience. Email about submission.
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Marda Loop Justice Film Festival 6/1/14
The MLJFF is Canada’s premiere human rights, environmental, and social issues documentary film festival. The festival hosts an annual mid-November festival, a Calgary film series, and a traveling Canadian film series. Submit through WAB. (no fee, though)
Leamington Underground Cinema (UK) ongoing
The LUC selection committee is currently looking for film submissions in two categories: Feature length films, of any genre, that could be screened as part of our next festival in October 2014. Short films to be included in the programme of any upcoming LUC live events or on-line film nights. We want to show original short films that will entertain, move, perplex, surprise and even maybe outrage our audience. We will always favour something interesting and entertaining but a bit rough over something technically amazing but dull – but if you can manage both you could well be onto a winner. Any genre or style as long as it fits with the general LUC feel as described above. Submit link to online film through submission form or email.
Portsmouth Short Film Night
From the festival:
The next Portsmouth Short Film Night is happening in Friday February 28 at PPMtv, 280 Marcy Street, Portmouth, NH, and we want to show your film! We’re looking for shorts of any genre (or un-genre) from independent filmmakers interested in screening their film to an audience. That’s why you made it, right?
Portsmouth Short Film Night (New Hampshire) ongoing
Short films, all genres. We give preference to those who can be present to talk with the audience about their film, but we’re also very interested in showing inspiring work from around the world. Since we’re trying to keep the night to a reasonable length, if we receive more films than we have time for we might not be able to screen your film this time, but we’ll keep it in mind for the future. Submit link for streaming or download. Also be sure to let us know if one of the filmmakers can come talk at the screening, so we can consider you first.
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Krakow Film Festival (KFF), Poland 01/31/14
International short film competition open to documentary, animated and feature films with a running time of 30 minutes or less.Polish premiere is required. international documentary film competition open to documentaries with a running time exceeding 30 minutes (mid- and feature-length).Polish premiere is required. NEW! international music documentary competition open to music documentary films with a running time exceeding 30 minutes (mid- and feature-length). Polish premiere is required. Upload on website or send DVD.
Comic Con International Film Festival 02/03/14
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.
Kimera International Film Festival – (Italy) 02/14/14
Shorts. For short-movies are planned three (3) sections: Animation: works done by complete or prevalent use of animation (traditional, CGI or any other kind), Fiction: non-animation works, Social committed shorts: all kind of works (animation or fiction) that have the express purpose to give more sensibility on subjects like: discrimination, racism, violence, social discomfort, inequality, work, women’s conditions, underage diseases and similar. no online submissions. USB or DVD submissions only.
Dokfilm (Norway) 02/15/14
The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival. We accept films from 2012 and 2013. In our program for foreign films we want films with a distinct style and substance that provide other perspectives than the Norwegian films. Online submission form.
FILE – Electronic Language International Festival (São Paulo) 02/20/14
For 2014, artists and researchers may submit their work in the three main categories: Interactive Art, Digital Language and Electronic Sonority; besides proposals for FILE Workshop, which aims to disseminate the technology as a means of artistic development. Online submission form. Link to downloadable file.
Kimera International Film Festival (Italy) 03/01/14
Features. Two categories: Fantastic and Generic Cinema. The festival is open to competitors from all-over the world, with no exceptions. DVD submissions.
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