Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival (Scotland) 11/2013
short artists’ films, moving image works and feature films. Our 2014 theme is ‘DreamLand’, focusing on film explorations of the natural world as a place of dreams, the dream of nature, and the natural world correspondent with the subconscious world.

Anilogue International Animation Festival (Hungary) 09/15/2013
We welcome narrative,experimental, and documentary animated films, which premiered after January 1, 2012. The animated short film competition is open for European films of under 20 minutes in length; the feature film competition for films from across the globe, which are above 50 minutes in length. Entry form and dvd submission.

Tenacious Dreams Film Festival (Modesto, CA) 12/01/13
The goal of the TDFF is to provide Central Valley Californians with a chance to view the best in current domestic and international cinema that would not normally be made available to the area, all the while giving filmmakers the opportunity to experience one of the most fertile and creative regions on the planet. The festival will take place in downtown Modesto, celebrating the passion, energy and ingenuity of film. Our aim is to build a haven of inspiration for filmmakers and film fans, creating a yearly event that brings together those from within and outside the community. Accepts shorts, features or documentary films. Films must be completed NO EARLIER than 1/1/11 Submit DVD by mail or link to film by email.

Bottle Cap Film Festival (UK) 10/15/13
Bottle Cap FF celebrates the best of UK indie filmmakers, those who work outside the mainstream, who would rather be cult, than conventional.
Accepting shorts of up to 20mins in the categories: Short Fictional, Short Factual and Music Vid/Experimental. We accept DVD or online submissions.

Cartagena International Film Festival (Columbia) 10/22/2013
The annual International Film Festival of Cartagena is the only festival in the region that specializes in Ibero-American movies. It has a top international jury and exhibits the best audio-visual work of Latin America.
*Oscar Qualifying Festival. Submit link to Vimeo or 2 DVD’s. Submit form.

EcoFocus Film Festival (Athens, Georgia) 11/01/2013
a small festival that emphasizes environmental outreach and the potential of your film to inspire awareness and action among festival participants. Send link to secure online screener or two copies of your dvd and an application form by the deadline.

Beeld voor Beeld 08/30/13
Documentary film festival that is concerned with cultural diversity. Rooted in visual anthropology, the festival screens documentaries on various (sub-)cultures offering discussions and seminars. The festival serves as a meeting place for filmmakers and audiences from different cultural backgrounds. All filmmakers will be present, and much attention is given to discussions between them and the audience. A special part of the program is devoted to student films and is open to students from all educational programs on visual anthropology or documentary filmmaking. Entry is open to any production that either deals with subjects of anthropology, sociology and social issues or fits the overall theme. DVD entry.

Worldfilm (Estonia) 10/20/2013 (postmark)
an event dedicated to the documentary cinema. submit by post, dvd and other submission materials.

One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (Prague) 11/15/13
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, films made in last 2 years (2012 – 2014). upon prior agreement with the festival, unfinished films can be submitted. Submit DVD or online link.

Days of ethnographic film festival (DEF) 12/01/13
Organized by Slovene ethnological society in cooperation with the Slovene ethnographic museum and Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. The festival has following programs: Student films, Regular program and a Special program. All films and videos dealing with ethnology, anthropology, sociology or cultural studies in a wide sense, made not more than two years before the actual festival DEF, are eligible. Submit DVD and downloadable copy of film.

Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival 12/15/13 note: There is no submission fee for entries from East European (non EU) and “Third World” countries. The festival promotes documentary cinema with a special emphasis on new films, videos or interactive media (published after 1.1.2009) dealing with socio-cultural processes in a wide sense of the term. The festival is open to all filmmakers, but especially those coming from an anthropology, sociology, folklore, history etc. background . It provides a great opportunity for international exchange of ideas and co-operation in documentary filmmaking.

PISAF (Korea) 8/31/13
Puchon International Student Animation Festival, PISAF, is a student-oriented animation festival. It is a joint exhibition of graduation works of animation majors. Entry by mail or online.

Machinima Expo 08/31/13
If you have a machinima film you’d like to submit to the Expo, here is how to submit your film: Your film must be at least 50% machinima, that is, footage from a real-time engine like Moviestorm, Second Life or Half Life 2. Upload film to Vimeo.com (or other video sites like youtube.com) and provide the link to download the film.

HumanDOC International Documentary Film Festival (Warsaw) 09/01/13
The main goal of the Festival is to showcase documentary films, reports and public service announcements concerning the subject of the global development. DVD submission/deadline not postmark dated

Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival for Expanded Media (Germany) 09/01/2013
international short film category

Green Fest (Serbia) 10/11/13
The festival is the biggest annual “green” event in Serbia which aims to a raise civic activism in the nature and environment area. This year’s call includes two categories: amateur film and short film. The organizers are encouraging the participation of students independently or through school projects as well as citizens interested for this way of activism. Submit through post or upload.

The 8 Fest (Toronto) 09/30/13
Films can be: Experimental, animated, personal, handmade. Diary & essay films, documentaries. Live performance and music mixed with film. Films from everyday culture – historical footage, home movies.

Thomas Meighan digital Arts and Film Festival (Florida) 09/30/2013
TMFF is the first short format Film/Video/Digital art festival in the area which showcases film, video & animations as a tribute to Thomas Meighan’s Vision. TMfimfest is held annually at the Meighan theatre, the only historic theatre in Pasco County. The festival provides a venue for local and talented artists to showcase their work to the community in hopes to inspire and advance a greater appreciation of independent film and digital art.
Each Entry must be submitted as a digital file MP4, H.264, etc.. deliver media files via http://www.wetransfer.com, minimum resolution 720×480: Not to exceed 1920 X 1080. Each entry must be accompanied by a separate entry form.

Simultan Festival (Romania) 08/15/2013
Theme: ‘Popular Unknown’. Simultan is open for submissions of innovative works, which use technology in a creative, ingenious way or are based on a peculiar, unusual story. categories: video, experimental video, fiction, documentary, experimental documentary, motion graphics, experimental animation, digital/generative duration: maximum 10 minutes (each). submit online or by post.

Malta Horror Film Fest 9/15/13
International Film fest and submissions are open to all film makers from all over the world! We accept short horror films of all horror genres such as Gore, Paranormal Terror, Psychological Terror, Horror Animation, Docu-horror, experimental horror, and shocking fiction. This year we will accept SHORT FILMS ONLY, and we are looking forward to include different films from different countries from different filmmakers. There will be three categories. LONG SHORTS ( 15 minutes to 20 minutes duration), MEDIUM SHORTS (10 minutes to 14 minutes duration), MICRO SHORTS (1 minute to 9 minutes duration). Online screener link. note: does ask for donation.