Cinefest Sudbury 8/16/13
Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival is now accepting submissions for the 2013 Best in Shorts competition. Submissions will be judged on originality, visual storytelling and production value. The competition is open to Northern Ontario filmmakers in the CTV Northern Ontario Coverage Area only. DVD submission.

Westerville Public Library Film Festival (Ohio) 8/9/13
Important: note the following criteria: Films must adhere to the time frames specified- this includes title and credits. Films that are too short or too long will be disqualified. Documentary: 5-10 minutes, Feature Film: 5-10 minutes, Music Video: 2-5 minutes, Book Trailer: 2-5 minutes. All entries must creatively make use of a book at some point in the film or mention a character from the book if creating a book trailer. Any published book may be used as well as any character from a published book. All entries must adhere to G or PG rating guidelines. Online Entry Form with Youtube submission.

Nile’s Diaspora International Film Festival 9/30/13
NDIFF competition categories are: Best Narrative Feature, Best Narrative Short, Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Short, Festival Programmer’s Award and People’ Choice Award and with the exception of People’ Choice Award, all films are judged by an independent panel. We are actively engaging the African Diaspora community through this festival and other artistic staged events with a view to helping contribute in various grassroots developmental endeavors within the various African communities. We’re here to present the newest and best relevant films from around the world, and ensure that our audience learns something along the way about other cultures, about the topic at hand, and about the experience from the filmmakers themselves. DVD submission.

STUFF 2013 6/29/13 * NOTE: THIS IS THE FREE SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Categories are Underground, LGBT, Sisterhood in Film. We are looking for international, national and local fantastic, art, animation, horror, docs, student films, video installations and everything in between. Best Short, Feature and Doc go on to compete in the Film ExChange Film Festival Network (7 Regional and International Film Festivals) for the Crossroads Award.

1st International Documentary Film Festival of Buenos Aires 7/1/13
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Indiana Short Film Festival 7/1/13
We accept submissions in all genres from all over the world. We do have a separate category for films produced by students (Grade 12 and under) that is limited to Indiana residents only. Items can be sent on DVD, Blu Ray, USB Thumbdrives, SD Cards, Compact Flash, or Memory Sticks. All items must be sent as a file in Windows (PC) Formatted Media.

Fancine- Fantastic Film Festival 7/1/13
Shortfilms and On-line Shortfilms competition. The presentation of a selection of the best world film production of feature and short films of
Fantastic genre under all its variants (Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror) as well as other similar
genres (adventure, thriller, experimental, etc.). DVD submissions.

Puerto Rico Horror Film Festival 7/1/13
Puerto Rico Horror Film Fest is the first and only international film festival in the caribbean devoted to Sci-Fi, Thriller, Fantasy, Dark Humor, Bizarre and the very best of Horror in Short and Feature Films. DVD submission.

Arlington Short Animation Film Festival 7/1/13
An evening outdoor festival showcasing local animated work for all ages. Animated shorts will be projected on an outdoor screen. We seek entries from novice and experienced filmmakers this is a great chance to showcase your short animated films. Priority will be given to Arlington filmmakers, but work from all over Massachusetts is welcome. DVD submission.

XII St.Petersburg International Festival of Debut and Student Films BEGINNING 7/1/13
This year our festival focuses on debuts and film school productions, which means that our traditional student film program will be accompanied by two competitions – feature debut films and short fiction, documentary and animation debut films.  DVD subtitled in English/ alternatively dubbed in English or an internet link to vimeo.com, youtube.com etc. including a password

Pool Festival 7/4/13
POOL is a recurring format for dance- and animation film. Aiming for becoming a platform for dancer, choreographers, directors, artists, organizers and other interested people, POOL offers space for exchange of experiences, developing and advanced training, and presentation. German or English or subtitled in one of the two languages. Videos and films that enter the contest should not be longer than 30 minutes. Please send us two completely labled DVDs (one copy for viewing and one for presentation with video file in good compression).

Tashkent International Film Forum 7/10/13
“Golden Guepard” announces call for entries – feature, short and animated films – for participation in the competition-based and non-competition programs of the film forum. DVD submission.

The Duhok International Film Festival (Duhok, Kurdistan) 7/10/13
Submissions should fall into these categories:Feature films: narrative fiction features from around the world and Kurdistan (Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Syria) with a minimum length of 60min. Documentaries: documentary films from around the world with a minimum length of 60min and from Kurdistan with a minimum length of 30min. Short Films: the short film with a maximum length og 30min can be narrative fiction or documentary and has to be produced in Kurdistan, be an Kurdish co-production or at least have a Kurdish director.

Athens International Film Festival (Greece) 7/13/13
Attracting young audiences, exceeding 50.000 people, AIFF is a great way to get your film noticed. To submit your film, fill in the application for and send it off along with a screener. AIFF is seeking features, documentaries, short films.

Fancine- Fantastic Film Festival 7/15/13
Feature films  The presentation of a selection of the best world film production of feature and short films of
Fantastic genre under all its variants (Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror) as well as other similar
genres (adventure, thriller, experimental, etc.). DVD submissions.

London Iranian Film Festival 7/17/13
The only annual festival to present Iranian cinema in the UK. The festival aims to produce the best, and most diverse, Iranian film programme in the country, and to attract as many people as possible to view Iranian cinema.

ARKIPEL 6/20/13
International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival. A cross-media and cross-discipline film festival which refers to how the aesthetic of the film work presented able to inspire or bring new thought from the efforts of exploring film and/or its technology knowledge. The festival will also see how the methods used to achieve aesthetic language to provide choice and scalable method that can be read as a written knowledge.

Cinema Vérité, 7th Iran International Documentary Film Festival (Tehran, Iran) 7/15/13
The festival tries to express the relationship between reality and truth though documentary films. DVD entry.

Lille International Film Festival 6/15/13
Specializes in short films, the animated film and the new images, the association supports numerous institutional and socio-cultural factors. Submit work by FTP upload.

BFI London Film Festival 6/14/13 * no fee for UK films
Short films (40 mins or less). Note: There are no fees for UK features or shorts. Please see regulations for information regarding ‘UK production’ classification. For short film submissions, we can accept a secure online viewing link and password (e.g. Vimeo) or alternatively please submit a DVD by post.

Cyprus International Film Festival 6/15/13
Films produced the last 36 months can participate in CYIFF 2013. These films must be premieres in Cyprus. General Categories: Feature Films (120 minutes max. length), Short Films (up to 20 minutes), Animation Films (120 minutes max. length), Sport Films – ‘Fair Play’ (sports genre and/or olympic spirit) (120 minutes max. length), Diaspora GreekCypriot cinematographers’ Films – ‘Nostimon Imar’ (Greek/Cypriot cinematographers who live abroad)
(120 minutes max. length), Comedy Films (120 minutes max. length), Dance Films and VIDEO DANCE (up to 60 minutes), Music Films – Video Clips (that are not released yet, up to 5 minutes), Film, Video & Poetry (up to 60 minutes), Children films (120 minutes max. length). Submit online form to receive application.

MIX Copenhagen 6/15/13
Oldest running film festival in Denmark and one of the oldest LGBT film festivals in the world. This year from the 19th to the 28th of October marks the 27th MIX Copenhagen. Submit by email with link to film.

BFI London Film Festival 6/28/13 * no fee for UK films
Feature length films (more than 40 mins). Note: There are no fees for UK features or shorts. Please see regulations for information regarding ‘UK production’ classification. DVD by post.

Filmfestival Münster 6/30/13
Invites film makers to submit their entries for the European Feature Film Competition, which is an integral part of our festival for the fifth time round. The focus of this year’s competition is the theme: Time.

Edmonton International Film Festival 6/15/13
Note: submission fees waived only for the following cagetories: OUR OWN BACKYARD (Alberta filmmakers), ALBERTA HIGH SCHOOL FILMMAKERS. and ALUMNI filmmakers ‘alumni’ is defined as a filmmaker who was a producer/director/writer on a previously submitted film  in 2010 or later (regardless of whether that film was an ‘official selection’).. Shorts (50-mins. or less), feature-length (north of 50-minutes), documentaries of all lengths, animation, comedy, family, and films created by Albertans.  Withoutabox preferred.

dokumentArt European Film Festival for Documentaries 6/14/13
The 22. dokumentART – European Festival for Documentaries  takes place from 18th to 22th October 2013 in Neubrandenburg and Szczecin simultaneously. The festival showcases current European documentary films in formats that range from the traditional to the experimental. The main focal point of the festival is the European Competition, in which films of up to 60 minutes in length compete for a total of eight prizes. DVD submission.