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Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival

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Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival is one of the most prestigious film festivals in Portugal, reaching its 33rd edition in 2025.

Assuming as the main objective the promotion and diffusion of cinematographic and audiovisual works, selected according to quality criteria, Curtas Vila do Conde focuses on the discovery of new films and filmmakers and also on the recognised legacy of Cinema.

Short film competitions with animations, documentaries, fiction films, experimental films, and music videos, produced in 2024 or 2025, no longer than 60 minutes (exception made, under 30 minutes of duration, for Curtinhas – youth and children; My Generation – competitive section aimed for teenagers; Take One! – student films; and Music Videos), preferably with subtitles in [...]



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Published: 01 Apr 2025
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Endimaris Sitges

Deadline: 31 Aug 2025

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Competitive festival of short films with a 2SLGTBIQ+ theme, produced in the 24 months prior to the event, held in the town of Sitges (Barcelona - Spain).

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation



Sitges, Spain



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Published: 01 Apr 2025
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Festival Internacional de Cine de Xilitla

Deadline: 20 Jun 2025

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The Xilitla Film Fest aims to promote national and international cinema in its various expressions and genres.

Mexico's most surreal site proudly presents the third edition of its International Film Festival, also known as Xilitla Film Fest.

Located in the magical town of the Sierra Madre Occidental, with its lush tropical forest, this place captivated Edward James, who built his surreal garden here—a monument to an overflowing imagination.

In 2025, this festival will once again take place, celebrating cinematic diversity through a wide range of genres and styles, including documentary, fantasy, horror, magical realism, science fiction, erotic, porn, musical and many other innovative proposals.

The festival is organized by Centro James, Cervecería James, and the Edward [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



San Luis Potosí , Mexico



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Published: 30 Mar 2025
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i-Fest International Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Aug 2025

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i-Fest International Film Festival is an international cultural event dedicated to Cinema and New Technologies, to date it is indicated among the most important and representative events of the Italian panorama and an essential innovative creative, educational and experiential appointment for the territories in which it takes place, Calabria and Palermo (Sicily).
i-Fest, a registered brand, is an original innovative cultural project, incredibly rich in artistic proposals and relevant cultural and experiential activities, multidisciplinary and transversal in the involvement of a vast territory and specific target audiences.
The uniqueness of i-Fest was born in the planning phase, it is in fact the Festival of the "5 i":
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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Castrovillari, Italy



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Published: 29 Mar 2025
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Ibizacinefest - 10º Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Ibiza

Deadline: 10 Feb 2026

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We conceive IBZCF as a window into contemporary cinema, its new trends and creators who contribute new narrative paths to create vibrant, necessary, and modern films.
The 10th edition of IBZCF will take place in 10 venues across the island's five municipalities and online on the Filmin platform. Ibizacinefest renews its commitment to Ibiza and its culture through a program of national and international titles never before seen on the island, exclusive premieres in the Balearic Islands and Spain, activities aimed at professionals, short film sections to discover and promote local and Balearic talent, and our educational program with special screenings to create new audiences.

Reflection will also be given space through open discussions on the relationship between cinema and [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Ibiza, Spain



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Published: 29 Mar 2025
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POLIFEST UPV

Deadline: 07 May 2025

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Polifest is a festival of short films created by students. This festival serves as a collaborative tool and a platform for showcasing the work of young individuals who are developing projects and short films.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Gandia, Spain



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Published: 29 Mar 2025
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Festival Internacional De Cine Comunitario Historias En Kilómetros (FICC HEK) - Sur A Sur

Deadline: 15 May 2025

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The International Community Film Festival Historias en Kilómetros (FICC HEK) - SOUTH TO SOUTH, celebrates its second edition in 2025 claiming community cinema as a space for meeting, creation and audiovisual resistance. Under the slogan “A Party to Believe Again” this festival seeks to amplify the voices of communities in the Global South, making visible stories of struggle, resilience and peace building. In this edition, we focus on art and culture as drivers of change, social leadership in the defense of the territory, the peasantry as a political subject and promoter of peace, and education as a pillar for social, environmental and gender justice.

In 2025, FICC HEK - SOUTH TO SOUTH will tour different territories, taking its programming to communities on three continents. [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Tierra Grata, Ibagué, Cereté, Tumaco, Colombia



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Published: 29 Mar 2025
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Nuova Rassegna Paradiso

Deadline: 31 Jul 2025

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The cultural association Tetra Vision, organizer of the “Nuova Rassegna Paradiso”, officially announces the opening of registrations for the third edition of the festival, which will take place on December 5, 2025, at a prestigious movie theater. The festival celebrates independent cinema, showcasing young talent and creating a meeting point for filmmakers, artists, and enthusiasts of the seventh art.

The event aims to stimulate a deep reflection on the themes of invisibility and marginalization through the language and evocative power of cinema.
The festival invites participants to explore the invisible dimension, including themes such as:
- Social isolation and alienation
- Dependencies of all kinds (psychological, emotional, technological, and forms of substance abuse)
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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Sant'antonio abate, Italy



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Published: 29 Mar 2025
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MECAL Lab

Deadline: 15 May 2025

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Mecal Pro, the Barcelona International Short and Animation Film Festival, will celebrate its 27th edition. The long history of MECAL PRO has consolidated it as one of the most important short film festivals in Europe and the world, thus receiving the support of local, national and international institutions. We have screened in 2024 more than 300 short films in 29 sections that we program.

Mecal is strongly committed to promoting the exhibition and dissemination of audiovisual creations in the short format, not only with the public, but also in having creators and distributors meet through different activities. Mecal is also devoted to foster emerging talent, by holding events and awards specially aimed at young creators. In this sense, it also works as a short film [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Barcelona, Spain



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Published: 28 Mar 2025
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Maniatic, Festival Internacional De Cine Fantástico De Manises

Deadline: 01 Aug 2025

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MANIATIC- FANTASTIC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF MANISES it´s a festival of fantastic genre to bring the world of the short film to the new generations of spectators who otherwise would not have access to the latest creations of the future directors of cinema.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Manises, Spain



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Logo of Festival Cine Mediterráneo- Ficsem
Published: 28 Mar 2025
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Festival Cine del Mediterráneo- Ficsem

Deadline: 20 Apr 2025

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FICSEM Festival, in the Mediterranean area.


For major reasons, and having been immersed in a situation in which we have all been affected, we have decided to adapt to the current situation, and give a new focus to our festival. Maintaining the enthusiasm and passion we feel for the artistic world.


Our festival is aimed at the dissemination and promotion of film authors related to topics of social and/or ecological value.


Because we believe in the power of art as a transformative medium, our contribution from this festival is to give visibility to projects that address environmental and social changes in which we are immersed. We are an international festival because we understand the world beyond barriers, and because we are moved by the need to get to know other cultures [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Torrevieja, Spain



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