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Introduction of GZDOC Four Main Sessions:
GZDOC is the only state-level professional platform with documentary financing and trading functions and has become the pioneer in China's documentary industry, [...]





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Published: 05 May 2023
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Lucca Film Festival

Deadline: 14 Jul 2023

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival

Lucca Film Festival is an annual event that celebrates and promotes cinematographic culture. Through screenings, exhibitions, conferences and performances, the Festival has been able to captivate an ever-increasing audience with a program that ranges from experimental to mainstream films. Through the years, Lucca Film Festival has carved out a niche for itself, standing apart from the many other festivals thanks to its bold yet carefully studied programming. Over the years, great names of international filmmakers and well-known celebrities have attended Lucca Film Festival as invited guests; David Lynch, Oliver Stone, Jeremy Irons, Willem Dafoe, George Romero, Terry Gilliam, William Friedkin, Alfonso Cuarón, John Boorman, Rutger Hauer, Joe Dante and Peter Greenaway, just to [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Lucca, Italy



 
 
 
 
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Published: 05 May 2023
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ADACAM International Diversity Film Festival

Deadline: 19 May 2023

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International Festival

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The Brain Damage Association for Adults and Minors calls for the Second Edition of the International Film Festival for Diversity “ADACAM” in order to continue making the invisible visible and be able to move towards a more inclusive society, focusing on young people but also on filmmakers. professionals, students and people with social concerns.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Puerto de Sagunto, Spain



 
 

 
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Published: 05 May 2023
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ANIFF - Active Nonviolence International Film Festival

Deadline: 06 Aug 2023

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International Festival

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Feature film festival

FICNOVA is an initiative that is celebrated around the 2nd of October every two years, thus commemorating the International Day of Nonviolence declared by the United Nations. The competition phase has been held every two years since the second edition in 2014, following the unanimous decision of all the organizing venues taken in May 2015. It is organized by the non-profit Humanist Association FICNOVA in collaboration with other humanist organizations, associations, entities and people who share the transforming sensitivity of active nonviolence, in different cities of different countries.

After its first six editions held in October 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022 in different cities of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Guatemala, Mauritania, Mexico, Peru and [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Madrid, Spain



 
 
 
 
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Published: 05 May 2023
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PUNTO FINAL

Deadline: 08 Sep 2023

Call for entries

Short film festival

The theme of the contest is death understood as the end of life. The works must reflect death from the perspective of the authorship of the works.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Quinto, Spain



 
 

 
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Published: 05 May 2023
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FICdÀ Festival Internacional de Cine de Àger

Deadline: 14 May 2023

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International Festival

Short film festival

The Àger International Film Festival (FICdÀ) aims to bring cinema closer to a population that does not have easy access and to become a support space for new film talent.

The festival focuses on short films with a social theme, dealing with issues that add value to society.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Àger, Spain



 
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Published: 04 May 2023
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Apulia Web Fest

Deadline: 30 Jun 2023

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Short film festival

Apulian Web Fest is a kermesse dedicated to digital cinema and the Mediterranean Land! Web 2.0 has brought the much desired meritocracy in the audiovisual sector.
On TV and in the cinema we already have new players born right on the net.

This festival will give us, besides awarding the best audiovisual product the opportunity to learn about the thought and talent of young artists grown up in ​​the world.
Our event will be focused on the uniqueness of the Mediterranean zone, which since the dawn of humanity has been a bit of the cradle of civilization and then immediately a crossroads of intense trade and cultural meetings.

For this we would like to return to talk about the Mediterranean of Peace.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



RUVO DI PUGLIA, Italy



 
 
 

 
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Published: 04 May 2023
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MINIDOC

Deadline: 09 Oct 2023

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

Themes: solidarity perspective, lifestyles, traditions, crafts, sustainable economy, respect for the environment and all aspects of the diversity of human culture, having a specific section that addresses issues of indigenous peoples of Siberia.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Polán, Spain



 
 
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Published: 04 May 2023
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Cortogenia International short film festival

Deadline: 10 Sep 2023

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International Festival

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Cortogenia is short film festival held all year along.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Madrid, Spain



 
 
 

 
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Published: 04 May 2023
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ICA - International Cultural Artifact Film Festival

Deadline: 15 Nov 2023

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International Festival

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We want to take the serious cinema culture to the people. It is also our aim to develop a fundamental understanding of cinema in the next generations. It is our endeavor that, through this, we can organize progressive and democratic cine artists who uphold human values; and explore the possibilities of making more and more films with social consciousness.

Vision

As a unique creative and learning experience, we curate innovative programs that develop artists and leaders, inspiring them to conceive and create powerful works and ideas that are shared with the world. We believe film as an art form has the power to bridge cultures and illuminate the universality of the human experience. Our principles objectives encompass promoting film to an ever-widening audience as a powerful [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Pune, India



 
 
 
 
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Published: 04 May 2023
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CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival

Deadline: 07 May 2023

Call for entries

International Festival

Short film festival

CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival is traditionally organized in September each year, in the heart of the biggest North-Hungarian city. Since the first CineFest organized in 2004, it has become Hungary’s leading and most popular film festival. Our aim is to introduce young film-making talents from all over the world and to provide an opportunity for them to present their work. Films compete in long feature and short films sections, and there’s a so-called CineNewWave section (for animation and short films) exclusively for young filmmakers from Hungary. All the films in the competition are Hungarian premieres.

Our mission is to mediate cinematographic values on an international level. To achieve this, we provide professional help to the up growing filmmaker [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Miskolc, Hungary