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Cittador International Film Festival

The Cittador International Film Festival in Vienna is an annual two-day event presenting international, European and Austrian independent short films. Our Film Festival was created with the goal of showcasing and honoring emerging film talent, inspiring and entertaining audiences, as well as motivating filmmakers and inspiring film lovers. We aim to discover and highlight current cinematic themes and endeavors worldwide in short film. Therefore, we show films as a palette from all film genres, so that a comprehensive cinematic picture can be created for the film audience. It is important for us to hear the opinions of the filmmakers, to give a space for their thoughts and to share their visions with the audience through an interview. Our festival is addressed to all filmmaker who love inspirational, high quality, engaging, original, and imaginative short films like we do.

Cittador International Film Festival considers short films up to 30 minutes length.

The live cinema screenings of the winning films will take place at the beautiful Studiokino Lugner City in Vienna, Austria.

 

Tokyo CINEMASTERS Film Festival Calls for Entries

Welcome to Tokyo CINEMASTERS International Film Festival.  We are hosting our 1st Annual Festival in OCT 1st 2020 at Tokyo Cine Center. Through discovering films and directing talent from across the globe, our film festival was founded with the mission of developing the next generation of cinema.  Japan loves all cinema, regardless of country, language, or race.  The culture of watching films with subtitles is well established here, with releases from a multitude of natio...

Central States IndieFanFilmFest

CSIFFF 2019 will be held May. 28 - 31, 2019 with 3 full days of LIVE SCREENINGS at the plush and smoke-free Jumer's Casino in Rock Island, IL. Their fantastic viewing rooms and discounted room rates make for a great intimate festival experience. Quad Cities International Airport is minutes away, or visit CHICAGO on the weekend - Chicago's O'Hare and Midway International Airports are within a few hours drive!

CSIFFF celebrates the diversity of Americans and all human beings, so in addition to our general call for submissions, we are issuing a call for films with innovative, progressive and balanced stories from and concerning women, the LGBTQ community, seniors, and those of Latin, African, Asian, Middle Eastern, and Native American descent.

CSIFFF's RED CARPET AWARDS CEREMONY on Friday is an evening long event and a night to remember - with a four-course meal, table wines, film clips, photo ops, and awards throughout. You won't want to miss it!

CSIFFF is an International Film Festival that also celebrates the creative talent and diversity of the American Central States. We are dedicated to REAL INDIE FILMMAKERS - not the big studio spinoffs calling themselves as such. Central States Indie FanFilmFest is held in Rock Island, Illinois, which along with Davenport, Bettendorf and Moline make up the Quad Cities along the Mighty Mississippi River in America's heartland.

Although FILMS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM AROUND THE WORLD, additional categories are open for submissions from the following Central States: Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, and North and South Dakota, and Wisconsin.. 

We are very excited to meet you and to review your creative gem. We understand how precious each film is to its creators and will work with you and the growing Central States Film Community to cultivate your craft in the coming months and years. OUR PROMISE - to diligently endeavor to empower INDEPENDENT filmmakers and celebrate film CREATIVITY and DIVERSITY in the Central States and around the world!

"Barn Dance" (working title) - animated musical short

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Hello, all! I am currently developing a short animated musical film with a lot of Cow-reography, tentatively titled "Barn Dance". If the story stands (and dances!) on its own, maybe even makes some headway in festivals, I am hoping to milk that for all it is worth--to get permission to use a specific piece of music.  If that doesn't work, I can come up with some music on my own or enlist help, but it was written with one song in mind. Please check out the attached script.&n...

Internet Film Festival

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The Internet Film Festival will be held December 1-2, 2018.  Call for submissions is now open.  With 23 categories, your film will have a showcase. ...

LOCAL SUGAR going to Malmö, Sweden!

LOCAL SUGAR is going to The Financing Forum for Kid's Content in Malmo, Sweden! (Sorry if I missed an umlaut--I'm fighting the text editor...) Local Sugar is a family-friendly, Louisiana-set animated feature screenplay that has been winning and placing high in various contests--time to talk to people who can get movies made, no matter where on Earth that takes me! If you're a fan of animation and storie

Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival

A not-to-be missed annual juried festival showcasing animated and live-action science fiction, fantasy, and horror-tinged short films from around the globe.

EMP Museum in partnership with SIFF will present the 12th annual Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival in early 2017.

The festival brings together industry professionals in filmmaking and the genres of science fiction and fantasy to encourage and support new, creative additions to science fiction and fantasy cinema arts. The festival will showcase animated and live-action science fiction and fantasy films.

Filmmakers from around the world are encouraged to submit to this acclaimed festival. Admitted films are judged by a nationally recognized jury comprised of luminaries in the fields of science fiction and fantasy.

Local Sugar

LOCAL SUGAR--Look at all the laurels! It's been a whirlwind trip through all of these festivals--some enough I was lucky enough to go to in person, some only live online, and others are on my bucket list.  If you want to see what all the fuss is about, please go check out the script at http://www.animation-writer.com .

Local Sugar, a Louisiana animated feature screenplay

LOCAL SUGAR, a Louisiana animated feature screenplay Mouse mayor Mary Lou, newly elected--her wedding to beau Sly Snake is expected. Unfortunately for the town, the sugar mill has just burned down. Rowley (frog and, frankly, scum) has town and bride under his thumb. Just one day--that's all Sly's got, to save his gal and foil the plot. "Best Screenplay - Animation" 2014 International Family Film ...

Local Sugar - Meet Deputy Tib, dogged detective

DEPUTY TIB from LOCAL SUGAR

Local Sugar - Meet Sheriff Hoggert, justice on the hoof

SHERIFF HOGGERT from LOCAL SUGAR

Local Sugar - Meet Miz Coco - part of our gatored community

MIZ COCO from LOCAL SUGAR

Local Sugar - Meet Uncle Neet - captain, mascot, CEO--ghost?

UNCLE NEET from LOCAL SUGAR

Local Sugar - Meet Bucky, paperboy and serial entrepreneur

BUCKY DEPLANQUE from LOCAL SUGAR

Local Sugar - Meet slimy local land baron Rowley--if you must

ANTHONY J. ROWLEY from LOCAL SUGAR

Local Sugar - Meet Sly Snake, our handless but handy mechanic

SLY SNAKE from LOCAL SUGAR

LOCAL SUGAR, a Louisiana animation screenplay - Teaser poster

Here's a teaser poster for multiple-award-winning animated feature screenplay LOCAL SUGAR. http://www.facebook.com/localsugarmovie Story by Andrew R. Garrett Poster art by Ann Smith

Leeds International Film Festival Last Call for Entries 2015

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Final Submission Deadline is September 11th for Leeds International Film Festival This is your final chance to submit your features and shorts to Leeds International Film Festival 2015. Submissions are open until September 11th 2015. You can SUBMIT to the festival through Withoutabox or FilmFreeway. There are £5000 cash prizes available across our short film competitions and LIFF is also a qualifying film festival for the Academy Awards and&n...

Les Nuits en Or

L’Académie des César présente le Panorama, un programme exceptionnel qui rassemble l'ensemble des films de courts métrages récompensés en 2015 par leur Académie Nationale de Cinéma (Oscar, Goya, Bafta…).

Un voyage extraordinaire autour de la planète cinéma, à la découverte des cultures du monde et des cinéastes de demain.

Qui n’a pas rêvé de rencontrer Jane Campion, Lars Von Trier ou encore David Lynch à leurs débuts quand personne ne soupçonnait encore tout à fait la carrière qui les attendait ?

Refléter l’excellence cinématographique et célébrer le meilleur du film court, remarquable moyen d’expression permettant de faire éclore chaque année tant de nouveaux talents, c’est l’ambition du Panorama.

Nouveauté cette année, le Panorama est accueilli par 9 Académies de Cinéma Européennes et sillonne autant de capitales : Madrid, Lisbonne, Athènes, Rome, Genève, Luxembourg, Bruxelles, Stockholm et Paris !

Une occasion unique pour les Académies de Cinéma Européennes d’engager une coopération novatrice de mise en valeur de la diversité cinématographique mondiale et de participer, à leur manière, à l’échange entre les cultures.

 

The Académie des César presents an exceptional program that brings together all the short films rewarded in 2015 by their National Film Academy (Oscar, Goya, Bafta ...).

An extraordinary journey around the world of Cinema, enabling the discovery of different cultures and tomorrow’s filmmakers.

Have you ever dreamt of meeting Jane Campion, Lars Von Trier or David Lynch in their early days when no one could entirely imagine the career ahead of them ?

Reflecting Cinema excellence and celebrating the best of the short film production, a remarkable means of expression that reveals new talents every year, these are the ambitions of the Nuits en Or’s Panorama.

New this year, the Panorama is hosted by 9 European Film Academies and travels through several capitals: Madrid, Lisbon, Athens, Rome, Geneva, Luxembourg, Brussels, Stockholm and Paris !

A unique opportunity for European Film Academies to initiate an innovative cooperation, shedding light on the diversity of worldwide films and participate, in their own way, in the exchange between cultures.

CALL FOR ENTRIES ANIMATED COM AWARD at ITFS – Deadline: January 15, 2015

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In 2015 Stuttgart will again open up the doors to the great world of animated film. And the competition for the golden Trickstars starts anew. The Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) will offer a platform to filmmakers, directors and production companies to present their films and give the fans of animated film the chance to watch animated short and feature films of all genres for six days. The ITFS is one of the biggest and most important international festivals for animated film. It has...

Animated Eden

Animated Eden is Cumbria’s first international short animation festival!
The day will include animated short film screenings both local and worldwide, talks and Q&A animators, live music accompanying animation and puppets. Barry Purves will be headlining with talks and screenings. There will also be The Art of Wallace and Gromit exhibition with sets, animation stations, art, storyboard processes and screenings.

It will take place in Rheged Centre and at a different venue for the evening event.

Animated Eden 2013 is a kickstarter event to raise funds to make next years festival even bigger. Please donate to support this and future events in animation, along with animators worldwide. http://animatededen.wix.com/festival#!donate/c20vc

CALL FOR ENTRIES - Thurrock International Film Festival

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  Enter your short film now to Thurrock International Film Festival; the UK's fastest growing short film festival. Closing date for entries is June 1st; early bird prices in effect from now until March 1st. Enter your film into any of the following categories for a chance to win industry standard equipment, trophies and prizes and have your work judged by Celebrity Judges (last year's included Steven Yuen, Jim Loach and editor Brian Berdan)   -Fiction -Documentary - Music ...

Submissions for SEE FEST 2012 are OPEN!

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Are you a filmmaker whose movie (feature, documentary, animated or short) is thematically tied to South East Europe? SEE Fest invites you to submit your film for the 2012 festival. Films from first-time directors qualify for the Best First Feature Film Award! Please mail the screener to our address at:  SEE FEST - Attn. Programming  7119 W. Sunset Blvd., Suite 306  Los Angeles, CA 90046  U.S.A.  SEE Fest 2012 dates: May 3-7, 2012 Submission Dead...

Nullarbor

Director: Alister Lockhart, Patrick Sarell (CoDirector).
An animated road movie set across the vast and barren landscape of Australia's Nullarbor Plain.

a Tale (animation short by Danny Lazarov)

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