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Partner Festivals Calling Now

The Bulletin Board ANNOUNCEMENTS / CALL FOR ENTRIES recommended by filmfestivals.com: BE ON IT!       New York Festivals TV & Film Awards   DEADLINE - DECEMBER 31, 2024 New York Festivals Television and Film Awards, now in its 67th year of celebrating trailblazing storytelling, is now open for entries. ...

Partner festivals calling this fall with early bird deadlines

The Bulletin Board ANNOUNCEMENTS / CALL FOR ENTRIES recommended by filmfestivals.com: Dear filmmakers friends do not miss these Festivals in Focus.     Bruno Chatelin and the Filmfestivals.com Team wish you much success on the festival circuit  Read this online         FOLLOW US ON THE SOCIAL NETWORKS:                    New York Festiva...

Fantasporto 2025 submissions closed for the coming edition in Porto next March

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED   Dear Friend(s) and Colleague(s) Greetings from Porto We regret but the submissions to the 45th Porto International Film Festival | Fantasporto 2025 are closed since November 30th. This year the festival, not working with any platform for submission of films, received for selection more than 600 features (for 80 spots) and around 1300 short films (...

IFFI 2024, 04: Delegates Hazaar at Film Bazaar

  IFFI 2024, 04: Delegates Hazaar at Film Bazaar Around 1,000 (hazaar, in Hindustani) delegates, from abroad as well as Indian are expected to attend the Bazaar this year. The Bazaar runs parallel to the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2024. It opens on 24th November, at the Marriott Hotel, Panaji, Goa, and is on till 28 November, both days inclusive. Delegates include festival programmers, sales agents, distributors, financiers, filmmakers, producers, book publishers and...

IFFI 2024, 02: To market, to mark it!

IFFI 2024, 02: To market, to mark it! Market Screenings, previously known as Industry Screenings, serve as a crucial platform for filmmakers to showcase their films to sales agents, distributors, producers, and festival programmers from around the world. These screenings play a pivotal role in promoting and marketing films in the international market, providing talented filmmakers with opportunities to establish valuable connections and secure distribution deals. The 18th edition of Market Sc...

Final Deadline for the 13th LA Crime & Horror Film Festival

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The 13th season of the Los Angeles Crime & Horror Film Festivals, scheduled to take place in November 2024, is now accepting submissions of feature films and short films in the many crime and horror subgenres. From zombies and demons to mobsters and murderers, the crime and horror genres have captured the cinematic experience since the invention of film. Today, they remain some of the most memorable stories in independent film. The LA Crime and Horror Film Festival has attracted filmmakers...

NYF and PushDesign Celebrate the Power of Storytelling: Unveiling the ‘What Defines Greatness’ Campaign

NYF and PushDesign Celebrate the Power of Storytelling: Unveiling the ‘What Defines Greatness’ Campaign   New York Festivals Radio and TV & Film Awards have launched the 2025 multi-platform call for entries campaign for the annual competitions which culminate in the Storytellers Gala every spring.    The two themes of the eight-video campaign are “What Defines Greatness” and “Sounds Over The Years.”  Together they celebrate a stan...

NYF TV & Film Awards 2025 Competition is Open for Entries

   New Categories Reflecting the Evolving Landscape of Content Creation Launched for 2025 New York Festivals Television and Film Awards, now in its 67th year of celebrating trailblazing storytelling, is now open for entries.   The 2025 TV & Film Awards honors the rich diversity of content created by global storytellers on all viewing platforms, engaging audiences around the world. With a history of awarding creative excellence and innovation across all genres, the competit...

San Sebastian update: The Official Jury will be presided over by Jaione Camborda

The jury of the Official Selection of the 72nd edition of the San Sebastian Festival will be chaired by the winner of the Golden Shell last year, the director Jaione Camborda, who was the first Spanish female filmmaker to win it. The author of O Corno / The Rye Horn will be accompanied in the deliberations by Argentine writer and journalist Leila Guerriero, who has published this year the...

72 San Sebastian FIlm Festival´s Perlak/Pearls

                         Arnold, Audiard, Baker, Coppola, Courcol, Elliot, Fargeat, Kapadia, Rasoulof, Salles, Sangsoo, Schrader and Sorrentino to compete in San Sebastian Festival’s Perlak section ‘Marco’, by Jon Garaño and Aitor Arregi, will close the section, also to show ‘The Wild Robot’ and ‘Maria Callas: Letters and Memories’ out of competition https://youtu.be/NV9mhQyiSnc?s...

72nd San Sebastian Festival: Klasikoak section

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Klasikoak to programme ‘The Piano’ by Jane Campion; ‘Sha Fu’, by Tseng Chuang-Hsiang; ‘Tatuaje’, by Bigas Luna; ‘Surcos’, by José Antonio Nieves Conde, and ‘Un rêve plus long que la nuit’, by Niki de Saint Phalle Trailer: https://youtu.be/PkDfVmVCIkw?si=kgS-W-OvC9Uj7uxR The restored copy of ‘Tasio’, by Montxo Armendáriz, will open the section on Saturday 21st in the Victoria Eugenia Theatre   ...

21st accordi @ DISACCORDI - International short film festival - Call for entries

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The annual seven-day event returns  November 11 – 17, 2024; there are no entry fees, and artists worldwide are invited to submit through September 20, 2024.   The accordi @ DISACCORDI – International short film festival, since 2000 one of Italy’s leading short film events packed with screenings, exhibits, workshops, and entertainment, returns November  11 – 17, 2024. accordi @ DISACCORDI has announced that submissions are now being accepted.   The ...

21st accordi @ DISACCORDI - International short film festival - Open for submissions

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The annual seven-day event returns  November 11 – 17, 2024; there are no entry fees, and artists worldwide are invited to submit through September 20, 2024.   The accordi @ DISACCORDI – International short film festival, since 2000 one of Italy’s leading short film events packed with screenings, exhibits, workshops, and entertainment, returns November  11 – 17, 2024. accordi @ DISACCORDI has announced that submissions are now being accepted.   The ...

21st accordi @ DISACCORDI - International short film festival - Open for submissions

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The annual seven-day event returns  November 11 – 17, 2024; there are no entry fees, and artists worldwide are invited to submit through September 20, 2024.   The accordi @ DISACCORDI – International short film festival, since 2000 one of Italy’s leading short film events packed with screenings, exhibits, workshops, and entertainment, returns November  11 – 17, 2024. accordi @ DISACCORDI has announced that submissions are now being accepted.   The ...

21st accordi @ DISACCORDI - International short film festival - Open for submissions

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The annual seven-day event returns  November 11 – 17, 2024; there are no entry fees, and artists worldwide are invited to submit through September 20, 2024.   The accordi @ DISACCORDI – International short film festival, since 2000 one of Italy’s leading short film events packed with screenings, exhibits, workshops, and entertainment, returns November  11 – 17, 2024. accordi @ DISACCORDI has announced that submissions are now being accepted.   The ...

Call for entry for the 24th Golden Trailer Awards ends April 5th

Submit your Best Trailers to the 24th Golden Trailer Awards Rules for Entry for 24th Annual Golden Trailer Awards   CALL FOR ENTRY EoY (End of Year) is true to its name: December 31st, 2023 (Midnight PST) Early Deadline: January 26th, 2024 (Midnight PST) Regular Deadline: March 29th, 2024 (Midnight PST) Late Deadline: April 5th, 2024 (Midnight PST) Late + final submissions deadline April 12th (Midnight PST) The Go...

Call for Applications: Arthouse Cinema Training 2024

  The Arthouse Cinema Training returns to Berlin this summer for its 21st edition.  19-25 AUGUST 2024 BERLIN, GERMANY     Don't miss it. Applications are open!   What is the Arthouse Cinema Training?   The Arthouse Cinema Training is an intensive one-week program that brings together arthouse exhibition professionals from across the world. The only program of its kind, the Training gives participants a unique chance to learn from top e...

UNAFF 2024 Call for Entries

SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN for the 27th UNAFF, which will run from October 17-27, 2024 in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, San Francisco and Stanford University.    SUBMIT NOW May 4, 2024 Earlybird Deadline May 14, 2024 Regular Deadline May 24, 2024 Late Deadline   SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Documentaries only and absolutely no films that are available online for free before the end of the festival(10/27/2024)
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The Brainwash Movie Festival’s 30th Anniversary Annual Shows!

OK, Look Out Now, here comes our 30th! Annual Brainwash Movie Festival! But first, here are our winners form our 2023 Festival, shown at SF’s New Farm, 10/27-29/2023:   1st Prize: Loop Garou – a French Canadian Werewolf Fable – Erin Greenwell 2nd Grand! Prize!: The Unseen – John Akre 3rd Prize: Shitfaced – Jack E. K. Collier 4th Prize: Once I Passed – Martin Gerigk 5th Prize: # SPONSORED – Yurie Collins   So get in on the show and en...

Call for Entries: Faith in Film: International Film Festival and Screenwriting Competition

Faith in Film is a boutique film festival and screenwriting competition that takes place in historic downtown Tucson, an area rich in history and culture. Event Date May 18, 2024 April 5, 2024 Final Deadline SUBMIT NOW  VENUE : The Screening Room in Historic Downtown Tucson 127 E Congress St Tucson, AZ 85701 United States   Our aim is to forge a film festival and screenwriting competition that will ultimately launch the careers of faith...

The 28th edition of Cartoons on the Bay is around the corner!

The Festival will be held in Pescara from May 29th to 2nd June, 2024. You have time until April 10th to submit your works to the contest. Don’t miss this chance!  The categories in competition are: Preschool Tv Show (2-4 Yo) Upper Preschool Tv Show (4-6 Yo) Kids Tv Show (7-11 Yo) Youth Tv Show (11+ Yo) Interactive Animation Live Action And/Or Hybrid Tv Show Tv Pilot Short Film Animated Feature Visit our website www.car...

Congrats to Play-Doc for its upcoming twentieth edition - Call for entries opens

  Entries will remain open from now until 1st April. The 20th edition of Play-Doc International Film Festival will be held in Tui, Galicia, Spain, from 1st to 5th May 2024. The call is open to films of all lengths and themes, both fiction and non-fiction, from any country. All films selected for the competition sections will be eligible for a cash prize awarded by a prestigious international jury.   Each year, Play-Doc presents a selection of competiti...

Tryon International Film Festival Opens Call for 10 Year Anniversary Poster Art

TRIFF Announces Call for Poster Art 10th Anniversary   Tryon International Film Festival Polk County Film Initiative/Tryon International Film Festival 285 N. TRADE ST. TRYON, North Carolina 28782  ...

Calling all Film Festival Organizers - Entertainment Oxygen/eoFlix is Open For Business

The world's one-stop shop for indie film festivals, filmmakers and content creators Entertainment Oxygen (EO) and our dynamic streaming and networking platform eoFlix are open for business and accepting new film festival partners. The go-to hub for all things surrounding movies and the festival circuit, EO/eoFlix is committed to redefining the indie film industry, providing our festival partners and filmmakers with unprecedented, comprehensive support.  Our intuitive platfo...

The Ojai Film Festival and Screenplay Competitions opened to submissions February 1.

Early Bird Deadline February 29 The Ojai Film Festival and Screenplay Competitions opened to submissions February 1.  Ranked one of the top 100 Best Reviewed Festivals on FilmFreeway, the Ojai Film Festival continues to grow in prestige. The festival showcases the finest new films by emerging and established filmmakers from around the world. In the festival’s 24 years 15 alumni filmmakers received Academy Award nominations, two won an Oscar...

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