San Francisco`s Hi/Lo Film Festival screens abstract, narrative, documentary and crochet-based animation films shot in a variety of formats including DV, Pixelvision, Super8, hi-8, 16mm, and 35mm.

Robin Hardy, director of The Wicker Man, and Robert Fuest, director of The Abominable Dr Phibes, will be among the guests thrilling audiences at the NMPFT`s 5th Fantastic Films Weekend, the UK`s fastest growing festival of science fiction and horror.

RiverRun is a competitive event that strives to present diverse cinematic voices and showcase strong new works by both established and emerging filmmakers.

RIIFF, the largest festival in New England, has become a leading juried competition in the U.S. and is an Academy (AMPAS) qualifying Festival, Best Short; RIIFF showcases int`l features, documentaries and shorts & promoting opportunities for distribution.

Renowned for its innovative programming and diverse audiences, the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival is the first and largest Jewish film festival in the world and a key launching pad for Jewish-subject cinema in the U.S.

Reel Asian is Canada`s premier pan-Asian international film festival, featuring independent work by both emerging and established Asian artists from Asia, North America and all over the world.

Recognized as the most creative and prestigious sidebar section of the Cannes Film Festival, la Quinzaine (known as the Directors’ Fortnight) is a non-competitive selection of feature films (foreign and French), shorts and documentaries.

Puchon Int`l Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) is the only film festival of its kind in Korea. The festival focuses on discovering new talents in world cinema and strives to become a true fantastic film festival.

Port Townsend Film Festival is a film lover`s block party celebrating great films and fllmakers. We showcase feature length new films, documentaries, classic revivals, and tributes. We encourage entries from all filmmakers.

onedotzero, `adventures in moving image`, the largest international festival of creativity, showcasing innovation in film, animation, music video, motion graphics, architecture, gaming, av. tours 60 events worldwide. free open submissions scheme

Dances With Films, now in its 14th year, champions the unflinching spirit at the very core of the independent film scene. While the vast majority of film fests rely heavily on celebrity, we have relied on the innovation, talent, creativity and sweat equity that revolutionized the entertainment industry. And that reliance continues to prove successful with alumni moving on to write and direct celebrity-studded vehicles, star in blockbuster movies and network series, produce multi-million dollar films and create hit TV shows. Oh....and we even have a few OSCAR® nominees... In a world of formulaic, homogenized film festivals Dances With Films continues to break the rules

New categories, new awards and named one of the 40 indie friendliest companies in the US and one of the 25 BEST FILM FESTIVAL INVESTMENTS by Moviemaker Magazine.Open to all filmmakers from around the world from student films to professional. Categories range from Features to shorts in Narrative and Documentary, Animated Shorts, Music Videos, WebSeries Pilots, Student Shorts and Studio and Indie 3D films.  All Official Selections receive an award package. Over $60,000 in prizes awarded in 2011, New sliding scale Grand Prize, with 5,000 cash prize for each 1000 entries and 500 cash prize to categories receiving over 200 entries. All Features are eligible for a RED CARPET premiere screening in Las Vegas calued at over $25,000 USD and allows filmmakers the possiblity of theatrical distribution in the states for a revenue sharing distribution deal and keep all your rights.

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MUFF is an annual event showcasing radically independent experimental, narrative, and documentary films from around the world.

Mountainfilm is America’s premier festival celebrating achievement in mountain, adventure, culture and environment, now in its 31st year. Entries may be any length, any form, from any country, and on any subject.

Modelled on the Brussels Festival of Fantasy Film GOLD COAST FILM FANTASTIC will showcase the many genres of fantasy film, including science fiction, horror, special effects, animation, anime & children’s fantasy together with sidebar events.

Krakow Film Festival is one of the world’s oldest events dedicated to documentary, animated and short fiction films. During 7 festival days viewers have an opportunity to watch about 250 films from Poland and abroad. Films are presented in competitions and in special sections like retrospectives, thematic cycles, archive screenings. Festival is accompanied by exhibitions, concerts, open air screenings and meetings with the filmmakers. Every year Krakow Film Festival hosts about 600 Polish and international guests: directors, producers, film festival programmers and numerous audience from Krakow. http://www.kff.com.pl/en/

International short film festival for film students, which opens the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. Competition in three categories: animation, fiction, documentary.

Also presenting various non-competitive programs.

International Documentary and Short Film Festival - Prizren, Kosova. Is the first film festival in Kosovo with a continous growth curve in terms of visitors, films applied and critics.

In 1985 Festival of European Films was organized for the first time in order to present distinguished Turkish and European films to audiences in various cities of the country. Features, shorts and animation fils are presented.

IDFA is more than a screening location for creative documentaries (more than 150 films screened). Amsterdam is also the place for meeting your filmmaking colleagues, independent producers, buyers of your film and the financiers you are looking for.

GO film fest wants to present short-length low budget production from whole Slovenia, films that cannot be compared to sofisticated and institutionalized high productions. This is as well a possibility for new talents discovery.

Go Short is an annual new, refreshing film festival for European short films. It is a unique event in The Netherlands at which the audience is treated to short films. The festival's main location is the local multifunctional arthouse LUX.

Go Short is the Dutch festival for short film. For five days, around 300 short films are screened in Nijmegen. Besides screenings there are exhibitions, workshops, performances, parties and more!
Established in 2008 Go Short shows a wide variation of short films, most of them made by young, talented filmmakers from all over Europe. The festival's main program contains national, international, student and online competitions (containing fiction, animation, documentary and art film). The student competition, Breaking Shorts, is selected by the student film platform Breaking Ground. Competitions are judged by multiple professional juries. Go Short also presents multiple out-of-competition-programs.

Foyle Film Festival showcases contemporary cinema - including foreign language, documentaries, workshops. Categories for Competition:Best International Short, Best Irish Short, Best Animation, Best Feature and Best Documentary.

Founded in 2003, CIDF is a forum for the best documentaries from new and established talents from all over the world. The Chicago Doc Grand Prix carries a prize of $ 25,000 in cash. Overall awards total at over $100,000 in awards & prizes.

Founded in 1954, the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen is the oldest and one of the biggest short film festivals in the world, presenting four competitions for short films and videos and a number of special programmes.