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Red Sea Souk Call for Project Market & WIP Showcase ends August 18

  RED SEA SOUK CALL FOR PROJECT MARKET AND WIP SHOWCASE IS OPEN  APPLY HERE Deadline for Applications: August 18, 2023   The Red Sea Souk will take place at the Ritz Carlton in Jeddah, December 2—5 alongside the Red Sea International Film Festival. The Call is reserved solely for projects and films by directors of Arab or African nationality/origin. The Project Market will present a selection of ten to twelve projects in development or in production. The WIP Showcase w...

Submit to the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF)

  June 1, 2023 Earlybird Deadline July 1, 2023 Regular Deadline August 1, 2023 Late Deadline Celebrating its 38th annual festival in 2023, the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) presents American indies and studio films, international films, student films, special tributes, seminars and introduces filmmakers to South Florida audiences. The festival runs November 3 – 12, 2023, and screens 200 films in Fort Lauderdale, Sunrise, Hollywood, St ...

Submit to 15th New Media Film Festival

  New: August Spotlight Are you in Vancouver BC? Creator Media Submit for our 15th  New Media Film Festival®           NewMediaFilmFestival.com        ...

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Calling

New Deadline for Pitch Submissions CALL FOR FEATURE DOCUMENTARY WORKS-IN-PROGRESS New Deadline for Big Sky Pitch Submissions   The Big Sky Pitch is an exceptional opportunity for filmmaking teams to "pitch" their documentary feature work-in-progress to a panel of the top commissioning editors and funders for documentary film. The headline event of the DocShop filmmaker's forum, the Big Sky Pitch provides pathways for collaboration, funding, and production ...

Call For Entries- The Impact DOCS Awards - January 2024 Season- Deadline December 31, 2023

Impact DOCS Awards January 2024 Serving documentary filmmakers and spreading their messages around the globe. Our Mission is to Promote Filmmakers! Film - Television - New Media ***Call for Entries*** Deadline: December 31, 2023 Attention DOCUMENTARY Filmmakers! You’ve stood up because you’re ready to change the world. Now stand up and be recognized for it! Documentary filmmakers are a special breed. You like it straight. You thrive on impact. You’re not afraid to get...

Second edition of Punto Género calling for next VENTANA SUR

DAC Género and ACCIÓN Mujeres del Cine in joint collaboration with Ventana Sur, open the call for the second edition of Punto Género, a space for Latin American fiction and non-fiction feature film projects in development, directed by women and non-binary. They should be looking for co-producers, sales agents and/or distributors. Open Call: July 31st. Close: August 25th. Terms and Conditions  Regarding the Call for Applications and Selection Th...

Ventana Sur FANTASMATICA: calling for Animated Short Film Projects of the Fantastic Genre

  Welcome to FANTASMATICA! The new call for animated short films projects of the fantastic genre in Ventana Sur. This initiative aims to highlight talented filmmakers who fuse the creativity and magic of animation with the intensity of the fantasy and horror genre.   Bridging two worlds FANTASMATICA is an initiative promoted by the Animation! and Blood Window sections of the Ventana Sur Audiovisual Market. With this call, we want to encourage the collaboration and ex...

Call for Entries - Hollywood Just4Shorts Competition

Hollywood Just4Shorts is now accepting submissions of short films and short scripts to increase industry exposure and awards that qualify for IMDb award listings. (During the strike, all winning projects will be held until after the strike to prevent contributing material to struck companies at present time.) Submissions of independently produced short films and unproduced short scripts are now being accepted for the current round. Submit now at: https://filmfreeway.com/Just4ShortsFilmScree...

20th accordi @ DISACCORDI - International short film festival - Open for Submissions

The annual seven-day event returns  November 13 – 19, 2023; there are no entry fees, and artists worldwide are invited to submit through September 22, 2023. 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  13 – 19, 2023. accordi @ DISACCORDI has announced that submissions are now being accepted. The accordi @ DISA...

Nihilist Film Fest Calls for Submissions

  The 2023 Nihilist International Film Festival announced that it is looking for short videos for this year’s program.  Festival Director Elisha Shapiro says, “It’s the Nihilist Film Festival for god’s sake.  Herisy, tastelessness, offensiveness…you get the idea.  We’re looking for that film other festival are afraid of.”   If you are a filmmaker who wants to be part of the fun, Shapiro hopes you will send your entry to ...

Call for Entry - the 9th Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival

Call for entries: The 9th season of the Hollywood International Diversity Film Festival is now accepting entries! A celebration of the values of Southern California and the future of film from around the world, reflecting the diversity of our region. The Hollywood International Film Festival will screen independent films with an emphasis on promoting female and culturally diverse voices. Top films and short films will be considered by Hollywood professionals at representation and produc...

The Call for Entries for the 22nd Wild & Scenic Film Festival is now open

The Call for Entries for the 22nd Wild & Scenic Film Festival is now open and closes on September 17, 2023. The early-bird discount on the entry fee ends midnight PST on Sunday, July 16th.   Submit your film for consideration to our annual program through FilmFreeway.   The Wild & Scenic Film Festival inspires environmental activism and a love for nature–through film. The 5-day event happens annually in Nevada C...

Andrea Iervolino’s TaTaTu Partners with Berlin’s TV SERIES FESTIVAL on Short Film Contest #ShareYourShort

#ShareYourShort Entries Will Screen on the Rewards-Based Platform TaTaTu and Qualify To Be Nominated for TV Series Festival’s Best Short Film   TaTaTu to Host Content from Major Italian Broadcaster During The Festival including “The Sea Beyond,” “Dragonero - Tales of Paladins” and “The Left Handed Son”   TaTaTu, the groundbreaking rewards-based social media app founded by Andrea Iervolino, and Berlin’s TV Series Festival, the ...

FREE PITCH ! Receive a USD 5000 $ Cash Prize to create your future film

  FREE PITCH ! Receive a USD 5000$ Cash Prize to create your future film.   We are excited to announce a unique opportunity for filmmakers to showcase their talent and win a Cash Prize of USD 5000$ to fund their next short film!. New York Indie Shorts Awards is introducing a new competition called “PITCH THE AUDIENCE,” where filmmakers can submit a 2-minute video presentation. This presentation, if selected by our programming team, will be screened during o...

Celebrate Diversity in Film! 12th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival - Call for Entries

INDIE FILMMAKERS … Do you have an awesome film? Celebrate Diversity in Film with New York City's WINTER FILM AWARDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL   All Genres - Shorts - Features Animation - Horror - Music Video - Documentary Drama - Comedy - Web Series - Experimental - Student Work   Winter Film Awards is New York City -- showcasing the eclectic diversity and excitement of the independent arts world. The Fest celebrates the outstanding work of emerging filmmakers in a...

Ikusmira Berriak opens the tenth call for its residencies

The registration deadline for the audiovisual project development programme is September 1 From this edition, one of the positions on the pre-selection committee will be filled by an alumnus of Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (EQZE) on a rotating basis Ikusmira Berriak, the programme of residencies and audiovisual project development, organised by the San Sebastian Festival, Tabakalera-International Centre for Contemporary Culture and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (EQZE), ...

Proyecta, organised by Ventana Sur, the Marché du Film and the San Sebastian Festival, are accepting submissions

The deadline for submissions is August 1 Proyecta, the initiative jointly organised by Ventana Sur, the Marché du Film and the San Sebastian Festival, opens its call for the submission of audiovisual feature films projects from Europe and Latin America that are at the development stage and are looking for co-production. Open from today, the initiative is for first or second works by their directors.  The call is for fiction and non-fiction projects in development from Latin Ameri...

Lunenburg Doc Fest relaunches $10,000 pitch contest for underrepresented Nova Scotian filmmakers

Lunenburg Doc Fest is now accepting applications from Nova Scotian filmmakers for The Launch: Documentary Development and Pitch Contest.   The initiative, funded by CBC and Bell Fund, offers underrepresented Nova Scotian media artists a chance to win mentorship and a prize package to make a short documentary over the next year. Five selected participants will pitch their documentary project live at the 2023 Lunenburg Doc Fest in competition for a $10,000 prize package including ca...

The Film Community of the Many: Berlinale Talents Calls for Applications

The Talents at the Global Speed Matching 2023 © David Ausserhofer, Berlinale 2023 Until September 4, 2023, emerging film creators can once again apply for Berlinale Talents (February 17-22, 2024). The talent development initiative offers 200 creatives from 14 film disciplines the opportunity to take part in a multitude of think tanks, talks, workshops and labs. With more than 9,500 alumni in over 150 countries, and seven branches worldwide, Berlinale Talents has becom...

Asia Pacific Screen Lab submissions open

ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN LAB OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS Griffith Film School, the Asia Pacific Screen Academy, Sun Foundation and NETPAC are pleased to announce the Call for Submissions for the 9th Asia Pacific Screen Lab. At its core the Lab develops a vehicle for enabling film co-productions by early career feature filmmakers from across the Asia Pacific, typically those who have made at least one feature film within their particular national cinema and are now ready for a larger inte...

The Ermanno Olmi Award is back in Bergamo calling for shorts

The fifth edition of the Ermanno Olmi Award for Best Short Film to be held in Bergamo. The award aims to promote films made by young filmmakers under 30.  Submission deadline: October 15th, 2023   ©Gianni Berengo Gardin/Contrasto The Ermanno Olmi Award is back in Bergamo. Established to promote short films by young Italian and international directors, the award was also created to honour the late filmmaker from Bergamo. Aiming to promote young filmmakers under the...

Call For Entries- Best Shorts Competition - September 2023 Season - Deadline September 13, 2023

  The Best Shorts Competition is unique in the industry.  Attracting both powerhouse companies as well as talented new filmmakers, The Best Shorts is an exceptional, truly international awards competition, not a traditional film festival – which allows filmmakers from around the world to enter their films in this prestigious competition. Established in 2011, Best Shorts is an avant-garde worldwide competition that strives to give talented directors, producers, actors, cr...

DaVinci International Film Festival Unveils New Junior Leo Program for Student Filmmakers/ Regular Submission Deadline July 5

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The sixth edition of the DaVinci International Film Festival (DIFF), scheduled from October 20-22, 2023 at AMC Theatres at The Grove in Los Angeles, has announced the addition of the new Junior Leo Program designed to celebrate the creative works of student filmmakers. The announcement was made today by DaVinci Film Foundation Inc. founder/CEO Chadwick Pelletier.   ...

BlueCat Screenplay Call for Submissions 2024

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BlueCat is now accepting submissions for our 2024 Competition! For 25 years, BlueCat has sought to discover and develop the storyteller. When you submit to BlueCat, you’re guaranteed a complete read of your script, as we provide a written analysis of your submission at no extra fee. Our Winners and Finalists often find valuable connections within the industry, which help them begin professional careers. In addition, our cash awards total $18,500! Please send your feature screenpl...

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