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DMZ International Documentary Film Festival

DMZ International Documentary Film Festival (DMZ Docs) aims to promote ‘peace, life and communication,’ the values represented by the site of DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) in Korean Peninsula, through arts in documentary form. As one of the leading international documentary film festivals in Asia, DMZ Docs introduces a wide range of documentaries from Korea and abroad and provides a platform for the filmmakers and industry professionals to meet and find better opportunities.

The 13th DMZ Docs, which will take place from September 9th to 16th, 2021 in Goyang City and Paju City, Gyeonggi, South Korea, now calls for brave and beautiful new documentaries. Please see below for the details and regulations for the 13th DMZ Docs submission.

ZFF Co-founders Nadja Schildknecht and Karl Spoerri to step down after the 15th Zurich Film Festival!!

In accordance with the long-term strategy of the Zurich Film Festival (ZFF), Co-founders Nadja Schildknecht and Karl Spoerri are planning for their succession after 15 years of operational leadership. The co-directors will be stepping down from their current posts at the beginning of 2020 but continue to work with the festival on a strategic level. Christian Jungen, chief cultural editor at “NZZ am Sonntag” will serve as the festival’s new Artistic Director. The search for th...

FREE Broadcast your TRAILER on Roku and Amazon Fire TV

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A FREE BROADCAST OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR TRAILER: Metro gives those who enter our Festival the option for free promotion on our TV Channels. If you like, we'll stream your Trailer or Teaser on our Roku and Amazon Fire TV Channels. This is FREE PUBLICITY for your film/show to over 500,000 Subscribers on "Connected TV." Check out a sample of our Connected TV-APPS on www.MoviesPlus.org   ADDITIONAL PUBLICITY: Metro publicizes the Festival online through our Website, Social Netwo...

CALL FOR ENTRIES for 15th Zurich Film Festival!!

7Submission for the 15th Zurich Film Festival is open from February 15 to June 30, 2019! The 15th Zurich Film Festival will take place from September 26 to October 6, 2019. Films can be submitted via the platform Withoutabox. COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM The Golden Eye endowed with a CHF 25'000 cash prize will be awarded in each of the two categories International Feature Film Competition and International Documentary Film Competition by two separate juries. The cash...

CALL FOR ENTRY: Méliès d’Argent Competition at HÕFF 2019

Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival (HÕFF), taking place from 25th to 28th of April 2019, is the “one and only stop” for the genre hungry in the Baltics. Held in the unique setting of the city of Haapsalu - once a renown summer retreat of the Russian Czars, now a picturesque town, and the home of an infamous Baltic ghost - the White Lady, haunting the medieval castle on the the western coast of Estonia.   Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival ...

Submit to BUFFALO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, Buffalo, NY, USA October 4-8, 2018

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July 6, 2018 Extended Deadline / August 10, 2018 Notification Date SUBMIT https://www.buffalofilm.org/submissions Find your audience in New York State’s 2nd largest metropolitan area - Buffalo, NY! Buffalo International Film Festival, now in its 12th year, is Western New York’s premiere cinematic event! Featuring films, performances, panels, mixers, pop-up installations, and NEW for 2018 EPISODIC and NEW MEDIA! Over the past 3 years BIFF has had the honor of hosting t...

Screening Of Living Among Us With Director And Cast Q&A

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We’re a month away from the 3rd Annual Silver Scream Film Fest this February 16th-18th. We’re proud to be kicking off the weekend with the feature film LIVING AMONG US followed by a Q&A with writer/director Brian Metcalf (THE LOST TREE) and cast members Thomas Ian Nicholas (AMERICAN PIE, HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION), Chad Todhunter (TRUE BLOOD), Jessica Morris (AMERICAN EXORCISM), and Andrew Keegan (O, 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU). This film with a new take on vampire lore also boast...

15th IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, 2018 Call for Entries

April 15, 2017 Earlybird Deadline   March 15, 2018 Regular Deadline IN THE PALACE is an international festival dedicated to short films, new media and digital arts under 27 minutes in length. The main purpose of the Festival is to present contemporary film art from Bulgaria, Europe and the whole world. IN THE PALACE ISFF provides an exceptionally favorable environment and platform for expression for both young film...

MIAFF 5th edition wants your hot new animation films for 2018 EARLY BIRD until October 14!

MIAFF is bursting into its 5th edition and will be a spectacular 5th year birthday party! Call for entries are now open so take advantage of early bird rates until October 14 For festival strategy and consultation contact Animation Calling today! With hundreds of submissions from all over the world MIAFF 5 will be screening your film alongside an ANIMAZING party to boot!   Animaze is an international film festival and conference dedicated to exploring the world of animation in all ...

Film Submission Deadline Extended!

We have extended our submision dealine until the end of August! So if you want your film to be screened at the Russian Film Week in London, hurry up and send it to us through our website! To participate in the RFW and the nominations GUA nominations film producers should submit feature-length and short, documentary and animated films produced / released in the last for 18 prior to the start of RFW; submitted films should be provided in electronic form or Digital Cinema Package (D...

Submit your film for only $15

CALL FOR ENTRIES Late Deadline: August 31, 2017 Grenada Afterglow Film Festival Short films, 30 minutes and under. For a complete list of guidelines, categories, and awards, visit https://filmfreeway.com/festival/GrenadaAfterglowFilmFestival. ...

Submissions now open for 31st Leeds International Film Festival

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The world’s first moving images were shot in Leeds in 1888 by Louis le Prince. Today Leeds is a major centre for film production and exhibition. A qualifying event for the BAFTAs and the Oscars, Leeds International Film Festival is a national celebration of global filmmaking culture. LIFF primarily supports outstanding new talent and established talent that has not received deserved exposure in the UK. LIFF considers narrative, documentary and animated films, in feature-length and short f...

Portland Film Festival Now Accepting Submissions for 2015

Portland Film Festival (September 1st – 7th, 2015) is excited to announce its Call for Entries in all categories including student, transmedia, web, short and feature length films. The largest and most highly attended film festival in Oregon in 2013, PDXFF presented over 145 features/documentary films and short films to an audience of more than 525,000 (23k in person and over 500k online). The festival had over 300 volunteers, 236 visiting and local cast and crew from showcased films...

SUBMIT YOUR SHORT AND FEATURE MOVIE! 5th Macaé Cine International Film festival

  NEWS: Documentary about history of the festival, nominated to Great Prix of Brazilian Cinema - http://academiabrasileiradecinema.com.br/petroleo-e-cinema/ Macaé Cine International Film Festival is in the 5th annual edition realized at Macaé City- Rio de Janeiro - Brazil and presents national and international screenings with competition and non competition categories. It shows the best in the world of film productions. Feature movies and short films are one of the most ...

11th Zurich Film Festival: Call for Entries!

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The 11th Zurich Film Festival will take place from September 24th to October 4th 2015 and is accepting film submissions until June 30th. Zurich Film Festival offers its over 78’000 visitors insight into the work of exciting, upcoming directors in the international documentary and feature film competitions. Emerging directors have the opportunity to present their films in Zurich to the wide attention of the entire German- language market. Participants come from across the globe and ...

ARKIPEL: GRAND ILLUSION (FILM AND ASIAN YOUNG CURATOR OPEN CALL!)

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FILM SUBMISSION In its third occasion, ARKIPEL will present the theme GRAND ILLUSION which departs from a film produced in 1937 by one of the world cinema masters, Jean Renoir. The idea of this film was coming from the book The Great Illusion, A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage by Norman Angell in 1910. The book was about humane criticism during World War I. Renoir and Angell’s idea was to look at how the problem of humanity in our civilization had been ban...

VAFI 6 goes koala! Submissions are open until January 20, 2015 :)

Festival date: 21 - 26 April 2015 Submission deadline: 20 January 2015 Partner: Australia www.vafi.hr/en VAFI is a film festival for animated films made by children or youth under 18 years, but also from 5th edition -  film festival for animated films made for children and youth. So, VAFI has two competative sections: section for animated films MADE BY children or youth - VAFI JUNIOR, and section for animated films made for children and youth - VAFI SENIOR. VAFI JUNIOR ha...

PetDance Film Festival Call for Submissions

Whether you've been making films for years or have just gotten started, we invite you to submit your animal-themed films of 10 minutes or less that have been created in the last two years and fall into one of these four categories: Educational (Documentary) Funny (Comedy) Dramatic (Drama) Youth Produced (exacty that:17 years old and younger)   Three films in each category will be chosen as winners by a panel of animal- and film-loving judges. &...

PetDance Film Festival

PetDance is a one-day short film festival in Salt Lake City, Utah, dedicated to all things animal.

Submission deadlines:

   Early bird ($25/submission): Nov. 30
   Regular ($35/submission): Dec. 31.

Accepting online submissions at https://filmfreeway.com/festival/PetDanceFilmFestival

With categories ranging from educational to dramatic, these animal-centric films will touch on the different ways our lives intersect with animals and the joys they bring to our lives.  All species invited!

Coinciding with the Sundance Film Festival in neighboring Park City, the first annual PetDance will take place January 24, 2015. Prizes will be awarded to the top three films in each category: Educational, Dramatic, Funny, and Youth-Produced.  

Proceeds for the festival go to the world-renown Best Friends Animal Society to help companion animals find forever homes.

NCFA Open for Entry

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Folks;   It’s Autumn!  At Eno River Media Productions Fall ushers in our quarterly North Carolina Film Awards season and we need your help for it’s success!   What is the NCFA? The Mission of the North Carolina Film Awards is to strengthen the independent film, television and video industry.  The NCFA shall identify and recognize an array of talented filmmakers and their movies from across the state, region and nation. Features and shorts, are welcome at the ...

Nozstock The Hidden Valley

A 5000 capacity music and arts festival set in rural Herefordshire, West Midlands UK. Nine-stages of music and performance art with dedicated 3-day cinema. Cinema currently curated by MASH Cinema. Previous programmes provided by: Encounters Festival in Bristol, London-based innovators onedotzero, Manchester-based northern Exposures, quality stalwarts BBC Film Network and by Nozstock The Hidden Valley. And live performances from: The Light Surgeons, Max Hattler, Scanone and Modulate.

This is a non-competitive, free to submit festival.

 

MIRAGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - Final Week For Regular Submissions

  Final Week For Mirage International Film Festival's 2014 Regular Deadline The Mirage International Film Festival is currently accepting submissions for all competition categories. Submit Now before the 2014 Festival's May 16 Regular Submission Deadline! Festival Dates: August 13-17, 2014 Location: on the famed Las Veags Strip in Las Veags, Nevada USA FINAL WEEK LEFT to submit your Short Film, Feature Film, Original Screenplay or New Media Film before the 2014 Re...

MIRAGE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Calling Feature & Short Films - Screenplays - New Media

  2 weeks until Mirage International Film Festival's 2014 Regular Deadline The Mirage International Film Festival is currently accepting submissions for all competition categories. Submit Now before the 2014 Festival's May 16 Regular Deadline! Festival Dates: August 13-17, 2014 Location: on the famed Las Veags Strip in Las Veags, Nevada USA ONLY 2 WEEKS LEFT to submit your Short Film, Feature Film, Original Screenplay or New Media Film before the 2014 Regular Deadline....

EIFF Call for entry

Final Call for entry 04/30/2014 The Cultural Association "Contemporary Art Addiction" in collaboration with the Centre for Cultural and Librarians  Services  of Nardò holds the sixth edition of the Ecologico International Film Festival.   1 - The Festival aims to discover and promote the independent film social national and international engaged on topical issues typical of contemporary society and of giving the public the opportunity to me...

Kansas City FilmFest late deadline - Dec. 31

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Just to put it out there, for those of you still waiting... the LATE deadline to submit to the Kansas City FilmFest is December 31, 2013! For more information, click on the link. ...

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