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New Categories Added for 2018!

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You asked us, and we heard you! We've added the following categories for the 2018 Festival: TV Pilots. This category is for pilots (first episodes) only of any genre. You may submit either a half-hour (21-28 minutes) or hour long (42-50 minutes) pilot. Web Series. This category is for web series episode(s) of any genre. The maximum length for submission in 10 minutes, you may submit multiple episodes as long as the total runtime is 10 minutes or less. If your show is serialized in its stor...

Entries for fantasy shorts and features are now open for Fantasporto till the 5th December.

ENTRIES OPENED TILL DECEMBER 5TH FROM THE WORLD TO PORTO, FROM PORTO TO THE WORLD THE 38TH EDITION STARTS 20 FEBRUARY TILL 4TH MARCH   The discovery of the most recent cinema of the world starts with a bang and a lot of excitement next February and March. Entries for fantasy shorts and features are now open till the 5th December. According to the festival regulations (www.fantasporto.com), each entry must have a form filled and a screener available on line for appreciation of the sel...

The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival calling all documentary filmmakers...

    The Melbourne Documentary Film Festival is amongst the world’s newest documentary film festivals and is one of the most fun and interesting stopovers on the international documentary film festival circuit.   Each year the festival curates world class feature and short documentaries direct from some of the hottest most prestigious documentary film festivals in the world, such as Sheffield Doc Fest, Traverse Ci...

Final call for this year's Baltic Event and International Works In Progress showcases

      This is the final call for this year's Baltic Event and International Works In Progress showcases that will take place during Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event on 29 and 30 November. Prog...

Submit to Fantasporto Best Horror Fantasy

Fantasporto 2018 February 20 - March 4, 2018 EARLY ENTRY DEADLINE: OCTOBER 30TH, 2017!   Fantasporto’2018 | Oporto International Film Festival announces our Call for Film Entries for the 38th annual festival, running February 20th till March 4th. This Call is for Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi features and shorts in the Fantasy competition. The Director’s Week is for features only, in all genres except fantasy. Deadlines for Entries for 2018 edition...

2018 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards is now open for entries.

This year NYF has unveiled new categories and updated existing categories. With the popularity of video streaming and the increase in viewer consumption of short-form digital video, NYF renamed the existing Online group to Digital Short-Form and added 2 new categories as well: Digital Reality TV Drama and Digital Documentary. Other new categories include Use of Technology in Promos, launched to showcase the innovative ways creative services teams use all facets of today’s technology (VR,...

Vote for EFA People's Choice Award Opens

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Every year, the EFA People’s Choice Award allows film fans across Europe to elect their favourite film. When the European Film Academy invites its members, Europe’s greatest film stars, directors, actors and actresses, to attend the European Film Awards, the People’s Choice Award sheds a spotlight on the people films are made for: the audience. This year’s vote has started – vote now and win the chance to join winners and nominees for the awards ceremony ...

2017 Epic ACG Fest CALL FOR Animation ENTRIES

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Albany, CA - The 2017 Epic ACG Fest (EACG) will take place from Oct. 28 to Oct. 29 at the Albany Community Center in East Bay of San Francisco, California.  On behalf of the EACG committee, we cordially invite you to submit your animated film, TV, Video to the 2017 Epic ACG Fest.  Epic ACG fest is a unique event----Hollywood style in Geek culture, it showcase animation, comics and games. Though screening, exhibition and competition, bring together the creative elements, the artists and...

LAST DAY of regular submission at Mirror Mountain Film Festival

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LAST DAY today to submit your film to Mirror Mountain at our regular submissions rate. After today our fees go up, so don't miss out! Share your creative vision with us and get a complimentary festival pass!  https://mirrormountainfilmfest.com/submissions/ ...

Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event's Final Calls for Script Pool Tallinn, POWR Baltic Stories Exchange

      INDUSTRY@TALLINN & BALTIC EVENT PROJECTS AT TORONTO We congratulate the projects that have participated in the different sections of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event in recent years and have been selected into the programme of TIFF. ...

Submission opens for audiovisual and media tech startup accelerator Storytek

    Submissions are now open for the Storytek accelerator, the first mentor-driven accelerator fully focusing on audiovisual sector, where deep knowledge of the global film and creative industry mixes with top notch technology competence. Estonia, already a world leader in technology innovation with pioneering e-residency and e-governance solutions and home to the renowned Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) is a natural fit for fostering the ecosyste...

Check these festivals calling August 22

  Read this online                  FOLLOW US ON THE SOCIAL NETWORKS:                     Dear filmmakers friends do not miss these Festivals in Focus.     ANIMATION FESTS CALLING DOC FESTS CALLING HORROR FESTS CALLING ____________________________________________________ > PARTN...

Submit your film to Mirror Mountain - deadline approaching!

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4 days left until our regular film submissions deadline! Submit your awesome indie film to Mirror Mountain Film Festival today and join in the fun! All genres and lengths are accepted and welcome. Visit our website for more information: https://mirrormountainfilmfest.com/submissions/ ...

Update: TICFF Submission Extends to Sep. 30, 2017

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Here is your chance to catch up with TICFF submission! Taiwan International Children's Film Festival will extend the submission deadline to Sep. 30, 2017. Delay no more, send your entries to win the big cash prize of USD3,500 of each competition category! For details see the official website: http://www.ticff.org.tw/index_english.html ...

Celebrate Diversity in Film! 7th Annual Winter Film Awards CALL FOR ENTRIES

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WINTER FILM AWARDS showcases emerging filmmakers in all genres from around the world, with a special emphasis on highlighting the work of women and under-represented filmmakers. Submit your latest work now via FilmFreeway to take advantage of our Early Bird Rates!   We award over $100,000 in Cash, Prizes and Distribution Opportunities!   Animated - Horror - Music Video - Documentary Drama - Comedy - Shorts - Features - Web Series - Experimental   We are seeking works complet...

The 2018 Film and Video Poetry Society CALL FOR ENTRY

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THE 2018 FILM AND VIDEO POETRY SOCIETY CALL FOR ENTRY! Poets, filmmakers, and media artists are called to submit their work to the 1st annual Film and Video Poetry Symposium. This event will take place on the following dates: April 27th - 28th, 2018 in Los Angeles, California The festival and symposium will celebrate and screen a large scope of film and video projects developed through the medium of poetry.  This event will also host a series of panels, guest speakers, and pu...

The 11th Taiwan International Documentary Festival (TIDF) is NOW calling for entries!

11th TIDF is now calling for entries! TIDF is looking for documentaries that are most creative, closely connected to social and human interests, and have unique points of view! The 11th TIDF will take place on May 4-13, 2018. Three major competitions with 11 awards and more than US$70,000 total cash-prize await. The entry deadline is December 8, 2017. Filmmakers are encouraged to submit documentaries completed after December 1, 2015. All forms and lengths are welcome. ...

VI Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum

                                    16 projects from 13 countries will be presented at the VI Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum. The Forum will have an extra day and will take place from 24 to 27 September.   Fifteen projects have been selected from a total of 165 submitted, from 29 countries. Added to these are the project selected at the Ibermedia Workshop to develop film pro...

Call For Entries: 5th Indian Cine Film Festival-17

5th Indian Cine Film Festival-2017   Entries Open: Feature Films, Shorts films, Animation, Documentaries & Music Videos.   Submission deadline: 20 Aug 2017   To submit entry visit: http://miniboxoffice.com/indiancinefilmfestival   For Participation Email: ICFF@miniboxoffice.com   ...

Submissions Open Now for 5th Edition of Shaan-e-awadh I Film Festival

Movies are so rarely great art that if we can not appreciated great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them. - Pauline Kael Submission open now for this edition.   Follow the below links to proceed for the submission.   #FilmFreeway https://filmfreeway.com/festival/SAIFF2017   #Festhome https://filmmakers.festhome.com/f/3201   #ClickForFestivals https://www.clickforfestivals.com/shaan-e-awadh-internation…   Last da...

GARDEN STATE FILM FESTIVAL 2018 Calling for Entries

2018 Call for Entries July 1- December 1, 2017! The Garden State Film Festival is scheduled for March 22-25, 2018 in Asbury Park, NJ. Film, Screenplay and Movie Music competitions open July 1, 2017.   PLEASE NOTE: Make sure all of the INFORMATION you are submitting into the submission system  is CORRECT because  THAT information GOES RIGHT INTO OUR SYSTEM. PLEASE CHOOSE CONTACT INFO WISELY!! Please double check everything &am...

FEARnyc New York's premier horror film festival October 27 – 29, 2017 - Horror Calling

SUBMIT I WEBSITE  I CONTACT I Facebook I Twitter I Instagram   August 1, 2017 Extended Deadline I September 1, 2017 Final Deadline FEARnyc is New York's City's biggest horror film festival. Sponsored by Bloody Disgusting and Dread Central, FEARnyc features screenings of dozens of new horror films in the days leading up to Halloween. The 2017 festival will take place  October 27 – 29, 2017  at...

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