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Call For Entries: 5th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival-2016

5th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival-2016   Entries Open: Shorts films, Animation, Documentaries & Music Videos.   Submission deadline: 25 May 2016   For Participation Email: info.bangalore@miniboxoffice.com   To submit movie visit: http://miniboxoffice.com/bangaloreshortsfilmfestival   ...

The International Online Film Festival

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Welcome to the International Online Film Festival! The International Online Festival is now accepting film submissions for its 1st edition, slated for 1 October 2016, which will host over 150 countries and 1,000 films. The International Online Festival is quarterly, taking place every 3 months, and is open to any professional film produced within the last 5 years, from any country, for the Official Competition, and any professional film older than 5 years, from any country, for the Out...

2016 CALL FOR ENTRIES

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  SUBMIT YOUR FILM TO THE 2016 KAFFNY "THIRD CULTURE" FILM FESTIVAL KAFFNY is now accepting submissions for its 10th Anniversary film festival, taking place in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, October 13-22, 2016. Submissions will be accepted until May 15th via: FilmFreeway - https://filmfreeway.com/festival/kaffny Withoutabox - www.withoutabox.com/login/7271. KAFFNY invites filmmakers of all backgrounds to submit for consideration their completed lon...

Check these Festivals calling April 29 onwards

  Wishing you all much success for your films on the festival circuit!   Read this online                  FOLLOW US ON THE SOCIAL NETWORKS:                                                                   &n...

Jihlava IDFF – Last Call for films produced in 2015 – April 30

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Don’t miss the last chance to submit your documentaries and experimental documentary films made in 2015 – the end of the month is fast approaching! As for films released in 2015, we only accept titles finished between September and December 2015. Older titles will be eligible for submission only if they have not been produced and premiered in Europe. The deadline is on April 30. Submit your films here. No submission fee required.   ...

JUST ANNOUNCED: 2016 NYTVF Scripts Competition Accepting Original Sitcom Scripts

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Are you an aspiring TV writer? Want to get your work in front of agents, managers, and development execs across the TV and digital landscape? Submit to NYTVF Scripts for a chance to have your project named an Official Selection of the 2016 New York Television Festival, become eligible for awards and development deals from NYTVF partners,  and engage with the largest collection of television decision-makers anywhere on the Festival circuit. In its inaugural year, NYTVF Scripts is accepting ...

Call for Entry

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Submissions for our Short Film Festival "DISTANCES" 2016 are now open! Deadline: 15th May 2016. Contact: oddalenia_distances@yahoo.com We are looking forward to hearing from all of you talented people out there! ...

Showcase your work at JFL and the 12th annual New York Television Festival - 3 Weeks Left to Submit!

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The NYTVF and Just for Laughs invite you – the comics, writers, creators, and producers on the cutting edge of comedy – to present your show ideas in an open-pitch forum at the Just for Laughs ComedyPRO Conference in Montreal on July 29, 2016. Concepts can be scripted or unscripted. Finalists in From Set to Screen: The TV Comedy Search will be selected to pitch their ideas LIVE at the ComedyPRO conference, the winner of which will be invited to participat...

2016 SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL KIDS’ FILM FESTIVAL CALL FOR FILM ENTRIES

  April 18, 2016 San Diego, CA - The 2016 San Diego International Kids’ Film Festival (SDIKFF) will take place from August 26th to 28th at the Schulman Auditorium in Carlsbad, California.  On behalf of the SDIKFF committee, we cordially invite you to submit your film/TV/Screenplay to the 2016 San Diego International Kids’ Film Festival. Aiming to promote positive educational impact on children and the youth, the San Diego International Kids’ Film Festival activel...

Arohanui Film Festival calls for submissions!

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Submissions are now open for the 2nd Annual Arohanui Film Festival, to be held October 26 – 30, 2016 in Te Aroha, New Zealand. In it’s first year, AFF screened 20 films with a mix of national and international premieres, pairing feature films with short films. In 2016, Arohanui Film festival is aiming for a larger selection of films and more events for attendees.  Film programming gives priority to projects that have not been released in NZ, although the festival also runs a r...

12th Busho Final Call for Entry

  As the BuSho fans have slowly grown accustomed to it over the years, with the completion of the archive and the entry, the next season begins  on 1st December. After the usual minor changes in the rules and in the technical parameters of the entries, we are waiting for films in three categories (fiction, animation, experimental) produced after the 1st of January 2014, with a duration of less than 30 minutes, from all over the world! In addition to our own up...

BIFED 2016

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  BIFED 2016 Open for Submissions Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary The deadline for applications is 15 May 2016   The world is changing continuously, and while we witness growing problems there are also hopeful developments. BIFED a platform organized to nurture the hope is preparing for its third year.   Countdown has begun for Turkey&...

Join and support the festival AVIFF Cannes dedicated to artists' films since 6 years 4 days in May

  Hello everyone we are a partner of filmfestivals.com and Animation Day in Cannes We are developing a high quality festival that becomes independent again after trying the adventure of Rothschild villa, owned by the city of Cannes that has been available for AVIFF for free in 2015 due to a decision of the culture service of the municipality, that we thank in passing, but inappropriate for this kind of event. The place although classified and splendid is not suitable for ou...

Check these partner festivals calling March 31 onwards

  Wishing you all much success for your films on the festival circuit!   Read this online                  FOLLOW US ON THE SOCIAL NETWORKS:                                                                      ...

San Antonio Film Festival SAFILM Calling

2015 Winners SUBMIT TODAY The largest festival in South Texas, the 22nd San Antonio Film Festival garners extensive local media attention and rave reviews. Industry and community leaders champion the festival for its diverse and exciting program.  SAFILM has a strong reputation for uncovering cinematic treasures every year with an amazing lineup of narrative, animation, documentary and experimental shorts and even features.   Former SAFILM Alumni often remark h...

Call for entries: shnit International Shortfilmfestival

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shnit International Shortfilmfestival Edition 14 | 05 - 16 OCTOBER 2016 shnit International Shortfilmfestival is a premium venue for the exhibition and promotion of short films. Once safely confined within Swiss borders, it has become an exceptional transnational film festival simultaneously taking place in 8 cities on five continents worldwide, including three main events: shnit PLAYGROUNDS, shnit CINEMAS and shnit FINALE. In its twelve years of existence, shnit has become a major i...

X SHORTini Film Festival 2016

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  RULES  Each author can take part at the festival with maximum two films for each competition.  Both for  NATIONAL COMPETITION, INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION and for ANIMATION COMPETITION:  are accepted every kind and format of short film.  Each author can take part at the festival with film made after the 1° january 2013.  The film can’t be no longer than 35 minutes with  headlines and credits.  Italians short film can compete...

FilmMakers Global Movie Trailer Festival calling

  SUBMIT YOUR TRAILER, TEASER OR PRESENTATION! Regular Deadline: April 30th, 2016 Click to Submit: http://filmmakers.com/festival/trailer/entry.htm     ...

Auckland Underground Film Festival and Mono No Aware Workshops

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AUFF are proud to be a film festival sponsor for the Mono No Aware workshops. Mono No Aware provide a hands-on learning experience in Brooklyn, NY. Take any of this year's filmmaking workshops and receive free submissions for the Auckland Underground Film Festival.  http://mononoawarefilm.com/workshops/ http://www.aucklandundergroundfilmfestival.org/ ...

Call for Entries for the Auckland Underground Film Festival!

Submissions are open for the 1st Auckland Underground Film Festival. Send us your experimental cinema works, short film and video art, even music videos if you feel they would fit a programme of underground film. Today is the last day for early bird fees, so enter now! If you're not quite ready, we're accepting films up until August 1st 2016. For more information and to submit your work, please go to our FilmFreeway page:  https://filmfreeway.com/festival/AucklandUndergroundFilmFestival

Early Bird Deadline for Oscar Qualifying Leeds International Film Festival is April 1st

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The Early Bird Deadline for the 30th Leeds International Film Festival is April 1st The Leeds International Film Festival (LIFF) is accepting submissions for its 30th anniversary edition. LIFF is the largest film festival in England outside London. In 2015 the festival welcomed over 45,000 visitors and showed over 300 films from around the world. You can SUBMIT to the festival through Withoutabox or FilmFreeway LIFF is a qualifying film festival for the Oscars&re...

17th Golden Trailer Awards calling

Call for Entry is NOW open at www.goldentrailer.com Trailers, Teasers, Posters, Video Games, TV Spots, Radio Spots, Innovative Theatrical Advertising & More Call for Entry is NOW open at www.goldentrailer.com Submit your: Trailers, Teasers, Posters, Video Games, TV Spots, Radio Spots, Innovative Theatrical Advertising & More   Twelve New Categories this year:  Best Independent Trailer (under a million) Golden Fleece Foreign Be...

Submit to the Visionary Film Festival

Hey Filmmakers: Submit Your Films To Be Discovered. Register for Free. Now you can enter your film into the Visionary Film Festival thru @FilmFreeway! Take a look: https://filmfreeway.com/festival/VisionaryFilmFestival Visionary Film Festival is the World's annual celebration of artistic excellence. The festival is a showcase for the best festival films of the year and an opportunity for master filmmakers and emerging artists to come together with audiences from around the world. ...

Foresight Filmfestival N° 2 - Call for Entries

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Under the banner GAME CHANGERS – HOW DO WE WANT TO LIVE? HOW WILL WE LIVE? the second Foresight Filmfestival, supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), will take place in Halle (Saale) on June 30th 2016. Until May 15th 2016 researchers, scientists, filmmakers and project developers are called to submit their filmic vision on our current topics to the competition of Foresight Filmfestival N° 2. 2016 Discussion Topics 1. From Do-it-yourself to Do-it-...

The Disability Film Challenge - Enter Today!

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The 2016 Disability Film Challenge from Disability Film Challenge on Vimeo.   Register today for the Disability Film Challenge, an annual weekend short film race April 1st-3rd. Entrants are given 48 hours to make a three to five minute film based on assigned genre and each film must have either an actor, writer, director, producer, or crew member with a disability on their team. Sign up today and join in on this opportunity to bring awarene...

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