Pentedattilo Film Festival is held every year in the unique ancient town of Pentedattilo, near Reggio Calabria (Italy). The village, defined by the nineteenth-century traveler Edward Lear "The strangest human dwelling place" is perched on a strange rock shaped as a giant hand, and it has recently experienced a cultural recovery that has made it one of the most significant destination for the spread of international short films. This year Pentedattilo Film Festival opens again to those insatiable travellers who explore unusual borders, dedicating them a 3 full time days of screenings, seminars, films, special events.

The PFF, born in 2006 by a group of young filmmakers and produced by 'Ram Film' and the 'Associazione Pro Pentedattilo' with the partnership of several bodies and agencies, aims to give visibility to the most recent production of short films and to foster ideas and artistic exchanges; whereas the awards are an encouragement to the authors who invade each year a place that represents an emblem of change and creative sharing.

UnderDogs Film Fest is an organization dedicated to providing exposure and screening opportunities for independent and micro-budget film.

 

Tricky Women is the first and only festival of animated film that is dedicated exclusively to animation by women. The festival offers an international competition of animated short films realized by female artists and produced in 2010 or 2011.

 

The 9th edition of Tricky Women AnimationFilmFestival will take place in Vienna 14th - 18th March, 2012.

 

The deadline for applications for the preliminary selection is October 21th, 2011.

Awards:

Tricky Women Award of the City of Vienna worth 4,000 Euro  

 

3-month scholarship to live and work at quartier21/MQ under the Artist-in-Residence Program

Synchro Film & Video Material Prize worth 1,500 Euro

 
Hubert Sielecki Award worth 750 Euro (for Austrian animation)

Tricky Women Audience Award, Accreditation for Tricky Women 2013

 

Awards and prize monies will go to the directresses of the films.

Find more information and the entry form on www.trickywomen.at.

 

The Ottawa International Film Festival (OIFF) was founded in 2010 with the purpose of bringing local, national and international filmmakers together with film enthusiasts in Canada’s National Capital Region.With a focus on independent filmmaking, the OIFF mandate includes a commitment to supporting the development of film talent in Ottawa and providing local filmmakers with an opportunity to showcase their work alongside major international films.The 2nd OIFF will build on the foundation established during the inaugural event, evolving into a bold and distinct platform for the celebration of creative and cross-cultural filmmaking.Capture. Create. Inspire.

 

Featuring films of 30 mins or less, the heart of the Festival is to showcase the latest new and established talent. Films should respond to themes encountered in the work of scientist, philosopher, radical theologian and mystic Emanuel Swedenborg (1688 - 1772). Submissions are invited on a variety of themes and genres. Selected submissions will be screened to a public audience at Swedenborg Hall in central London; at the closing of the festival an award will be given for Best Film.

South Africa's most extreme film festival

A collection of daring documentaries from around the world, screened in Cape Town, South Africa

SOUND ON SCREEN is the first film festival in South Africa with its focus aimed at music on screen.

 

CELLUDROID is the only South African film festival focussing on Sci-Fi, Anime and Fantasy films, with indie, new and old classics, from short films to feature films. 

A comic book chapter has also been incorporated.

For the 2011 event director Richard Stanley (Hardware, Dust Devil) will attend the with some of his classic movies, and introduce his new book, Shadow Of The Grail.

Open for submissions.

Full line-up will appear at http://www.CELLUDROID.net

Croq’Anime organise sa 4ème édition du festival de films d’animation de Paris les 7,8 et 9 septembre 2012.

Évènement gratuit et ouvert à tous, le festival met en lumière les nouveaux talents de cet art.

Vous êtes autodidactes ou étudiants, professionnels ou amateurs, envoyez-nous vos courts-métrages, toutes techniques et sans thème imposé.

Date limite d'envoi de vos films le 30 juin 2012

 

Hello everyone!

 

Croq'Anime is organizing its 5th international short animated festival.

 

Open to students, amateurs, independent or professional directors, our goal is to show the public talents of animated short films from all over the world, based on scenario and image quality and originality.

 

All techniques of animation allowed (2D, 3D, puppets…)

 

Deadline submission on June 30th 2012

Inscription/submission : 

http://www.croqanime.org/festival.php

The Made-in-Michigan Film Festival (MiMFF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that celebrates and promotes independent films exclusively from the state of Michigan through an annual Film Festival in the historical downtown of Lapeer, MI. In addition to the annual event, the Made-in-Michigan Film Society (MiMFS) has been formed to showcase independent Michigan films through a monthly gathering, and give an opportunity for film-goers to interact with film makers. By giving Michigan Filmmakers exposure and a venue to display their films, the MiMFF strives towards enhancing the quality of economic and cultural life in the State of Michigan.

Animated Dreams, the oldest and biggest Estonian animation film festival, offers Estonian animators a chance to display the state of their art as well as promotes high-quality international animation culture. From its beginnings as an offshoot of Black Nights Film Festival back in 1999, the event has evolved into a small independent festival. The festival consists of the short animation competitive programme and several special programmes. Traditions include lectures by foreign guests, meetings and workshops.

Organisation

The organisation „Visos mūzos“ has established Kaunas International Film Festival (Kaunas IFF) in 2007 as a public act seeking to draw attention of audiences and decision makers towards homogenization of film culture in Lithuania and seeking to save the oldest cinema theater in Lithuania. The event during the years developed into a real celebration of film art.

Festival

Today, Kaunas IFF is one of Lithuania’s most appreciated film festivals and the main film event in Kaunas. It presents films which have been acclaimed worldwide and also looks for new discoveries. The main priority of Kaunas IFF is a combination of the artistic and social statements in film. The festival continues its strategy to present exclusively Lithuanian or Baltic premiers. 5th edition, September 27 - October 9, 2011 includes:
 feature films in the Wide Angle, Identity sections.
 Mainly documentaries in “Music Moves the world”, “All the Muses” sections, and selection of 
short films, animations and retrospectives in side-bars
. Kaunas IFF is the official festival and distribution partner of the innovative network „Eye on Films“, supported by MEDIA Mundus, a member of the CICAE network, and the Lithuanian representative organisation in the European Network of Young Cinema – Nisi Masa.

Distribution

In 2010 Kaunas IFF started theatrical distribution in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. While major distributors in the Baltic countries mainly present Hollywood studio productions and mainstream 3D films, Kaunas International Film Festival seeks to make space for art-house films in cinemas. The idea is to influence and change the theatrical distribution situation in the Baltic countries by increasing the number of art-house films in the regular cinema repertoire. Kaunas IFF believes in strengthening the film industry by art-house film promotion and distribution.

Objectives

The central objective for Kaunas IFF is to enhance film culture and film industry in Lithuania and to represent Lithuanian film industry for film professionals worldwide. Festival celebrates art-house filmmaking. An important part of the film culture revival in Lithuania is presenting retrospective programmes combined with panel discussions, master-classes, special lectures as part of film education.

FANCINE – FESTIVAL DE CINE FANTÁSTICO Fantastic Film Festival of the UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA has as its goal the presentation of a selection of world film production both of feature films as well as short films in the genre of Fantastic films in all its variants (Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror). As a non profit organisation, the University of Málaga has the goal of offering to the audience the development of this film genre as well as backing better understanding between peoples and different cultures through film creation.

Since 2005, the South African HORRORFEST is the most prominent (if not the only) all-encompassing Halloween event on the African continent, including movies, literature, music and more.

International Children's Film Festival India (ICFFI) also popularly known as The Golden Elephant is a biennial festival that strives to bring the most delightful and imaginative national and international children's cinema to young audiences in India. Outstanding features, shorts, live action and animation films are screened over seven days of festive celebrations, attended by more than one hundred thousand children and hundreds of film professionals from across the world.

ICFFI is organized by Children's Film Society India (CFSI) - a national government body committed to nurturing a dynamic children's film culture in the country. Since its inception in 1955, CFSI has been producing, exhibiting and distributing exclusive, entertaining and enriching content for children.

Every two years, the festival begins on 14^th November, the birth date of Jawaharlal Nehru - India's first Prime Minister - also fondly referred to as Chacha Nehru (Uncle Nehru), because of his love for children. Nehru established CFSI soon after India's independence with the hope that indigenous and exclusive cinema for children would stimulate their creativity, compassion and critical thinking. It is this vision of Jawaharlal Nehru that guides ICFFI.

In a world that is cluttered with consumerist & often violent content for children, ICFFI is committed to promoting cinema that is humane and non-violent, and yet delightful and fun! Special care is taken to program films that cultivate an understanding of other cultures, lives and experiences and encourage children to reflect on the world around. Workshops and open forums at the festival aim towards stimulating critical appreciation and creative pursuit of cinematic arts amongst young people. The festival also supports the work of children's filmmakers by rewarding them for their dedication and talent.

ICFFI is one of the largest and most colourful children's film festivals in the world. A unique feature of the festival is its audience: more than a hundred thousand children travel from little villages and towns from across India to view high quality international children's cinema that they would never be exposed to otherwise. Here they rub shoulders with other kids, eminent guests and directors from different parts of the world. ICFFI is dedicated to these little delegates and to those imaginative film-makers who attempt to make films for the toughest audience of all - children!

The International Random Film Festival is the first film festival in the world which celebrates randomness in cinema. 25 films are selected each year to compete in the Official Selection. The festival is organized annually in a randomly selected location, on a random opening date. Awards are given out randomly.

The 3rd edition of IRFF will take place in the village of Anija, Estonia (population: 128). The festival will be opening on the 10th of March 2012. The location and date of the next edition of IRFF were selected at the end of the closing ceremony of our 2011 festival by using the "Random Article" Button on Wikipedia, and the "Random Number Generator" at random.org.