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Message To Man

The 36th Message to Man International Festival of documentary, short fiction, animated, and experimental films will take place from 16 to 24 October 2026 in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Over the years, the Festival has hosted distinguished figures of world cinema, including Werner Herzog, Ulrich Seidl, Claude Lanzmann, Isabelle Huppert, Fanny Ardant, Agnès Varda, Mira Nair, Paolo Sorrentino, Alan Berliner, Eric Roberts, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Abdellatif Kechiche, Udo Kier, and many others.

With its history spanning three decades of cinema development, Message to Man was founded in 1989 in Leningrad by filmmaker Mikhail Litvyakov, who now serves as the Honorary President of the Festival.

In 2010, Alexei Uchitel, a renowned director of documentaries and feature films, assumed the role [...]

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New York Film Screening Festival

Deadline: 30 Apr 2026

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>>> Looking for Maximum Exposure? You’re in the Right Place. <<<

Welcome to the New York Film Screening Festival (NYFSF).

A home for filmmakers who believe their work deserves to be seen and celebrated.

Located in the heart of New York City, NYFSF connects storytellers and audiences through multiple screenings each year, both online and in person.

Every submission is featured and promoted on our social media platforms, ensuring your film reaches new viewers and gains meaningful visibility around the world.

Our mission is to showcase the creativity, passion, and imagination that define today’s independent cinema. From deeply personal stories to bold visual experiments, we celebrate films and animations that move, inspire, and stay with the audience long after the screening [...]

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New York, United States

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CEN-TEX FILM FEST

Deadline: 05 Sep 2026

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The Cen-Tex Film Festival is a fully in person and online experience — designed to maximize access, education, and filmmaker growth without geographic barriers. As a sister festival to the Austin Action Fest & Market, it shares many of it's qualities but with a wider range of acceptable subject matter and a more diverse educational focus.

Inspired by the pioneer energy of Texas, Cen-Tex combines curated film programming with practical training sessions for creators at every level. This is not just a streaming showcase. It is a filmmaker development event.

We welcome films of all genres and all voices. While we celebrate bold, genre-forward storytelling — action, horror, thriller, sci-fi, western — powerful filmmaking always comes first. If your project is good, submit!

If [...]

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BELTON, United States

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Begiradak - Festival internacional de cine amateur

Deadline: 15 May 2026

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INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR FILM FESTIVAL

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Donostia- San Sebastián, Spain

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Globe International Film Festival

Deadline: 08 Jun 2026

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Film/ Feature Film/Short Film/Documentory/music vedio/Animation/VFX/CGI/2D/3D/other

All Entertainment Catagory Accept.

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Thane, India

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Premios Salvapastores

Deadline: 31 Jan 2027

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The SalvaPastores™ Film Awards were created to raise awareness, dignify, and give greater value to the profession of being shepherd and milk producers (goat, sheep, cow, buffalo...), as well as the fundamental role they play in the sustainability of the land, food production, and the preservation of cultural and environmental traditions.

This initiative stems from the SalvaPastores™ project, spearheaded by Michele Buster, co-founder of the international company Forever Cheese, who throughout her career has championed artisan and iconic cheeses and specialty foods from Spain, Italy, Portugal and Croatia.

The aim of the awards is to change the social perception of how this profession is perceived, one that has often been associated with negative stereotypes or a profession left [...]

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Consuegra, Spain

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QueerHub London Film Festival

Deadline: 05 May 2026

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A London-based queer film screening with live audience, filmmaker Q&A, and curated networking.

QueerHub Film Festival brings together emerging and established filmmakers to showcase bold LGBTQIA+ stories in an intimate, community-driven setting.

Selected films will be presented to a live audience in London, followed by filmmaker conversations and networking opportunities.

We welcome a wide range of cinematic works, including short films, documentaries, animation, and experimental pieces that explore themes such as identity, community, love, transformation, and social change.

We particularly encourage submissions from trans and non-binary filmmakers, as well as films that engage meaningfully with trans and non-binary experiences and perspectives.

Queer Hub fosters dialogue [...]

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London, United Kingdom

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Festival de Cortometrajes Rodinia

Deadline: 31 Jul 2026

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18th Rodinia Short Film Festival 2026

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Rodinia, Spain

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X International University Short Film Festival - CINESTESIA FEST

Deadline: 20 Jun 2026

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The International University Short Film Festival "CINESTESIA FEST" is an international cultural space founded in 2017 at the Fundación Universitaria Los Libertadores, located in Bogotá and Cartagena, Colombia.

The main objective is to provide a platform for emerging filmmakers and students enrolled in universities worldwide to exhibit their projects, foster professional recognition, encourage reflection, and cultivate new audiences.

The Festival takes place annually in the second semester of the year in Bogotá and Cartagena, Colombia, awarding the "Cinestesia" statuette—a recognition of international university talent.

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BOGOTA, Colombia

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The Just A Minute Festival

Deadline: 30 Apr 2026

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The Just A Minute Festival is an online viewers choice event that encourages people to make short films, one minute or less, using any device or media of any genre or subject matter.

There are cash prizes and there is no entry fee.

There will be a premier event at the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA and screenings at various locations.

For more information, visit our site www.JustAMinute.tv

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Winchester, United States

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Curta-SE - Festival Iberoamericano De Cinema De Sergipe

Deadline: 08 May 2026

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CURTA-SE 25 – The Ibero-American Film Festival of Sergipe is produced by AVBR PRODUÇÕES LTDA - ME and has as its mission to broaden public access to Ibero-American audiovisual production, to promote the exchange between filmmakers from Brazil and Ibero-America, to valorize the short film as a specific language, and to foster the creative economy and accessibility.

Ibero-American Digital Cinema: Films made by Ibero-American producers and/or directors who have lived in Brazil for more than 2 years, completed between 2024 and 2026, in the following categories:

a) Ibero-American Short Film – films with a running time of up to 20 minutes, in the genres of documentary, fiction, and animation, produced in countries of the Ibero-American region;

b) Sergipe Short Film – with a [...]

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Aracaju, Brazil

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New York Film Screening Festival

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CEN-TEX FILM FEST

Deadline: 05 Sep 2026

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BELTON, United States

Begiradak - Festival internacional de cine amateur

Deadline: 15 May 2026

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Donostia- San Sebastián, Spain

Globe International Film Festival

Deadline: 08 Jun 2026

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Thane, India

Premios Salvapastores

Deadline: 31 Jan 2027

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Consuegra, Spain

QueerHub London Film Festival

Deadline: 05 May 2026

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London, United Kingdom

Festival de Cortometrajes Rodinia

Deadline: 31 Jul 2026

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Rodinia, Spain

X International University Short Film Festival - CINESTESIA FEST

Deadline: 20 Jun 2026

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BOGOTA, Colombia

The Just A Minute Festival

Deadline: 30 Apr 2026

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