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CALLS FOR APPLICATIONS
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FEBRUARY | February 1st 2025 | Festival Cine-Palestine Short films that are directed by Palestinian filmmakers from all over the world. When: June 2025 Where: Paris, France Website: click here |
February 1st 2025 | Transilvania International Film Festival Filmmakers can submit films for three competitive programs – Official Competition, What’s Up, Doc?, Romanian Days - and three non-competitional programs: Full Moon, Supernova, No Limit. When: June 13th to 22nd 2025 Where: Cluj-Napoca, Romania Website: click here |
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February 7th 2025 | ZagrebDox Pro, training program Documentary film in developpemnt When: 2025 Where: Zagreb, Croatia Website: click here |
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February 8th 2025 | Coup de pouce - FIGRA Submit your documentary film project or reportage and meet producers during the festival. When: 2025 Where : Douai, France To submit : click here |
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February 9th 2025 | Bellaria Film Festival Independent film festival When: May 7th to 11th 2025 Where: Bellaria Igea Marina, Italy Website: click here |
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February 10th 2025 | Trento Film Festival Films dealing with mountains, adventure and exploration. Submission deadline is January 10th, 2025 for films released in 2023 and 2024. Submission deadline is February 10th, 2024 for films released in 2025. When: April 2025 Where: Trento, Italy Website: click here |
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February 15th 2025 | Festival d’Annecy Short films, graduation films, commissioned films or television films. When: June 2025 Where: Annecy, France Website: click here |
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February 19th 2025 | Très Court International Film Festival Films less than 4 minutes long When: June 2025 Where: Paris, France Website: click here |
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February 19th 2025 | Eurodoc Med Training of producers and directors based in one of the Mediterranean countries and realization of a documentary project in development. When: April 28th - May 2nd 2025 Where: Ajaccio, France Website: click here |
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February 20th 2025 | ESoDoc – European Social Documentary ESoDoc - European Social Documentary is an 8-months long training initiative for media professionals who want to improve their storytelling and co-creative skills, to broaden the potential of their documentary and new media project gaining access to a larger market. When : 2025 Where : Tromsø, Norway Website: click here |
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February 21st 2025 | AGORA Doc Market Each year the AGORA Doc Market hosts more than 400 films and invites more than 300 industry professionals and buyers to Thessaloniki to promote or buy documentary films. When: March 6 - April 30 2025 Where: Thessaloniki, Greece Website : click here |
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February 24th 2025 | FEST - New Directors New Films Festival Feature films (minimum length is 55 minutes) of fiction and documentaries by directors who are in their first or second production, regardless of age. Short films (production up to 54 minutes) of fiction, documentary, animation and experimental cinema, made by directors aged 35 years or less at the end of production. When: June 2025 Where: Espinho, Portugal Website: click here |
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February 25th 2025 | Côté Court Film less than 60 minutes produced after January 1, 2024 When: June 2025 Where: Pantin, France Website: click here |
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February 25th 2024 | Documenta Madrid Documentaries Quand: May 6-11 2025 Où: Madrid, Espagne Website: click here |
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February 28th 2025 | Festival de Cinéma Africain-FCAT Films made by African-e-s and/or diaspora filmmakers. When: May 2025 Where: Sevilla, Spain Website: click here |
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February 28th 2025 | Les Mains Gauches Films less than or equal to 50 minutes in length, directed by queer directors or dealing with feminist perspectives. When: September 10-13, 2025 Where: Marseille, France Website: click here |
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February 28th 2025 | ECU – The European Independent Film Festival Open to all films with less than 50% participation by a large studio or television broadcaster When: May 9th to 11th 2025 Where: Paris, France Website: click here |
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February 28th 2025 | Sheffield Doc Fest This festival is interested in questioning the boundaries of documentary and expanding them. They accept non-fiction projects of all lengths and formats. When: June 2025 Where: Sheffield, United Kingdoms Website: click here |
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February 28th 2025 | Cryptshow Fantasy short films, less than 25 minutes long, made after January 2023 When: June 20th - July 5th 2025 Where: Barcelona, Spain Website: click here |
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MARCH | March 2nd 2025 | Festival International du Film Insulaire de Groix Shorts and feature films shot on an island. When: August 20th to 24th 2025 Where: Groix, France Website: click here |
March 4th 2025 | CNC : Aide aux cinémas du monde ACM Distribution is a fund intended to support and promote the distribution and international circulation of films co-produced between a European country and a non-European country. Website: click here |
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March 10th 2025 | Les Nuits Med Open to short films: - products and/or products in a Mediterranean country - on the initiative of a Mediterranean screenwriter or director - Address one or more themes related to the Mediterranean Where: Furiani, France Website: click here |
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March 13th 2025 | ACID Cannes 2025 Feature films (fiction and documentaries running time 60 minutes minimum). When: from May 2025 Where: Cannes, France Website : click here |
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March 14th 2025 | Cannes - Semaine de la Critique Eligibility requirements for feature films: to be the director's first or second film longer than 59 minutes. Short and featuer films must have been completed within the 12 months prior to the date of the Festival. When: Mai 14th to 22nd, 2025 Where: Cannes, France Website: click here |
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March 14th 2025 | Festival Silhouette Short films with a maximum duration of 59 minutes. When: Upcoming dates Where: Paris, France Website: click here |
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March 14th 2025 | La Quinzaine des cinéastes (ex-Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) Short films completed in the last 12 months before the festival. When: May 2025 Where: Cannes, France Website: click here |
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March 15th 2025 | Festival d’Annecy Feature films lasting more than 60 minutes. When: June 2025 Where: Annecy, France Website: click here |
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March 15th 2025 | Documed - Festival du cinéma documentaire méditerranéen Documentary from Mediterranean countries produced after January 1st 2022. Where: Tunis, Tunisie Site Internet: click here |
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March 15th 2025 | Festival Cinémas d'Afrique Call for films is open to fictions, documentaries, animations, experimentals, virtual realities and of all kinds. When: August 14-17, 2025 Where: Lausanne, Switzerland Website: click here |
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March 17th 2025 | Athens Short Film Festival Short film competition. Films submitted must be no longer than 30 minutes in length. When: August 30-31 2025 Where: Athens, Greece Website: click here |
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March 19th 2025 | Biografilm Festival Films (fiction or documentary) of at least 50 minutes, produced after January 1st 2024 and never screened in Italy. When: June 6th to 16th, 2025 Where: Bologna, Italy Website: click here |
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March 21st 2025 | La Quinzaine des cinéastes (ex-Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) Feature films completed in the last 12 months before the festival. When: May 2025 Where: Cannes, France Website: click here |
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March 25th 2025 | Sunny Side of the Doc Looking for partners and funding for your next documentary? Submit your project to the Sunny Side of the Doc pitch sessions and join one of the most important markets in documentary and storytelling. When: June 23rd to 26th 2025 Where: La Rochelle, France Website: click here |
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March 28th 2025 | Festival CinemAmbiente Italian and international feature-length and short documentaries produced from January 1st 2023 onwards on the theme of the environment. When: June 5th to 10th 2025 Where: Turin, Italy Website : click here |
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March 29st 2025 | Mediterranean Film Festival Feature and short films from Mediterranean countries and short and medium length films from Croatia. When: From June 12th to 21st 2025 Where: Split, Croatia Website: click here |
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May 30th 2025 | International URTI Radio Grand Prix Theme: "Radio: A century informing, entertaining and educating"/ Confidence and accessibility of radio in all circumstances. Duration of programs: 52 minutes maximum. Website: click here |
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March 30th 2025 | DokuFest Registration for the Festival is open to short and feature-length documentaries, fiction, animation and experimental short films. The duration of short films is limited to 30 minutes and that of short documentaries to 40 minutes. There is no time limit for feature-length documentaries. When: August 1st to 9th, 2025 Where: Prizren, Kosovo Website: click here Submission: click here |
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March 31st 2025 | La Guarimba Short films of all kinds and of all nationalities. The maximum permitted length is 30 minutes. Films must have been produced after January 1st 2023 When: August 7th to 12th, 2025 Where: Amantea, Italy Website: click here |
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March 31st 2025 | JI.HLAVA Emerging Producers When : Octobre 2025 to february 2026 Where: Jihlava, Czech Republic and Berlin, Germany Website: cliquez ici |
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March 31st 2025 | Nouvelles Vagues - Festival International du Film de Biarritz Feature films (fiction, documentary, animation) with a youth theme. When: June 24th to 29th 2025 Where: Biarritz, France Website: click here |
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March 31st 2025 | CourtMed - Mediterranean short films competition Open to students at universities, film schools and journalism schools, as well as to young filmmakers who have recently graduated, this competition aims to promote the work and vision of young mediterranean filmmakers by offering them the opportunity to share their creations more widely. - Short films up to 15 minutes long - completed after 1 January 2024 Website: click here |
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AVRIL | April 1st 2025 | Astra Film Festival Documentaries above 50 minutes and produced after January 1st, 2024. When: 19-26 Octobre 2025 Where: Sibiu, Romania Website: click here |
April 4th 2025 | AFAC - Documentary Film The Documentary Film program supports creative documentary films in the Arab region. Website: click here |
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April 10th 2025 | Lucania Film Festival Feature films (120 minutes max) and short films (30 minutes max) of fiction, documentary and animation. When: August 2025 Where: Matera, Pisticii, Italy Website: click here |
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April 15th 2025 | Cisterna Film Festival Any short film produced after January 1st, 2023, and under 20 minutes. When: 18-20 July 2025 Where: Cisterna di Latina, Italy Website: click here |
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April 17th 2025 | Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival Any type of film less than 40 minutes is eligible. When: July 2025 Where: Athens, Greece Website: click here |
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April 20th 2025 | Bueu International Short Film Festival Film not exceeding 30 minutes When: September 2025 Where: Bueu (Galicia), Spain Website: click here | |
April 30th 2025 | Beyond Borders The Festival’s objective is to promote the most important documentary productions worldwide that focus on history, culture, politics and other social issues. When: August 24-31 2025 Where: Castellorizo island, Greece Website: click here |
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April 30th 2025 | Curtas Vila Do Conde Short and medium-length films produced in 2023, 2024 with a maximum duration of 60 minutes. When: July 12 to 20, 2025 Where: Vila do Conde, Portugal Website: click here |
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April 30th 2025 | The International Human Rights Film Festival in Albania IHRFFA includes in its program documentary, fiction and animated films dealing with human rights that are sensitive especially for the Albanian society. When: September 15th to 20th 2025 Où : Tirana, Albania Site Internet : cliquez ici |
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MAY | May 1st 2024 | Golden Apricot - Yerevan International Film Festival Fiction films, short films, documentaries. When: July 13rd to 20th 2025 Where: Yerevan, Armenia Website: click here |
May 1st 2024 | Foça Film Days Documentaries dealing with archaeology and cultural heritage. When: 15-19 October, 2025 Where: Foça, Turkey Website: click here |
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May 2nd 2025 | International Short Film Festival of Cyprus The International Short Film Festival of Cyprus is the official competition festival for short films in Cyprus, showcasing and celebrating an outstanding narrative, animated, documentary and experimental original short film content. When: October 11th to 17th 2025 Where: Limassol, Cyrpus Website: cliquez ici |
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