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CALLS FOR APPLICATIONS
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| MARCH | March 1st 2026 | Sole Luna Doc Film Festival Documentaries of any length which tell stories of the world of today and yesterday, human experiences of jouneys and contacts, urban and rural contexts, violations of human and land rights, concrete examples or proposals for solutions to environmental and humanitarian crises. When: July 2025 Where: Palermo, Italia Website : click here |
| March 2nd 2026 | 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 6th 2026 | 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 13th to 21st, 2026 Where: Cannes, France Website: click here |
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| March 9th 2026 | 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 10th 2026 | Astra Film Festival Documentaries above 50 minutes and produced after January 1st, 2025. When: 17-25 Octobre 2026 Where: Sibiu, Romania Website: click here |
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| March 12th 2026 | ACID Cannes Feature films (fiction and documentaries running time 60 minutes minimum). When: May 2026 Where: Cannes, France Website : click here |
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| March 13th 2026 | La Quinzaine des cinéastes Short films completed in the last 12 months before the festival. Feature films: March 13 2026 Medium length films: March 2 2026 Short films: March 2 2026 When: May 2026 Where: Cannes, France Website: click here |
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| March 15th 2026 | Festival Silhouette Short films with a maximum duration of 59 minutes. When: 28 August - 5 September Where: Paris, France Website: click here |
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| March 15th 2026 | Festival d’Annecy Feature films lasting more than 60 minutes. When: June 2026 Where: Annecy, France Website: click here |
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| March 15th 2026 | Festival Cinémas d'Afrique Call for films is open to fictions, documentaries, animations, experimentals, virtual realities and of all kinds. When: August 13-16, 2026 Where: Lausanne, Switzerland Website: click here |
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| March 15th 2026 | FID Marseille Films produced in 2024 and 2025 Short films : under 60 minutes Feature films : films from 60 minutes in length When : 7-12 July 2026 Where : Marseilles, France Website: click here |
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| March 15th 2026 | Almagro International Film Festival Film up to 20 minutes long, of any genre, produced after January 1st, 2025. When: August 2026 Where: Almagro, Spain Website: click here |
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| March 18th 2026 | Biografilm Festival Films (fiction or documentary) of at least 50 minutes, produced after January 1st 2024 and never screened in Italy. When: June 5th to 15th, 2026 Where: Bologna, Italy Website: click here |
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| March 31st 2026 | 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 2025 Website: click here |
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| March 28th 2026 | Festival CinemAmbiente Italian and international feature-length and short documentaries produced from January 1st 2024 onwards on the theme of the environment. When: June 3rd to 7th 2026 Where: Turin, Italy Website : click here |
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| March 31st 2026 | 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 7-15 2026 Where: Prizren, Kosovo Website: click here Submission: click here |
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| March 31st 2026 | 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 2024 When: August 7th to 12th, 2026 Where: Amantea, Italy Website: click here |
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| March 31st 2026 | JI.HLAVA Emerging Producers When : Octobre 2026 to february 2027 Where: Jihlava, Czech Republic and Berlin, Germany Website: cliquez ici |
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| March 31st 2026 | Nouvelles Vagues - Festival International du Film de Biarritz Feature films (fiction, documentary, animation) with a youth theme. When: June 23rd to 28th 2026 Where: Biarritz, France Website: click here |
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| AVRIL | April 1st 2026 | Athens Short Film Festival Short film competition. Films submitted must be no longer than 30 minutes in length. When: August 27-30 2026 Where: Athens, Greece Website: click here |
| April 2nd 2026 | AFAC - Documentary Film The Documentary Film program supports creative documentary films in the Arab region. Website: click here |
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| April 3rd 2026 | Mediterranean Film Festival Feature and short films from Mediterranean countries and short and medium length films from Croatia. When: From June 11th to 20th 2026 Where: Split, Croatia Website: click here |
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| April 7th 2026 | États généraux du film documentaire Documentary produced after January 1st 2025 When: August 2026 Where: Lussas, France Website: click here |
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| April 10th 2026 | Lucania Film Festival Feature films (120 minutes max) and short films (30 minutes max) of fiction, documentary and animation. When: August 2026 Where: Matera, Pisticii, Italy Website: click here |
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| April 10th 2026 | PALARCTIC PALARCTIC is a filmmaking program that aims to bring together aspiring filmmakers from Palestine and Norway to provide them with opportunities to learn from each other and share their experiences. Website: click here |
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| April 15th 2026 | Cisterna Film Festival Any short film produced after January 1st, 2024, and under 20 minutes. When: 17-19 July 2026 Where: Cisterna di Latina, Italy Website: click here |
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| April 15th 2026 | Golden Apricot - Yerevan International Film Festival Fiction films, short films, documentaries. When: July 12nd to 19th 2026 Where: Yerevan, Armenia Website: click here |
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| April 19th 2026 | Motovun Film Festival Short films of up to 20 minutes, produced after 1st January 2025 and never screened in Croatia. When: July 2026 Where: Zagreb, Croatia Website: click here |
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| April 24th 2026 | Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival Any type of film less than 40 minutes is eligible. When: July 2026 Where: Athens, Greece Website: click here |
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| April 27th 2026 | PriMed – International Festival of Mediterranean Documentary and Reportage Reportages and documentary films about the Mediterranean produced after January 1st 2025. When: November-December 2026 Where: Marseille, France Website: click here |
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| April 30th 2026 | 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 23-30 2026 Where: Castellorizo island, Greece Website: click here |
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| April 30th 2026 | SiciliAmbiente Film Festival Documentaries of more than 30 minutes, Feature films of more than 70 minutes, Short films of less than 30 minutes. When: July 13-18, 2026 Where: San Vito Lo Capo, Italy Website: click here |
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| April 30th 2026 | Curtas Vila Do Conde Short and medium-length films produced in 2024, 2025 with a maximum duration of 60 minutes. When: July 17 to 26, 2026 Where: Vila do Conde, Portugal Website: click here |
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| April 30th 2026 | Olhares do Mediterraneo – Women’s Film Festival Documentary, fictional, animated or experimental film produced by a woman (producer, director, screenwriter, editor) who comes or works in a Mediterranean country. When: November 2026 Where: Lisbon, Portugal Website: click here |
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| April 30th 2026 | Drama International Short Film Festival Drama International Short Film Festival is one of the world’s oldest short film festivals! When: September 2026 Where: Athens, Greece Website: click here |
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| April 30th 2026 | PERSO - Perugia Social Film Festival Italian and international documentaries over 30 minutes Short documentary of less than 30 minutes "Umbria in celluloide"on social issues in the Umbria region When: September 2026 Where: Perugia, Italie Website: cliquez ici |
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| April 30th 2026 | TWIN CITIES ARAB FILM FESTIVAL We accept narrative, documentary, experimental, animated films of feature and short lengths. We seek films made by Arab or Arab American filmmakers or films relevant to these communities. When: September 2026 Where: St Paul, United States Website: click here |
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| MAY | May 1st, 2026 | 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 2026 Où : Tirana, Albania Site Internet : cliquez ici |
| May 1st 2026 | Foça Film Days Documentaries dealing with archaeology and cultural heritage. When: 14-18 October, 2026 Where: Foça, Turkey Website: click here |
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| May 2nd 2026 | 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 10th to 16th 2026 Where: Limassol, Cyrpus Website: cliquez ici |
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| May 6th 2026 | Cartoon Forum Cartoon Forum is a co-production forum for animated series, intended for television and new platforms. When: September 2026 Where: Toulouse, France Website: click here |
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| May 8th 2026 | Aegan Film Festival The Aegean Film Festival has the mission to explore, discover and promote films, ideas and stories that further our kindness and tolerance, our understanding and sensitivity towards each other and towards the environments that surround us. Deadline May 15th for Short films When: July 2026 Where: Spetses, Greece Website: click here |
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| May 11th 2026 | Giffoni Film Festival Animated short films for children aged 3 to 5 and short and feature films (fiction and animation) for audiences aged 6 to 12 are accepted. A section accepts feature-length documentaries on the theme of childhood and maturity. Short films must be no longer than 30 minutes, while feature films must be at least 60 minutes long. When: July 2026 Where: Salerno, Italy Website: click here |
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| May 20th 2026 | Fenêtres sur Courts The Festival is open to all short films of less than 30 minutes and completed after January 1, 2025. When: November 2026 Where: Dijon, France Website: cliquez ici |
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| May 31st 2026 | Visioni dal Mondo International Documentary Film Festival Documentaries completed after January 1, 2024 and not yet projects in Italy can participate in the Italian competition. The international section is open to feature films over 65 minutes in length. When: September 2026 Where: Milano, Italy Website: click here |
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| May 31st 2026 | Docu Talents from the East - Sarajevo Film Festival When: August 2026 Where: Sarajevo, Bosnia Website: click here |
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| JUNE | June 12th 2026 | Tripoli Film Festival Feature Film - 80 - 105 min / Short film - less than 20 min / Animation - less than 20 min / Feature Documentary - from 50 to 90 min / Short Documentary - less than 20 min. When: September 2026 Where: Tripoli, Libanon Website : click here |
| June 15th 2026 | Montreal International Documantary Festival When: November 2026 Where: Montreal, Quebec Website: click here |
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| June 15th 2026 | Clorofilla Film Festival Italian documentaries and one-minute short films are accepted. The maximum length of documentaries is 80 minutes. For the section devoted to the De Seta Prize, the works must have a maximum duration of 30 minutes. When: August 2026 Where: Grosseto, Italy Registration: click here |
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| June 21st 2026 | TIRANA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Short and feature films When: September 2026 Where: Tirana, Albania Website: click here |
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| June 30th 2026 | Ortigia Film Festival Three competitions : A national competition of first and second fiction films by Italian directors. An international competition of documentaries, and an international competition of short films. When: September 2026 Where: Syracuse, Italy Website: click here |
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| June 30th 2026 | Visione Corte Festival International du Court-Métrage Short films When: October 2026 Where: Gaeta, Italy Website: click here |
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| June 30th 2026 | Zagreb Film Festival International Short and feature-length fiction When : From November 2026 Where Zagreb, Croatia Website : click here |
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