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| JUNE | June 4th 2026 | Venice International Film Festival Feature Films - Deadline 4th June When: September Where: Venice, Italy Website: click here |
| 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 |
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| June 12th 2026 | Festival International du Film Indépendant de Bordeaux International feature films of a minimum duration of 60 minutes. French short films of less than 30 minutes. When November 2026 Where: Bordeaux, France Website: click here |
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| 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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| June 30th 2026 | El Gouna Film Festival Short and feature fiction or documentary films When: October 2026 Where: El Gouna, Egypte Website: click here |
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| JULY | July 3rd 2026 | Close-Up Calling all citizens of Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar or Yemen. The project submitted may be at a pre-production development or production stage. Selected applicants will participate in three mentoring workshops organized by international filmmakers. When: 2026 - 2027 Website: click here |
| July 9th 2026 | IDFA - Festival International du Film Documentaire d'Amsterdam When: November 2026 Where: Amsterdam, Pays-Bas Website : click here |
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| July 17th 2026 | TIFF Thessaloniki Film Festival TIFF has four competition sections: International Competition, Meet the Neighbors Competition (with a first or second feature film from Greece's neighbors), the Film Forward Competition section and the VR Competition section. When: November 2026 Where: Thessaloniki, Greece Website: click here |
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| July 17th 2026 | Festival des 3 continents Films from Africa, Latin America or Asia. When: November 2026 Where: Nantes, France Website: click here |
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| June 25th 2026 | Cannes Indie Shorts Awards Short film of a maximum duration of 40 minutes. When: November 4th to 8th 2026 Where: Cannes, France Website: click here |
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| July 27th 2026 | Arab Film Festival Films must have been produced between 2024 and 2026 When: October 2026 Where: San Francisco, United States Website: click here |
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| July 30th 2026 | Alexandria Mediterranean Film Festival Feature and short film competitions When: October 2026 Where: Alexandria, Egypte Website: click here |
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| July 31th 2026 | Middle East Now Middle East Films produced between 2024 à 2026. When: October 2026 Where: Florence, Italy Website: click here |
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| July 31st 2026 | Festival international du film de Marrakech Feature films (fiction, documentaries, animation and experimental films) of more than 65 minutes. The competition is reserved exclusively for the first and second international films, presented in MENA premiere. When: November 2026 Where: Marrakesh, Morocco Website: click here |
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| July 31st 2026 | MedFilm Festival Fictions and documentaries, long or short, produced in a Mediterranean country after 1st January 2025. When: November 2026 Where: Rome, Italy Website: click here |
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| July 31st 2026 | Porto/Post/Doc - International documentaries lasting more than 50 minutes - Documentary short films lasting less than 40 minutes directed by Portuguese students. Films produced in 2025 or 2026. When: November 2026 Where: Porto, Portugal Website: click here |
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| July 31st 2026 | Festival International de Cinéma et de Mémoire Commune The films in the official competition (documentaries) must be related to the memory of immigrants (Africans, Europeans, Latin Americans, Asians...) who have decided to return to their countries of origin, whatever the reasons for this return. When: November 2026 Where: Nador, Morocco Website: click here |
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| July 31st 2026 | i-Fest - International Film Festival The Fest International Film Festival is an international event whose main theme is cinema in all its forms. When: September 2026 Where: Calabria, Italy Website: click here |
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| AUGUST | August 1st 2026 | Cairo International Film Festival Postproduction projet When: Novembre 12th to 22nd 2025 Where: Cairo, Egypt Website : click here |
| August 3rd 2026 | Ravenna Nightmare Film Fest Ravenna Nightmare Film Fest explores “the dark side of movies” in its broadest sense When : October 2026 Where: Ravenna, Italy Submission: click here |
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| August 10th 2026 | TiSFF – Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival When: October 2026 Where: Thessaloniky, Greece Website: click here |
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| August 15th 2026 | Cinemamed Mediterranean Films produced in 2025 and 2026 When: November 26th to December 4th 2026 Where: Bruxelles, Belgium Website: click here |
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| August 15th 2026 | ReAnimania Int. Short or feature-length animated films produced after January 1st, 2025. When: October 2026 Where: Yerevan, Armenia Website: click here |
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| August 17th 2026 | Rabat International Author Film Festival Author films produced after November 1st 2024 and never screened in Morocco. When: From November 2026 Where: Rabat, Morocco Website: click here |
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| August 21st 2026 | Cinemed Short Film -> 6th July 2026 Development Grant -> 10th July 2026 Documentary full length -> 17th July 2026 Fiction feature length -> 21st August 2026 When : October 2025 Where: Montpellier, France Website: click here |
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| August 24th 2026 | Agora Works in Progress The Agora Works in Progress selects projects in post-production stage, which have a link to the Mediterranean regions and Southeastern Europe, and presents them to sales agents, distributors, producers, streaming platforms and festival programmers. When: November 2026 Where: Thessaloniki, Greece Website: click here |
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| August 26th 2026 | Cartoon Springboard Intended for European animated film projects. When: October 2026 Where: Madrid, Spain Website: click here |
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| August 31st 2026 | TIFF - Podcast Section The Thessaloniki International Film Festival is happy to invite podcasters from Greece and abroad to submit their works at the Podcast section. When: November 2026 Where: Thessaloniki, Greece Website: click here |
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| September 8th 2026 | FIPADOC Films eligible for the Francophone Documentary Panorama competition (French-language films already broadcast on television or released in cinemas) Films eligible for the New voices selection and the Smart competition Films eligible for non-competitive selections. When: January 22-30 2027 Where: Biarritz, France Website: click here |
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| September 15th 2026 | Curieux Voyageurs The main themes are travel, adventure, and expedition. When: March 2027 Where: Saint-Etienne, France Website: click here |
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| September 25th 2026 | FIPADOC for unreleased films. When: January 22-30 2027 Where: Biarritz, France Website: click here |
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| September 30th 2026 | Trieste Film Festival We are looking for feature films and documentaries (only Italian premieres), short films (both fiction and animation) from Central and Eastern European countries. When: From January 15th to 23rd 2027 Where: Trieste, Italy Website: click here |
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| OCTOBER | October 1st 2026 | International Short Film Festival - International Competition Registration for films completed in 2026. Maximum duration of 40 minutes. When: January 2027 Where: Clermont-Ferrand, France Website: click here |
| October 1st 2026 | Festival In The Palace A festival dedicated to short films and digital arts and also presents special competitive programs for feature films and film series. IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival is an OSCAR® Qualifying Film Festival. When: June 26th to July 3rd 2027 Where: Pernik, Bulgaria Submission: click here |
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| NOVEMBER | November 2nd 2026 | Eureka Series Intensive 14-week full-time training for screenwriters and series producers from all over Europe. When: 2027 Where: Lille, France Website: click here |
| November 15th 2026 | Roma Creative Contest Short fiction or documentary film When: December 17-19 2026 Where: Roma, Italy Website: click here |
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| DECEMBER | December 31st 2026 | Moinho Cine Fest When: March - May 2027 Where: Custóias, Leça do Balio et Matosinhos, Portugal Website: click here |
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