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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 26th 2026 | UNAFF (United Nations Association Film Festival) When: Octobre 2026 Where: USA Website: cliquez ici |
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| May 26th 2026 | Un Court Tournable Short film of 30 minutes maximum in French, or with French subtitles. When: June 26th 2026 Where: Bobigny, France Submission: click here |
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| May 30th 2026 | Mediterraneo Video Festival When: Septembre 2026 Where: Italie Website: click here" |
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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 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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| 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 26th 2026 | Cartoon Springboard Intended for European animated film projects. When: October 2026 Where: Madrid, Spain 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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