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| JANUARY | January 4th 2026 | Festival européen du court-métrage de Bordeaux Participation in the festival is open to European short films made after 1 January 2025 and lasting between 5 and 25 minutes. When: March 26th et 27th 2026 Where: Bordeaux, France Website: click here |
| January 5th 2026 | International Alexandria Short Film Festival The Festival accepts submissions of films in the following sections: Feature - Documentary – Animation. When: 15-20 april 2026 Where: Alexandria, Egypt Website : click here |
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| January 7th 2026 | Crossing Europe European fiction or documentary feature films with a minimum duration of 60 minutes. When: Avril 28th to May 3rd 2026 Where: Linz, Austria Website: click here |
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| January 7th 2026 | Cinéma du Réel - ParisDOC Works-in-Progress ParisDOC Works-in-Progress actively supports the distribution and promotion of feature-length documentaries by bringing together project managers (directors and producers) and dissemination and exploitation professionals at a decisive stage in the production process. When: March 2026 Where: Paris, France Website: click here |
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| January 11th 2026 | Sofia Meetings When: March 18th to 22nd 2026 Where: Sofia, Bulgaria Website: click here |
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| January 12th 2026 | International Student Film Festival Sehsüchte The International Student Film Festival Sehsüchte is once again looking for your projects. When: April 22nd to 26th, 2026 Where: Postdam, Germany Website: click here |
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| January 14th 2026 | Episodic Program The Oxbelly Episodic Program is a week-long training course that supports talented writers interested in entering a television career. Two possible programs: - Screenwriters Program - Fiction Writers Program When: July, 2026 Where: Costa Navarino, Messinia, Greece Website: click here |
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| January 15th 2026 | Cinéma du Réel - Prix Route One/DOC Cinéma du réel joins the catalogue of the Cinémathèque du documentaire – Images de la culture and is once again presenting the Route One/DOC prize, a call for projects aimed at young graduates in 2024 or 2025, writing a professional short documentary. When: Mars 2026 Where: Paris, France Website: click here |
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| January 15th 2026 | ITFS - Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film Feature animated film, including computer animations and combinations of live-action and animation. When: May 5 - 10 2026 Where: Stuttgart, Germany Website: click here |
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| January 15th 2026 | IBIZACINEFEST When: February 20 – March 1, 2026 Where: Ibiza, Spain Website: click here |
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| January 19th 2026 | Music & Cinema This market brings together producers, directors and composers around international projects – short films, features and TV series - all looking for a composer to create the original score of their film. When: March 30th to April 4th 2026 Where: Marseille, France Website: click here |
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| January 19th 2026 | Docaviv Short (less than 40 minutes) or feature (more than 40 minutes) never aired in Israel. When: 28th May - 6th June 2026 Where: Tel Aviv, Israël Website: click here |
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| January 22nd 2026 | Pitchs Mifa Projects for short films, feature films, series and digital experiments in development. Whatever the nature of the project, it must be based on a minimum of 50% animation. When: June 2026 Where: Annecy, France Website: click here |
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| January 25th 2026 | FUSE – Film Under Severe To be eligible, directors must be between the ages of 18 and 29, and films must be less than 20 minutes in length. When: 5-7 June 2026 Where: Karlovac, Croatie Website: click here |
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| January 30th 2026 | Docs Barcelona When: May 9th to 14th 2026 Where: Barcelona, Spain Websitet: click here |
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| January 30th 2026 | Eurodoc Med Training of producers and directors based in one of the Mediterranean countries and realization of a documentary project in development. When: April 27th - May 1st 2026 Where: Ajaccio, France Website: click here |
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| January 31st 2026 | Semana de Cine de Medina del Campo International Short Film Festival. When: April 2026 Where: Medina del Campo, Spain Website: click here |
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| February 1st 2026 | BELDOCS - International Documentary Film Festival Belgrade l Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival is one of the main gathering place for creative documentaries and European film professionals in the Western Balkans. When: May 20th to 26th 2026 Where : Belgrade, Serbia Website : click here |
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| February 1st 2026 | 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 12th to 21std 2026 Where: Cluj-Napoca, Romania Website: click here |
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| February 2nd 2026 | 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 2026 Where: Espinho, Portugal Website: click here |
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| February 8th 2026 | 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 10th 2026 | Trento Film Festival Films dealing with mountains, adventure and exploration. Submission deadline is January 10th, 2026 for films released in 2024 and 2025. Submission deadline is February 10th, 2026 for films released in 2026. When: April 2026 Where: Trento, Italy Website: click here |
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| February 13th 2026 | ECU – The European Independent Film Festival Open to all films with less than 50% participation by a large studio or television broadcaster When: April 2026 Where: Paris, France Website: click here |
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| February 15th 2026 | Festival d’Annecy Short films, graduation films, commissioned films or television films. When: June 2026 Where: Annecy, France Website: click here |
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| February 16th 2026 | 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 2026 Where: Thessaloniki, Greece Website : click here |
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| February 20th 2026 | 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 2026 Where: Sheffield, United Kingdoms Website: click here |
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| February 22nd 2026 | Bellaria Film Festival Independent film festival When: May 6th to 10th 2026 Where: Bellaria Igea Marina, Italy Website: click here |
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| February 28th 2026 | Les Mains Gauches Films less than or equal to 50 minutes in length, directed by queer directors or dealing with feminist perspectives. When: September 9-13, 2026 Where: Marseille, France Website: click here |
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| February 28th 2026 | 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 2026 | Cryptshow Fantasy short films, less than 25 minutes long, made after January 2024 When: June 26th - July 4th 2026 Where: Barcelona, Spain Website: click here |
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| MARCH | 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 |
| 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 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 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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| 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 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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