| MONTH | DEADLINE | CALLS FOR APPLICATIONS |
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| AUGUST | August 1st 2025 | Cairo International Film Festival Postproduction projet When: Novembre 12th to 22nd 2025 Where: Cairo, Egypt Website : click here |
| August 3rd 2025 | Ravenna Nightmare Film Fest Ravenna Nightmare Film Fest explores “the dark side of movies” in its broadest sense When : October 21th to 25th 2025 Where: Ravenna, Italy Submission: click here |
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| August 10th 2025 | TiSFF – Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival When: October 1st to 15th 2025 Where: Thessaloniky, Greece Website: click here |
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| August 15th 2025 | Rabat International Author Film Festival Author films produced after November 1st 2023 and never screened in Morocco. When: From November 7th to 14th 2025 Where: Rabat, Morocco Website: click here |
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| August 15th 2025 | 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 4-14, 2025 Where: Calabria, Italy Website: click here |
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| August 18th 2025 | Thessaloniki Locarno Industry Academy This initiative aim to give a significant boost to the careers of new film professionals from Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean countries. When: November 1st to 6th 2025 Where: Thessaloniki, Greece Website : click here |
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| August 21st 2025 | Cinemed Short Film -> 7th July 2025 Documentary full length -> 18th July 2025 Development Grant -> 18th July 2025 Fiction feature length -> 21st August 2025 When : October 2025 Where: Montpellier, France Website: click here |
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| August 24th 2025 | Roma Creative Contest Short fiction or documentary film When: September 25th to 28th, 2025 Where: Roma, Italy Website: click here |
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| August 25th 2025 | ReAnimania Int. Short or feature-length animated films produced after January 1st, 2024. When: October 19-25, 2025 Where: Yerevan, Armenia Website: click here |
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| August 25th 2025 | Lebanese Independent Film Festival (LIFF) When: September 25th to 28th 2025 Where: Beirut, Libanon Website: click here |
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| August 26th 2025 | Un Court Tournable Short film of 30 minutes maximum in French, or with French subtitles. When: September 26th 2025 Where: Bobigny, France Submission: click here |
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| August 27th 2025 | Cartoon Springboard Intended for European animated film projects. When: October 2025 Where: Madrid, Spain Website: click here |
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| August 31st 2025 | 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 2025 Where: Nador, Morocco Website: click here |
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| August 31st 2025 | Global Non Violent Film Festival All films submitted must be in English and MUST BE NONVIOLENT: the Festival does not accept films presenting explicit or graphic violence; Implicit acts of violence may be accepted if justified by the message of the film. When: September 25th to October 12th, 2025 Where: Online Website: click here |
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| SEPTEMBER | September 1st 2025 | International Queer Film Festival Merlinka International queer film festival Merlinka is organized every year from 2009 in Belgrade Serbia. For seven days we screen short, documentary and featured LGBT-themed films. When: December 11-14 2026 Where: Belgrade, Serbia Website: click here |
| September 1st 2025 | 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 7th 2025 Where: Thessaloniki, Greece Website: click here |
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| September 1st 2025 | Series Makers Training dedicated to the creation of series. When: November 2025 to January 2026 Where: Lille, France and online Website: click here |
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| September 5th 2025 | 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 2025 Where: Thessaloniki, Greece Website: click here |
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| September 8th 2025 | Watersprite Film Festival Watersprite, The Cambridge International Student Film Festival, is inviting student filmmakers from across the globe to submit their shorts. When: March 6th to 7th 2026 Where: Cambridge, UK Website: click here |
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| September 10th 2025 | Cannes Indie Shorts Awards Short film of a maximum duration of 40 minutes. When: November 5th to 9th 2025 Where: Cannes, France Website: click here |
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| September 12nd 2025 | Residence Annecy Festival Dedicated to animated feature films, the Annecy Festival Residence will host 3 new projects whose promoters will be able to develop the graphic universe during 3 months and benefit from a workspace. When: 2026 Where: Annecy, France Website: click here |
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| September 15th 2025 | Curieux Voyageurs The main themes are travel, adventure, and expedition. When: March 6-8 2026 Where: Saint-Etienne, France Website: click here |
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| September 25th 2025 | Eureka Series Intensive 14-week full-time training for screenwriters and series producers from all over Europe. When: 2026 Where: Lille, France Website: click here |
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| September 25th 2025 | International Short Film Festival - International Competition Registration for films completed in 2025. Maximum duration of 40 minutes. When: January 2026 Where: Clermont-Ferrand, France Website: click here |
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| September 26th 2025 | FIPADOC For films eligible for the Panorama de la création francophone competition (films already broadcast on television or cinema) and non-competitive selections. When: January 23-31 2026 Where: Biarritz, France Website: click here |
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| September 30th 2025 | 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 16th to 24th 2026 Where: Trieste, Italy Website: click here |
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| OCTOBER | October 1st 2025 | 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 27th to July 4th 2026 Where: Pernik, Bulgaria Submission: click here |
| October 2nd 2025 | La Fabrique Cinéma 1st or 2nd feature film projects in development. The selected projects will be presented in a privileged way during the Cannes Film Festival. When: 2025 Where: Cannes, France Website: click here |
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| October 2nd 2025 | International Short Film Festival - National Competition When: January 2026 Where: Clermont-Ferrand, France Website: click here |
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| October 6th 2025 | FIPADOC for unpublished films eligible for Grand Prix and competitive selections. When: January 23-31 2026 Where: Biarritz, France Website: click here |
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| October 12th 2025 | Prix Ermanno Olmi The Prize is addressed to filmmakers of all nationalities and not older than 30 on the date of the submission deadline. The maximum length of each entry (fiction, documentary or animation) must not exceed 15 minutes. When: Decembre 2nd 2026 Where: Bergamo, Italy Website: click here |
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| October 20th 2025 | Festival Filmer le travail Creative documentaries on the theme of work. When: February 2026 Where: Poitiers, France Submission: click here |
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| NOVEMBER | November 1st 2025 | CPH:DOX The festival is open to films of any duration, VR and AR experiences, and other audiovisual formats. When: March 2026 Where: Copenhagen, Denmark Website: click here |
| November 15th 2025 | FIGRA, Festival International du Grand Reportage d'Actualité et du Documentaire de Société - Official selection When : March 30th to April 4th 2026 Where: Douai, France Website: click here |
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| November 15th 2025 | Seeyousound International Music Film Festival Shorts (less than 30 minutes) or feature films (more than 30 minutes) whose theme is music. Films must have been produced after January 1, 2024 When: February 24th to March 1st 2026 Where: Torino, Italy Website: cliquez ici Inscription: cliquez ici |
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| November 16th 2025 | International film festival Music & Cinema Marseille First, second or third movie lasting less than 30 minutes and produced after September 2024. When: April 2026 Where: Aubagne, France Website: click here |
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| November 22nd 2025 | Festival de cinéma Travelling Urba[Ciné] Competition: French-speaking short films. Junior Competition: international short films for young people. When: February 2026 Where: Rennes, France Website: click here |
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| Novembre 30th 2025 | Thessaloniki Documentary Festival TDF is among the most important documentary festivals in Europe and an Oscars® documentary feature qualifying festival, celebrating the art of documentary via a rich program of films, events, initiatives and the Agora Doc Market, a lively hub for film professionals. When: March 5th to 15th 2026 Where: Thessaloniki, Greece Website : click here |
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| DECEMBER | December 1st 2025 | Documentary Campus Masterschool European training program for projects under development. Programme for European media professionals (authors, directors, producers). When : March to October 2026 Wher e: in different Europeans cities Website : click here |
| December 15th 2025 | ZagrebDox, International documentary film festival Documentary films produced after January 2025. When: April 19th to 26th 2026 Where: Zagreb, Croatia Website: click here |
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| December 15th 2025 | Visions du réel Call for films and projects When: April 17th to 26th 2026 Where : Nyon, Switzerland Website : click here |
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