INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS WHICH WELCOME NON-COMMERCIAL FILMS 2021
SO FAR (29 March) THE ONLY FESTIVAL WHICH HAVE ANNOUNCED PLANS ARE:
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WHITE NIGHTS
- St. Petersburg, Russia Closing : January 25 (extended deadline March 8) Festival: April 23-25 contact/Kontact Mrs. Nina Zaitseva P.O. Box 158 RUS-St. Petersburg Website: http://psnk.org/ Email: amateur.rus@mail.ru (+49) 591 75236 - Harald Lorenz |
Encourages creative activity, fosters pride in the history of your country, promotes ecological knowledge, common human values: love, mercy, friendliness, peacemaking, tolerance, a sense of beauty and harmony.
Films up to 15m, fee 500 rubles. In Russian or with Russian subtitles. |
BIAFF - BRITISH INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR FILM FESTIVAL
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No limit on length, theme or genre. Each author receives a written report from the jury. There is a range of fees - see their website.
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FESTIVAL OF NATIONS
- Lenzing, Austria Closing: 1st March 2021 Festival: September 23 - 28 2021 website: www.festival-of-nations.com www.filmfreeway.com/FestivalofNations Contact: info@festival-of-nations.com |
Length: up to 30 minutes, any theme, any genre.
Venue: Lichtspiel, Lenzing No entry fee. Best non-commercial films in the world. See FilmFreeway |
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MONTECATINI INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
- Montecatini Terme, Italy Closing: May 15 (extended July 31) Festival: October 23-28 Website: www.filmvideomontecatini.it Contact via website |
Films produced after January 1, 2020.
Films no longer than:
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CROATIAN ONE-MINUTE FILM FESTIVAL
- Pozega, Croatia Closing : 25 May 2021 Festival: 23-27 June 2021 Website: www.crominute.hr Email: crominute@gmail.com |
Maximum length 60 seconds. No fee. No limit on number of entries. 1,000 Euros top prize. You can directly upload your films. If you send more than one file per film (for instance: DVD VIDEO_TS folder) compress them into a ZIP file and then upload. Use your user names and passwords you used in past years which have been transferred into the new system with the complete data base. For further information and help please contact Zvonimir: crominute@gmail.com. |
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FOUR RIVERS YOUTH FESTIVAL
Closing: 1 June 2021 Festival: 7-11 September 2021 Website: https://frff.com.hr/ Contact: frff@hfs.hr |
They ask for films from high school students between the ages of 14 and 20. There are no restrictions but they prefer films less than 20 minutes long. No fees. Event has workshops and lots of fun! |
GOLDEN KNIGHT - Malta
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BELOW IS OUR USUAL LIST, SORTED BY MAIN CLOSING DATE. WE SHOW THE USUAL MONTHS FOR CLOSING DATE AND EVENT. PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS MAY FORCE POSTPONEMENTS OR CANCELLATIONS
Closing dates: - go to
January / February / March / April / May / June / July / August / September / October / November / December
January / February / March / April / May / June / July / August / September / October / November / December
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WHITE NIGHTS
- St. Petersburg, Russia Closing : January 25 (extended deadline March 8) Festival: April 23-25 contact/Kontact Mrs. Nina Zaitseva P.O. Box 158 RUS-St. Petersburg Website: http://psnk.org/ Email: amateur.rus@mail.ru (+49) 591 75236 - Harald Lorenz |
Encourages creative activity, fosters pride in the history of your country, promotes ecological knowledge, common human values: love, mercy, friendliness, peacemaking, tolerance, a sense of beauty and harmony.
Films up to 15m, fee 500 rubles. In Russian or with Russian subtitles |
BIAFF - BRITISH INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR FILM FESTIVAL
Closing: January 31st 2021
Festival: April 16-18 2021 - online Website: www.biaff.org.uk Email: competition@theiac.org.uk |
No limit on length, theme or genre. Each author receives a written report from the jury. There is a range of fees - see their website.
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ANIMATOR FESTIVAL
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The festival for animators and young people..
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FESTIVAL OF NATIONS
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Length: up to 30 minutes, any theme, any genre.
Venue: Lichtspiel, Lenzing No entry fee. Best non-commercial films in the world. See FilmFreeway |
FICA - INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF AUDIOVISUAL CREATIVITY
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Free entry. Any theme. Up to 12 minutes. Up to two entries per person. Check the rules. Entry by wetransfer.com is preferred. Other formats accepted.
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BOUCHERVILLE INDEPENDENT SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
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CROATIAN ONE-MINUTE FILM FESTIVAL
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Maximum length 60 seconds. No fee. No limit on number of entries. 1,000 Euros top prize.
You can directly upload your films. If you send more than one file per film (for instance: DVD VIDEO_TS folder) compress them into a ZIP file and then upload. Use your user names and passwords you used in past years which have been transferred into the new system with the complete data base. For further information and help please contact Zvonimir: crominute@gmail.com. |
VIDEO ART
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Video Arts is for film makers between 15 and 20 years old. It includes workshops, a day of shooting a day of editing and awards by an international jury. One section is for public service adverts up to 1 minute long. Another section is for films between 10 and 15 minutes.
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INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF AMATEUR HISTORY FILMS
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A competitive festival open for fiction films, documentaries and cartoons on the theme of the festival made by individual authors or by authors' collectives - nonprofessionals. Films up to 20 minutes.
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MONTECATINI INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
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Films produced after January 1, 2020.
Films no longer than:
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FOUR RIVERS
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They ask for films from high school students between the ages of 14 and 20. There are no restrictions but they prefer films less than 20 minutes long. No fees. Event has workshops and lots of fun!
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UNICA KOREA International Film FestivalClosing : ??
Festival: ?? Website: http://unicakorea.org Email: filmworld7@gmail.com |
The festival allows direct entries by individuals and other festivals. Online entry.
No limits on genre and no fee. 60 minutes maximum. |
TATRANSKÝ KAMZÍK
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Age groups:
A - over 19 B - 18 and under Themes: Culture and monuments Environment formation and protection Contemporary way of living The festival languages are Slovak and English. Entry fee 5 Euros. Each film in a language other than Slovak or Czech must have a commentary in English but also a separate annotation of approximately 60 words. |
INTERNATIONALER VIDEOGRANDPRIX & JUGENDFILMTAGE
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For rules see their website (in German)
Entry costs 20 euros or 25 CHF. Films up to 25 minutes. Films submitted for the 2020 event will be held over in the hope of holding a 2021 festival. |
WALSER FILM DAYS - Bachschmiede, nr. Salzburg, AustriaClosing : ??
Festival: ?? Film- und Video Club Wals-Siezenheim Int.Filmfestival „7.Walser Filmtage“ Andrä Dopplerweg 1 A-5071 Wals AUSTRIA website: www.filmclubsalzburg.at email: viktor.kaluza@A1.net |
Amateur films up to 30 minutes and not older than 5 years. Accepts mp4 or 2mts on Stick.
One entry per carrier system. Up to two entries per person. There is also a one-minute film section. Priority is given to those where the film maker will attend the festival. Entry fee 15 Euros per film. Mark your package: (amateur film - exposed,no commercial value) Download the call for entries (in English) here. |
ARSfilm
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a. creation of Art - Includes films from all fields of art
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GOLDEN KNIGHT
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TALLINN 2020
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The 15th edition of the festival is assessed in three categories: up to 20 years old, film students, all other amateurs.
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CAMERA 300
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A festival of amateur documentary film. Up to 15 minutes long. Films in DVD, MP$ or MPEG. English subtitles.
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TO LOVE A HUMAN
- Oswiecim, Poland This festival normally takes place every second year.
Next edition due end 2021 Closing: -- 2021 Festival: -- 2022 Oświęcimskie Centrum Kultury, ul. Śniadeckiego 24, 32-600 Oświęcim, Poland website:www.ock.org.pl email: festiwalfilmowy@ock.org.p |
Love a human means… to show fleeting moments, passing time, running thoughts; to give them their own life. To make them last. To sketch the picture of the human condition in spite of all things which separate or link people. To show, not only “here and now” but also “everywhere and always”, what is important, what will never end, who we were, are, and will be.
Films up to 20 minutes. |
