INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS WHICH WELCOME NON-COMMERCIAL FILMS
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Note that there is a list of festivals under UNICA Patronage to be found on the official website: here.
BIAFF - British International Amateur Film Festival |
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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16 ANIMATOR FESTIVAL-
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The festival has not sent us any details..
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44 FESTIVAL OF NATIONS - Austria |
Length: up to 30 minutes, any theme, any genre.
Venue: Lichtspiel, Lenzing No entry fee. Best non-commercial films in the world. |
SENFTENBERG - Germany |
For 2018 the theme is Your Favourite Film - made in the last three years. So there is no restriction on theme. There is no entry fee but if you want your film back include return postage.
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FICA - Cannes - International Festival of Audiovisual CreativityClosing: March 15th 2018
Festival: June 2nd 2018 Website: http://cannes4c.com (Click FICA, choose English) Contact: ccccannes@bbox.fr |
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, QuebecClosing: March ?? 2018 (not yet announced)
Festival: April 14-15th 2018 Website www.festival-courts-metrages.com |
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WHITE NIGHTS - St. Petersburg, RussiaProbably similar:
Closing : April 10th 2017 Festival: May 23rd - 27th 2017 contact/Kontact Mrs. Nina Zaitseva P.O. Box 158 RUS-St. Petersburg Email: amateur.rus@mail.ru (+49) 591 75236 - Harald Lorenz |
We have no more information. |
CROATIAN MINUTE MOVIE FESTIVAL - Pozega, CroatiaClosing : April 14th 2018
Festival: 24-27th May 2018 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. |
DANUBE RIVER OF EUROPE - Rousse, BulgariaThere will be no festival in 2018.
Contact: Vladimir Iliev PO Box 365 Rousse 7000 Bulgaria Tel: 00 359 899 056 119 E-mail : vladimiriliev@abv.bg |
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23 WEST-EAST FILM FESTIVAL "neighbours and friends" - BerlinNot in 2018. We do not yet know if the festival will continue in 2019
website: www.ars-cinema.de/kff_2017.html http://www.ars-cinema.de/kff_2017.html contact: kff2017@ars-cinema.de |
Theme: Neighbours
Length: up to 20 minutes Venue: Festival-Kino “TONI” Antonplatz 1, D-13086 Berlin Hotel: ABACUS Tierpark Hotel |
VideoArts (Suceava, Romania) |
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 HISTORICAL FILMSClosing: May 31st 2018
Festival: June 29th - July 1st 2018 Shumen 9700 Square 'Vazrazhdane" 4, House of Culture "Dobri Voynikov 1856" Bulgaria Website: https://shumenfest.eu Contact: dvojnikovpost@abv.b |
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, ItalyWe await news.
Closing: 31st May 2017 Festival: October 21st - 26th 2017 Website: www.filmvideomontecatini.it Contact via website |
Films produced after January 1, 2016.
Films no longer than:
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FOUR RIVERS - Karlovac, Croatia
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They ask for films from high school students between the
ages of 14 and 20. There are no restrictions but this year they welcome films on food. They prefer films less than 20 minutes long. No fees.
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UNICA KOREA International Film FestivalWe await news.
Closing : ?? 2017 Festival: ?? September 2017 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. |
TATRA CHAMOISWe await news.
Closing : September ?? 2017 Festival: October ?? 2017 Contact: Liptovské kultúrne stredisko Mgr. Tána Kandríková Ul. 1 mája c.28/196 031 01 Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia tel. and fax. +421-44-55 22 981 e-mail: osvetalm@vuczilina.sk website: www.lks.sk download rules & forms: doc / pdf |
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. |
22. INTERNATIONALER VIDEOGRANDPRIX UND 9.JUGENDFILMTAGEClosing : September 24th 2018
Festival : November 17th 2018 website: www.videograndprix.li email: vorstand@fvcl.com |
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NEWCASTLE INTERNATIONAL - Australia
We await news.
Probably similar for 2018 Closing : September 6th 2017 Festival: October 18th 2017 website: http://nvm.org.au/competition.html email: contact@nvm.org.au |
Films up to 15 minutes. Overseas entries 15 US dollars. DVD and BluRay only.
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ARSFILM - Czech RepublicClosing :
Festival: In 2017 the festival is a national one and not an international event. contact: vladislav.frantis@gmail.com |
The festival has three sections:
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WALSER FILM DAYS - Bachschmiede, nr. Salzburg, AustriaClosing : September 15th 2018
Festival: October 26th - 28th 2018 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) |
GOLDEN KNIGHT - MaltaClosing : 31 September 2018
Festival: 1 December 2018 website: www.goldenknightmalta.org email: macc@goldenknightmalta.org |
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TALLINN 2017 - EstoniaDetails to be confirmed:
Closing : 10th September 2018 Festival: 20th October 2018 website: http://efl.planet.ee email: .jaak.jarvine@mail.ee |
The 15th edition of the festival is assessed in three categories: up to 20 years old, film students, all other amateurs. By 30th October the pre-selection will be announced.
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CAMERA 300 - Bitola, MacedoniaWe await news.
Closing : October 10 2018 Festival: November 2-3 2018 Cinema Video Club, Studio Milton Manaki Public Technic 7000 BITOLA MACEDONIA website: www.camera300.mk email: contact@camera300.mk |
A festival of amateur documentary film. Up to 15 minutes long. Films in DVD, MP$ or MPEG. English subtitles.
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SENIORFORUM - Czech RepublicClosing :
Festival: In 2017 the festival is a national one and not an international event. contact: vladislav.frantis@gmail.com |
The only international film festival specially for film-makers over 58 years old !
Films up to 15 minutes long on any subject. Plus special 3 minutes film contest. The entry fee per film is 15 Euros or 18 US dollars. |
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TO LOVE A HUMAN - Oswiecim, Poland
This festival normally takes place every second year.
Closing: 7th December 2017 Festival: 25th-27th January 2018 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. |
