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2024 New York Times names Screamfest as one of the top 5 Halloween Film Festivals Worth Traveling For!

The 26th annual Screamfest® Horror Film Festival will take place at the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood.

Some of the largest horror online publications have called it the "Sundance of Horror."

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Screamfest® Horror Film Festival is the largest and longest running horror film festival in the United States. Paranormal Activity was discovered and premiered at the festival in 2007.

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Published: 18 Jul 2026
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MONO NO AWARE

Deadline: 15 Oct 2026

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MONO NO AWARE is the annual exhibition of expanded cinema showcasing sculpture, installation, single-multiple channel durational projection, and performance art that incorporates the moving image on Super 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, or as an altered light projection. (No DV)

This year's festival and screening will be part of MONO NO AWARE's twentieth annual festival, which includes screenings of works curated from artists around the world.
Submission is sliding scale by donation ($0-20 - pay what you wish) which allows MONO NO AWARE to provide travel stipends and lodging to presenting artists.

The festival is organized by the non-profit cinema-arts organization MONO NO AWARE.

MONO NO AWARE offers year-round analog filmmaking workshops to the community teaching: Super 8mm, 16mm [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Brooklyn, United States



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Published: 17 Jul 2026
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Festival Internacional de Videoclips Pucho Dorado

Deadline: 15 Aug 2026

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The PUCHO DORADO 2026 Festival is now accepting submissions for its international music video competition. We invite musicians, filmmakers, producers, record labels, and bands from around the world to submit their work by July 1, 2026, via the Festhome platform.

This international music video festival is a platform that celebrates the creation and distribution of music videos as an essential artistic expression within the musical universe. Our purpose is to promote the production of audiovisual works that fuse music and image with an authorial vision, fostering the talent of filmmakers, bands, and artists from diverse backgrounds.

Through an open call at both the local and international levels, PUCHO DORADO seeks to establish itself as a meeting place for new audiovisual [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Santiago, Chile



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Published: 17 Jul 2026
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World Cinema International Film Festival

Deadline: 01 Sep 2026

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Film Education and Welfare Foundation Aurangabad Present, 1st Year, World Cinema International Film Festival 2025 Shirdi (M.H) INDIA uses media platform as a tool to connect audiences across cities, countries, and continents. With simultaneous screenings (OFFLINE FESTIVALS) and live Q&A’s, audiences are given the chance to experience a film festival from miles away. From the peak of Everest to the penguins of Antarctica, #WCIFF brings the Northern and the Southern Hemispheres together. Because the love for cinema stretches beyond borders.

We conduct our Film festival from 15 Sep - 24 May every season with grand arrangements with respected jury board from different continent to judge your films and make Q&A session. Take a step and drop your films on our platform and make your [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



SHIRDI, India



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Published: 17 Jul 2026
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World AI Cinema & Creativity Festival (WAICF) – India

Deadline: 05 Dec 2026

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World AI Cinema & Creativity Festival (WAICF) – India
Where Human Creativity and Artificial Intelligence Unite!

The World’s First Complete Cinema Ecosystem — From Traditional Cinema to AI Cinema

WAICF is a pioneering global festival celebrating the future of cinema where human creativity meets Artificial Intelligence. The festival showcases AI-generated films, AI-assisted storytelling, virtual production, animation, digital art and emerging cinematic technologies.

As part of the global ecosystem of JIFF, NDFF, JFM and Film Dais, WAICF connects filmmakers, AI creators, technology experts and innovators from around the world to explore the next generation of storytelling.

AI is not replacing creativity — it is expanding the imagination of cinema.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Jaipur, India



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Published: 16 Jul 2026
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Carnaval del Espanto

Deadline: 22 Oct 2026

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Haunted Carnival is a space for fantastic, horror, and uncanny cinema. We welcome productions from different genres that explore fear, the supernatural, the dark, the mysterious, and the unsettling in all their forms, from psychological horror to experimental works.

At Haunted Carnival, we seek to bring together filmmakers, the public, and members of the film industry in one space. More than a film festival, we are a gathering that fosters creation, reflection, and the sharing of stories that go beyond the everyday and dare to face the unknown.

The selected works will be presented at our in-person event on october 30, 2026, at the Rafael Pombo Corporation, with a program that includes screenings, talks with special guests, immersive experiences, and an awards presentation for [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Manizales, Colombia



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Published: 16 Jul 2026
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Mostra TRÂNSITO

Deadline: 30 Aug 2026

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TRÂNSITO is an LGBT+ film showcase based in Pelotas, Brazil.

The name Transito refers to the right of bodies to move, exist, and occupy spaces. The festival celebrates LGBTQ+ stories and filmmakers committed to creating works around these themes.

The showcase is divided into three sections — International, National (Brazilian), and Regional (Rio Grande do Sul) — in order to embrace both local and global perspectives in cinema.

Through film screenings, talks, debates, and cultural activities, TRÂNSITO promotes inclusion, respect, diversity, and human rights, strengthening the local community and contributing to a more just, equal, and welcoming society.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Pelotas, Brazil



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Published: 16 Jul 2026
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Animation Expo

Deadline: 15 Aug 2026

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Animation Expo (AXPO) is the largest annual event organized by the Animation Student Association of STMM Yogyakarta. This year, we are once again opening the opportunity for creators to showcase their best work to the art community. Which will be appreciated as part of the AXPO 2026 series of events. With the theme "chase your dream live the passion" we hope that artist can share their thoughts and ideas, or to express themselves and inspire other. So that It serves not only as a festival but also as platform to form a community and gather individuals especially in the creative field.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Yogyakarta, Indonesia



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Published: 16 Jul 2026
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San Diego Sci-Fi Film Festival

Deadline: 01 Oct 2026

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From the home of Comic-Con, the first annual San Diego Sci-Fi Film Festival is here - and we want to show your short sci-fi film. All sub-genres of Science Fiction are welcome. This is a LIVE EVENT festival, with 2 days of live online screenings culminating in a live screening, Q&A with Filmmakers, and live awards presentation from The Media Arts Center's Digital Gym in downtown San Diego.

Submissions through Film Freeway only.

The future is now. The future is fun. In San Diego, November 2026.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



San Diego, United States



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Published: 16 Jul 2026
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mujerDOC- X FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DOCUMENTAL FEMINISTA

Deadline: 31 Oct 2026

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mujerDOC – 10th International Feminist Documentary Film Festival, organized by the NGO Mujeres del Mundo (Women of the World) and the Soria City Council, is a documentary screening platform created to help eliminate gender stereotypes and highlight the role of women in the development of the territories, communities, societies, and countries where they have lived or currently live.

Submitted works must address themes related to the fight for equality and the feminist agenda. Films must be documentaries produced on or after January 1, 2024. There are no minimum or maximum runtime limits. Films must be subtitled in Spanish and/or English. Clean copies (without burned-in subtitles) and two SRT subtitle files (one in Spanish, one in English) must be submitted.

The festival is [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Soria, Spain



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Published: 16 Jul 2026
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44èmes Rencontres Du Cinéma Latino-américain - Pessac - Long-métrages

Deadline: 15 Nov 2026

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The festival "Rencontres du cinéma latino américain" organized by France Amérique Latine Comité Bordeaux Gironde is 44 years old.

The missions developed since the creation of this event are:

- To make the Latin American continent known: its cultures, its struggles, its peculiarities...
- To increase the visibility of little-known works.
- To share the political and artistic visions of Latin American countries.

The feature film program is divided into two categories: films in competition and those not participating in the competition. Depending on the year, the film committee reserves the right to add a category to the selection.

The film committee will decide the dates and times of the screenings of each film.

This information will be published on the website:
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 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Bordeaux, France



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