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CARTOON CLUB - INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ANIMATION CINEMA, COMICS AND GAMES

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Cartoon Club – International Festival of Animation Cinema, Comics and Games, now at its 42nd edition, is one of the best known festivals on the Italian scene.

It is a remarkable window for animation, short films in particular, including fiction, educational, experimental, and computer graphic works, with a whole section solely dedicated to comics: Riminicomix.

The Festival features SHORT ANIMATED FILMS in various sections:

The CARTOON CLUB AWARD: open to short animated films made by professional filmmakers and production companies.

The SIGNOR ROSSI AWARD: open to animated shorts made by secondary school and university students, and by the students of animation film schools.

The CARTOON KIDS AWARD: open to animated shorts aimed at a children’s audience. Among the films [...]



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Logo of Traveling Film Festival By El Bierzo 38Retinas 2026
Published: 25 Mar 2026
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Traveling Film Festival By El Bierzo 38Retinas 2026

Deadline: 31 May 2026

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International Festival

Short film festival

«38Retinas» is an annual, traveling, thematic film festival that aims to bring comedy short films to the municipalities of the El Bierzo region that request them

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation



Ponferrada, Spain



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Published: 25 Mar 2026
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Latin American Cinema Week of Buenos Aires

Deadline: 16 Aug 2026

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International Festival

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Feature film festival

The Latin American Film Week will take place over five consecutive days, with its official venues at Arthaus and Cine Arte Cacodelphia in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in December 2026.

During the event, special activities will accompany the screenings, including training workshops, forums, and networking opportunities for industry professionals.

Since 2017, we have been creating spaces for dialogue and debate, with a strong focus on building audiences. We believe it is important that our viewers have a great experience at every screening and leave inspired to continue discovering Latin American cinema.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina



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Published: 24 Mar 2026
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SIMFEST International Film and Television Festival

Deadline: 15 Apr 2026

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SIMFEST is a TV and film festival – competition, the only one of this kind in Romania and one of the few in Europe.

It is organized every year by "SIMFEST Cultural Association", which supports and promotes the creators in visual arts. SIMFEST stands for professionalism and for the freedom of expression of the journalists and the media producers. The festival promotes, at the same time, local journalism and community mass-media.

It is a complex manifestation for electronic mass-media. It is the annual meeting point of the TV's and film’s world specialists from Romania and from all of the world, of students, independent producers, and of media enthusiasts; it is a competition that it's designed to find and form values and talents, to give them the needed validation and for [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Singeorgiu de Mures, Romania



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Logo of IBIZACINEFEST
Published: 24 Mar 2026
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Ibizacinefest - 11º Festival Internacional De Cine Independiente De Ibiza

Deadline: 20 Jan 2027

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We conceive IBZCF as a window into contemporary cinema, its new trends and creators who contribute new narrative paths to create vibrant, necessary, and modern films.
The 11th edition of IBZCF will take place in 10 venues across the island's five municipalities and online on the Filmin platform. Ibizacinefest renews its commitment to Ibiza and its culture through a program of national and international titles never before seen on the island, exclusive premieres in the Balearic Islands and Spain, activities aimed at professionals, short film sections to discover and promote local and Balearic talent, and our educational program with special screenings to create new audiences.

Reflection will also be given space through open discussions on the relationship between cinema and [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Ibiza, Spain



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Logo of vvfilmf - Kids and Teens International Film Festival
Published: 24 Mar 2026
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vvfilmf - Festival Internazionale di Cinema per Ragazzi

Deadline: 29 Jun 2026

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GuglilemoMarconi filmf - Kids and Teens International Film Festival (former vvfilmf) was created to create a large film festival for children and teenagers that combines talent and culture, to indicate welcoming places for young people and to offer workshops dedicated to the study of new forms of artistic expression.

#GuglielmoMarconi filmf (former vvfilmf) aims to be an initiative aimed at the whole country and internationally to satisfy both the expectations of a young population and those of adult spectators, in an attempt to bring the general public closer to quality forms of cinema. The Festival's programming, despite having children, school-age children and university students as its preferential audience, also opens up with enthusiasm to adults and to the entire [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Vittorio Veneto, Italy



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Published: 24 Mar 2026
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Plum! International Animation Festival

Deadline: 15 Oct 2026

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"PLUM!" is an animation festival that celebrates the art of animation in all its forms. It showcases work from both local and international artists, giving the people of Tafí del Valle access to productions they might not otherwise encounter, while also promoting cultural tourism in the region. The festival aims to be a vibrant platform for the exhibition and exchange of animated content—from short films to feature-length works, from traditional techniques to cutting-edge digital animation.

"PLUM!" fosters creativity, dialogue, and collaboration between artists and the broader community.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Tafi del Valle, Argentina



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Published: 24 Mar 2026
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BitBang Festival Internacional de Animación

Deadline: 30 Jun 2026

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BITBANG International Animation Festival opens its call for entries and invites you to be part of its twelfth edition, which will take place in October 2026, in person, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

BITBANG is a qualifying festival for the Academy Awards® (Oscars). The winners of the Bitbang Official Competition, in the categories of Best International Short Film and Best Latin American Short Film, will be automatically eligible to enter the OSCARS® Short Film competition.

BITBANG disseminates and promotes innovative, experimental and authorial proposals through projections, exhibitions and competitions. We promote audiovisual creation in Argentina, orientated towards the development and consolidation of the industry as a cultural contribution on a worldwide level.

We place [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina



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Logo of Athens Short Film Festival
Published: 24 Mar 2026
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Athens Short Film Festival

Deadline: 05 May 2026

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International Festival

Short film festival

The Athens Short Film Festival is an annual event that spotlights international independent breakout shorts. Taking place in the multicultural and artistic Greek capital, ASFF supports the city’s underground scene and breaks its geographical boundaries by gathering a mixed audience of locals and internationals. Local cinemas have always been a place where conversations and debates on social, political and gender issues sparked. And it is part of ASFF’s mission to rejuvenate these spaces and honour their cultural significance.

The Festival’s screening programme features emerging talents from all over the world and all filmmakers regardless of background are invited to submit their artworks. Expanding year by year, the Athens Short Film Festival aims to enrich its programme with [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Athens, Greece



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Logo of shnit worldwide shortsfestival
Published: 23 Mar 2026
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shnit worldwide shortsfestival

Deadline: 01 Jun 2026

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OSCAR Qualifiers

International Festival

Short film festival

The shnit worldwide shortsfestival is a premier platform for the exhibition and promotion of short films. This festival is a unique transnational event held simultaneously in ten cities across five continents. The festival takes place from August 20 – September 20 2026 and consists of three main segments: [1] shnit PLAYGROUNDS* – Festival cities | [2] shnit EXPANDED | [3] shnit FINALE – Awards ceremony.

All winners of the WORLDWIDE COMPETITION & INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION will be eligible to enter the 2027 Oscars® [via Cinematic release | in accordance with the rules of the 99th Oscars®].

Over the past twenty-four years, shnit has evolved into a major international short film festival, continuously reinventing itself. Originally a local initiative, it is now a global event [...]

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Bern, Switzerland



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Published: 23 Mar 2026
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Experimental Superstars

Deadline: 30 Jun 2026

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International Festival

Short film festival

Experimental Superstars is an international festival of experimental films.

We accept experimental films, experimental documentaries and music video works that use film techniques, whether they rely on dance film, animation, or other experimental film techniques.

We are not a big festival, but we have dedicated audience and versatile and quality program.

Only works that can be presented as part of the screening will be included in the selection, no video installations.

Festival takes place in Novi Sad, Serbia.

 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



Novi Sad, Serbia



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