Deadlines on FilmFestivalLife – Dec 2014

Deadlines DEC 142014 is nearly over…but there’s a ton of deadlines to come first in the month of Christmas!

FILMFEST DRESDEN’s Festival Director Katrin Küchler has given her big tips in our FOCUS interview with her right before their open call is coming to an end. Here’s one to whet your appetite – ‘Filmmakers should show more courage in using their own signature style!’ And that’s not it! Also upcoming is one of our inaugural festivals on the platform, Taos Shortz Film Fest. Check their Quickee promo if you need some convincing. People For Peace Film FestivalMecal 17th Festival International of Short Film and Animation of Barcelona and Courts des Îles, International Festival of Short Fiction Films from the Islands of the World all come from different parts of the world, and have different missions, but they all close their submissions too!

And let’s not forget achtung berlin – new berlin film award. It’s a festival that enthrals FFL’s home city of Berlin year-in, year-out with excellent homegrown films.

And like always – more festivals you can find below.

 

FFL FESTIVALS

Taos Shortz Film Fest
Taos, Unitd States
Late Deadline: Dec 02, 2014

FILMFEST DRESDEN – International Short Film Festival
Dresden, Germany
Late Deadline: Dec 05, 2014

Mecal 17th Festival International of Short Film and Animation of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Regular Deadline: Dec 08, 2014
Late Deadline: Dec 20, 2014

Sunscreen Film Festival
St. Petersburg, FL, United States
Regular Deadline: Dec 15, 2014

Bodrum International Valentine’s Day Film Festival
Bodrum, Turkey
Early bird Deadline: Dec 15, 2014

Global Visions Festival
Edmonton, Canada
Early bird Deadline: Dec 24, 2014

The Blue Sky International Animation Festival’
Wooster, United States
Regular Deadline: Dec 30, 2014

achtung berlin – new berlin film award
Berlin, Germany
Late Deadline: Dec 31, 2014

NYC Independent Film Festival
New York City, United States
Early bird Deadline: Dec 31, 201

Courts des Îles, International Festival of Short Fiction Films from the Islands of the World
Tahiti, French Polynesia, France
Late Deadline: Dec 31, 2014

People For Peace Film Festival
Sydney, Australia
Late Deadline: Dec 31, 2014

The Indie Gathering International Film Festival
Cleveland, OH, United States
Early bird Deadline: Dec 31, 2014

 

LATE:

$100 Film Festival
Calgary, Canada
Late Deadline: Dec 01, 2014

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Weimar, Germany
Late Deadline: Dec 01, 2014

Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Late Deadline: Dec 01, 2014

Tampere Film Festival
Tampere, Finland
Late Deadline: Dec 01, 2014

Winter Film Awards
New York, United States
Late Deadline: Dec 01, 2014

Melbourne Queer Film Festival
Melbourne, Australia
Late Deadline: Dec 05, 2014

Africa World Documentary Film Festival
St. Louis, United States
Late Deadline: Dec 06, 2014

Golden Palmera
Dubai Downtown, United Arab Emirates
Late Deadline: Dec 06, 2014

San Francisco International Film Festival
San Francisco, United States
Late Deadline: Dec 08, 2014

Let’s All Be Free Film Festival
London, United Kingdom
Late Deadline: Dec 09, 2014

Rated $R- Socially Relevant Film Festival New York
New York, United States
Late Deadline: Dec 10, 2014

Aspen Shortsfest
Aspen, United States
Late Deadline: Dec 12, 2014

Dallas International Film Festival
Dallas, United States
Late Deadline: Dec 12, 2014

Florida Film Festival
Maitland, United States
Late Deadline: Dec 12, 2014

Los Angeles Movie Awards – Winter edition
Los Angeles, United States
Late Deadline: Dec 12, 2014

Creteil International Festival of Women’s Films
Creteil, France
Late Deadline: Dec 15, 2014

Docaviv – The Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival
Tel Aviv, Israel
Late Deadline: Dec 15, 2014

FlumenFest Minho International Film Festival
Braga, Portugal
Late Deadline: Dec 15, 2014

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Durham, North Carolina
Late Deadline: Dec 15, 2014

International short films festival “Piélagos en corto”
Piélagos, Spain
Late Deadline: Dec 15, 2014

Reel Shorts Film Festival
Grande Prairie, Canada
Late Deadline: Dec 15, 2014

Rome Independent Film Festival
Rome, Italy
Late Deadline: Dec 15, 2014

DOK.fest Munich
Munich, Germany
Late Deadline: Dec 18, 2014

Academia Film Olomouc
Olomouc, Czech Republic
Late Deadline: Dec 19, 2014

Boston International Film Festival
Boston, United States
Late Deadline: Dec 19, 2014

Fribourg International Film Festival
Fribourg, Switzerland
Late Deadline: Dec 19, 2014

Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Late Deadline: Dec 19, 2014

Puerto Rico International Film Festival
Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Late Deadline: Dec 23, 2014

Tribeca Film Festival
New York, United States
Late Deadline: Dec 24, 2014

Athen Animfest – International Animation Festival
Athen, Greece
Late Deadline: Dec 31, 2014

Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest
Los Angeles, United States
Late Deadline: Dec 31, 2014

Friss Hús Short Film Festival
Budapest, Hungary
Late deadline: Dec 31, 2014

goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film
Wiesbaden, Germany
Late Deadline: Dec 31, 2014

Hong Kong International Film Festival
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Late Deadline: Dec 31, 2014

Istanbul Film Festival
Istanbul, Turkey
Late Deadline: Dec 31, 2014

NewFilmmakers Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Late Deadline: Dec 31, 2014

 

REGULAR

New York Indian Film Festival
New York, United States
Regular Deadline: Dec 01, 2014

Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Regular Deadline: Dec 01, 2014

Snowtown Film Festival
Watertown, NY, United States
Regular Deadline: Dec 01, 2014

Dallas International Film Festival
Dallas, United States
Regular Deadline: Dec 05, 2014

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
Toronto, Canada
Regular Deadline: Dec 10, 2014

SENE Film, Music & Art Festival
Providence, United States
Regular Deadline: Dec 12, 2014

WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival
Houston, United States
Regular Deadline: Dec 14, 2014

Connect Film Festival
Los Angeles, United States
Regular Deadline: Dec 15, 2014

DOXA Documentary Film Festival
Vancoucer, Canada
Regular Deadline: Dec 15, 2014

Documentary Edge Festival
Auckland&Wellington, New Zealand
Regular Deadline: Dec 15, 2014

Rincón International Film Festival – Puerto Rico
Rincon, Puerto Rico
Regular Deadline: Dec 15, 2014

Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Film
Buenos Aires, Argentinia
Regular Deadline: Dec 19, 2014

Friss Hús Short Film Festival
Budapest, Hungary
Regular Deadline: Dec 30, 2014

Belfast Film Festival
Belfast, United Kingdom
Regular Deadline: Dec 31, 2014

Beverly Hills Film Festival
Los Angeles, United States
Regular Deadline: Dec 31, 2014

Corti a Ponte
Ponte San Nicolò, Padova, Italy
Regular  Deadline: Dec 31, 2014

Horrorant Film Festival “Fright Nights”
Athens, Greece
Regular Deadline: Dec 31, 2014

 

EARLY BIRD

Athens International Film and Video Festival
Athens, Ohio, United States
Early bird Deadline: Dec 01, 2014

Boston LGBT Film Festival
Boston, United States
Early bird Deadline: Dec 01, 2014

Rochester International Film Festival
Rochester, New York, United States
Early bird Deadline: Dec 01, 2014

Corti a Ponte
Ponte San Nicolò, Padova, Italy
Early bird Deadline: Dec 01, 2014

Los Angeles Film Festival
Los Angeles, United States
Early bird Deadline: Dec 02, 2014

Mountainfilm in Telluride
Telluride, United States
Early bird Deadline: Dec 14, 2014

FLOSS Film Festival
New York, New York, United States
Early bird Deadline: Dec 29, 2014

Hailsham Smiles Charity Film Festival
Hailsham, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Early bird Deadline: Dec 31, 2014

Reel Genius International Film Festival
New Haven, United States
Early bird Deadline: Dec 31, 2014

International Motion Picture Festival
Kalispell, United States
Early bird Deadline: Dec 31, 2014

BRIDGE short film festival
Ponte San Nicolò, Italy
Early bird Deadline: Dec 31, 2014

 

 

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Read more FilmFestivalLife stories:

:: FOCUS • 7 Insider Tips For Getting Your Film Festival Career Started With FILMFEST DRESDEN
:: DEADLINES • NOV 2014

David Stelzer

David is Account Manager at FFL HQ. He talks to festivals and filmmakers about their film festival life. You can reach him at david(at)filmfestivallife.com.

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