Deadlines on FilmFestivalLife – April 2015

DeadlinesAPR15Springtime usually heralds a spot of cleaning but instead maybe it’s time to get submitting? Big this month includes the renowned Bosnia and Herzegovina festival International Film Festival Kratkofil Plus. We had a chat with Program Director Vladan Petkovic last year about the festival, which pioneered bringing short films to Bosnia & Herzegovina and why festivals are important especially in that region.

DC Shorts Film Festival and Screenplay Competition has its Late Deadline upcoming, but there’s a catch! Once they hit 1,500 submissions they will close submissions, so watch out – their call closing could be coming earlier than you think. As they say, the early bird catches the worm.

Documentary filmmakers should definitely submitting to Antenna Documentary Film Festival. And we haven’t even mentioned Rome’s International Tour Film Fest, the K3 Film Festival and the Syros International Film Festival – after all, there isn’t a much better cinematic experience than watching your film screened on a Greek island in the midst of a balmy summer…

Happy submitting!

 

FFL Festivals

Esperanza International Film Festival
Moscow, Russia
Regular Deadline: Apr 01, 2015
Late Deadline: Apr 15, 2015

Festival du Film Merveilleux & Imaginaire
Paris, France
Late Deadline: Apr 01, 2015

Syros International Film Festival
Hermoupolis, Greece
Late Deadline: Apr 01, 2015

International Tour Film Fest
Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy
Late Deadline: Apr 03, 2015

Salento International Film Festival
TRICASE – Salento, South Italy, Italy
Late Deadline: Apr 03, 2015

International Film Festival Kratkofil Plus
Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Late Deadline: Apr 06, 2015

International Short film festival Psarokokalo
Serifos, Island & regions of Greece-Athens, Greece
Late Deadline: Apr 10, 2015

Ischia Film Festival
Ischia, Italy
Late Deadline: Apr 10, 2015

One Shot International Short Film Festival
Yerevan, Armenia
Late Deadline: Apr 10, 2015

Real to Reel International Film Festival
Kings Mountain, United States
Late Deadline: Apr 10, 2015

New Media Film Festival
Los Angeles, United States
Late Deadline: Apr 20, 2015

Antenna Documentary Film Festival
Sydney, Australia
Late Deadline: Apr 24, 2015

DC Shorts Film Festival and Screenplay Competition
Washington, DC, United States
Late Deadline: Apr 30, 2015

Hayah International Short Film Festival
Panama City, Panama
Late Deadline: Apr 30, 2015

K3 Film Festival
Villach, Austria
Late Deadline: Apr 30, 2015

Red Rock Film Festival of Zion Canyon
Cedar City, United States
Late Deadline: Apr 30, 2015

HollyShorts Film Festival
Hollywood, CA, United States
Regular Deadline: Apr 10, 2015

Portland Film Festival
Portland, United States
Regular Deadline: Apr 14, 2015

Sydney Underground Film Festival
Sydney, Australia
Regular Deadline: Apr 24, 2015

NYC Independent Film Festival
New York City, United States
Regular Deadline: Apr 30, 2015

Edmonton International Film Festival
Edmonton, Canada
Regular Deadline: Apr 30, 2015

Telluride Horror Show
Telluride, United States
Earlybird Deadline: Apr 15, 2015

OFFline Film Festival
Birr, Ireland
Earlybird Deadline: Apr 30, 2015

 

LATE

Hamburg International Short Film Festival
Hamburg, Germany
Late Deadline: Apr 01, 2015

Margaret Mead Film Festival
New York, United States
Late Deadline: Apr 01, 2015

Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Late Deadline: Apr 01, 2015

Odense International Film Festival
Odense, Denmark
Late Deadline: Apr 01, 2015

Stiff
Rijeka, Croatia
Late Deadline: Apr 01, 2015

AbruzzoDocFest
Pescara, Italy
Late Deadline: Apr 10. 2015

Curtas Vila Do Conde – International Film Festival
Vila Do Conde, Portugal
Late Deadline: Apr 10, 2015

Odessa International Film Festival
Odessa, Ukraine
Late Deadline: Apr 10, 2015

Revelation Perth International Film Festival
Perth, Australia
Late Deadline: Apr 10, 2015

Aye Aye Film Festival Nancy – Lorraine
Nancy, France
Late Deadline: Apr 11, 2015

Documentary Tirana International Film Festival
Tirana, Albania
Late Deadline: Apr 13, 2015

Down Under Berlin – Australian Film Festival
Berlin, Germany
Late Deadline: Apr 15, 2015

Philadelphia International Film Festival & Market
Philadelphia, United States
Late Deadline: Apr 15, 2015

San Francisco Black Film Festival
San Francisco, United States
Late Deadline: Apr 15, 2015

Shanghai International Film Festival
Shanghai, China
Late Deadline: Apr 15, 2015

Fantasia International Film Festival
Montreal, Canada
Late Deadline: Apr 16, 2015

Naoussa International Film Festival
Naoussa, Greece
Late Deadline: Apr 22, 2015

Anibar International Animation Festival
Pec, Kosovo
Late Deadline: Apr 30, 2015

Budapest Short Film Festival
Budapest, Hungary
Late Deadline: Apr 30, 2015

Fabriano Film Fest
Fabriano, Italy
Late Deadline: Apr 30, 2015

FLOSS Film Festival
New York, New York, United States
Late Deadline: Apr 30, 2015

Frederick Film Festival
Frederick, MD, United States
Late Deadline: Apr 30, 2015

International Children Film Festival, Odisha
Balangir, India
Late Deadline: Apr 30, 2015

International Short Film Festival In Drama
Drama, Greece
Late Deadline: Apr 30, 2015

Lessinia Film Festival
Bosco Chiesanuova, Italy
Late Deadline: Apr 30, 2015

Maine International Film Festival
Waterville, United States
Late Deadline: Apr 30, 2015

Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival – Curta Kinoforum
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Late Deadline: Apr 30, 2015

 

 

REGULAR

San Francisco Black Film Festival
San Francisco, United States
Regular Deadline: Apr 01, 2015

Roma Creative Contest – Short Film Festival
Roma, Italy
Regular Deadline: Apr 01, 2015

Woods Hole Film Festival
Woods Hole, United States
Regular Deadline: Apr 01, 2015

Unreal Film Festival
Memphis, United States
Regular Deadline: Apr 01, 2015

Bike Shorts Film Festival
Roanoke, United States
Regular Deadline: Apr 01, 2015

Maine International Film Festival
Waterville, United States
Regular Deadline: Apr 07, 2015
Late Deadline: Apr 30, 2015

WILLiFEST
New York, United States
Regular Deadline: Apr 11, 2015

Out of Africa International Film Festival
Nairobi, Kenya
Regular Deadline: Apr 12, 2015

San Francisco International Festival of Shot Films
San Francisco, United States
Regular Deadline: Apr 13, 2015

Budapest Short Film Festival
Budapest, Hungary
Late Deadline: Apr 15, 2015

On Location: Memphis
Memphis, United States
Regular Deadline: Apr 15, 2015

Lady Filmmakers Film Festival
Beverly Hills, United States
Regular Deadline: Apr 15, 2015

Hollywood Screenplay Contest
Redondo Beach, United States
Regular Deadline: Apr 15, 2015

Jecheon International Music & Film Festival
SEOUL, South Korea
Regular Deadline: Apr 15, 2015

Chinese Documentary Festival
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Regular Deadline: Apr 15, 2015

International Children Film Festival, Odisha
Balangir, India
Regular Deadline: Apr 15, 2015
Late Deadline: Apr 30, 2015

Super
Bucharest, Romania
Regular Deadline: Apr 20, 2015

Camden International Film Festival
Camden, United States
Regular Deadline: Apr 24, 2015

Fantastic Fest
Austin, United States
Regular Deadline: Apr 24, 2015

Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival
Atlanta, United States
Regular Deadline: Apr 27, 2015

Montreal Festival of New Cinema
Montreal, Canada
Regular Deadline: Apr 30, 2015

The Cinema Monster Film Festival
University Park, United States
Regular Deadline: Apr 30, 2015

 

 

Earlybird

Planet in Focus
Toronto, Canada
Earlybird Deadline: Apr 01, 2015

High Falls Film Festival
Rochester, New York, United States
Earlybird Deadline: Apr 10, 2015

Mile High Horror Film Festival
Denver, United States
Earlybird Deadline: Apr 15, 2015

Greenhorn Short Film Festival
London, United Kingdom
Earlybird Deadline: Apr 20, 2015

Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
Toronto, Canada
Earlybird Deadline: Apr 24, 2015

NewLife Online Film&Screenplay Festival
Los Angeles, United States
Earlybird Deadline: Apr 30, 2015

 

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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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