Events

The 22nd edition of the Tribeca Film will take place on the 7th of June until the 
18th of June 2023 in New York City.

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The African Film Festival (TAFF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating and teaching African culture through motion pictures, arts, and storytelling. TAFF serves as a film premiere and art exhibition opportunity for independent filmmakers and artists.

The festival event exists to give the Independent Creative that has interest in African art and stories, an international platform; hence, expanding the market and creating networking opportunities for seasoned and aspiring filmmakers to commiserate on ideas and forge working relationships.

The festival was expanded to also appreciate the importance of Arts in storytelling. From Drawings (storyboards) to Music (soundtracks) to Fashion (costume) to Body Paintings (makeup), TAFF will celebrate these important components of film, and becomes The African Film & Arts Festival.

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The 76th edition of the annual Cannes Film Festival will take place on the 16th of May until the 27th of May 2023 in France.

The Cannes Film Festival is one of the world's most publicized events in the film industry and it is one of the most important film festivals in terms of worldwide impact. 

The festival event aims to develop and grow the development of cinema by boosting the film industry worldwide and celebrating cinema on an international level.
 

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Doc Luanda is aimed at documenting cinema in Angola and will feature a national and an international competition, thematic and non-competitive sessions, masterclasses, among others. 

The Doc Luanda festival event will take place this year in Angola on the 30th of March and will end on the 6th of April 2023. 

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The Addis International Film Festival is a festival event by Initiative Africa. 
The festival event seeks to use the power of documentaries and short-films to support innovative ways of creating awareness of social issues. 

Each year the Addis International Film Festival showcases films created by a diverse group of seasoned and emerging filmmakers who have documented information essential for analyzing issues that affect society.

This year the festival event will take place on the 10th of May until the 14th of May 2023 in Addis Ethiopia.

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The Atlanta festival event is one of the largest and longest-running festival events in Atlanta.

The festival event showcases different film genres such as animation, international & independent films, short-films and documentaries. 

The Atlanta film festival will take place this year from the 20th of April until the 30th of April 2023 in Atlanta. The festival event is one of the biggest events that celebrate cinema across Atlanta. 

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Glasgow is one of the biggest film festivals with a wide-ranging programme that celebrates every corner of world cinema and provides a fantastic showcase for the best of Scottish film.

The 2023 edition will take place from 1st of March until the 12th of March 2023 from our beloved Glasgow Film Theatre, at selected venues across the city. 

The festival has a long tradition of championing new talent and ensuring that the very best films from the annual submissions are given a platform in the public programme.

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This year's Berlin International Film Festival will take place on the 16th of February and
 will end on the 26th of February 2023 in Berlin.

This year's programme will include feminist cinema from the U.S manifests a worldwide trend towards transnational filmmaking in both fiction films and documentaries. 

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Santa Barbara is a world-renowned festival now in its 38th year, SBIFF attracts award-winning filmmakers, actors, writers, students, devoted moviegoers and locals who simply love the buzz of film festival events.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival will take place on the 8th of February until the 18th of February 2023 in Santa Barbara.

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Docpoint is one of the largest documentary film festivals in the Nordic countries.
In Finland it is one of the soley dedicated documentary film festivals.

Once a year it brings more than a hundred of the best and most talked-about creative documentary films from all over the world and Finland to the screens of Helsinki. 

 DocPoint does not shy away from difficult subjects, incorrect thinking or bold experiments.

This year the DocPoint film festival will take place in Finland on the 31st of January and will end on the 5th of February 2023.

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The 46th edition of the Clemont-Ferrand will take place on the 27th of January and will end on the 4th of February 2023. The festival event showcases different genres in film such as animation and comedy movies. 

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The Goteborg Film is one of the largest film festivals in Nordic. The 46th edition of the annual will take place on the 27th of January until the 5th of February 2023 in Scandinavia.
 

Göteborg Film Festival has developed and grown strong for more than 40 years and is today the largest film festival in the Nordic countries and the most important annual meeting place in the Nordic film industry.

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The International Film festival is one of the biggest cultural festival events in the Netherlands.
This year the 52nd edtiion of the annual event will take place on the 25th of January and will end on the 5th of February 2023. This year the event is an in-person event and will be held in the Netherlands.

If you are interested in attending the festival event, click here for more information.

The Pan-African & Arts Festival event exists to evolve the emerging African stories, by visionary storytellers that highlight the diverse stories of American, Africa & the global market at large in the film industry.

The Pan-African & Arts Festival event will take place on the 9th of February and will end on the 20th of February 2023 in Los Angeles.  

For more details on the festival event click here

FIPADOC is an annual major International Documentary film festival that takes place annually in Biarritz, France. This year the festival event will take place on the 20th of January and will end on the 28th of January 2023 in Biarritz, France.

Over the six-day event people can expect to watch a selection of outstanding documentary films. 
 

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The TIFF is an annual film festival event dedicated for the Norwegian audience and the International film Industry.
 
The 33rd edition of the TIFF will take place on the 16th of January and will end on the 22nd of January 2022 in TromsoNorway.

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This year the festival event will take place from the 19th of January and will end on the
 29th of January 2023. The festival event will be a hybrid event and it will be held in Salt Lake City.

The festival event is an event whereby storytellers and audiences seeking new voices and different perspectives gather to have conversations about the film industry.

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The European Film Festival Zimbabwe will take place in Bulawayo on 20 October and will end on 23 October 2022.

The festival event will also be held in Harare on 27 October and will end on 30 October 2022.

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The Naples International Film Festival will take place on 17 October and will end on 30 October 2022. The festival event is an in-person event and will be held in Naples.

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The Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival will be held in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The festival event will take place on 7 October and will end on 15 October 2022.

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The Zambia International Film Festival was on 6 September and it took place in Zambia. For more information on the festival event you can use the link below: https://www.sotambe.org/

The Cortogenia Film Festival will be held in Spain, Madrid and it will take place on 10 September 2022 For more information on the festival event use the link below: https://cortogenia.es/en/home-2/

The Filmfest Hamburg will be held in Hamburg in Germany. This is an in-person festival event and will be take place on 29 September and it will end on 8 October 2022. For more details on the festival event use the link below: https://www.filmfesthamburg.de/en/

The Dinard Festival of British Film will take place in Dinard on 28 September and will end on 2 October 2022. For more details on the event use the following link below: https://www.dinardfestivaldufilm.fr/en/

The Tallgrass Film Festival will be held in Wichita, Kansas on 28 September and will end on 2 October 2022. The festival event is a hybrid event which means you can choose to attend the festival event online or in-person. For more details on the festival events use the link below: https://tallgrassfilm.org/

The Calgary International Film Festival will be taking place in Calgary, Alberta on 22 September and will end on 2 October. The festival event is an in-person event. For more information regarding the event use the link below: https://www.ciffcalgary.ca/

The Zurich Film Festival will take place on 22 September and will end on 2 October 2022. Festival event will be an in-person festival event and it will be held in Zurich. For more information on the film festival use the link below: https://zff.com/en/home/

The Calabasas Film Festival will take place on 21 September and it will end on 25 September 2022. The festival event will be held in Calabasas in California and it is an in-person event. For more details on the festival event you can use the link below: https://calabasasfilmfestival.com/

The Finnish Film Affair will start on 21 September and it will end on 23 September 2022. This is an in-person event and it will be held in Helsinki. For more details on the festival event you can use the link below: https://hiff.fi/en/finnishfilmaffair/

The Prague Independent Film Festival will take place on 17 September and will end on 20 September 2022. The Film festival is an in-person film festival event and will be held in Czech Republic. For more details regarding the film festival event you can use the link below: http://www.prague-film-festival.com/

The Toronto International Film Festival started on 8 September and it will end on 18 September 2022. The film festival is an in-person film festival and it will be held in Toronto. For more information on the film festival use the following link: https://www.tiff.net/

The Deauville American Film Festival started on 2 September and will end on 11 September 2022. The festival is an in-person film festival and it will be held in Dueaville in France. To get more details on the film festivals you can use the following link: https://www.festival-deauville.com/en/ Cortogenia

The Venice International Film Festival started on 31 August and will end on 10 September 2022. This is an in-person event and will be held in Lido di Venezia. For more details regarding the film festival use the provided link: https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2022

The Venice International Film Festival will take place on 31 August to 10 September 2022. Th event will be held in Italy and it will be an in-person event.

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South Film and Arts Academy Festival (SFAAF) SFAAF is a festival of the arts, which includes cinema, music video, web series, theater, music, advertising, photography, among others. The film festival comprises a monthly presentation, as well as being an online viewing site. The winning films will be in live screening at the end of the month, in an event with screenings for all audiences.

The competition is every month, and every month there will be live screening for the public.

Monthly film festival includes live screening: where the awards of the FILM OF THE MONTH will be awarded in each category.

March submission deadline: 11 March 2022

Important: Only your movie will be placed online, if you wish. There must be an express acceptance of you; Otherwise, only the trailer will be posted online.

Welcome to the third edition of MiraBan UK Film Awards (MUFA), a yearly London-based, diversity-driven independent Film Festival, entirely founded by fans, followers, and subscribers of MiraBan Ltd, a creative content company specializing in art contests and management of art exhibitions and film festivals.
MUFA's first mission is to draw worldwide attention to both emerging and experienced independent filmmakers, scouting for artistic excellence while giving exposure to high-quality, diversity-driven, British and International movies.

On the 7th December 2018, MUFA I Edition premiered at the stunning venue, the Electric Cinema, designed by architect Gerald Seymour Valentin and opened in Portobello on 27th February 1910. It was one of the first locations in Britain supplied by electricity and designed for motion picture exhibition. It was also originally a club of independent pioneers of filmmaking.

The festival is for and by independent filmmakers. The organizers of the MiraBan UK Film Awards brought a team of active film practitioners.

MUFA accepts submissions in many categories: International Feature Films, UK Feature Films; International Short Narrative (Comedy or Drama); UK Short Narrative (Comedy or Drama); Short Comedy; Short Drama; Documentary; Experimental; Animation; Editing; Screenplay and Film Score; Acting Performance; Film Script, and more.

Submissions deadline: 10 March 2022

Stockholm Film & Television Festival (SFTF) is a film competition for filmmakers worldwide. They support filmmakers from all backgrounds, who are either just beginning their careers or are seasoned professionals with a supportive and enthusiastic audience and a jury of renowned industry professionals.

Your film submissions help to support our educational programs and bring festival films to an audience that wouldn’t normally have this opportunity.

Film industry specialists announce semi-finalists, finalists and winners. Each year SFTF selects one film as Best Of The Best. The judges evaluate the quality of filmmaking, creativity, and storytelling ability to promote films and bring them to an audience who would not otherwise see festival films.

SFTF's mission is to contribute to understanding of the importance of global filmmaking. To give film makers from all backgrounds a platform to tell their stories and have them heard by an audience they might not otherwise ever reach.

Submission Date closes 09 March 2022.

The 12th edition of the annual iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Festival (iREP) will hold from March 17 – 20, 2022 on the theme – “UNFILTERED: African Stories. Stories from Africa”, has made a call for entries.

For 11 years, iREP has provided a platform for filmmakers from different parts of the world to share their works and engage audiences in very insightful discussions. 

The festival is conceptually framed around the iREP generic theme of Africa in Self-Conversation, which the organisers have maintained over the years, is drawn from the founding conceptual framework of the iREP Documentary Film Forum designed to promote awareness about the power of the documentary format to serve as a means of deepening and sharing social and cultural education as well as encouraging participatory democracy in African societies. 

Last year, iREP held a joint virtual film fest in conjunction with the US-based African World Documentary Film Festival (AWDFF). featuring documentary filmmakers from 26 countries in five of six continents of the world showcase their works to diverse audiences around the world no thanks to the pandemic.  

In honour of International Women’s Day, FORBES WOMAN AFRICA in partnership with Mastercard and MultiChoice, will host the 7th FORBES WOMAN AFRICA Leading Women Summit and Awards. 

The title, theme and agenda for 2022 Resetting Everything, The New Face of Leadership will reflect the times, trends and topics leading pandemic recovery in Africa and the world. Unlocking new thinking after two years dominated by economic exasperation and exclamatory marks.  

The summit will largely focus on the new leadership mindset, the diversity and the playbook needed for every aspect of life, work, art, business and money as also the new metaverse expected to level the playing field for the female workforce. It will be about reimagining, rebuilding and resetting the pathways of change to unleash the power of all. 

The virtual event will be hosted live on International Women's Day, the 8th of March and the 9th of March 2022. 

Whether you're an aspiring producer, passionate writer or are simply fascinated by true crime stories and how they come to life on screen. Join us for the next 4 weeks as we dissect the true crime genre.

Whether you're an aspiring producer, passionate writer or are simply fascinated by true crime stories and how they come to life on screen. Join us for the next 4 weeks as we dissect the true crime genre.

Whether you're an aspiring producer, passionate writer or are simply fascinated by true crime stories and how they come to life on screen. Join us for the next 4 weeks as we dissect the true crime genre.

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The role of the director is to identify the central premise of their film and then communicate that vision to crew, cast and ultimately the audience. This one-hour workshop will provide insight into how a director fulfills this crucial role. Topics will include but not be limited best practices for working with the creative team and the how & why behind choices directors make for the audience.