Deadlines on FilmFestivalLife – June 2015

DeadlinesJUN15Welcome to the European Summer, filmmakers! Outdoor festivals, al fresco dining and long sunlit evenings. There’s much to look forward to, but don’t forget, there’s still plenty of deadlines to get stuck into…

One to watch out for is the DocLisboa – International Film Festival. We had a chat with their Program Coordinator last year, Miguel Ribeiro, finding out more about the documentary fest in the Portuguese capital. Late Deadline is June 15th. There’s also the Regular Deadline of the Queer Lisboa – International Queer Film Festival. Anyone tempted should check out our interview with their Festival Programmer Pedro Marum where we discuss the emergence of LGBT cinema on the film festival circuit. Crossing into Italy, filmmakers with a penchant for children’s films should look at Giffoni Film Festival, whose open call is also closing!

New Orleans Film Festival also has a Late Deadline this month, and who wouldn’t want to submit to a festival in the Big Easy? Especially when you consider that it is Oscar-qualifying for the Documentary Short section! Other US festivals with big deadlines include HollyShorts Film Festival, the Boston Asian American Film FestivalSunscreen Film Festival West, the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival and the American Documentary Film Festival Film Fund. Wow! What a month, and you’re not done yet…

 

FFL Festivals

Architecture Film Festival Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal
Late deadline: Jun 01, 2015

Snoovies
London, United Kingdom
Late deadline: Jun 01, 2015

NewFilmmakers Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Late deadline: Jun 03, 2015

Giffoni Film Festival
Giffoni Valle Piana, Italy
Late deadline Jun 05, 2015

HollyShorts Film Festival
Hollywood, CA, United States
Late deadline: Jun 05, 2015

Adelaide Film Festival
Adelaide, Australia
Regular deadline: Jun 02, 2015
Late deadline Jun 09, 2015

Rural FilmFest
Valle de Alcudia y Sierra Madrona, Spain
Early bird deadline: Jun 12, 2015
Regular deadline: Jun 12, 2015
Late deadline: Jun 12, 2015

DocLisboa – International Film Festival
Lisbon, Portugal
Late deadline: Jun 15, 2015

Szczecin European Film Festival
Szczecin, Poland
Regular deadline: Jun 15, 2015
Late deadline: Jun 15, 2015

SOUND & IMAGE CHALLENGE FESTIVAL 2015
Macau, Macau
Late deadline: Jun 16, 2015

Wine Country Film Festival
Glen Ellen, United States
Late deadline: Jun 16, 2015

Magwill Film Festival
West Hollywood, United States
Late deadline: Jun 18, 2015

shnit International Shortfilmfestival
Bern, Switzerland
Late deadline: Jun 20, 2015

New Orleans Film Festival
New Orleans, United States
Late deadline: Jun 26, 2015

Edinburgh Short Film Festival
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Late deadline: Jun 29, 2015

5th Bangalore International Short Film Festival
Bangalore, India
Late deadline: Jun 30, 2015

CinEast – Central and Eastern European Film Festival
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Regular deadline: Jun 30, 2015
Late deadline: Jun 30, 2015

Melbourne Underground Film Festival
Melbourne, Australia
Late deadline: Jun 30, 2015

Boston Asian American Film Festival
Boston, United States
Regular deadline: Jun 01, 2015
Late deadline: Jun 01, 2015

Queer Lisboa – International Queer Film Festival
Lisbon, Portugal
Regular deadline: Jun 05, 2015

dokumentART – European Film Festival for Documentaries
Neubrandenburg, Germany
Regular deadline: Jun 05, 2015

Minneapolis Underground Film Festival
Minneapolis, United States
Regular deadline: Jun 12, 2015

Five Continents Film Festival
Venosa, Italy
Regular deadline: Jun 30, 2015

Sunscreen Film Festival West
Hermosa Beach, United States
Early bird deadline: Jun 01, 2015

Los Angeles International Short Film Festival
Los Angeles, United States
Early bird deadline: Jun 05, 2015

Cornwall Film Festival
Cornwall United Kingdom
Early bird deadline: Jun 07, 2015

Crystal Palace International Film Festival, London
London, United Kingdom
Early bird deadline: Jun 10, 2015

Tassie eco Film Fest
Early bird deadline: Jun 15, 2015

American Documentary Film Festival Film Fund
Palm Springs, United States
Early bird deadline: Jun 18, 2015

Cellar Door Film Festival
Ottawa, Canada
Early bird deadline: Jun 30, 2015

 

 

LATE

4th Bangalore Shorts Film Festiva-15
Bangalore, India
Late deadline: Jun 01, 2015

Festival del film Locarno
Locarno, Switzerland
Late deadline: Jun 01, 2015

Filmplus
Cologne, Germany
Late deadline: Jun 01, 2015

Hamptons International Film Festival
East Hampton, United States
Late deadline: Jun 01, 2015

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
Hot Springs, United States
Late deadline: Jun 01, 2015

International Cinematographers’ Film Festival Manaki Brothers
Bitola, Republic of Macedonia
Late deadline: Jun 01, 2015

Komas Freedom Film Festival
Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Late deadline: Jun 01, 2015

Mix Copenhagen | LesbianGayBiTrans Film Festival
Copenhagen, Denmark
Late deadline: Jun 01, 2015

Montreal Festival of New Cinema
Montreal, Canada
Late deadline: Jun 01, 2015

New York Film Festival
New York, United States
Late deadline: Jun 01, 2015

NextFrame International Student Film and Video Festival
Philadelphia, United States
Late deadline: Jun 01, 2015

Princeton Student Film & Video Festival
Princeton Jct., United States
Late deadline: Jun 01, 2015

Rhode Island International Film Festival
Providence, United States
Late deadline: Jun 01, 2015

Roma Creative Contest – Short Film Festival
Roma, Italy
Late deadline: Jun 01, 2015

San Francisco International Festival of Shorts
San Francisco, United States
Late deadline: Jun 01, 2015

Split Film Festival/ International Festival of New Film
Split, Croatia
Late deadline: Jun 01, 2015

Unreal Film Festival
Memphis, United States
Late deadline: Jun 01, 2015

YoungCuts Film Festival
Montreal, Canada
Late deadline: Jun 01, 2015

Osnabrück Independent Film Festival
Osnabrück, Germany
Late deadline: Jun 02, 2015

CinefestOZ
Busselton, Australia
Late deadline: Jun 05, 2015

Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival
Bristol, United Kingdom
Late deadline: Jun 05, 2015

Hawaii International Film Festival
Honolulu, United States
Late deadline: Jun 05, 2015

Sedicicorto International Film Festival Forli
Forli, Italy
Late deadline: Jun 05, 2015

Woodstock Film Festival
Woodstock, United States
Late deadline: Jun 05, 2015

Viva Cinema! Latino Film Festival
Bethel, United States
Late deadline: Jun 10, 2015

Mill Valley Film Festival
Mill Valley, United States
Late deadline: Jun 12, 2015

Oldenburg Film Festival
Oldenburg, Germany
Late deadline: Jun 12, 2015

Harlem International Film Festival
New York, United States
Late deadline: Jun 14, 2015

Raindance Film Festival
London, United Kingdom
Late deadline: Jun 14, 2015

Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Late deadline: Jun 15, 2015

Brest European Short Film Festival
Brest, France
Late deadline: Jun 15, 2015

Calgary International Film Festival
Calgary, Canada
Late deadline: Jun 15, 2015

Filmfestival Münster
Münster, Germany
Late deadline: Jun 15, 2015

Flyway Film Festival
Pepin & Stockholm, United States
Late deadline: Jun 15, 2015

Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival
Jackson Hole, United States
Late deadline: Jun 15, 2015

MOTELx – Lisbon International Horro Film Festival
Lisbon, Portugal
Late deadline: Jun 15, 2015

BFI London Film Festival
London, United Kingdom
Late deadline: Jun 19, 2015

Interfilm Berlin – Berlin International Short Film Festival
Berlin, Germany
Late deadline: Jun 19, 2015

Tacoma Film Festival
Tacoma, United States
Late deadline: Jun 20, 2015

Catalina Film Festival
Avalon, CA, United States
Late deadline: Jun 28, 2015

Santiago International Film Festival
Santiago, Chile
Late deadline: Jun 26, 2015

Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver, Canada
Late deadline: Jun 26, 2015

Direct Short Online Film Festival
Mumbai, India
Late deadline: Jun 28, 2015

California Independent Film Festival
Moraga, California, United States
Late deadline: Jun 30, 2015

Colorado International Film Festival
Wheat Ridge, United States
Late deadline: Jun 30, 2015

Cortodino Film Festival
Torre Annunziata, Italy
Late deadline: Jun 30, 2015

DIY FILM FEST
Warsaw/Minsk, Poland
Late deadline: Jun 30, 2015

Helsinki International Film Festival
Helsinki, Finland
Late deadline: Jun 30, 2015

International Student Film Festival PISEK
Pisek, Czech Republic
Late deadline: Jun 30, 2015

Mpumalanga International film festival
Mbombela, South Africa
Late deadline: Jun 30, 2015

New York City Short Film Festival
New York, United States
Late deadline: Jun 30, 2015

Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival
Colorado Springs, United States
Late deadline: Jun 30, 2015

Valladolid International Film Festival
Valladolid, Spain
Late deadline: Jun 30, 2015

Zurich Film Festival
Zurich, Switzerland
Late deadline: Jun 30, 2015

 

 

REGULAR

Orlando Film Festival
Orlando, United States
Regular deadline: Jun 01, 2015

Calgary International Film Festival
Calgary, Canada
Regular deadline: Jun 01, 2015

Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival
Jackson Hole, United States
Regular deadline: Jun 01, 2015

Film4 FrightFest
London, United Kingdom
Regular deadline: Jun 01, 2015

Colchester Film Festival
Colchester, United Kingdom
Regular deadline: Jun 01, 2015

No Gloss Film Festival
Leeds, United Kingdom
Regular deadline: Jun 01, 2015

New Jersey Film Festival (Fall Edition)
Jersey, United States
Regular deadline: Jun 05, 2016

Scottsdale International Film Festival
Scottsdale, United States
Regular deadline: Jun 15, 2015

Creative Arts Film Festival
Online, United States
Regular deadline: Jun 15, 2015

Festival Internazionale del Cinema Povero
Ispra, Italy
Regular deadline: Jun 15, 2015

Action On Film International Film Festival
Pasadena, California, United States
Regular deadline: Jun 16, 2015

Chicago International Film Festival
Chicago, United States
Regular deadline: Jun 19, 2015

Direct Short Online Film Festival
Mumbai, India
Regular deadline: Jun 21, 2015
Late deadline: Jun 28, 2015

Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival
Sudbury, Canada
Regular deadline: Jun 22, 2015

OIFF – Online International Film Festival
Turin, Italy
Regular deadline: Jun 27, 2015

Cortodino Film Festival
Torre Annunziata, Italy
Regular deadline: Jun 29, 2015

Busan International Film Festival
Busan, South Korea
Regular deadline: Jun 30, 2015

Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Tampa, United States
Regular deadline: Jun 20, 2015

Dark Matters Film Festival
Albuquerque, United States
Regular deadline: Jun 30, 2015

Visioni Corte Film Festival
Minturno (LT), Italy
Regular deadline: Jun 30, 2015

FlipsideTV Film Fest & Film Market
Troy, United States
Regular deadline: Jun 30, 2015

NewLife Film Script Music
LA, United States
Regular deadline: Jun 30, 2015

New Generations Independent Indian Film Festival
Frankfurt (Main), Germany
Regular deadline: Jun 30, 2015

St Cloud Film Fest
St Cloud, United States
Regular deadline: Jun 30, 2015

 

 

Earlybird

San Diego Underground Film Festival
San Diego, United States
Early bird deadline: Jun 01, 2015

Making Waves Film Festival
Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Early bird deadline: Jun 06, 2015

Direct Short Online Film Festival
Mumbai, India
Early bird deadline: Jun 14, 2015

International KinoKabaret Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Early bird deadline: Jun 27, 2015

The Blue Sky International Animation Festival
Wooster, United States
Early bird deadline: Jun 30, 2015

Underground FilmFest
Munich, Germany
Early bird deadline: Jun 30, 2015

 

 

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