A Film Festival with a quite unique topic - the Film Festival of Fine Arts. The Festival is more than a competition of films, it offers high level fine art exhibitions and cultural events that are connected to the festival. Discussions about fine art, film and the relation of these two different arts. A meeting place of creators, critics, art lovers and their friends.

Filmfestival Türkei / Deutschland first took place in 1995. It is a competitive event organized by InterForum in cooperation with the City Council of Nürnberg and the Robert Bosch Foundation with the aim to support and promote multicultural film art. The program includes feature, short and documentary film competition.

The main pillar of the festival is the international competition of feature and animated films for children and youth. The international competition of European debuts has been successfully running for several years and the latest additions to the festival programme included Zlinsky pes (The Zlin Dog), a series of events for students of film. The competition of documentaries for youth, retrospective and informative sections or competition of feature films from the Visegrad countries have long ago become integral parts of the festival programme.

The Films from the South Festival was initiated in Oslo in 1991. The festival annually presents a selection of features, documentaries and short films from Asia, Africa and Latin America. It is Northern Europe's leading festival dedicated exclusively to these three continents. The main goal is to boost interest for films from these continents and provide openings for regular distribution in the market. Primarily funded by the Norwegian Foreign Ministry and the Municipal of Oslo, the festival is organized in cooperation with the Oslo Municipal Cinema and the Norwegian Film Institute. Directors, actors and producers from the three continents have the opportunity to present their films to Norwegian audiences and press. Norwegian Film and TV distributors are available for appointments throughout the festival.

The international festival Film in the Sign of the Fish consists of lectures, discussions, project cycles and interactive presentation of individual productions. A part of the festival is dedicated for guests and expert public. The evening projection and the additional programme are intended for the general public.

Every year, the festival organizers welcome students of various film departments, prominent film theoreticians and filmmakers themselves but mainly the general public, offering them great film experience. The Film Sokolov tries to avoid the stereotypes of film clubs and concentrates on showing and discussing films that often represent a revelation to the Czech audience. Professionals but also the general public appreciate the unique dramaturgy. Not to mention the free entry, which certainly helps to gain the popularity of the general audiences.

FrightFest is among the largest horror, thriller, sci-fi and fantasy film festivals in the UK. Every year, the festival presents more than 30 short and feature films. FrightFest is held each August at the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square, London, named one of the ten best cinemas in the world. The projection and sound is second to none and the cinemas location is right in the heart of London’s glamorous West End. We also host two other annual events. Our Halloween All-Nighter on the nearest Saturday to Halloween and FrightFest Glasgow in late February each year.

FilmAfrikana is an independent film festival focusing exclusively on African film.

The annual film festival Filmasia intends to present the dynamic nature of Asian cinema on selection of films that have been positively received at film festivals and in distribution all around the world.

Focusing on short films, the festival promotes a film category which is mostly disregarded by cinemas and television. The main sections of the festival are the International and the National Competitions. In addition, the Online Competition was introduced in 2001. These are being accompanied by various other thematic events. Visitors, the press and film producers also use the festival as a meeting place to exchange opinions and discuss new ideas.

The Eberswalde International Film Festival was first held in 2004. By presenting both German and international projects, the festival wants to promote the region of northeast Brandenburg as the intersection of various European influences. Every year the organizers select more than 60 films from hundreds of submissions that come from more than 30 countries. The festival wants to create a friendly environment that would encourage direct contact between filmmakers and audiences. The following can be submitted: short, documentary, animated and experimental films.

Filmfest Hamburg is an annual international festival that takes place in five venues. The sections of this Northern German festival are: Official Programme, Eurovisual, Made-for-TV films, Filmszene Hamburg, and Children's Film Fest. Filmfest Hamburg is focused on independent production and young filmmakers.

The festival was established in 1980 and provides a platform for young filmmakers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Today the festival belongs among important events in the German cultural scene. The prestige of the competition - boosted by €18 000 for best director - always draws many industry professionals and a wide media attention.

Since its creation at the beginning of the 1980s, Filmmaker has supported research, experimentation and innovation in Italian audiovisual production and has presented the best of independent production. During the recent editions the program has opened itself to the international panorama, with a special focus on creative documentaries. The festival is open to Italian and foreign films and videos (fiction, documentary, film essay, archive footage films and videos...). There are no restrictions as to the duration of submitted films.

The festival is organized by Kinoklub Ostrov in cooperation with MKZ Litoměřice, AČFK, SFÚ, Goethe Institute and People in Need and offers a selection of classics, shorts, festival winners, student films, documentary films and retrospectives and animated films. The programme also includes music concerts and theatre performances. Every year the programme is centered around a specific theme.

The festival was established in 1979. Its aim is to present new films by female directors and to explore the specific contexts of female culture in different countries. The international competition accepts feature-length fiction, short, documentary, experimental and animated films. The program also includes special screenings and retrospectives.

The festival was founded in 1949 and offers a comprehensive overview of the developments in short cinema, both with regard to the number of participating countries and the variety of genres and trends. The international competition includes the following categories: fiction, animation, experimental and documentary films. The programme has also a special section for environmental and educational films.

The festival focuses on new and innovative German films. It is especially interested in young filmmakers and their film debuts. About 10 full-length features and over 20 short films are screened every year, and a lot of interesting guests and filmmakers attend the festival to take part in open debates with the audience.

FIPA was created in 1987 in order to encourage the development of a quality TV programming in the world. It is a leading audiovisual event and also the first international event presenting the greatest number of European programs. Thousands of professionals from all five continents have visited the festival since its establishment, and the 2005 edition welcomed more than 2300 professionals from 60 countries. The festival presents a wide range of dramas, series and serials, creative documentary films, reportages and current affairs, performing arts, short programs,special screenings, aspects of French production, aspects of French international coproduction, homages and audiovisual history.

The First Factual Films Festival (F4) is a screening program held during the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC). Co-presented by AIDC and the Media Resource Centre, F4 showcases first films from Australian documentary filmmakers at the start of their careers alongside the first films of legendary documentary masters attending the AIDC. Screening over three evenings at the Mercury Cinema, F4 concludes with the presentation of the F4 Award for Outstanding New Documentary Talent to one exceptional filmmaker. The F4 Award is judged by the F4 master filmmakers and a panel of high profile international documentary professionals. Each evening features the first film of a master documentarian alongside the films of several first filmmakers, contextualised by introductions and Q & A discussions around the documentaries and their makers.

The FirstGlance Film Fest Hollywood was founded in 2000 with the aim of promoting independent filmmaking. The festival reports an 80% distribution success rate among features in the past two years. The festival also offers its own distribution option to winners through a partnership with Indiepix.

The festival first took place in 2004 and screens short and experimental films by German filmmakers under 27 years of age. The event is organized by the Federal Association of German Filmmakers (BDFA) and by the Rostock Institute of New Media.

Flimmer is the biggest independent film organization in southeast Sweden and it is based in the city of Norrköping. Flimmer organizes two film events: The Norrköping Film Festival and the travelling open-air festival Flimmer Utomhusbio. The Norrköping Film Festival is a favourite in the cinema-goers’ calendar in southeast Sweden. Every year Flimmer offers a multitude of films to please anybody genuinely interested in cinema. The main competition presents five feature films by European directors.

Flip is organised by Light House Media Centre in Wolverhampton, Flip aims to celebrate animation produced regionally, nationally and internationally and to inspire and entertain people of all ages.