Fantastic film is usually used as a collective term for film genres like science fiction, fantasy and horror. But Lund International Fantastic Film Festival (FFF) does not set narrow limits for what can be screened at the festival. In short fantastic cinema is about imagination. The aim of the festival is to help stretch the limits of the imagination, and to reinforce the intrinsic value of imagination in films. Since the inception in 1995, close to 600 films from more than 30 countries have been screened at the festival, both shorts and feature films. The majority of the films screened also receive their Swedish premiere. Sometimes the festival focuses on different directors, interesting countries or specific themes. Special focus is always on the European continent, which contributes with at least 70% of the films at the festival. The programme also includes the Mélies Competition.

The festival was founded in 2005 and every year it screens more than 40 titles - new mainstream films, cutting-edge independent productions from the U.S., the best in world cinema from all over the globe and major new works from renowned artists, etc.

The festival accepts short films in various categories (fiction, documentary, animated and experimental films). Every year, more than thirty shorts are screened in the official competition; more than ten films are selected for the non-competitive section; other special sections and retrospectives are included in the programme.

Magmart | video under volcano, international videoart festival. The Festival is open to all international videoartists. Participation is free. The Festival is dedicated exclusively to videoart, and don't suggest any particular theme. Between all submitted videos, will be done a final selection based on vote of a Jury composed by experts. The 30 selected artworks will become part of CAM permanent collection.

Each year, the Hungarian Film Week showcases more than 100 new releases by Hungarian filmmakers - fiction, documentary, short, scientific, TV programmes.

A new international festival of creative documentary film (founded 2010). It focuses on: stimulation of creative dialogue between the authors and the audiences and creation of stimulating environment for the creation and showing of works by Macedonian professionals and amateurs in the documentary field.

The Malaga Festival was founded in 1998. The Festival aims to further the distribution and promotion of the Spanish audio-visual industry. The Malaga Festival, the leading Spanish film festival, is organised by Malaga City Council, and supported by producers and authors, and the main television broadcasters, with the support of the MEDIA Plus Programme. In 2005, 1000 professionals, 800 journalists and 110,000 spectators attended the Festival.

The main goal of the International Week of Fantastic Film of Málaga is to present an international selection of feature and short films focusing on fantastic genre in all its variants: fantasy, science fiction, and horror. The festival programme comprises of the following sections: 1 Panorama; 2 Spanish Short Films; 3 International Short Films; 4 Andalusian Short Films.

Malescorto - International Short Film Festival is divided into three main sections: Fiction, Maleskids (child actors) and Documentary. All foreign and Italian short films that present children as theme or protagonists or authors can compete in the Maleskids section. Submissions must be no less than 2 and no more than 20 minutes long apart from the documentary category which may last up to 30 minutes. For each category a maximum of twelve works will be chosen.

BUFF - The Malmö International Film Festival for Children and Young People is divided into the following sections: 1 International Competition - eight feature films; 2 Panorama Programme - features, shorts, animations and documentaries; 3 Nordic Programme - features, shorts, animations and documentaries; 4 Forum Programme - closed screenings for film professionals only.

Festival of European film with these objectives: discover European directors or actors through a competition of short and feature films, enable encounters between professionals and audience, initiate youth to European cinema, promote cinema in the Nord-Sarthe region.

The International Cinematographers Film Festival “Manaki Brothers” in Bitola is organized by the Macedonian Film Professionals Association (MFPA). Each year, the ICFF “Manaki Brothers” is held in Bitola under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Macedonia and is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia. The main part of the Festival’s program belongs to Camera 300 – the Official Competition of Long Feature Films from the most recent European and world production. The cinematographers of these films contend for the Golden, Silver and Bronze Camera 300, awarded by the Festival’s International Jury. Beside the Official Competition, the Festival shows a Short Film Program that is non-competitive. In addition, the Student Program “Manaki Brothers” is dedicated to young, talented filmmakers. Within the frame of the festival program are also workshops, seminars, and roundtables.

The Festival of Fantastic Films takes place every year in Manchester. Apart from screening a wide range of horror, thriller, fantasy and sci-fi films, the programme offers discussions, panels, amateur and independent short film competitions, a film fair and auctions.

The International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg is a newcomer-festival for the creative international author’s film with an artistic claim. The festival presents (in the International Competition as well as in the main side-programme International Discoveries) premieres of fiction feature films, documentary films and short films from all over the world, produced by directors who - on an international scale - are basically unknown (Newcomers).

Maremetraggio offers its audience high-quality works with a unique pan-European coverage, promoting countries of low-capacity production, young professionals and inter-cultural dialogue. The core of the event consists of the following four sections: 1 Maremetraggio Section - shorts that, in the previous year, won the most important European festivals; European short films compete for the final prize of € 10.000,00; 2 Ippocampo Section - debut films shot by directors who have started their artistic career with short films; 3 Corallino Section - best Italian short films by Italian junior high school students; in 2005, 150 works were submitted, 16 were selected and 2 screened; 4 CEI Section - a special competition for short films and directors from countries belonging to the Central European Initiative, western Balkans and NIS countries.

The Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival is the longest-running showcase for international documentaries in the United States, encompassing a broad spectrum of work, from indigenous community media to experimental nonfiction. The film festival celebrates Mead's life, as she was one of the first anthropologists to recognize the significance of film for fieldwork.

The objective of the festival is to promote, through the screening of submitted films, nature-loving and sustainable way of life, as well as to pay respect to native traditions, which have close bonds with nature. The festival is a meeting place for eastern and western filmmakers, who study the life of natives as well as intangible heritage and nature. The festival also enables to introduce the Estonian film culture, and provides an opportunity to find contacts between Estonian and foreign filmmakers.

The festival presents short films - fiction, animated and documentary films under 30 minutes - from all around the world. A screenwriting competition is organized as part of the festival.

The Edinburgh International Television Festival is the essential annual event for everyone working in television. Shaping the future of our industry by debating the key issues of the day, the Festival opens doors to learn from the best in the business and build relationships within the TV community. Engaging, vibrant and fun, EITF is a sociable experience that celebrates success and is committed to the development of new talent. Featuring prominent industry voices the Festival is packed with over 50 individual sessions covering the most pertinent issues facing the industry from policy to programme making. The wide ranging programme involves keynote lectures, preview screenings, masterclasses, interviews and networking parties which make for a stimulating Festival weekend.

For over a decade the media forum (formerly known as the Golden Umbrella Festival) has drawn interest from leading media companies from Central and East Europe and the Black Sea area. This meeting is unique for the reason that this is the only place on the old continent, where professionals from different media get together. They compete for winning the International Media Awards for news, show, radio, press, web and advertising media planning. In the course of the events there is an Exhibition, where participants negotiate for programs, where the newest technologies in the media industry are presented, accompanied by seminars and promotions.

The festival supports artists who have an individual way of creation, independent from the mainstream and popular trends, coming from a minority group or a less exposed part of the world.

The Mediterranean Film Festival accepts documentary films by professional and amateur filmmakers from the following countries: Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Monaco, Morocco, San Marino, Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey.

The motto of the festival is: Documentary cinema - the art of telling the truth. The aim of the festival is to present international documentary community and creative feature films makers in Novosibirsk. Meetings in Siberia International documentary film festival was founded by the interregional public organization Meetings in Siberia and Art Science Cinema Distribution film company. The festival is held under the support of the Culture and Cinema Federal Agency of the Russian Federation, Novosibirsk City Administration.

In recent years, the use of archive footage has been on the rise, both in cinema and in TV programmes. The purpose of archive footage is to contextualize a character, an event, an activity, or to offer an accurate historic viewpoint. Memorimage is one of the first festivals of its kind, accepting European feature, documentary films, television programmes, corporate films, video creations and student films that include archive footage.

The Meniscus Film Festival is organized by Meniscus Films, a not for profit group that promotes independent films and film-making within Lincolnshire and beyond. The festival presents more than 20 shorts (max. length 5 minutes) that creatively interpret a given subject which is announced at the beginning of the year.