Prix Europa
Country
Germany
Type of link
Festival
Section
TV prog., radio prog., new media
Formats
Beta
Deadline month
July
Event month
October
Prix Europa invites the best European television-, radio- and Internet productions as well as their makers and managers to Berlin for a week of festival and competition. The competition's main concern is to promote the trademark Made in Europe and to reflect the complete spectrum of European productions, to show cross-border programme developments and to be a forum for quality programmes. It has become the most important festival of its kind since the founding of Prix Europa in 1987 by the European Cultural Foundation and the Council of Europe.
Psycho Film
Country
Czech Republic
Type of link
Festival
Event month
June
Psychiatric Film Festival.
Pula Film Festival
Country
Croatia
Type of link
Festival
Section
fiction
Formats
35 mm
Deadline month
May
Event month
July
The mission of the Pula Film Festival is to become the central cultural event in Istria, and to successfully promote Croatian film art in all its diversity while also giving opportunity to the Croatian audience to view a variety of recognized international films.
Punto de Vista - International Documentary Film Festival
Country
Spain
Type of link
Festival
Section
documentary
Formats
35 mm, Beta, Digi Beta
Deadline month
September
Event month
February
The Punto de Vista Documentary Film Festival is a space for celebrating, discovering and analysing the form of cinema generically grouped under the heading of ‘documentary’. It is organized by the Department of Culture and Tourism of the Regional Government of Navarre. The Festival is open to all non-fiction audiovisual forms, such as author’s documentaries, creative documentaries, experimental essays, diary films or works created using home, discarded or recycled materials.
Pusan International Film Festival
Country
South Korea
Type of link
Festival
Section
experimental, documentary, animated
Formats
16 mm, 35 mm, Beta, Digi Beta, HD
Event month
October
Pusan International Film Festival is held annually in Busan (also Pusan), South Korea. The first festival, held from September 13 to September 21, 1996, was the first international film festival in Korea. The focus of the PIFF is introducing new films and first-time directors, especially those from Asian countries. Another notable feature is the appeal of the festival to young people, both in terms of the large youthful audience it attracts and through its efforts to develop and promote young talent. In 1999, the Pusan Promotion Plan was established to connect new directors to funding sources.
Quadrangle Film Festival
Country
United Kingdom
Type of link
Festival
Section
documentary
Deadline month
May
Event month
September
The Quadrangle Film Festival is a unique and intimate meeting place for a deliberately wide range of filmmakers, from world renowned directors to recent film graduates. Through curated screenings and filmmaker workshops, the festival actively encourages a dialogue between new talent and established documentarians, inspiring new directors with stimulating films, talks and workshops, while giving filmmakers with more experience a chance to discover the new voices in the documentary world.
Queer Lisboa - Lisbon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Country
Portugal
Type of link
Festival
Section
short, fiction, experimental, documentary, animated
Formats
35 mm, Beta, Beta SP, DCP, Digi Beta, DVD
Deadline month
July
Event month
September
The Lisbon Gay and Lesbian Film Festival presents fiction, documentary and short films that aim to draw attention to the representation of GLBT people and to various issues related to GLBT communities. The festival also wants to contribute to a greater cultural visibility of GLBT people and to the struggle against homophobia. The competition and non-competitive sections feature more than 60 films representing current international queer cinema, more than 30 documentary films and approx. 50 shorts. There is also a number of other informative sections and short film programmes, debates and forums, meetings with international actors, directors, producers and distributors, etc.
Queersicht - Bern Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Country
Switzerland
Type of link
Festival
Section
short, fiction, documentary
Deadline month
June
Event month
November
Queersicht is the oldest gay and lesbian film festival in Switzerland. Every year the festival screen about 30 short films, documentaries and features in five cinemas in the centre of Bern. The content of the film should be relevant to gays, lesbians and transgendered people. There is no entry fee. The festival reaches about 2000 visitors per year. The short film competition Rosa Brille (audience award) takes place every year. The prize comes with a cash award of 2000 Swiss Francs.
Radar Hamburg - International Independent Film Festival
Country
Germany
Type of link
Festival
Event month
November
RADAR HAMBURG´s mission is to kick that door wide open for small and independent productions. RADAR screens films that compete in the traditional categories: Fiction, Documentaries, Shorts, Art and Animations.
The founders Boris Castro and Ale Dumbsky are well-equipped activists that are promoting RADAR HAMBURG with a bright variety of know-how.
Raindance Film Festival
Country
United Kingdom
Type of link
Festival
Section
short, children, fiction, experimental, documentary
Formats
35 mm, Beta, Digi Beta, HD
Deadline month
May
Event month
September
Raindance Film Festival is Europe’s leading independent film festival. Listed by Variety as one of the world's top 50 'unmissable film festivals', Raindance aims to nurture, support and promote independent films and filmmakers from the UK and around the world. Our festival is known for being bold, edgy and sometimes daring, screening all genres of feature fiction and documentary (over 70 UK Premieres a year) and over 200 shorts, making it the most noted festival of discovery and for launching debut filmmakers in Europe. Jury prizes are awarded in a number of categories including: UK and International Feature, Documentary, Debut Feature, Micro Budget Feature, UK and International Short.
Rassegna Citta di Palermo - International Sports Film Festival
Country
Italy
Type of link
Festival
Section
short, fiction, documentary
Formats
?, Beta, Digi Beta, DV, DVD
Deadline month
August
Event month
November
Rassegna Citta di Palermo - International Sports Film Festival is dedicated to films that capture various sports or deal with sports-related themes. An international jury awards the following awards to best films: Paladino d'Oro / Gold section, and Paladino d'Argento / Silver section. The competition is open to short / feature fiction and documentary films.
ReAnimania
Country
Armenia
Type of link
Festival
Section
animated
Deadline month
July
Event month
September
ReAnimania’s goals are to facilitate the development of animation art, educate a new generation of world class animators and provide a forum for presenting works of Armenian animators in the international arena as well as introduce examples of the world’s finest animated films to the Armenian audience.
Reel Canada
Country
Canada
Type of link
Festival
REEL CANADA is an initiative of members of our national film and television industry, designed to bring Canadian films into Canadian classrooms. It is endorsed and supported by our National Honourary Patron, the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Honourary Patron Mayor David Miller, a Board of Directors and an Advisory Committee that includes some of our most prominent filmmakers and producers - Atom Egoyan, David Cronenberg, Norman Jewison, Robert Lantos, Don McKellar, Sarah Polley, Jean-Marc Vallée and many others have all put their personal endorsement on this vital project.
Essentially, REEL CANADA is a day-long traveling film festival that moves from one school to another.
Each event includes films chosen by the students themselves from a curated program of features, documentaries, animated programs and shorts. Special guest speakers such as actors, directors and other prominent personalities present the films and take part in Q&A’s with the students.
ReelWorld Film Festival
Country
Canada
Type of link
Festival
Section
short, music, fiction, documentary
Deadline month
December
Event month
April
ReelWorld Film Festival is a five day festival that screens features, shorts, documentaries, animation, music videos from the Aboriginal, Asian, Black, Latino, Middle Eastern, South Asian and other multi-racial communities. This unique Canadian based film festival truly reflects the racially diverse cultures of the World around us.
Regards sur le travail - Documentary Festival of Films on Work
Country
Belgium
Type of link
Festival
Section
documentary
Event month
March
The festival was founded in 1999 and at six different venues screens a dozen documentary films related to various aspects of work, employment, jobs, etc. The programme also includes debates, readings and special screenings focusing on famous filmmakers of the past.
REGENSBURGER KURZFILMWOCHE - REGENSBURG SHORT FILM WEEK
Country
Germany
Type of link
Festival
Section
short, experimental, documentary, animated
Formats
16 mm, 35 mm, Beta, Digi Beta
Deadline month
October
Event month
March
The Regensburg Short Film Week is an annual non-profit film festival visited by 7 000 guests every year. The festival screens only short films. It is one of the most important short film festivals in Germany and it is well-known and popular far abroad. Films from all over the world are shown in the International Competition. Latest productions from Germany build the German Competition. Films by local filmmakers are shown in the competitions Window to Bavaria and Window to the Region. All the films in the competitions are not older than two years.
Rencontres Henri Langlois
Country
France
Type of link
Festival
Section
fiction, experimental, documentary, animated
Formats
35 mm, Beta SP
Deadline month
July
Event month
December
The Rencontres Henri Langlois - international film schools festival - uncovers the best films by young filmmakers from around the world. The film lesson on directing actors, special screenings of short films and the Asia-focus programme will run in parallel to the International Competition in a celebration of youth film!
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin
Country
France
Type of link
Festival
Section
short, new media, fiction, experimental, documentary, animated
Formats
16 mm, 35 mm, Beta, DV
Deadline month
September
Event month
November
The festival offers an international programming, dedicated to film, video and multimedia. 250 works, originating from 70 countries, screening work from internationally renowned directors alongside work of talented young artists and lesser-known directors. The quality of the festival's programming, recognized by professionals, cultural institutions and the public alike, makes this event one of the most important multidisciplinary events in Paris.
Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival
Country
Canada
Type of link
Festival
Section
short, fiction, experimental, documentary, animated
Deadline month
August
Event month
November
Rendezvous with Madness (RWM) is the world’s first and longest running film festival showcasing films that address issues of mental health and/or addiction. The festival provides a distinct venue for filmmakers to screen their work and has grown into a filmmaker favourite over the past eighteen years.
The objectives of the Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival are
· To explore the facts and mythologies of mental illness and/or addiction, as presented by Canadian and international filmmakers.
· To facilitate discussions amongst filmmakers and audiences with respect to these cinematic representations.
· To provide filmmakers an opportunity to screen their films that may otherwise not be seen.
· To increase awareness, and advocacy for mental health and addiction issues and concerns.
RWM brings independent Canadian and International film and video to the public. RWM features strong programmes that address the facts and mythologies of mental illness and addiction.
Reykjavík International Film Festival
Country
Iceland
Type of link
Festival
Section
short, fiction, experimental, documentary
Formats
35 mm, DCP
Event month
September
RIFF takes place every year in late September for eleven days. The festival shows a wide range of dramas and non-fiction films from over 40 countries. The festival highlights independent filmmaking from all over the world with an emphasis on up-and-coming filmmakers. RIFF encourages the interaction of film with other art forms by organizing concerts, photo exhibitions and more. The festival also manages the RIFF industry office, complete with a video library, information and guest services, and co-organizes networking meetings and dinners for the attending professionals.
RIFF was founded in September 2004, by a small group of film professionals and film enthusiasts led by Festival Director Hrönn Marinósdóttir, with the goal of presenting new and progressive quality films, supporting innovation in filmmaking, networking between professionals from various parts of the world and fostering social and cultural dialogue.
Reykjavík Shorts & Docs Festival
Country
Iceland
Type of link
Festival
Section
short, documentary
Formats
Beta, Digi Beta, DV
Deadline month
July
Event month
August
The annual Reykjavik Shorts & Docs Festival started in 2002 and highlights the best films in these categories from the Nordic region and Europe. The festival is run by the Icelandic Filmmakers Association. The programme also includes seminars and meetings with industry professionals.
Rhode Island International Film Festival
Country
USA
Type of link
Festival
Section
short, children, fiction, experimental, documentary, animated
Formats
DVD, HD
Deadline month
May
Event month
August
The Festival was created and is produced by the non-profit Flickers Arts Collaborative. Held at venues around Providence, RIIFF features screenings, filmmaking workshops, meet-and-greet industry events and seminars. Aiming to promote Rhode Island as a filmmaking location and to celebrate the independent filmmaking spirit, it also hosts a number of high-profile premieres and provides a showcase for international features, documentaries and shorts. RIIFF is one of 75 nominating Festivals in the Short Film Division sanctioned by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Official festival selections are eligible for many awards: Best Short, Best Feature, Best Documentary, Kodak Vision Award Best Cinematography, Best Experimental, Best Screenplay (Film Production), Best Local Film, New Director, The Video Transfer Providence Film Festival Award ($2,500 in services) AVID's Student Filmmaking Achievement Award, Viola M. Marshall Audience Choice Awards.
RIDM - Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal
Country
Canada
Type of link
Festival
Section
documentary
Formats
16 mm, 35 mm, Beta, Digi Beta, DVD
Deadline month
June
Event month
November
Dedicated to promoting point-of-view documentary, the Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montreal presents an annual program of films from around the world. The Rencontres has demonstrated its commitment to defending the creation, production and distribution of documentary film and video. The workshops and forum provide film and video professionals with unique and necessary opportunities to share ideas about political and artistic issues, and in the process, to help safeguard the future of documentary.
River Festival
Country
Spain
Type of link
Festival
Event month
November
River Film Fest
Country
Czech Republic
Type of link
Festival
Section
fiction
Event month
July
RIVER FILM FEST is a significant cultural and social event focussing mainly on the presentation of cinema art in conjunction with other art forms and social sciences. Its distinguishing characteristic is its appeal to both professionals and lay audience alike. Maximum programme quality is achieved by a unique dramaturgical concept which comprises four main programme cycles. These in turn influence the content of the other minor chapters as well as the nature of all non-filmic events.