MONTREAL HUMAN RIGHTS FESTIVAL

MHRFFThe 5th edition of the Montreal Human Rights Films Festival (MHRFF) held 11-21 March 2010 is now calling for entries. Submit animation, fiction and documentary, dealing with human rights and topics as social exclusion, racism, slavery, intolerance, violence, education, the environment, poverty, civil rights, women and children’s rights. More

Entries close 22 November 2009

THE OTHER FILM FESTIVAL 2010: ENTER NOW

New Cinema By, With or About People with a Disability and People who are Deaf

Arts Access Victoria’s The Other Film Festival is pleased to announce it is now accepting entries for the 2010 Festival. The Other Film Festival is Australia’s only international disability film festival. The Festival in 2010 will be fully competitive with cash prizes. Prizes include $5000 for Best Film. More

Entries close 1 March 2010 Early bird deadline 30 November 2009

Cleveland International Film Festival

18 – 28 March 2010

Entries close 30 November 2009

FAW WHITE LIGHT SHORT FILM SCRIPT AWARD

The Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW inc) announces a new award in their 2009 National Literary Awards. The FAW White Light Short Film Script Award has two categories for unproduced scripts:

TV drama Script Award – 25 minute TV drama script of any genre. First Prize $125

Short Film script Award – a short film script of between 10 and 15 minutes in length. First Prize $125 More or contact Colin Peterson, awards coordinator: awards@writers.asn.au

Entries close Monday 30 November 2009

HEART OF GOLD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

11 – 14 March 2010

The Festival runs in Gympie, the gold-mining town with a heart of gold in Queensland, Australia. The Heart of Gold International Film Festival encourages films that are entertaining, thought provoking and uplifting.

First prize in the shorts competition is AUD$5000. More

Entries close: Regular Oct 31; Late Nov 11; Extended Nov 30

LITTLE BIG SHOTS 2010: ENTER NOW

Little Big ShotsLittle Big Shots International Film Festival showcases the best in professional filmmaking for children by adults and excellence in filmmaking by kids from around the world. The festival is now calling for entries for consideration as part of its 2010 program. Submitting a film is free. More

Entries close 30 November 2009

FIRST FACTUAL FILMS FESTIVAL: ENTER NOW

The Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) is calling emerging documentary filmmaking talent from around the country to submit their films to an innovative, new screening program – the First Factual Films Festival (F4) – to be held during AIDC 2010.

Co-presented by 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 AIDC 2010 as special guests. More

Entries close 3 December 2009

BOHEMIAN SHORTS

Submissions are wanted for a uniquely Freo film event. Presented by the Film & Television Institute and the City of Fremantle, Bohemian Shorts will offer a $5,000 cash prize to the best short film set in Fremantle plus a $3,000 cash prize to the best short film in an open category. Enter

Entries close Thursday 10 December 2009

SXSW 2010 FILM FESTIVAL: ENTER NOW

SXSWThe South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference & Festival in its 16th year is thrilled to announce its “Call for Entries” for the 2010 event, taking place March 12-20 in Austin, Texas. SxSW considers any and all categories of filmmaking, from Narrative to Documentary, Experimental to Music Video, Short to Feature. More

Early deadline 5 Nov. Final deadline 11 December 2009

CLIMATE CHANGE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival (HRAFF) and Make Poverty History are seeking informative, inspiring and confronting films on climate change, poverty and human rights to screen at the 2010 Festival. Both local and international filmmakers are invited to enter films of any genre. More

Applications close Friday 11 December

THE INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL: ENTER NOW

Indian Film FestivalThe Indian Film Festival 2010 – Bollywood & Beyond (IFF 2010) is running a short film and video competition. The winning and shortlisted films will be screened at the festival in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Auckland. The winning film will also be screened on India’s World Movies television channel. More

Entries close Tuesday 15 December 2009

AUSTRALIAN ETHICAL DOCOS WANTED

Australian Ethical, in association with Documentary Australia Foundation, is calling for film makers to submit a mini-documentary piece on the theme of ‘corporate responsibility and the environment’. The winning documentary piece will be awarded $12,500 in prize money, which will be presented at the Australian International Documentary Conference on 24-26 February 2010. More

Entries close 18 December 2009

CANADIAN SHORT SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

In a digital age with waning attention spans, brevity truly is the soul of wit. The Canadian Short Screenplay Competition will reward the writer or writers of the best script with the ultimate prize: a professionally produced, live-action short film. Enter

Entries close Thursday 31 December 2009

TROPFEST 2010

Tropfest Signature Item Fame and fortune determined by a roll of the dice. The 2010 Tropfest Signature Item (TSI) is dice and filmmakers across the country and abroad are urged to visit the Tropfest website to find entry details for the world’s largest short film festival. More

The 2010 festival will be held on Sunday 21 February to an anticipated live audience in Sydney of over 150,000 people. The WA screening will be held at Bohemia Outdoor Cinema on the same day.

Entries close Thursday 7 January 2010

TROP JR

The world’s largest short film festival for kids, by kids – is calling for entries. Open to children aged 15 years and younger, Trop Jr is a great opportunity for kids to get involved in the creative process of filmmaking. Entry to Trop Jr is free.

Each film must also include a Trop Jr Signature Item (TSI), which for 2010 is dot. More

Entries close Thursday 7 January 2010

MAX TROPSCORE

Create an original musical score or synch for a three minute short film that has been produced by Sam Curtain, a young, up and coming Australian director and you will have the opportunity to: perform your score at Movie Extra Tropfest 2010, perform live on MAX and more.
Full details

Competition runs Thur 8 October 2009 – Thur 14 January 2010

ST KILDA FILM FESTIVAL

St Kilda Film Festival short film competition
SoundKILDA music video competition
Have you made a short film or a music video? Would you like the opportunity to have your film screened as part of Australia’s Top 100 short films of the year or your video included in SoundKILDA – Australian music video competition? The short film competition awards $40,000 worth of cash and in-kind craft awards. More

Entries close 29 January 2010

ITVS INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR ENTRIES

The ITVS International Call provides production funds for independent producers who are non-U.S. citizens, helping them create documentaries for American television allowing storytellers from other countries to introduce U.S. audiences to their global neighbours.

In addition to production funding and support, ITVS International will premiere funded programs on U.S public and commercial television, with national promotion and educational outreach campaigns. More

Entries close 5 February 2010

OVER THE FENCE: ENTER NOW

Over the Fence Over The Fence comedy film festival is now calling for entries! The festival’s one criterion is “it must have an excellent sense of humour”!

In 2010 Over The Fence will expand to become a comprehensive comedy film festival which will include; features, short form series, documentaries and shorts. More

Regular Deadline 23 December 2009 Late Deadline 15 February 2010

MUNICH INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

Munich International is pleased to announce the call for entries for next year’s short film festival which will take place from June 17 – 23 of 2010. Submissions are open to non-German language films of all genres from any nation of the world. The festival only screens 35mm prints and progressive HD data files. More

Entries close 28 February 2010

THREE-MINUTE QUICKIE

The topic of the Three-Minute Quickie Competiton for Hamburg International Short Film Festival 2010 is kitchen/cuisine. The official call for entries will be sent out at the beginning of November. Enter

Entries close Thursday 1 April 2010

I’VE SEEN FILMS: ENTER NOW

After the very successful 2008 Edition, I’ve Seen Films International Film Festival announced today, along with its founder, the international artist Ruger Hauer, that the Festival’s Third Edition will be held in 2010 in Milan, Italy.

The launching pad for this festival is the Internet Contest offering film authors additional exposure to their works: the 2009 edition totalled 337 online competing works that received a staggering number of more than 1,500,000 views. More

Entries close Monday 5 April 2010

REVELATION PERTH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Revelation Film Festival Recently described as the SXSW of the southern hemisphere in super cool international film magazine Electric Sheep, Australia’s most cutting edge film event, the Revelation Perth International Film Festival, is throwing open its official 2010 Call For Entries. More

Entries close: Friday 9 April 2010

CNN SCENE BY SCENE

CNN is seeking photos or videos from viewers that best represent Asia-Pacific cultural diversity. The selected images will be featured in CNN’s ad campaign – launching soon in print, online and on TV, in millions of households around the world. Enter

Entries are now open