Festivals: call for entries

Call for Entries – 38th Film Festival Dresden

 

FILMFEST DRESDEN is looking forward to new short films! We are now accepting submissions for the 38th festival edition in 2026.

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Call for Entries – 43rd Fajr International Film Festival

 

I'm delighted to announce that submissions are now open for the 43rd edition of the Fajr International Film Festival, taking place from November 26 – December 3, 2025, in Iran.

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SIFFA 2025: call for a programme director

 

This year Independent Film Festival SIFFA is celebrating its 10th anniversary and the 15th edition of the festival in the very heart of London - at the prestigious Piccadilly Vue Cinema. The festival will bring together Earopean Stars, filmmakers, and magical pre-Christmas atmosphere of London.

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Friday, 15 March 2024 00:00

XI Forum of the young cinema Umut-2024: Breeze / International competition

 

Dates & place: 29.03-01.04.24, 2024, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
"Breeze" - The winner of Short competition of the Moscow IFF-2022

Director: Hamidreza Ghasemi, Iran 

Day & time of the screening: March 29, 15.50 - 16.20, Cinema House Bishkek, Logvinenko, 13

 

 

Breeze, short fiction, 2022, 25', Iran

 

An Iranian who grew up in a European country, after the death of his parents, goes to Iran, as it seems to him, to his homeland, but Iran turns out to be not the country he imagined, not the one his parents told him about. A collision with a harsh reality, a desire to return back – to the comfort zone – where everything is clear. He meets by chance with a prostitute – who – suddenly – helps him to see another homeland – tender and passionate.