Finding your way

As a filmmaker, two things are very important: making films, obtaining funding and showing the film to the rest of the world out there! Around the globe there are so many great festivals and events that it is easy to lose track of what is happening. Among everything that is going on, it can be difficult to realistically assess which festival is the right one for your film.

Because of that CineSud Magazine started publishing monthly articles with the most interesting and promising international film festivals that you can submit to the following months. Next to that we give an overview of interesting funding options in the heart of the Netherlands, Belgium as well as Germany.

Film Festivals

Molodist - Kyiv International Film Festival

Submission deadline: March 1
Festival dates: May 30 - June 7

The main objective of the festival is to promote young professional cinema. Competitive program represents movies of debutants and Ukrainian short movies. Main sections comprise student films, first short films (fiction, animation, documentary), first feature films, and national competition. Molodist is one of the greatest specialized cinema events in Eastern Europe according to the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF). [Read more]

Sheffield Doc/Fest

Submission deadline: March 2
Festival dates: June 4 - June 9

The film programme offers filmmakers a place for inspiration, debate, growth and challenge, being also a relevant international platform to launch films and art works. It brings to audience a multitude of forms, ideas, ways of doing and thinking, through World, International, European and UK premieres. The festival screens over 180+ films of all lengths – with the 2019 programme having encompassed works from 50+ countries around the world, 54% of which were co/directed by women. [Read more]

Festival de Cannes

Submission deadline Official Competition: March 2 (Shorts)
Submission deadline Official Competition: March 4 (Feature Films)
Submission deadline Quinzaine: March 13 (Shorts)
Submission deadline Quinzaine: March 27 (Feature Films)
Submission deadline Semaine: March 9
Festival dates: May 12 - May 23

The next Festival de Cannes will take place from 12-23 May under the presidency of Spike Lee and his Jury. In 2019, a record year, nearly 40,000 people joined the festival. Once again this year, the festival is welcoming guests from all four corners of the globe in this celebration of world cinema. [Read more]

Melbourne International Film Festival

Submission deadline: March 31
Festival dates: August 1 - August 18

MIFF is a not-for-profit organisation that has been continuously running since 1952, making it the leading film festival in Australia and one of the world’s oldest film festivals, alongside Cannes and Berlin. Presenting a curated global program of innovative screen experiences and the world’s largest showcase of exceptional Australian filmmaking, MIFF is an accessible, iconic cultural event that provides transformative experiences for audiences and filmmakers alike. [Read more]

Shanghai International Film Festival

Submission deadline: March 31
Festival dates: June 13 - June 23

The century-old film culture and film industry has wrought a rich film and cultural foundation for the city of Shanghai. In 1993, the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) was born in the tide of reform and opening up. In 1994, it was recognized by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations as the first and only international non-specialized competitive film festival in China. [Read more]

Funding

Dutch Deadlines

Nederlands Film Fonds:
- New Screen Low Budget (March 3)
- Talentontwikkeling in de regio (March 10)
- Teledoc Campus (March 16)
- Ateliers (March 24)

Belgian Deadlines

Flemish Audiovisual Fund:
- Mediafonds: Documentairereeksen (March 17)
- Mediafonds: Fictiereeksen (March 17)
- Microprojecten 2020 (March 18)
- Beurzen Filmfonds (March 19)
- Internationale promotiesteun Filmfonds (March 20)
- Filmfonds: Innovatielab (March 26)

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