“Retirement Plan” Receives Best of the Festival
“Budō” Receives Best Animated Short
“Shanti Rides Shotgun” Receives Best Documentary Short
“Susana” Receives Best Live-Action Short Over 15 Minutes
“Medusa” Receives Best Live-Action Short Under 15 Minutes
The 2025 Palm Springs International ShortFest announced its Festival juried and audience award winners as part...
Sponsored by the City of Palm Springs, this 31st edition welcomed audiences at the Festival Theaters from June 24-30, 2025. In all, the festival screened 51 curated programs showcasing 311 films from 64 countries and territories, including 45 World Premieres, 10 International Premieres, 36 North American Premieres, 19 U.S. Premieres., and 94 California Premieres. More than 6,200 short films...
The Palm Springs International ShortFest, one of the largest showcases of short-form cinema in North America, returned for its 31st-edition this year from June 24-30, 2025. Sponsored by the City of Palm Springs, this year’s ShortFest was presented at the Festival Theaters in Palm Springs. In addition to screenings, the ShortFest Forum occured with classes and panels featuring...
photo: Šimon Lupták
The 18th Fest Anča International Animation Festival has announced its award-winning films and directors. The Anča Award for Best Animated Short went to I Died in Irpin, while the Best Slovak Animated Short was awarded to Overture. These winning titles are now one step closer to the Oscar® Award, as Fest Anča remains the only Academy Awards® qualifying festival...
Join host Olivia Lyle (@olivialyle1) for an exclusive interview with French filmmaker Romain Meurquin, director of Don’t Worry Grandma. Recorded by Kyle Reed (@thekylereed) during the IndieX Film Fest 2025 Annual Awards at Regal LA Live, Los Angeles. Written, directed, and produced by Romain Meurquin, Don’t Worry Grandma has its world premiere during the event […]
Join host Olivia Lyle (@olivialyle1) for exclusive interviews with India Darling and Emiliana Jasper, lead actresses of Wish, along with director Janelle Christa and composer Anna Sacks. Recorded by Kyle Reed (@thekylereed) during the IndieX Film Fest 2025 Annual Awards at Regal LA Live, Los Angeles. Written, directed, and produced by IndieX Annual Award-winning alumna […]
The International Film Music Critics Association is delighted to announce its continued partnership with Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Awards. As has been the case since 2016, the IFMCA was again asked to create the shortlist for the WSA Public Choice Award, the winner of which will be revealed at the 25th World […]
DISTRIBUTOR MONDAY #4: A24
We continue to look at film distribution outlets that have historically had a strong presence at the Telluride Film Festival to see what films they might be proffering to TFF for the 2025 edition. Today's company is A24. A24 first landed at Telluride in 2012 with Ginger and Rosa and followed the next year with Jonathan Glazer's Under the...
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The Biarritz Film Festival – NOUVELLES VAGUES is honored to welcome Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel as this year’s Jury President. Norwegian director and screenwriter born in 1990, he embodies a new generation of European filmmakers whose sensitivity and narrative mastery are revitalizing the landscape of auteur cinema.
Coming from a legendary...
THE FESTIVAL BEAT MAKER ! SHARING MOTION AND EMOTION SINCE 1995
We are working hard on a new version of our platform to better serve our community. Filmfestivals.com was established in 1995 before google even existed, turned into a social network in 2006 with a blog platform welcoming festivals and film professionnals with some 120 000 articles and...