Festivals: call for entries

Submissions are now open for the Thesan International Short Film Festival

 

The festival will take place on 6 and 7 November 2026 in the splendid setting of the Lea Padovani Theatre in Montalto di Castro (VT).

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Submissions are now open for the 23rd Marrakesh Festival

 

Call for Film Entries: Submissions are now open for the 23rd Marrakesh Festival, November 20th–28th, 2026.

Deadline for submissions: 31.07.2026

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Submissions for the 2027 Tampere Film Festival competitions will open on Friday, 1 May 2026

 

Submissions for the 2027 Tampere Film Festival competitions will open on Friday, 1 May 2026.

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Main achievements

Olivier Pere (Art-director of Locarno IFF, Switzerland) – Special programme Open Doors, dedicated to Central-Asian films and film projects . 12 participants from Kyrgyzstan.

 

 

 

  

  

 

 

 

Ulf Sigvardson (manager of Goteborg IFF Fund, Sweden) –  Equipped video-studio which produces films by young filmmakers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bianca Taal (Director of Hubert Bals Fund of Rotterdam IFF, the Netherlands) – Financial support of 2 Kyrgyz film projects, participation of Kyrgyz films in Rotterdam Film Festival.

 

  

  

 

 

 

 

Joel Chapron (film critic, programmer of Cannes IFF, France) –  Promotion of Kyrgyz films to French film festivals, articles about Kyrgyz cinema and film festival in French press.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cedomir Kolar (member of Board of European film Academy, Oscar-winning film producer, France) – Full producing of the film by Kyrgyz film director.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gulnara Abikeeva (film critic, Art-director of “Eurasia” IFF, Kazakhstan) – Articles about Kyrgyz cinema and film festival in Central-Asian press, participation of Kyrgyz films in “Eurasia” IFF.