Festivals: call for entries

Alternativa invites: Impact Distribution Lab

 

Deadline: 30.09.2025

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Almaty Series Festival and Series Mania Open New Horizons

 

Almaty, Kazakhstan / September 22-26, 2025

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The upcoming Alternativa Film Festival will take place in Colombia in 2026, with Latin America as the focus region 

 

Guadalajara, Mexico, June 10, 2025 – Alternativa has announced that the 3rd edition of the Alternativa Film Festival will take place in Colombia in Q2 2026, with an expanded prize fund of120,000 USD (an increase of 20,000 USD from the previous edition) and a new award categoryfor a feature film from the focus region, bringing the total number of awards to seven. The opencall for submissions runs from June 10 to October 10, 2025. Feature-length films of all genresare accepted from Latin America and Asia, while the short film categories are reservedexclusively for Latin America.
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Home Film News Winners of Central Aian competition: Third Bishkek IFF
Monday, 16 June 2025 00:00

Winners of Central Asian competition: Third Bishkek International Film Festival

 

Place: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Dates: 11-15.06.2025

 

 

Third Bishkek International Film festival

Dates: 11-15 June 2025

Place: Bishkek

Prize: Snow Leopard

The total prize fund is 1,500,000 soms

 

 

Central Asian competition:

 

 ► Best film: "Mergen", National FS Kyrgyzfilm, CityLab production and Chingiz Narynov, Kyrgyzstan, 2025

 

 ► Best director: "Joqtau" by Aruan Anartay, Kazakhstan, 2024

 

 ► Best actor: Erlan Toleutay - "Abel", Kazakhstan, 2024

 

 ► Best script: "Burning" by Dastan Madalbekov & Aizada Bekbalaeva, Kyrgyzstan, 2024