Please find below an overview of upcoming submission deadlines
The members of our network are all individual festivals with independent programming (procedures). A part of them work with submission deadlines. In case you would like to submit a film to one of the members, please contact them individually about your request. On their websites/via their contact details, you can find more information about their criteria, deadlines and regulations for submitting a film.
Submission dates
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- 30 Jun
Festival Del Cinema Dei Diritti Umani Di Napoli
The 18th Naples Human Rights Film Festival will be held from 9 to 20 November 2026 in the city of Naples and will have as its title "Human Development, Integral Development. Principles of Peace".
The 2026 Festival, in addition to the usual International Film Competition featuring films from around the world, aims, through its International Events, to present and disseminate knowledge of the theory and key characteristics of two development philosophies that can contribute to the creation of a new Culture of Peace.
We are talking about Human Development, theorized in the 1990s by Pakistani mathematician Mahbub ul Haq in collaboration with Amartya Sen and supported by the United Nations, and <…
- 30 Jun
One World Slovakia
International festival of documentary films One World Slovakia, taking place in the beginning of November is an inclusive hybrid (online/onsite) film event, progressive and innovative platform for the European documentary industry and filmmaking with the focus on films reflecting current and vibrant global issues such as climate change, political conflicts, gender inequality, new technologies etc.
One World presents contemporary documentaries from all over the world, awarded at prestigious film festivals, together with discussions and side events accessible to the broad public, including various disabled communities (non-hearing, blind, mothers with small kids, homeless people , regional audience etc.).
… - 15 Jul
Bergen International Film Festival
BIFF is a leading film festival in Norway, with admissions around 60.000 annually and around 120 feature length films, half being documentaries, making us one of the biggest documentary festivals in the Nordic Region. The human rights festival Checkpoints started in 2007 and is an integral part of BIFF. In collaboration with the Rafto Foundation for Human Rights, Checkpoints consists of 20 films, of which 8 are in competition.
… - 1 Sep
Karama Human Rights Film Festival
The Karama HRFF was established in June 2009, sensing the need for human rights dialogue and advocacy in the Arab region. The founding committee named Ma'mal 612 consists of Sawsan Darwaza, Ehab Khatib & Ayman Bardawil. The main theme for the KHRFF is human rights in general; children, women, refugees, political, economic, social and civic rights, and the role of films and culture in creating social and political change. Recent massive upheavals in the Arab region since the first edition (in 2010) have made it imperative to seek the exchange of expression, ideas, opinions and experiences on human rights issues across the region and the world. The festival’s core theme is human dignity (Karama is Arabic for dignity).
Along with the film festival Ma'mal 612 creates parallel huma…
- 1 Nov
Movies that Matter Festival
Movies that Matter screens and promotes films that draws our attention to human rights and situations in which these are at stake. The foundation's peak activity is the annual Movies that Matter Festival, taking place in The Hague, International City of Peace and Justice. The Movies that Matter Festival is the Netherlands' main platform for engaged cinema, with over ninety documentaries, fiction and short films of inspired filmmakers being screened every year.
The festival features various competitions; Activist Lens, a documentary film competition that pays tribute to brave activists who defend human rights at the frontline, Justice Frame, which deals with international justice and the worldwide fights against impunity and Dutch Focus, a competition for…
- 1 Nov
One World International Human Rights Film Festival
One World International Human Rights Film Festival is the largest human rights film festival in the world. It is a major cultural event in the Czech Republic that attracts more than 120,000 viewers annually and takes place in over 50 cities and towns in the Czech Republic. One World presents more than 100 films from around the globe, focusing on social, political, environmental, media and human rights issues. There are four competition categories (International Competition for the Best Film and Best Director Awards, Right to Know Competition, Immersive Films Competition and Czech Competition) and a number of thematic categories.
One World provides a platform for exchange of views and experiences. Audience has an opportunity to discuss subjects of films during Q&As and debates …