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Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 2d

🎬 Opening its doors in December 2025, the Red Sea IFF has started to reveal its program!
This year, 11 international shorts have been selected to compete for the award.

📅 December 4 - 13

👉 Discover more about the seletion here: tinyurl.com/4fnwk7rv

Still: COLD CALLING – Yuzana Win

Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 2d

🎞 The Ji.hlava IDFF is coming back for a new edition in 1 week!

🔗 Check out this year’s lineup: www.ji-hlava.com/program

📅 Save the date: October 24 - November 2

Still: TRUTH OR DARE – Tonislav Hristov

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Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 3d

🎉 Discover our new partnership with National Film Center of Latvia… a unique opportunity to discover Latvian animated shorts!

📅 From 16 October to 6 November

🎟 This content is available worldwide for free on Festival Scope, but tickets are limited. Discover more here: tinyurl.com/53yyfd8d

Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 3d

🎞 Coming up in less than a month, the Industry@Tallinn & Baltic event’s program has been released!

🔗 Discover the full selection here: industry.poff.ee

Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 3d

Doclisboa IFF opens its doors today!
Explore more about this year’s edition here: doclisboa.org

📆 Save the date: 16 - 26 October

Still: TOWARDS THE LIGHT – Vadim Kostrov

Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 3d

🎬 The El Gouna Film Festival opens today!
It aims to offer an unmissable annual rendezvous for film professionals and film lovers from Egypt, the Arabic countries, and from all over the world.
✨Discover the lineup: tinyurl.com/eevsu8zs
📆 Save the date: 16 - 24 October
Sill: LUCKY LU – Lloyd Lee Choi

Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 3d

📣 Opening today, the Viennale is Austria’s most important international film event, as well as one of the oldest and best-known festivals in the German-speaking world.

🔗 Check out this year’s program: www.viennale.at/en

Still: BARKING IN THE DARK – Marie Losier

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Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 4d

🎬 The Rome Film Fest opens today!
Discover the lineup for this year’s edition: tinyurl.com/36a5hbvb

📆 Save the date: 15 - 26 October

Still: THE ISLAND – Cristian Carretero

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Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 4d

‼️ Today is the last day to watch our Fêtes de Septembre lineup!

🎬 À L'ARRACHÉ | SNATCHED by Emmanuelle Nicot, is part the Wallonie-Bruxelles International Online Film Festival.

✨ Discover our line up here: tinyurl.com/334sj8ba

Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 5d

📣 Taillin Black Night Film Festival is coming back for a new edition in just a few weeks!

🗓️ Save the date: November 7 - 23

Discover the full program here: poff.ee/en/

Still: 18 HOLES TO PARADISE - João Nuno Pinto

Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 5d

‼️ Last Days to watch our Fêtes de Septembre lineup!

🌞 UN INVINCIBLE ÉTÉ | INVINCIBLE SUMMER by Arnaud Dufeys, is part of our lineup from Fêtes de septembre 2025.

🔗 This content is available worldwide for free on Festival Scope. Discover more here: tinyurl.com/4pbsakvm

Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 9d

📣 Today, the Warsaw Film festival opens!
Celebrating its 41st edition this year, the Festival is one of the leading film events in Central and Eastern Europe showcasing the most recent world cinema.

✨ Find out more about this year’s edition here: wff.pl/en/

Still: WILD FOXES – Valéry Carnoy

Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 10d

✨ For its 12th edition during the Semaine de la Critique, Next Step is associating with Projecto Paradiso to invite a Brazilian director, Bruno Ribeiro!

👉 Discover more here: www.semainedelacritique.com

Still: AMARELA – André Hayato Saito

Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 10d

🎬 The Sites film Festival opened today!
Discover the lineup for this year’s fantastic film festival: tinyurl.com/ms7edj3t

📆 Save the date: 9 - 19 October

Still: OBEX – Albert Birney

Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 10d

✨ The Sofia Meetings are coming back for a new edition in 2026! Here are the deadlines to be apart of this edition:

📆 Feature Film Projects & TV Series in development : 1 December 2025
📆 Work in Progress: 11 January 2026

🔗 Learn more about the submissions: tinyurl.com/pcw3tjbe

Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 10d

📣 REMINDER!
LUCÍA EN EL LIMBO | LUCIA IN LIMBO by Valentina Maurel, is one of our striking films from Fêtes de septembre.

🎥 Sixteen-year-old Lucia wants to get rid of two things more than anything: her lice and her virginity.

🔗 Available worldwide for free on Festival Scope tinyurl.com/434w2f58

Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 11d

🎬 The Film Fest Gent opens today!
It is Belgium’s largest film festival, and over the next 11 days, more than 100 films and shorts will be screened.

🔗 Discover more here: www.filmfestival.be/en

Still: Queerpanorama – LI Jun

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Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 11d

📢 The Viennale Film Festival is coming very soon, and its full program has been released!

👉 Explore the full program here: tinyurl.com/385x9tn8

Still: WHITE ROSES, FALL! - Albertina Carri

Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 11d

🎞️ The 54th edition of the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma opened its doors today!

✨ Explore this year’s lineup here: nouveaucinema.ca/en

Still: LEVERS – Rhayne Vermette

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Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 11d

👉 REMINDER! DE LONGUES VACANCES | A LONG HOLIDAY by Caroline Nugues-Bourchat, is part of our line up from this year edition of Fêtes de septembre.

🎟 Discover more here: tinyurl.com/mwavrbz3

Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 11d

✨ The BFI London Film Festival opens today! The 12-day programme is jam-packed with the world’s best new films, series, and immersive storytelling!

🔗 Discover more about this year’s edition here: tinyurl.com/2r4mznbr

Still: BROKEN ENGLISH – Jane Pollard, Iain Forsyth

Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 11d

🇪🇺 Here are 2026 nominees for the LUX Audience Award:

CHRISTY by Brendan Canty
DEAF by Eva Libertad
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT by Jafar Panahi
LOVE ME TENDER by Anna Cazenave Cambet
SENTIMENTAL VALUE by Joachim Trier

📣 The power is in your hands!

More information here: tinyurl.com/yzv3vbfu

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Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 12d

✨ REMINDER ! LES GÉANTS | THE GIANTS by Bouli Lanners, is part of the Wallonie-Bruxelles International Online Film Festival, Fêtes de septembre.

🎟 This content is available worldwide for free here. Discover more here: tinyurl.com/27mkv3we

Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 12d

📢 The Torino Film Lab is coming back in 2026 and submissions are open!

📆 Here are the open calls deadlines:
SciptLab & Story Editing – 3 November
FeatureLab – 2 December
ComedyLab – 12 December
SeriesLab & Story Editing – 17 December

👉 Explore all the details here: www.torinofilmlab.it

Festival Scope @festivalscope.bsky.social · 12d

✨ Presented during the El Gouna Film Festival, the 3 finalists for the Arab Critics’ Awards for european films have been announced!

🎬 DEAF by Eva Libertad
🎬 DJ AHMET by Georgi M. Unkovski
🎬 YUNAN by Ameer Fakher Eldin

📆 Save the date: October 16 - 24

Still: DEAF - Eva Libertad"