[Zoom-in] Young filmmakers: rolling!

Ludovica Ballarin - 13 Nov 2025

New films, new techniques, and stories to be told: film festivals are places where young talents, industry professionals and audiences meet to look at realities through different eyes and lenses. From South UK to Poland, Greece and France, here are some film festivals highlighting independent, young filmmakers as the year reaches its wrap.

Cornwall

Cornwall Film Festival

01 Nov 2025 - 30 Nov 2025 | Falmouth, United Kingdom

This year’s edition is anchored around an expanded core programme of UK and international cinema, showcasing award-winning features, independent gems, and a vibrant selection of short films, spotlighting work made in and about the South West. This edition highlights the New Wave Jury, formed by young people aged 18–25.

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Photo credits: ilfattodimolfetta.it
Lubelski

19th Lublin Film Festival

20 Nov 2025 - 29 Nov 2025 | Lublin, Poland

Started in 2007 as a local event for Lublin amateur filmmakers, nowadays the festival gathers international short and feature-length films. It creates a space to evolve and meet people from the industry for young authors evading the mainstream, while supporting the development of the local community’s film culture.

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Photo credits: Lublin Film Festival FB
Kalamata

11th Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival

21 - 30 Nov 2025 | Kalamata and Sparta, Greece

Over ten years, the Creative Documentary Center of Kalamata grew a network of 14 other cities in the Peloponnese region, serving as a vital platform for creative documentary filmmaking in Greece with a focus on social, environmental, and cultural significance.

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Photo credits: Κέντρο Δημιουργικού Ντοκιμαντέρ Καλαμάτας FB
Poitiers

48th Poitiers Film Festival

28 Nov 2025 - 05 Dec 2025 | Poitiers, France

One week, 130 films of young filmmakers both from international film schools and regional talents who have not yet had access to training. Festivals scout films for future lineups, and producers identify promising young filmmakers and exciting new projects.

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Photo credits: Guillaume Heraud Photographe
EUROSHOR Ts

34th EUROSHORTS Young Filmmakers International Film Festival

01 - 07 Dec 2025 | Gdansk and Warsaw, Poland

The festival promotes and supports young filmmakers, screening short fiction, documentary, animation and experimental films, including the screening of the competitions' 3rd Audio Documentary Competition and 10th We're Filming Gdańsk!

For more info click here.

Photo credits: Euroshorts FB
Athends marathon

7th Athens Marathon International Film Festival

03 - 06 Dec 2025 | Agios Dimitrios, Greece

Athens welcomes independent filmmakers, screening their films in various venues throughout the city along the authentic classical ancient Marathon route from Marathon to Athens.

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Photo credits: Athens Marathon International Film Festival FB
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14th Athens International Digital Film Festival (AIDFF)

04 - 10 Dec 2025 | Gerakas Athens, Greece

In the digital era, art meets technology in an endless dialogue: what is the meeting point of art and technology? The festival presents the idea of New Cinema, representing a holistic redefinition of the medium through the tools of the digital age. The festival becomes both a laboratory and a celebration, exploring how cinema reinvents itself in a world of constant transformation.

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Photo credits: NIKOS KATSAROS
Avvistamenti

Avvistamenti

27 - 31 Dec 2025 | Molfetta, Italy

The festival takes its name from vigiliae, literally meaning sentinel, referring to the city's historical vocation for sighting to the sea. To look into the distance also means to see ahead to orient one's course, foresee new horizons and predict new languages and visions, and spot young artists. Four main sections animate the programme: Made in Italy, Bob Wilson, Sonimage, Avvistamenti Workshop.

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Photo credits: ilfattodimolfetta.it

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