ANDARAS TRAVELING FILM FESTIVAL
8th edition | 'Frontiers'
6/11 July 2026
Fluminimaggiore - Buggerru - Iglesias (Sardinia, Italy)
The Andaras Traveling Film Festival opens the call for submissions for its eighth edition, taking place from 6 to 11 July 2026 across the towns of Fluminimaggiore, Buggerru, and Iglesias, in Sardinia.
The central theme of this edition is “Frontiers”, understood as spaces of passage and transformation. Geographical, cultural, social, and intimate frontiers, where travel becomes experience, choice, and a shift in perspective. Real or symbolic places in which cinema engages with the act of crossing and with the possibility of looking at the world through new perspectives—non-central viewpoints, open, fluid, and in constant motion.
For the first time, the Andaras Traveling Film Festival introduces two special cash awards, created in collaboration with SanDisk, with the aim of supporting and promoting the selected works:
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Andaras Special Award – €1,000
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Jury Special Award – €500
The call is open to short films completed from 2024 onwards, submitted in the competition categories listed below.
COMPETITION SECTIONS
Six competition categories are available:
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Narrative shorts
Fiction short films with an open theme
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Docu Shorts
Documentary short films
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Andaras Noas (New Paths)
A section dedicated to stories exploring journeys, new beginnings, crossings, and transformations, both real and symbolic
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Gazes from the World
Films offering perspectives from around the world, portraying places, communities, identities, and cultural viewpoints through cinema
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Strange Worlds
Experimental short films or works featuring strong, visionary, or unconventional themes and imagery
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Animation
Animated short films
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(Maximum running times and technical specifications will be detailed on the submission platform.)
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
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Only films completed from 2024 onwards are eligible.
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Each director or author may submit one work per category.
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Films must include English subtitles if the original language is not English.
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Submissions may be made exclusively by rights holders or by parties duly authorized by them.
​SUBMISSION PROCESS
Films must be submitted exclusively online via the FilmFreeway platform at the following link: https://filmfreeway.com/andarasfilmfestival
The submission deadline is Monday, April 6, 2026.
The list of selected films will be announced by Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
Technical requirements and further details are available on the submission platform.
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RIGHTS AND RELEASE
By submitting a film, rights holders:
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authorize the screening of the work within the official program of the Andaras Traveling Film Festival;
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authorize the non-commercial use of excerpts from the work (trailers, clips, images) for promotional purposes related to the Festival, including web, social media, press, and television;
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authorize the use of the submitted data for organizational and promotional purposes related to the Festival;
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acknowledge that, in the event of selection, all materials requested by the Festival (screening files, subtitles, promotional materials, press kits, images, trailers, or other materials required for communication and programming) must be provided free of charge and within the officially communicated deadlines. Failure to submit the required materials, partial submission, or failure to comply with the indicated timelines will result in the exclusion of the film from the selection, without exception.
The submitted works will not be duplicated, distributed, or screened outside the official contexts of the Festival, except for cultural, educational, or promotional activities related to the Andaras Traveling Film Festival, always on a non-commercial basis.
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Personal data will be processed in accordance with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016/679 and applicable legislation.