Amsterdam New Cinema Film Festival promotes creativity and innovation in the film industry, filmmakers from all around the world. The Festival is organized by FILM FACTORY, a collective of professionals from different fields of cinema who are working together to the same aim to sustain independent cinema. We have several events every year in different locations around the city screening films among monthly winners. We had important movie stars among the films in competition as Bella Ramsey, Ian Harvie and many more actors and directors from all around the world.
We created a partnership also with schools of cinema with whom we organize several events too.

Awards & Prizes

All winners receive a certificate (pdf/jpg file)

Rules & Terms

– All fees are non-refundable.
 
– Not all the submissions are selected for the official competition. Our Judges are free to make their own choices and no answers will be given about not selected films.

– Filmmakers can submit the film in multiple categories in order to become a multi-award film. Still, the decision about the selection is strictly determined by our judges’ team and no selection is guaranteed.
 
– Submitting your movie, you authorize the festival to use, distribute and share the film poster, trailer, synopsis and movie stills.

– Films can be available online and still be entered in the competition for our festival. 
 
– Shorts must be less than 50 minutes. Feature more than 52 minutes.

- The films must include English subtitles unless the spoken language is English
 
- We do not require premiere status

- ANCFF reserves the right to determine the date, time, location and film chosen for the screenings.

- All winners receive a certificate (pdf/jpg file)

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  • Sean Gunnell

    It was an honor to be part of this festival! Thank you for recognizing our work, and awarding our co-star, Taylor Rusch Box, with Best Actor. :) You are an incredible festival, and we look forward to submitting our future works! Cheers!!

    Best,
    Sean
    "In Sunshine and in Shadow" (2024)

    May 2025
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  • meltem altay

    First of all, thank you for giving us the best mobile shooting short film award. You have motivated me in the new festival journey of our short film Good Luck. For those who are curious, our film's Instagram page is @rastgele_film

    April 2025
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  • László Bús

    It was a great honor to participate in the festival, and our film Girls, Angels, Melodies won 3 awards. The communication was excellent. I recommend filmmakers to submit their projects to the festival.

    April 2025
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  • Ion Kion

    Honored to receive the Best AI Generated Film award for The Bounty Hunter at Amsterdam New Cinema Film Festival 2025!
    Huge thanks to the jury and the entire festival team—congratulations on an amazing edition!

    March 2025
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  • Marcia kimpton

    I thought this team working for the festival to be so fast in communicating when I had questions and I love love the review they did for my film AN AMERICAN IN AMSTERDAM. I had to pay but it was worth every dollar because of the layout and the extensive review.

    March 2025
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    Response from festival:

    Dear Marcia, thank you so much for your appreciation. it was a pleasure to share your work!