Years running: 11 (since 2016)
Almaty Indie Film Festival
International Independent Low-budget Film Festival.
About
International Almaty Indie Film Festival created by agency Remedy with aim:
- to represent independent, actual, low budget movie from whole piece;
- to give a platform to share ideas and general meanings of talented cinematographers around the word.
The format of festival it is deferent from classic presentation — shows are going on open air every summer within 5 days in original language with subtitles.
Within the framework of the festival there are workshops about shooting low budget movie and their distribution.
This event are NOT commercial or government project.
The mission of the Almaty Indie Film Festival is to screen the best of low-budget independent film from around the world.
Awards
Film Awards:
Feature Film (budget over $50k USD)
Micro-budget Feature (budget under $50k USD)
No-Budget Feature (budget under $20k USD)
Short low budget Film (budget over $5k USD)
Micro-budget Short Film (budget under $5k USD)
No-Budget Short Film (budget under $2k USD)
Female Director Low Budget Short film (budget over $5k USD)
Short Documentary (budget under $3k USD)
Animated Short (budget under $5k USD)
Horror / Sci-Fi Short (budget under $5k USD)
Music Video (budget under $5k USD)
Rules
- Accepted works finished by July 2025, not earlier.
- Application for participation are accepted ONLY online.
- The number of projects declared by one author is unlimited, but for each of them have to be filled on application form and fill each of them separate letter.
Selection Media Type: Internet (YouTube, Vimeo ).
Subtitle language: English.
Premiere Requirements
No premiere requirement
Jury and Organizers
President — director Abdel Fyftybayev.
Organizers are “REMEDY” Creative Agency.
Documents
Place
Kazakhstan
Almaty
Official Website
Contacts
Adress:
Abay st. 15, office 22
Kazakhstan, Almaty city 050015
Phone: +7 727 291 55 02
E-mail:
hello@almatyfilmfest.com
Contact Emails
Social Networks
Facebook
- Opening DateMarch 10, 2025
- Earlybird DeadlineApril 30, 2026
- Regular DeadlineAugust 31, 2026
- NotificationsSeptember 24, 2026
- Event Dates1 — 3 October 2026
Feature film (min. 60 minutes).
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Earlybird Deadline — $5
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Regular Deadline — $30
Feature film (min. 60 minutes).
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Earlybird Deadline — $5
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Regular Deadline — $25
Short film (max. 30 minutes).
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Earlybird Deadline — $5
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Regular Deadline — $25
Short film (max. 30 minutes).
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Earlybird Deadline — $5
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Regular Deadline — $15
Short film (max. 30 minutes).
-
Earlybird Deadline — $5
-
Regular Deadline — $20
Short film (max. 30 minutes).
-
Earlybird Deadline — $5
-
Regular Deadline — $20
Music Video (max. 7 minutes).
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Earlybird Deadline — $3
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Regular Deadline — $20
Short film (max. 30 minutes).
-
Earlybird Deadline — $5
-
Regular Deadline — $20
Short film (max. 30 minutes).
-
Earlybird Deadline — $5
-
Regular Deadline — $15
Feature film (min. 60 minutes).
-
Earlybird Deadline — $5
-
Regular Deadline — $25
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