CNC Festivals (C)

FILMFEST MÜNCHEN offers national and international film highlights on the big screen. The film selection is curated by our programmers.From the youngest German cinema and new international discoveries to established world cinema and outstanding TV movies, the film festival sections...

The FilmFestival Cottbus (FFC) is one of the leading international festivals of Eastern European film.The festival focuses on feature films from the successor states of the former socialist countries, including all successor states of the former Soviet Union and their...

Since its birth in the mid-fifties as a showcase for religious cinema and human values, the Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci) has consolidated itself as one of the most prestigious festivals in Europe, a showcase where consolidated authors and new...

From its inception, the Festival has dedicated a central and unique place to Israeli cinema, premiering features, documentaries, and shorts.In 1989, the Festival granted an official stamp of validity to Israeli cinema with the introduction of the Wolgin Competition, which...

The Angers European First Film Festival (French: Festival Premiers Plans d’Angers) is an annual film festival held in the city of Angers, France every January since 1989, dedicated to European cinema. TIMELINE: January 18-26, 2025 SUBMISSON DEADLINES: September 29, 2024...

GoEast, styled goEast, is an international film festival which has been held annually in the Hessian state capital of Wiesbaden, Germany, since its inception in 2001. The festival is primarily for films with an Eastern European background, and is held...

Göteborg Film Festival has developed and grown strong for more than 40 years and is today the largest film festival in the Nordic countries and the most important annual meeting place in the Nordic film industry.Today, the film festival is...

Palm Springs International Film Society strives for a world in which enlightenment, knowledge and tolerance prevail. We believe film as an art form has the power to bridge cultures and illuminate the universality of the human experience. TIMELINE: JPalm Springs...

The Tribeca Film Festival was founded in 2002 by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff in the aftermath of the World Trade Center terrorist attack. Its purpose was to stimulate the economic and cultural revitalization of lower Manhattan through an annual...

Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival, founded in 1993, has continually developed its own character throughout its history, knowing how to establish points of harmony between innovation centred on contemporaneity and the dignification of cinematic memory.Curtas addresses cinema...

Hot Docs was founded in 1993 by the Documentary Organization of Canada, previously known as the Canadian Independent Film Caucus. The DOC is a national association of independent filmmakers. Paul Jay, then chair of the CIFC, was the founding board chairperson...

Over the course of its 60 years, the Annecy Festival has established itself as a global event dedicated to animation, bringing together the most esteemed professionals from the sector to celebrate animation’s creative and diverse styles and techniques. TIMELINE: June...

The Sundance Film Festival is the ultimate gathering of original storytellers and audiences seeking new voices and fresh perspectives. Our annual program includes dramatic and documentary features, short films, and episodic content. We also host daily filmmaker conversations, panel discussions,...

Created in 1984, the “Love International Film Festival” comes from an original idea that made it a dazzling success at the time, like love at first sight: to place love in cinema at the center of its programming. This positioning...

The Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF) was founded in 2011. Under the principle of “Share the Screen, Shape the Future”, the BJIFF has experienced a process of strong start, leapfrog development, international presence and all-round upgrading, and developed its unique...

Uppsala Short Film Festival, which is Sweden’s major short film festival and arena for international short films, has since its beginning in 1982 established itself as one of Europe’s most important short film festivals. TIMELINE: October 20-26, 2025 SUBMISSON DEADLINES:Call...

Established in 1975, FACETS expands perspectives and affirms a shared humanity through inclusive engagement with film. FACETS’mission is to create cinematic experiences for youth and adults that foster vital conversations and community action through film exhibitions, media education, and film...

Established in 1993, Astra Film Festival has become one of the main platforms of documentary cinema in Romania and Eastern Europe. Astra Film Festival seeks documentaries with a strong presence of the filmmaker’s point of view both in form and...

The Stockholm International Film Festival (Swedish: Stockholms filmfestival) is an annual film festival held in Stockholm, Sweden. It was launched in 1990 and has been held every year since then during the second half of November. TIMELINE: November 5-16, 2025 SUBMISSON DEADLINES: September 15, 2025...

The Zurich Film Festival took place for the first time in October 2005. The founders Karl Spoerri and Nadja Schildknecht served as co-directors of the festival until 2019. TIMELINE: September 25 – October 5, 2025 SUBMISSON DEADLINES:Early Bird Deadline: 31...

Towards the end of the four-year siege of Sarajevo, in 1995, Obala Art Centar initiated the Sarajevo Film Festival with the aim of helping to reconstruct civil society and retain the cosmopolitan spirit of the city.Today, two decades later, the...

The Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (FIFF) is a festival dedicated to French speaking films in Namur, Belgium created in 1986, reflecting francophone diversity, from Europe, Canada and Africa. TIMELINE: October 4 – 10, 2025 SUBMISSON DEADLINES: May 31,...

THE major rendezvous for young filmmakers in Europe!The second largest short film festival in France and Europe, unique due to its European dimension, the Brest Festival, set up in 1986, plays an important role on the local and regional cultural...

DOK Leipzig is an international festival for documentary and animated film, being the first in the world to combine these two genres. DOK Leipzig is built on more than 60 years of history and takes place every year in autumn...

Doclisboa is a festival dedicated to documentary and to the new possible paths that are being opened for the genre.We are particularly interested on the new modes of relation between the cinematographic and the real, and we are looking for...

Zagreb Film Festival is one of the central and most visited cultural events and the largest international film festival in Croatia.It’s held every year in October in Zagreb and presents to the audience the best of recent independent international and...

The idea to create an event known under its present title – Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival – was conceived in the minds of a group of high school students in the Czech city of Jihlava in 1997. Since then,...

The 38th edition of IDFA, the world’s largest documentary film festival, runs November 13–23, 2025. For 11 days, audiences and filmprofessionals can immerse themselves in a diverse program of the latest films, interactive projects, an exhibition, performances, events, post-screening talks...

The Thessaloniki International Film Festival focuses on independent cinema and emerging filmmakers from around the world. The festival serves as an essential platform for film professionals from Greece and Southeast Europe. TIMELINE: October 30 to November 09, 2025 SUBMISSON DEADLINES: April...

The Cinemed in Montpellier is the second largest French film festival after Cannes Film Festival. It offers screenings and debates. TIMELINE: October 17-25, 2025 SUBMISSON DEADLINES: 24 martie – 21 august, 2025 Website: www.cinemed.tm.fr

The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental filmmaking by...

The Festival presents animated films exclusively, namely films created frame by frame (traditional animated cartoons or using puppets, plasticine etc. or digital films), and not shot in live action.

ZagrebDox is an international documentary film festival taking place in Zagreb every year, in late February / early March. Launched in 2005, the festival is intended to provide audiences and experts insight into recent documentary films, stimulate national documentary production and boost international...

Les Arcs was co-founded in 2009 by Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin (CEO), Guillaume Calop (general manager), and Jérémy Zelnik (head of industry), on the grounds of the ski resort of the same name. The mountain location dictated the overall atmosphere of the event, despite aiming...

THE major rendezvous for young filmmakers in Europe!Today, the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival is the world’s largest film festival dedicated to short films. In term of audience and professional presence, it is the second largest film festival in France after...

Visions du Réel (Visions of Reality) is an internationally renowned documentary film festival held in April each year in Nyon, Switzerland. Established in 1969 as the Nyon International Documentary Film Festival, the event adopted its current name in 1995 and is the largest Swiss documentary festival. TIMELINE:...

Marking the 23 st edition of the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, the 2026 edition will offer an outstanding programme of films, talks, debates, performances, exhibitions, parties and much more. TIMELINE: March 11 – 22, 2026 SUBMISSON DEADLINES: 01 November,...