To host the world’s biggest and most prestigious South Asian Film Festival and Year Round Programme, focused on building an ecosystem for new cinematic voices, facilitating exchange of ideas, collaborations and business opportunities while bringing the best of world cinema to Mumbai. TIMELINE: MAMI...
June 27, 2025
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...
September 17, 2025
The Busan International Film Festival has grown from Korea’s first international film festival to Korea’s largest, and has become a film festival loved by many filmmakers and audiences not only in Asia but also in the world. TIMELINE: September 17-26,...
October 24, 2025
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...
July 17, 2025
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...
April 23, 2025
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...
January 24, 2025
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...
April 1, 2025
The Cartagena de Indias International Film Festival is a cinematographic event socially and culturally minded and by choice, free for anyone to access. FICCI constantly reads the particular circumstances of our country and our world to produce every year a...
June 13, 2025
Founded in 2002, Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) is the first and largest festival dedicated to feature film in Romania and one of the most important genre events in the region, with over 100,000 participants at each edition. TIFF takes...
April 24, 2025
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...
January 31, 2025
The Global Film Festival presents a selection of the best international, documentary and dramatic films to enrich the country’s cinematic culture and take the seventh art to all sec-tors of Dominican society.The Festival contributes to raising awareness and understanding of...
May 13, 2025
The Cannes Film Festival originated in 1932 when the then French Minister of Education, Jean Zay, at the suggestion of Philippe Erlanger and with American and British help, organized the first French International Film Festival. Since 1947, the festival has been called "Festival du film de Cannes". Since then the venue of the festival has remained the same, the city of Cannes on the French Riviera.
May 25, 2025
Krakow Film Festival is one of the oldest events in the world dedicated to documentary, animated and short feature films. It core consists of three competitions of equal rank: documentary film competition, short film competition and national competition. During the...
June 4, 2025
Sydney Film Festival takes place at its flagship venue the State Theatre, as well as cinemas in the CBD, Newtown, Cremorne, Randwick, Western Sydney and more, screening films you won’t usually find in the multiplex.12 films are selected for the...
November 25, 2025
Set in the heart of the alps, FFKB aims to address filmmakers, industry professionals, as well as people interested in film and cinema – locally, nationally and internationally.The festival focuses on establishing a connection between the contemporary art of film...
April 19, 2025
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...
October 25, 2025
Kyiv International Film Festival “Molodist”, also known as the Molodist International Film Festival is an international film festival which takes place every October in Kyiv, Ukraine. TIMELINE: October 25 – November 2, 2025 SUBMISSON DEADLINES:December 1, 2024 Opening DateJanuary 1,...
July 4, 2025
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is the largest film festival in the Czech Republic and the most prestigious such festival in Central and Eastern Europe. It is one of the oldest A-list film festivals (i.e., non-specialized festivals with a...
June 13, 2025
The century-old film culture and film industry has wrought a rich film and cultural foundation for the city of Shanghai. In 1993, the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) was born in the tide of reform and opening up. In 1994,...
January 17, 2026
Positioning itself, as a leading organization and facilitating crucial debates within the industry, the European Film Academy, strives to unite everyone who loves European cinema, culminating annually in the Month of European Film and the European Film Awards, by including...
August 7, 2025
FIAPF Accredited Bengaluru International film festival (BIFFes) is being organized by the Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy for the Government of Karnataka.
October 19, 2025
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...
November 5, 2025
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...
September 25, 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...
August 15, 2025
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...
August 6, 2025
The 78th edition of Locarno Film FestivalOver the course of its 77-year history, the Locarno Film Festival has become one of the most important film events in the world, in one of the most charming locations. Situated between the lake...
November 7, 2025
The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Pimedate Ööde filmifestival, PÖFF) first took place in 1997. Since 2014, PÖFF is one of the 15 A-list film festivals accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) alongside the Cannes, Karlovy...
October 16, 2025
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...
October 9, 2025
SITGES – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia is the number one fantasy film festival in the world, both for its seniority and for its media and industrial impact.With a solid track record, the event offers in the fantastic cinema...
October 24, 2025
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,...
September 4, 2025
The Toronto International Film Festival returned in September 2022 for its 47th edition — 11 days of international and Canadian cinema
November 20, 2025
Since its inception in 1952, IFFI has been curating spectacular films from all over the world. Its goal is to provide a single platform for ambitious filmmakers, cineastes, and industry professionals to have access to excellent cinema from across the world.
November 21, 2025
The Torino Film Festival was established in 1982 as the International Youth Film Festival, presenting itself from the start as a metropolitan festival that is linked on one hand to critical thinking, and on the other to the evolution of...
October 16, 2025
The Viennale is Austria’s most important international film event, as well as one of the oldest and best-known festivals in the German-speaking world.Every October, the Viennale takes place in beautiful cinemas in Vienna’s historic center, providing the festival with an...
July 18, 2025
In a pioneering initiative, the Government of Kerala set up Kerala State Chalachitra Academy (Motion Picture Academy of the Kerala State) in August 1998. The first of its kind in the country, the Academy is an effort to counter the...
October 15, 2025
The Fest – officially recognized by the FIAPF (Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films) – will take place at the Auditorium Parco della Musica, which will host the main screening theatres and the extensive red carpet, one of...
October 10, 2025
Established in 1985, the Warsaw Film Festival joined in 2009 the elite group of events recognized by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (www.fiapf.org)As international film festivals – next to Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Locarno, San Sebastian, Karlovy Vary, Tokyo,...
November 12, 2025
The Cairo International Film Festival is an annual internationally accredited film festival held at the Cairo Opera House. It was established in 1976. It is the only international competitive feature film festival recognized by FIAPF in the Arab world and Africa, as well as the oldest in this category.
November 13, 2025
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...
January 29, 2026
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...
February 20, 2026
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.
November 14, 2025
The Gijón International Film Festival is held in different cinemas and cultural centres in this town in Asturias. The Jovellanos Theatre is the event’s main stage. TIMELINE: November 14-22, 2025 SUBMISSON DEADLINES:21May 2025 Call for entries17 Sep 2025 Final deadline Website: www.gijonfilmfestival.com
April 19, 2026
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...
December 13, 2025
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...
November 6, 2025
One of the flagship events of the State Government, KIFF not only caters to the cinephile in Kolkata but it captivates viewers who have penchant for cinema of international standard.With each year, KIFF has grown bigger, greater and more fulfilling...
March 15, 2026
The Academy Awards, known as the Academy Awards, are a group of 24 awards presented annually by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the field of motion pictures. The academy is based in Los Angeles,...
February 12, 2026
The Berlinale is a unique place of artistic exploration and entertainment. It is one of the largest public film festivals in the world, attracting tens of thousands of visitors from around the globe each year. For the film industry and the media, the eleven days in February are also one of the most important events in the annual calendar and an indispensable trading forum.
March 11, 2026
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,...