Festival Name Location Country Established Year Website
Sundance Film Festival Park City USA 1978 https://www.sundance.org/festivals/sundance-film-festival
Cannes Film Festival Cannes France 1946 https://www.festival-cannes.com
Berlin International Film Festival Berlin Germany 1951 https://www.berlinale.de
Toronto International Film Festival Toronto Canada 1976 https://www.tiff.net
Venice Film Festival Venice Italy 1932 https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema
Busan International Film Festival Busan South Korea 1996 http://www.biff.kr
AFI Fest Los Angeles USA 1987 https://www.afi.com/afifest/
South by Southwest (SXSW) Austin USA 1987 https://www.sxsw.com
Locarno Film Festival Locarno Switzerland 1946 https://www.locarnofestival.ch
Telluride Film Festival Telluride USA 1974 https://tff.film
Melbourne International Film Festival Melbourne Australia 1952 https://miff.com.au
Rotterdam International Film Festival Rotterdam Netherlands 1972 https://iffr.com
Tribeca Film Festival New York USA 2002 https://www.tribecafilm.com/festival
Tokyo International Film Festival Tokyo Japan 1985 https://tiff-japan.com/en/
San Sebastián International Film Festival San Sebastián Spain 1953 https://www.sansebastianfestival.com
New York Film Festival New York USA 1963 https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff
BFI London Film Festival London United Kingdom 1957 https://www.bfi.org.uk/lff
Montclair Film Festival Montclair USA 2012 https://montclairfilm.org
Seattle International Film Festival Seattle USA 1976 https://www.siff.net
Miami Film Festival Miami USA 1983 https://www.miamifilmfestival.com
Atlanta Film Festival Atlanta USA 1976 https://atlantafilmfestival.com
Raindance Film Festival London United Kingdom 1992 https://www.raindance.org
Palm Springs International Film Festival Palm Springs USA 1989 https://www.psfilmfest.org
Chicago International Film Festival Chicago USA 1964 https://www.chicagofilmfestival.com
Vienna International Film Festival Vienna Austria 1985 https://www.viennale.at
Annecy International Animation Film Festival Annecy France 1960 https://www.annecy.org
Focus on Film Festival Racine USA 2018 https://www.focusonfilm.org
Doc NYC New York USA 2010 https://www.docnyc.net
London Film Festival London United Kingdom 1957 https://www.bfi.org.uk/lff
Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund Norway 1979 https://www.filmfestival.no/en/
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Taipei Taiwan 1962 https://www.goldenhorse.org.tw
Shanghai International Film Festival Shanghai China 1993 http://www.siff.com
Brooklyn Film Festival Brooklyn USA 1998 https://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org
Cambridge Film Festival Cambridge United Kingdom 1977 https://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org
RiverRun International Film Festival Winston-Salem USA 2003 https://www.riverrunfilm.com
Flickerfest International Short Film Festival Bondi Beach Australia 1991 https://flickerfest.com.au
We the People Festival Online Global 2020 https://www.wethepeoplefestival.com
Youth Film Festival Dubai UAE 2004 http://www.dubaifilmfest.com/
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand France 1979 https://www.clermont-filmfest.org
Fantasporto - Porto International Film Festival Porto Portugal 1981 https://fantasporto.com
El Gouna Film Festival El Gouna Egypt 2017 https://elgounafilmfestival.com
Austin Film Festival Austin USA 1994 https://austinfilmfest.com
Short Shorts Film Festival Tokyo Japan 1999 https://www.shortshorts.org/en/
Cairo International Film Festival Cairo Egypt 1976 https://www.ciff.org.eg
Edmonton International Film Festival Edmonton Canada 2006 https://www.eiff.com
Hong Kong International Film Festival Hong Kong China 1977 http://www.hkiff.org.hk
Seattle Queer Film Festival Seattle USA 1996 https://www.seattlequeerfilmfestival.org
Los Angeles Film Festival Los Angeles USA 1995 https://www.lafilmfestival.com
Naples International Film Festival Naples USA 2002 https://niff2023.com
Berlin Alley Film Festival Berlin Germany 2017 https://berlinalley.com
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam Amsterdam Netherlands 1988 https://www.idfa.nl
Washington, D.C., Independent Film Festival Washington, D.C. USA 2008 https://www.dciiff.com
AFI Docs Washington, D.C. USA 2003 https://www.afi.com/afidocs/
Philadelphia Film Festival Philadelphia USA 1991 https://filmadelphia.org
Under the Stars Film Festival Various Locations USA 2020 https://www.underthestarsfilmfestival.com
Fargo Film Festival Fargo USA 2001 https://www.fargofilmfestival.org
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival Atlanta USA 2000 https://ajff.org
Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival Montpellier France 2000 https://www.festivalmediterraneen.com
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Karlovy Vary Czech Republic 1946 https://www.kviff.com
Dirt Cheap Film Festival Various Locations USA 2018 https://www.dirtcheapfilmfest.com
Baltimore International Black Film Festival Baltimore USA 2012 https://www.bibff.org
Nashville Film Festival Nashville USA 1969 https://nashvillefilmfestival.org
St. Louis International Film Festival St. Louis USA 1992 http://www.cinemastlouis.org
Anchorage International Film Festival Anchorage USA 2001 https://www.anchoragefilmfestival.org
San Francisco International Film Festival San Francisco USA 1957 https://sffilm.org
HollyShorts Film Festival Hollywood USA 2004 https://hollyshorts.com
Zagreb Film Festival Zagreb Croatia 2003 https://www.zagrebfilmfestival.com
Vancouver International Film Festival Vancouver Canada 1982 https://viff.org
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Fort Lauderdale USA 1986 https://www.fliff.com
Kiev International Film Festival Kyiv Ukraine 2010 https://www.kievfilmfestival.org
London Short Film Festival London United Kingdom 2008 https://shortfilms.org.uk
International Film Festival of India Panaji India 1952 https://www.iffi.gov.in
Houston Cinema Arts Festival Houston USA 2009 https://www.cinemaartsfestival.com
Philly CAM Media Fest Philadelphia USA 2012 https://www.phillycam.org
San Diego International Film Festival San Diego USA 2001 https://sdfilmfest.com
Newport Beach Film Festival Newport Beach USA 2000 https://newportbeachfilmfest.com
New York Asian Film Festival New York USA 2002 https://nyaff.org
Quebec City Film Festival Quebec City Canada 2012 https://www.refilm.com
Gold Coast Film Festival Gold Coast Australia 2012 https://gcfilmfestival.com
WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival Houston USA 1961 https://worldfest.org
Tromsø International Film Festival Tromsø Norway 1991 https://tiff.no
Los Cabos International Film Festival Los Cabos Mexico 2012 https://www.loscabosfilmfestival.com
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival Oberhausen Germany 1954 https://www.kurzfilmtage.de
Edinburgh International Film Festival Edinburgh United Kingdom 1947 https://www.edfilmfest.org.uk
New Orleans Film Festival New Orleans USA 1989 https://neworleansfilmfestival.org
Slightly North of Broad Film Festival Charleston USA 2017 https://snbfilmfest.com
Milan Film Festival Milan Italy 2001 https://www.milanofilmfestival.it
Vancouver Latin American Film Festival Vancouver Canada 2003 https://vlaff.org
Adelaide Film Festival Adelaide Australia 2003 https://adelaidefilmfestival.org
Chicoutimi International Short Film Festival Chicoutimi Canada 2000 https://www.festivalfilmcourt.com
Louisiana International Film Festival Baton Rouge USA 2013 https://www.liftfest.com
Long Island Film Festival Long Island USA 2001 https://www.longislandfilmfestival.com
International Film Festival Rotterdam Rotterdam Netherlands 1972 https://iffr.com
LGBTQ+ Film Festival Various Locations USA 2015 https://www.lgbtqfilmfestival.com
Indianapolis International Film Festival Indianapolis USA 2002 https://www.indyfilmfest.org
Sarajevo Film Festival Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 1995 https://www.sff.ba
Seattle International Comedy Film Festival Seattle USA 2001 https://www.seattlecomedyfest.com
Dallas International Film Festival Dallas USA 2007 https://dallasfilm.org
Oklahoma Film Festival Oklahoma City USA 2019 https://oklahomafilmfestival.com
San Francisco Frozen Film Festival San Francisco USA 2005 https://frozenfilmfestival.com
New York City Horror Film Festival New York USA 2001 https://www.nychorrorfest.com
Isle of Wight Film Festival Isle of Wight United Kingdom 2016 https://iwff.co.uk
Fifth Avenue Film Festival New York USA 2021 https://fifthavenuefilmfestival.com
Toronto After Dark Film Festival Toronto Canada 2006 https://torontoafterdark.com
Chicago Latino Film Festival Chicago USA 1985 https://chicagolatinofilmfestival.org
Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival Los Angeles USA 1982 https://outfest.org
Gotham Awards New York USA 1991 https://www.artsandcrafts.com
Whistler Film Festival Whistler Canada 2001 https://whistlerfilmfestival.com
Brussels International Film Festival Brussels Belgium 2002 https://briff.be
Chattanooga Film Festival Chattanooga USA 2014 https://www.chattanoogafilmfestival.com
Toronto Short Film Festival Toronto Canada 2017 https://torontoshortfilmfestival.com
Queer East Film Festival London United Kingdom 2019 https://queereast.org
Montréal International Documentary Festival Montréal Canada 1998 https://www.montrealfestivals.com
Fargo-Moorhead Film Festival Fargo USA 2010 https://fargofilmfestival.com
Edinburgh International Book Festival Edinburgh United Kingdom 1983 https://www.edbookfest.co.uk
Tokyo Animation Film Festival Tokyo Japan 2003 https://www.animafestival.jp
Screentest Film Festival Bolton United Kingdom 2013 https://screentestfilmfestival.com
Haifa International Film Festival Haifa Israel 1983 https://haifaff.co.il
Santa Barbara International Film Festival Santa Barbara USA 1986 https://sbiff.org
Buffalo International Film Festival Buffalo USA 2006 https://www.buffalofilmfestival.com
Palm Springs ShortFest Palm Springs USA 1995 https://www.psfilmfest.org
Montreal World Film Festival Montreal Canada 1977 https://www.ffm-montreal.org
St. Petersburg International Economic Forum Film Festival St. Petersburg Russia 1997 https://forumspb.com
DocuWest Westminster USA 2008 https://docuwest.com
Northwest Film Forum Seattle USA 1995 https://nwfilmforum.org
Zagreb Animation Film Festival Zagreb Croatia 2006 https://www.zagrebanimationfestival.com
Georgetown University Film Festival Washington, D.C. USA 2012 https://gufilmfest.com
Austin Comedy Film Festival Austin USA 2020 https://austincomedyfilmfestival.com
Spokane International Film Festival Spokane USA 2004 https://spokanefilmfestival.com
Montreal International Jazz Festival Film Festival Montreal Canada 1980 https://www.montrealjazzfest.com
UK Green Film Festival United Kingdom 2010 https://www.ukgreenfilmfestival.com NaN
International Children's Film Festival New York USA 2005 https://www.icffny.org
Glasgow Film Festival Glasgow United Kingdom 2005 https://www.glasgowfilm.org
Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad Norway 1993 https://shortfilmfestival.com
Wellington Film Festival Wellington New Zealand 2001 https://www.wff.co.nz
Montreal Animation Film Festival Montreal Canada 2009 https://www.animfestival.com
North Carolina Black Film Festival Wilmington USA 2015 https://ncbff.com
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival Capri Italy 1996 https://www.caprihollywood.com
Worcester Film Festival Worcester USA 2001 https://worcesterfilmfestival.org
Seattle International Documentary Film Festival Seattle USA 1995 https://documentary.org
Reykjavik International Film Festival Reykjavik Iceland 2004 https://www.rif.is
Wisconsin Film Festival Madison USA 1999 https://wifilmfest.org
Santa Fe Independent Film Festival Santa Fe USA 2008 https://santafeindependentfilmfestival.com
New Zealand International Film Festival Auckland New Zealand 1969 https://www.nziff.co.nz
Naples Short Film Festival Naples Italy 2012 https://www.napolishortfilmfestival.com
American Indian Film Festival San Francisco USA 1975 https://aifisf.com
CatVideoFest Various Locations USA 2014 https://catvideofest.com
Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival Buffalo USA 2005 https://buffalodreamsfantasticfilmfestival.com
Brussels Short Film Festival Brussels Belgium 2003 https://www.bsff.be
Bergen International Film Festival Bergen Norway 2001 https://biff.no
Baton Rouge Film Festival Baton Rouge USA 2016 https://www.batonrougefilmfestival.com
Damascus International Film Festival Damascus Syria 2009 https://www.damascusfilmfestival.com
Sarajevo Talent Campus Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 2007 https://www.sff.ba
San Diego Black Film Festival San Diego USA 2003 https://sdbff.com
Melbourne International Animation Festival Melbourne Australia 2005 https://www.miaf.net
Miami Underground Film Festival Miami USA 2013 https://muff.com
Pittsburgh International Film Festival Pittsburgh USA 2010 https://pghfilmfest.org
National Film Festival for Talented Youth Seattle USA 2011 https://nffty.org
International Festival of Animated Film Lodz Poland 2002 http://www.animateka.si
Manhattan Film Festival New York USA 2010 https://manhattanfilmfestival.org
Philippines International Documentary Film Festival Manila Philippines 2015 http://www.pidff.com
Eugene International Film Festival Eugene USA 2015 http://eugeneif.com
Victoria Film Festival Victoria Canada 1995 https://www.victoriafilmfestival.com
Montana Film Festival Missoula USA 2015 https://montanafilmfestival.com
Oslo Film Festival Oslo Norway 2001 https://osloff.com
Festivus Film Festival Various Locations USA 2018 http://www.festivusfilmfest.com
Filmstock Festival Mesa USA 2006 http://www.filmstockfestival.com
Fargo Film Festival Fargo USA 2001 http://fargofilmfestival.com
Michigan Film Festival Lansing USA 2013 https://www.michiganfilmfestival.com
Nairobi Film Festival Nairobi Kenya 2010 http://www.nairobifilmfestival.com
Rome Independent Film Festival Rome Italy 2006 http://www.riff.it
Tokyo International Film Festival Tokyo Japan 1985 http://www.tiff-japan.com
Uppsala International Short Film Festival Uppsala Sweden 2001 http://www.uifs.uppsala.se
China Indie Film Festival Beijing China 2010 http://www.chinaindiefilmfest.org
Sofia International Film Festival Sofia Bulgaria 1997 http://www.siff.bg
Boston Independent Film Festival Boston USA 2000 http://www.bostoniff.com
Ottawa International Animation Festival Ottawa Canada 1976 http://www.oiaf.ca
African Film Festival Various Locations USA 1993 http://www.africanfilmfestival.org
Sundance London Film Festival London United Kingdom 2012 http://www.sundance.org/london
Asian Hot Shots Cinema Berlin Germany 2003 http://www.ahsc.de
Great Lakes International Film Festival Erie USA 2007 http://www.greatlakesfilmfestival.org
Brooklyn Film Festival Brooklyn USA 1998 http://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org
New York International Film Festival New York USA 2011 http://nyiff.com
Transylvania International Film Festival Cluj-Napoca Romania 2002 http://www.tiff.ro
Boston Science Fiction Film Festival Boston USA 1976 http://www.bosfestsci.com
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Los Angeles USA 1993 http://www.filmfestivals.com
New Jersey Film Festival New Brunswick USA 2001 http://www.njfilmfest.com
New York Film and Television Festival New York USA 2001 http://www.nytff.com
CaribbeanTales Film Festival Toronto Canada 2006 http://www.caribbeantales.ca
Lisbon International Documentary Film Festival Lisbon Portugal 2008 http://www.doclisboa.com
Kazan International Muslim Film Festival Kazan Russia 2005 http://kazanfilmfestival.com
Indian Cine Film Festival Various Locations India 2008 http://icff.in
New Delhi International Film Festival New Delhi India 2011 http://ndiff.in
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen Oberhausen Germany 1954 http://www.kurzfilmtage.de
Helsinki International Film Festival Helsinki Finland 1988 http://www.hiff.fi
Toronto International Festival of Authors Toronto Canada 1980 http://www.readings.org
Washington West Film Festival Washington, D.C. USA 2014 http://www.washingtonwestfilmfest.com
Washington DC Independent Film Festival Washington, D.C. USA 2002 http://www.dciff.org
Miami Animation Festival Miami USA 2015 http://www.miamianimationfestival.com
Short Film Corner at Cannes Cannes France 2004 http://www.shortfilmcorner.com
Greece International Film Festival Athens Greece 2005 http://www.greecefilmfestival.com
San Francisco Black Film Festival San Francisco USA 1998 http://www.sfbff.org
Portland International Film Festival Portland USA 1977 http://www.piff.com
San Antonio Film Festival San Antonio USA 1995 http://safilm.com
San Diego International Animation Festival San Diego USA 2014 http://sdanimationfest.com
Ballet & Dance Film Festival Various Locations USA 2010 http://balletdancefilmfestival.com
Reykjavik Art Festival Reykjavik Iceland 2000 http://www.artfestival.is
Newfoundland and Labrador International Film Festival St. John's Canada 2000 http://nlfilmfestival.com
South African Film Festival Cape Town South Africa 2012 http://saffa.org
Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival Tel Aviv Israel 2005 http://idf.co.il
International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival New York USA 2002 http://www.iprhff.com
International Christian Film Festival Orlando USA 2015 http://www.christianfilmfestival.com
Interfilm Berlin Berlin Germany 1982 http://www.interfilm.de
Queer Cinema International Film Festival New Orleans USA 2000 http://www.queercinemainternational.com
American Film Festival Wrocław Poland 2012 http://www.americanfilmfestival.pl
International Short Film Festival in Drama Drama Greece 2002 http://www.dramafilmfestival.gr
Chicago International Children's Film Festival Chicago USA 1984 http://www.chicagokidsfilmfestival.org
Farnham Film Festival Farnham United Kingdom 2000 http://farnhamfilmfestival.org
Nordic International Film Festival Stockholm Sweden 2012 http://nordicfilmfestival.se
Magic Lantern Film Festival Austin USA 2013 http://magiclanternfilmfestival.com
Damien Hirst Film Festival London United Kingdom 2006 http://hirstfilmfestival.com
Independent Film Festival Boston Boston USA 2004 http://iffboston.org
Oslo Animation Festival Oslo Norway 2003 http://osloanimationfestival.no
World Summit on Media for Children Milan Italy 2012 http://www.wsfm.org
Innsbruck Nature Film Festival Innsbruck Austria 2014 http://innsbrucknature.com
IndieFest Film Awards San Diego USA 2016 http://theindiefest.com
Asian Film Festival Osaka Japan 2000 http://www.asianfilmfest.org
Seattle International Film Festival Seattle USA 1976 http://siff.net
Bangkok International Film Festival Bangkok Thailand 2003 http://www.bangkokfilmfest.com
Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival Winnipeg Canada 2002 http://winnab.com
ReelHeart International Film Festival Toronto Canada 2013 http://reelheart.com
Phoenix Film Festival Phoenix USA 2000 http://phxfilm.com
Sedona International Film Festival Sedona USA 1994 http://www.sedonafilmfestival.com
Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival Philadelphia USA 2008 http://www.paaff.org
African Film and Arts Festival Dakar Senegal 2016 http://africanfilmfestival.com
Global Impact Film Festival Washington, D.C. USA 2015 http://gifff.com
Kismet Film Festival Dublin Ireland 2015 http://www.kismetfilmfest.com
South Asian Film Festival New York USA 2007 http://saffestival.org
Summer International Film Festival Southampton United Kingdom 2015 http://summerfilmfestival.com
Harmony Film Festival Seoul South Korea 2006 http://www.harmonyfilmfest.com
Vancouver Horror Show Film Festival Vancouver Canada 2015 http://vancouverhorrorshow.com
Portland LGBTQ Film Festival Portland USA 2004 http://www.portlandlgbtqfilmfest.com
Saskatchewan Film Festival Saskatchewan Canada 2009 http://saskatchewanfilmfestival.com
Istanbul International Film Festival Istanbul Turkey 1982 http://www.istanbulfilmfestival.com
Mommy's Movie Festival Los Angeles USA 2016 http://mommy'smovies.com
Berlin Independent Film Festival Berlin Germany 2019 http://www.berlinindependentfilmfestival.com
Outdoor Film Festival New York USA 2000 http://outdoorfilmfest.com
sSaskatoon Fantastic Film Festival Saskatoon Canada 2016 http://saskatoonfantasticfilmfestival.com
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Toronto Canada 1997 http://reelasian.com
International Film Festival for Animated Music Videos Barcelona Spain 2013 http://www.animatedmusicvideos.com
EuroFilm Festival Warsaw Poland 2005 http://eurofilmfestival.com
Canadian International Documentary Festival Toronto Canada 2010 http://cidf.com
Sofia International Animation Film Festival Sofia Bulgaria 2010 http://sofiaanimationfest.com
International Film Festival in Syria Damascus Syria 2012 http://iffsyria.com
Dara International Film Festival Dubai UAE 2019 http://darafilmfestival.com
Peoria International Film Festival Peoria USA 2003 http://peoriafilmfestival.com
Vancouver Asian Film Festival Vancouver Canada 1997 http://vaff.org
Swedish Short Film Festival Sweden 2007 http://swedishshortfilmfestival.com NaN
Hollywood Horror Festival Hollywood USA 2016 http://hollywoodhorrorfest.com
Capri Hollywood Film Fest Capri Italy 2001 http://caprihollywood.com
Marseille Provence Gastronomy Film Festival Marseille France 2019 http://mpgf.org
International Human Rights Film Festival Berlin Germany 2003 http://hrff.org
Montreal International Documentary Festival Montreal Canada 1998 http://finternationalfm.net
Festival de Cannes for Young Cinema Cannes France 2010 https://youngcinema-cannes.com