Movie Festivals and Events Worldwide
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- July 3-19
- Fantaspoa - International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
- July 18-19
- Hot Rod Monsters Film Festival (Seattle, Washington, USA)
- July 14-August 25
- Chicago Outdoor Film Festival (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
- July 23-26
- Comic-Con International Film Festival (San Diego, California, USA)
- July 23-26
- Oxford International Film Festival (Oxford, Ohio, USA)
- July 25-August 1
- Slow Film International Festival (Eger, Hungary)
- July 28-August 2
- Traverse City Film Festival (Traverse City, Michigan, USA)
- July 31-August 6
- The Independent Television Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA)
- August 1
- Bare Bones Scifi-Fantasy-Horror Film Festival (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA)
- August 4-9
- Rhode Island International Film Festival (Newport, Rhode Island, USA)
- August 7-9
- Feel Good Film Festival (Hollywood, California, USA)
- August 12-17
- Globians Doc Fest Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
- August 18-23
- APOX Film Festival (Veli Lošinj, Croatia)
- August 18-September 9
- Fantasy Filmfest ((München/Stuttgart/Nürnberg/Frankfurt/Köln/Hamburg/Berlin, Germany)
- August 26-30
- Atlanta Underground Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
- August 26-30
- DocuFest Atlanta (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
- August 27-29
- Animation Attack! (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
- August 27-30
- Landlocked Film Festival (Iowa City, Iowa, USA)
- August 28-September 6
- Strasbourg International Film Festival (Strasbourg, France)
- September 2-13
- Sydney Latin American Film Festival (Sydney, Australia)
- September 4-6
- Spirit Quest Film Festival (Erie, Pennsylvania, USA)
- September 7-11
- International North South Media Forum (Geneva, Switzerland)
- September 10-13
- Sydney Underground Film Festival (Sydney, Australia)
- September 10-19
- Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
- September 12-19
- Festival de Artes Audiovisuales de La Plata (La Plata, Argentina)
- September 14-23
- SoCal Independent Film Festival (Huntington Beach, California, USA )
- September 16-20
- Oldenburg International Film Festival (Oldenburg, Germany)
- September 17-27
- Cambridge Film Festival (Cambridge, England)
- September 18-23
- St. Petersburg Student Film Festival (St.Petersburg, Russia)
- September 18-26
- Norwich Film Festival (Norfolk, Norwich, UK)
- September 23-27
- San Diego Film Festival (San Diego, California, USA)
- September 24-27
- Great Lakes Independent Film Festival (Erie, Pennsylvania, USA)
- September 24-October 3
- 'I've Seen Films' International Short Film Festival (Milan, Italy)
- September 25-October 3
- Edmonton International Film Festival (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
- September 25-October 4
- Calgary International Film Festival (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
- September 30-October 3
- Vancouver Film and TV Forum (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
- October 1-4
- Marbella International Film Festival (Marbella, Spain)
- October 1-16
- Vancouver International Film Festival (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
- October 2-4
- California International Documentary Film Festival (Stockton, California, USA)
- October 2-4
- GIAA Festival of Short Films and Videos (New York City, New York, USA)
- October 2-9
- Scottsdale International Film Festival (Scottsdale, Arizona, USA)
- October 2-11
- Norrkoping Film Festival Flimmer (Norrkoping, Sweden)
- October 3-8
- California International Documentary Film Festival (Stockton, California, USA)
- October 6-11
- Lahore International Children's Film Festival (Lahore, Pakistan)
- October 8-11
- Eerie Horror Film Festival (Erie, Pennsylvania, USA)
- October 8-17
- Muestra Internacional de Cine (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
- October 8-21
- Chicago International Film Festival (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
- October 9-10
- Atlanta Philosophy Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
- October 9-11
- Freak Show Horror Film Festival (Orlando, Florida, USA)
- October 9-11
- Nevada Film Festival (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA)
- October 9-11
- Tucson Film & Music Festival (Tucson, Arizona, USA)
- October 15-18
- FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
- October 15-18
- Royal Flush Film Festival (New York, New York, USA)
- October 15-19
- New Hampshire Film Festival (Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA)
- October 15-25
- doclisboa 2009 - International Documentary Film Festival (Lisbon, Portugal)
- October 16-18
- Downbeach Film Festival (Margate, Ventnor, Atlantic City and Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, USA)
- October 16-18
- Flint Film Festival (Flint, Michigan, USA)
- October 16-18
- FREAK SHOW Horror Film Festival (Orlando, Florida, USA)
- October 16-18
- Moving Image Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
- October 16-19
- Urban Mediamakers Film Festival (Norcross, Georgia, USA)
- October 16-19
- KIDS FIRST! Film Festival - Best of Fest Screenings and Awards (North Hollywood, California, USA)
- October 19-25
- Utopia Film Festival (Greenbelt, Maryland, USA)
- October 20-24
- Terror Film Festival (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
- October 21-November 5
- Israel Film Festival (New York, New York, USA)
- October 22-25
- FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
- October 22-29
- Austin Film Festival (Austin, Texas, USA)
- October 23-25
- The Freaked-out Films Festival (Lublin, Poland)
- October 23-25
- Illinois International Film Festival (St. Charles, Illinois, USA)
- October 29-31
- Fetisch Film Festival (Kiel, Germany)
- October 31-November 1
- Kerry Film Festival (Kerry, Ireland)
- November 1-30
- MUSEEK International Music Video Festival (Saint-Petersburg, Russia)
- November 4-10
- Santa Monica Film Festival (Santa Monica, California, USA)
- November 5-8
- Costa Rica International Film Festival (Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica)
- November 5-14
- Reeling: Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
- November 7-14
- Funchal International Film Festival (Madeira Islands, Portugal)
- November 11-15
- Cucalorus Film Festival (Wilmington, North Carolina, USA )
- November 12-15
- Montezuma International Film Festival (Montezuma, Costa Rica)
- November 16-22
- Falstaff International Film Festival (Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom)
- November 20-28
- Foyle Film Festival (Derry, Northern Ireland, UK)
- November 28
- Tabloid Witch Festival Awards (Los Angeles, California, USA)
- November 30-December 6
- Northern Lights Film Festival (Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom)
- December 2-12
- Zero Film Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA)
- December 3-13
- Mammoth Film Festival (Mammoth Lakes, California, USA)
- December 8-17
- Israel Film Festival (Miami, Florida, USA)
- December 12
- UWM Student Film And Video Festival (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA)
- December 12-17
- Zero Film Festival (New York City, New York, USA)
- January 5-18
- Palm Springs International Film Festival (Palm Springs, California, USA)
- February 20-27
- San Joaquin International Film Festival (Stockton, California, USA)
- February 25-28
- Amelia Island Film Festival (Amelia Island, Florida, USA)
- March 5-13
- Byron Bay International Film Festival (Byron Bay, Australia)
- March 11-16
- Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival (Trondheim, Norway)
- March 11-17
- Athens International Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival (Athens, Greece)
- March 17-21
- Go Short - International Short Film Festival (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
- April 1-4
- Charleston International Film Festival (Charleston, South Carolina, USA)
- April 8-11
- Tallahassee Film Festival (Tallahasee, Florida, USA)
- April 8-12
- Ashland Independent Film Festival (Ashland, Oregon, USA)
- April 16-22
- FilmOut San Diego (San Diego, California, USA)
- April 30-May 2
- Texas Frightmare Weekend (Dallas, Texas, USA)
- January 9-11
- Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival (Nevada City, California, USA)
- January 10
- Taos Shortz Film Fest (Taos, New Mexico, USA)
- January 8-19
- Palm Springs International Film Festival (Palm Springs, California, USA)
- January 14-19
- The New York Jewish Film Festival (New York, New York, USA)
- January 14-25
- Atlanta Jewish Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
- January 15-23
- Slamdance Film Festival (Park City, Utah, USA)
- January 15-25
- Sundance Film Festival (Park City, Utah, USA)
- January 16-18
- Bourne to Die Horror Film Festival (Christchurch, Dorset, UK)
- January 16-18
- San Joaquin Children's Film Festival (Stockton, California, USA)
- January 16-18
- Trail Dance Film Festival (Duncan, Oklahoma, USA)
- January 17-18
- Honolulu Film Festival (Honolulu, Hawaii, USA)
- January 21-23
- Zombieshortfest International Zombie Short Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
- January 23-24
- Bellows Falls Film Fest (Bellows Falls, Vermont, USA)
- January 24-25
- Canada International Film Festival (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
- January 30-February 7
- Clermont-Ferrand Short-Film Festival (Clermont-Ferrand, France)
- January 30-February 8
- Victoria Film Festival (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)
- February 5-7
- ReelPolitik: Understanding the World through Film (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
- February 5-9
- Oxford Film Festival (Oxford, Mississippi, USA)
- February 5-15
- Berlinale (Berlin, Germany)
- February 5-15
- Spokane International Film Festival (Spokane, Washington, USA)
- February 10-13
- Almost Famous Short Film Festival (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
- February 11-14
- Dam Short Film Festival (Boulder City, Nevada, USA)
- February 14-16
- Almost Famous Film Festival 48 Hour Short Film Challenge (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
- February 12-15
- Boulder International Film Festival (Boulder, Colorado, USA)
- February 19-22
- San Francisco Ocean Film Festival (San Francisco, California, USA)
- February 19-March 1
- Adelaide Film Festival (Adelaide, South Australia)
- February 21-March 1
- Omaha Film Festival (Omaha, Nebraska, USA)
- February 22
- Tropfest Film Festival (Sydney/Melbourne/Canberra/Adelaide/Perth/Brisbane/Hobart, Australia)
- February 24-March 1
- Sedona International Film Festival (Sedona, Arizona, USA)
- February 25-March 1
- The World of Comedy Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
- February 26-March 7
- Gasparilla International Film Festival (Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida, USA)
- March 5-8
- L.A. Comedy Shorts (Los Angeles, California, USA)
- March 5-9
- Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival (Trondheim, Norway)
- March 6-7
- Clayton Film Festival (Clayton, North Carolina, USA)
- March 13
- The Big Dam Film Festival (Quincy, Illinois, USA)
- March 4-15
- Washington, DC Independent Film Festival (Washington, DC, USA)
- March 6-11
- Chicago Irish Film Festival (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
- March 13-21
- SXSW Film Festival (Austin, Texas, USA)
- March 16-20
- Pennine Film Festival (Accrington, UK)
- March 17-22
- Festival des oesterreichischen Films (Graz, Austria)
- March 18-22
- Go Short International Short Film Festival (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
- March 13-28
- Bradford International Film Festival (Bradford, United Kingdom)
- March 19-29
- Cleveland International Film Festival (Cleveland, Ohio, USA)
- March 20-29
- Burbank International Film Festival (Burbank, California, USA)
- March 20-29
- The Cape Winelands Film Festival (Cape Town, South Africa)
- March 25-April 3
- A Night of Horror International Film Festival (Sydney, Australia)
- March 26-30
- Female Eye Film Festival (Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada)
- March 28
- Vinfen's 2nd Annual Moving Images Film Festival (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
- March 26-April 5
- Titanic International Film Festival (Budapest, Hungary)
- March 27-April 5
- Sarasota Film Festival (Sarasota, Florida, USA)
- April 1-5
- Beverly Hills Film Festival (Beverly Hills, California, USA)
- April 1-5
- Reynolda Film Festival (Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA)
- April 1-5
- San Francisco Woman's Film Festival (San Francisco, California, USA)
- April 1-7
- Gen Art Film Festival (New York City, New York, USA)
- April 2-5
- Southeast New England Film, Music & Arts Festival (Providence, Rhode Island, USA)
- April 2-6
- Ashland Independent Film Festival (Ashland, Oregon, USA)
- April 2-9
- Phoenix Film Festival (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
- April 3-4
- Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival (Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA)
- April 3-5
- Faux Film Festival (Portland, Oregon, USA)
- April 4
- Main Line Film Festival (Wayne, Pennsylvania, USA)
- April 7-8
- International Film Festival Summit Europe (Paris, France, USA)
- April 10-12
- FirstGlance Film Fest Hollywood (Hollywood, California, USA)
- April 10-14
- Italian Film Festival of St. Louis (St. Louis, Missouri, USA)
- April 4-19
- International Istanbul Film Festival (Istanbul, Turkey)
- April 10-19
- Japan Film Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA)
- April 13-17
- Griffon International Film Festival (St. Joseph, Missouri, USA)
- April 14-19
- Calgary Underground Film Festival (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
- April 15-17
- Hollywood East Film Festival (Danbury, Connecticut, USA)
- April 16-19
- California Independent Film Festival (Livermore, California, USA)
- April 16-23
- FilmOut San Diego-LGBT Film Festival (San Diego, California, USA)
- April 16-23
- Nashville Film Festival (Nashville, Tennessee, USA)
- April 15-28
- Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- April 16-25
- Atlanta Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
- April 16-25
- WorldFest Houston Film Festival (Houston, Texas, USA)
- April 16-26
- Bare Bones International Film and Music Festival (Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA)
- April 16-26
- Toronto Hispano-American Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
- April 17-23
- Filmed by Bike Film Festival (Portland, Oregon, USA)
- April 18
- LUNAFEST Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
- April 23-26
- Memphis International Film Fest (Memphis, Tennessee, USA)
- April 23-30
- East End Film Festival (London, England)
- April 23-May 3
- IndieLisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
- April 24-26
- Indie Spirit Film Festival (Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA)
- April 24-26
- National Film Festival for Talented Youth (Seattle, Washington, USA)
- April 24-May 2
- The End of The Pier International Film Festival (Sussex, UK)
- April 24-May 3
- Brussels Short Film Festival (Brussels, Belgium, USA)
- April 26-29
- Okanagan International Film Festival (Kelowna and Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada)
- May 1
- HUMFEST (Sydney, Australia)
- May 1-3
- FirstGlance Film Fest Hollywood (Hollywood, California, USA)
- May 1-3
- Mid Ulster Film Festival (Omagh, Northern Ireland)
- May 1-3
- Talking Pictures Film Festival (Evanston, Illinois, USA)
- May 3-8
- British Film Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA)
- May 7
- Hamilton Music and Film Festival (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
- May 7-14
- Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival (Ankara, Turkey, USA)
- May 7-15
- Santa Cruz Film Festival (Santa Cruz, California, USA)
- May 8
- The Downtowner Film Festival (Sheridan, Colorado, USA)
- May 14-21
- San Joaquin International Film Festival (Stockton, California, USA)
- May 12-16
- Kimera Film Festival (Campobasso, Italy)
- May 13-17
- Little Rock Film Festival (Little Rock, Arkansas, USA)
- May 15
- QuickFest 48 Hour Film Fest (online)
- May 3-24
- Shiba Film Festival (New York City, New York, USA)
- May 13-24
- Cannes Film Festival (Cannes, France)
- May 19-26
- Delray Beach Film Festival (Delray Beach, Florida, USA)
- May 20-23
- ETHNOCINECA (Vienna, Austria)
- May 30-31
- Muskegon Film Festival (Muskegon, Michigan, USA)
- May 27-June 3
- Ibiza International Film Festival (Ibiza, Spain)
- May 28-30
- Detroit Shorts Film Festival (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
- June 5-7
- Bare Bones Scifi-Fantasy-Horror Film Festival (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA)
- June 5-7
- Texandance International Film Festival (New Braunfels, Texas, USA)
- May 21-June 14
- Seattle International Film Festival (Seattle, Washington, USA)
- June 3-18
- Israel Film Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA)
- June 5-12
- PriFilmFest - Prishtina International Film Festival (Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo)
- June 5-13
- The "What The Hell Did I Just Watch?" Comedy Video Festival (Seattle, Washington, USA)
- June 7-10
- Banff World Television Festival (Banff, Alberta, Canada)
- June 10-14
- deadCENTER Film Festival (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA)
- June 11-14
- The Waterfront Film Festival (Saugatuck, Michigan, USA)
- June 12-14
- Broad Humor Film Festival (Venice Beach, California, USA)
- June 12-14
- The Playhouse West Film Festival (North Hollywood, California, USA)
- June 13-18
- San Joaquin Jewish Film Festival (Stockton, California, USA)
- June 13-20
- Granada Film Festival Cines del Sur (Granada, Spain)
- June 17-28
- Edinburgh International Film Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland)
- June 18-28
- Los Angeles Film Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA)
- June 22-28
- Melbourne International Animation Festival (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
- June 22-28
- Philadelphia Film Market (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
- June 22-29
- ReelHeART International Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
- June 23-27
- Gen Art Film Festival (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
- June 23-29
- Palm Springs International ShortFest (Palm Springs, California, USA)
- June 26-28
- Ahmedabad International Film Festival (Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India)
- June 26-29
- Philadelphia Independent Film Festival (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
- June 26-July 4
- FilmFest Munchen (Munchen, Germany)
- July 11
- Summer Slaughter Film Festival (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
2010
2009 - Festivals that have already occurred
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