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2010

February 23-March 6
Cinequest Film Festival (San Jose, California, USA)
February 25-28
Amelia Island Film Festival (Amelia Island, Florida, USA)
February 25-28
True/False Film Festival (Columbia, Missouri, USA)
February 25-March 6
Riga International Fantasy Film Festival (Riga, Latvia)
February 26 – March 4
The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival (New York, New York, USA)
March 1-7
Culver City Film Festival (Culver City, California, USA)
March 2-6
Fargo Film Festival (Fargo, North Dakota, USA)
March 5-13
Byron Bay International Film Festival (Byron Bay, Australia)
March 6-14
Omaha Film Festival (Omaha, Nebraska, USA)
March 11-16
Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival (Trondheim, Norway)
March 11-17
Athens International Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival (Athens, Greece)
March 12-20
SXSW Film Festival (Austin, Texas, USA)
March 13
University of Toronto Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
March 13
Warrambeen Film Festival (Shelford, Australia)
March 17-21
Go Short - International Short Film Festival (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
March 18-21
Gasparilla International Film Festival (Tampa, Florida, USA)
March 18-21
Green Lifestyle Film Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA)
March 18-28
KinoRurik - Russian Film Festival in Sweden (Stockholm, Sweden)
March 24-27
Reynolda Film Festival (Winston-Salem, North Caroline, USA)
March 26 - May 9
Italian Film Festival USA (St. Louis/Detroit/Cleveland/Milwaukee/Kansas City/Minneapolis/Denver/Boulder/Chicago USA)
March 27-April 4
Riga International Children's Film Festival (Riga, Latvia)
March 31
1st Draft Film Festival (St. Louis, Missouri, USA)
April 2-4
Faux Film Festival (Portland, Oregon, USA)
April 8-10
Phoenix Film Festival (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
April 7-11
Southeast New England Film, Music & Arts Festival (Providence, Rhode Island, USA)
April 8-11
Charleston International Film Festival (Charleston, South Carolina, USA)
April 8-11
Tallahassee Film Festival (Tallahassee, Florida, USA)
April 8-12
Ashland Independent Film Festival (Ashland, Oregon, USA)
April 9-10
Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival (Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA)
April 9-11
FirstGlance Film Fest Hollywood 10 (Hollywood, California, USA)
April 9-11
VAFI -International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival Varaždin (Varaždin, Croatia)
April 12-18
Calgary Underground Film Festival (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
April 15-18
White Sands International Film Festival (Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA)
April 15-23
Atlanta Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
April 15-18
L.A. Comedy Shorts Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA)
April 15-18
Wisconsin Film Festival (Madison, Wisconsin, USA)
April 16-22
FilmOut San Diego (San Diego, California, USA)
April 16-29
26th Chicago Latino Film Festival (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
April 21-May 1
The End of the Pier International Film Festival (Worthing, West Sussex, UK)
April 21-25
British Film Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA)
April 21-28
Independent Film Festival of Boston (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
April 22-25
California Independent Film Festival (Orinda, California, USA)
April 22-25
TCM Classic Film Festival (Hollywood, California, USA)
April 22-26
Palm Beach International Film Festival (Palm Beach, Florida, USA)
April 23-25
Schaumburg-Lippe Film Festival (Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany)
April 29-May 2
National Film Festival for Talented Youth (Seattle, Washington, USA)
April 29-May 8
The London International Documentary Festival (London, UK)
April 29-May 10
Brussels Short Film Festival (Brussels, Belgium)
April 30-May 1
River Bend Film Festival (South Bend, Indiana, USA)
April 30-May 2
Texas Frightmare Weekend (Dallas, Texas, USA)
May 1-2
SkyFest (Asheville, North Carolina, USA)
May 5-12
360 | 365 Film Festival (Rochester, New York, USA)
May 6
Third Screen Film Festival (Hollywood, California, USA)
May 7-16
In The Bin Short Film Festival (Gold Coast, Australia)
May 18-27
Kimera Film Festival (Campobasso, Italy)
May 25-June 1
Kiev International Film Festival (Kiev, Ukraine)
May 28-29
Calaveras International Film Festival (Murphys, California, USA)
May 28-30
DocMiami International Film Festival (Miami, Florida, USA)
May 28-30
Road Junky Travel Film Festival (Berlin, Germany)
June 4-6
Bangkok Indiefest (Bangkok, Thailand)
June 4-13
Phuket Film Festival (Phuket, Thailand)
June 9-13
deadCENTER Film Festival (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA)
June 9-14
Biografilm Festival - International Celebration of Lives (Bologna, Italy)
June 11-13
Broad Humor Film Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA)
June 12
Underground Exposure Film Festival and Screenplay Competition (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
June 23-27
Georgia Film Festival (Athens, Georgia, USA)
June 23-27
NYC Food Film Festival (New York, New York, USA)
June 28-July 4
Ventura Film Festival (Ventura, California, USA)
July 23-August 1
Expresion En Corto International Film Festival (San Miguel de Allende & Guanajuato Capital, Mexico)
July 30-August 1
Lights. Camera. Help. (Austin, Texas, USA)
August 6-8
Atlanta Shortsfest (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
August 6-29
Independent Film Month Atlanta (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
August 10-15
Rhode Island International Film Festival (Providence, Rhode Island, USA)
August 13-15
Capitolfest, Classic Film Festival (Rome, New York, USA)
August 13-15
The Feel Good Film Festival (Hollywood, California, USA)
August 13-16
Atlanta Horror Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
August 19-22
Peachtree Village International Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
August 20-22
Atlanta International Documentary Film Festival (DocuFest Atlanta) (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
August 20-28
ACEFEST 2010 (New York City, New York, USA)
August 26-29
Landlocked Film Festival (Iowa City, Iowa, USA)
August 27-29
Animation Attack! (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
August 27-29
Atlanta Underground Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
August 27-September 5
Strasbourg International Film Festival (Strasbourg, France)
August 28-29
Flim Fest (Kingston, Massachusetts, USA)
September 3-5
Oklahoma Horror Film Festival (Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA)
September 9-12
Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival (Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA)
September 9-19
Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
September 17-19
Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival (Seattle, Washington, USA)
September 22-29
Great Lakes International Film Festival (Erie, Pennsylvania, USA)
September 23-26
Williamsburg International Film Festival (New York, New York, USA)
September 24-October 2
Edmonton International Film Festival (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
September 28 - October 2
Vancouver Film & TV Forum (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
September 29-October 3
The Clearwater Film Festival (Clearwater, Florida, USA)
September 30 - October 3
Chicago International Reel Shorts Film Fest (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
September 30 - October 15
Vancouver International Film Festival (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
October 1-5
Scottsdale International Film Festival (Scottsdale, Arizona, USA)
October 1-6
Open St. Petersburg Student Film Festival Beginning (St. Petersburg, Russia)
October 3-9
Filmshift Festival and Screenplay Contest (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
October 7-9
Atlanta Philosophy Film Festival (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
October 10-18
FREAK SHOW Horror Film Festival (Orlando, Florida, USA)
October 11-17
Toronto Hispano-American Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
October 14-24
Philadelphia Film Festival (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
October 15-17
FirstGlance Film Fest Philadelphia TwentyTen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
October 15-17
Big Bear Horror Film Festival (Big Bear Lake, CA, USA)
October 19-23
Terror Film Festival (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
October 30-31
Horror UK´s 28 Hours Later (Farham, UK)
November
Istanbul International 1001 Documentary Film Festival (Istanbul, Turkey)
November 4-6
24fps International Short Film Festival (Abilene, Texas, USA)
November 5
Shockfest Film Festival (Hollywood, California, USA)
November 6-7
MockFilmFest (Hollywood, California, USA)
November 15 – December 6
Zero Film Festival (Los Angeles, California & New York, New York, USA)
November 26–27
WILDsound Film Festival (Toronto, Canada)

2011

January 8
box[ur]shorts Film Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA)


2010 - Festivals that have already occurred

January 5-18
Palm Springs International Film Festival (Palm Springs, California, USA)
January 14-17
Festivus Film Festival (Denver, Colorado USA)
January 15-17
Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival (Nevada City, California, USA)
January 15-18
British Shorts Lichtspielklub Kurtzfilmfestival (Berlin, Germany)
January 16-17
15 Minutes of Fame Film Festival (Palm Bay, Florida, USA)
January 18-24
Tromsø International Film Festival (Tromsø, Norway)
January 21-28
Slamdance Film Festival (Park City, Utah, USA)
January 21-31
Sundance Film Festival (Park City, Utah, USA)
January 28
Indiana Players Short Film Festival (Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA)
January 29-31
GlobalFest FilmFest (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
January 29-February 6
Clermont-Ferrand Short-Film Festival (Clermont-Ferrand, France)
January 28-February 4
Spokane International Film Festival (Spokane, Washington, USA)
February 4-7
Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival (Hollywood, California, USA)
February 4-14
Santa Barbara International Film Festival (Santa Barbara, California, USA)
February 5-15
Boston Science Fiction Film Festival (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
February 11-21
Berlin International Directors Lounge Festival (Berlin, Germany)
February 14-21
Southern California Business Film Festival (Los Angeles, California, USA)
February 20-27
San Joaquin International Film Festival (Stockton, California, USA)
February 21
Tropfest Film Festival (Sydney/Melbourne/Canberra/Adelaide/Perth/Brisbane/Hobart/Surfer's Paradise, Australia)

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