Film Festivals and Events Worldwide

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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)

Film Festivals and Events Worldwide

2010

2011

2010 - Festivals that have already occurred