INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL PROFILES

Adelaide Film Festival

• All genres

Australia
Start: 23 Oct 2024
End: 03 Nov 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Early Bird 29/04/2024; Submissions close 27/05/2024; Last Chance 3/06/2024

AFI Fest (formerly AFI Docs & Silverdocs)

• Documentary

United States
Start: 23 Oct 2024
End: 27 Oct 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Shorts Official 12/4/2024. Longer formats curated by AFI staff

Annecy International Animation Film Festival

• Animation

France
Start: 08 Jun 2025
End: 14 Jun 2025
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised. Was Feb and March in 2024

Aspen Shortsfest

• Shorts

United States
Start: 31 Mar 2025
End: 06 Apr 2025
Submission Deadlines:
Earlybird 2/08/2024; Regular 27/09/2024; Late 8/11/2024

Berlin International Film Festival

• All genres

Germany
Start: 13 Feb 2025
End: 23 Feb 2025
Submission Deadlines:
Feature length films 30/10/2024; Short films 13/11/2024

BFI London Film Festival

• All genres

United Kingdom
Start: 09 Oct 2024
End: 20 Oct 2024
Submission Deadlines:
UK&Ireland Films only 24/5/24; XR 27/5/24

Brisbane International Film Festival

• All genres

Australia
Start: 24 Oct 2024
End: 03 Nov 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Early bird 31/05/2024; Regular 30/06/2024

Busan International Film Festival

• All genres

Korea
Start: 02 Oct 2024
End: 11 Oct 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Official Selection Shorts 19/06/2024; Features 17/07/2024

Cannes Film Festival

• All genres

France
Start: 13 May 2025
End: 24 May 2025
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised. Was Feb and March in 2024.

CinefestOZ

• All genres

Australia
Start: 31 Aug 2024
End: 08 Sep 2024
Submission Deadlines:
1/06/2024

Cinema Du Reel

• Documentary

France
Start: 22 Mar 2025
End: 30 Mar 2025
Submission Deadlines:
Opening September 2021 and closing 1/11/2024

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

• Shorts

France
Start: 31 Jan 2025
End: 08 Feb 2025
Submission Deadlines:
Films completed in 2023 after 1 Oct the deadline 11/07/2024; for films completed in 2024 the deadline is 3/10/2024.

Cork International Film Festival

• All genres

Republic of Ireland
Start: 07 Nov 2024
End: 17 Nov 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Early Bird 9 March 2024, Regular 17 May 2024, Late 12 July 2024.

Creteil Film Des Femmes Festival

• All genres

France
Start: 04 Apr 2025
End: 12 Apr 2025
Submission Deadlines:
31/10/2024

DOK Leipzig

• Documentary, Animation

Germany
Start: 28 Oct 2024
End: 03 Nov 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Deadline 1/07/2024

Frameline - San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

• All genres

United States
Start: 19 Jun 2024
End: 29 Jun 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Earlybird 4/12/2023, Regular 22/01/2024, Late 13/02/2024, Extended 2/03/2024

Goteborg Film Festival

• All genres

Sweden
Start: 24 Jan 2025
End: 02 Feb 2025
Submission Deadlines:
Non-Swedish films deadline expires 24/10/2024

Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival

• Documentary

China
Start: 27 Nov 2024
End: 29 Nov 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Earlybird 31/05/2024; Regular 10/08/2024; Late 31/08/2024

Hamburg International Short Film Festival

• Shorts

Germany
Start: 03 Jun 2025
End: 08 Jun 2024
Submission Deadlines:
7/02/2025

Hof International Film Festival

• All genres

Germany
Start: 22 Oct 2024
End: 27 Oct 2024
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised. Was27 August in 2023

Hong Kong International Film Festival

• All genres

China
Start: 28 Mar 2024
End: 08 Apr 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Earlybird 6/11/2023, Regular 31/12/2023

Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival

• Documentary

Canada
Start: 25 Apr 2024
End: 05 May 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Early until 19/10/2023, Regular until 16/11/2023, Late until 14/12/2023, Extended until 4/01/2024

ImagineNATIVE

• All genres

Canada
Start: 03 Jun 2025
End: 08 Jun 2025
Submission Deadlines:
No festival in 2024, date change to June 2025. Submissions open 1/11/2024 and close 7/02/2025.

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

• Documentary

Netherlands
Start: 13 Nov 2024
End: 24 Nov 2024
Submission Deadlines:
25/04/2024 Early deadline; 30/05/2024 Second deadline; 11/07/2024 Final Deadline.

International Festival for Young People of Gijon

• All genres

Spain
Start: 15 Nov 2024
End: 23 Nov 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Enfants Terribles 23/08/2024; Features 8/09/2024; Shorts 15/09/2024

International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg

• Features

Germany
Start: 07 Nov 2024
End: 17 Nov 2024
Submission Deadlines:
15/07/2024

International Film Festival Rotterdam

• All genres

Netherlands
Start: 30 Jan 2025
End: 09 Feb 2025
Submission Deadlines:
Features 20/09/2024; Short and Mid-length films up to 63mins-completed before 1July: 23/08/2024, completed after 1 July: 13/09/2024; Immersive Media 2/09/2024

International Rome Film Festival

• All genres

ITALY
Start: 18 Oct 2023
End: 29 Oct 2023
Submission Deadlines:
TBA. Was August in 2022

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen

• Shorts

Germany
Start: 29 Apr 2025
End: 04 May 2025
Submission Deadlines:
Submission deadline for all competitions 26/01/2025. Early Bird deadline is 1/10/2024.

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

• All genres

Czech Republic
Start: 04 Jul 2025
End: 12 Jul 2025
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised. Was March last time.

Locarno International Film Festival

• All genres

Switzerland
Start: 07 Aug 2024
End: 17 Aug 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Early 22/02/2024, Regular 18/04/2024, Late 3/05/2024

Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival

• Documentary

United States
Start: 09 May 2024
End: 12 May 2024
Submission Deadlines:
15/12/2023

Melbourne International Film Festival

• All genres

Australia
Start: 08 Aug 2024
End: 25 Aug 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Round 1. 31/10/2023; Round 2. 30/11/2023; Round 3. 31/12/2023; Round 4. 31/01/2024; Round 5. 15/02/2024.

NewFest: New York's LGBT Film Festival

• All genres

United States
Start: 10 Oct 2024
End: 22 Oct 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Earlybird 14/03/2024; Regular 15/05/2024; Late 12/06/2024

Ottawa International Animation Festival

• Animation

Canada
Start: 25 Sep 2024
End: 29 Sep 2024
Submission Deadlines:
31/05/2024

San Sebastian International Film Festival

• All genres

Spain
Start: 20 Sep 2024
End: 28 Sep 2024
Submission Deadlines:
17/06/2024

Sao Paulo International Film Festival

• All genres

Brazil
Start: 17 Oct 2024
End: 30 Oct 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Deadline 31/07/2024

Sheffield DocFest

• Documentary

United Kingdom
Start: 18 Jun 2025
End: 23 Jun 2025
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised. Was 9 Feb last year.

Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival

• Features, animation, shorts - fantasy, horror

Spain
Start: 03 Oct 2024
End: 13 Oct 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Sitges Family section 30/06/2024; Generic categories and Brigadoon section 15/07/2024.

South by Southwest Film &TV Festival (SXSW)

• All genres

United States
Start: 07 Mar 2025
End: 15 Mar 2025
Submission Deadlines:
Opening 23/07/2024 and closing 2/10/2024.

Stockholm International Film Festival

• All genres

Sweden
Start: 06 Nov 2024
End: 17 Nov 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Earlybird 24/03/2024; Regular 7/07/2024; Late 15/08/2024

Stuttgart International Animation Festival

• Animation

Germany
Start: 06 May 2025
End: 11 May 2025
Submission Deadlines:
Shorts 15/11/2024; features 15/01/2025.

Sundance Film Festival

• All genres

United States
Start: 23 Jan 2025
End: 02 Feb 2025
Submission Deadlines:
Features Early 9/08/2024, Official 6/09/2024, Late 23/09/2024; Shorts Early 29/07/2024, Official 16/08/2024, Late 6/09/2024; Episodic 60 mins or less Early 5/08/2024, Official 30/08/2024, Late 20/09/2024; Episodic over 60 mins Early 5/08/2024, Official 30/09/2024, Late 20/09/2024.

Tampere International Short Film Festival

• Shorts

Finland
Start: 05 Mar 2025
End: 09 Mar 2025
Submission Deadlines:
Earlybird 1/09/2024; Regular 1/10/2024; Final 1/11/2024

Telluride Film Festival

• All genres

United States
Start: 29 Aug 2024
End: 02 Sep 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Deadline 1/07/2024

The Sydney Film Festival

• All genres

Australia
Start: 05 Jun 2024
End: 16 Jun 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Closes 1/03/2024

Tokyo International Film Festival

• Features

Japan
Start: 28 Oct 2024
End: 06 Nov 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Earlybird 27/05/2024; Regular by noon 8/07/2024

Torino (Turin) Film Festival

• All genres

Italy
Start: 22 Nov 2024
End: 30 Nov 2024
Submission Deadlines:
6/09/2024

Toronto International Film Festival

• Features, shorts

Canada
Start: 05 Sep 2024
End: 15 Sep 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Earlybird 2/04/2024; Standard 10/05/2024

Tribeca Festival

• All genres

United States
Start: 05 Jun 2024
End: 16 Jun 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Features Early 23/10/2023, Official 27/11/2023, Extended 17/01/2024. Shorts Early 1/11/2023, Official 15/12/2023, Extended 2/02/2024. Immersive Early 27/11/2023, Official 10/01/2024, Extended 13/02/2024.

Uppsala International Short Film Festival

• Shorts

Sweden
Start: 21 Oct 2024
End: 27 Oct 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Early 31/01/2024; Regular 30/04/2024; Late 31/05/2024

Valladolid International Film Festival

• All genres

Spain
Start: 18 Oct 2024
End: 26 Oct 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Deadline 4/08/2024

Venice International Film Festival

• All genres

Italy
Start: 28 Aug 2024
End: 07 Sep 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Features 13/06/2024; Shorts 31/05/2024; VR 15/05/2024

Visions du Reel - International Documentary Film Festival Nyon

• Documentary

Switzerland
Start: 04 Apr 2025
End: 13 Apr 2025
Submission Deadlines:
First deadline 4/11/2024, Final deadline 13/12/2024.

Warsaw Film Festival

• All genres

Poland
Start: 11 Oct 2024
End: 20 Oct 2024
Submission Deadlines:
Regular 15/07/2024, Late 31/07/2024.

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival

• Documentary

Japan
Start: 09 Oct 2025
End: 16 Oct 2025
Submission Deadlines:
International Competition First deadline 15/12/2024; Second deadline 15/04/2025.