INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL PROFILES

Adelaide Film Festival

• All genres

Australia
Start: 10 Oct 2020
End: 25 Oct 2020
Submission Deadlines:
29/05/2020

AFI Docs (formerly Silverdocs)

United States
Start: 17 Jun 2020
End: 21 Jun 2020
Submission Deadlines:
Early 29/11/2019; Regular 24/01/2020; Late 6/03/2020

Annecy International Animation Film Festival

France
Start: 15 Jun 2020
End: 20 Jun 2020
Submission Deadlines:
Shorts, TV films, Commissioned films, Graduation films 15/02/20; Features 15/03/20; VR 6/04/20

Aspen Shortsfest

United States
Start: 31 Mar 2020
End: 05 Apr 2020
Submission Deadlines:
Early bird 16/08/2019; Regular 27/09/2019; Late 8/11/2019

Berlin International Film Festival

• All genres

Germany
Start: 11 Feb 2021
End: 21 Feb 2021
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised. 2020 dates were - feature 8/11/2019, shorts 15/11/2019

BFI London Film Festival

• All genres

United Kingdom
Start: 07 Oct 2020
End: 18 Oct 2020
Submission Deadlines:
17 June 2020

Brisbane International Film Festival

• All genres

Australia
Start: 01 Oct 2020
End: 11 Oct 2020
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised

Busan International Film Festival

• All genres

Korea
Start: 07 Oct 2020
End: 16 Oct 2020
Submission Deadlines:
2020 dates to be advised

Cannes Film Festival

• All genres

France
Start: 12 May 2020
End: 23 May 2020
Submission Deadlines:
Cannes Official - shorts 2/03/20, features 4/03.20. Directors Fortnight - shorts 13/03/20, features 27/03/20. Critics Week - shorts 9/03/20, features 9/03/30

CinefestOZ

• All genres

Australia
Start: 28 Aug 2019
End: 01 Sep 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Submissions open 01/02/2019

Cinema Du Reel

France
Start:
End: 22 Mar 2020
Submission Deadlines:
Films completed 15/01 to 1/08/2019 deadline 15/09/2019; films completed after 1/08/2019 deadline is 1/11/2019

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

France
Start: 29 Jan 2021
End: 06 Feb 2021
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised. 2020 dates were 7/7/2019 and 7/10/2019 subject to film completion

Cork Film Festival

• All genres

Republic of Ireland
Start: 05 Nov 2020
End: 15 Nov 2020
Submission Deadlines:
Early Bird 8/3/20; Regular 3/5/20; Late 5/7/20

Creteil Film Des Femmes Festival

• All genres

France
Start: 13 Mar 2020
End: 22 Mar 2020
Submission Deadlines:
20/11/2019

DOK Leipzig

Germany
Start: 26 Oct 2020
End: 01 Nov 2020
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised. 2019 final date was 7/7/19

Edinburgh International Film Festival

• All genres

United Kingdom
Start: 17 Jun 2020
End: 28 Jun 2020
Submission Deadlines:
Earlybird 12/12/2019; Regular 16/01/2020; Late 6/02/2020

Frameline - San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

• All genres

United States
Start: 18 Jun 2020
End: 28 Jun 2020
Submission Deadlines:
Early 10/12/2019; Regular 26/01/2020; Late 15/02/2020; Late Extension 29/02/2020

Goteborg Film Festival

• All genres

Sweden
Start: 29 Jan 2021
End: 08 Feb 2021
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised. 2020 dates was 30/09/19

Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival

China
Start: 09 Dec 2019
End: 12 Dec 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Competition/Screening/ DOCSHOP 31/08/2019; Pitching event 20/9/2019

Hamburg International Short Film Festival

Germany
Start: 02 Jun 2020
End: 08 Jun 2020
Submission Deadlines:
20/02/2020

Hof International Film Festival

• All genres

Germany
Start: 22 Oct 2019
End: 27 Oct 2019
Submission Deadlines:
2/09/2019

Hong Kong International Film Festival

• All genres

China
Start: 24 Mar 2020
End: 06 Apr 2020
Submission Deadlines:
Early 14/11/2019; Late 31/12/2019

Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival

Canada
Start: 30 Apr 2020
End: 10 May 2020
Submission Deadlines:
Early 15/11/2019; Regular 11/12/2019; Late 10/01/2020

International Animation Festival in Japan, Hiroshima

Japan
Start: 20 Aug 2020
End: 24 Aug 2020
Submission Deadlines:
1/4/2020

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

Netherlands
Start: 18 Nov 2020
End: 29 Nov 2020
Submission Deadlines:
1/5/20 for docs completed between 1/8/19 and 20/4/20. 1/8/20 for docs completed after April 2020.

International Festival for Young People of Gijon

• All genres

Spain
Start: 19 Nov 2019
End: 26 Nov 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Standard 13/09/2019; Late 20/09/2019

International Film festival Mannheim-Heidelberg

Germany
Start: 12 Nov 2020
End: 22 Nov 2020
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised. 2019 dates was 1/7/2019

International Film Festival Rotterdam

• All genres

Netherlands
Start: 27 Jan 2021
End: 07 Feb 2021
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised. 2020 date was 15/10/2019

International Rome Film Festival

• All genres

ITALY
Start: 15 Oct 2020
End: 25 Oct 2020
Submission Deadlines:
2020 TBA. 2019 was 5/08/2019

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen

Germany
Start: 13 May 2020
End: 18 May 2020
Submission Deadlines:
Early 15/09/2019; Final 01/02/2020

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

• All genres

Czech Republic
Start: 03 Jul 2020
End: 11 Jul 2020
Submission Deadlines:
Regular 29/02/2020; Late 31/03/2020

Locarno International Film Festival

• All genres

Switzerland
Start: 05 Aug 2020
End: 15 Aug 2020
Submission Deadlines:
Early 24/03/2020; Regular 6/05/2020; Late 27/05/2020

Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival

United States
Start: 17 Oct 2019
End: 20 Oct 2019
Submission Deadlines:
Early 30/04/20; Regular 25/05/20; Late 15/06/20

Melbourne International Film Festival

• All genres

Australia
Start: 06 Aug 2020
End: 23 Aug 2020
Submission Deadlines:
31/03/2020

Montreal World Film Festival

• All genres

Canada
Start:
End:
Submission Deadlines:
The festival is returning in 2020

NewFest: New York's LGBT Film Festival

• All genres

United States
Start: 21 Oct 2020
End: 27 Oct 2020
Submission Deadlines:
Early 21/04/20; Regular 02/06/20; Late 29/06/20; Extended 27/07/20

Ottawa International Animation Festival

Canada
Start: 23 Sep 2020
End: 27 Sep 2020
Submission Deadlines:
29/05/2020 for films completed after 31/05/2019

San Sebastian International Film Festival

• All genres

Spain
Start: 18 Sep 2020
End: 26 Sep 2020
Submission Deadlines:
13/06/2020

Sao Paulo International Film Festival

• All genres

Brazil
Start: 22 Oct 2020
End: 04 Nov 2020
Submission Deadlines:
Earlybird 24/02/20; Regular 23/03/20; Late 25/05/20

Sheffield Doc/Fest

United Kingdom
Start: 04 Jun 2020
End: 09 Jun 2020
Submission Deadlines:
Early 6/12/2019; Standard 14/02/2020; Late 2/03/2020

Sitges International Fantasy and Horror Film Festival

Spain
Start: 08 Oct 2020
End: 18 Oct 2020
Submission Deadlines:
15/07/2020

South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival (SXSW)

• All genres

United States
Start: 13 Mar 2020
End: 22 Mar 2020
Submission Deadlines:
Early 22/08/2019; Official 19/09/2019; Late 17/10/2019

Stockholm International Film Festival

• All genres

Sweden
Start: 11 Nov 2020
End: 21 Nov 2020
Submission Deadlines:
Early Bird 31/03/2020; Regular 30/06/2020; Late 30/07/2020

Stuttgart International Animation Festival

Germany
Start: 05 May 2020
End: 10 May 2020
Submission Deadlines:
1/12/2019

Sundance Film Festival

• All genres

United States
Start: 21 Jan 2021
End: 31 Jan 2021
Submission Deadlines:
TBA. 2020 dates Official 26/08/2019

Sydney Film Festival

• All genres

Australia
Start: 03 Jun 2020
End: 14 Jun 2020
Submission Deadlines:
31/01/2020 for int’l productions; 28/02/2020 for Aust productions, docs and short film awards

Tampere International Short Film Festival

Finland
Start: 04 Mar 2020
End: 08 Mar 2020
Submission Deadlines:
Early 31/08/2019, Regular 31/10/2019, Final 1/12/2019

Telluride Film Festival

• All genres

United States
Start: 04 Sep 2020
End: 07 Sep 2020
Submission Deadlines:
2020 dates to be advised

Tokyo International Film Festival

Japan
Start: 31 Oct 2020
End: 09 Nov 2020
Submission Deadlines:
From April 2020

Torino (Turin) Film Festival

• All genres

Italy
Start: 20 Nov 2020
End: 28 Nov 2020
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised. 2019 date was 06/09/2019

Toronto International Film Festival

Canada
Start: 10 Oct 2020
End: 20 Oct 2020
Submission Deadlines:
Early 3/04/2020; Standard 29/05/2020; Late 12/06/2020

Tribeca Film Festival

• All genres

United States
Start: 15 Apr 2020
End: 26 Apr 2020
Submission Deadlines:
Early 25/09/2019; Official 30/10/2019; Late 2/12/2019

Uppsala International Short Film Festival

Sweden
Start: 19 Oct 2020
End: 25 Oct 2020
Submission Deadlines:
31/05/2020

Valladolid International Film Festival

• All genres

Spain
Start: 19 Oct 2019
End: 26 Oct 2019
Submission Deadlines:

Venice International Film Festival

• All genres

Italy
Start: 02 Sep 2020
End: 12 Sep 2020
Submission Deadlines:
12/06/2020

Visions du Reel - International Documentary Film Festival Nyon

Switzerland
Start: 24 Apr 2020
End: 02 May 2020
Submission Deadlines:
14/10/2019 for films finished by end Sep 2019; 31/01/2020 for films finished by 01/04/2020

Warsaw Film Festival

• All genres

Poland
Start: 09 Oct 2020
End: 18 Oct 2020
Submission Deadlines:
To be advised. 2019 dates was 15/07/2019

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival

Japan
Start: 10 Oct 2019
End: 17 Oct 2019
Submission Deadlines:
15/04/2019 for works completed after 1/11/2018